In the end, Yanagihara didn't delete the photo of Liz because Al said he wanted to keep it as a souvenir.

Although reluctant, Yanagihara agreed to Al's request.

Before leaving, the three took a group photo by the dilapidated house in the garbage dump.

In the photo, snowflakes are flying in the distance, and among the piles of waste, Al is lying on Yanagihara's back, while Liz is standing aside, smiling and gesturing with a scissorhands. Yanagihara was squeezed in the middle by the two, with a helpless look on his face.

If humanity still has a future, if after the catastrophe passes, there will be a new generation, if future generations can see this picture.

They may think that this era is not so bad.

Because at least it has something good left behind, even if it's in a world that's almost abandoned.

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In the evening, Yanagihara took Al and Liz back to the shelter under the ramparts and prepared dinner.

Al sat on a cramped folding bed and looked at the camera, which seemed to have some pictures from the past.

Liz sat in a chair next to her, sorting out the things she had brought back this time.

While tidying up, she also complained, saying that Yanagihara had picked up some useless objects.

"The clothes are what I want to wear, and the pen is what I am going to use to write, so it's useless."

Yanagihara stood at a low table that said it was a kitchen, but it was actually a workbench, boiling broth, and faintly responded to Liz's complaints.

"What about these two umbrellas?" Liz pouted and picked up two folding umbrellas on the ground.

"Don't tell me you're going to use them against a blizzard."

"The sun on the ice fields is sometimes harsh." Yanagihara shrugged his shoulders: "I'm going to use them for shade." ”

"Cut, a wanderer is still so exquisite."

Muttering like this, Liz eventually placed the umbrella in a corner of the room, making the already small room feel a little cramped and cluttered.

After dinner, all three of them lay down to rest.

Liz and Al were lying on the bed, and Yanagihara was still lying on the edge of the bed.

Suddenly, Al asked Yanagihara with a near-pitch black photo from his camera.

"Yanagihara, is this the first world after the disaster?"

Yanagihara glanced at the photograph roughly, it was a dim scene, the sky was dark, and only the general outline of the buildings and the faint figures on the streets could be seen in the city.

"Hmm." Probably remembering something, Yanagihara nodded lightly at the photo, and Yanagihara stopped talking.

Instead, Liz, who was lying on the side, cast her eyes on her and continued.

"The dark generation, I have seen in books, is the most brilliant more than 100 years of human nature. If the people of our time had the will of one percent, they would not have come to this point. ”

"Why do you say that?" Al turned his gaze to Liz in confusion and asked, confused.

"Because there were countless heroes born in that era, who built greenhouses, drove away wild beasts, and carved out a living space for humans on the ice field. Without them, we might not have existed at all, and humanity would have perished long before the sun reappeared. ”

"You think they're heroes?" At this time, Yanagihara, who had been silent, suddenly asked.

"Of course, why not, they saved all of humanity, didn't they?"

Liz rightfully spread her palms, with a slight look of adoration in her eyes.

She longed for that kind of time, and maybe people like her should have been born in the dark.

"No, I think they're just a bunch of futile people." Yanagihara shook his head and expressed his thoughts.

"Hey, I'm going to talk about you, Yanagihara." Listening to Yanagihara's words, Liz raised one of her fingers dissatisfied, looked at Yanagihara seriously and said.

"People should learn to be grateful, and in any case, in a way, they are also the ones who saved you."

Looking at the girl's serious appearance, Yanagihara stopped talking.

Maybe she is not qualified to judge others, but she feels that she is at least qualified to judge herself.

And it is undeniable that in that dark age, humanity did fail.

Yanagihara had been involved in it and witnessed it with her own eyes, so she has more profound memories than anyone else today.

"That's right!" After a brief moment of silence, Liz seemed to suddenly remember something again, and said to Yanagihara and Al.

"Do you know who my favorite character is in that book?"

Al shook his head, Yanagihara was silent.

So Liz continued to preach to herself.

"Her name is Liuerdeman, and she was the leader of the third branch of the Scavengers at the end of the Dark Ages."

Liuerdeman, hearing the name, a hint of surprise flashed across Yanagihara's face, who was sitting on the edge of the bed.

Because she was so familiar with the name that she used to use an exact pseudonym.

And she did serve as a branch executive for a time in the Scavenger organization.

No, that's a coincidence, right?

Subconsciously looked at Liz with his eyes, and some changes finally appeared in Yanagihara's calm expression.

In Liz's eyes, this change is seen as a symbol of Yanagihara's interest in it.

Then the smile on the girl's face became even bigger, and then said exaggeratedly.

"Let me tell you, that woman is definitely a legend, she once set a record for killing a three-headed monster alone with a short knife, and she is extremely good at using a sword."

"In the early days, he participated in more than a dozen battles such as the Extermination of the European Plains and the Rochester Withdrawal War, and led the soldiers to kill more than 100,000 beasts. He was canonized as a duke by the last queen of a Western country at that time, and there was a nickname that circulated among soldiers, called Razor. Although this nickname has some irony to it, it is undeniable that she was definitely one of the most influential human beings of her time. ”

Later, she joined the Scavenger Order, participated in the beast removal plan drawn up by the founder of the greenhouse, Heath, and successfully opened up two continents that could support human survival, the Eastern and Western continents. Unfortunately, they failed in the campaign deep into the south, and all the scavengers chose to stay behind in order to cover the retreat of the other troops. ”

"It's the same with Liuerdeman, no one knows what her ending will be, but I think it must be an epic full of artillery fire and iron blood. Even if it comes to an end, it's just as great. ”

Speaking of which, Liz's face was already full of admiration.

However, this is not the case.

Yanagihara knew this because she was gone then.

While everyone was facing the beast, she chose to flee in the other direction, taking a friend's advice.

It's not an epic, and it's never great.

But looking at Liz's appearance, Yanagihara still didn't tell the truth in the end.

Why?

Maybe it's because she also hopes that she didn't choose to leave at that time.

Maybe it's because she also hopes that she can die in a fight.