"Thank you..." He returned the magical device to the mysterious man in front of him.
However, the other party raised his hand and took the thing back, indicating that Manny could keep it.
Manny was not pretentious, and said to herself: 'Since this thing can repair the damage caused by the factor, it is always good to keep it...it's just...'
"My name is Manny, what's yours?"
The other party said nothing and pointed to the sign on his chest.
Manny took a closer look and saw a set of numbers written on it.
"ld73310...emmmm...don't you have a specific name?"
He nodded, then took out his hand to signal Manny to wait, then raised his left arm and placed it horizontally in front of him. After a while, a holographic projection screen appeared in front of Manny.
I saw a line of text appearing above it.
————I am an exiled wanderer and have lived alone here for more than thirty years. Therefore, I have long forgotten how to make sounds, so I’m sorry, I can only communicate with you in this way.————
Having lived alone for more than thirty years... Manny was shocked, what kind of life it was.
"It's okay, you don't have to say sorry, but I'm curious, where is this place? Is it the earth?"
ld73310 [hereinafter referred to as 3310] nodded, and then another line of text appeared on the holographic screen on his arm.
————Yes, this is the earth, the very center of the impact plain————
"Shock Plains? Are you saying there's some kind of attack on Earth?"
3310 shook his head.
————I don’t know, the world has become like this since I was born, so... I’m not sure what you mean by some kind of attack? ————
From birth...thirty years...
After putting this information together, Manny immediately realized that she should have left the time node where Guan Lingxu was originally located, and that it should be in the future after 2030, and it spans at least more than thirty years from 2030.
Thinking of this, Manny asked directly: "What year is it now?"
After hearing this, 3310 looked at Manny with a strange look. He did not answer directly, but asked instead.
————You asked a lot of strange questions, which are different from other explorers I have met...Who are you? Why did you come to such a dangerous place?————
Manny was speechless immediately, because she also wanted to know why she appeared here, but based on what she knew so far, Manny felt that after she was "killed", her consciousness seemed to fall into the long river of time, and now,
She just accidentally washed up on the shore.
So Manny "answered truthfully": "My name is Manny, I am an engineer, I come from a world that is very strange to you, and in the world I live in, some disasters are swallowing up everything, and I was ordered to study
The origin of these disasters appeared in this world by accident... I woke up in an uninhabited town, where there were many strange phenomena. I chose to escape out of self-protection and wanted to seek
There is no way out of here, so I came here."
After hearing this, 3310 stared at Manny for a while without saying anything. He looked around and then stepped forward.
Manny was stunned and hurriedly chased after her and asked, "Hey, where are you going?"
3310 didn't look back. He raised his left arm with only three words on it.
----follow me----
Manny frowned, feeling this in her gut
The lonely wanderer is not a bad person, but for some reason, she feels that the road ahead is full of dangers.
Or maybe, after hearing that this was the center of the impact, she couldn't help but think of the central curtain, the red sea, and the land that could no longer grow food...
But she was also very curious about what was hidden behind this mountain. What happened to the earth? What happened to humans...?
After hesitating for a moment, curiosity overcame her uneasiness, and Manny followed 3310's footsteps. The two of them moved forward and headed straight to the top of the mountain.
…
Day 51
I thought that meeting 3310 would be a lot happier than before, but 3310 didn't seem to like "talking" very much. Even if he was willing to talk to Manny, he would simply answer with a nod or shake of the head, and there would never be a clear answer.
This made Manny wonder whether 3310 was wary of herself, or perhaps Manny's appearance made 3310 remember some unhappy past.
But these are all conjectures. It is good to have someone around me now.
Otherwise, Manny might really suffer from schizophrenia on the way forward.
At noon that day, Manny finally arrived at the top of the mountain under the leadership of 3310, but the world in front of her was still covered by thick fog. Looking around, she couldn't see anything.
But 3310 told Manny.
————The impact point is ahead. If you want to leave here, you can only go to the "Gate of Sorrows" located at the center————
"The Gate of Sorrows? What is that?" Manny asked.
3310 sat down on the top of the mountain and remained silent for a long time before answering.
——I don’t know much about it, but my father told me that at first, the Gate of Sorrows was just a sudden wonder. It didn’t even have the outline of a door. But then scientists came here and they used various methods to
He opened it and took out a black box and a book. However, it is impossible for ordinary people to know exactly what is in the box and what is recorded in the book, but... when the box and book were taken away
Later, sad sounds came from the door, and they became more and more desolate, just like a family losing a child, so voices of doubt and condemnation appeared from all over the world, and they began to worry that the actions of scientists would bring harm to mankind.
There was a disaster, but since the box and the book were taken away, no one has seen them again, and the Gate of Sorrow has been classified as a restricted area and blocked————
Manny was fascinated by what she read, but it was clear that this passage was not the whole story, so she asked a little eagerly: "What happened next? What happened next?"
3310 was silent for a while before switching out new text.
——Although the world was full of unrest for a long time, no disaster really occurred. Therefore, gradually everyone no longer believed that disaster would really come. Those who associated sorrow with disaster
People are gradually losing their supporters, and it was during this era that my father met my mother————
At this point in the story, 3310's mood was obviously much lower.
And Manny was vaguely aware of something. She looked at the profile of 3310. This tall man hid the most important part of his face under his helmet. Manny couldn't see clearly what he looked like, but she always felt that he looked familiar.
.
"sorry……"
3310 was stunned, and he looked at Manny, a little confused.
Manny smiled bitterly and said: "I seem to have brought back the past that you don't want to look back on..."
3310 smiled when he heard this, waved his hand, and said another sentence
New text appears.
——It has been a long time, and I don’t really remember what my mother and father looked like, but these stories are still clearly imprinted on the core of my brain, and it’s good to be able to tell them now.
———
Brain core? Sure enough... isn't this helmet a simple tactical equipment? Manny looked at 3310's head in shock.
3310 is also very generous, he pointed to his helmet.
——Oh, I forgot to mention that I am a modified special soldier, so there is a brain core in my brain for coordinating the left and right brains. Thanks to it, I can remember a lot of things, but I just forget them.
It’s more difficult————
Manny smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to respond 3310.
And 3310 didn't care, he continued with the previous story.
——My father is also an engineer, but it may not be the same as what you call an engineer. He is just an engineer responsible for maintaining equipment in the exploration area near the Gate of Sorrows, and my mother was initially
His bodyguard, they had been together for ten years before secretly getting married. Unexpectedly, before I was born, the shock happened————
At this point in the story, 3310 slowly stood up, and Manny also stood up and followed 3310's eyes to look into the distance.
The dense fog in the afternoon was quietly dissipating. Although it would take several hours to completely dissipate, Manny seemed to be able to see the "Gate of Sorrow" standing deep in the fog sea.
Before its outline was even cleaned, the heaviness was already imprinted on Manny's heart.
————The impact happened very suddenly. In my father’s words, the whole world did not realize that the disaster would suddenly come, including him, and he was in the field at the time. After the impact broke out, he always wanted to return to the impact area to look for me.
He tried to find his mother's whereabouts, but all failed until one day, he saw on the news a large army gathering to recover the lost land, and then he sneaked into the impact area with the help of friends, but...————
3310 put his arms down.
Manny didn't ask 3310 to go on in detail and she could probably imagine what happened next.
Because 3310 is still here, it proves that this story does not end with a happy ending.
As for how the impact occurred, and what happened to the army that recovered the lost territory... Manny didn't need to ask these things.
Because she knew that 3310 had no answer, he was just a wanderer born in the center of the disaster, and she needed to find the rest by herself.
…
After waiting at the top of the mountain for more than five hours, as the sun set, the thick fog finally dissipated in front of us.
Manny, who was dozing off, was shaken awake by 3310. She opened her eyes and looked at 3310 with some confusion.
3310 pointed to his wrist, and then pointed to the distance, as if to say, "It's getting late, we're on our way."
Manny rubbed her eyes and stood up. This was the first time in a long time that she had such a peaceful rest on the roadside, so she felt very comfortable all over.
But when she saw the world in the distance clearly, her comfort disappeared instantly.
…
"This...this is..."
3310 raises his left arm.
————This is the Dead Sea of final death and the cemetery of millions of human soldiers————
Manny glanced at the description, and then looked into the distance. Her heart couldn't help trembling, and there seemed to be a lump of turbid air in her throat that was so stagnant that it was difficult to breathe.