"Everyone is dead. Apart from humanoid monsters like me, the only creatures on earth now that have been assimilated by the Tree of Life - ah, now there is one more you..."
Wu Ming couldn't imagine whether the mood when the last human left this world alone was despair and pain, unwilling anger at the sudden disaster, or finally ushered in the feeling of relief after a long suffering, but at this moment he saw the masked boy twitching As he licked his lips and tried to make a smile that wouldn't scare people, Wu Ming could vaguely understand that feeling.
Probably because I was suffocated by loneliness.
The long-term loneliness has made the masked boy forget a lot of things. He no longer remembers how long he has lived alone, how long it has been since he last saw anyone, and he has almost forgotten even his own name. His clothes are in tatters. If you can't wear it anymore, go to the ruins of the city to find a larger piece of fabric that can be wrapped around your body. If you can't find it, you can continue to wander around in this rag - in fact, if it weren't for the fact that the masked boy still has the last bit of persistence in human civilization in his heart. , he is no longer a mortal and can continue to survive on this extinct planet even without clothes.
It is precisely because of this that Wu Ming feels that it is incredible that the masked boy can still communicate with him smoothly.
"Do you...remember what your name is?" After listening to the masked boy's story, Wu Ming was a little worried that his mind had been paralyzed by the long and lonely time, and that he was afraid that even who he was would be destroyed along with the human race and time. The passage is completely forgotten, so even if Wu Ming wants to bring him back to human society (not to mention the difficulty and difficulties of doing so), he may not be able to integrate into normal human society again.
"My surname is Qi...my name is...?" The masked boy thought in silence for a long time. In fact, just as the former worried, he had almost forgotten who he was. He seemed to have racked his brains to extract the words that had been covered in dust from his brain. A vague yet warm distant memory: "Ah, to study things to gain knowledge and to distinguish right from wrong. My father and mother often told me this... They said that my name is to take one word from each of the two words "to study things to gain knowledge and to distinguish right from wrong..."
"My name is... Siegfried."
Wu Ming's expression suddenly changed. He now felt that the reason why the masked boy was now alone in the Tiansha Lone Star was probably because of his bad name!
"That's all I have to explain." Siegfried got up from the ground and let out a long breath, as if the boulder that had been weighing on his heart had been relieved by what he had just said. This was the first time in so long that he realized Even if you just say what's on your mind, even if there is no way to change the current situation, your mood will unexpectedly become lighter: "I don't know who called you to this world, but it's a pity that there is no one on this planet who can be saved by you. A creature..."
Wu Ming was a little speechless and didn't know what to say for a while. He knew that his talent for comforting people with his broken mouth was simply too low. In this situation, he could only comfort Siegfried and said, " Everything will be fine. Such useless nonsense. I can't think of any other words of comfort.
"Dear passengers, the delay effect caused by this transmission due to weather has begun to be repaired. The event coordinates have been recalibrated successfully. You will be transmitted to the terminal of this flight in five seconds from the countdown. Please keep your luggage with you. The items should stand firm and ready for transmission. Finally, I wish you a happy journey! Countdown: 5, 4, 3..."
——What the hell? ! What the hell is this? !
"Wait! I will definitely come back to save you!"
"Teleportation begins!"
After the director's dirty voice ended, a countdown of mechanical synthesized sounds sounded. Because there were so many idioms in public transportation services, and the countdown to the start of the transmission was approaching, Wu Ming There was no time to tell Siegfried clearly what happened. He only had time to hold down the black iron sword to stop him from taking the sword and leaving. Before he could even finish the second half of this sentence, Wu Ming appeared briefly. shrouded in blinding light.
When the bright light in front of Wu Ming's eyes subsided, he returned to his familiar living room shouting the second half of the unfinished words.
The first thing Wu Ming saw was Elizabeth, who was squatting in front of him and didn't know what he was doing. She was startled by his sudden appearance. The latter was stunned for a few seconds after seeing Wu Ming, and then screamed and rushed towards him. flutter.
"Wow!!! Brother, you finally came back to provide me with justice! I was almost bullied to death by that scrap!"
Wu Ming was in a daze, and his thinking circuit had not yet completed the switch from the wasteland to the warm home. He couldn't dodge before being jumped by Elizabeth, and then this silly girl with great strength used her hands hard. With one stranglehold, Wu Ming was almost choked to death.
"Nonsense! Nothing!" Elizabeth's whirring also alarmed Zhao Sida in the kitchen. She wiped her hands and walked out of the kitchen. At the same time, she announced the crimes committed by the former in the past few hours: "The name is Elizabeth. After the manager Wu Ming disappeared, the individual tried to leave my monitoring twelve times, tried to get close to ordinary people in coma seven times, yelled about why the big brother hasn't come back yet, I'm hungry and wanted to eat fifteen times, and tried to steal food from the refrigerator. Got precious ingredients three times..."
"I wanted to go find Big Brother!" Elizabeth said back with her head held tightly. Apparently she became a lot more courageous after Wu Ming came back. Not only did she not feel that there was anything wrong with her series of actions, but she seemed to As if she had found a supporter, she started to retaliate against Zhao Sida: "Besides, it's your fault that I searched the refrigerator! Who told you to stop me from eating snacks from the beginning!"
At this time, Wu Ming, who finally switched his thinking circuit back, interrupted: "I think Lao Zhao is right in not letting you eat snacks before meals..."
"Eh...is that so? Well, since eldest brother has said so, I will no longer eat snacks before meals..." Elizabeth watched in astonishment as Wu Ming concentrated for about a second to admit his mistake. Then her attention was diverted by something else: "Big brother, big brother! Actually, there is something I wanted to ask from the beginning."
Zhao Sida also nodded, indicating that she also had questions to ask.
Wu Ming looked at the confused looks of the two people and thought they were going to ask him about his experience when he disappeared: "What happened?"
"Manager Wu Ming, what's going on with that big sword in your hand?" "Brother, what's that dark door panel under your left hand?"
The two asked in unison and in discordant voices.
Wu Ming, who was confused, followed the sight of the two people and looked to the left. A black iron sword with some dust on it was lying quietly on the floor of his house, being held down by his left hand.
"Oh my god! Why did you bring this thing back!"
