Chapter 65: A Man's Journey
Three a.m. U.S. time
Under the Stomack River in Washington
This is the area planned by the National Natural Park, and in the past, even if there were tourists, they could only see their figures during the day, and at night, only the low sound of the river could be heard, and the rest of the qiē fell silent, prostrate under the moonlight.
And even in the depths of the water that cannot be reached by light, between the silt at the bottom of the river, if you carefully probe it with infrared rays, there will be only some special plants that have adapted to the dark environment, and there are no other abnormal places.
Of course, if someone can sneak under the water and gently lift the crust of the peculiar plant just now, they can see some kind of special metal object emerging from the bottom of the river.
And inside the huge metal spherical structure hidden at the bottom of the river, the rarely activated machine qì is back in motion.
The darkness inside the sphere was suddenly expelled by the light of the dome, revealing the condition inside. An extremely large screen occupies most of the area, and the electronic light screen is constantly flashing with various images, and if you look closely, you will see that it reveals most of the interior and exterior of the spherical building.
Standing in front of the light curtain, a young girl was staring intently at the screen, as if she had seen something extremely rare.
"Brother...... This computer seems to be so powerful?", the girl sighed as she looked at the constantly beating screen on the light screen. Although I am not sure what kind of title the owner of this machine in front of me is, or what terrifying computing power it has. But just from the ground to the dome, the space that was seven meters high was all occupied by this behemoth, and it was not difficult for the girl to guess the strength of this thing.
"It's really amazing...... It should be inferior to the level of the tree diagram designer, but the original designer rarely used this. The boy tidied up the things around him a little and answered the girl's question.
"Huh...... Is it ......", the girl looked around the open space, and all she could see was some locked counters, and she didn't know what was placed inside.
"That's right...... Ellie, come over here, I'm going to hand over the authority here to you. Tatsumi manipulated the instrument and investigated an extremely strange machine from the ground. This is the mechanical verification device for this underground fortress.
"Eh, brother?", the girl sat on the instrument with some confusion, tilted her head and asked.
"Well...... I hope you won't use it in the future...... Why don't you sleep for a while?", Tatsumi typed in a command, and sighed slightly as he looked at Ellie, who was gradually paralyzed and had fallen into a light sleep.
The numbers on the machine are constantly beating, and it seems that the degree of gene reading is quite normal. Tatsumi glanced a little, knowing that his original plan was working. He knew that after he left here, these things would definitely not be needed, and it was better to leave them to Ellie, maybe one day he could use them. Of course, Chen still won't explain the specific things directly to Ellie, but will just talk about her personality on the other side.
This base here was not built by Chen, but last time after the destruction of the 'Human Ark', in order to find a place where all kinds of materials were stored, he found it through a secret passage inside Guò.
Through the manual of the internal setting of the computer, Tatsumi also roughly understood the origin of this 'Pandora One'. It should be that this is the initial version of the 'Human Ark', which was originally only used as an experimental product, and finally moved the central computer here due to security issues. Although it is only for experimental purposes, the safety factor is just as high, buried in the deepest part of the river bottom, and covered by a biological barrier.
The most important thing is that Tatsumi found something he needed here, which is one of the reasons why he was able to make up his mind to leave.
Seeing the progress bar continue to fill, Tatsuya knew that the gene binding was almost done, he just quietly waited for Ellie's awakening, and after a while, he planned to take Ellie out of here and go outside to deal with some things.
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A few days later, in front of an ordinary apartment in Washington state.
The boy stood in the hallway, looked at the girl pulling the corner of his clothes, and sighed slightly. has been with the girl for so long, even if he just treats her as a sister, he is a little reluctant at this time.
“...... Do you have to go?", the girl's weak voice sounded, and even if he didn't look back, he knew what the expression on the girl's face was.
"Well...... You must go, ......," the boy said. Maybe he can come back here in the future, but the boy can't say exactly when, such a deadline is too far away. Perhaps the average person is not aware that the flow of time between each world is different, that is, there is a phenomenon of time discontinuity, and he cannot guarantee when the next time he will come here. Maybe ten years later, when he returns here, a hundred years have passed in this world, and there is nothing he knows about it anymore.
This is also their sadness, they have almost endless lives, they can freely travel between different worlds, but the people they know are unable to resist this waste of time. Maybe it's just that they've been gone for a short time, and they may never see their former friends again. Maybe some walkers who are strong enough can link the timelines between different worlds and avoid such a thing, but the teenager at this time can't do it.
This is also the reason why the boy is so desperately looking for a return, and the longer he delays, the more uncertain the future he will face. No one was sure when he would return to Scarlet, and he just wanted it to be as soon as possible.
The eternal difference in time is destined for them to have to face the fact that their former friends have disappeared in time.
The metal door behind him suddenly closed, and the boy knew that the girl standing behind him had already hid in, maybe it was difficult to accept such a parting, right?
The boy wanted to knock on the door to say a little goodbye, but stopped the moment he knocked on it. He took a long breath and turned to leave. The young man who has made up his mind is destined to make this journey a torment that belongs to him alone.
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'Pandora One' at the bottom of the Stomack River
Tatsumi regained the ability to move in space, and the one he needed was still there.
Tatsumi turned off the computer's monitoring system, as the next thing was not easy for Ellie to know. Tatsumi closed his eyes and put away his perception, just relying on a pure feeling, looking for something different.
As a walker, he has an almost intuitive perception of otherworldly objects, and any distortion or incongruity with the laws of the world can be keenly felt.
Although he knew from the beginning that there was an unknown object buried here, carrying the coordinates of the otherworld, in order to avoid wasting the actual ones one by one, he chose to find them out in this simple way.
Even with perception and vision enclosed, Tatsu's other four senses are still very acute, and he shifts the shell of a cabinet with a guò touch, and then Tatsumi grasps a slightly cold object from the place where countless items are piled up.
"Huh...... Is this ......", Tatsumi reopened his eyes and looked at the cold metal object on his hand.
A metal cross with a two-headed serpent and flames, and some drawings of angels can be faintly seen. The cross's edges and corners are sleek, and although there is no trace of flaw, although there is the passage of time, the silver light shining on it makes people can't take their eyes off it, and even if it is placed in the outside world, it should be an extremely rare treasure of religious art.
“...... But...... In the base on the science side...... What ...... be like finding such a large pile of religious objects", Tatsu clenched the cross in his hand, and saw other things scattered around his feet, such as silver holy scriptures, ancient monastic robes embedded in pure gold threads, and the like.
"The biggest force on the science side,The school city itself was also established by magicians...... Speaking of which, there are also quite a few people on the science side who are from the magic side. It's no surprise here...... It's no wonder that the names of some of the things here have a deep or shallow relationship with religion, ah......", Tatsumi shook his head, disposed of all these things, and stood up again.
"So...... Get ready to get out ......", Tatsumi found a place with plenty of space and focused on his arm.
In the process, a mixture of silver and gray light appeared on Chen's body, and it continued to condense on a spiral imprint.
"I think I can use it more often...... It used to take two years to get the power of the law to be fully charged...... Now it seems that it will only take less than a year?", Tatsumi thought as he felt the stronger the fluctuations.
There was a low cracking sound, and a wide silver door appeared in front of Tatsu. There are countless patterns painted on it, and even Yichen's eyes can't see it completely now.
"So...... Get ready to get out...... The next world ......", Tatsumi looked at the open door by absorbing the coordinates of the other world, suppressed the other thoughts in his heart, and finally embarked on the road to the unknown.
The silver door slowly closed, and finally turned into a bright silver light, piercing the boundary between nothingness, and disappeared from here in an instant.
And at the moment when Chen left, the change in the law of distance also made a young man who was resting raise his head, and from the nothingness, he looked at the place where he had just changed.
"Tsk...... This kid was able to go first...... I'm going to stay here for another two thousand years......," the boy's wail echoed with resentment.
(PS: En...... The ban is over...... A volume of big failure, otz...... If you have any other complaints, just continue...... Blazing Wind will go to see it while seppuku...... )
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