Chapter 60: Returning Home
It was pitch black in sight, and unlike the first test drive of the weapon, Lorenzo couldn't feel the cold metal, but was greeted by a warm embrace.
As Lorenzo entered the Black Angel, the inner wall was tightly attached to him, perhaps because of the Holy Grail Flesh, the proportion of demon flesh and blood in the Black Angel was much higher, although it had not yet been activated, Lorenzo could already feel the slowly wriggling pieces of flesh.
A faint electric current passed through Lorenzo's body, which made him feel a little more refreshed, and the pre-injected Florent potion was also taking effect, and all his senses gradually became clearer, and his perception became more and more acute.
"Start warming up. β
Cold commands rang in Lorenzo's ears, and on the outside, Merlin pulled the valve and the fuel began to pour in, as the familiar pain came from his spine, and tiny electrodes pierced beneath Lorenzo's body, linking him to the original sin armor.
"How it feels, Lorenzo. β
Merlin's voice rang out again, asking him.
"Alright, let's get started. β
Hearing Lorenzo's response, Merlin nodded at the others, and the command entered, and after a few seconds, a thunderbolt streaked through the darkness, lighting up the cold metal and pouring it into the twisted armor.
In an instant, the lights lit up, reflecting everything around them, and the flesh and blood wriggled violently, pulling the iron feathers that grew on them, rubbing against each other like a thousand swords slashing and slashing, ready to spread their wings and soar.
Striking white steam poured out from the cracks in the armor, not from the heat dissipation of the machinery, but from the awakened flesh and blood, the blood surging and circulating between the machines, the heart beating vigorously, and the rough breathing getting louder and louder.
Merlin's heart lifted completely, and in the middle of the air, the restraint emitted a red light, and with the activation of the black angel, the rivets nailed into it were pushed away by the increased flesh and blood, and it seemed that they would pop out in the next second, and the Geiger indexer also let out a screech, converging like a grand performance.
The tune is high, rising and spinning.
"By the way, Merlin, remember the last time I piloted the Weaponry? Actually, I didn't lose control. β
Inside the armor, Lorenzo remembered something, and he said to Merlin before the uncontrollable unknown arrived.
It really didn't feel too good now, the black angels began to wake up, the temperature inside the armor rose, Lorenzo felt like he was locked in a furnace, and the flesh and blood grew, spilling through the cracks in the steel, enveloping Lorenzo.
"You're unconscious. β
"No, I've reached the [gap] in a coma, and this original sin armor is like some kind of amplifier through which I can get where I can't, maybe this time I can go there again, and if I show a coma, don't stop the experiment. β
Lorenzo said with some difficulty, the unknown liquid gradually filled the cab with the proliferation of flesh and blood, and the whole person seemed to be soaked in amniotic fluid.
Merlin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he realized that he had been tricked by Lorenzo, and yelled at the communicator.
"You didn't tell me that, we need to renegotiate. β
"There's no time to deliberate, it's awake!"
Lorenzo refused, and the hyperbridized flesh connected to the electrode and connected to Lorenzo's body along it, and Lorenzo already felt the strange sensation, as if his body was stretching.
He tried to breathe, but what he inhaled was the somewhat fishy liquid, and the strange erosion intensified as the black angel gradually woke up, pressing on Lorenzo's body like a mountain.
A jumble of hallucinations and memories rushed over his face, striking his nerves and causing sharp tingling.
The terrible erosion has arrived, and the communication failure is the best explanation, and the Geiger indexes installed around it have reached a critical value, making it impossible to measure the intensity of the erosion.
Everyone's hearts hung in the air, and if this situation was not reversed in a few minutes, the erosion would spread to the entire test site, and then the experiment would have failed.
The security team was also on standby, and all kinds of emergency measures were in place, and although the experiment was held so quickly, they were still fully prepared in the shortest possible time.
In fact, no one knows what will happen after Lorenzo activates the Black Angel, and what follows is unknown, whether it is life or death, no one knows.
Time passed little by little, until at some point in this long time, the crimson indicator light flashed out for a while, turning into a harmonious bright green.
"Cheng ...... Succeeded?"
Merlin was also a little incredulous, but the Geiger index was soon declining, as evidenced by the fact that the Black Angel's external erosion was stabilizing, and Lorenzo was gradually taking control of the armor.
"Lorenzo, are you still awake?"
The interference of erosion was still there, Merlin shouted loudly at the black angel, but no one answered him, the steam engine was running normally, and the iron feather rose and fell with the demon's breath, everything was so silent, as if time had stopped.
The world in front of Lorenzo was dark, all the light was rapidly fading, and the warm flesh and blood wrapped him heavily, biting his flesh and blood, slowly merging with Lorenzo, crossing the rough electrodes, and directly controlling everything with flesh and blood.
In the long darkness, human perception has become blurred, everything is so long, but it seems that only a few seconds have passed, just at the moment when his thoughts will freeze, Lorenzo suddenly felt a strange sense of stepping in the dark, and the next moment his body was captured by gravity, and he fell downward.
It's a feeling that words can't describe, as if everything is falling, falling, falling, falling towards the deep darkness below.
In the numb fall, the sound of clear water broke the long silence, and the next moment all the noisy sounds sounded at this moment, and after accumulating for an unknown amount of time, all the rhythms played, and then everything had color.
Lorenzo saw the dark blue world vaguely, the cold sea water poured into his throat, the extreme low temperature cleared the numb spirit, and in the distant whisper he could see the huge creatures swimming in the dark blue depths, and then he understood.
It's not falling, it's rising, going up until it reaches the top.
The solid ice collapsed at this moment, and in the churning sea of ice, Lorenzo was like a drowning man, he scratched the ice floes around him hard, and after a difficult survival, he climbed up from the ice sea wet, and the familiar bench was not far away, and he was once again in this strange [gap].
In a barren and cold world, it seems that all life is dying at this moment, and only the unbearable cold lasts forever.
"Sure enough...... That's exactly ......."
Every time it came, it wasn't a good experience, but Lorenzo was still happy, and he proved his idea, and with the Armor of Original Sin he was able to reach the gap on his own.
"Medanzo!"
After breathing a sigh of relief, Lorenzo roared loudly, and the sound passed through the desolate ice field, stretching to the edge of the world, until Lorenzo faintly heard his own echo, but no one responded to him.
An inexplicable panic rose in his heart, and Lorenzo shouted urgently.
"Watson, Medanzo!"
He shouted as hard as he could, but there was no response.
It seems that he is the only one here, and he is the only one in this desolate world.
Lorenzo staggered and sat down on the bench as if he had lost his soul, his head bowed, thinking about it all.
"That's not right...... It shouldn't be......"
It stands to reason that Watson and Medanzo would be here, but now that no one has responded to him, could it be that his worst idea has come true? Watson has escaped from him? But what about Medanzo? As the most solid insurance, it is impossible for him not to remind himself......
Or is Medanzo corrupted too?
Oh, yes...... Medanzo was dead, it was just a remnant of consciousness, a wandering ghost, how could he resist the erosion of the pseudo-grail?
Can...... But why did all this happen so silently?
Lorenzo looked around nervously, looking a little crazy, and he shouted at the uninhabited ice field.
"Or have you been hiding under some layer of ice, peeking at me, waiting for my self-doubt?"
This is a common trick used by demons, just like when they were in that uncanny valley, before they met demons, the demon hunters were confused and frightened by their own thoughts.
Lorenzo stared at all this, and then laughed, he was a witcher and a detective, and since there was no one to answer, he would find out for himself.
Struggling to recall all the previous conversations with Medanzo, memories flooded up and engulfed Lorenzo.
"Passive Connection, ...... Active Control"
Lorenzo seemed to have thought of something, the moment he arrived at the [gap], Medanzo had already shown a dangerous side, he wanted to cooperate with Watson, and he even showed himself all that weirdness.
"Did you let her go?"
Lorenzo couldn't understand what suddenly came to mind in the midst of this deep contradiction, and a familiar voice echoed in his mind.
γInterested...... Do you want to go home and see?]
If Medanzo hadn't lied then, it seems that he could have done it......
Terrible thoughts arose in Lorenzo's mind, he would never have done this before, but now this strange thing had already caused him a lot of pressure, and sometimes Lorenzo felt lost in himself.
Is he cold sanity, or has his madness reached the extreme and become a seemingly rational normal?
There are many things that have no answers, or in other words, only you can explain them.
Lorenzo held out his hand tremblingly and whispered.
"It's a spiritual world that connects us all...... The invisible bond connects us all......"
This is our gap, the world we control. γ
Raising his hand and gently scribbling, Lorenzo was expecting something, but nothing happened, and after a long time he suddenly laughed out of shape.
Sure enough, these are false, Watson's fraud, and deception.
Lorenzo thought like this, the world he knew had not been broken, what Medanzo was talking about at the time was, the world would not change according to his own intentions, Lorenzo's common sense was preserved, but at the same time he was a little strangely lost.
He was expecting something to change, just as a priest would sneak into a casino, and people would always chase danger and forbidden pleasures.
But at this moment, a breeze swayed, it rolled up the snow and dust on the surface, swelled up, woven into countless curtains, Lorenzo looked in the direction of his arm stroke, and now he did not have any violent emotional fluctuations, but said a little helplessly.
"Isn't it......"
It was a black rift that crossed dimensions and matter, opening the desolate world to a gap to the outside world, and behind that dark gap, the starry sky shone brightly.
"Is this your conspiracy?"
Lorenzo muttered to himself, but as before, no one answered, and he laughed.
He approached the rift, Lorenzo remembered the first time he saw it, and he remembered the arrangement of the star tracks clearly.
"Go home?"
Lorenzo took one last look at the desolate ice field, and then stepped into the starry sky without looking back.
......
"Lorenzo!
Merlin yelled at the Black Angel, but no one responded to him so far, as it seems that Lorenzo fell into a coma the moment he activated the Black Angel, and he reached the [Gap].
This damn guy has taken advantage of Merlin to a certain extent, and is full of worries about everything that will happen next, once the Black Angel goes crazy, these existing security forces are completely inadequate.
But at this moment, the black angel moved, and the armor of original sin, which had been silent, moved, and the twisted wings began to retract, like a shield, and wrapped themselves heavily, shrinking and closing tightly, and turning into the form of the black egg again, but then the flesh began to proliferate from under the iron feathers, and they grew wantonly and adhered to the restraints and the surrounding machinery.
It was flesh wrapped like spider silk, and in an instant, it took over everything in mid-air.
Merlin swallowed, even the well-informed alchemist didn't know what was going to happen next, but then he felt it.
To be precise, everyone present felt it, the surging erosion, like the tide of the sea, baptized everyone in waves, and the large Geiger indexers installed in the city were all affected, and this effect continued, and in an instant, it spread to the whole of Old Dunling, and even to the whole of Invig.
It wasn't intense, and even many ordinary people felt only briefly nauseous, but those in the know, like Merlin, understood what was going on.
"Oh my God......"
Merlin had already begun to regret the experiment, but the Black Angel's fluctuations hadn't stopped, not so much polluting as it was calling for something.
Like the alchemical matrix used by Lawrence, the Black Angel was expanding the scope of the erosion until Lorenzo could reach it even from such a distance.
Behind the mountain peaks, beneath the distant Sacred Capital, the place where it all began.
Stasis Temple.