Just for a moment.
Even just one more second.
"My daughter is a hero in two worlds, and heroes can't shed tears."
Laurel had no choice but to hug her again and give her the last comfort she could give as a mother.
"It is because of you that the Earth can gather all its mysteries, and it is because of you that Namibia can survive so many dangers."
"You also redeemed your father."
"You gave him the purest relief. That bullet cleansed all his sins. I think he must have been very satisfied before he left. He should even have been smiling..."
"what!"
Hitzfeld grinned slightly, his expression looking like he was both crying and laughing.
"You are not Pandora. Give yourself more confidence."
Laurel's hand was originally on her back, but at some point it quietly moved to her belly, stayed there, and pressed twice with her fingers.
"My leaving doesn't mean you're left alone."
"In addition to the person you find who is willing to accompany you all the way, you will also usher in a brand new identity transformation similar to mine..."
what did she say?
Astonishment diluted the sadness at this moment, and Hitzfeld looked up and stared.
This means, could it be that my stomach is already...
Laurel said nothing, but raised her eyebrows and nodded at her.
"..." Hitzfeld was silent.
She was still very sad, but besides the sadness, she suddenly felt a new strength surging in her body.
Not the physical strength, but the emotional strength.
She seemed.
It seems that I can say that I can hold on steadily.
Laurel didn't say anything else, but gently pushed her away towards where Xia Yibing was standing.
"Aisun..."
The woman leaned forward and half hugged her, gazing at Laurel with her.
Laurel's expression gradually became sacred and solemn. She raised her hands little by little, like a priest or a priestess. The entire Mirror Lake world was changing rapidly with her movements.
The lake surface first froze over, and the thick layer of ice seemed to freeze everything.
The sky turned gloomy and dark, and the cold wind turned from "swirl" to a blizzard in a few seconds. It was so strong that the two people could hardly open their eyes.
But this was not the end of the changes. Immediately afterwards, cracks began to appear in the ice.
With Laurel and the land they were standing on as the center, the cracks spread out in a spiral, extending all the way to the invisible horizon, and then shattered as she clenched her fists.
"boom!!!"
Just like breaking a filter, countless ice crystals fell downwards. However, they remained suspended in the air, as if standing on an invisible floor and staring down, watching the broken ice crystals melt quickly, interweaving and merging in a spiral shape in mid-air, forming a huge vortex with a radius of more than one thousand meters.
Rumble…
Endless water was converging towards the whirlpool, causing friction and collision during the convergence. The deafening roar continued to echo in the sky, and Xia Yibing was simply stunned.
This is definitely not just water from the icy lake, right?
If converted into reality, it is at least a continent of Arctic glaciers. The ice on it has melted, and the entire Arctic Ocean converges here to form a whirlpool!
God's Way!
She immediately thought of Robbo's research.
Hell, even the God-given road is real! ?
According to what Robo had written in his notes before, even Robo himself tended to believe that the God-given Road should be a natural phenomenon in the ocean.
There is no such thing as a "teleportation array created by God". It is the ocean currents, whirlpools, and tailwinds. It is these natural factors that come together to trigger the miracle of the Willis people all over the world.
I thought the mystery of the God-given road had been solved at this point, but looking at Laurel's attitude, this vortex doesn't seem to be simple?
Just as Xia Yibing was thinking this, she saw a hint of golden light appearing in the vortex.
When the seawater is deep enough, it will appear dark blue. At this time, a large part of the Arctic vortex below appears black, so the golden light should not be too conspicuous in it, and it will be discovered as soon as it appears.
That is...fire.
Hitzfeld's eyes widened involuntarily.
Strictly speaking, it is solid fire, which is the magma erupting from an underwater volcano.
Just as the Mirror Lake turned into an Ice Lake, and just as the Ice Lake turned into a whirlpool, in just a few seconds, just a few breaths, a large amount of golden and reddish-orange magma debris had gushed out and merged into the vortex of the whirlpool.
This is an extremely spectacular scene, especially when looking down from the sky. The thick vortices are mixed with golden flames, like a dozen golden ribbons constantly rotating. It is rare for ordinary people to see such a spectacle in their lifetime.
"boom!!!"
However, the changes were not over yet. As the two watched in shock, the lava was gushing out faster and faster, and the amount was increasing. Thick smoke rose from the vortex and spun along with it. There was something vaguely visible below that was about to break through the water.
wow-
At first they thought it was a volcanic eruption, an explosion of magma on a large scale and with unprecedented energy, with enough force to eject water from the surging magma. They thought it was something like this.
But they soon discovered that they were completely wrong. It was not an eruption, but a rise - the land plate on the entire Arctic seabed was rising upward, and a mountain had already broken out of the sea in the center of the vortex!
What on earth is this…
The mountain peaks rose higher and higher, revealing more land. All of these lands were charred black, like burnt black bread with cracks everywhere. Even from the sky, it was impossible to count how many cracks there were on the ground. All you could see was that red-gold magma was flowing out of each crack, and occasionally there would be small-scale magma eruptions.
It is worth mentioning that even this raised ground has formed countless spiral pits on the surface, as if it was once a piece of cloth that was twisted by a big hand.
"..." Hitzfeld remained silent. She discovered that in addition to the spiral pit, there were four deeper depressions on the ground that twisted along with the spiral lines. These four depressions were bottomless. Except for some magma sprayed out when they were exposed, nothing came out afterwards.
Moreover, as the surface bulges became more and more exaggerated, they were also becoming wider and wider, and their length extended beyond the horizon, as if there was no end at all.
She couldn't help but look at Laurel and asked, "Mom, is this..."
"Excalibur Fire Ring."
Laurel affirmed.
"This is what the North Pole should look like when the Sword of Fire Ring was connected."
"..."
"..."
The two people on the opposite side were still in shock.
The environment and landscape of this land can no longer be simply described as "changed", the entire world has been changed!
Hundreds of thousands, millions of broken scars spread across the charred land, and the magma was erupting and flowing like the blood of the earth. The flames, with the soil as the carrier, spewed out dozens of meters high, and they formed fire tornadoes driven by the strong wind. There were more than a thousand fire tornadoes like this in the distance.
[Purgatory of Fire]
That's the only word that can describe this place.
Everything was burned, all life was extinguished.
Obviously, this impact cannot be limited to the Arctic.
Oh, even if it shouldn’t have been called the North Pole, but the Equator?
it's the same.
If any place becomes like this, it is foreseeable that the entire planet will face a catastrophe.
Hitzfeld finally understood what the Age of Cataclysm was.
She remembered the explosion she had seen on the top of the snowy mountain.
It was like a nuclear bomb explosion, as if ten thousand suns exploded in an instant. She silently stared at the two twisted sword marks left on the ground, wondering if this was the power held by the Goddess of the Sun and the Sun King?
It's not just the impact of the explosion, not just the kinetic energy, but also the terrible radiation and magnetic field disturbance.
Just like the aurora is the manifestation of particles of the solar wind, these two sword marks directly cut through the planet's atmosphere, allowing the terrible radiation carried by the solar wind to pour directly in, and just one encounter can change the fate of all life!
Grimm...those Sinnints.
Is it true that they were burned by the scorching sun that they retain their dark skin?
Are they really the most devout believers of the goddess, still thinking about touching the sun until this moment?
"Look at that."
Laurel pointed to the very center of all the spiral depressions.
There was a hole there, a deep hole like the barrel of a spiral gun. Looking down from above, one could only glimpse a patch of golden red, and Hitzfeld suspected that this depth was the center of the earth.
"You don't want us to go down from here, do you?" Xia Yibing couldn't help but ask her.
Although this is not reality...she always feels that going down here is seeking death.
No reason.
Even though her spirit is now more powerful and condensed than before, and her strength can be said to have soared, the sense of threat that this cave entrance conveys to her is real.
It was a thrill that penetrated the soul.
Just looking at the hole, the vision in front of her eyes was interlaced and doubled, and the color processing of the eyeball seemed to have a problem. The edges of several visions began to change color and distort. The brain was frantically warning and goose bumps were all over her body. All her self-consciousness was roaring and screaming at her like she was risking her life - don't get close!
Don't come near!
Don't come near!
Don't come near!!!
If Xia Yibing hadn't been holding someone in her arms, she would have slipped away.
What a weird and terrifying underground demon cave...
I would rather kill her than go!
"I'll open the door for you."
Laurel's voice grew deeper.
"Whether you want to go in or not, and what you choose after you go in, is up to you..."
The voice became fainter and fainter, and if you look closely, even her body is becoming transparent and disappearing into the environment bit by bit.
"mom!"
Hitzfeld rushed over, wanting to touch her one last time, to hug her one last time.
But Laurel pushed her hand away.
“Don’t feel bad for people who died in the past.”
"My true self is there."
"If there is a chance, maybe we can meet again."
With these words, she completely disappeared into the air.
"real body……"
"goodbye?"
Hitzfeld slowly withdrew his hand, looked down at the cave below, and gently pressed his left hand on his abdomen.
Xia Yibing silently floated over and grabbed her wrists.
She didn't hear the whisper between Laurel and the girl before, so she didn't understand what the girl meant by this action.
But I think she can understand... This kind of blow is very difficult to bear even for the elderly.
Poor Aisuen, she's not even 20 years old.
She is really much stronger than me, but the stronger she acts, the more heartbroken I feel...
"I want to go in."
Hitzfeld said softly.
"Well... then of course I'll accompany you."
