"Although it is a civil war between humans, the other side is no longer human. They have sublimated into a higher level of existence and become a void, conceptual existence."
The pioneer ignored the shocked people and continued his story.
"You can think of it as the true god, and we call it the Ineffable.
Can't be heard, can't be seen, can't be spoken.
As long as you are aware of their existence and come into contact with things related to them, the terrible erosion will spread like wildly growing vines, entangling you and opening up the road between you and them.
As for erosion and demons, it's like the wind. You can't see the existence of the wind, but you can realize the existence of the wind through the rolled leaves and the coolness on the skin. The same is true for erosion. It is just one of these indescribable things.
The leakage of power, the medium through which they intervene in matter.”
The words of the pioneer completed the previous conjectures of several people. Before sailing towards the Silent Sea, Lorenzo realized the source of erosion. The reason why demons kept appearing was the existence of sublimated ones. But obviously, like Lorenzo,
The guy is not the key to the problem. What really makes the world go crazy is the existence that reaches the end of sublimation and is called the Unspeakable.
Lorenzo murmured to himself.
"Just like antimemes, so does erosion, and so does the ineffable. In essence, they are all a piece of 'message', a 'message' for the continuation of life."
"Yes, almost, you have also felt it, right? Only people who have been sublimated can reluctantly accept such 'information'. The so-called demons are just mortals who cannot bear such 'information', and are crushed and collapsed, turning into distortions.
A hateful monster that twists the 'message' and turns it into immortal flesh."
Lorenzo was breathing heavily, and it was difficult for him to tell whether this was a war or a continuation of life.
From a human perspective, the Unspeakable is the enemy of mankind. The existence of this crazy plunder will sooner or later alienate all humans into monsters. But from the perspective of natural science, only in this way can we abandon flesh and blood.
Cowardice has become an almost eternal existence.
"They are completely high-ranking beings... If you want to kill a monster, you must first become a monster yourself, just like a demon hunter who implants secret blood and fights monsters. In order not to be overwhelmed by 'information', we distort ourselves into monsters."
, many people have also entered sublimation, but we have not reached the end, but are stuck in a place where we are neither up nor down, neither human beings nor nihilistic beasts."
Pioneer whispered, so that there would still be a little bit of humanity left in his heart, going against the original intention of sublimation, standing on the side of mankind to fight against the Unspeakable, but this time was too long, so long that sometimes he forgot,
Why is this so? Why not obey sublimation?
Towards a greater existence, sublimation.
"But you were still driven away by the secret keepers." The epidemic doctor said slowly.
Hearing this, Pioneer laughed. He could feel that from the mechanical indifference at first, after talking to Lorenzo and others, Pioneer became more humane, as if communicating with people, which made the frozen soul
Melted again.
"Holmes should understand this, right?" The Herald looked at Lorenzo.
Lorenzo nodded. He understood very well how similar he was to the pioneer. For a greater goal, he turned into a bloodthirsty beast, and the beast needed to be restrained by shackles.
"As long as we touch sublimation, one day we will completely lose all 'restraints' and become the same existence as the Ineffable Ones."
"Well, so after the Battle of Fortress No. 13, the Keepers eliminated all those who touched the Ascension. Although we are on the side of mankind, we still have potential threats. Every Ascendant is a
A beacon, a door that has not yet been opened. The Unspeakable can use us as a link to attack the secret keepers and even anyone."
The pioneer looked at these silent obelisks, which also had names he was familiar with, but when he thought about them carefully, he could no longer remember what they looked like.
"I don't remember the details of that war clearly. After all, it was too long. In short, after the war, we fell into silence. Some people chose to become secret keepers and stay here to preserve the fire of mankind. In order not to
The enemy has any chance to capture this place. The keepers preserve the purity of human beings and refuse any sublimation. In order to extend their lives, they hibernate themselves and replace most of their organs with machines.
Others left, bringing knowledge and technology with them to rebuild world civilization..."
"Then they failed. In iteration after reincarnation, the civilization they built was destroyed again and again by demons."
Lorenzo continued the words of the pioneer and said, this is the duty of those who built the country.
"Yes, I said that the war has not ended. It exists in the shadows and continues to this day. The Unspeakables have not been killed. The constant appearance of monsters is the best proof that this guy is still alive.
, affecting the world, but we have not lost...at least not yet."
"But it's not far from defeat, isn't it? The secret keepers withered, and the builders of the country gradually forgot the past. The history of mankind is full of holes, full of doubts, technology and knowledge continue to decline, and even become
He looks so ignorant now."
Lorenzo said that he had seen the glory of mankind in [Baptism of God's Favor], and compared with it, everything in this world seems so ridiculous.
"There's nothing we can do about it. The war never ends, right?"
The Herald answered Lorenzo's question.
"Erosion is memetic, and it will continue to spread until it destroys everything in its path. We can only continue to castrate ourselves to avoid touching it... The erosion you encounter now is just its dream.
It’s far from waking up.”
Heavy pressure pressed down, Watson thought, and she asked.
"The war has been going on, and we are in a stalemate. So... what about the Unspeakable? Although we have only heard of its name now, we are aware of its existence, right? Why haven't we yet?
Was it attacked?"
This sounds like the way the Watchers behave, but when you think about it, they are both of the same kind, and Watson feels that there is nothing unusual about it.
Pioneer looked at Watson. Flesh and machinery were completely fused together, turning into an inhuman existence. But Pioneer was not surprised. He had seen too many things in his long life.
"Do you really know the Unspeakable?"
he asked.
"Its form, nature, way of thinking, display of power, history of existence... You see, you can't answer it, you have no knowledge of it... But there may be some, and you at least know it.
There is such a dangerous thing in this world."
Watson was silent, just as the pioneer said, after thinking carefully, she realized that she knew nothing about the unspeakable.
"But, speaking of it, you have seen it a long time ago, haven't you? This is exactly the reason why Adren is chasing you. You have only caught a glimpse of the Unspeakable, but this is very likely to prevent it from sleeping.
If you wake up, he will not let you go." The pioneer continued.
"Then...is this it?"
Watson couldn't believe it, and Lorenzo on the side also realized something. He knew that Watson was attacked by Edlen after arriving at the Stasis Temple, and in that illusory Stasis Temple, Lorenzo
Zuoya was vaguely exposed to it.
"What was the result of the war? Pioneer, you didn't kill it, so where did it go?"
Lorenzo felt that he knew that dark and muddy history, and his body couldn't help but tremble.
"oh?"
The Herald looked at Lorenzo again. He tasted Lorenzo's emotions and knew the cause and result of the incident.
"Don't you know? Holmes."
asked the pioneer, like an invisible spectator watching the world go by indifferently.
Lorenzo's voice was trembling a little, and he whispered.
"Another Holy Night...you captured it and imprisoned it under the Well of Ascension."
This is where the enemy is.
"The shelter was actually originally our fortress, but during subsequent renovations, it became a shelter.
At the beginning, we used Forbidden Alloy to cast more than one fortress. They were scattered all over the world, but due to the expansion of the Unspeakable, most of them have been destroyed and will sleep under the soil forever.
The final war originated in Fortress No. 6 here, but ended in Fortress No. 13. We used Fortress No. 13 as a bait to attract it to attack. It stepped into the fortress and transformed all ordinary people into monsters.
, then the sublimated ones entered the scene, and they fought all night long. Under constant suppression, the erosion could no longer effectively affect the sublimated ones, so it shaped the body."
Listening to the Herald's words, Lorenzo's heart felt cold. He knew very well that it was a trap, a trap for the Unspeakable.
Will is ethereal, undefined, and difficult to touch, but when it has an entity, it can interfere with the present world, and the present world can also interfere with its entity.
"It took on a physical form, and we closed the door from the outside world and trapped it inside.
The sublimated ones suppressed its restlessness before being assimilated, and the Forbidden Alloy blocked the possibility of movement of the [Gap], turning it into an elaborate cage. The final [Final Echo] was thrown into it, although it was not yet
It could kill it, but it also forced it into a deep sleep until today."
The Herald recalled, looking at Lorenzo and telling him the truth.
"And you should know this place very well."
"The Temple of Stasis, the Well of Sublimation..." Lorenzo took a deep breath, "The saints built the temple on top of the prison. Under the brilliant light, there is a shadow that breeds evil."
This is a description in the Gospels. Lorenzo thought it was just the ravings of a group of fanatical believers. Now it seems that it is a myth and distortion of past history.
"We used a large range of antimemes to make most of the survivors forget the existence of Fortress 13, thus cutting off most of the ways to know the Unspeakable. Only a handful of people need to guard this place.
They were allowed to know the existence of Fortress No. 13, but they didn't know what was in it.
Then comes the iteration of reincarnation, with fewer and fewer ways of cognition, and that guy is also sleeping in oblivion, but it is still too powerful, and its power is still leaking out. In some shadows that are difficult for us to peek, demons breed.
's appearance."
"So the original reason why the Demon Hunting Order existed was to guard prisons?"
Lorenzo felt something was wrong. He felt that what the pioneer told was the truth, but not entirely. Listening to his description, Lorenzo always felt that there was something wrong with this long history, but it was difficult for him to question it.
"No, according to our assumptions, the Unspeakables will be imprisoned behind the forbidden metal forever, cut off all cognition, and forgotten forever. Even the guards will do the same. They will watch until they die, until everyone forgets everything.
, this is what we have to do.”
Isolate from erosion and be forgotten forever.
The Pioneers almost succeeded. According to their design, the threat of the Unspeakable would be eliminated, but it still survived strongly. The antimeme failed to cut off all avenues. Although it fell into a deep sleep, the whispering in its sleep was still there.
Penetrating the forbidden metal, causing mortals to fall into nightmares, and unconsciously prompting the birth of monsters.
In other words, Lorenzo has never faced this real enemy directly. Over the past few centuries, mankind has only fought against its nightmares.
"Then...why did the Demon Hunting Order appear in the prison later? It should have been forgotten, right?"
Lorenzo didn't understand why the Demon Hunting Order would be established on this shadow if it was deliberately concealed. They also drew power from the Well of Sublimation...from the hands of the devil, gaining the power to fight against the devil.
"This is another story, and the protagonist of this story has already arrived."
The pioneer stood up slowly and picked up the silver spear. He looked at the other side of the darkness and could hear the sound of the storm.
Something is coming.
Only then did Lorenzo suddenly realize that the pioneer's words were just passing time. He was waiting for someone, waiting for his arrival.
"Pioneer...why, why do you want to help us?"
Watson finally found the loophole in this series of words. The black angel stretched its iron feathers and fireworks surged through the gaps.
"You guided the way, defeated Leviathan, and explained these mysteries to us... So what happened before? Merlin must not have been able to escape your sight when he arrived here. Why didn't you choose to tell him these things instead of us?
Where’s the narration?”
There is no goodwill that appears out of thin air. Even if it is a weird and mysterious guy like Pioneer, who knows how much humanity the Pioneer still has that restrains him after all these long years?
He has been watching the world with cold eyes for so long. Why did he choose to take action at this moment and interfere with the direction of the world?
"Because now I have made a choice."
The Herald said, raising his spear and pointing it in the direction of the storm.
"The war has continued, but we have no room to fight back. In order to imprison the Unspeakable, our civilization has retreated for centuries, and will continue to retreat in the following years.
We have lost the ability to eradicate the Unspeakable, and can only pray for its eternal sleep, but its murmurs in sleep are so strong that they set off black tides in the world again and again.
Facing this desolate world, even if the Keepers of Secrets retain human fire, what's the use? Factories will not be built out of thin air, and weapons will not sharpen themselves, let alone be polluted by the Unspeakable.
Most of the knowledge and the storage carriers can only be destroyed, history is annihilated, and technology collapses. It is difficult for us to smelt even the most basic forbidden alloy.
We have to start over and fail under the onslaught of demons."
the Herald scoffed.
"You are not the only one who has tried to change everything, Holmes. In these long years, there have been too many people who deserve to be called heroes, but without exception, they have all failed and turned into dust.
, was forgotten.”
All the former secret keepers have withered away, the glory of the past has become dim, most of the keepers have become lost, and history and knowledge have become blurred and difficult to identify.
The builders of the country rebuilt civilization again and again, but they all collapsed under the ravings of the Unspeakable, and then started again. Under the constant iteration of reincarnation, everything turned into a handful of loess.
Only the Unspeakable enjoys eternal sleep.
Lorenzo was a little uneasy, and he murmured questions.
"So what's your decision? Herald."
"I?"
The pioneer thought for a moment and then answered.
"Why don't you admit your failure? Reality has proven that, with all the strength of mankind, we still can't kill it, we can only reluctantly imprison it and put it into a long sleep.
Doesn’t this further prove that this is a greater existence and this is the path that human beings should take, doesn’t it?”
Lorenzo drew out his nail sword, the black angel also spread his iron feathers, and the plague doctor turned into a scarlet beast, revealing his sharp fangs.
"You...want to wake it up?"
Lorenzo woke up with a start and gritted his teeth.
"Yes, look at this world, Holmes. The former glory has become such a mess. Why not just end it all and devote yourself to a greater existence?"
The pioneer's words turned into crazy murmurs, ringing like thunder in the ears of several people.
"Nothing is eternal, and the same is true for human history. Since we are already in a state of chronic death, why not just end it neatly?"
Many cracks appeared on the mottled silver-white armor, and the aura of evil and hatred overflowed from the gaps. Lorenzo could not describe this feeling. For a moment, he only felt endless darkness and despair.
White bones and flesh, rolling eyeballs and cut hearts, exposed lungs expanding and shrinking, and in the pool of steaming blood, the baby's cry continued...
In a daze, Lorenzo felt that a big hand penetrated his abdomen, grabbed his internal organs, and twisted them violently, even tearing off all the muscles and bones.
This is the world after death, the world after being devoured by the Unspeakable.
So those people will long for death to escape this darker despair.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you. The reason why I did so much is just to give you a chance, to give mankind a last chance to resist."
The pioneer's voice was filled with a twisted smile.
It's unclear whether he really wanted to do this, or whether it was the last, indelible humanity that was at work. After doing all this, the Herald chose to reveal his purpose.
"No matter what the outcome is, all this evil will come to an end."
Lorenzo took a deep breath, and the negative emotions in his mind suddenly surged to the maximum. The arm holding the nail sword began to tremble, as if Lorenzo would swing the sword and cut off his own head in the next second to end this long pain.
.
He smelled blood.
In this obscure madness, Lorenzo reluctantly turned his head, and he saw the wailing Floki. He grabbed the pen tightly with both hands and pressed it against his neck, piercing the skin and flesh.
He wailed, praying for an end to the pain.
Lorenzo kicked Floki over and interrupted his suicide. At the same time, he swung his nail sword and tried to kill the pioneer, but then a deeper darkness enveloped Lorenzo's mind.
He lost all his strength and fell heavily to the ground. In the corner of his vision, he saw a blurry face.
Lorenzo knew that it was the Herald, but no matter how hard he peered, he could not read the appearance of the Herald in his sight. There was not a shred of useful information, as if he was facing an absolute "blank".
"Indescribable..."
Lorenzo whispered.
Just like the well of sublimation imprisoning the Unspeakable, this silver-white armor is not used to defend against attacks from [Gap], but to restrain the Herald to prevent him from revealing this crazy power.
As the Herald spoke, more cracks appeared on his silver armor, and he was about to break out of the cage.
"A fair war to end all wars."
After finishing his words, the mottled nail sword pierced the night sky and penetrated under the ice with a chilling chill. The next moment, daylight rose, reflecting the dense iron forest into a group of ferocious shadows.
At the end of the light, Adren Levien strode forward.