Chapter 678: The Tide and the Teeth
Even if the wagons for the rehabilitation of condemned prisoners were fast enough, it would take a day and a night to get to the coastal zone.
The Headmaster had taken off her heels and was lying on her side on the bed, so she didn't have to restrain herself as long as she made sure there was no third party. It was only when she was alone or with William that she was completely relaxed.
"William, you're actually well aware of the risks of this trip, aren't you?"
William sat on the edge of the bed opposite, staring at the headmaster's four-pointed star-shaped pupils, "Of course, otherwise, how could you pull down your face and let the headmaster join you...... If it's just a general thing, I certainly won't bother you. After all, without you in charge, Zion's risk index would skyrocket. ”
"Hmph~ pretending."
William maintained a sitting position and slowly bent down, his hands against his chin, "Anyway, hasn't the organization had any experience of going to sea before?" ”
"Of course not, Zion's total combat power is not enough to support the 'going to sea' thing. There are only a few strong people who can reach the way, and there are a lot of risks in going to sea itself.
The organization also had the idea of going to sea, called the Great Migration.
The idea was that if our continent of Quechua was confirmed to be completely greylanded, and the tanneries were ready to enslave us as a whole, the Order's full relocation would take place.
Travel across the sea to Middle-Earth in an attempt to find other human organizations.
But this idea was disproved before it was even written as a plan, and as we learned about the Old World, no 'free humans' were found other than us.
Human beings on other continents may not be as fortunate as we are, and they have not been directly sheltered by source epidemic areas such as tanneries, and even given "gentleman's skins" that do not affect human nature, so that we can be exposed to diseases and develop freely as human beings.
Humans on other continents have either died or been bred in captivity by sick people for species transformation. ”
William scratched the bridge of his nose with his fingers, "It's strange, based on the geography I've read in books, the size of the Middle-Earth is much larger than the Kachuwa continent where we are.
The human density, culture and technological level there should be higher than ours.
Being reasonable should attract a lot of source epidemic areas to colonize there in advance and establish a base in the New World. Even if it's not as laissez-faire as the tannery, maybe it will give them some room to grow, right?
It's strange that there isn't a decent human in the Old World except for our organization......"
Who knows, Principal Daisling directly stretched out her long white legs, and the soles of her feet were facing William's face, signaling that he didn't have to say any more.
"There's no need to think about this kind of thing anymore, let's take care of the situation in front of us~ If we arrive in the Central Region on this trip, we will be able to know the specific situation at that time.
In other words, William's breath seems to have changed a lot, tell me about your experience in the old world during the time you left, listen to the story and pass the time~ No one spoke in the academy, so it was really boring to talk to a group of old guys across the galaxy about the stars. ”
"It's fine."
……
The night passed.
Daisling went from lying on her side to sitting cross-legged.
The two hands were still crossed and gently grasped on the soles of their feet, and the eyes of the two stars were wide.
William's story of another world is new, exciting, and extremely vivid, and combined with the continuous transmission of memory pictures by the mad brain, it depicts a completely different human world.
provoked the principal to sleep almost in the middle of the night, excited, and she had many problems at every point in the story, and it was not finally over until three o'clock in the morning.
"Principal, good night~ Have a good rest, I have to cross the sea tomorrow."
When William lay down to rest,
Wrapped in her bedding but unable to sleep, Daisleen recreated the story through the stars and mist in her mind, and for some reason, she had a rare envy for the circus member named Catherine to go on such a novel and interesting adventure in another world with William.
She also wanted to go, to see the stars of the world over there.
"William ......"
Tossing and turning, Daisling tried to continue talking, but there was no response from the bed opposite, and she seemed to be asleep.
Just when she was a little lost, a voice came: "Headmaster, if you have the opportunity to go over together in the future, I think the stars of the world over there may be new insights for you." ”
"Well, go to sleep."
The restless heart was at peace, and drowsiness struck.
I don't know how long it has been, the frequency and severity of the carriage's jolting have increased dramatically, and a strong feeling of humidity has penetrated the carriage.
"Boss, boss! The infection on your side is so serious!
It's really incredible, the old world has a very clear territorial division of different source areas, and "cross-infection" is strictly prohibited, and it is really interesting that your side is not bound by the usual rules, and this kind of joint disease is born. ”
At the same time as William woke up, Nash's excited voice spread through the cranial cavity,
When you open your eyes,
The originally neat and clean carriage was actually paved with shallow water stains,
The metal compartments were seeping water, shellfish, plants and even tiny eyeballs were growing, and even finger-sized crabs were crawling on the walls.
Most exaggeratedly, the futon covering William's body also grew a barnacle structure.
None of this is a big deal, though, and it's something else that really invades the carriage...... It makes William feel uncomfortable, and Nash feels excited.
Teeth that occupy about 40% of the walls of the cabin.
That's right, the white human teeth are densely embedded in the interior of the carriage, which makes people feel uncomfortable at the physiological level.
"Hmmm! So damp! ”
When William sat up suddenly, he found that the headmaster had already gotten up and changed his clothes.
Using the plasticity of "gentleman's skin", yesterday's long skirt and high heels are transformed into a set of corset, long leather pants and a pair of plain leather boots with star decorations suitable for going out.
"A gentleman of the Order once tried to investigate the coastal zone, but before he could get there, he turned back, and it was the extreme humidity and strange [teeth] that persuaded him to retreat.
Although the sea is the earliest and most deeply infected area, the plague lord who controls the sea on the other side of the old world does not pay much attention to this side, nor does he prohibit the invasion of other epidemics.
Slowly, various epidemics began to appear in the sea, and a large number of cross-infections occurred.
Among them, dental disease seems to have a good mix with marine pathogens. ”
"Cross-infection?"
William tried to pinch a tooth on the surface of the carriage, thinking that it could be easily extracted, but he didn't expect the tooth to be inlaid so tightly that it was withdrawn outward with the force of his two fingers.
Syllable!
The moment the tooth was extracted, the juice of the seawater splashed down.
The tooth nerves, which writhe like the tentacles of an octopus, were pulled out, and William even felt the vitality of the animals.
"Huh?"
William tried to throw the extracted tooth to the ground,
Unbeknownst to him, the dental nerve actually landed firmly with the tooth and began to crawl on the ground.
Immediately after finding a suitable position, the nerve became like a drill bit and began to punch holes in the ground.
For some reason, William felt a toothache as he watched this scene.
"This ...... What forces of the Old World do these teeth correspond to? ”
Daisling's face was full of doubts,
"William, you don't know this?
The teeth clearly correspond to an epidemic area in the Old World, and although they have become low-key after the war, they are not unrecognizable, right?
This source epidemic area can be said to be the 'hospital' of the old world, called the [Dental House]. ”
"I really don't know...... Old World Hospitals? How does it feel a bit inconsistent, after all, the old world itself is the origin of epidemics, but there is still such a thing as a hospital.
Does this dental hall simply provide oral treatment, or what? ”
"I haven't been there, after all, the scale of [Tooth House] is not large compared to other source epidemic areas, and it has always been very low-key, even hidden in the corners of the world.
It is rumored that only those who are seriously injured and about to die may see the [Tooth House] if they choose to wander in the no-man's land of the old world in the last stage of their lives.
I don't know exactly what it is.
It's just that I didn't expect that the [Tooth House], which was quite low-key in the old world, would be so active on our side, infecting and occupying the coastal zone.
It seems that this group of doctors from the old world is very far-sighted, and wants to take root here in advance, and immediately transfer the [Dental Pavilion] when the world infection is completed. ”
William also opened the car window with great interest,
Although there is a thick gray matter outside, you can probably feel that a special city is not far away, and you can clearly hear the sound of the tide by borrowing the vision of the abyss.
(End of chapter)