Steel steam and flame

Perkinz nodded, thanked Macquarie for his preparation, and glanced at the metal suitcase in his hand.

"The construction deep underground has not been completely completed. After all, the time is too short. Compared with the original site of the Holy Emperor's Hall, this place looks much simpler." The four of them walked towards the door together, towards the building complex bathed in warm light. pace.

"I'm not here to visit. I'm just trying to see if I can find more traces and information. That's the purpose." Grote followed up on McGregor's words as if to correct him, "Besides, I also wanted to come and have a look. Compared to the past, going Look at the changes that the Holy Fathers have made to make the Holy Emperor Hall what it is now."

"Not long after the Kingdom of Mano ended and the name of the empire spread, the Holy Emperor's Hall and the king's family Astus were the leaders at the forefront. The expansion of territory, victory in wars, etc., were all indispensable for these members. The shadow of. That is worthy of respect. Now,,,"

Grote sighed and stopped talking.

The four people entered through the gate of the Holy Emperor's Hall and came to the corridor. Under the leadership of Macquarie, they quickly entered a building with ten floors and went to the second underground floor. Directly ahead is a rather huge elevator, which is one of the few ways to go deep underground.

The entire second floor's floor, walls, ceiling, etc. are all made of metal materials. After polishing, they reflect the shadows of the four people. Almost no one comes here on their own initiative. Whether it is a new site or an old site that was split open by a sword, the only people who often go in and out of similar places are the guards of the Holy Fathers.

It remains quiet here, and the air temperature has dropped to ten degrees below zero due to the effect of the air circulation system. The humidity is maintained at a very appropriate value under the control of the analyzer. There is no frost condensation and no frost fog.

"Ding!"

The elevator's protective door opened, and the air below the ground seemed to be many times colder. The air in the elevator was frozen into a solid mass. The four of them didn't care at all, entered the elevator, closed the protective door immediately, and began to head deep underground.

"It will take ten minutes." Macquarie gave a specific time. He has been in and out of the Holy Emperor's Hall and the deep underground of the King's Family Astus several times.

The three of them nodded almost simultaneously, indicating that they understood. At this time, Perkinz took the metal suitcase from Macquarie's hand, opened it, took the piece of bone less than the size of a palm in his hand, and observed it carefully.

"Coverdale Nelson's arm bones... would be more appropriate to be described as remains." The four of them all looked at the hand bone remains, and Macquarie did not forget to give Cassia a simple explanation alone. Cassia nodded solemnly to express her understanding. Cassia did not ask anything. The current atmosphere was not suitable for such a thing.

The remains of the hand bones did not look like bones. The whole body was more like a silver-white metal block, reflecting cold light under the light. The ultimate metal content contained in it can be seen, and Cassia can intuitively feel the weight of this hand bone remains. It is no longer smooth and crystal clear, it is covered with fine corrosion stripes, and there are obvious traces of polishing on the cross section, used to grind away its sharp parts.

Pekinz turned the hand bone remnant regularly until all parts were observed, and then tapped it with his index finger wrapped in horny body. The sound of metal collision broke the silence and coldness in the air.

"Let's talk about the results first." Perkinz said at this time, "Are you sure that the Theocracy and the Nature Society jointly launched an operation against Coverdale Nelson? So based on this operation alone, he is not There is a possibility of survival.”

"In addition, judging from the appearance of this hand bone fragment, I think it was buried in the human body for a long time before it came to our hands."

"Is it within the body of the Holy Father that the Avalon Agency said?" McGregor continued.

"It's not necessarily just this Holy Father, the Avalon Agency may have used it for other experiments." Peckinz spread his hands and said, "But in short, the body was originally handed over to the Holy Fathers and the King's family for disposal. They must have turned to the Theocracy and the Nature Association to divide Coverdale Nelson's body into equal parts. There is absolutely no doubt about this. After all, the body is in the sixth stage of life. Even if the spirit is dead, the activity of the body can still be maintained. Keep it for a long, long time. The point is not here, but what they did next after the bodies were divided equally."

"Transplant surgery? They regarded the divided corpses as 'dragon tissue' and transplanted it into their own bodies bit by bit?"

Perkinz nodded, "There are definitely figures from the Theocratic State and the Nature Association among them. Otherwise, with the activity of the six-stage life form, it would be impossible to control all the inhibitory tubes implanted in the whole body. Although I don't know what kind of processing has been done, but this Such treatment, as well as subsequent transplantation, will cause Coverdale Nelson's remaining consciousness to completely disappear, losing all possibility of survival."

"Mr. Grote must have a deep understanding of how powerful the vitality of the six-stage life forms is. But you and Cassia may not be deeply impressed yet, and the results of the actions to pollute the area may cause you to make wrong judgments. "The flavor of the reminder is very strong, "The six-stage life that has been resurrected in the past dynasties does have flaws due to the methods of resuscitation. But the contemporary six-stage..., well, to put it simply, they don't want to die. In fact, they really don't want to die. There is no good way to ensure that you can kill them."

"This statement also applies to Coverdale Nelson. So it has always been thought that he did not completely die, but chose to go into hibernation in some way. This is the direction we have been thinking about for a long time. But,,, "

Pekinz packed the hand bone remains into a metal suitcase. "The other bones and flesh were either lost with the Holy Father and the King's family of that era, or they are still with them. It doesn't matter, the above is absolutely There will be no residual consciousness.”

"Of course, if you still have some hope, then there is only one possibility left. I personally hope that he has not died. It would be a joy to have another strong ally."

"Run into the root network of the World Tree?" Cassia suddenly interrupted.

"About this matter, you need to ask the new Miss Yggdrasil personally when you have time." Perkinz smiled, "Just tell me, hundreds of years ago, was there a man named Coverdale Narr? People from the forest have approached you and asked you to help open a gap and allow yourself to enter the root network. If not..." Peckinz spread his hands, saying that there was no need to say the rest.

"What if Miss New World Tree helps Coverdale Nelson?" Macquarie then asked.

"It's more miserable than death. Although there is still a little hope of living." But it was Grote who said, "It is constantly being eroded until the spiritual world collapses and ushered in our own death. It will take some time, but hundreds of years have passed. Already,,,"

"In short, it's just an expectation. I brought the hand bones just to clarify whether this expectation is worth pursuing."