Chen Ling fell into silence.
In his mind, that figure in white clothes and white hair emerged again... Although he had only gotten along with Lord of the Aurora for less than half an hour, but the impression the other party left him was too profound. In such a strange and desperate era, being able to meet someone who could communicate with him on the same frequency, in itself was hard to come by and valuable.
"However, Tan Xin wanting to take Lord of the Aurora's soul as the drive, I'm afraid it won't be that easy." Wen Shilin spoke again. "Tan Xin is only Rank 8, and Lord of the Aurora is instead Rank 9... he almost has no chance of winning."
But he thought about it, and supplemented another sentence. "Also hard to say. Lord of the Aurora's lifespan has already reached its end, his strength is definitely not as good as before..."
Chen Ling recalled Lord of the Aurora's figure, frowning just wanting to say something. An ear-piercing alarm sound suddenly echoed in the sky above the Aurora City.
Om——!!
Om——!!!
Om——!!!!
This sound interrupted Chen Ling's train of thought, echoing in every corner of the city. At the same time, those black-clothed Enforcers dispersed in various places, seemed to have received some news, immediately searching within the city.
...
West City, small building.
"En, en... I am listening."
"..."
"So it's like this. No wonder you guys are all together... your relationship must be very good right?"
"..."
"District Three ah? Sorry, because I also just woke up... what place is District Three, can you tell me a bit?"
"..."
"Inside the Aurora Domain, is there still a place where living is this hard? It must have been very not easy for you guys to arrive in the Aurora City right?"
"..."
Wind and snow whined outside the snow-white window. The corpses sealed in ice silently fell everywhere in the room, those pale faces one by one leaning close to each other. At the doorway a figure in white clothes and white hair was currently moving a chair, seriously listening.
Lord of the Aurora lightly hugged Ling'er's corpse, from time to time nodding, his gaze incomparably complex.
"Chen Ling ah... I also know him. Although he looks unreasonable, but actually the person is good... He actually didn't die, do you guys know? He just went to take revenge for you guys."
"..."
"Also that child... called... called Zhao Yi right? Rest assured, he is also alive. I saved him at the doorway of the base."
"..."
"No, no need to thank me... I actually didn't do anything. On the contrary it is me who needs to apologize... If I could maintain the aurora from dispersing, all this wouldn't have happened."
"..."
"Conversing with souls? I don't feel I am very amazing."
Lord of the Aurora with one hand caressed Ling'er's frozen stiff hair, slowly closing his eyes,
"I am actually not too adept at conversing with others. Before I was always dealing with instruments inside the laboratory... after I gained this ability, I even more haven't slept a day of good sleep."
"I can hear the painful souls who died in war wailing, I can hear them calling the names of their lovers in despair, I can hear them crying calculating the good deeds they have done in this life, then questioning the heavens why it wants them to experience these sufferings... Their pain, their unwillingness, their pleas, their resentment, from beginning to end all echo in my ears..."
"So, I always hide myself, trying to escape these sounds." Lord of the Aurora seemed to have recalled something, helplessly smiling a bit. "But even if I hide, the suffering is still there, just that I covered my ears not hearing it, nothing more..."
"But this time, I don't want to hide anymore."
Lord of the Aurora slowly raised his head. His gaze penetrated through the frost-white Glass, looking outside towards this deathly silent and icy cold city.
"This city rose because of me, and perished because of me. At least... I want to hear its voice."
Wu wu wu——
The cold wind outside the window howled, letting out low hums, as if weeping and complaining.
"In short, very happy to meet everyone." Lord of the Aurora turned his head looking towards inside the room. "Thank you guys for not hurling abuses at me, attacking me, but instead quietly speaking for a while with me here..."
"Everyone, please ascend to heaven."
Along with Lord of the Aurora's voice falling, the aurora circulating in his pupils became increasingly resplendent. A gust of nothingness magnetic field wind rolled up from inside the room. The thin and changing faint light, started to spread in the air...
That was aurora, the aurora drifting out from the room full of corpses.
These auroras broke away from the cage of the corpses. Under Lord of the Aurora's send-off gaze they penetrated through the roof rising up to the sky, like ethereal light gauze, silently disappearing in the sky above.
The last wisp of faint light drifted out from Ling'er's body, gently swaying, as if waving goodbye towards Lord of the Aurora.
"Goodbye, little sister."
Lord of the Aurora stretched out his hand, touching the head of Ling'er's corpse.
Along with the room falling into icy cold deathly silence anew, the figure in white clothes and white hair slowly turned around, walking alone towards the street.
"So cold... so cold! Who can come save me?"
"Mother... how come Mother still hasn't come back ah? I am so cold..."
"Mother went to buy Coal, she should be able to come back very soon, let's wait a bit more."
"Why, why!! How come this bit of Coal is burned out all at once? I... I still don't want to die ah!"
"Good heavens! What sin have I done? Why do you have to freeze our whole family to death alive... ah??!"
"Living person! There is still a living person on the road!! On what basis did he not get frozen to death?! Go die go die go die..."
"..."
Sounds rising one after another drilled into Lord of the Aurora's mind. His gaze swept past the surroundings, seeing a pair of siblings frozen to death at home, already losing their breath; seeing a mother hugging a completely empty Coal basin collapsing outside the house door; seeing a family of five surrounding the extinguished stove frozen into sculptures; seeing The Beggar frozen to death early by the roadside, viciously glaring at everything before him...
Lord of the Aurora walked amidst the world of ice and snow. His white lab coat fluttered in the piercingly cold wind. Inside those Divine Nature eyes surging with aurora, was full of pity and sorrow...
He was feeling the suffering of this city.
The corner of his eye swept past the street corner. His expression slightly moved, bending his waist from an abandoned corner, hugging out an icy cold baby corpse still in swaddling clothes.
"Good boy... good boy... stop crying." Lord of the Aurora caressed the deathly silent soundless baby's cheek, softly murmuring.
The survivors inside the Aurora City at this moment, were all bitterly supporting themselves relying on Coal at home. On the streets pedestrians fundamentally couldn't be seen. That suit of white clothes was just drowned like this in the howling wind and snow. The tears sliding down his cheeks, were also instantly frozen into ice.
Along with his advancing, wisps of thin aurora, drifted out from the icy cold corpses. Their existence was too ethereal, to the extent that almost not a single pair of naked eyes could see.
Lord of the Aurora hugged the baby in swaddling clothes, walking for a long time. Until amidst the wind and snow, a black figure carrying a Black Box on his back, was outlined from the distance.
Lord of the Aurora slowly stopped his footsteps.