Section 590: The Past (2)
It was a young life that looked like a human being, but in Marin's eyes, he was not human, he had no temperature, and his expression was rigid.
"Welcome to the Innsmouth Biofactory Shelter, stranger, why you are here, and why do you understand the songs of the pre-Age of Destruction." His voice was a little hoarse, and the electronic sound from the artificial Adam's apple made Marin smile.
"I come from a time ago, when humanity on Earth was not yet united under the same banner." Standing in front of him, looking at his raised hand and the pistol he was holding, Balin shook his head: "I am not your enemy. β
"I've been told that before, but as a result, the shelter has been destroyed, and everyone has to get out of here......" At this point, the kid put down the gun in his hand, "Jason is there, right?" β
"Yes, do you know him?" Marin showed a little curiosity about this, after all, in his opinion, Jason was not a popular lover.
"I've heard of it before, after all, he's the only core AI from East Asia, and now, he's chasing Stark Three, it's a military AI, and it's a different thing than civilian goods like us......" The little guy said this, and glanced at Marin: "Why are you here, this is the westernmost part of the Northern Wilderness, and a little west is the Chaos Occupation Zone, which is desolate and even those guys refuse to come, why do you want to come." β
"I ...... I met a child named Mira in the south, and she said that she was living in Hallownest, that she and her qualified were dead, and that I was only sending her back in accordance with her last wishes. Marin said as he pulled out a bottle with the dust of the crystal pillar in it.
"That kid...... Dead. The boy sighed, and with some sadness he took the bottle: "Poor Amy, she can't hear my singing, but she finds a home outside, I don't know how I should be happy about it?" Or is it sad ...... because of this?" Tears welled up in his eyes.
"You just said she was helping her to leave?" Marin felt that it was all different from what he had thought.
"Ah...... Excuse me? I haven't introduced myself yet? I'm Epps, and Amy was the last of the children to be born? I was supposed to be Amy's qualified, but ...... She didn't choose me. "Is this kid finished? Unbuttoned his chest? The small sheath was revealed, and the insect people in it were no longer active.
"What's wrong with your fellow bugmen?" Marlin frowned, for he couldn't sense the worm life force.
"Withered, undistorted insect people can't accept high concentrations of psionic energy? And the spiritual energy in this world is getting stronger and stronger? So, it withered. The kid sighed.
Marin finally understood why he couldn't feel the vibrations from this childβhis companion withered, and the child didn't live long.
This is the inadequacy of this kind of biological armor, both sides are prosperous and the other is lost.
"By the way? I don't know your name yet. The kid looked at Marin.
Marin pointed to himself: "Marin Gayat, from Fort Carter?" I met Mira in Silent Hill, and I'll tell you her story in its entirety. β
Marin told the whole story of Ella's last story to the kid named Epps? The latter finally placed the bottle on his chest in silence.
"Amy, my friend? You're back...... I'll put this bottle in the shelter? Lord Marin? Would you be interested in coming down with me? The child looked at Marin, who was a little flattered by his invitation: "Is it okay, you see, I have a special friend." β
Epps glanced at Ayres, who waved his hand bones.
"The dead in a foreign land, it seems that they can still understand human speech, come on, I'm a monster anyway, and this shelter has long been empty, after the destruction of the ecological core, several groups of people went out to look for it, but they all failed, and no one came back, so ...... The rest of the people also left. β
As Ayres and Lulu stand on the platform, Epps begins to lower the platform.
As the platform descended, the lights on the surrounding steel walls were turning on, and some of the lights exploded as they turned on.
"No one has been here for a long time, and I haven't maintained them or spare them...... You will see a refuge that has been completely abandoned. Epps introduced as he looked at the lights on the wall.
As the platform was lowered, the entrance to the top was also closed, and the ventilation system on the wall was exchanging air with the outside world, giving the world that had been closed for a long time a little more dull.
Marin watched as the platform finally entered a hall, the lights in this hall were also turning on, a very clean hall, even if the cabinets had been opened, the cabinets that could be seen were empty.
"As they went, they took everything they could, and some people went north, to Copenhagen. Some went south, to Regensburg, and I heard that some went to Rome...... I don't know if they and their descendants survived, I just know that there is no home. With that, the kid jumped off the platform where he had not yet been steady.
Marin jumped off as well.
"The Innsmouth Biofactory Vault was the safest refuge in the era of the Great Devastation with a population of 17,000 people, and later, they even built a town nearby with the help of scrap metal and small factories in the shelter by the sea, and housed the orc and subhuman survivors who survived outside until one ...... The strange guy got in, he looked normal, but in the end he destroyed the ecological core, and he even wanted to cause chaos, and I later learned that the world had really changed. "The kid walked in front, and everywhere he went, most of the lights were back on.
This is really a perfect metal cemetery, in my world, the most extravagant emperor is not qualified to have such a perfect cemetery, and in your world, this is actually a refuge, it is unimaginable technology.
Ayers looked at it, and his exclamation made Epps turn his head to look at him.
"You don't have a vocal organ, but you can let me hear what you say, whether you are a human or a ghost."
That's a good question, to be honest, I don't know, if I say I'm human, then no one will believe me, and if I say I'm a ghost, it's interesting, because I don't think there is a second ghost in this world who can do things like me.
Ayles' quip made Marin laugh - it was completely different from when he first met Ayrs, and seeing the changes that had taken place in him, Marin had a very ridiculous sense of confusion, as Ayres himself said, he was so different.
"Enough sanity to be completely different from the people of your kind I've seen in these." At this point, Epps, who had stopped at a gate, turned his head to look at Marin: "Your Excellency Marin, I feel that you have something to say. β
"You said you and Amy were born in the same batch, and I feel like you've been involved in all of this from before the Great Devastation."
"Because I have an electronic brain." The kid smiled, his face full of regret, "Maybe that's why Amy can't hear me, and I'...... I couldn't hear my companion's singing, and perhaps because of that, he chose to wither rather than be distorted by the radiation of high concentrations of psionic energy. β
Marin shook his head and looked at the open door, as well as the core tank in the gate: "Should I call you Eps, or what." β
The outer armor of the tank was opening, and one of the small babies was covered in various tubes, and it was looking at Marlin with its eyes closed.
"Bio-AI?" Marlin frowned.
"Yes, my father said that I had a car accident when I was inside my mother, and my mother died, and I am going to die too, and my father finally agreed to transform me into this, I am him, and he is me." Epps walked to the tank, he stroked the tank, and then turned his head to look at Marin: "This body of mine was also made, this is the last embryo of the Vault Conservation Center, when everyone left, no one thought to take it, and in the end, I developed it, but found that this child could not withstand the environment on Earth today, I could only modify his brain, but this child still did not live past the age of ten, I recovered his body, and transformed him into a usable appearance...... The Innsmouth Biofactory Shelter has failed, and we have not been able to rebuild civilization......"
The child pressed his hands to the canister and he was crying, but Marin could feel her pain, though he didn't cry.
"No, we didn't fail, my family, Hagelberg, is said to have come out of a shelter, and we, like many of Copenhagen's aristocrats, live in this world with the mission of rebuilding civilization." Lulu spoke at this time.
Her words made the child turn his head, his face full of tears, but she looked at Lulu, at the metal plate she was holding in her hand, and a smile bloomed on his face: "Hagelberry, I remember this surname, it was a young man full of dreams and hopes in his mouth...... Did they really get to Copenhagen, did they really survive there? β
"Yes, although it is a little unsatisfactory to live, we have never forgotten our family vow to reforge civilization, even if we have forgotten what civilization was eight thousand years ago." Lulu smiled a little awkwardly as she said this.
But Epps didn't feel it, he looked at Lulu and said loudly: "Hagelberg, you come and give orders, I'm a civilian AI, I don't have autonomy, I need someone to give me orders...... So, girl, give me orders so that I can rebuild the vault. β
Lulu glanced at Marin, and Marin nodded: "Say, Lulu, maybe this is our fate, everyone in every era is born with a mission, but we don't know what kind of mission we are carrying, and now, I think you should have understood the mission you are carrying, give an order." β
Lulu nodded, she took a deep breath, then looked at Eps and said, "Eps, let's reforge civilization together, and the first step in rebuilding civilization is to rebuild the shelter. β
The child cheered, and at that moment, the walls were opening, and the machines came out of it, and under Ayles' wary watch, they began to clean up the hall.
"I'm going to recycle these broken cabinets, restart the small factory, go out to the wreckage to recover the combat machines, and after repairing them, I'll send a new search team to find the ecological core, and of course all this will be later, and today, it's a new day for the Vault." Epps smiled happily.
In the midst of his laughter, Marlin noticed that a wall was opening, and a small crystal sheath was on a stand that had been pushed out.
Epps also noticed what was happening in that piece of wall, and he walked over and picked up the sheath and a small player.
An old voice rang out.
"Eps, I'm old Pyle, and when you found out about this, it must have been the listening system I left behind to pick up your laughter...... Great, Eps, it looks like you've picked yourself up again, this is the last mother of our worms, take care of her, maybe one day, humanity will return to Hallownest, and when the time comes, let's gather and help humanity reforge civilization once again. β
Epps's original smile was gone, and just as he was sniffling and ready to cry, the old voice rang out again.
"Eps, my listening system has collected your choking voice, don't cry, Eps, we are human creatures, even if some of our companions are distorted and distorted in the destruction, but we are always human creatures, that is our creator, we have to help them, even if they forget us now, but there will always be humans who remember us, there will always be humans who need us, remember, Eps, we came to this world with a mission."
Epps sniffled, but finally did not cry, he turned his head to look at Marin: "I...... I'm really happy. β
"I'm glad too, Eps, please try to rebuild the Vault, rebuild the Zerg's Nest, and remember what you asked you to do with this old friend, we will surely reforge civilization." Marin walked up to the child and got down on one knee, and he hugged the child.
Listening to his sobs grow louder, Marin smiled and hugged him tightly.
"Don't cry, don't forget your agreement with Old Pyle." Marin said.
"I'm not crying, I, I, my emotional instruction set is a little out of control." The kid replied in a choked voice.
Lulu walked over, got down on one knee and hugged Marin and Eps.
"We'll reforge civilization, don't cry, it's my order." She said.
Marlin smiled and reached out to hug Lulu.
Each and every one of us came to this era with a mission, and we ...... about it Firmly believe.