"What is...the ending?" Zhu You asked stutteringly.
This time it was Lu Ning who answered her: "It's very simple. The Witch and Baihu Town are finally in the same space now. The events of so many years should have an ending. No matter what it is, it is definitely not in this state now." .”
"Then let's..."
"Anxin, we are in the auditorium now, the special auditorium." Qianshan smiled and comforted, "We won't do anything else, right, Lu Ning?"
"Well... thanks for your willingness to give up an optional mission."
"You have given me most of the main thread of the ceremony in return, which is enough to offset the situation. Between the three of us, it is easiest for you, Zhu You, to see the whole process."
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Carl was running through the forest, even using time jumps continuously.
All the skeletons of the witch have been detonated, and everything on both sides of the door has turned into the dust of time and scattered, but the sky is still mixed with light and shadow, the hole has not disappeared, and the witch is still walking towards Baihu Town.
Effective, but not fully effective.
"We should think less about it..." Karl rushed into the town, stepped over the crowd who had just been stunned from prayer, rushed to the place where hunters often gathered, and shouted loudly to ask where Fujii and others were.
Finally, he caught up with Fujii, Sugiyama and Tachikawa who were planning to go out at the exit on the south side of the town.
"Wait a moment……"
He was even out of breath after the strenuous exercise, but Fujii spoke his mind when he saw him.
"Now that you're here, you've used all the witch's bones? Didn't it achieve the desired effect?"
"Ha...ha..." Karl nodded repeatedly, holding his knees and trying to calm his breathing, while Fujii's voice returned to that calmness at this moment. She had already drank Lu Ning's bottle of medicine, and she was in the best condition at the moment.
"But the detonation did have an effect, and you can see it by looking at the sky. You are right, blowing up the time node can indeed break free from the witch's shackles. Now either the power is not enough, or the node is not unique."
Karl finally took a breath: "Yes, you have thought of it, then you should know..."
"The mine. According to Tachikawa and Robert's account, and Lu Ning's special trip there, the place that has not been explored clearly in this town is the mine. The mine should also be a node in time. If that place is also blown up, it should be possible. Split this town as a whole from time." Fujii said, "There is only one problem now, the witch's bones have been used up."
Yes, in order to ensure that he could destroy the nodes at the lake house, Carl used up all the witch skeletons stored by the Herman family. Now he can't get them even if he goes to the Herman family again.
Kaderina said that it would take three days to prepare the Witch's Skeleton, but now they might not even have three hours.
The witch was walking towards the town, very slowly, as if she was still stuck in the previously expanded time. But everyone knows that she won't always be so slow.
But Carl still smiled.
"Yes, we no longer have the Witch's Skeleton."
"Dead end."
"No, I am the initiator of this plan, and I will not let it become a dead end." Carl took out a bullet casing from his arms and put it into Fujii's hand.
"What?"
"I have two of these, they are amulets, they have always brought me good luck, and now is no exception... There is always a solution to everything, even if it may not be the solution that everyone wants to see."
Fujii frowned and was about to speak when he was interrupted by Karl.
"Give this to Robert, and then ask him to give it to 'that person'. Just say that it's a pity that Uncle Carl broke the promise, but he is still doing what he thinks he should do."
"This is not what you should choose! It's just a failure! Our survival is not a problem now!" Fujii said sharply. She didn't know where Karl found a way out, but it was definitely not a good thing.
"Dear Miss Detective, not everyone can always have plenty of points." Carl raised his hat and showed his lazy smile again, "I believe you do, but sometimes cowboys will end up with nothing. So even if we go back, the result will be the same."
"Even if you lose points, there are still fifteen days and elimination. You can still..."
"Cowboys should be able to choose which battlefield they die on. Compared to that unknown elimination scene, I still prefer this place like my hometown." Carl straightened his clothes, took out his wine bottle, and drank a sip for himself. "Besides, I don't necessarily die, I just might have to walk a little longer."
"You are going to the future." Fujii had already figured out Karl's plan during this time.
"Yes, the Witch's Skeleton that is not available here may not be available there. And the explosion is the same in any world. After all, the Witch's Skeleton is an explosive against time."
"That's just a possibility..."
"No, no, no, we are now saying it is possible, but it must exist over there." Karl shook the wine bottle, and the wine inside made a somewhat empty sloshing sound, "Have you forgotten? That place has been pulled into another dimension. It's a time where all possibilities exist without moving forward. As long as I enter there, I can definitely find the remains of the witch among those possibilities. The best thing is that in a world where time does not move forward, I can search for as long as I want. .”
He poured the last of the wine down his throat, wiped his mouth, and threw the bottle away. At this moment, Tachikawa Ryo took a step forward: "Mr. Carl, please excuse me..."
"Tachikawa, you are a good person, so just protect these two girls. According to what you said, normal movement cannot pass through the return cave. If there is, it can only be my 'time jump'. "
Karl waved his hand to stop Tachikawa from continuing. Looking at Sugiyama's unwilling face and Fujii's frown, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head.
"Relax, girls. One day we will find that we are powerless to do something, but we will try our best. This is just such a thing."
After saying that, he went to the mine without looking back.
As the witch gradually approaches the town, everything around her is rapidly repeating the process of going from birth to death and reappearing again, and this process continues to cycle. After a grass dies, does the same grass grow back from there? After a person dies, is that person still replaced by the same person?
To the witch, yes.
They are all homogeneous, so she does not restrict the release of those time powers. The fall of consciousness could not be completely contained in the body due to some accidents, but as long as the excess time energy could be released after a period of time, she would be able to fully grasp the remaining power.
It makes no difference to her as to how long this period of time is and what these "times" have changed.
But Carl finally arrived at the mine before that.
The mine had been reopened at some point, and a figure in white clothes stood at the entrance of the mine, holding a suitcase in his hand. He looked like he was just a traveler preparing for a long trip.
"Madam, you look lonely." Karl walked up and said what he said when the two met for the first time.
"Cowboy, this is not the place for you." Katrina answered him with the same words.
"But that's why I came, and now I'm here because of you." Karl grinned and continued to repeat.
Kaderina raised her eyes and glanced at Karl: "I am looking for the end of this world. What color can you add to this world without a future?"
"At least we will not lose our colors in the past and in the future."
Karl laughed and reached out to take Kaderina's hand, and a relieved smile appeared on Kaderina's ever-sad face.
"Do you have any idea?"
"Of course I do, no one in this town knows time better than I do."
The two held hands like this, talking like old friends reminiscing about the past, while walking deep into the mine.
Ten minutes later, the witch approached the town. The ancient walls had begun to be eroded by time. People were crouching on the ground and shaking. Only a few people were still standing in the most conspicuous places, watching the witch's figure become clearer step by step.
Then, the really bright light shone down, and the golden light of autumn fell on the witch's pure black clothes, but there seemed to be no reflection. The sun dispelled the darkness and revealed the golden outline again. The witch's steps stopped. She could feel that the hole in the sky had completely disappeared, and the connection with the main consciousness was completely severed.
She became a real "person" in this world.
Fujii, Sugiyama and Tachikawa were walking along the main road of Nanfang Farm. A car stopped not far away. Robert, Shen Lishu and Ye Chuqing got out of the car and saw that the three of them looked roughly. Understand what's going on. Then, a man slowly clapped his hands and walked over from another field road. Yu Guiting looked leisurely and seemed to have expected the current result.
At this time, a shadow was cast in the sky. Everyone looked up and saw that it was a flying carpet.
A waiter with a feather head and a fluffy and loose Arab costume sat at the front of the flying carpet, with Lu Ning, Zhu You and Seitaro Asayama sitting behind him.
"Ah~ all the tourists are here~"
Feather announced in an exaggerated tone, then opened his hands, and the flying carpet slowly landed. This blanket is large, more than ten square meters, enough for everyone to sit on it, but it is obvious that the return trip from the distribution center will not be so simple.
"Everyone can go down from the square area. There is a rest area inside~" Feather gestured with his hands. As expected, there was an obvious cyan square area on the flying carpet. Yu Guiting, who was going up from that side, stepped on it. On the square, it was actually submerged up to the ankle.
"Are these the only ones?" Suiyama asked Fei coldly.
"Yes!"
Suiyama gritted his teeth, almost ready to explode, but was stunned by Feather's next words.
"Don't be so depressed, young lady. It's very rare for the survival rate to exceed 50%. This is a result that you can be proud of!"
Feather's comfort, like all the waiters, was completely irrelevant, but Suiyama didn't care about that. She only heard the words "The survival rate is more than 50%."
"We...we are ten people..." Suiyama turned to look at everyone, feeling a little confused for a moment, "There were twenty-four tourists at the beginning, right?"
"Otherwise, what do you think I am doing carrying this sack here?" Lu Ning sat cross-legged on the flying carpet, shook the sack at hand twice, then lifted the bottom of the bag and poured out the contents.
Qu Siyuan and Pan Haishu rolled out first with only their heads and half of their chests left, and were still wrapped with dense witch heart roots. Inahara was a little better, at least covered with a bag, also using The Witch's Heart simply maintains life and retains part of the body's condition.
Seeing the "tragic situation" of the three people, Shanshan was shocked and angry at first, and then realized what Lu Ning had done.
"As long as you were alive when you came here, it's impossible for you to die." Lu Ning snorted, stood up, walked towards the blue square, and whispered in an unobtrusive whisper, "I won't do it this time." Will miss it."
Inside the flying carpet is a huge bar, which is much larger than the flying carpet looks from the outside. This is one of the space technologies in the distribution center. It is said that some high-level tourists have also learned relevant theoretical knowledge, but that is still far away for second-level tourists.
Lu Ning sat down on a high stool next to the bar. Behind the bar was a waiter dressed similarly to Feather, except that his head was an oil lamp.
"What do you want?" Oil Lamp bowed slightly to Lu Ning.
"A cup of herbal tea and a refreshment." Lu Ning said, then she looked at the oil lamp, "I have never seen a waiter dressed like you."
"We don't have any prescribed clothing, we just dress uniformly because everyone finds it troublesome." You Leng chuckled, opened a metal cabinet behind the bar, and brought out the drinks and snacks Lu Ning ordered.
At this time, other tourists also came down from the square passage. After Qu Siyuan, Pan Haishu and Inahara Ayano entered this space, the witch hearts wrapped around their bodies were wiped out, their limbs quickly grew out, and even their clothes were patched up and made brand new. They were still considerate and perfect distribution center services.
"Please give me a glass of rum." Asayama Seitaro walked to the bar, leaned against the bar and smiled at Lu Ning. At this moment, he looked like a nobleman from the upper class, whose identity and temperament were slightly different from that of the geologist in the scene.
But the seat between the two was immediately occupied by another person.
Fujii Yukiyin was finally liberated from that cold state, and she herself was obviously relieved for this. Lu Ning finally saw the familiar Fujii with a hint of gentleness.
"Congratulations." Fujii nodded to Lu Ning and put on that breathtaking smile.
"Having some information advantages." Lu Ning said.
"Don't be modest, winning is justified no matter what." Fujii rubbed his cheek, "This scene is really torturous. I understand how difficult it is for the actor."
"I'll probably ask Shu Xingruo how to practice his acting skills when I get back."
Fujii nodded, and then asked the lamp: "Waiter, one of our people went to a world that is completely different from the one we are in now. They are..."
"Three people." Oil Lamp stretched out three fingers and shook it. "First of all, they cannot be counted among the people who successfully completed the mission this time, because that is not the area that our ordinary reception team is responsible for. But you don't have to worry, special The situation handling team will then go to that world, and they can handle any variable-dimensional world with a divergence less than ten to the power of 30,000. If they can't, we have a more specialized team... the people in the distribution center, as long as It’s not about voluntarily giving up or dying, it will be retrieved no matter what.”
Oil Lamp paused, and then said: "But it's best for you to treat them as dead. First of all, even if you come back to that state, there will already be problems with cognition. In addition, search and rescue is too long in your human time. Waiting for them Come back, you have definitely returned home successfully or you don’t know where you died in the scene.”
The waiter didn't say how long that time was, but Lu Ning knew it might be an astronomical number.
