Chapter 56: Responsibility

Frankly, the feeling of being swallowed by the tide is only painful, but it is precisely because of this that Usaki O's ability seems so convenient and useful. He unfolded a protective shield, and at the same time did not forget to turn on the communication device in his bracelet, turn on the prepared artificial intelligence in advance, generate a video pattern, and send it to the serval team above him. No matter how much they hide in the wilderness, as long as the giant beasts lurking in the lynx appear, they will still be devoured in the end, and there will not be a penny of flesh and bones. Mendelchel's weight was on the verge of breaking his ribs, and perhaps he would have been crushed to death by Mendelchel before he could be assimilated by the tide...... At this point, he bit his lip, and as he lifted the shield under him, two translucent shields appeared in reverse shape, as if protecting a gap in the middle, bouncing him and Mendecel apart. He was buried deep in the tide, and the lobes of his lungs were almost squeezed to the point of exploding, and the speed of oxygen entering his lobes was infinitely slowed down, and he could die if he continued like this......

…… However, even death is better than turning one's own family into motionless fragments of alien crystals that have been kidnapped by those people. Anyway, he has received a certain amount of teaching, and he also knows how to control his own isocrystals, but his ability is really not suitable for combat use, even if it arouses his desire to survive, it will only create a thin layer of barrier. Usaki Ao chuckled, and in the next second, his body was lifted by the rising tide, squeezed heavily against the wall, and fell to the ground along with many of the washed and shaking instruments.

He briefly lost consciousness.

On the other side, under the watchful eyes of Yusuke Torashima, Zhuang Sihong and Izumi Araba walked to the side of the secret passage. The two of them were silent—they couldn't say how many people they could talk to, they just stood on the side of the elevator in a fused contemplation. Of course, the people hiding behind Lin Yuansen didn't say a word about the situation here, and they didn't know what would happen to the underground that was hit by the tide. Izumi Huangbo lowered his head and thought for a moment, raised his hand to wrap a chain around his and Zhuang Sihong's waists, and explained calmly in the face of a somewhat surprised gaze: "In this case, it will not be so easy to be separated by the tide." ”

“…… Thank you. Zhuang Sihong's gaze was slightly away, revealing a somewhat cramped look, as if he wanted to say something. Izumi nodded, his attention lingering on the metal walls. Nowadays, metal materials are extremely expensive, and people from the Ministry of Resources and Finance often sigh and sigh, what kind of channel do these guys come from...... He didn't have time to think about it, and the elevator slowed down. He poked his head out vigilantly, but the next second he froze in place, unable to move, and the only thing he could do was barely squeeze out of his throat the phrase "Don't look over there". However, before he said this, Zhuang Sihong was already weak and almost unable to stand firmly.

The world in front of them is nothing more than a microscopic metamorphic cataclysm.

On the basement floor, they had seen a glimpse of it in the drawings and the description of Chihiro Asamima, but it would definitely not be what it is now. The isomorphs assimilated everything like a flood, and even the floor, which was temporarily normal, slowly eroded that part, staining them with a flush of fresh blood. There was a hole in the wall, and above it the alarm chirped meaninglessly, but in a few seconds it was swallowed by the anomorph and no longer made a sound. The twisted bodies of the believers were the first to break into their sight, and they floated like drowned people on the low tide of the floor, their hands and feet torn apart, and the despair and fear of the last moments of life were forever frozen on their faces. Izumi had seen this happen once—the same was true when the current wave would prevent all the believers at the base from becoming isomorphic, but it wasn't so unreasonable.

Only then did he notice that there were other colors mixed with the anomaly mixed in the tide, and even a little bit of assimilated, viscous liquid, which he couldn't imagine it was. Lin Yuansen's hands and skull were nailed by the isomorphic nails on the side of the wall, and the lower half of his body was missing, perhaps looking at the smashed human body below to see something. The corpse of Gosuke Benko was reduced to a single head, which was repeatedly swept to the side of the corner by the tide.

…… They...... All......

“…… I remember there were three of them...... The only one left is the inner ghost, right? Quan Huangbo barely regained his composure, holding his head in his hands and muttering to himself, he turned his head to look at Zhuang Sihong, and as he stepped out of the elevator, he looked under the hole in the wall. The heterocrystalline reaction index of the monitoring table showed that there were traces of more than one person here, and at the same time, the tide under his feet slowly coalesced-

“…… Spring, spring mulberry ......?! Be careful......!! ”

Zhuang Sihong's voice came almost hoarsely. Countless butterflies almost pushed him down the hole, but fortunately, the chain connected him to Zhuang Sihong strong enough that he could barely maintain his center of gravity, grasping the broken wall that had been amorphized with one hand and summoning the chain with the other, and the flying butterfly wings split the sneaking tide. This guy doesn't have a nuclear, and last time he relied on the strategy of "that self" to barely clean it all at once, does he have to sacrifice his eyes this time? I don't know if it's a psychological effect, a burst of pain came from the eye socket, he retracted the chain and endured the pain and shouted to Zhuang Sihong: "Zhuang Si!! Lead that guy to ...... It should be, let's go! Put it down and destroy it in one go!! ”

"I see...... Izumi-san, are you okay?! I'll protect you...... You go to the elevator first! Zhuang Sihong's face was pale, and even her legs trembled, but even so, she took a few steps forward, her toes stained red by the crystal, and the butterflies swirled around her, beating down the tide that wanted to rise again and again. Izumi shook his head as he pressed his forehead, the chains still wrapped between them, but the strength of the grip was subtly lighter.

"I—I'm fine...... Wait...... Wait a minute...... Shoji, you're in the elevator first...... It's not easy to get ...... over there. Not......! ”

His knees fell to the ground with weakness, the sudden force made his knees sore, and the last second when consciousness disappeared, he heard Zhuang Sihong keep calling his name.

When he opened his eyes again, he felt as if he was in another dimension. Countless blue cubes rose and fell around him, and he hurriedly looked left and right, and slowly sat up. All of his clothes were gone, except for his long, yellow-colored blue hair, which hung down from his shoulders and up to his waist. He doesn't have the habit of cutting his hair.,It's better to say that he seems to have had such hair from the beginning of his impression.,Paper ancestor Asuka once teased him that it would be very troublesome to take care of it.,Of course, the other party only had a simple "I'm used to it.。

In front of him, slightly illuminated by the blue blue, a figure stood out in particular—on closer inspection, it was a man almost exactly like him, also naked, looking at him with a flat gaze. And this person has no doubt...... It's himself who has the same face as him. The difference is that his whole body seems to have a layer of serene blue color, which seems to have a shiny sensation in his skin and hair.

“…… The one who has been manipulating me, right? What should I call you? In the end, it was Izumi who broke the silence first, raised his hand and said hello, even if he realized that the place he was in might not really exist in space, he was not afraid for a moment, it was better to say that at this time, he was a little too calm.

"Spring is coming. Just call me Spring. ”

"So you're the spring. In that case, I'm looking for the wrong person. ”

There is some trouble with the body that is not wrapped in cloth. He frowned and tried to sit down in a proper position, but eventually crossed his legs and let the long man undulate. The person known as Chunlai also sat down, also cross-legged, seemingly unable to distinguish which one was himself and which was the others. Only "your own angle" is clear enough.

"It's useless to look for those people." A hint of gloom flashed in Chunlai's eyes.

"yes, it's useless." Izumi Arabo's expression was a little idle, "You called me here." I still have important things to do, and I can't stay with you for long. After that, no matter how long you want to talk to me, I don't care. ”

“…… Obviously, you have a lot of things to care about, can you ask me? Chunlai clapped his hands, "I'll help you solve the outside matter." It's just a little more sacrifice, but that's my body, and I'll take care of it. ”

"That's right, so I want you to do it quickly. Call me here, what's so important? ”

"It's going to be a tough place to go." Chunlai smiled bitterly, and finally his face, which was a little angry because of the smile, quickly changed back to its original calmness, he raised his hand, his palm stroked from his hair to his cheek, and gently pressed it down against the anomorphic, godless eyes, without a little pain, not even a little feeling, as if the palm of his hand was caressing something parasitic on his body.

…… Although, isomorphic or something, it's really like a parasite.

"It's going to get hard, so don't give up." We'll leave it to you. ”

Harurai stepped forward and put his hands around Izumi's shoulders, and a cold feeling that did not belong to a human person hit him, and his fingertips flicked slowly on his back. Izumi closed his eyes involuntarily, his thin body trembling slightly under his palms, this too gentle feeling would deceive others...... He held his breath, his hands clenched, and something seemed to touch him repeatedly in the darkness.

And then from his forehead fell a kiss.

In an instant, everything blue began to roll through his eyelids. He reflexively opened his eyes, but everything around him slowly began to dissolve, whether it was the person called Chunlai, the countless isomorphs and the pitch-black space, all of them were gone.

Zhuang Sihong, who was worried, and the tide that banged on the door was slammed.