The Collection of The End

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Gray snow falls in the gray world.

Snow flakes the size of goose feathers fell from the swirling gray sky one after another, and attached themselves to the first tree or bird or animal they approached, as if with suction, and then burned.

Gray birds and gray beasts fled in panic from the gray forest burning with gray flames, igniting everything they touched along the way, and finally turned into a cloud of ashes and disappeared.

In an instant, the entire gray world was enveloped in raging fire. As the snowflakes floating in the air were ignited, the gray flames even began to climb into the air.

In this absurd dream-like scene, only the queue extending from the distance towards the Black Castle remained unchanged. Even if those queuers were on fire, they were still showing off their last actions in life step by step, becoming dull. And being sluggish, losing the difference from others, they finally entered the castle, as if everything that happened in the world had nothing to do with them.

If there is any difference between this scene and the previous scene, the girl in black robe who always turned a blind eye to inspect the marching team disappeared without knowing it.

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Another area of ​​the gray world is a barren snowfield with giant rocks protruding from the ground from time to time, sloping upward at a gentle slope.

Although the falling snowflakes are the same color as the snow on the ground, when those "snow flakes" fall to the ground and are about to burn, they will "evaporate" with a loud sound like water droplets falling into a bonfire.

Kick-squeak, click-squeak.

As the sound of first stepping into the snow and then stepping into the deep snow to move forward sounded from far to near, a large brown animal that looked like a cow and a horse stepped onto the snowy field, and what it carried on its back was The wavy-haired girl wearing a black hooded robe with one eye always closed.

The gray snowflakes were still fluttering wildly, but they avoided the girl and her path as if in fear. It looked like she had opened the snow curtain composed of falling snowflakes out of thin air.

"Hululu-moo." The cow and horse took a few steps forward, then stopped hesitantly and mooed uneasily.

"Don't be nervous, Thoret," the girl patted its head: "They have been dead for a long time."

Thoret shook his head twice and stepped towards the top of the snowfield again.

Creak, creak.

As the terrain of the snowfield gradually rises, the gray snowflakes flying in the sky begin to become sparse, and even stop completely as time goes by. However, if you look into the distance, you will find that the gray snow is still falling, one after another. A forest is "lit".

Finally, the girl rode Thoret to the "top" of the snowfield, and then looked forward.

The top is not a point, but a line. It shows intermittent arcs, starting from Torrett's foothold, extending to the left and right, and finally rejoining at the end of the almost blurry field of vision - this is not something The top of the snowfield cliff is the edge of a super giant basin.

Different from the snow-covered uphill journey, there is no snow or rocks inside this basin. It can even be said to be as smooth as a mirror. There is only a small and constantly moving gray flame burning blazingly in the center far away from the edge. , the whole thing looks like a real "brazier".

"Whoosh, whoosh." Torrett's expression looked a little nervous, but the target of his vigilance was not the unreasonable brazier in front of him, but... the sky.

Buzz——

With a strange sound, like wind blowing through a cave, a huge black sphere appeared from the "whirlpool" in the sky, and then slowly landed.

It may not be accurate to say "sphere", because it is "concave", and the dark edge is very similar to a lake, like a "lens" for observation, and in the middle of the "lens", surrounded by darkness, It is a seaside city with many cool-toned spiers.

This city seemed to have experienced a volcanic eruption, earthquake and tsunami at the same time. Half of the city was burning, turning the sky red. The other half of the city looked generally intact, but it had been completely submerged by the rising sea water. In this completely unstoppable city, In the city called ruins, there are still many pedestrians and vehicles wandering around like headless chickens trying to escape.

"Moo?" Thoret made a questioning voice.

"Their universe is about to be destroyed, and there is no possibility of resurrection or reincarnation. Naturally, they will not join the 'team'," the girl in black robe looked at the black sphere: "Soon, they will become this world together with the universe itself. part of the world.]”

Buzz——

The black sphere continued to descend, gradually approaching the bottom of the "brazier". As it approached, the cluster of flames became more lively, and even began to actively rise to meet it.

Soon, the bottom of the black ball came into contact with the gray flames. In the next moment, countless crack lines appeared on the surface of the black ball, and an unknown squeaking sound was made. Inside the black ball, the half-destroyed city The residents were completely unaware and even cursed because of the traffic jam.

Katcha, bang!

Finally, in the burning of the gray flames, the cracks on the surface of the sphere suddenly expanded, and then shattered and scattered. The gray flames completely engulfed the darkness wrapped inside it in an instant, turning it into a blazing torch. .

No, it's not a torch, but a dead leaf that comes into contact with the blazing fire. The "contents" of the black sphere are completely burned out in almost an instant, and the unburnable ashes turn into bursts of gray "snow flakes" toward the tree. Flying away in all directions.

As these "snowflakes" drifted past the black-robed girl and Torrett, a subtle sound came from them.

- Damn Batman! Why bother provoking Neptune!

——I shouldn’t believe them. How could there be ancient treasures under Gotham!

——No one can eat for free at Iceberg Restaurant! Court of Owls? Not familiar!

——The new car I just picked up!

Broken words and confusing logic, even the best detective could not deduce the full story of the incident from just a few words. However, as the "snow flakes" flew away and disappeared, there was no need to find out the root cause.

"Snoring, moo?" Torrett made a questioning voice.

"You can't leave yet," the girl touched its neck: "'The death of the universe' is also a kind of death, and it also needs my 'witness'."

"...!" Thoret's eyes widened.

"Look, it's another one.]" The girl in black robe raised her finger to the sky.

Following her words, a new black sphere appeared again from the whirlpool in the sky. This time, the content of the black package was more refined, and it seemed to wrap up a large area of ​​coastline and other areas besides the previous city. There were several other cities, but just like the previous one, everything visible was in a very serious state of collapse.

"Are they really trying to make a deal?]" The girl's tone was filled with doubts.