Doomsday Bandits and Tramps

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The sky was gray.

The snow is falling in an eloquent way.

Carmelita was put on a clean plain robe and lay quietly in the wooden coffin.

The villagers carried the wooden coffin, sadly and calmly left the village, walked into the dense snowy forest, dug the dark soil, and placed the wooden coffin firmly in it.

No one spoke, and no one wept.

The aunt handed two shovels to Xiu and Seth, and the two took them in silence, standing in front of the deep pit where the snowflakes fell.

A group of children were holding hands and humming songs that Carmelita had sung at the Valwyn Festival.

The children's voices are immature, not as ethereal and gentle as Carmelita's, but the innocence in the singing is as sharp as a blade, and the sadness is deeply carved into the bones and blood, just like the song at the end:

the end of the night

birds sing twilight

The final bell has rung

Burning flames turn to ashes

return to the earth

born in the native land

die in the native land

Like those lives that have passed away.

It was a sentence of unknown meaning that Carmelita said in the dark alley, but it seemed to be her dying prophecy.

Amid the pure singing of the children, the villagers walked past the deep pit one by one, and threw ornaments woven from plants, trees and rattan into the pit.A white shadow also flew over the deep pit, a few feathers mixed in the snowflakes, and the mournful cry resounded through the cedar trees in front of the deep pit.

Seth was beside Xiu, he opened his palm, and inside lay three bells that were stained black by filth.After all, they threw the bell into the pit together.

The singing stopped, the aunt let out a farewell cry, everyone echoed, Xiu and Seth took the shovel and covered the black soil layer by layer on the wooden coffin.

Soon, the wooden coffin was buried in black soil, and the snowflakes fused Carmelita with the land.

After the burial was over, the villagers returned to the village one after another. Only Xiu and Seth accompanied Carmelita, and Bai Xue fell all over.

"She has explained to us."

The aunt couldn't bear it, so she sighed deeply and said, "She asked us to prepare the wooden coffin and grave in advance, saying that we might not survive today, and also said, let us not blame you."

"why?"

Xiu's ears were red from the cold, and the tip of his nose was cold: "Why didn't she tell us?"

"build......"

Seth brushed the snow off him and held his hand tightly.

"If she told us, there might be a way..."

"She can't tell you."

A frivolous voice resounded among the crowd. Adonis, wearing a heavy dark blue padded jacket and a black fur cotton cap, walked slowly to Carmelita's tomb, closed his eyes, and bowed slightly.

"Damn..."

Seth raised his eyebrows in displeasure, the word 'pao' was swallowed just as it came to his lips, he coughed to cover up, and then asked, "Why are you here?"

Adonis smiled, and was tit for tat: "Why, I haven't seen you for a few days, miss Dad?"

Seth also hooked the corners of his mouth politely, and squeezed Adonis' shoulders vigorously: "The life and death of the son is unknown, so there is no reason for a father not to worry."

Adonis flicked Seth's hand away, with a slight sullen look on his face, then glanced at Xiu who was silent aside: "For his sake, today, I don't know as much as you do."

"Hehe, each other."

Kafka interrupted the hypocrisy of the two, and asked, "Emissary, why are you here? Are your injuries all right?"

"A little injury."

Adonis moved his arm, showing some discomfort and pain: "There is no muscle or bone injury, and it will be fine after resting for a while."

Seth muttered a few words in a low voice, and Adonis knew it was not a good thing without listening.

"What do you mean she can't tell us?"

"You didn't even say hello, did you go straight to the point?"

Adonis smiled and sighed: "Go straight to this point, you are exactly the same as her, no wonder, who told you to have the same blood?"

"Are you familiar with my aunt?" Xiu asked.

"It's okay," Adonis said. "We've known each other for a few years. If Baker and Bella knew she was dead, they would be very sad. By the way, they are also very good, thank you for your concern."

Adonis said that Xiu was a little ashamed, but now he has no intention of asking about his health, he just wants to know the reason why Adonis appeared here.

"Okay, I know you don't even have the mood to perfunctory now, so I'll get straight to the point."

Adonis said: "This is her plan. If you say it, you will definitely not agree to it."

Xiu and Seth exchanged glances: "Plan?"

"Well," Adonis nodded, "Time is limited, let's talk about the rest of the journey."

Everyone bid farewell to the aunt and boarded the carriage prepared by Adonis.

Arthur stood guard on the branch in front of Carmelita's tomb, and uttered two low chirps, as if saying goodbye or seeing them off.

"If you are reluctant, you can come back after everything is over," Adonis said.

"Let's talk," Xiu asked straightforwardly, "Can we continue the topic just now?"

Adonis shrugged, held his chin and thought for a while, and said, "Do you know why this village is hidden in the dense forest of the valley?"

Ismail said: "Because they can't let Avalon find out that this is a village where humans and alien beasts co-exist."

"You're only half right."

Adonis raised a corner of the door curtain, the snow had stopped, the sky was slowly clearing up, and the whole world was white at a glance.

"This village was established under the protection of Fallows. At the beginning of the end, the residents of the land of Skellig escaped because of the existence of Fallows. So, while avoiding Avalon's pursuit, they secretly Protecting Pharos, while struggling to survive in the gap between virus infection and alien beasts. After nearly half a century, the surviving humans reached a 'reconciliation' with the virus. After staying away from the influence of electromagnetic waves, they discovered and The road of symbiosis of animals. Then, hiding in the deep valley and dense forest began a long wait, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack."

Seth couldn't help frowning: "Faros also said something similar, saying that the time has come."

Xiu asked puzzledly, "Is today a special day?"

"Not today, but yesterday."

"Something happened last night," Adonis said.

"Last night?" A flash of light suddenly flashed across Xiu's mind, "You mean that meteor?"

Adonis looked at Xiu in surprise: "Did you see it?"

"Well," Xiu looked at Seth, "Seth and I both saw it."

Seth also nodded affirmatively.

"Why didn't we see it?" Israel asked, "Mel, do you have any impression?"

Ismail shook his head, and Kafka also said he didn't know anything about it.

Xiu grabbed Seth's hand, and explained hastily: "On the Valwen Festival, very soon, it flashed across the sky, and we happened to see it."

Kafka and the others didn't get to the bottom of it, and were even more curious about the relationship between Meteor and Avalon, so they all looked at Adonis.

"That's not a meteor, it's an artificial satellite."

Adonis said: "You know, Avalon can live in any network."

Kafka was the first to understand what Adonis meant: "You mean, Avalon is also hidden on that satellite?"

"Correct."

Adonis nodded: "Before the end of the world, Avalon invaded communication devices and storage terminals around the world through the network, and spread its own codes all over the world, trying to occupy every inch of the network. In order to find Fallows, In order to better 'target' humans, satellites are also indispensable. Those things floating outside this planet have become Avalon's 'nest', as well as his eyes and ears, allowing him to know everything."

In the description of Adonis, everyone felt a deeper fear of Avalon. Kafka suddenly laughed, and everyone asked, for fear that something might happen to the old man.

"Doctor, what are you laughing at?" Xiu asked.

"Don't worry, he just understood Avalon's weakness, didn't he, Doctor?" Adonis said.

"Yes."

Kafka stopped laughing, and barely drew a few lines on the wooden grain of the carriage with his crutches: "If it is 200 years, in that human society with advanced network information, Avalon may be an unsolvable existence, but in In this apocalyptic world, he is a trapped beast, imprisoned in the virtual space."

Adonis said: "In order to survive, he needs to maintain a certain number of humans to compete with the alien beasts. At the same time, he must provoke the relationship between humans and alien beasts. Once he finds signs of symbiosis between humans and alien beasts, he must kill them as soon as possible."

"Please, can you tell me something we don't know." Seth clicked his ears impatiently.

Adonis gave him a blank look: "Then you know, that satellite is the last artificial satellite."

Xiu suddenly understood: "You mean, Avalon is 'blind' and 'deaf' now, and even the last hiding place has crashed."

"clever."

Adonis cast admiring glances at Xiu, but was blocked by Seth, and he could only see a dead face.

Xiu was a little helpless, and Adonis didn't take it seriously: "Avalon has no hiding place, and this land has long been occupied by alien beasts. Resources such as minerals and oil cannot be exploited, and there is no supply. No matter how much we rely on human maintenance, then The sky cage will fall sooner or later, and Avalon can only die. Therefore, he can only hold on to the straw that he hates most, human beings."

As he said that, Adonis sneered suddenly: "That guy is doing everything he can to survive. It's exactly the same as human beings. It's really disgusting."

Xiu asked: "Then what does this have to do with the timing that Fallows said?"

"Why, don't you understand?"

Adonis looked at Xiu, then glanced at Seth: "What about you?"

Seth shook his head.

Seeing this, Adonis suddenly sighed: "She actually placed her hopes on you two idiots, and I'm already worried about whether the plan will succeed."

Seth lost all patience when he heard that, and burst into foul language: "Damn, I hate people who talk in circles the most. What is the plan? Just say that you will die."

Adonis could only say speechlessly: "She wants you to sneak into Avalon and completely destroy the air fortress."