Chapter Ninety-One: A New Epitaph!
Devil? It should be radiation sickness, but what is holy water? Can it actually suppress malignant advanced radiation sickness? Can you actually strengthen your body?
It was as if David and Lily had suddenly thought of something similar at the same time...
Gene Chemistry Elixir!
Developed during the Great Expansion of the First Empire, on the surface, the technology has long been lost in the human realm, and it can mass-produce a Gene Enlightenment Elixir for Reserve-level Space Marines!
They glanced at each other, and saw a sense of disbelief and excitement in each other's eyes.
If it's really this thing, and you can get it, or even how it's made...
Wow... That's really going to be sent...
But all this is just a matter of speculation after all, forcing themselves to suppress the ripples in their hearts, and gently reassuring:
"Don't be nervous, we're not enemies." David immediately stopped the other party's action to get up, "Although we have injected you with a sulfide anti-radiation agent, which can temporarily suppress the radiation sickness in your body, you are still very weak, don't do some drastic movements, and don't be too emotional, this is likely to kill you." As for us, if you say, we... From outside the sky. ”
David felt that the old man was not long before he could hide it.
However, he just said it casually, but he didn't expect the old man to be extremely excited immediately after hearing this.
Even when he was critically ill, he almost got up, shaking David's shoulders excitedly, while pointing to the upper Dao with tears streaming down his face: "Outside the sky! You really are from outside the world! The first saint really didn't lie to us! Didn't lie to us... In the story she told us, the world is not like this, the real outside the sky, there are sun, moon and stars, mountains, rivers and seas, and all kinds of beautiful and bright things. But now that it's worked... Why didn't they come back... It's okay to ask for help from foreign reinforcements, it's clear that the City of Glimmer can't hold out for long..."
David told the old man how much he could make up something in his brain, and he could understand why the old man was so excited, but he was even more puzzled in his heart, if according to the old man's words, there were already a group of natives in the ruins who broke through the blockade and went to the ground, how many things should have been circulated, why did he deal so much with the wine and bullet casings with a developed intelligence network and never heard any news about this?
However, he didn't deliberately inquire about this matter, but he was not in a hurry for the time being.
He stroked the old man's rickety back, tried his best to calm the old man's fluctuating thoughts, and asked while comforting:
"Uncle, you don't have to be so excited, drink saliva first, and speak slowly, didn't you say earlier that the City of Glimmer when you came has been blocked for a long time? So how did you end up here? Are you the only one? ”
"Uncle? Are you eleven years old already considered an old man? But it's true, I... I'm afraid it's not much time..."
The 'old man' was slightly stunned when he heard the title of old man, but then there was a look of remembrance and sadness in his eyes, "Yes... I'm the only one left, it is said that we were found by our father from the Temple of War, and they raised us on the journey, but for some reason, we have been born with all kinds of curses on our bodies, and once we leave a certain area, they will explode into a cloud of blood, among which I, Sam, Roger, and Marilyn have mild symptoms of curses, but just in case, my father did not dare to take us out of the territory, so they left Aunt Jenny to take care of us and let us wait for their return in the stronghold.
But we waited year after year, under the entanglement of the devil in our bodies, we became weaker and weaker day by day, and then they also died one by one, just last year, Aunt Jenny also died, I originally planned to wait for death to come, but today, I suddenly found that the sky dome collapsed, so I wanted to try, can I climb out to take a look, looking for my father them! Ask them why they haven't come for so long, everyone is dead... They're all dead, woooooooooo
Hearing the innocent question of the 'old man' about age, no one can laugh at it.
It turned out that he was just a child, forced to abandon this hell full of radiation and cold, and could only watch his former companions suffer from illness and die one by one, and the hope that was waiting for the return of the elders turned into the same cold despair in the day by day...
This is... What a sorrow.
Looking at the 'old man' who was crying bitterly from his sorrow, everyone didn't know how to appease him for a while...
After all, it was a hardship that even Deserted Night and Miller had never encountered or even imagined, at least, although they were reduced to pawns for fun on the infinite battlefield, they could have a 'normal' life and a visible hope.
They could see that this 'old man' was probably really as time was running out as he said, and he was awake at the moment... Most of the time it is the last return to the legend.
David sighed, but finally didn't open his mouth to tell him what was actually going on the ground to break his last illusion.
Sometimes, truth is often more cruel than a lie.
He asked, "Can you please take us to the stronghold of your mouth?" ”
"Ahh Are you going there? That's great, I wanted to ask you to bring me back, at least, I hope to be with everyone when I die, so that I won't be alone. ”
Under the guidance of the 'old man', everyone finally came to the 'stronghold' in his mouth.
In the eyes of David and Lily, this is clearly an obviously high-tech battleship maintenance platform, but it has been modified by others.
The three sides of the open area were surrounded by walls of mixed materials, and thick watchtowers were built at intervals to guard against the fallen.
As for the so-called reapers, they should not have encountered them, otherwise they probably would not have survived today.
David gently pushed open the rusty iron door, and behind it was the deep maintenance hall, which was very dimly lit by a few dim emergency lights.
But at the same time, I also saw the place that the 'old man' called home:
A small warship parked on a maintenance platform with severe damage.
But it is not for AI, it should be a complete and still operational living environment purification system, which minimizes the impact of cold and radiation, so that they can support it for so long.
Davy and the others did not rush into the interior of the battleship, but under the dying guidance of the 'old man', they came to the four lonely small mounds outside the wall, built of ice, snow and all kinds of broken steel.
And at the top of one of the mounds, there was a small cross necklace, presumably a relic of the deceased, but now it was treated as a pitiful tombstone, and as for the rest, there was not even a tombstone.
But the 'old man' carried by Miller can call out the name of each tombstone...
Yes, after all... The owner of each of these tombs was buried by his own hands.
With Miller's help, the 'old man' stroked each grave bag one by one, and finally stopped in front of the grave bag with the cross necklace attached.
He struggled off Miller's back and crawled up to the grave, muttering, "I'm back... I see the outsiders in the mouth of the first saints... Now that they are here... Then the first saint and father should also be back soon, now you should be happy, mother... Mom..."
As if he had completed his last obsession, he finally stopped breathing that had been struggling with himself for eleven years...
Looking at this child who had only met for the first time, this child who had lost his voice... David and the others were silent for a moment, and buried him next to the 'Jenny' grave according to the specifications of the other grave bags.
It wasn't until I wanted to engrave the tombstone that I suddenly remembered that I hadn't had time to ask his name...
But... Since each tomb bag is not inscribed, it is not a big deal, after all, their companions are very familiar with his friend.
And just as everyone was about to leave here and go to the inside of the battleship, David frowned, glanced at several tombs, and said:
"No... Someone has been here! ”
He suddenly crouched down, and in the open space in front of 'Jenny''s grave, he wiped it with his hand to brush away the frost on the surface, and a piece of handwriting appeared as if it had been printed with a laser:
"The descendant of Rostana, the leader of the biochemical research group of the Hanyuan, Jenny. Rogris rested in peace, volunteering to stay and take care of the children who could not be relieved of his privileges, and slept while waiting. May the spark live forever and shine on your way to the eternal kingdom. ”
Everyone couldn't help but breathe hard, and they saw David continue to blow downward.
Sure enough, another line appeared:
"Friend... Allow me to refer to you intrepid companions by this title, I'm sorry I came back late, but I've finally arrived... When I got to the person who seemed to be in the calculation back then, I will take the first step to witness his arrival. Survival or destruction is left to fate. After all, we... There is no more time left to wait. _____Elise"
PS: Finally rushed back ahead of schedule...