Chapter 61: Afterglow of the Lights – Branlitt – Guide of the Forsaken
The girl's eyes moistened.
She has no relatives left alive.
When Phyllis learned the news, her first reaction was unspeakable sadness, followed by deep helplessness.
But now I see the analysis of the currents that are constantly flowing on the screen.
She understood.
Some things never leave.
In a person's life, he will experience three deaths.
For the first time, the heart stops, the breathing dies, and the person is biologically declared dead.
The second time, the burial, people dressed in black to attend the funeral, they announced that the buried person no longer existed in this society and had quietly left.
The third time, it was the last person in this world who remembered him, and he forgot him, so that he really died, and the whole universe would no longer be related to him.
But.
And because of this study.
Anthony Eleanor's name will forever remain in the annals of civilization.
[Signs of Transcendent Awakening Detected]
[Ascension Lineage Detected: Recorder]
[Transcendent trait 'budding' detected: Storm Watch]
Ten o'clock in the evening.
Pure white commemorative lights are lit up around the Coastal Research Institute.
Meantime.
Su Wen looked out the window at the light.
Only then could he see clearly.
It was a solemn tombstone.
Phyllis Eleanor explains:
"Underneath each tombstone is a former manager of the Samoan Islands Storm Observatory.
In the midst of this.
Including my father. ”
And at this very moment.
With the help of roadside lights.
Su Wen saw a mutant with dark blue scales on his face hidden in the forest farther away from the cemetery.
Their eyes have also turned into lizard-like vertical pupils.
[Identification: Mutants of the Tide Surge Sect, sublimated by the fusion of abyssal pollution with deep-sea syndrome, genetic contaminants.] 】
[Phased Mission Change: Clear the Tide Sect Mutants]
After his identification.
All enemy levels in front of you.
All are at least above the second order.
And the third-order high-ranking patriarch standing at the front, the signs of mutation of deep-sea scales and vertical pupils are even more obvious, and he is a full three meters tall.
He said in a cold tone:
"Foss-Constance sent us a message before he died.
It was you who killed him with unresolvable means.
Moreover, the most important sacrifice is also here.
Kevin.
You're at a dead end. ”
Right now.
The naval warships in the distance also rushed over under the command of Colonel Ulysses.
The loud sound of artillery roared down where it did not affect the cemetery.
Seven or eight mutants of the Tide Sect were killed in an instant.
But the patriarch, who stood at the forefront, was not afraid, and he said coldly:
"All sacrifices are worth it, stop them."
Right here and now.
The twelve mutants of the Tide Sect directly chose to slit their throats in unison.
The blue storm pierced into the sky.
They sacrificed themselves.
Then.
Creates a Storm Cliff that cannot be crossed and blocks all kinetic projectiles.
The dark blue wall of wind deflected like a wall of sighs, blocking off all missiles that shot from afar.
"Naval assistance.
Is this part of your plan?
Kevin, I really admire your strong logical reasoning.
But that's about it. ”
The leader continued to approach the room with the attritioned cultists.
Hear their cries.
Su Wen stood in the room but behaved very calmly.
He had simply flipped through the manual left by the coastal scientist.
Then.
I also saw the last handwritten text that a father left for his daughter:
(Over the course of 13.8 billion years, from singularity to heat death, we have crossed countless galaxies, from quarks to atoms, from nucleic acid proteins to Homo sapiens.)
Humanity should not be afraid of danger because we have set out from the singularity together, looked at the black-eyed galaxies, stopped in the spiral arms of the Milky Way, were attracted by the sun's corona, and finally settled in the waves of the ocean.
Phyllis.
My daughter.
If you have witnessed the glimmer of every wave.
Then you will probably never be afraid of the vast sea in front of you again. )
"There are people who will still be remembered by civilization even if they are completely gone."
Su Wen Moran,
"And some monsters, even if it's the blood that spills when they die.
Every drop.
I think it's all a blasphemy for this coast. ”
He closed the notebook.
Then he solemnly handed it to the girl beside him, and at the same time gently comforted:
"Don't worry, I'll be waiting here for you."
Look out the window at the sheer number of deep-sea distortions.
He calmly pushed open the door of the institute, looked at the oppressive patriarch of the Tide Sect from afar, and said:
"I am indeed just a first-order transcendent, a spectator.
But.
Ling's conclusion was wrong.
Miss by a mile.
Because I'm not alone. ”
Moment.
The warm glimmer of lanterns lit up in the cemetery.
Strings of brilliant sparks rose into the sky.
A silent oath followed:
[I mourn the dead, just as Helen Lina swears to the living]
[Only silence, speech; But darkness becomes light; Only death leads to new life; Fireflies fall into the void, bright as bright. 】
[I am the extradition of the Forsaken - 'Afterglow of the Lights' - Branlett]
Suvin remembered the additional conditions given by Foss-Constance when offering the sacrifice ceremony of Storm Griffin Fogaro:
[The heavier the vow, the easier it is to be protected by the gods.]
But on the other hand, the road ahead will be more rugged, which is the rule that both the Orthodox Sect and the Abyss Sect follow. 】
At the time, he had not yet received the gaze of Brandlit 'Afterglow'.
But now.
Everything is no longer the same.
Su Wen raised the lantern with his left hand and stroked his chest with his right hand.
Said very solemnly:
"Blanlett, Kevin Ed hereby vows that if the will of the dead is not enough to bring salvation, I am willing to give my life to open the way for the living."
Moment.
The glimmer of the lamp rises.
Projecting a magnificent projection of the sea of silver like the Milky Way.
The familiar sigh also sounded in Su Wen's ears:
Do you really understand the weight of life? 】
"Yes."
[Even so, there is still the consciousness of facing death? 】
"Yes."
Do you really understand the despair of death? 】
"Yes."
[Even so, are you still willing to carry the will of this coast for thousands of years, with countless hopes to disappear? 】
"Yes."
Never forget your promise today. 】
"Probably more terrifying than death is the loss of hope."
【Very good】
【Let's go forward with the lights】
[I have never left]
[I am the extradition of the Forsaken - 'Afterglow of the Lights' - Branlett]
【Until your journey comes to an end】
[At that time, we will meet again.] 】
Behind Su Wen, the emblem belonging to the god lit up, and at the same time, more lights rose.
Those hazy, warm and soft glows.
It's not just about channeling souls after death.
The afterglow of the lights must have shone on all beings with souls all the time, until the moment of their death.
Even if you don't notice it, you don't get tired or bored.
With silent love and equal compassion.
【Obtain the Ascension Lineage: Priest of the Dawn】
[You have obtained a shard of transcendent knowledge (2/3): Brandlit's Lantern Presence Point - The Lost Sea - Violet Tower of the Eternal Night Realm]