Chapter 693 60. Life, let it bloom on the road to the future
"Pa"
There was a slight sound of opening the door among the dead ruins, and the stars suddenly appeared at this dawn hour.
This may be the last time Mason uses the World Gate. Although the K Team has been disbanded and the Star Council is finished, the placement of this thing is still accurate.
But after opening the door, the scenery in front of me has changed.
The once prosperous city now only has a large area of ruins that stretches to the end of sight. Because the ecological environment has been destroyed, it is no longer suitable for human habitation. The ruins after the evacuation of life are particularly miserable, and only some androids from Arasaka Industries are still among them. Work.
These hard-working bionic people have cleared out large areas of rubble and built their minimalist assembly workshops and "living quarters."
Although the labor and new life here are not a blessing, for these androids who have chosen physical reconstruction, everything they do in this real world is more meaningful than staying in cyberspace and wasting their lives. many.
Of course, their assistance in the reconstruction of the Isu world is not free, and it is impossible for large companies like Arasaka to do good deeds.
For example, this ruins has been designated by the Isu world as a construction area for Arasaka Industry, and will also become one of the restart points for many civilizations in the Kamikyu world in the future.
This is the result of the discussion between Miss Hanako and Sister Ka, and it also proves that not all people from the world of 2077 are willing to follow the footsteps of Bartmos and transform into another form in the unknown mechanical kingdom.
Mecha Ascension is a good end point for the fate of the world.
But it has the same problem as the other endings, which is that it's not for everyone.
Life has its own ideas, and although they may not always be correct, this is obviously not a detail that Mason needs to get involved at this time. They are free, and as individuals they have the right to decide their own future without affecting the overall interests.
"After your people recover, they must learn to coexist with the large group of androids. At least in difficult times, they must help each other."
Mason walked in the ruins and said to Brother A beside him:
"I will tell Huazi to give you some preferential treatment."
"No need."
Mercer shook his head and said firmly:
“They don’t need preferential treatment!
My world is not as fragile as a baby and cannot even take care of itself. If they want to take back their civilization and find a perfect new home, they have to do it on their own.
Trust them.
When they used me as a counterattack plan, they had already made preparations for the recovery of civilization. They even set up a fairly sophisticated permission tree in the genetic sequence of the black light virus.
Life does not come back to life all at once.
Those carefully selected elites will be the first to be resurrected from my body. They are the forerunners after the civilization restarts at the end of the world, followed by the ordinary people.
They have plans and plans, just like you.
So, I believe they can do it. ”
"Well, if they don't need preferential treatment from the outside, then maybe you, the legendary person, can give them some help?"
Mason blinked and said:
"For example, using the immortality characteristics of the black light virus to give them some genetic or life form enhancement? Is this necessary?"
He pointed to the land in front of him where sandstorms were still blowing in the dawn night, and said:
"It would be too difficult for a group of ordinary people to start the reconstruction of civilization in an area where the ecosystem has completely collapsed, right?"
"I wouldn't do it."
Brother A stubbornly shook his head and said:
"This is not the case with my agreement with Ms. Cassandra, but I may be able to advance the 'rent' for my people on this land."
His words were very cryptic, but Mason nodded, obviously guessing the method this guy used to convince Sister Ka and the assassin managers of this world.
Mason decided to respect Brother A's will and not get involved.
In this epic story of civilization's resurgence, he is just a witness and bystander.
"Wait a moment."
Mason made a gesture to signal Brother A not to rush to use the "Demon Disintegration Technique". He quickly stepped forward, crossed a collapsed area that had been cleaned up by the bionic people, and walked to a sculpture.
He looked at the stone sculpture in front of him.
This is a human figure carved from a giant piece of collapsed stone. It shows the scene when the Assassin Saint John Wick died generously holding the leadership module.
The entire stone sculpture is restored quite vividly, and does not conceal Wick's embarrassment in the last stage of his life.
But it also vividly displays the perseverance and bravery of this assassin saint, especially his action of raising his head and looking at the starry sky, which perfectly restores Wick's last wish and conveys a certain momentum of promoting the Isu people's unyielding spirit.
It's a masterpiece at first glance.
Mason's inscription literature has reached Level 9, and he definitely has enough authority to evaluate carvings. After taking a look at the inscriptions under the stone carvings, he found that it was carved by Sister Ka herself. It is natural to understand such a high degree of completion.
For an immortal who has lived for more than 2,000 years, even just taking the time to learn stone carving skills is enough to make her craftsmanship impressive.
"This is a tribute to the bravest of our compatriots, John Wick. When our world was overturned and civilization collapsed, he stood up and defeated the enemies of the stars with his courage and fearlessness, winning for us a continued Power and dignity!
He is the model and symbol of the assassin's way!
He is the embodiment of unyielding and tenacity in the hearts of all Isu people. Under his gaze, we will surely step into the future and into the stars. ”
Mason read out the inscription on the stone.
He noticed that there was a traditional and elegant hidden sword symbol under the stone carving, which represented Wick's identity.
He has become an assassin saint in the true sense, and his story will be remembered with the existence of the Isu civilization into the next era and sung in the sea of stars.
Being famous is not a good thing for an assassin, but considering that Wick is dead, such a grand commemoration becomes necessary.
"I think you may not like the statue they made for you. After all, your dog is not included in the sculpture. This may make you feel lonely."
Mason whispered, took out the white flowers that had been prepared for mourning from his bag and placed them in front of Wick's sculpture.
There were already piles of bouquets of flowers that were weathering quickly in the wind and sand. It was obvious that there were other people who would come here through the vast storm to pay homage to their brothers and the heroes who had gone before.
That's good.
A good civilization is one that respects and remembers heroes.
"We win, Wick."
Mason half-knelt in front of the sculpture.
He gestured to Brother A behind him, who was bowing his head in silence. The latter turned away and came back a few seconds later holding a stone of suitable size.
Mason took out the carving knife for inscriptions in his hand. While carving skillfully, he said to the departed soul represented by the sculpture in front of him like an old friend talking:
"Although you haven't been able to see it with your own eyes, we have completed the expedition to hell and disbanded the Society of Stars. The organization that once stared at your world has become a story that will eventually be forgotten in the dark ages.
Their chaos, evil and madness will also become a topic of conversation for future generations after dinner, and you will also be a part of that story, perhaps a very important part.
But I know that you actually don't care about this.
Although you have never told me about your past life, it is not difficult for me to find this information.
Perhaps when your wife died, you had become a ghost wandering in the world, moving aimlessly in a world that does not belong to you.
The only one who keeps you company is your dog.
I don’t know what you were thinking when you died, but I guess that death will not make you feel afraid. If there is a paradise for assassins, then you must have been with your wife at this time. Which reunited.
You are never alone.
You just did what you thought was necessary and worth doing, which was a truly heroic act, and I am honored to be a part of your life and to be considered a trusted friend by you.
Everything you do is not in vain.
This allows me to finally muster up the courage to give you my last gift without any regrets. ”
Amidst the sound of the carving knife scratching the stone, a statue of a vivid golden retriever dog was completed. Mason blew the dust and debris off the stone sculpture, then picked it up and placed it under the statue of Wick.
Then he stood up and took a look back.
Under the originally tragic and fearless statue of the deceased, a puppy was lying there licking his wounds. The puppy's expression was full of worry and nostalgia, which invisibly dissipated the solemnity and despair of the sculpture, adding to the It adds a touch of warmth.
"How was it?"
Mason lit a cigarette and turned around to ask Brother A. The latter nodded and said hoarsely:
"It's much better than before, at least it no longer looks like a statue hanging on the wall, being awed by everyone looking at him but no one really cares."
"Then do you need me to carve one for you?"
The captain winked and said:
"You can customize the appearance and the thoughts you want to convey. I'm in a good mood today, so I only charge you a craft fee."
"Forget it, there's no need."
Brother A didn’t know whether he was stingy or he really didn’t care. He waved his hands and said:
"I'm not a person who should be remembered, and you don't need to worry about my tombstone. Let's go, it's almost dawn, and I want to finish this before dawn."
"Yeah."
Mason nodded and followed Brother A out of here. When he turned around, he waved to the sculpture behind him and said:
"I'll take good care of your dog, don't have any more worries, Wick, enjoy being reunited in your paradise."
A few minutes later, Brother A arrived at his destination. In fact, it was not far from Wick's sculpture. If the city was still there, it would be only a few blocks away.
Although there are ruins here, the terrain is flat. Not far away, there is a nearly dry water stream leading directly to the half-broken harbor in the distance. The semi-circular valley shape is very suitable as a starting point for civilization.
Although it cannot carry too many people, considering that Brother A's world only chose this place as a temporary residence, they will definitely leave the Isu world to settle in a new place in the future, so this choice can be said to be perfect.
Mason raised his head and glanced at the sky. It was already the darkest moment of the day, and dawn would come in ten minutes.
Brother A, who is usually quiet, did not expect that he is also a guy with such a strong sense of ritual. He probably also wants to play with literature and art and resurrect his civilization in the light of dawn.
He is truly a well-hidden literary young man.
"Can I help you?"
Mason blew out a smoke ring and asked, and Brother A shook his head.
He opened his suitcase and threw out many jars, which contained strange solid energy blocks. The captain didn't even need to look at them. He just took a sniff and knew that they were concentrated life energy. He didn't know that Brother A was. Where did it come from.
This amount of energy is enough to resurrect the population of a small city.
Under Mason's gaze, Brother A took a deep breath and took off his hood while facing the ocean in the distance. He moved his five fingers to push the activity of the black light virus to the maximum, and then his fingers turned into black tendrils and inserted The surrounding jars extend like spider webs so that the ends of their tentacles can absorb enough energy.
His feet also pierced the ground like the roots of an old tree, extending downwards.
Like a thousand-year-old tree, Mason could feel the black tendrils running under the earth like dense blood vessels, filling and running quickly, spreading quickly in the slight vibration of the ground. We arrived under half of the ruins.
This movement was quickly detected by the android workers working in the surrounding ruins. A few minutes later, armed androids riding an octant arrived.
But seeing Mason standing there, the soldiers immediately dropped their weapons.
Although she is not a manager of Arasaka Industries, the current head of the large group, Miss Hanako, is your secretary. Of course, these staff members of the group must show the strongest respect to Lord Mason.
The Commander-in-Chief's kindness to them will never end in several lifetimes.
Mason did not chase away the approaching androids.
He allowed them to watch the process from the outside. As more and more people watched, Brother A's body continued to lengthen, and with the infusion of enough life energy, the "seeding" process in the black light virus gene sequence was officially launched. , his original life form is also being rapidly changed.
It was like some kind of weird and absurd "alien" that lost its human form in just a few minutes and stood like a big black leafless tree.
His arms turned into tree trunk vines extending to the ground, and his body continued to expand, eventually forming a tree trunk surrounded by solidified black biological horn.
Weak branches constantly poked out from Mercer's back and looked around, and the bare trunks quickly formed a canopy covering the surrounding areas.
There are dark red light spots shining on the weird black branches, which are the last link in the process of spreading the black light virus by constantly transforming life energy.
This should be the most suitable method for spreading life that Brother A concluded through his research on the red power of all things.
Although it looked very scary, Mason could fully understand the principle of its effect. As he watched silently, the ends of the branches that were constantly differentiating also formed red "cocoons" like flower buds blooming.
Like slender branches and fruit, they continue to expand until the branches are bent and they are gently placed on the ground one by one.
There is also a reddish light beating in those cocoons.
People with good eyesight can even see the rapidly forming embryos contained in the unknown substance, just like the birth process of clones, but Brother A has accelerated this process with the black light virus that has evolved to the extreme.
In the constant exclamations of the bionic people behind Mason, those black branches continued to extend and branch off from the main trunk, until finally forming a "black forest" covering the entire valley and the half-broken harbor.
At this time, Brother A has transformed into an existence that is difficult to describe in words. His body as a living being and any trace of human beings can no longer be seen. He has transformed himself into this giant black tree that is more than 100 meters high. , those branches that extend like spider webs form layers of strange patterns.
Being in it is like standing in a living nest, and the number of embryos that have been spawned has exceeded tens of thousands and is still being born.
Those light spots
Red light spots like fireflies rose from this strange black nest of life, and they were blown towards the city behind in the wind and sand of the dark night.
Mason stretched out his hand and let a reddish light fall on his palm.
He could feel the pure life force contained in this point of light, which began to dissolve and give as it fell.
There were bursts of exclamations from the androids behind them. When they saw the red light spots falling to the ground, they merged into the ground, and then green grass and flowers grew rapidly.
Brother A's black light virus has devoured the entire world, not just humans but also beasts and plants. While freeing his own people, he must also regenerate these natural things.
This is the agreement between him and Sister Ka.
Sister Ka lent part of the world to his people, and Brother A wants to help Sister Ka reshape this barbaric land into an ecosystem.
As the perfect host for the black light virus, Brother A can do this.
"Ka"
A soft sound of a large cocoon shattering reached Mason's ears, causing the captain to raise his head and follow the sound. He saw the first "hatched" cocoon under a black branch that went deep into the ground not far from him.
Like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, a naked young girl with short hair was crawling out of it panting. Her body was stained with some kind of mucus.
Makes this scene look very evil.
But Mason recognized her, and the face that was 70% similar to Brother A was enough to prove her identity.
The captain turned his head in a very gentlemanly manner, took out a set of Harley's clothes from his luggage and handed it over. On the eve of dawn, he whispered:
"Hello, Diana, put on your clothes, you won't want to miss this next scene." (End of Chapter)