Many people say it was the most beautiful sight they have ever seen in their lives - the flames that appeared over the center of Murmansk.

The flames grew slowly from a lead-gray tall building without windows.

At first it was divided into countless slender and bright vines, windingly climbing up the wall from the bottom of the building, as if the ivy growing rapidly in the spring moon was recorded by a camera, and then it went one hundred times faster.

The vines finally gathered on the roof and converged, and a bright "fruit" condensed. It was a fruit of flame that ignited the air in an instant. The surrounding space twisted and burned, and the slightly red and transparent fire clouds slowly spread like ripples in the center of the pond. When the heat expands and rises, the hot air that encounters the air conditioning at a height of hundreds of meters, and the snow-white clouds also appear.

Then the fruit of the flames drew a bright and tiny "branch bud". The buds grow when they encounter the wind, and quickly turned into a thicker vine in the shocked eyes, extending to the clouds at high altitude. This scene reminded many people of the story of Jack and the Magic Beans - and the evil giants in the story should live on the clouds.

With just one breath, more flame tongues were separated from the thick vines. However, it was not the volatile, slowly dancing flame tongue that people knew, but a bright outline that seemed to be outlined with a brush.

It looks more like tangible and qualitative than formed by violent chemical reactions.

Everything happened slowly and quickly, and a minute later, the flames from the tall building had all risen to the sky.

So a second sun appeared above the city of Murmansk. It emitted an unseen light, and the bright light reflected into a big cross, and the world was bright.

Then the thing flashed for a moment, as if it had blinked itself. Then the light converged, and only the light that had just been brighter was still left in people's retina. As for the thing above the clouds - it flew towards the south.

There is an isolation belt in the extreme distance. Although the water vapor nearby had disappeared due to the cold cold, it was undoubtedly still there. However, the light ball passed through the sky without any obstacles, as if it was just an illusion to it.

Although the image of the "arm" in the light ball sympathizes with the intelligence is very different, many people have realized that the two seem to be the same thing - otherwise it is hard to imagine what kind of existence in this world can bring them such a huge shock.

But at least so far they can't really confirm their conjectures. Because the low temperature still exists, they can't step beyond the line.

But in that building, or in the ruins of that building, the temperature was no longer so cold.

The remaining warmth is still there.

The residual temperature heats up the entire area of ​​air around it. The "residual temperature" of nearly 100 degrees Celsius makes the place extremely dry. The anxious surface makes a dull sound, as if it will collapse down the next moment.

Li Zhen was still standing there, maintaining that position. He looked like a sculpture, and even the scorching and frenzied air turbulence could not lift the corner of the gray-white coat he was wearing.

He stood there with a numb expression. It took him a long time to bend his fingers slightly. Because he maintained that position for a long time, the bones of his knuckles rubbed and made a gentle "climb". It seemed that it was because of this movement that he realized that the huge arm in front of him no longer existed. Just a few minutes ago, the huge flesh and blood turned into a torrent of flames in front of him, melting into the air, and then penetrated out of the wall.

He sighed heavily and took back his arm.

This slight sigh over the howling wind. The next moment, everything stopped. The flames on the ground slowly faded, as if they were afraid of something.

Li Zhen took steps and slowly walked to the ground.

One layer of iron door connecting the negative layer had been melted and molten iron was slowly flowing. But Li Zhen waved his hand, so the molten iron was separated by an invisible force, revealing a big dark hole. He walked in from the cave and found the room with his memory.

The house was on the second floor of the underground and was not destroyed by the surging flames. But the heat from the ground had already made it warm as spring. The melted water flowed across the surface, and water droplets fell down in the roof. He walked through the long and dark passage in the rain and came to the door of the room.

The spacious room was dark, so Li Zhen waved his hand to heat up some metal fragments of unknown material on the ground.

The originally cold little thing rolled and floated from the ground, like a piece of dough that was randomly rubbed by an invisible hand. It was rubbed while heating up sharply. So the small pieces of metal turned into balls of hot metal fluid suspended in the air, emitting dazzling light, making the wide room appear.

Li Zhen walked to the biological compartment and looked down.

The bones that have been spliced ​​are still lying quietly, as if they can continue to lie on like this for several years.

He stretched out his right hand and leaned over to stroke the bone.

This time he didn't use the gun. In fact, the thing was no longer on him.

The skin on his fingertips was torn by him with his nails, and a drop of blood was tapped in the middle of the skull's forehead before the wound healed.

Li Zhen opened his mouth, as if he wanted to speak but stopped. He measured it over and over again, and finally whispered in the light of metal: "I don't know if it's worth it."

"But that's what I promised you after all."

He rubbed his hand on the smooth skull and continued, "Just I knew something just now. If you could speak now, how I wish I could ask you before doing this, whether to wake up in this world."

He sighed, "How insignificant we are."

Then he was silent for a long time. When the skull was covered with a little heat from his palm, he finally shook his head and whispered: "Then... I give you life."

This sentence is like a spell, echoing slowly in this room.

And this spell has an effect.

The flesh and blood began to revive. First, they grew from the connection of the bones, like tiny red snakes. Then the red snakes wriggled on the bone surface, winding, entangled, and connected. They slowly gathered together, and the filaments turned into muscle fibers. Dry blood vessels also grew, but the blood had not filled it.

When the flesh and blood completely wrapped the bones, Li Zhen turned around.

He took a few steps back and took off his coat.

There was a slight "rustling" sound behind me, like a greedy spring silkworm devouring mulberry leaves - it was the sound of flesh and blood growing.

After a quarter of an hour, the sound stopped.

Li Zhen turned around, raised his head slightly, and put his coat on the new body.

His hands accidentally touched the skin and then felt smooth. It was new, as smooth as a baby, and also had a warm heat.

This means that under the coat is a person. He is a flesh-and-blood, living person.

He looked down.

As a result, he met that clear gaze.

Kitagawa Seiyaki had opened his eyes.

Li Zhen looked at her uneasyly and did not dare to say the first sentence. Because he knew that it was not difficult to make the bones bleed and flesh--the Gate of Truth had been done here countless times. What was really difficult was to make the bone turn into the person he used to again.

In other words, what is really difficult is to make her regain her previous memories... and soul.

They looked at each other for three seconds. Li Zhen felt that these three seconds were extremely long.

Until Kitagawa Seiyaki said-

“Not cold anymore.”

"I think it's a little better."

Li Zhen opened his mouth. He didn't know what to say.

In fact, he understood these two sentences in just a moment. Because he deeply remembered that on that afternoon in the Philippines, when he held the gradually cold body in his arms, the last sentence she said was-

"But I'm so cold now."

And he hugged her and asked, "Is this better?"

Six years later, she answered him.

Li Zhen felt his throat tighten. He grabbed the corner of the creature compartment with his fingers, his lips trembled slightly, and said, "It's great to see you again."

Kitagawa Qingming narrowed her eyes and looked around. Then she frowned slightly and moved her eyes down. She saw the coat on her body and smelled the burning smell in the room. She also saw the mess around and the look on Li Zhen's face.

As a result, her chaotic consciousness gradually became clearer and realized...

This is not the Philippines.

It's not that room either.

She heard Li Zhen sigh softly.

"Xiaobei. It's 2020 now."

...

...

When the last drop of water fell from the roof, Kitagawa Haraki finished listening to a very long and incredible story.

She looked straight at Li Zhen and asked in a dreamy voice: "So, this is the world now?"

"Yes. It's very messy." Li Zhen said.

"We... don't need to be afraid of species?" she asked again.

Li Zhen was silent for a while and said, "You can think so."

The two of them were silent in the deep darkness for a while, and Kitagawa Kyuki said: "How did you... save me?"

It took a long time before Li Zhen whispered: "I gave you something."

Kitagawa Kyuami could hear from his voice that the other party did not want to talk about this issue - just like she knew that Li Zhen had hidden a lot from herself in the narrative just now. But her curiosity prompted her to continue asking: "Can you tell me? I want to know...what did you sacrifice for me."

Her tone was tactful, but her will was undoubtedly firm. Li Zhen could hear the firmness in her words.

A feeling of guilt made him sigh softly in his heart, and he also realized that he seemed to be willing to share that secret with someone - from the subconscious.

So after a few seconds of silence, he whispered: "I have communicated with that thing."

Kitakawa accepted this sudden change of topic and listened quietly.

"So now I figured out one thing. The so-called 'last day' refers to it." Li Zhen's voice echoed in the empty room, "It was a terrible, ancient creature. Its history can even be traced back to when the earth was just formed... You know, our textbook says that the origin of life on earth is because..."

Li Zhen paused and smiled: "No... let's talk about the point. The point is. The Longinus gun in my hand is actually its little finger bone. Ying Long told me that he could use this gun to save you. Until just now, I finally knew what that sentence meant - I returned its finger bone to it, and it lent me some strength."

"You know, species can transform an ordinary person into a disciple-by giving some power."

"Then I just now can also create my own disciple."

After a while, Li Zhen said, "So...you are actually not a pure human now."

"terribly sorry."

Kitagawa Qingming breathed lightly. Li Zhen felt the wet and warm air flow slightly passing through his ears.

She asked: "But you said before that if you are infected with the virus, you need that gun to avoid getting sick."
To be continued...