Si Lei desperately wanted to check on Hesta's safety, but her vision was gradually becoming blurry... She felt that her consciousness was dissipating, and there was nothing she could do about it.
In the last scene, she saw many crew members coming quickly from the darkness. They stopped next to Hesta and squatted down to check her condition. The same human voice also sounded beside her. Si Lei heard someone calling her name, but she was unable to make any response.
Many fragmentary pictures were piled up on top of each other. Si Lei Shang was completely plunged into chaos before he had time to sort out everything that happened in just a few minutes.
…
…
In my sleep, everything was cold and silent.
Everything is hazy, even the boundary between the world and oneself is so blurred that it is indistinguishable.
There was a long and deep rumble in the distance. The sound was dull and continuous, like thunder deep in the clouds in the distant sky, or like a broken glacier breaking the surface of the lake... In the silence, there was only a short and powerful beating, which was continuously Echoing the distant sky.
Once she became aware of the beating pulse, she felt her own presence.
She exhaled slowly, and a ball of mist that had been in her heart for who knows how many years finally left her body. They instantly turned into huge bubbles, floating upward gently and leaping toward the light.
In this abyss, which was like before the creation of the world, everything was sleeping. She walked towards the light while half asleep, slowly raised her head towards the frozen lake, and then... opened her eyes.
Sunlight penetrated the ice, and countless rays of light entered her eyes, so she saw the pale sky, the rolling mountains, and a burning firebird fluttering its wings on the top of the cedar... The blazing flames illuminated the dome. Yu.
At the same time, a small figure on the ice also entered her field of vision. This small figure looked so thin between heaven and earth, not even as good as a grain of flying snow or dust. However, she also had a pair of light blue eyes. Eyes, red...flame-like hair.
She just stood alone on the ice, standing in the center of her own eyes, looking at herself in surprise.
Their eyes faced each other, the one under the water looked at the one on the ice, and the one on the ice looked at the one under the water. Time seemed to freeze until they finally recognized each other's familiar faces——
"it's me……?"
Across the ice, she was speechless.
In another flash, the little figure on the ice had disappeared, and she felt a burst of ecstasy for no reason, as if she understood the entire existence of the world in an instant.
The ground began to tremble, the rumble in the distance was getting closer and closer, and cracks began to appear on the lake. She stretched out her hands toward the sky and shattered all the solid ice.
The entire lake began to turmoil. The disturbed water broke through the ice and surged toward the shore. Countless birds migrated from the low shore to the depths of the mountains... This chaos made her even happier. She held on to the hard frozen soil, Standing up from the cold lake water.
The sharp ice sliced through her calves and soles of her feet, and the pain felt so fresh and sharp. Facing the cold wind high in the sky, she looked up at the sun.
In this vast and lonely snowfield, she started running. The huge mountains were like small hills one after another under her feet. The burning firebirds screamed through the sky. Everything was left behind her, only The sun above our heads is getting brighter——
Hesta slowly opened her eyes.
The white light pierced her eyes, and the pain caused her to wake up quickly - this feeling was also so fresh and cold.
"simple?"
Someone held her hand, but she was still unwilling to wake up from that dream completely, and just stared at the chandelier not far away.
Until the remaining hallucinations completely dissipated, Hesta finally recognized the person next to him as Rico.
"...I had a dream, Rico, it was still the same as before, but...not the same as before," Hesta murmured in a low voice, "You know, I dreamed...what happened to you?"
Rico's eyes were red, both sad and happy. She gritted her teeth, with unconcealable anger in her eyes.
She shook her head, her throat moved, and she lowered her head and buried her face in the quilt at Hesta's hand.
"...I shouldn't have gone to Anna. These people are all liars. We shouldn't believe her lies...Absolute safety doesn't exist."
Anna...?
Hesta blinked. The name was like a button, pulling her back to reality and the boundless sea in an instant.
The last memory before losing consciousness suddenly emerged - the secret door of Fayance's wardrobe, the faint sound of the clock, the bright red electronic dial after opening the secret door...
Hesta's heart sank suddenly, "Where's Si Lei... How is Si Lei? She -"
"She hasn't woken up yet, so I don't know what's going on," Li Ge whispered. "She's so old, and her situation must be worse than yours."
"Where is she?"
"Special care unit."
"...Special Care Ward?" Hestad was in disbelief. "Where did the special care come from on this ship...Isn't it just this simple medical room?"
"Yes, it's on the second deck," Rico whispered, "right behind the virtual reality device, but no one told us before."
"What does worse mean...what is her condition now..."
"Not sure, but it's definitely not a problem to survive anyway—"
"Help me go and have a look..."
"Don't move!"
As soon as Hesta turned over, she quickly lost her balance and fell down. Rico caught her steadily. Hesta looked down in surprise, only to find that there were two fixed plates on both sides of her waist. The connecting plates at the lower end fix the thighs respectively, and fit the upper end tightly through buckles. Several elastic bands assisted the force, and it was now tightly stretched.
Hesta was confused at first, but soon began to look around.
"What are you looking for?" Rico asked.
"Wheelchair," Hesta said softly, "There seems to be disability-friendly equipment everywhere on this ship. Can you go ask the nurse on duty for me?"
"...Do you have to pick it up now?"
"Otherwise I'm worried," Hesta adjusted her posture on the bed. Suddenly she thought of something and raised her head, "Can you send me to the special care unit too? I think I'm quite seriously injured. .”
Li Ge took a deep breath, "Your injured part is your leg, my friend! Not your brain! What are you doing! This is no longer a game, you and Si Lei are both-"
"It's a game," Hesta stared straight at her, "It can be."
"Why!?" Li Ge was faintly angry, "A game used by an inhumane old man to choose an heir, is it worth it for you and Si Lei to get involved in it? Do you know what you are doing?"
Hesta was silent for a short time. She opened her mouth several times, but as soon as her strong defense came to her lips, it became impossible to speak.
After a long time, she whispered, "...I know, and I feel like I'm about to lose."
Hesta looked at Rico, "I can't lose."
(End of chapter)
