????????It’s like all the burdens have been lifted off, and all the haze lingering in my head has disappeared.
Colin's voice trembled, and he took a long breath. His mind was clearer than ever before, and everything suddenly became clear.
With a bitter smile on Irina's face, as if she thought of something, she used a knife to cut open a plastic bottle with some water left, cut off the upper half, and used it as an ashtray.
????????She took out a pack of cigarettes from the desk drawer, opened it, took out one, lit it with a lighter and took a deep hiss.
?????????"You finally don't have any fear anymore."
????????Irina said calmly, this is the best result, and everything should be disclosed openly.
???????Colin finally found his way, the way to end everything.
????????Being unmasked by others is a kind of failure.
???????And take off the mask yourself.
???????? is a kind of victory.
?????????"Really..."
Colin didn't know what to say. Was this fear? It was too complicated, more complicated than any problem he had ever encountered before.
????????It is not something that can be solved by logic.
?????????"Remember what you once said."
?????????"Fear causes the brain to secrete transmitters."
?????????"This fragrance attracts predators."
???????"There is nothing in this world anymore..."
?????????"The abyss can now prey on you."
???????Irina said calmly.
???????"I hope so."
Colin stopped talking nonsense, turned around some passages, came to Ingrid's ward, and turned the door handle.
????????Not much different from what I remember.
?????????Still the woman I met in the Liberty City library.
?????????Ingrit found that the visitor was a little surprised, and her pupils were trembling.
????????"Who are you……"
????????Ingrid was a little confused on the hospital bed.
?????????"Anyway, it's not an intruder."
????????This time he did not pause time again.
????????The abyss that preyed on Colin has disappeared, it's just a simple meeting of old friends again.
????????Ingrit’s red hair had lost its previous luster and was extremely dim. Her sick face was full of haggard, and she tried to sit up from the bed.
????????"No."
???????"I'll leave soon."
????????……
????????……
????????……
???????An hour later.
?????????“You can actually see the Statue of Liberty from here.”
???????Violet exclaimed.
Only then did he discover that this was the former site of Liberty City, but the location was relatively peripheral, very far away from the city center. But looking across more than ten miles of land, and then across the Hudson River, it was still the same.
The huge bronze sculpture can be vaguely seen.
????????The sky was filled with the falling ash from the nuclear haze, and it was so cold that the violets shivered from the cold.
????????Her allies and advance personnel, with the blessing of Shu, discovered that there was a large shelter far away. The scale was beyond imagination. They had seen so many desolate places along the way.
Place, unprecedented grand occasion.
After the formation of the supercontinent, although it was quite a distance from the last base of the Countermeasures Bureau, it was still very close compared to other places.
No wonder Colin allowed his companions to stay here with peace of mind. It was extremely secluded, and there was also a large camp to attract the attention of looters, so it was considered very safe.
???????After a while.
Colin finally came out of the shelter and returned to the surface. This was an abandoned sanatorium, which had been reduced to ruins by nuclear weapons.
?????????"Damn."
?????????"Didn't I say it was very fast?"
?????????"It actually took so long."
????????Because Violet wanted to retain the remaining power to use it to summon Hoshino Manatsu's position, and did not waste it on heating, rubbing her hands until she was cold.
????????"terribly sorry."
?????????"It's time to go."
???????The red and green stock index lines danced on Colin's fingers. He no longer knew whether he controlled it or whether he was finally dominated by it.
"I discovered that there is a large shelter across the river, about two hours' drive away. Do you know that is where the Countermeasures Bureau is sheltering?"
????????The advance personnel guessed that it should be like this.
???????Kelin shook his head. He didn't expect that he had been very close to the Countermeasures Bureau's base before. After going around in a big circle, he returned to the very beginning.
?????????"That bronze sculpture should be something of great symbolic significance."
????????The advance personnel said so, but unfortunately it was very dilapidated, the appearance was a little charred, and half of the body collapsed. Only the hand holding the torch and half of the body were still standing, and it might collapse at any time.
???????"Maybe."
Colin no longer cares about these problems. He must solve the source before he dies. He doesn't know what the winning rate is. Even if it is 1%, it is enough.
?????????"You are different from before."
Violet glanced at Colin and said in surprise, is this the real power?
?????????"What's different?"
???????Colin didn't notice.
?????????"Do you still remember Di Biao's mutual aid group?"
"You were there at the time, pretending to be a member who wanted to join the club, and listening to the middle-aged man's oral gymnastics."
?????????"After I killed him, you lay on the ground and pretended to be dead."
???????"It just feels..."
"You are no longer obsessed with the things you have been obsessed with since we parted in the casino."
?????????"It turns you into a monster."
?????????"Maybe in a sense, your latent syndrome has been eliminated."
?????????"In an unexpected way."
?????????Violet recalled when she first met Colin, he was far from that at that time.
???????Ke Lin was speechless. Maybe the spiritual abyss has been eliminated, but as long as it is not resolved, it will be the largest and strongest abyss.
???????Everything is in vain.
?????????"Where is Hoshino Manatsu?"
?????????"Can you sense the direction through the technique you cast on her?"
???????Kelin asked, everything that should be settled has been settled, only the final showdown with SCT is left.
????????The person at the top of the combat directory still exists.
???????The future is uncertain.
????????Even if you get rid of those madmen who are deliberately trying to engulf the world, there will still be enemies.
???????sct summit.
????????One chief and two vice-chairmen are represented by agents, their true selves, and the people behind them.
????????No.
??????That's not human at all.
????????The top command of the Countermeasures Bureau is a cruel lie that imposes euthanasia on the world.
????????And the most terrifying and grotesque crazy thing is definitely not false, it is real and cruel, and it is swallowing up everything every moment.
???????Ke Linxu shook his hand.
???????? Red and green lines are jumping on it.
?????????"crown..."
????????He seemed to hear the whispers of these lines, the product of the convergence of the infinitely distant past and the infinitely distant future.
?????????Violet closed her eyes, carefully felt the direction of Hoshino Manatsu, and entered a state of fugue. Following the connection between them, she visualized extremely distant places.
????????……
????????……
????????……
????????On an ocean-going transport ship.
????????The waves are rolling.
????????The cargo hold, which is full of poultry specimens, is extremely scarlet.
?????????"You take him back to Turin."
?????????"Put it together with those scholars."
The first person in the combat catalog wiped his hands, said to Arnold, and then put on white gloves, as if it was just a painless thing and not even a warm-up activity.
???????? He seemed to have discovered something, an idea that extended far away from here.
????????Then his gaze went straight into the void.
