Chapter 622 The Old World Under the Gray Clouds
Everything in front of her began to twist, the burning light and flames flooded everything in sight, the torn time and space and the devouring heat flow intertwined, everything began to fade away...
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"Cough cough..." The itching and pain from her throat made the girl cough, and every time she shook her body, it would bring severe pain.
Finally, her throat eased a little, and the girl propped up her arms and looked up. The sun in the sky shone through the gray dark clouds. The ground was barren, with no trees, and only a few withered and gray weeds growing.
"This is..." Tilan supported her fragile body and slowly sat up and looked around.
There were endless gravel ground, and there were still many huge meteorite craters and abandoned metal fragments left around. The place where she was staying was also the center of a large pit with a diameter of about 50 meters.
Suddenly thinking of something, the girl lowered her head and looked around. She saw the silver-haired elf who was still sleeping peacefully beside her, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
Orles was still alive. She stroked the forehead of the elf girl with her fingers and checked her body.
There were many hidden injuries in her body, which should be caused by excessive use of magic power. Fortunately, this kind of injury is not fatal, but it will only weaken her for a period of time.
As for herself, she tried to stand up, but it was still a bit difficult.
With her strength of Sequence 6 and her innate ability, she should not be so fragile. However, under the full force of the power of time and space, she took another person across the galaxy, and even she almost got lost in the space turbulence. At
the last moment, she took Orles and followed the vague feeling, rushed out of the Sea of Ekaka, and landed on this planet with life. In order to protect Orles, her body was almost torn into pieces by the tiny and extremely dangerous gap in the space turbulence.
Fortunately, she had mastered a certain amount of space-time power, so she barely maintained her body shape, but with such an injury, she might not be able to use the space-time power for a long time. Even when using magic normally, she had to be as careful as possible to avoid causing various hidden injuries in her body.
Kneeling on the ground, Tilan thought about it. The most proficient and suitable one for her current state should be the "Spring Hymn" she learned in the cult. This is the secret book of the Water Temple. With the blessing of angels, it can reconcile hidden injuries and severe damage to the soul with gentle rhythm.
Closing her eyes, she began to try to hum this unfamiliar hymn. As the song sounded, a faint halo of water vapor appeared on her body and slowly penetrated into her body.
Very good, according to this progress, it will take about two weeks to heal the heavier hidden injuries and restore a lot of strength. It will be completely healed in two months.
Three hours later, Tilan slowly opened her eyes. She was a little tired at this time, and the healing effect today was slowly reaching its limit. She could only wait until tomorrow to continue.
Trying to sit up, she moved her hands and feet, and came to Orlesi and carefully helped her up.
The sleeping Orlesi leaned on Tilan, and her slightly warm and plump body pressed on her shoulders. A faint floral scent came with it. It should be the perfume Orlesi usually uses.
Compared to Tilan, Orles was slightly taller, and was still sleeping at this moment, breathing slowly.
Tilan gently stroked the back of Orles' head with her fingers, feeling the delicate silver hair, and compared her weight with Orles'.
This guy is much heavier than before, the girl complained in her heart, and then she became worried about Orles' condition, wondering if she could wake up.
Although there was no serious physical injury, Orles' mental scars might be unimaginable. Even Tilan could not be sure of her current state, and could only hope that she could wake up earlier.
However, the current task is to find a place where people live first, so that we can contact the federal officials and better heal and recover.
I just hope that this is not the star field in the central star region, otherwise it will be more troublesome. If it is the star field in the south and east, it will be convenient and easy to get help.
Holding Orles, Tilan tried to pick her up, but she felt a tingling pain in her arm, so she didn't try such a dangerous thing.
Uh, it seems that I can't leave today.
Thinking about it, Tilan put Orlesi down, made a relatively clean place on the ground, let her lie down slowly again, and then found a relatively flat stone slab and sat on it.
The sky gradually darkened and night slowly fell.
Tilan sat in this wilderness full of stars, looking at the Milky Way and counting the constellations in the sky.
"Is that the Ursa Major? It doesn't look like it..." The girl looked at the starry sky, and a little uneasiness and worry rose in her heart, because this place did not match any starry sky she knew.
With waves of worry, Tilan finally fell asleep slowly in the middle of the night...
In the early morning, the girl was awakened by a slight pull. She opened her eyes and found that Orlesi was lying beside her at this moment, and her fingers unconsciously pulled her sleeves. The silver-haired ice elf lady looked innocent and hesitant at this moment, like a simple child.
"Orlesi, are you okay now?" Tilan held her hand, and her perception extended again to check the other party's condition.
"I, you, drink..." Orlesi spoke unclearly at this moment, as if she wanted to express something, but unfortunately she couldn't say it clearly.
"Do you want to drink water?" Tilan thought about it, held her hands together, and then whispered in her mouth. The water molecules in the air slowly gathered with the traction of magic, slowly moistening her palms, and after a few minutes, some water droplets formed.
Seeing the water dew in the girl's palms, the ice elf girl was full of curiosity and expectation, but she was a little afraid, just watching with wide eyes.
After a while, the water droplets in Tilan's hand gradually gathered into a small bowl of water, and then she stretched it out to Orlesi, "Drink it, but slowly."
Although the articulation was not clear, the ice elf girl should understand it. She naturally gathered the hair on the side of her ear carefully and licked the water in Tilan's hand.
After a while, she finished drinking the water, and she raised her head again, with some happiness in her eyes, but still called out unclear words, probably because she hadn't drunk enough.
"There's no water for now." Tilan wanted to take her out of the desert first and then continue looking for water to drink.
Hearing this, the ice elf girl was a little puzzled, as if she didn't understand why she didn't give her water to drink. She continued to babbled, but Tilan just shook her head and gently held her in her arms. At this time, the ice elf girl also calmed down. As Tilan stroked her silver-white hair again, the ice elf girl in her arms gradually breathed steadily and stopped struggling.
After comforting her for a while, Tilan led her to stand up and pulled her forward step by step, then slowly asked various questions, trying to awaken her original memory and personality.
Unfortunately, such a conversation did not have much effect. In the end, she only barely made the other party learn to call her name and speak more clearly.
"Tilan, I'm hungry." The ice elf girl said her thoughts.
"Let's walk a little further. I see some green ahead. It should be a place with vegetation. There can be food there." Although she didn't know whether Orles could understand at this time, the girl still explained patiently.
After listening, Orles really didn't mention it anymore and continued to walk forward with Tilan.
Two hours later, the two were getting closer and closer to the deep green jungle. The ground was no longer all gravel, but gradually there was soil and moss, and some dry bushes began to appear.
Tilan pushed aside the bushes and branches that blocked the way, took Orlesi's hand, let her follow behind her, and then continued to move forward. As the two continued to walk deeper into the jungle, the ground became more and more moist and soft, and some small insects could be seen in the cracks between the soil and the bark.
Although she didn't know which planet it was, there should be traces of life here, and Tilan's original worries were relieved.
"Go this way, be careful on the ground." Tilan asked Orlesi to pull up her skirt and tighten it to avoid being scratched by the rough bark and branches along the way, and also asked her not to step near certain insects.
The ice elf girl didn't care about the scratches on her skirt, but she would observe and avoid the small insects every time Tilan reminded her.
It seems that she is really afraid of insects and doesn't care about the loss of clothes at all, Tilan thought when she saw this scene.
This is exactly the same as Orlesi in the past. Although she has lost a lot of memories, she has inherited some of her past habits and small movements. For example, when drinking water, Orlesi has developed etiquette since she was a child. When drinking and eating, she will deliberately cover her hair. As for clothes, she has too many clothes to wear. During college, she changed into new clothes almost every day, and never repeated them.
The two walked hand in hand in the jungle. Tilan looked up from time to time, looking for edible fruits, but there was no harvest. Maybe it was because the season was not suitable.
In this way, the two walked in the jungle for about three hours. Orlesi was a little tired. Although she didn't say it, she started to dawdle and always wanted to stop for a while.
"Then let's take a rest." Tilan took her to a big tree. The roots of the tree were exposed to the ground, which was somewhat like a natural horizontal chair, so they could sit for a while.
While the two were waiting to rest, Tilan collected some water dew. There was a lot of water vapor here, which made it easier to gather. Orlesi drank enough and didn't want any more.
With the remaining water, she helped Orlesi wipe her face. Tilan also replenished her own water and simply washed her face and arms.
Just as Tilan was about to call Orlesi to set off again, a noisy sound in the distance was discovered by her sensitive hearing, followed by a gunshot, which sounded slightly piercing. It seemed that the sealing of the gun barrel was not very good and the bullet's power could not be fully exerted. Then
there was a chaotic running sound, and there were faint roars of animals, which were getting closer and closer.
Is it coming? Tilan thought, looking around, picked up a relatively solid branch, broke off the extra branches, and held it in her hand.
When she finished doing this, the sound of the chase was only a hundred meters away from here. Even Orles heard something wrong and looked at Tilan with fear and curiosity.
"Hide here and don't move." Tilan ordered. She was not in her prime now and might not be able to protect Orles well.
Orles nodded, then shrank her body and hid in the shadow of the tree roots.
Seeing that she understood what she meant, Tilan felt relieved. Then she moved her feet a little and blended into the jungle in a light and quiet way.
Soon, she found the figures chasing each other in the jungle. One of them was smaller, wearing a leather flight cap, a simple coat and a bulletproof vest, and a simple khaki rifle in her hand. After running over a small stone slope, she quickly took out the bullet from her waist, pressed it into the gun chamber, and then aimed at the special "beast" chasing behind her and shot.
The copper bullet flew out after passing through the rifling, hitting the shoulder of the black "beast", leaving some blood, but not causing fatal injuries, but rather stimulating the beast's ferocity.
At this time, Tilan could also clearly observe the beast's situation. It looked like a common lion or tiger, about 400 pounds in size, covered with gray-blue fur, light at the bottom and dark at the top, with black spots on the fur. Although its limbs and claws were as strong and powerful as those of lions and tigers, its head was particularly like a wolf, with a white scarf fur pattern similar to that of a bear. Its ferocious long mouth opened, revealing its dark gray teeth like rocks.
"Ya Cao! I'll fight you." As he said this, the little man who was being chased threw down the gun that had not been able to fire the second round, pulled out the short gun at his waist, and stabbed at the black-toothed beast that was rushing over.
This is... Tilan looked at the ordinary pistol in the distance, which suddenly became sharp, as sharp as gray iron. The tip of the pistol pierced along the open teeth of the tooth beast and crashed into its throat. The tooth beast's limestone-like teeth also bit the arm of the little man. After a few broken teeth, the remaining part was firmly embedded, and it kept shaking its head and tearing.
The man and the beast were deadlocked for a few seconds, and then the little man risked his injury to hold the pistol in his hand again, deeply piercing the back of the beast's head, and finally killing it.
"Hmph." The little man grunted in pain, slowly pulled his arm out of the mouth of the "beast", then took out the medicine powder he carried with him, simply poured it into the wound to stop the bleeding, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
But the good times didn't last long. A series of rustling sounds rang out in the forest, followed by a long howl, which was similar to that of a wolf, and there were also continuous responses from the distance.
It seems that the "beast" chasing him is far more than these, and this "beast" also has wisdom far higher than ordinary animals, and is not a natural product.
"Ya Cao!" She shouted again, and then picked up the gun beside her and prepared to run away, and the direction just happened to overlap with Tilan. If she
didn't come out at this time, she was afraid that the other party would lead the black beast to Orlesi, so Tilan decided to come out to stop it.
She took the initiative to come out and prepare to talk to the other party, but she didn't expect that this way of showing up would scare the little man. She ran away almost screaming, and then prepared to fight back with a gun.
"I have no ill intentions, I just want to ask about the next way." The other party was stunned after hearing this, and relaxed a little, but still retreated vigilantly, but there was not much time to think and talk at this time, because the chasing black "beast" had already discovered her.
Three similar black "beasts" ran out of the forest, they began to speed up and ran towards the little man. During this period, one of them also discovered Tilan, but unexpectedly did not pay attention to her, but chased the little man with all his strength.
"You bunch of wild dogs want my life too. We are not easy to mess with." She roared to encourage herself, then took out the package behind her, and a flare flew up.
Then there were several gunshots, which were constantly fired at the chasing beasts. Then she skillfully picked up the butt of the gun and threw it out to let the running beast bite it, so as to block its mouth. Then she picked up the pistol at hand and aimed at the attacking beast again, stabbing it into the throat with great accuracy. She was skilled and experienced, but even so, the last black tooth beast that was unable to stop it still bit her trouser leg and knocked her body over. Then three tooth beasts came together, ready to tear it apart.
At this time, Tilan finally took action. She tried to move slowly to avoid internal injuries, and then the branch also pierced the throats of the three beasts with the same accuracy, causing them to suffer a lot, and dark blood flowed between their teeth. The tooth beasts looked at Tilan, then turned around and fled, and left here without any idea of fighting.
"Huhu..." At this time, the little man stood up.
"Who are you?" She slowly put away her weapon, and now she was a little less guarded.
"I... accidentally fell here. I wonder which star field this is?"
"Star field? What kind of weird naming method is this? This is the jungle southwest of the Gray Tomb Wilderness. You didn't come from the Gray Tomb Wilderness?"
"Well, it seems so. Is there anything different there?"
"The geomagnetic field there is special. Many falling meteorites will hit there. The ground is also full of rocks. It's impossible to live there. Although there is no pollution, there is no food and water, so no one wants to stay there."
"You are wearing such nice clothes. You must be a young lady from some powerful force who is out to play." She looked at Tilan's black dress with white edges and asked in a guessing way.
After thinking for a while, Tilan replied, "The vehicle my friend and I were riding in crashed. We really want to find a densely populated area. Can you take me there?"
"That's difficult, because this place is very barren and there are very few settlements. The nearest stronghold should be the 'Stone Forest Fortress' of the Gray Feather Clan 300 miles away. They are fair and united, and have gathered many small factions around them to form a loose alliance."
"Wait, Gray Feathers, are they a species that is like insects when they are young, undergoes a complete metamorphosis when they grow up, and is good at hiding their breath and body shape?" Tilan recalled the history she saw in the library.
"Oh, it seems that you are quite knowledgeable, it is true, have you seen them in the past, I heard that Gray Feathers are not common in other places."
After listening, Tilan shook her head, "I only learned about it in books."
However, according to the Federation records, after the defeat of the Dark Sun Roald, the 'Gray Feathers' were slaughtered by the 'Illusion Eyes' led by the Dark Sun Tilushili. As the Dark Sun Tilushili who had not been activated in the early years, she and her 'Illusion Eyes' have always firmly guarded the fire of the old humans. In front of the Illusion Eyes with seven basic color vision, the 'Gray Feathers' concealment ability is nowhere to hide, and they are almost natural enemies.
After that, the two talked a lot. Considering that if the time was delayed for a long time, Orles would be worried and scared, Tilan asked the other party to wait where he was for the time being, and then found Orles who had been under the tree and brought her over.
After seeing Orles, the little man was surprised.
"She is so beautiful, even prettier than the 'Charm Species' on the market. No wonder you are always worried about her." Compared with the common races, Orles's long silver hair is particularly eye-catching.
"Look at her pointed ears and silver hair, she looks a bit like the 'Silver Wing Species', but unfortunately she has no wings. It is said that the 'Silver Wing Species' have silver hair and silver eyes, and wings on their backs. They are an extremely rare and powerful race." The little man said his own opinion.
"It seems that these you are talking about are all new races. Aren't there any traditional humans here?" Tilan asked carefully.
"Oh, you mean those old humans, they also have them, but there are not many, and now... Can we still call them native humans? It's really hard to define." There was a hint of sarcasm in the other party's words.
"Since you saved me, I promise to help you and show you the way to 'Stone Forest Fortress', but it's quite far, so you may need to stay in our settlement for the next two days."
"Settlement?"
"Yes, you are really a young lady who doesn't want to leave home. Don't you know anything about the outside world? In order to avoid the harvesters of the Mechanical Council, we, the various races living on the earth, have to migrate frequently and often form small settlements. Common settlements are often of the same race, but there are also many small settlements formed with other races for survival."
"When you are out and about, if you see those war machines advancing like nomads, remember to stay away from them. For thousands of years, these minions of the Mechanical Council have been constantly splitting and replicating according to their set logical personalities, looking for every corner of the world just to kill us."
"They are all very bad beings. Many of my family members died under their sickles and guns. These war machines will devour our flesh and blood and burn it as fuel without leaving any trace."
"Since the Holy Sun Hephaestus went out, our ancestors fell to this planet and have been living a hard life. However, we Iron-cores have a very high talent, and almost every stronghold welcomes us, hehe." She patted the splint on her chest.
"Everyone needs hot steel, and our talent is to refine the best and strongest metal and forge a great path."
"May Hephaestus shine on you, and make you as strong and hard as I am."
(End of this chapter)
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