Chapter 46: The Underground City
"So, you've been in Spark City for many years?"
"Almost two hundred years? Spark City continued the technology, but it was erased from history, especially after the 'heart' went wrong. Caher replied with a smile.
The raven on Esther's shoulder followed suit, "Just when you last appeared in the Godforsaken Lands." ”
Two hundred and seven years ago, it happened to be Russell Gustaf's "second life", and Esther remembered this:
When the second time the disturbance Source Fort was cast into the spirit body, the consciousness with Zoya as the main body also tried to break away from the Source Fort and enter the real world with "Huang Tao". However, a "thief" stole Zoya's anchor in the Godforsaken Lands through an anchor left behind in the Godforsaken Lands, and in the end, an unlucky doppelganger carried this fate and trapped Zoya in the Godforsaken Lands.
Zoya found Amun, and after communicating with the other party again to no avail, she decisively returned her consciousness to the spirit world.
Thinking of this memory, Esther couldn't help but sigh, she looked at the bottomless deep chasm below, the darkness peeking through the ground, and did not give the explorer any visual path, so Esther and Kach were just sinking, and the small light clusters floated around them, leaving a soft halo of light.
It's just that the process of falling like this seems to have no end.
In such a depressing environment, Esther always wanted to say something: "You are comfortable with Spark City?" There's still a long way to get to Silver City from there, and I thought you'd choose to follow them and keep an eye on them or something. ”
Kach chuckled softly, and she patted Esther on the back without malice: "Don't you understand? I didn't care - if it weren't for the mission, I would have left that little castle a long time ago! I have to thank you for freeing me from that boring task. ”
"You're welcome." Esther muttered.
The crow squatting on her shoulder had a careful thought that added fuel to the fire: "If it weren't for the fact that you wanted to get rid of the mutations brought about by the spirit world, Spark City would not be in a dilemma. ”
"You're going to make me reflect on it? Who the hell used 'Dream City' to interfere with my plans before! When Esther said this, she couldn't help but clench her teeth in annoyance.
After a hoarse laugh, the crow continued: "Then I would like to kindly remind you that in the surviving cities, there are more or less similar problems, but some have been solved, and some have been delayed. ”
"They still believe in Darzyborg, you-"
Raven coldly interrupted Esther, "I have no obligation to help them. I don't care, and I don't need to. ”
Esther was stunned for a moment, biting her lip and not continuing.
The death of Darhiborg, the establishment of the Rose of Redemption, and the betrayal of the Wind Angel, the Angel of Wisdom, and the Pure White Angel also made Amon further affirm the evils of human nature, especially the negative ones. As Amun said, even if what He wanted to do in the Godforsaken Land had nothing to do with the ordinary inhabitants, that would not change the "fact" of the fall of Dariberg.
Amon's willingness to help the inhabitants and block the pollution from the other side of the grey fog made her owe a favor - even if he didn't do it, the Godforsaken Lands would not change much except for becoming more chaotic and a few more city-states drowned in the dark history, and it would not directly form a stable passage, and the other continent would still not be able to get rid of the seal.
If it weren't for the advice left by Dariberg, Amon would not have acted like this...... Did He see such progress before?
Esther was puzzled as she thought back to the part of her memory that belonged to Zoya, but she didn't know much about the ability to know everything. She wasn't going to ask the crow, it would be self-inflicted, and she would get nothing but laughing at Esther.
"I've never asked you, why are you so lenient with that madman if you're so, 'noble'?" As the accentuated word "noble" was uttered, the crow's voice was distorted by laughter.
Esther immediately understood who the "madman" was referring to: "Because He really needs me, if I can help Him—"
"No, you are not allowed to help that madman, he is the same as them." The crow's voice was flat, barely any pitch, "If you've been tricked before, you know it now." ”
"Isn't that like you would say, a god of 'deception' so that others should not be deceived?"
"It was Adam who said it."
Well, that would explain the Raven's fierce resistance, as Esther had thought.
Then she felt something and turned her head slightly, but no matter where her eyes fell, all she saw was pitch black. It was just a little inexplicable intuition that made Esther feel that her surroundings were getting cold, and she carefully discerned possible anomalies nearby.
Soon, Esther frowned: "Isn't it...... There is the sound of water? ”
"Not really." Kach looked at Esther curiously, "And I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with my hearing." ”
Ace pointed out a little light around her, causing it to disperse into more tiny dots, and drifted nearby, quickly dispelling the thick shadows nearby: "My question? ”
"Your question." When the crow answers, it always makes Esther have an inexplicable urge to attack, "In other words, it's your special." ”
Kärcher put a backhand on Esther's shoulder: "So, it's up to you to decide—where do we go?" Close to the sound of the water? ”
Esther's brow furrowed as the scattered dots of light regrouped and circled beside her and Cach, and she quickly made a decision, pointing to the corner below, "No, let's go away from the sound of the water." ”
Even in the dark, such a position confused Esther, but her instincts gave it such a reminder.
"Or we can stop here." The raven turned its head sideways, and this time, it wasn't just Esther who sensed movement in the darkness.
The marks in Esther's eyes appeared, the darkness began to fade, and the faint sound of water was far from her perception, but when she looked down, it was not the familiar silver river, but a quiet and gentle stream.
Esther closed her eyes in an instant, and only then did she look back into the darkness when the glimmer dissipated from her eyes.
Kach shook her shoulder: "How's it going, what do you see?" ”
"It should be...... Death. ”
Esther's eyes were still aching, but they weren't hurt further, indicating that the tributary wasn't severe.
She touched her throat weakly, remembering the threat of being invaded in Spark City, and for Esther now, "death" is better than "life".
"Then we should be ready for 'death' now?" Kach asked with a smile.
Esther knew that Caher wouldn't be worried about the situation at hand, so her smile was extra relaxed at this point. Because no matter what happens, Esther has to take a higher risk, and Caher is just a doppelganger, and the crow......
"What's wrong?" The crow on Esther's shoulder asked, tilting her head sideways.
Illuminated by the ball of light, the black eyes were closer than usual to the inorganic gem, cold, distant, and confined to the gaze of the guest seat.
"Nothing," Esther quickly looked away, "there's something really approaching, shouldn't we—"
A blazing white light rose from the darkness, abruptly like a searchlight placed on the front of a steam train, enough to make anyone who greeted the light head-on lose their visual reaction for a moment in the white expanse.
However, it was not a part of anything, it was a sphere of excessive brightness, without a trace of variegation, and suddenly fell from the darkness into Esther's field of vision.
Before Esther could speak, Caher had already taken the first step, wrapping his left hand around Esther's shoulder, and his right hand grasping at random.
In an instant, the white light directly submerged the figures of the two people, and when it slowly dissipated, all that was left around was a black land like a wasteland. Overhead, there was a quiet darkness, but the light peeked out from beneath the cracks in the ground, illuminating the pale grass stalks that dotted the place.
"It's time to change the location of the safety spot......"
Esther reluctantly got the words out of her mouth.
Either way, the "city" did get closer to them sooner.