High Above

[Captain, Jekal's leg bone was bitten off by a saber-toothed fish, and the broken blade teeth and bone residue were stuck in the wound...]

[Captain, the temperature is dropping rapidly, we must start a fire immediately...but the fuel here is only the board we crossed...]

[Captain, something is wrong with this place, why are there strange characters and murals all around? ! 】

[We, are we afraid that we ran to the sacrificial place of the indigenous people? ! 】

Such voices could be vaguely heard, and scenes of people could be seen dissipating.

Ian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and woke up from the illusion.

He stood up slowly, and calmly said to the people who turned their heads to look at him: "If there is no accident, the skeleton in front of me should be my father."

"Fourteen years ago, I was born in the first major storm in South Ridge. At the same time, the Port Harrison Marine Guard was lost in the stormy sea. Not even the wreckage of the ship was visible. My father was Captain of the guard at that time."

The young man spoke concisely, but everyone already understood the origin of the skeletons in front of them.

"The big storm is the change of the ruins... They are just like us, they were sucked into it by the change of the ruins at that time, and arrived here."

Isengard whispered to himself: "It's just that we were drawn into the interior of the ruins, and they were drawn into the entrance of the ruins—but because of the storm, they couldn't get out or come in, and they were blocked by the gate of the ruins." ..."

"Yes." Ian replied lightly, his tone was calm: "They didn't die in the big storm right away, they were just trapped here, but unfortunately, no one could be saved and escape from it .”

He is not very clear about his emotions at the moment... In the final analysis, Ian is a "Su Hui" who has awakened the memory of his previous life, and before he awakened Su Hui, his parents in this life were all dead.

To be honest, Ian is indeed grateful to his parents in this life, who allowed him to be born, and tried their best to make him grow up... for allowing him to awaken his memory and solve the possibility of getting rid of that cheap uncle.

If it weren't for the good popularity of his parents and his mother's hard work in raising him, he might die early before he grows up.

"The dead rest in peace." Bishop Baiwu stepped forward and saluted the bones in front of him earnestly. He turned his head and said to Ian: "I know them, Ernesto, Jecal, Davian, Sha Er, Meng Ironbone..."

The old man named each of the bones one by one. He didn't lie, he really knew them all, even if they turned into rotten bones: "It seems that they had civil strife in the end, and only Ernesto, who is Ian, your father survived, but there was no cannibalism."

"Ernesto restrained the bones of others and ushered in death himself. He also abided by human dignity until the end."

"If you don't mind, I'd like to purify them and take them back to the Church Cemetery in Port Harrison for burial."

Ian naturally had no reason to refuse, and he didn't even have the right to refuse.

He was only a relative of one of the bones. The bones of the others, no matter why they broke out in civil strife and killed each other, should be brought back to Port Harrison, and their relatives should be asked to take them back for burial.

Therefore, he just watched the pure life source emanating from Bishop Baiwu, covering all the bones like a white mist.

But at this moment, the young man saw and heard voices from fourteen years ago, and saw those illusory silhouettes.

【Jacal is dead, the boards of the ship have been dismantled and set on fire. Although there is still enough food, we don’t know how long this storm will last, and we don’t know where we are in the South China Sea now...】

【Captain, the situation around here is very strange. This place seems to be the sacred place of the Tenglan Department, but at least no one has come to worship it for decades... It's really a bit gloomy! 】

[What's so spooky, isn't it simple that they didn't come to sacrifice? It was the old Viscount who beat them all up... My honor, these murals are really blasphemy, they are all acts of cannibalism, it was really a wise choice for the old Viscount not to talk to them, All these blasphemy and filthy rituals should be destroyed]

【Okay, Mo Lin, now is not the time to think about these things. Look, there is a door here, but we can't open it... Hey, here is a book of animal skins, and a blue card? 】

There were only six people who fell here, and the rest of the guards were all killed in the big storm. The terrible tsunami and hurricane blown the whole ship out of the sea. Drifted for a long time, then got sucked in by the eddy in the ocean.

But even if they were still alive, the exhaustion, hunger and thirst caused by drifting made everyone present anxious. In addition, they were attacked by monsters halfway, and there were wounded people, making the situation even more troublesome.

And after the first deceased appeared, the morale of the entire survivor team fell to the bottom.

Ian saw that a white citizen who was more or less similar to himself took a dusty animal skin atlas and a blue card from the statue suspiciously.

He read the text in it carefully, and then showed a stunned expression.

Time passed like this, and as the flame burning slowed down, the light gradually dimmed, and everyone's spirits became more and more tense.

[Meng, put down the knife]

[I won't let it go! Captain, I know, you guys want to eat me! You guys want to eat me! Just because I'm a Mountain Man, not an Imperial? ! 】

[No one wants to eat you, Meng, you are also from the empire. To be honest, if you really want to eat it, isn't Jekal's body right next to it? If we don't eat the dead, do we have to eat you, the living? Be obedient, put down the knife]

[But I heard it! Someone is going to eat us, eat our brains, devour everything and our soul...]

[Captain... Iron Bones' ancestors were priests of the Mountain Tribe back then. They were expelled down the mountain after failing in the struggle... He may be right, I seem to have heard it too...]

【Molin, did you hear that too? 】

[Captain, I am a believer in Huaiguang, I will never lie at this time, if I deceive you, it will make me fall into a dark prison forever, and I will never see the light! 】

【Okay...then I'll tell you】

While others were comforting the mentally disturbed Meng Irongut, the captain and Maureen came to the other side of the bonfire, and they communicated in low voices.

In the hands of the captain, there is a small animal skin handbook, with handwriting that is so beautiful that it does not look like aborigines. It is the instructions and warning words left by the ancestors of the aborigines in the past. However, it is a pity that the aborigines have never really tried to understand the history recorded in it, but only regard it as a test and warning of faith.

So they enshrined it in front of the icon of their ancestors.

Captain Bai Zhimin read it, and he knew that what he held in his hand was the legacy of his predecessors, and the door behind him was the key to the real holy land of the aborigines, but it took four keys together to open the crystal door.

However, he knew from the worrying description in the manual that there is a hidden underwater pipeline around the cavity, which is an underwater passage independent of the crystal gate, which can be opened only with the blue key. Lanbu stayed, so that his tribe could take the lead in returning to the secret passage of the Holy Land in the future.

From there, they could probably bypass the solid crystal door and try to enter the ruins, surviving.

But the demons dormant in the ruins, those weird brain-eating insects might also wake up and become active because of this huge storm.

They are still beasts and have no wisdom yet, but if they get the body of themselves and others, and get a brain that is smart enough...

They even followed the door they opened with the blue key, left the ruins, and came to this vast ocean...

[Molin, I still have a potion of underwater breathing here, I will give it to you, you find the right time, try to go back to the port to find rescuers, let Lord Viscount and others come and rescue us—the secrets here must not be let out too much Everyone knows, especially the demons that may exist in the ruins... We must not let them be released! 】

[Captain... You should go out, I am not humble, I am indeed the best swimmer among all of us, but I remember that your child is about to...]

[Molin, I believe you will not abandon us, and if you want to find reinforcements, only you have the greatest chance of surviving the storm—as for my child, don’t you think, make sure the secrets here are not leaked , is it also a kind of protection? 】

【...I will never let down your trust! 】

【Um. 】

The man gradually fell into contemplation in the dim light. He didn't know what to choose. From his knowledge, he only knew that the sacred place of the aborigines might be a prototype of a labyrinth, and inside the labyrinth were vicious parasites that devoured human brains. Strange, not even uncommon in the whole world.

The question is, how should he choose? With the blue keycards, they could indeed attempt to venture into the interior of the maze through underwater passages, but that way, if they were eaten by the parasites within, the secret passages they knew would be discovered.

Demonic parasites can leave through the portals they open.

At that time, it was they who released the demons.

Just like those adventurers who unknowingly explored the maze and brought disaster to their hometown.

[Someone is talking in my head? ! who is it? ! who is it! ! 】

[There are ghosts in this place, there are ghosts! It's going to eat us all! Eat them all... But why, why do I not feel disgusted, this feeling seems not to be eaten, but to be integrated... Hee hee, hahahaha! ! 】

【Wake up, Shar! Keep your mind on it! This is a monster that is eroding your mind with psychic energy. Its power is very weak, as long as you cheer up a little...Damn it, have you fallen into madness? ! 】

[Captain, kill them, these people are crazy... Besides, we really have no food...]

Deep in the ground, there seemed to be strange noises, as if some huge monster was hitting the rock wall repeatedly, hitting the rock wall with exactly the same rhythm, causing the earth to shake.

And with this shock, bursts of psionic fluctuations spread, driving everyone into madness.

In the chaos, in the hunger, in the madness, and in the fear of guarding against each other, everyone began to draw their swords to face each other. The white man signaled a shorter young man to leave, and then blocked the narrow passage of the chamber alone. mouth.

Until now, the Bai Zhimin man still has a chance. He can still escape alone, open the underwater passage, go to the interior of the ruins, and risk his life.

This choice may bring disasters to one's own home, to one's wife and children; but it is also possible to survive and spend a happy life with one's family.

Choose the continuation of 'Hope and Survive'.

Or, choose the death of "despair and inevitability"?

To die in this narrow, profane, and gloomy chamber under the sea?

He has to make a choice.

[No matter what, I can't open that door. Even if we can survive, if the parasite is released, the disaster caused by it is definitely not something Harrison Harbor can bear...at least Evelyn and Ian cannot be spared]

Raising the sword, facing his former comrades, he even thought with some relief in his heart: [Please forgive my selfishness, I can’t bring my comrades to survive, but I have to do something... even if Ian hasn’t been born yet , I also have to set an example for him...]

[If the viscount finds our bones in the future and sees us killing each other and devouring the corpses in order to survive... well, my child... I can't make him the son of a cannibal... at least not let him take this I grew up with a label that was discriminated against...]

【At least, even if I die, I have to die as a proud father full of glory】

【Evelyn...Ian...I...】

【I love you all】

He no longer has time to think.

Because the already crazy guard members rushed up.

Their eyes were red, their expressions were mad, their mouths were full of hungry saliva, and they exhaled a foul and fiery breath.

The psychic power of the brain devourers is not strong enough to control their minds across the earth and rocks, but fear, despair and hunger have destroyed their sanity.

So lose yourself.

The man could only straighten his back, and he raised his sword.

Then, he swung his sword.

In the sword light, the illusion dissipated.

At the same time, the pure white source of life mist also dissipated.

Bishop Baiwu took a step back, indicating that he had been purified.

All the germs, all the legacy, and even the smell of corruption, all dissipated.

But memory doesn't.

Fourteen years later, the young Bai Zhimin silently watched the events that happened on the other side of history, and the thoughts that once appeared.

Maureen still didn't come back with rescue in the end, but who could blame him? That young man may have died in the aftermath of the South China Sea storm. Huaiguang believers cannot say that they will never lie, but at least he did not tell a single lie at that time.

"Father……"

The young man whispered to himself, and then smiled: "I already know. I know the choices you made, the struggles and thoughts, and the final relief and realization."

"I'm so proud of you."

"Thank you."

--I love you all too.

If it weren't for Ernesto's insistence, I am afraid that the awakening of the worm nest will be more than ten years earlier than now. In that case, all history will be changed.

At this moment, Ian is not only somewhat enlightened—his psychic powers can not only see the future, but also the past... Those possibilities that no one knows about, those lost histories that have been forgotten in the world.

The future is a choice that has not yet been made.

History is a choice that has been made but forgotten.

His psychic ability is to see these things that 'no one can know'.

rustle.

Ian used the leather and metal left by the aborigines to knead them into ropes to restrain all the bones, and the young man carried them all on his back.

"Let's go."

He said as usual, and then walked towards the exit of the chamber.

After the scanning of the silver chip and the perspective of the foreseeable horizon, he already knew that this place should be an unnamed reef group very close to Odell Reef. They are the 'watchdogs' used by the natives to guard the gates of the Holy Land. No wonder even if they have become parasitic, the creatures that used to have brains will not cause much harm to them.

But these are all in the past.

The white-haired boy led the team towards the exit of this ancient ruins, walking firmly.

——Whether it is a dragon or a worm, it is the obsession of a madman or the desire of a worm nest to look up at the starry sky.

——It is a sacrifice of sacrifice for generations, or a man's persistence for the safety of his family.

Sequoia Base has spanned 1,600 years of entanglement since ancient times, and the disputes and hatreds involving nearly a hundred generations of people have finally come to an end today.

All the shadows of the past have been shattered, and all past karma ends with death.

Light appeared in front of everyone, and the exit was close at hand.

It's time to move into the future.