"Smack"

There was a slight sound of the door opening in the dead ruins, and the stars were shining at this dawn.

This may be the last time Mason will use the Worldgate, and while Team K has disbanded and the Stars are finished, the thing is still spotted accurately.

It's just that after opening the door, the scenery in front of you is no longer human.

The once thriving city is now left with only a large area of ruins that have spread to the end of the eye, because the ecological environment has been destroyed, and it is no longer suitable for human habitation, and the ruins after the evacuation of life are particularly miserable, and only a few androids from Arasaka Industry still work in it.

These hard-working androids have cleared out vast areas of ruins and built their minimalist assembly workshops and "living quarters".

Although the labor and new life here are not a blessing, for these androids who have chosen to physically rebuild, everything they do in this real world is much more meaningful than staying in the cyberspace to waste their lives.

Of course, their assistance in the reconstruction of the Isu world was not gratuitous, and it was impossible for a large corporation like Arasaka to come and do good deeds.

For example, this ruin has been designated as a construction area for Arasaka Industry in the Isu world, and it will also become one of the many civilization restart points in the world of Mikoshi in the future.

This is the result of the discussion between Miss Huazi and Sister Ka, and it also proves that not all people from the 2077 world are willing to follow in the footsteps of Bartmoss and transform into another form in the unknown kingdom of the mechanical gods.

The Ascension of the Machine is a good end to the fate of the world.

But it has the same problem as the other endings, which is that it doesn't work for everyone.

Life always has its own ideas, and while it's not always true, it's obviously not a detail that Mason needs to meddle in at this time. They are free, and they have the right as individuals to decide only their own future without prejudice to the overall interest.

"Once your people recover, they will have to learn to live with the large clique of androids, and they will have to help each other at least in times of difficulty."

Mason walked in the ruins and said to Brother A beside him:

"I'll tell Huazi to give you some preferential treatment."

"Not necessarily."

Mercer shook his head, and said in a firm tone:

"They don't need preferential treatment!

My world is not so fragile that babies don't even have the ability to take care of themselves, they have to come by themselves if they want to reclaim their civilization and find the perfect new home.

Trust them.

They had already prepared for the revival of civilization when they used me as a counter-shock plan, and they even set up a rather sophisticated permission tree in the genetic sequence of the black light virus.

Life does not resuscitate all at once.

The hand-picked elites will be the first to emerge from my remains, the forerunners of civilization after the apocalypse, and the ordinary people after it.

They have plans and plans, just like you.

So, I'm sure they can do it. ”

"Well, if you don't need preferential treatment from the outside, then maybe you, the legendary man, can give them some help?"

Mason winked and said:

"For example, using the immortal and immortal characteristics of the black light virus to give them some genetic or life-form enhancements? It's necessary, right? ”

He pointed to the land in front of him, which was still blowing sandstorms in the dawn of the night, and said:

"It's a little too hard for you to let a group of ordinary people start a civilization rebuilding in an area where the ecosystem has completely collapsed, right?"

"I'm not going to do that."

Brother A stubbornly shook his head and said:

"My agreement with Lady Kassandra is not like that, but I may be able to prepay 'rent' for my people on this land."

His words were vague, but Mason nodded, apparently guessing how this guy had persuaded Sister Ka and the Assassin administrators of this world.

Mason decides to respect Brother A's will and not get involved.

In this epic of civilization revival, he is only a witness and a bystander.

"Wait a minute."

Mason gestured, signaling Brother A not to rush to perform the "Heavenly Demon Disintegration Dafa", he quickly stepped forward, crossed a collapsed place that had been cleaned up by the androids, and walked in front of a sculpture.

He looked at the stone sculpture in front of him.

It is a figure carved from a large piece of fallen stone, depicting the Assassin saint John Wick as he generously dies holding the Leadership Module.

The whole stone carving is quite expressive, and it does not hide Wick's embarrassment in the final stage of his life.

But it also shows the perseverance and bravery of the Assassin saint, especially the way he looks up at the stars, which perfectly restores Wick's last wish and conveys a certain momentum that promotes the unyielding of the Isu people.

At first glance, it is a masterpiece.

Mason's inscription has also been Lv9, and he definitely has enough evaluation power in this aspect of carving, and a glance at the inscription under the stone carving found that it was carved by Sister Ka herself, and such a high degree of completion can naturally be understood.

For an immortal who has lived for more than 2,000 years, even just taking the time to learn the art of stone carving is enough to introduce her craft to the house.

"In memory of our bravest compatriot, John Wick, who stood up and defeated the enemy of the stars with his courage and fearlessness at a time when our world was overturned and civilization collapsed, and won us continued power and dignity!

He was the epitome and symbol of the way of the Assassins!

He is the embodiment of the indomitable and tenacity of all the Isu people, and under his watchful eye, we will surely step into the future and step into the stars. ”

Mason read the inscription on the stone carving.

He noticed a traditional and elegant Hidden Blade symbol underneath the stone carving, which represented Wick's identity.

He has become a true saint of Assassins, and his story will be remembered for the next era and sung in the stars with the existence of the Isu civilization.

Being famous was not a good thing for an Assassin, but considering that Wick was dead, it became necessary to commemorate it with great fanfare.

"I think you might not like the statue they made for you, because you didn't carve your dog into it, and it might make you feel lonely."

Mason whispered, taking out the white flowers that had been prepared for mourning from his bag and placing them in front of Wick's sculpture.

It was already filled with bouquets of flowers that had weathered rapidly in the sand, and it was clear that there were others who would have made it through the storm to come here to honor their brothers and heroes who had gone before them.

That's good.

A good civilization is one who respects and remembers heroes.

"We've won, Wick."

Mason half-knelt in front of the sculpture.

He gestured to Brother A, who was bowing his head in silence behind him, who turned away and walked back a few seconds later with a stone of the right size.

Mason took out the carving knife for the inscription in his hand, and while carving skillfully, he said to the departed soul represented by the sculpture in front of him like an old friend talking:

"You haven't been able to see it with your own eyes, but we've completed our expedition to Hell and disbanded the Stars, and the organization that once coveted your world has become a forgotten story in the Dark Ages.

Their chaos, evil, and madness will also be the talk of posterity after dinner, and you will also be a part of that story, perhaps an important part.

But I know you don't really care.

Although you have never told me about your past life, it is not difficult for me to find this information.

Perhaps by the time your wife dies, you have become a wandering ghost, aimlessly moving forward in a world that is not yours.

The only thing that keeps you company is your dog.

I don't know what was in your mind when you died, but I guess that death doesn't strike fear you, and if there is a paradise for the Assassins, you're already reunited with your wife by this time.

You are never alone.

You just did what you thought was necessary and worthwhile, and that was a truly heroic act, and I am honored to be a part of your life and to be considered a trusted friend.

Everything you did was not in vain.

This gives me the courage to give you my last gift without regrets. ”

A statue of a living golden retriever was made with the sound of a knife slicing through the stone, and Mason blew the dust and debris from the stone sculpture before picking it up and placing it under Wick's statue.

Then he got up and took a look back.

Under the statue of the originally tragic and fearless deceased, a puppy was licking his wounds, and the puppy's expression was full of worry and nostalgia, which invisibly dispelled the sense of slaughter and despair of the sculpture, adding a touch of warmth to it.

"How?"

Mason lit a cigarette and turned back to Brother A, who nodded and said in a dumb voice:

"It's much better than just now, at least it doesn't look like a god hanging on the wall anymore, awed by all the eyes that look at him but no one really cares."

"Do you need to carve one for you too?"

The captain squeezed his eyes and said:

"You can customize the shape and the thoughts you want to convey, I'm in a good mood today, just charge you a manual fee."

"Forget it, there's no need."

Brother A didn't know whether to slam the door or really didn't care, he waved his hand and said:

"I'm not one to be remembered, and my tombstone doesn't bother you to worry, let's go, it's almost dawn, and I want to finish it before dawn."

"Hmm."

Mason nodded, followed Brother A out of here, and when he turned around, he waved his hand at the sculpture behind him, and said:

"I'll take care of your dog, don't worry about it anymore, Wick, and enjoy the reunion in your paradise."

A few minutes later, Brother A arrived at his destination, which was not far from Wick's sculpture, and if the city was still around, it would be only a few blocks away.

Scattered in ruins but flat, with a near-dry stream of water leading to a half-ruined harbor in the distance, the semi-encircling valley shape is perfect for a civilized starting point.

Although it can't carry too many people, considering that Brother A's world has only chosen this place as a temporary residence, they will definitely leave the Isu world to settle in a new place in the future, so this choice can be said to be perfect.

Mason glanced up at the sky, it was the darkest hour of the day, and dawn would be more than ten minutes away.

This Brother A, who is usually silent, didn't expect to be a guy with such a strong sense of ceremony, and he probably also wanted to play a bit of literature and art, so that his civilization could be resurrected in the light of dawn.

is really a deeply hidden literary and artistic youth.

"Need my help?"

Mason asked with a puff of smoke ring, and Brother A shook his head.

He opened his bag and threw out many jars from it, which contained strange solid energy blocks, and the captain didn't need to look at them, just sniffed and knew that it was concentrated life energy, and he didn't know where Brother A got it.

That's enough energy to resurrect the population of a small city.

Under Mason's gaze, Brother A took a deep breath, took off his hood facing the ocean in the distance, he moved his five fingers to push the activity of the black light virus to the strongest, and then his fingers turned into black tendrils and inserted into the jars around him, extending like a spider web so that the end of his tentacles could also absorb enough energy.

His feet pierced the ground like the roots of an old tree, extending downward.

Like a thousand-year-old tree, in Mason's perception, he could feel the black tendrils running under the earth like dense blood vessels, quickly filling and running, and quickly spread to the small half of the ruins in the slight vibration of the ground.

This movement was quickly detected by the android laborers working in the surrounding ruins, and a few minutes later armed androids in octanes arrived at the scene.

But seeing Mason standing there, the soldiers immediately lowered their weapons.

Although she is not an officer of Arasaka Industries, Miss Hanako, who is currently at the helm of a large group, is the secretary of His Excellency, and of course these employees who belong to the group should have the strongest respect for His Excellency Mason.

The Captain's kindness to them is really not enough for several lifetimes.

Mason didn't chase away the androids who approached.

He allowed them to observe the process from the periphery, and under the gaze of more and more people, Brother A's body continued to lengthen, and with the infusion of sufficient life energy and the official activation of the "spreading" program in the gene sequence of the black light virus, his original life form was also rapidly changing.

It's like some kind of weird and absurd "alien" that loses its human form in just a few minutes, and stands up like a black leafless tree.

His arms turned into vines of tree trunks that stretched to the ground, and his shell swelled until it formed a trunk surrounded by solidified black creature.

Faint branches continued to sprout from Mercer's back, and the bare trunk soon formed a canopy that covered the perimeter.

There were dark red dots of light shining on the strange black branches, the last link in the process of continuously transforming lifeforms to be sent into the black light virus's dispersal process.

This should be the most suitable way for Brother A to spread his life through his research on the red power of all things.

As terrifying as it may seem, Mason understands exactly how it works, and as he gazes in silence, the ends of the diverging branches form red "cocoons" like buds blooming.

It swelled like a thin branch until it bent the branches so that they were gently placed on the ground.

There was also a reddish light beating in those cocoons.

People with good eyesight can even see the embryo that is rapidly forming contained in the unknown substance, just like the process of the birth of a clone, but Brother A accelerated the process with a black light virus that has evolved to the extreme.

In the exclamations of the androids behind Mason, the black branches continued to stretch, branching from the main trunk until finally forming a "black forest" that covered the entire valley and the half-ruined harbor.

At this time, Brother A had turned into an indescribable existence, and he could no longer see his body as a living person and any trace of a human being, he transformed himself into this black giant tree more than 100 meters high, and those branches that extended like cobwebs formed a strange pattern of layers.

Being in it is like standing in a living nest, and the number of embryos that have been born has exceeded tens of thousands and are still being born.

Those spots of light

Red points of light like fireflies rose from the black nest of strange life, and they were blown in the wind and sand of the night towards the city behind them.

Mason reached out and let a reddish dot of light land in his palm.

He could feel the pure life force contained in this point of light, which began to dissolve and give as it fell.

There was a burst of exclamations from the androids behind them, and when they saw the red points of light hit the ground, they would melt into the ground, and then green grass and flowers would grow rapidly.

Brother A's black light virus has devoured the entire world, not only humans but also beasts and plants, and he wants to regenerate these natural things while freeing his own people.

This is the agreement between him and Sister Ka.

Sister Ka lends a part of the world to his people, and Brother A wants to help Sister Ka reshape this wild land into an ecosystem.

As the most perfect host for the black light virus, Brother A can do this.

"Click"

The soft sound of a large cocoon shattering reached Mason's ears, causing the captain to look up and follow the sound, and saw the first "hatching" cocoon under a black branch that was deep into the ground not far from him.

Like a butterfly that has broken out of its cocoon into a butterfly, a whole body is red. A nude young girl with short hair was panting and crawling out of it, she was stained with some kind of slime.

Makes this scene look very evil.

But Mason recognized her, and the face that was seven points similar to Brother A was enough to prove her identity.

The captain looked away gentlemanly, took out a set of Harley's clothes from his bag, handed it over, and on the eve of dawn, he whispered:

"Hello, Diana, get dressed, you won't want to miss the next scene."

(End of chapter)