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There was an all-too-familiar fragrance at the tip of his nose, the scent of roses was so strong and rich that Su Yun fell into a brief trance.
Su Yun reached out and gently picked up the flower - the flower had no stems or branches, it only had a bare bud.
This rose was indeed the flower of disaster in his memory, carrying Anita's gentle blessing and Jasmine's lingering love. It absorbed the blood of the plague and budded, so it would never wither again.
Su Yun looked at the flowers in a daze, but the shadows under his feet would not stop rolling. The overflowing Styx was boiling like a lit flame. They entangled, twisted, and squeezed each other, gradually filling every gap behind Su Yun.
Finally, they climbed up Su Yun's clothes, making the white robe look like it was stained with ink, slowly turning black from bottom to top.
If Su Yun had lowered his head at this moment, he would have noticed this change, but his entire mind was already completely attracted by the rose in front of him. He thought of many things, such as the immortal strange birds and beasts in the maze, and the maggot-like old priest in front of the altar in the underground palace.
Su Yun suddenly understood that the "dragon blood" that Edelman mentioned was probably referring to this rose. Perhaps they used the petals to make various diluted potions, and then used these potions to make sacrifices.
Is that so? He had already eaten so many rose-related things without realizing it?
No one knows better than Su Yun what is contained in this rose.
That was Jasmine's lingering and deformed love, and Anita's twisted and reverent worship. Their wish was to be with God the Father forever. As long as they could be together, it would be fine, even if they were like the monsters in the maze, even if they were entangled in an endless food chain, devouring each other's bodies in pain and despair... as long as they didn't separate, it would be fine.
Perhaps in the future more people will be brought to this artificial island, and one by one they will follow the path of the old priest, and then die miserably and painfully, or survive even more desperately.
Su Yun just looked at the rose in his hand. After an unknown amount of time, he reached out and pinched the delicate and tempting rose bud.
The tender flower was obedient and flattering in his hands, allowing him to crush it easily. The bright red juice flowed out like blood, and the fragile petals completely turned into flower mud in Su Yun's hands.
The rich fragrance exploded, almost blocking Su Yun's nasal cavity. He closed his eyes, wondering if he had lowered his head.
The head ate all the floral paste in his hand, leaving not a drop of juice.
This thing is indeed sweet.
The bitter sweetness seemed to take root on Su Yun's tongue. The rich fragrance and sweetness seeped into his mouth. Su Yun swallowed the flower paste whole. In a trance, he felt that what was in his mouth was not flower juice, but the blood of Anita and Jasmine.
Must eat it all... Just as Su Yun was licking the remaining flower juice on his wrist expressionlessly, the shadows under his feet suddenly stopped climbing upwards. They first stopped in place, and then fell back to the ground, as if they had received some order, and shrank abruptly and quickly.
When Su Yun completely ate the rose, he slowly turned around and saw a gorgeous corridor in front of him. Light shone through the mosaic glass behind him, leaving mottled bright spots on the ground.
Where are the shadows on this luxurious floor? Only the quaint patterns made of large pieces of precious wood.
Su Yun stared at the ground in a daze for a long time, then strode down the stairs and crushed the dazzling light and shadow. He walked all the way forward to the exit of the corridor.
He did not feel anything strange after eating the rose. His body seemed to have returned to the state it was in a month ago. It was still calm and he was still a mortal body.
The wheelchair was still kneeling beside the gate, but next to the wheelchair... Edelman was lying next to the wheelchair, his face filled with indescribable fear and strange distortion, as if he had seen the most horrifying scene in the world, unable to escape and with no way to survive, and ultimately all hope of survival was taken away from him.
Yes, he is dead.
Su Yun was stunned. He stared at the corpse that was still chattering not long ago. In addition to the horrified expression, scales appeared on the adamantine's neck, which was a sign of mutation.
Crushing the rose made the fragrance more intense, perhaps this was the cause of his death.
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Su Yun walked out of this so-called garden step by step. The gates along the way were originally closed, but when he approached, they opened obediently.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, a red light finally lit up in the metal corridor outside, and alarms began to sound one after another. However, Su Yun remained as calm as ever, with a heart as calm as stagnant water.
Su Yun walked straight out, and when he passed another gate, he finally turned into an open hall. There seemed to be footsteps coming from the distance. Su Yun stopped and turned around, and saw several people in protective clothing and holding guns.
They were obviously well-trained soldiers, probably to defend Paradise?
Their protective suits were thick in order to resist the claws of mutant creatures. The soldiers raised their guns one after another, but then they stood still, motionless like sculptures.
Su Yun just watched them quietly. He didn't know when his hair had grown to his thighs. He reached out and tied his hair casually, then turned around and tried to find something in the hall that could reflect the light.
Even his hair has become like this, so what color are his eyes now?
Unfortunately, there was nothing that could serve as a mirror in this metal-filled hall, so Su Yun had to turn around and wanted to leave. At this time, gunshots were heard. He subconsciously turned around, only to find that someone in the group of soldiers had shot him to death.
The suicide's companions were not in a much better condition. Some of them knelt on the ground, and some retreated in fear. But regardless, they seemed to have completely lost the will to fight, which was really good news for Su Yun.
So Su Yun no longer focused his attention on these soldiers. He was identifying the road and wanted to leave this place.
But the park is not a public entertainment facility. There are no map landmarks or emergency exits. Su Yun couldn't find a way to leave, so he could only walk towards the soldiers.
Su Yun stood in front of the kneeling man and asked softly, "Where... is the exit?"
The soldier's fragmented voice came from behind the mask. Su Yun couldn't see his face clearly, but Su Yun knew that this man's spiritual world had probably collapsed.
At this time, hurried footsteps were heard in the distance, and two teams of soldiers were approaching. Not only that, Su Yun also heard strange dog barking. He looked back at another exit not far away, and saw several mastiffs with human faces.
These are... those mutants? The old priest in the underground palace also raised these.
But whether they were humans or pathetic mutated monsters, the newcomers soon met the same fate as their colleagues.
The humans were nothing more than going crazy and committing suicide, but the group of mutant dogs - they all collapsed to the ground after howling loudly, and the bones and muscles under their skin and flesh suddenly began to move. After only a few minutes, these monsters all turned into wriggling blood clots.
Su Yun opened his mouth but found that he couldn't say anything. He subconsciously stepped back, but it was of no use.
People kept arriving, and the tragedy was repeated again and again. Su Yun's back was already pressed against the transparent inner wall. He seemed to be able to feel the building materials behind him trembling. It took him a while to realize that it was he who was trembling.
The hall filled with red light was already filled with
It was a bloody scene. At this moment, Su Yun's existence was no longer important. This place had long since become hell.
I don't know how much time had passed, but all the lights were turned off and no one entered the hall anymore. The only light that illuminated the skeletons and zombies on the ground was the moonlight.
The moonlight was bright, shining through the transparent inner wall onto Su Yun's back, like a cunning mockery.
The gates closed one after another, leaving only the one in the center. Faint footsteps were heard, and Su Yun subconsciously looked up, only to see an old man with a kind face.
The old man was wearing a white robe. He strode quickly over the bloodstains as if he was just walking through dirty water.
"Child, don't be afraid, you have drunk the wine of God, no one will hurt you anymore!" The old man smiled gently. That smile was a little strange, perhaps he was too excited to hide his ecstasy.
"I used to be the high priest of Paradise. I have been waiting for you here for two hundred years," the old man took a few steps forward. "Don't worry, Osman has gone to the Kingdom of God. He will become a glorious priest and his name will go down in history for finding you!"
The moonlight illuminated the old man's face. Su Yun turned his back to the light and stood still.
"Look at your eyes! They are so beautiful and dazzling!" The old man praised loudly, finally no longer hiding his enthusiasm, "God's eyes are molten silver, you have the same color as God, you are the best high priest, from today on you are the master of paradise! High priest, let us awaken God, only your sacrifice can awaken God! God will return!"
Su Yun finally heard his own voice. He heard himself asking, "Is your purpose to awaken God?"
"That's absolutely right! God has blessed us with roses. God has sent down His supreme will!" The old man raised his hands high. "We have waited for thousands of years, and finally this day has come!"
Thousands of years... like this...
Su Yun took another step back. Now he had nowhere to retreat. But just when he wanted to find another way, the huge transparent inner wall behind him suddenly, silently and without a trace, shattered into powder.
The old man's expression froze for a moment, and he seemed to panic: "What are you going to do? Please follow me to the altar, paradise is not allowed-"
Su Yun closed his eyes and stopped talking. He relaxed his center of gravity and then fell into the tranquil sea as he wished.
The cold water drowned him.
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Su Yun was sinking.
He didn't breathe and didn't move, just like a sculpture, sinking continuously.
There is a dead silence in my ears, no ripples of water
There was no sound, nor any movement of fish.
Su Yun didn't know how low he had fallen. It was as if the state of drowning had nothing to do with him. He could clearly feel the water around him getting colder and colder, freezing cold, as cold as ice.
After an unknown amount of time, Su Yun opened his eyes.
He looked up and saw the faint light coming from the sea.
Is that moonlight? How deep can moonlight penetrate the sea? Why is the sea so blue and clear? Where is the shadow of the artificial island "paradise"?
There was nothing but moonlight illuminating the sea—or maybe that wasn't moonlight anymore.
Su Yun curled up slightly and hugged his shoulders with his hands. The moment he turned sideways, he saw the huge, thick, and seemingly endless pure black beneath him.
It’s like there is another layer of water under the blue sea.
The water flowed viscously and swayed wantonly. It was clearly just a dark black, but Su Yun seemed to see eyes in it. There were scarlet pupils locked on him, and countless inhuman limbs, which were the hooves of deer and horses, the claws of lions and tigers, the shells of insects, the scales of snakes and fish, the horns of cattle and sheep, the wings of flying birds, and the tentacles of marine creatures...
And countless skeletons.
These pale bones reminded Su Yun of the main gate outside the Divine Court Rose Garden. That gate was the Gate of Bones, as if all the living beings in the world were poured alive into it!
The rolling water layer was still expanding rapidly, as if it had occupied the entire sea in the blink of an eye. It was boiling and carried up, bringing with it an extremely sweet taste, a desperate bitterness, and a disgusting stench.
It is supporting its owner like a dutiful piece of ice.
Su Yun finally understood.
This River Styx turned out to be his shadow.
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