Chapter 18 Memory and Loops
June 30, 1908, Tsarist Russian Empire, western Siberia.
In the early morning of that day, in the Tunguska region, a dazzling flame streaked across the sky, followed by a loud cracking sound that could be heard clearly for thousands of kilometers, and a slight earthquake was felt as far away as the United States on the other side of the Pacific.
"This big explosion alarmed the Tsarist Empire. Unfortunately, the Romanov dynasty that year was already on the verge of collapse and was unable to organize an inspection team. This also gave us the opportunity to intervene." Angers said while playing with the folding knife.
On the day of the explosion, the Watts-Alheim Institute at its headquarters in Paris captured a large number of particles of four elements coming from the east-west direction of the sky. After research, they came to a terrifying conclusion - this was a phenomenon after the Rhine detonation.
This incident aroused high alert among the secret party. They concluded that the explosion was related to the Dragon King, and immediately organized a team to march deep into Siberia.
At that time, eight years had passed since the Lixia Mourning Incident. As the only survivor of the disaster, Angers' power had risen within the secret party. Faced with the incident related to the Dragon King, he should be entrusted with the important task of going deep into Siberia.
go ahead.
"We entered Siberia, and when we approached the target location, it was already the fifth day after the explosion. The flames caused by the Rhine were still burning brightly, and the forests for thousands of miles around were in a state of destruction caused by the hurricane. It can be imagined that it was a hurricane.
What a powerful explosion."
"Continuing forward, when we are only thirty miles away from the center, the originally green grassy forest has turned into an endless stretch of scorched earth, as desolate as a dead planet." Angers was still doubtful.
The further we advance towards the central area, the more shocking the level of destruction becomes, and the sky begins to show a strange neon-like color, which is a phenomenon where the remaining elements are still violently rubbing against each other. Looking at such a tragic scene, the morale of the entire team is shaking.
For the sake of safety, Angers directed the entire team to pause their advance and let him take the lead in exploring the path.
Looking back now, this was a courageous decision, but it was also quite correct. This ensured that he was the only first witness at the scene.
"I finally came to the center of the explosion. What appeared in front of me was a deep pit with a span of about fifty meters. It was like being hit by a meteorite. I turned the time zero to the maximum, crawled over carefully, and observed the pit.
The situation... there is actually the skeleton of a giant dragon standing inside." Ange's eyes twitched, and he tightened his grip on the folding knife in his hand.
Although it is said to be the remains of a giant dragon, the dragon is actually not very big, only more than fifteen meters. It is completely incomparable with the dragon cross that Caesar and others saw in the glacier maze, but it is still as high as the emperor.
Full of majesty.
It was obviously killed by Rhine. The skeleton has a white crystal texture, which means that its body has been carbonized, and it will weather as long as you blow a breath.
Angers slipped from the edge into the pit and approached the dragon carefully, but soon he was stunned.
He met a friend he had not seen for nearly twenty years.
The sleeping boy was pinned down by the dragon, with only the sharp claws of the skeleton holding his throat tightly. This scene was grand and strange. It was quiet and at the same time made people feel that the two sides would start moving again at any time.
After hearing this story, the three young people finally felt shuddering.
Caesar leaned forward slightly, as if he wanted to ask a few questions to interrupt, but he still resisted the idea of asking questions and listened carefully to Angers' next story.
As this story goes on, it will most likely be high energy throughout.
"It has been so long, but his appearance has not changed at all. He is still handsome and lovable, as if time has frozen forever in his appearance when he first became sensible." Angers took a shallow breath, "Seeing him again under such circumstances, I
You can imagine the shock at that time.”
Faced with this frozen scene of a giant dragon attacking a boy, Angers hesitated for a long time before moving.
Should he kill the boy?
Ever since he came into contact with Menech and learned the secrets of the dragon civilization, Angers had already determined in his heart that the mysterious boy with whom he had a brief friendship was the Dragon King.
If before the Mourning of Summer, Angers had unrealistic illusions about the peaceful coexistence between humans and dragons, then after that he no longer had any feelings for the dragons, and ordinary dragons had to be killed.
The Dragon King should go to hell.
But the moment he saw the boy's familiar face, a soft part in the deepest part of Ange's heart still moved, and his mind unconsciously recalled scenes of the time spent with him.
Angers did not take action, but secretly took him away from the scene and kept him in a secret basement.
This was considered a wise move. After all, the boy was still alive in the center of the Rhine, and there was no skin injury on his body. Angers felt that he could not kill it on the spot by himself.
In the basement, Angers used his knowledge to research the boy, hoping to get useful information, but the research shocked him again.
No matter from the blood, body bones, brain nerves, etc., this boy is a human being. He is not comparable to the dragon clan in the slightest, but he has the power to rival the dragon king, or even stronger.
During the research process, the boy suddenly woke up. His first words to Angers after waking up were...Long time no see, Angers. We haven't seen each other for twenty years. How are you doing?
"Perhaps the warm memories of the past have been awakened, and my hostility towards him has weakened a lot. After thinking about it carefully, he is my only childhood playmate, and he does not seem to be a dragon, so I calmly sat down and communicated with him seriously.
." General Ange said, "I also made him my specialty...Yangzhou fried rice."
While eating the food cooked by Angers, the boy told secrets about himself.
"It is true that he will continue to lose his memory, but at the same time he will continue to recall the past, but after the memory recovers to a certain extent, he will lose all his amnesia again." Angers said, "It's like a cycle many times,
He keeps starting from the starting point and trying to get closer to the end."
He couldn't tell how long this cycle lasted. It might have been two thousand years, or it might have been three thousand years, or even longer.
In other words, he has been living in this world since the ancient stage of human civilization.
He worked as a slave building the pyramids, and also worked as a sailor at sea. He had many menial jobs, but occasionally he could get a good job as the adopted son of princes and nobles.
He is like a ghost of time, wandering alone in this world for thousands of years. The only thing that remains unchanged is his age and the fact that he has to continue to experience cycles.
In each cycle, as his memory continues to recover, he will gradually remember some past things...such as who he used to be, what kind of blasphemy he suffered, and he must kill those abominable betrayers.
who.
He must seek revenge, and on this point, he and Angers have a lot in common.
"If I must say it, he is the greatest dragon slayer in history. In the history of the world, the four great monarchs have been revived many times, but many of their deaths are related to that boy."
"For example, during the Black Death, in the eyes of the secret party, the mysterious King of Ocean and Water fell. It was his handiwork... Unfortunately, after he killed Lilith, his next cycle also began.
, people will have no way of knowing the truth about this dragon slaying."
Killing the Dragon King will consume a lot of his strength. Every time he kills the four monarchs, he will be weak for a long time.
This period of weakness is a precursor to the beginning of the next cycle, when he will lose his memory and have it all over again.
In a sense, it is as if the Dragon King and the Dragon Slayer can constantly form cocoons and be reborn, and both sides are destined to fight to the end of eternity with almost eternal life.
"At the beginning of his last cycle, which was the time he met me, he was in pretty good condition. He recovered his memory much faster than before, and he was able to remember more things than before... For example, he wanted to
Go to China." Angers said.
"Going to China?" Caesar finally couldn't restrain his curiosity and asked.
"I was also very curious and asked him why he wanted to go to that country. His answer was that he didn't know, he just knew that he had to go there," Angers said.
"Did he successfully reach China after parting with you for the first time?" Caesar asked.
"Arrived, but he said it was too early. It would be at least a hundred years too late."
"This..." Caesar was speechless, unable to complain at the moment.
The boy left England in 1889 and finally arrived in China, which was still the Qing Dynasty at that time, in 1890. Although he realized that he had arrived nearly a hundred years early, he did not feel that this period of time was very difficult and simply settled down there permanently.
Even if I lose my memory again, I can guarantee that my next cycle location will still be in East Asia.
Living like this until 1908, he recalled his new mission.
He has to go to the North Pole.
To be precise, the depths of the Arctic Ocean.
Guided by this goal, he began to go all the way north, trekking through mountains and rivers, crossing the border between the Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia, and heading towards the vast and cold Siberian plain.
While passing through the Tunguska region, he unexpectedly encountered the Dragon King and started a fierce battle with him, which ended with him releasing Rhine at close range and killing the opponent.
"The Dragon King he fought with at that time... was the King of Sky and Wind." The moment he read this honorific title, Angre's cheeks tightened slightly.
"The King of Sky and Wind? The most mysterious monarch?" Caesar was shocked. Although he expected that the second half of the story would be high-energy, he did not expect it to be so shocking.
"That's right, it's the so-called most mysterious monarch. In fact, it is indeed very mysterious. Even the boy doesn't know his name." Angers put his hands under his chin, his eyebrows full of deep thought.
"And it took the initiative to attack the boy. Before the attack, it had completed its dragon transformation and was quite well prepared... Despite this, it still did not kill the boy." Angers said.
"Excuse me, since that boy has the ability to modify other people's bloodlines, has to go to the Arctic Ocean, has a strong hatred for the Dragon Clan, and can even defeat the four monarchs repeatedly, then he can't be...
." The moment Chu Zihang thought of the answer, his expression was a little shaken.
Chapter completed!