The advance of "reinforcements" on the southern front has stopped - they can be "under the city". But in fact, these people can't move anymore.

The temperature reached a terrible minus 97 degrees Celsius, and the sky was falling with a torrent of snow – carbon dioxide snow that had condensed under extremely low temperatures. But hiding in the car is not unharmed, even if the temperature inside the car has reached more than minus 30 degrees, it is clear that the outside temperature has far exceeded the limit of the thermal insulation system in the car.

It is foreseeable that these "reinforcements" may still need reinforcements, otherwise they will all be turned into sculptures on this snowy field.

Perhaps the safest is Dai Bingcheng. Li Zhen's surroundings have always maintained a temperature of more than 20 degrees above zero, and he can't really experience what it's like to be 97 degrees below zero.

When Li Zhen flew to the temporary headquarters, Hu Yanling and the guards had severe frost on their eyebrows. The heaters have been turned on to their maximum power, but the chill is still seeping through the crevices everywhere.

Li Zhen put Dai Bingcheng down, and his guards gave him first aid with battlefield medical kits. However, their movements were so clumsy that they could barely hold a single needle. So Li Zhen treated the wound on Dai Bingcheng's body, and during this time, Dai Bingcheng kept staring at him, and then asked, "Is it the relationship of that thing?" ”

Li Zhen nodded, and added: "I didn't expect it to be to this extent. ”

Dai Bingcheng frowned, reached out and touched his bandaged left eye: "Can you control it?" ”

But Li Zhen asked rhetorically: "Did you bring what I wanted?" ”

Dai Bingcheng nodded: "Outside the city, in the car." ”

"Then I might be able to give it a try." Li Zhen stood up and nodded at Hu Yanling on the side. "It's been a long time, Sister Yanling."

The difference in status makes the title "Sister Yanling" seem a little strange, but it undoubtedly quickly brought the relationship between the two people closer. Hu Yanling smiled and shook her head: "Long time no see—you shouldn't have called me that." ”

"You're not going to get any younger than me, are you?" Li Zhen smiled, and then waved his hand, "Then I'll go." ”

He lifted the curtain before the two of them could speak, and quickly disappeared into the sky.

Dai Bingcheng looked at the "snowflakes" that flew in from outside and quickly melted, and said in a low voice: "Do you think he really didn't expect it?" Or do you want us to watch? ”

"He's a very simple man." Hu Yanling tightened her clothes and replied.

“…… People change, Yanling. Dai Bingcheng shook his head noncommittally and was silent for a while. Again. "He's terrifyingly strong right now. I can't imagine if I didn't see it with my own eyes today. ”

……

……

Li Zhen was in no hurry to find what reinforcements would bring. He flew to the top of a building near the Gate of Truth's lair.

From here, the building at the Truth Gate headquarters is in full view. The most striking thing is a huge warehouse – much like the one where planes were parked in the past, but this one is four times larger. This thing looks like a high-rise building with no windows. Standing quietly in the very center of the complex.

According to the information obtained from Wang Meng's mouth. That's where that arm is placed.

Strangely enough, he could see it. The building is gray.

- All the buildings are covered in snow and ice, except for this one. He squinted, and even saw a trickle of water slowly winding down from the rooftop.

There is no doubt that the temperature is higher there. Li Zhenzhi said that it was not because there was some human machine inside to keep it warm. Even if there were, it wouldn't be able to do so.

Then he realized that his previous assumption was correct.

This arm is absorbing heat, or energy.

The neighborhood became cold not because it was self-aware and caused the cold like an able, but because even the heat in the air was absorbed by it, so the entire area was cooling.

But so far this thing has not been able to absorb energy from humans at least, perhaps precisely because it is not "self-aware"?

He jumped downstairs.

The ice on the ground was horribly solid - even when he fell from a seventeen-story building, there was not the slightest crack in the ice.

He walked down the street with his feet up, passing through a gate. There were also fortifications on either side of the gate, but the people inside were watching him walk through the middle at the moment, and there was not the slightest sign of objection in their eyes, which had been frozen into ice beads.

He made his way unimpeded, and eventually used brute force to destroy the iron gate at the entrance. The hallway behind the door was silent, and everything turned into ice sculptures. He walked past several people, recalling the topographical map that Wang Meng had drawn as he went. So far, it was still the periphery of the base, but at this time, both the perimeter and the interior had become undefended, and none of the guys around him objected to his arrival.

And he had been resisting a certain temptation, and it was this temptation that he couldn't resist to come here first to "see".

This feeling was not unfamiliar, he had already experienced it once six or seven years ago. At that time, he was a young man who did not know anything, and he met Adam one night.

Something irresistible came from the skeleton, and he walked into the cave like a puppet.

But now he can at least keep his sanity and be soberly aware of the existence of that "temptation".

It's like a hungry man who sees food and water, and he knows that those things may be poisonous, and he can control himself not to touch them, but no amount of strong willpower can contain the craving in his heart—unless he is neither hungry nor thirsty at all.

Li Zhen grabbed the slightly trembling Longjinus spear in his hand and glanced at the wall. An electronic clock hangs around the corner, and the time shows that it is July 28, 2020.

Eventually he came to the entrance of that "tall building", and then he saw a man.

A beautiful Caucasian woman sat against the wall of the doorway, wrapped in a thick warm coat. When he saw Li Zhen, the other party didn't panic too much, but slowly stood up. After looking at him carefully for a while, he introduced himself: "I'm Vivien. ”

Li Zhen discovered a very interesting fact - the people of the Gate of Truth seem to behave so calmly and calmly in the face of destruction, and it is not clear whether it is due to "faith".

He nodded, "I know you." So, are you staying to guard the goal? ”

"I know I can't keep it." Vivien shook her head, "So I'm here to tell you something—before you open this door." ”

"Hmm, the necessary procedures before the handover. You said. ”

Vivian was slightly stunned, as if she didn't expect Li Zhen to be equally calm. But after a moment, she realized the reason - there really wasn't much power in this world that could stop him. So she smiled bitterly, "I have to tell you first that the thing in it is terrible, and it seems to have a very close relationship with you and that one. ”

"You know, we poisoned you in the past—the kind of poison your body can't immune, and you can't heal itself. Now I can tell you. That virus was modified from the extract from that thing. The amazing thing is that it only works for you. ”

Vivien mentioned one thing that Li Zhen minded the most - the gun in his hand could indeed suppress the power of the virus. However, he never wanted to live with such a gun for the rest of his life. So his expression changed: "Do you have a cure in your hands?" ”

Vivien shook her head, "Sorry, we don't. I'm just reminding you of what the connection might be to it. ”

Li Zhen shrugged: "Is there anything else?" ”

"Those new humans that we have created, too, are because of it. We've taken pieces of genes from its cells – and surprisingly, they've fused perfectly with human genes to create even more powerful individuals. If you come later. We're going to do better. ”

"I'm not very interested in that." Li Zhen said. "And then?"

Vivien's face didn't change. But the voice was a little excited: "I mentioned its genetic sample. The last thing I want to tell you is that it contains all the information you know. I know you've studied the genes of species – there's pretty much all the genetic information of mammals, reptiles, birds. However, this thing ...... You can find out from it all the creatures known on Earth. In other words, we have. It has it all. What we don't have, it has. ”

"The most important thing is that all characteristics are explicit."

Li Zhen thought about the meaning of this sentence for a moment, and then raised his head: "For example, it should have wings on its body, as well as horns, gills, feathers, scales, mucus, and hooves...... Should it be warm-blooded or cold-blooded at the same time? ”

Vivien nodded: "Theoretically, but not necessarily. For example, now you don't have wings on your body - everything exists under the control of the ontological consciousness. ”

"Got it." Li Zhen nodded, "Tell me what do you want to explain?" ”

Vivien took a deep breath and said slowly, "From a biological point of view, that thing is the ancestor and origin of all living things. Of course, it can also be said to be the end and fusion of all living things. It can be seen both as the source and as the final point of evolution. So, when you think about the 'last day', do you think of anything? ”

Li Zhen nodded calmly: "There is a high probability that it is the mysterious catastrophe - just like the species is to humans." ”

Vivien looked at him and frowned slightly, "You weren't surprised?" ”

"I know more than you think." Li Zhen said, "You're done? ”

Vivien pursed her lips, "I'm done." Now you can do what you want. My full name is, Vivian Longinus. ”

"It's his daughter." Li Zhen smiled and paused slightly, "Where are the bones of Kitagawa Qingming." ”

“…… On the second basement level, B214. Vivien closed her eyes.

However, after a while, she did not feel any pain. So she opened her eyes and found Li Zhen walking past her and putting his hand on the door panel behind her.

She hesitated for a moment, and finally asked before she was about to turn away, "You're not going to kill me?" ”

"You should be glad you didn't plan to kill me." Li Zhen said without looking back, "But it doesn't mean that you are innocent - you also have a share of the things you do." I leave you to the judgment of the souls of the city of Murmansk if you can escape alive. ”

After saying that, he closed his eyes slightly, feeling the warmth coming from the door panel.

Vivien didn't know when she was leaving. But Li Zhen knew that her chances of survival were pitiful. In the whole city of Murmansk, there is no place where a single person can survive, except near this building and near himself.

He felt the warmth—a slight fluctuation, as if there was a flame burning behind the door.

And the spear of Longinus in his hand became more and more restless.

So after a minute, he took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

A white mist appeared in front of him—the water vapor condensed as the cold air outside met with the heat inside.

And behind the fog there was a faint glow.

His heart pounded at the sight - he remembered the dream he had been having since seven years ago. It was a dream that lasted for seven years, and I felt like a passer in my dream.

- Trudging through a river made of blood, the end of which was a fog at the beginning.

He subconsciously glanced down, and then his pupils dilated violently. It's like a dying man.

There is a red liquid on the ground. Those blood-like things didn't meander their way through. Rather, it slowly spreads through. The viscous, brightly colored liquid smells of blood and has a hint of sweetness.

He clenched his hands, hid his trembling fingertips in his palms, and took two steps out of the fog that obscured everything.

It was a huge arm with flames.

Wang Meng said that the arm was more than ten meters long. But by this time it had reached the zenith of the warehouse. It's as if a human arm has been magnified countless times. There was a raging flame burning on it. The palms of the hands propped up at the zenith spread spasmodically. Fingers pressed against the ceiling, as if intending to break it.

And the blood was flowing from one end of the arm's order—huge blood vessels poking out from the fracture, and those vessels were dilated. Bubbling blood gushed out.

If I'm not mistaken, Wang Meng said that the other end of the arm was closed. Li Zhen frowned, he realized that this "blood-ridden" scene at this moment might not be a bad thing for that arm—it meant that it had regained its vitality and began to grow, producing new blood from the energy it had absorbed......

Trying to recover his lost torso.

He didn't know what the scene in front of him meant to the dream. In the dream he was in a river of blood, and in this room, the surface of the ground was covered with blood.

However, this doubt did not bother him for long, and another thing attracted his full attention.

The palm of the hand propped up on the roof of the shed has only four fingers.

It was missing its little finger, and it did have a wound at the end of the palm, from which blood continued to spill out.

Wordlessly, he looked down at the gun in his hand.

After a night in Wanzhou, its form changed - from an ivory-white spear to three sections, each with a small, bright red thread entwined around it. Sometimes Li Zhen feels that it is like a "wishful golden hoop stick", because this thing can become longer and shorter with his mind, as if it is separated from his own body.

But as he drew closer and closer to the city of Murmansk, he felt the thing become more and more stubborn - as if in a hurry to get out of his hands and find his true master.

So at this moment, Li Zhen realized what it was.

This is a phalange.

Li Zhen clenched it tightly at this moment, glanced at the huge, flame-rising arm, and strode out of the room as if fleeing, closing the door.

……

……

Forty minutes later, he appeared on B214, the second basement floor, which Vivien had described.

The room was bigger than he had imagined, like a warehouse. And there are indeed many products in this "warehouse".

About 200 giant sac-shaped petri dishes are arranged in rows on the walls on either side, and huge pipes run through them, providing the necessary nutrients for the contents of those petri dishes in the past.

But now the liquid in the petri dish has long been frozen, and the pipeline has also broken due to the super low temperature, and the liquid inside has not had time to flow out and turned into a hard piece.

Li Zhen stopped in front of one of the culture surfaces and looked at it, and saw a small fetus among the pale green ice cubes. At this time, the human fetus did not look much like a human, but more like some kind of humanoid creature from another world.

He closed his eyes for a moment, then walked to the biopod in the middle of the room with the large silver-white box in his hand and waved his hand.

Then there was a dull sound from the walls on either side, and after a few seconds, the heat was rising. The steaming white mist soon filled the room, and tongues of fire slowly rose out of the white mist. The psionic heat caused a fire, and the room began to be filled with the smell of burnt and the strange smell of burning chemicals.

This made the area warmer and warmer - by the time Li Zhen placed his palm on the transparent surface of the bio chamber, it was at least not so frozen.

At his touch, the frozen liquid in the cabin melted. The drastic change in heat and cold caused the hatch to open automatically, and a surge of water vapor came out.

There was the lower body of a skeleton, slightly bright white, as if carved out of ivory.

Li Zhen rested the huge box in his hand on the ground and tore the metal surface with his hands—the upper body of a skeleton was wrapped in a soft object of unknown material.

This is not a skeletal specimen like in a classroom, and there is no east-west connection between the bones. But the encapsulator apparently took a lot of effort to rearrange the half of the skeleton, and carefully numbered each one.

Li Zhen picked out the bones one by one with his bare hands and erased the handwriting on them.

He docked the retrieved skeleton with the half of the skeleton in the chamber, and it took twenty minutes to complete the process. By this time, the flames on the walls on both sides had been extinguished, and the blackened marks were soon covered with frost again, and the room became crystal clear again.

Li Zhen held the gun in his hand and repeatedly confirmed that he had not misplaced a certain piece.

Then he took a deep breath, intending to plunge the glowing red tip of the spear into the water. But this action was repeated four times, and by the fifth time he withdrew his hand, turned and paced restlessly around the room.

He wanted to retrieve it because Ying Long had told him that the Longinus Spear would save her life that night, but he didn't tell him what to do. The gun was now in his hands, and he felt as if he had a little bit of a grasp of what to do.

But he didn't know how sure that "one point" could make him sure. He had never seen such a thing as "raising the flesh and bones of the dead" except for himself.

So he wandered for fifteen minutes and then pushed the door open and walked out.

He returned to the storeroom—a mist of water was rising from the metal door, and a faint green smoke was rising from the doorframe. He had to use his own psionic energy - not to make it hotter here, but to make it lower.

When he opened the door, he saw ashes and flying sparks. In this room, everything that was made by humans was already on fire.

The arm fell to the ground, and the huge thick fingers were less than ten meters away from the doorway.

The fingers were trembling slightly, as if they were spasming. But that didn't stop it from dragging its larger, heavier forearms and upper arms out the door.

Li Zhen paused slightly, then raised his feet and stepped forward. He walked up to the middle finger, which was as tall as him, and pressed his right hand to it.

The thing felt resistance and stopped.

At the entrance of the warehouse, a piece of wall skin finally fell off due to burning, splashing a large cloud of dust, obscuring Li Zhen's figure.

This was July 28, 2020.

On this day, near the still warm equator, Wang Yuanwei landed on the island. (To be continued......)