The Exorcist Boy: The Book of Conviction

Chapter 119 The Lost Utopia
After the two sides stared at each other in silence for a while, Snow managed to understand that these puppets on the other side were nothing more than dead objects.

It was the same as the one he knocked down before, except that they seemed to be placed here collectively by someone.

"I scare myself, I don't even have a person, how can there be demons?"

Snow patted his small chest to comfort him, but these puppets are really exquisite.

Perhaps because he had gotten used to it, Snow began to study it carefully.

The puppets placed here can also be divided by gender, the half on the left is male, and the half on the right is female.

I just don't know their functions, and what are the materials for making them?
Snow once tried to lift one or two, but found it impossible.

Their bodies are heavy, but they don't look like ordinary metal materials, and they are also wearing uniforms, looking like some kind of service personnel.

After pondering for a while, Snow began to climb up again, stripping off their clothes.

This time, he finally made a new discovery, there was actually a line of writing engraved on the skin of their arms.

"Area b4—a spare body for the confidential personnel of the damage control room."

Snow stared blankly at the line of language that he had never seen before, but for some reason, he read it out in a low voice.

"What text is this? Why do I know it?"

After falling into deep doubt, Snow began to search for the arms of other dolls.

Sure enough, similar language characters were engraved on the same position.

"A3 area - the spare body of the fuel room filling personnel."

"Military zone - the backup body of the security department."

"Central control area - core crew backup body..."

Snow checked one by one, these dolls seemed to be stored as some kind of spare parts.

And on the skin of their arms, there seemed to be other different areas of this place etched.

After thinking for a while, Snow decided to take a small risk.

"Open Sesame."

I don't know why, but the password to call the shuttle door is such a strange sentence. Could it be that there are Alibaba and the Forty Thieves in this world?
Such thoughts flashed through Snow's mind.

Then he kept chanting the name "Central Control Area" silently, and then walked into the irregular shuttle door.

A few seconds later, the scene in front of him really changed again.

This time, what appeared in his line of sight turned out to be a pure white tower.

Other than that, there were no other buildings around. After walking a few steps, Snow discovered that this place was surrounded by a thick layer of white mist like a barrier.

It seems that it is some kind of defensive measure, used to prevent unrelated people from entering and leaving at will.

But the shuttle door directly opened the inside of the barrier, and it seemed that it could directly reach the white tower.

But Snow was stopped at the gate of the tower.

At the entrance of the tower was a sign engraved with the same characters as before. Snow didn't know why, he had never seen such characters in any world, but he could read their meanings accurately.

[Utopia Ark Core Control Room: Idlers are not allowed to enter, trespassers will die. 】

Seeing the word "death" at the end, Snow subconsciously bit his fingernails. Now that he is so delicate, what should he do if he encounters any danger?
After all, no one can guarantee that this seemingly important place will not set up any unknown traps.

After hesitating for a while, Snow still chose to go in. He felt that going there might be the most critical step for him to leave this ghostly place...

But unfortunately, he was stopped as soon as he made up his mind.

Because a fence-like barrier appeared in front of him, firmly blocking the corridor leading to the tower.

It seems that if you want to enter here, you need to go through some authentication or keys.

Snow fiddled back and forth for a while, but did not find anything like a mechanism that could be used to open the door.

"emmm... Sesame—open the door?"

In desperation, he could only try the password again.

But unfortunately, although the shuttle door appeared, the fence in front ignored him.

On the contrary, after a while, a pillar of light like an X-ray shot out from the sky, sweeping Snow back and forth, and finally fixed on his left eye.

"Identification-Privilege Clearance, welcome home, Mr. Captain."

The beam of light suddenly turned green, and then, out of nowhere, there was such a sentence, a sweet electronic synthesized voice.

He obviously didn't know which country's language it was, but Snow understood what the other party said.

With a playful and arrogant loli voice, this is where Snow XP is most poked.

But at the same time, the voice that appeared out of nowhere also startled Snow.

"It sounds a bit like the electronic sound of some kind of intelligent program, and, he just said Mr. Captain, right?"

Snow raised his head and scanned his surroundings, but found nothing suspicious.

Why do you call him the captain?

Touching his eyes, Snow didn't think the other party was talking about himself, and the light just now obviously shone on his eyes.

Presumably, the other party's address like this must have something to do with the [Book of Conviction] in his body.

The fence gate that blocked the entrance to the tower was opened, and the inside of this white tower gave people a completely different feeling from the outside.

There is a strong "work" atmosphere here, and there are many folders scattered on the ground. It seems that there are often hundreds of social animals running back and forth here.

The surrounding walls are covered with dense pipes that are emitting azure blue light, which looks like some kind of connection facility.

This reminded Snow of the Black Order's scientific research class and their studio.

The first floor inside the tower looks much wider, giving the impression of a hall with stairs on both sides.

Facing the entrance of the corridor was a medium-sized reception room. This layout reminded Snow of some of the departments he had entered before.

Perhaps it was because of being recognized as the captain by an unknown functional program, which made it much easier for Snow to move in this tower.

Whenever he wanted to enter a certain room, the door in front of him would automatically open for him as if it had received an infrared sensor.

For example, the room in front of Snow is called [Confidential Document Storage Room], but he walked in easily.

It's a pity that Snow couldn't understand most of the documents and memos inside.

[On xx, xx, the construction of Utopia's internal cycle was completed, and the basic agricultural area was successfully laid. 】

[On xx, x, the construction of the starry sky curtain was completed, and the day and night cycle was laid. 】

[About the energy split application of Eternal Engine...]

[Sail log, laying plan for void anchor point coordinates...]

Snow rummaged through the contents. Although they all looked tall and cutting-edge, to Snow, there wasn't a word in it that was of any use to him.

However, Snow didn't get nothing, at least he knew that the place he was in right now was called Utopia.

And the level of technology here seems to be very advanced, the whole world is an independent space.

I just don't know why, on a certain day, all the people and lives that originally lived in it disappeared.

After Snow packed up the things here and stuffed them back to their original positions, he continued his exploration of the white tower.

Since this is called the central control area, it must be the core control point in charge of this area.

Snow believed that he would be able to find a way out of it.

Soon, he stood at a place called [Crew Rest Cabin].

As for why it is a crew member, Snow doesn't quite understand it, after all, no matter how you look at it here, it doesn't look like it can be matched with the word ship.

The door opened automatically.

But before I went in, he immediately saw the familiar thing in the corner.

It was a boxy machine, and no one would be unfamiliar with this thing.

It is the [drink vending machine] that can be seen everywhere on the streets of the original world, but the locker inside the machine is already empty.

The only thing he could see was an empty soda can left in front of him.

It looks like it was thrown away in a hurry.

Snow picked it up, and after careful observation, he found that this soda can was slightly different from the one he had seen before.

The first is the business icon printed on it, which looks somewhat similar to his previous favorite [Coca-Cola].

However, some details and colors on the icon are slightly different.

And on this can, there is also a very interesting name - [Bai Le], which sounds like a stitch monster with two beverage companies in one.

The inside was already empty, and Snow hadn't found any other jars, so naturally he couldn't taste it, so what kind of taste was that.

Holding the can, Snow was silent for a long time before continuing his search.

The crew rest cabin doesn't look very big, and there should be a small living room directly facing the door, so there is such a machine placed there.

Continuing to walk inside, there are white doors side by side.

After casually going in for a look, Snow found that the layout of the room was almost the same as what he had seen in that quiet urban residential area before.

It's better to say that it was built according to this as a template.

But there are almost traces of people living in the rooms inside.

Quilts, books, and even pens and paper... In the closet in the room, Snow also found many uniforms of the same style.

It seems that the people living here only have such a style of clothes.

Snow inspected all of them carefully, but found nothing worth noting, except for the last house.

The last bedroom is a bit larger than the others, and the person who lives in it may be a leader or something.

But his room was very messy, and there were some messy things thrown everywhere on the floor. It looked like something bad happened suddenly, so that he didn't have time to clean it up.

But what caught Snow's attention was the open red notebook on the desktop.

Snow went up to pick it up to have a look, and found that it should be a diary.

At the same time, on the cover of the notebook, he saw something that looked like a family crest.

After careful identification for a while, Snow found that there seemed to be a kind of writing inside the badge...it seemed to be a name.

After a long time, Snow finally figured out what was written in the complicated cursive characters.

【D. Campbell】

This couldn't help making Snow's eyes widen. Of course, he was not unfamiliar with this name.

After Cardinal Jotun died, the only thing he cared about was this strange form.

And in the subsequent investigation, he also received some unknown warning, and this surname was directly erased by some unspeakable existence.

Why does this surname appear here?
Snow hastily turned the red diary to the first page, and read it earnestly.

[XX day, it has been a long time. Although I prayed devoutly every day, I don’t know when the gods have stopped answering our prayers...]

[On xx, some people said that God finally responded to us, which made everyone very happy, but the Earl was very anxious, and he asked us to set sail immediately. 】

It seemed that they were going to leave here, Snow continued to flip backwards.

[On xx, everything is well prepared for Utopia, and everyone is full of confidence in reopening the land of hope. 】

[On xx, everyone never slack off every day. We have avoided space turbulence several times, and successfully marked a route map. 】

The writing on the red diary is beautiful, and it also fits what Four Fingers said, the aristocratic pattern.

Judging from this person's records, this [D·Campbell] should be a rather important staff member in this main control room.

It's just that in the description of this diary, Snow felt a little puzzled.

[On xx, xx said he was homesick, but we know that the three days of darkness have begun, the world is being reset, and we have no other way. 】

Three days of darkness?

Snow was taken aback immediately, he didn't expect to be able to see this symbolic word of the end of the world here.

[On xx, everyone seemed to be in a bit of a low mood. The earl held a well-prepared banquet for everyone. We never worried about food and the like, because the inner circulation of the ark has been fully activated. 】

[On xx, Lord Earl was terrible at both singing and dancing, and he actually carefully prepared a set of doll costumes for everyone, the stitches on them are really bad. 】

The records of these two days are just some daily life, as well as the complaints of the recorders, and of course some joys about life.

However, the "earl" in it made Snow a little concerned. Perhaps it was because of the earl of the millennium that he had always been very sensitive to these two words.

"It's impossible to be alone..."

Snow pondered for a while, but then he thought of those puppets he had seen in the warehouse before, all of them had pentagrams engraved on their foreheads.

Forget it, let's continue to read this diary first.

Snow turned another page.

[On xx, an accident occurred. Our hull was penetrated by an unknown object, the agricultural area was completely stripped, and 2/3 of the living area fell into nothingness. I don’t know if it can be repaired. 】

[The worse thing is coming, the fuel bunker has been destroyed, the Earl asked us to stop discussing all this. 】

[On xx, everyone already knows that the damage to the Ark is inevitable, and our utopia... is shattered. 】

The handwriting has begun to become scribbled, and it can be seen that the heart of the record seems to have been messed up.

[Everyone is logging into the lifeboats in batches. Fortunately, we have left some positioning coordinates in the original world before that, and hope they can arrive safely.

But the original world...does it really exist? 】

Between the lines, Snow already felt the despair of the recorder.

[The people who survived are evacuating here more and more. Everyone knows that the utopia plan has failed, and the batch of evacuation will soon come to me. 】

[On xx, Lord Earl refused to leave. He wanted to live and die with his own ship. No matter how everyone persuaded him, he refused. 】

【The apostles respected the captain's opinion, but before they left, they took the count's doll outfit and his favorite Luer, and he said it was a memory for us. 】

The handwriting has become completely scribbled, and there are even multiple smears, and a few pages behind have also been torn off.

[I am about to board the last lifeboat. Before I leave, I will leave this diary behind. The Earl said that even if it is a place of nothingness, the ark will carry everyone's hope back one day. 】

and many more! ! !

Snow read this sentence twice.

According to the recorder, he boarded a ship and left the promised land called Utopia, and he also left this diary.

But according to the records, Utopia has set sail and left the original world for the land of nothingness.

"Then am I stuck here?
Mad, there are still people in Utopia! ! !You left me behind. "

Snow was dumbfounded, looking at the red diary.

He finally figured it out, the place he was in right now seemed to be a space cut off from the original world, and people fled to avoid the Three Days of Darkness.

But there were some accidents in the middle, so that the escape plan had to be terminated.

The people in this space returned in large numbers, and then abandoned this place, allowing this space to float in the void beyond the world.

For some unknown reason, Snow actually appeared here.

But the last three days of darkness, according to Snow's records, was already 7000 years ago.

7000 years!How could there be living people here, and how could he go back?

Snow's heart was ashamed from the blow. There was no food or water here. He might starve to death in a few days.

Weakly throwing the diary on the table, he was not even interested in reading the contents behind.

What if you know everything?It's a foregone conclusion.

Based on the above information, although this place is called the Land of Hope, for Snow, this utopia is actually a piece of real despair.

(End of this chapter)