Chapter 3397 The collapse of the starry sky (twenty-three)
"Over there." The cavalry flew for a long distance, and in front of it was almost the outer edge of the underground city, a wall made of unknown metal. But the Sea Witch also instructed Elaine to continue moving forward.
"Yes, but that's a wall..." Elaine wondered.
"If you get close, you'll understand." Lisanna (the clone) replied.
In desperation, the white lion boy had no choice but to drive the iron cavalry closer to the wall. The iron cavalry was only fifteen feet away from the wall and almost hit it.
"Stop." Lisanna called out in time.
Fortunately, Elaine originally let the iron cavalry move forward at a slight speed. He stepped on the brakes in time, and the iron cavalry stopped five feet away from the wall and hovered in the air.
"Spirit pattern verification: Lisanna. Lilian. Sufang. Stolatis XVI." The witch's voice sounded from the crystal: "Apply to use the emergency escape passage."
[Confirmation]. Some faintly glowing characters appeared on the wall, and then a gate opened, revealing a pool of water inside.
No...it should be said that it is a horizontal plane. But that horizontal plane is vertical, and it appears in front of Elaine like this. Elaine seems to be able to fly in with his iron cavalry.
Is this an emergency escape? No wonder Lisanna said that the group of stalkers didn't know it existed. This thing is on the high wall outside the city. Unless the stalkers can fly, they can't reach this location at all.
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"Can you breathe in water?" Lisanna asked.
"No, it can't be." Elaine then turned on the power of the cavalry's protective shield to the maximum, so that it could block the water outside and form an "air bubble" that could allow Elaine to breathe temporarily. Just in case, Elaine
Ryan also took out a breathing mask. This way, even if the protective mask failed, he would not drown in the water.
"So there are still countermeasures. Then let's go." Lisanna said.
"Really, is it really possible, Miko-sama?" Elaine confirmed again. He always felt that once he got out of this emergency escape passage, everything would become irreversible.
"Okay. We will explain everything on the way." The witch replied.
Elaine sighed, but removed the accelerator of the iron cavalry and let the iron cavalry slowly drive into the escape tunnel.
It is indeed a "water channel" inside - literally, a channel filled with water. And once the cavalry enters it, the emergency escape channel starts to flow, automatically driving the cavalry forward at a very fast speed. The water channel is curved.
It was curved, and Elaine was even a little worried that if it turned too sharply, the cavalry would hit a wall somewhere and be damaged. He only hoped that the protective cover of the cavalry could hold up.
"This underwater city was originally supposed to be immersed in sea water." Lisanna's clone said: "The ancient Atlanteans were proud of having gills. Our home planet is an ocean planet with almost no land."
"This, I heard about this in your library." Elaine replied.
"However, with the advent of the era of space development, the Atlanteans have transformed their bodies in order to adapt to the environment of more planets. The second generation of Atlanteans have both gills and lungs."
The witch continued: "The moment they left the ocean, they had actually deviated from their own evolutionary trajectory and forgotten their original intentions.
Nowadays, after tens of millions of generations in the city of Atlantis, these [Atlantis], whose race has been continuously degraded, cannot even breathe through their gills for a long time, and can only live in this waterless environment. The city
Changing because of them is just compromising and is definitely not a good change."
"So, do you hate those stalkers?"
"It's a bit. Although they are our descendants, and one of my responsibilities is to take care of and observe them, I still can't accept this ugly and primitive race after degradation." Lisanna replied: "Their existence itself
It is an insult to the Atlanteans. The originally noble and superior Atlanteans have fallen to this level. It is really..."
"But, you still betrayed your responsibilities..." Elaine said in confusion.
"That's because I have another duty, which takes priority over the duty of [taking care of the Atlantis]." The witch replied: "My highest priority duty is to assist you, Master Guanghui, to become Atlantis."
Destroyer of the city to ensure that [Heart of Disaster] is completely destroyed."
"Again, bring this up again." Elaine sighed: "Why, why do you have to force me to destroy this place...I, I don't want to kill those stalkers, even if they are not good people."
"You still need to make a choice in the end. Either destroy Atlantis and let the Atlantis become victims, but save the world; or sit back and watch the [Heart of Disaster] wake up, and then it destroys the world and makes the whole world...
Become a victim.
You always have to make a choice. The choice to sacrifice your little self to achieve your greater self.”
"Why do we always have to sacrifice some people in order to save others? Isn't there any other choice?"
"Unfortunately, no." The Sea Witch said without emotion: "I am willing to escape with Master Guanghui, so that you can strengthen your determination to destroy Atlantis and have no worries."
Yes, you can save me, only me. But the other Atites must be destroyed.
Even if you don't destroy them, they will eventually become extinct as the stars of Atlantis disappear.
Even if you are unwilling to destroy Atlantis, when the [Heart of Disaster] is resurrected, the stars of Atlantis will disappear completely, and the Atlantis still cannot avoid the fate of extinction - they also brought the entire world with them.
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Therefore, for the sake of the world, destroy them. There is no need to show mercy. This is for the sake of righteousness and this is an established matter."
Great righteousness. Sacrificing the small self to achieve the greater self. For the sake of the world. Determined matters.
A lot of thoughts swirled in Elaine's head, making him sigh deeper. Why force him to make a choice? He obviously just came here to find his father. He obviously just wanted to find his own destination, and everyone
Don't want to hurt.
He is obviously just a small person, so he is not that great. Do we have to push him into the position of savior or destroyer?
...In any case, let’s reserve the discussion with Lisanna for now. Now let’s escape through this emergency escape map passage.
Washed by the turbulent water, the cavalry sailed in the waterway at an alarming speed and had already rushed out a long way. Unfortunately, the waterway was relatively dim, and Elaine was unable to distinguish the surrounding objects clearly.
Boom! Then Elaine heard the sound of falling into the water. It seemed that she had reached her destination.
Surrounded by...an ocean?
Elaine's cavalry seemed to be washed into the sea outside the city of Atlantis. The surrounding darkness was still the same, but it had a more transparent texture, and there seemed to be some huge black shadows swimming around.
"Be careful." the witch reminded: "There are many sea beasts released by Atlantis's defense system in the nearby sea. Stay hidden."
"I, I understand." Elaine turned on the cavalry's concealment system to the maximum and at the same time reduced the power of the protective shield.
As a result, seawater flooded in. Fortunately, the cavalry released the water, and Elaine also put on the breathing mask in time. The protective mask was completely removed, because the water pressure in the deep sea is still quite strong, and Elaine is afraid of water pressure.
Crush him or destroy his lungs. The cavalry remained invisible while slowly rising to the surface. Elaine only hoped that this series of actions would not irritate those sea beasts.
A few minutes later, his cavalry finally emerged from the sea. He could look up and see the stars in the sky... and the wind and snow around him. He shivered because it was very cold. He had to return to Atlanta before he froze to death.
On the surface of Tis, he built a bonfire to keep warm. He then used his almost frozen hands to drive the iron horse in the direction of Atlantis. Of course, the concealment system and the protective shield against wind and snow had to be maintained.
After this, we still have to transfer the crystal of the miko-sama to the [Leo]. But we’ll talk about that later. The stalkers won’t attack the surface city right away, right?
When flying the cavalry back to the camp, Elaine was startled when he saw a bonfire. Shivering, he quickly let the cavalry land, then ran to the bonfire and looked at Queeg angrily: "You, what are you doing?
?We all said no fires are allowed, do you want our camp to be exposed?"
"Don't blame Uncle Queeg," Bailey sat by the fire and waved to Elaine: "I was the one who suggested lighting the fire. Brother, you are almost freezing. Come over and take off your wet clothes and warm yourself up."
It would be bad if you get sick."
"Yes, but...!"
"It's okay, don't worry." The little fox smiled and handed Elaine a cup of hot tea.
"But you, how did you know that I would need this bonfire to keep warm...?" Elaine had no choice but to sit by the bonfire and began to take off her shirt.
"A reasonable guess, hee hee." Bailey smiled mysteriously.
Bailey could not possibly know that Elaine used the emergency escape route to escape to the sea based on "reasonable speculation". This child has been very weird recently, as if he can predict the future.
"Bailey, you, are you..." Elaine wanted to ask, "Are you hiding something from me?"
But he still couldn't ask. He always felt that asking this kind of question at this time would cause a rift in the relationship between him and Bailey. And Bailey would never answer truthfully.
"Huh?" Seeing that Elaine didn't say anything after half of what he said, the little fox tilted his head and looked at Elaine.
"No, no, it's nothing..." Elaine took off his pants and moved closer to the bonfire. He originally wanted to take off his underwear, but the Sea Witch was watching, so he decided to forget it.
"Speaking of which, where are Uncle Edmund and Brother Xury?" Bailey asked again.
"Well... when there was not enough time, the underwater city suddenly lit up, and then the police, the alarm also sounded. He, they and I split up... I hope they can escape."
"Well, actually... I can't." A voice interrupted Elaine's conversation. The blood lion Edmund slowly moved closer from a distance, his body covered in bright red. The injury on his left arm was very serious.
It seemed as if the arm was about to break off and fall off at any moment. The arm bones of the upper arm could already be seen.
"Ah, Edmund?!" Elaine exclaimed: "What, what's going on? Could it be that...Xuri betrayed us again?!"
"No...he didn't..." Edmund was exhausted when he walked to the bonfire and fell to his knees: "After the warning sounded, the stalkers strengthened their defense. We originally planned to get through and go to the final elevator.
I escaped from my room in the elevator, but I didn't expect that there were already guards there, and they started attacking us without any explanation. Under the cover of Mr. Zuoli, I finally escaped into the elevator, took the elevator back and sealed it. However, Mr. Zuoli...
…"
Before he finished speaking, Edmund's left arm fell to the ground. He was bleeding heavily and Edmund also fainted to the ground.
"Quig, Queeg!" Elaine screamed, asking Queeg to come over and treat Edmund.
"There's too much bleeding and the wound is too deep!" Although Queeg had already taken the magic fire to treat Edmund, he understood at a glance that this kind of serious injury could not be easily cured by the magic fire: "It must be
, sew first!"
"Well, then... get ready for surgery!" Elaine hummed.