PFC Chapter 108 Going to the 3rd Floor
Chapter 108 Going to the 3rd Floor
After hearing that Qin Yangming was going up, Lucard immediately conducted a comprehensive search of the entire [Cradle]. Finally, he found a place in this seemingly closed system that was connected to the outside world.
"It's actually there..."
Lucard murmured, and was about to leave with Qin Yangming.
Qin Yangming did not leave here immediately with Lucard, but first went to Mo Ying Yu Ji and others to check on their situation.
Mo Ying was dying, but the [Fallen Inspector] sequence gave him powerful vitality. When Qin Yangming checked on him, he could see that his heart was still beating strongly, speeding up the metabolism of this miserable body.
Yu Ji's situation was worse. Compared to when she was at Mo Ying's place, the quack doctor's eyes were full of worry. Luca's attack made the situation worse for this already seriously injured woman.
"Can it be cured?"
Qin Yangming asked cautiously.
The quack doctor shook his head and said:
"With my current ability, I'm afraid..."
Qin Yangming thought about it, and then he took out the branch from Jingjian's storage space.
The branch he accidentally found at the [Original Place].
The branches still looked the same as when he first saw them, the tender green twigs still as tender and juicy as if unaffected by the outside world.
Qin Yangming placed the branch in Yu Ji's arms. Everyone around watched it silently. They didn't know what use this ordinary-looking branch could have, but the fact that it looked "ordinary" in such a place seemed to indicate its extraordinaryness.
"ah!"
The quack doctor cried out in surprise, because she clearly saw that Yu Ji's breathing had become heavy.
"It works, amazing!"
The quack doctor said, Qin Yangming nodded, as long as it is useful.
Except in cases of immediate death, this inconspicuous branch can actually replenish the wounded's vitality.
At this time, the green buds on the branches shriveled and decayed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Two bright red spots appeared on Yu Ji's pale cheeks, making her beautiful face even more adorable.
Qin Yangming was relieved when he saw this. He stood there silently for a while, then turned around and was about to leave.
Lucard asked:
"Don't you want to wait for them to wake up and say goodbye?"
Qin Yangming shook his head slowly and said:
"no need."
This is the meaning of parting. We don’t know whether we can see each other again or not, so we can only continue on our journey with others’ thoughts.
Lucard sighed and also became sad.
"Damn it, what kind of world is this..."
"In our time, even if people were far apart, we could meet directly with just a plane ticket, unless they didn't want to meet."
Qin Yangming also smiled bitterly. Now they were in danger of losing their lives. They were lucky to be separated alive. In most cases, their separation would end in death.
Lucard suddenly said to Qin Yangming:
"Before you leave here, I want to show you something."
As he spoke, Lucard waved his arm and a video was played directly in the air.
"This is..." Qin Yangming asked.
Lucard explained:
"This is the last video footage that was saved when [Luca] destroyed the institute. It is the last footage that was saved by the surveillance camera. I hope you can take a look at it."
Qin Yangming saw that on the screen, all kinds of strange-shaped objects were flying all over the sky, and the entire research institute was filled with blood.
However, he saw an old man with white hair and beard wearing a white coat, who ran hurriedly to a room, nervously used his iris to unlock the combination lock on the door, and then directly pressed the red button in the room.
Lukas said:
"This is the dean of our institute. He activated the emergency plan immediately after the tragedy occurred."
Qin Yangming opened his mouth and the picture continued to play. After the dean pressed the red button, the entire institute was shrouded in a scarlet light.
No one knew where the light came from, but in an instant it enveloped the entire space within the institute. Both the objects in custody and the researchers were submerged by the red light that broke through the laws of time and space.
Then, nothing could be seen on the surveillance screen anymore, only a vast ocean of scarlet red.
Afterwards, the surveillance footage was interrupted.
Lucar said:
"This should be the highest-level containment item sealed in our institute at the time, numbered 001. It will not be activated unless it is absolutely necessary. But obviously, there is no more urgent situation than the one at that time."
Qin Yangming nodded and asked:
"So the emergency plan activated by the dean is to activate this highest level of containment?"
Lucard nodded and said:
"Yes, only the dean has the authority to open this containment, so even though [Luca] released all the containment, he didn't release her."
Qin Yangming continued to ask:
"What did she... do at that time? All I saw was a sea of scarlet."
Lucard shook his head and said slowly:
"We call it the Egg of Destiny. Every time it is activated, it can fulfill three wishes of the one who activates it."
Lucard took a deep breath and said:
"But the wish that the [Egg of Destiny] fulfilled..."
Qin Yangming frowned and asked:
"What's wrong with a fulfilled wish? Isn't it enough for the [Egg of Destiny] to fulfill the wishes of the wisher literally..."
Lucar said:
"No, that's not the case. There is a price to pay for using any containment object. The more powerful the containment object, the higher the price. Some prices are acceptable, but some are despairing..."
Qin Yangming looked at Lukar, and said:
"what do you mean……"
Lucar said:
"Yes, for a containment item of this level like the Egg of Destiny, you often don't know how it will fulfill your so-called wish..."
“Imagine, what would you think when your beautiful hopes are realized in a sick and twisted way?”
Seeing that Qin Yangming didn't speak, Lucard said to himself:
"You will just feel hopeless..."
Qin Yangming then asked:
"So what are the three wishes that the dean made?"
Lucard's expression became serious. He snapped his fingers, and the paused surveillance footage suspended in mid-air began to play in reverse.
Qin Yangming saw that the scarlet color in the picture disappeared and the figure of the dean reappeared in the picture.
Finally, the picture stopped at the moment when the dean just pressed the red button.
Qin Yangming saw that the dean's lips were moving very rapidly, as if he was racing against death.
I don't know what the dean said, but just one or two seconds later, an overwhelming crimson flooded the entire research institute like a tide. That was the [Egg of Destiny] taking effect.
Lucard moved his fingers again, and then the short one or two second animation of the dean speaking was played in a loop.
Lucard stared at the dean on the screen and said:
"There was no sound, so it was impossible to directly determine what wish he made at the time."
"But we can guess based on the shape of the mouth."
Lukaer pondered:
"The situation was critical at the time, and the dean would not have wasted even a moment, so the wish he made must have been brief. And judging by his lip shape, it was most likely just three simple words."
Qin Yangming also kept staring at the dean in the picture. What Lucard said made sense.
Lukas said:
"Then I focused on analyzing the Dean's lip movements in these critical hundreds of frames, and I got three words."
Qin Yangming asked:
"what?"
Lucard exhaled. He was now just a spirit and was not breathing at all, but out of habit he still made this movement, as if this could relieve the depression in his heart.
Lucard said slowly to Qin Yangming:
“I guess the dean’s wish at the time was:
Survive, reproduce, and grow.”
Qin Yangming opened his mouth in surprise and repeated Lucard's words.
"Survive."
"Reproduce."
"growing up."
Qin Yangming said:
"You mean, the dean made a wish at that time, so that everyone in the institute could survive, reproduce, and have extraordinary abilities grow?"
Lucard nodded and said:
"Yes, this is the best guess based on the actual situation at the time, and it is also the best guess based on the lip shape. My calculation system gives me a result that the probability of this guess being true is close to 100%."
Lucar added:
"Moreover, under the emergency situation at that time, the dean could not quickly come up with a set of rigorous and complete wishes. He could only think of these three simplest but most practical words on the spot."
Qin Yangming nodded. What Lucard said was right. This was indeed in line with the situation in the entire institute at that time.
Qin Yangming suddenly thought of something. He opened his eyes wide and looked at Lukar, saying:
"what do you mean……"
Lucard's eyes were solemn. He met Qin Yangming's gaze and said:
"Yes, I presume that those people in the institute at that time are still alive."
"The extraordinary power of the [Egg of Destiny] is very strong."
"With the power of the wish from the [Egg of Destiny], it is entirely possible for them to survive, reproduce until now, and grow..."
Qin Yangming opened his mouth in surprise, and he couldn't help but look up at the top of his head...
"Let's go. If we stay where we are, we will never know the answer. We can only move forward."
After saying this, Lucard took Qin Yangming to the entrance of a cave.
Qin Yangming calmed down and followed.
The sequencers in the [Cave] just watched Qin Yangming leave.
The wanderers, the quack doctors, and the people from the opera world stood there, silently bidding farewell to Qin Yangming.
Because of Qin Yangming, earth-shaking changes will take place here, and the environment will become favorable to them, the Sequencers.
Qin Yangming followed Lucard through more than a dozen caves of varying sizes, and finally stopped in front of a grave.
"here it is……"
Qin Yangming was very familiar with this place. It was the grave of his junior fellow apprentice who had died in Baiyun Temple. He had come up through here in the first place.
Lucard didn't say anything, but signaled Qin Yangming to dig here.
Qin Yangming summoned the iron sword and was about to start digging, but he saw Lucard standing still with his hands clasped together, as if he wanted to watch him work, and said:
"You help too."
Lucard said with a smile on his face:
"Can't you see my current state? I don't have a physical body, I'm in a spiritual state. How can I help you dig?"
Qin Yangming was speechless. He actually ignored this matter.
Qin Yangming's physical fitness has improved greatly compared to before. After a thin layer of sweat, he quickly dug through this place.
"Want to go down?"
Qin Yangming looked at Lucard suspiciously.
Lucard smiled and said firmly:
"Yes, go down."
Qin Yangming jumped down without hesitation and returned to the first floor.
Lucard's spirit went straight through the soil and followed Qin Yangming here.
As soon as Qin Yangming appeared on the first floor, he attracted attention.
"Quick! The trial is coming!"
When someone saw Qin Yangming, they started screaming as if they had seen a ghost.
Especially since there was a ghost following Qin Yangming without touching the ground, this scene really scared them to death.
Soon, most of the Sequencers on the first floor surrounded Qin Yangming and Lucard, but they kept a great distance from Qin Yangming and did not dare to go forward first.
Qin Yangming smiled bitterly and said:
"I am not a monster from the Trial. I am also a Sequencer like you."
Qin Yangming glanced around and found that these unfamiliar faces were all wary and it was obvious that no one believed what he said.
The people in the first layer have been replaced countless times, and no one recognizes Qin Yangming anymore.
Qin Yangming sighed secretly and was about to say something when Lucard raised his arm and a gust of wind swept towards them.
"what is this?"
"Everyone, get out of the way!"
Someone screamed, and the crowd immediately scattered.
This wind lasted for a long time. Qin Yangming stood in the eye of the wind without being affected. He just watched those Sequencers who were making a fuss and running away.
"Let's go."
Lucard floated in the air with his hands behind his back, quietly leading the way in front of Qin Yangming.
The two of them walked through the underground parking lot and came to a door.
Qin Yangming was a little surprised. He was very familiar with this door. It was the door he passed through when he came to the first floor from the starting point.
When the group of five of them just walked out of the door, they saw a little boy peeking at them furtively.
"Let's go."
Still going down? Qin Yangming didn't ask, and continued to follow Lucard down.
This time, Qin Yangming walked down the stairs step by step and returned to the starting point.
"Familiar?"
Lucard looked at Qin Yangming who looked dazed and asked jokingly.
Qin Yangming smiled, and finally followed Lucard to a somewhat unfamiliar door.
Qin Yangming opened the door at Lucar's signal and saw a long staircase.
"Let's go."
Lucard said to Qin Yangming.
“This leads to the upper level.”
"I can't detect what's up there. You can only rely on yourself."
Qin Yangming stood at the bottom of the stairs for a while, then began to climb up.
The stairs are too long and too far. You can't see the end at a glance. Climbing these stairs is more tiring than climbing a mountain.
After Qin Yangming climbed a few steps, Lucard suddenly called him.
He felt a strong sense of intimacy with Qin Yangming, and Qin Yangming should be Lucard's only acquaintance in this world.
Lucard asked:
"Humanity... Is there any hope for the human race?"
Qin Yangming turned around and looked down at Lukar, and said gently:
"I don't know, but I believe there is."
"The answer can only be found above."