Doomsday Bandits and Tramps

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Everyone entered the cave one after another, and the cliff slowly closed.

The inside of the cave is pitch black, but it feels very empty, and the faint sound of the wind can be heard faintly.After the cliff wall was completely closed, faint blue light spots appeared under everyone's feet, as if floating in the darkness, extending all the way to the depths of the cave

Seth ignited the fire in his hand, and the whole body was lit up, but the light of the flame did not touch the ceiling of the cave and the surrounding cave walls.

"It's ridiculously big in here," Seth said, "but the air is flowing and there are no strange gases."

"Of course, this is a place built by humans."

Carmelita said as a matter of course, and walked deep into the cave,

There is enough air in the cave, but the cave seems to have no end.Everyone followed behind her, stepping on the sporadic light spots under their feet.

The darkness blurred the time, and after an unknown amount of time, Carmelita suddenly stopped in her tracks.

She stood in front of a stone platform, leaned her staff on her bosom, gently swept the floating ash on the stone platform, then took something out of her robe and put it on the stone platform, then turned her head to look at Xiu.

Xiu didn't know why, but he saw two round and small white balls placed on the stone platform.

Kafka understood, and immediately took out the little white ball Xiu gave him and returned it to its original owner.

Xiu took the little white ball and approached the stone platform a little bit.

The stone platform is hexagonal, and the complex lines carved on the face have long been blurred, only three identical depressions can be seen in the center of the stone platform.

Xiu glanced at Carmelita, and then put the little white ball on as if making up his mind.

The moment he was seated, the three small white balls began to glow, and light blue ripples reflected each other between the small balls.Then, the light passed to the stone platform, slowly poured into the ground along the complex lines of the stone platform, intertwined and spread on the ground to form a light blue hexagon, and then quickly spread around the cave along the six corners, and disappeared in the dark.

"This, this is gone?"

Xiu stared at the darkened stone platform, the three small balls no longer glowed, and returned to their normal appearance: "Where's Pharos?"

"No hurries."

Carmelita pointed to the sky, Xiu raised her head, and there was a blue hexagonal frame floating above her head at some point, that frame kept shrinking like a heart, and then stopped suddenly, turning into a flickering and beating Enter the symbol.

"Please enter your identity..."

"Carmelita."

After Carmelita finished speaking, the floating input symbol cast a blue light.

After a while, the blue light disappeared and turned into a smiling face.

"The identity has been verified, the confirmation is passed, administrator, welcome back to Fallows."

"You, you are the administrator of Fallows?!"

Xiu's astonishment was not over yet, but the ground began to tremble, and the blue light centered on the stone platform, converging into a hexagon under everyone's feet.Then, the hexagon began to sink, dazzling white light protruded from the feet, and a huge and bright underground space appeared in front of everyone.

The entire underground space is constructed in a honeycomb shape, the light source is emitted from the wall itself, each room is isolated by reinforced tempered glass, and different functional areas are divided according to different levels. The sea-like books, specimens and servers can be seen with the naked eye, and there are many Laboratories with seals and hazard signs.The large number and complete preservation made Kafka amazed.

What really shocked them was the bottom layer of the space, a wedge-shaped tower about ten meters high and completely black.

"That is the body of Fallows and the core of this research institute."

Carmelita tapped her cane, and a blue hexagon appeared in the air: "Welcome everyone to Fallows, this is the Earth Research Institute and the biological gene storage institution, the administrator has opened the highest authority for you, please feel free to Visit. If you have any needs and questions, just call 'Faros', and I will answer you at any time."

Kafka supported his crutches, looked at the wedge-shaped black tower, and wept with joy: "Ha, ha, I found it, I finally found it, who would have thought that Faros was hiding underground?! Hahaha, I finally...cough cough cough..."

"Doctor, doctor, are you okay?"

Kafka was ecstatic and choked on his saliva. Israel patted him on the back worriedly. Kafka took a long time to stop coughing. Carmelita next to him looked at the mentally retarded.

Kafka smiled: "Ahem...Sorry, I'm a little excited."

Carmelita ignored him, took the other two small white balls from the stone platform, sat aside with a cane, and waved a gesture of invitation to them.

However, happiness came too suddenly, and Fallows, whom he had been thinking about so much, appeared in front of him. Kafka wanted to ask so many questions that he didn't know where to start.

Israel and Ismail accompanied Kafka, while Xiu and Seth had no expectations or attachments to Fallows. Although they were amazed by the scene inside Fallows, they were more like passing tourists. Carmelita had more questions.

Xiu also took off his little white ball and walked up to Carmelita: "Auntie."

Carmelita glanced at him, then lowered her head and raised the empty seat beside her hand: "If you want to ask anything, just ask."

Xiu and Seth looked at each other, and Seth blinked at him to reassure him, and then wandered around in Fallows by himself.

Xiu sat beside Carmelita, playing with the little white ball in his hand boredly: "I didn't expect that you are the administrator of Fallows."

"Not only me, but your mother too."

Xiu's hand holding the little white ball suddenly froze, and he looked back at Carmelita: "My mother did too...but I never heard her mention it."

"Of course she won't mention it," Carmelita said, "because she'd given up that duty long ago for you."

"For us?"

Carmelita supported her cane, sat cross-legged on the table, and took out her little white ball from her arms: "This is the key to activate Fallows. I, your mother, and our eldest sister each have one. Our three sisters Born here, raised here, all the education I have received is to protect Faros, waiting for an opportunity like the previous administrators."

"When?" Xiu asked.

"The time to save mankind from the end times."

Carmelita propped her chin, perfunctory as if she was telling a fairy tale to coax children: "This guard has lasted for two centuries. Some administrators firmly believe that Pharos is the salvation of mankind, and some give up waiting and choose to leave here. Go outside and find other ways."

Speaking of this, Carmelita laughed suddenly. She covered her face and smiled sadly and ironically: "The people outside want to come in, but the people inside want to go out. Haha, I'm so funny."

Xiu didn't dare to intervene casually, and waited for Carmelita to finish laughing like she was venting, and heard her continue: "Little nephew, you know, I have never met my eldest sister, and the impression of her depends on the words of others and me. in the imagination."

"Auntie, I mean, your eldest sister, like my mother, left Fallows?"

Carmelita nodded: "Before she left, she left the little white ball behind, and there has been no news since then. Who knows if she is alive or dead?"

Carmelita stopped laughing, and played with the little white ball in her hand: "Your mother too. Before she left, she said that she would go out for three years and would come back regardless of success or failure. Rose waited and counted the days for her sister to come back, but what she was waiting for was the news that she stayed in Albion to get married and have a baby."

"build!"

Suddenly, Seth ran out of a room excitedly, holding a picture frame in his hand: "Xiu, look, what I found!"

"this is my family portrait?"

Xiu snatched the frame, in which was the beach of Albion, with the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on the cliff and the boundless sea, Xiu and his elder brother Eck played with Nemo in the sea when they were young, his mother and father looked at them They leaned against each other, letting the sea breeze blow their clothes, their faces were filled with happiness and warmth.

"Dad, Mom..."

Xiu's eyes were a little moist, he blinked vigorously, and asked Carmelita, "Didn't you say that you threw away this painting?"

"Did I say so?"

Carmelita scratched her head and shrugged indifferently: "It's been too long, I can't remember."

"..."

nonsense.

The painting is preserved intact in the frame, and the wood at the corners of the frame has been ground and covered with pulp, which is obviously extremely cherished.

Xiu looked at the insincere Carmelita, and handed the frame to her.

Carmelita turned her head and didn't mean to answer.

Xiu directly stuffed it into her arms, and then sat beside her.

Carmelita glared at him, and when she saw the painting, her expression softened unconsciously.

"Your mother met your father in Albion."

Carmelita said: "At that time, the Albion people were a group of precarious escapees hiding on the sea cliffs. However, your father was ambitious and ambitious. He was unwilling to be content with the status quo and wanted to get Albion out of the predicament. By chance, he rescued your mother who was wandering here. Your mother admired your father very much, so she decided to help him. With your father’s courage to overcome all opinions, they worked together to build Albion into a After entering the paradise where humans and alien beasts coexist, they also naturally came together. Not long after, there was your brother, and then you."

Seth felt something was wrong: "According to you, when did the three iron laws of Albion City be established?"

"After their reform."

Carmelita's expression suddenly turned cold: "Your mother helped Albion out of the predicament, but she also broke the rules of Fallows. As a price, she will never be able to return to Fallows. And your father In order to protect you and your mother, the three iron laws of Albion were established. I remember that before winter, the people of Albion held a harvest festival to thank the beasts, right? The prototype of that festival is Varwen Festival."

"My mother broke the rules of the Fallows?"

"Yes," Carmelita said, "Humans can coexist harmoniously with alien beasts. This matter is an absolute secret. If it is leaked, it will lead to death."

Seth and Xiu looked at each other, vaguely aware that the answer they had been looking for for a long time was about to come out.

After taking a deep breath, Xiu asked seriously, "Auntie, can you tell me why?"

"Instead of asking me to answer, don't you have a more suitable candidate?"

Carmelita put down the picture frame and came to the center of the space with her cane: "Faros."

Blue light flickered, converging into a light blue hexagon in midair.

"Hello, administrator, how can I help you?"

Carmelita glanced at them and said to the hexagon, "Tell them the secret of Faros."