The Exorcist Boy: The Book of Conviction

Chapter 120 Images of the Past

After being depressed for a while, Snow picked up the diary again and continued flipping through it listlessly.

From the visual inspection, it is very likely that this is what the church said, about 7000 years ago, the stage of the Great Flood before the Three Days of Darkness.

Utopia may be the last struggle of human beings in this world, but it seems that they have failed.

But for some reason, he appeared here by accident.

There are not many pages left in D. Campbell's red diary, and most of them have been smeared. It seems that the recorder is hesitating.

But in the end, Snow found a glimmer of light inside.

【Lord Earl, there are still a group of crew members he trusts to stay, and they still refuse to give up on the ark.

We decided to form the Undead Crew to insist on repairing our ship in this timeless exile. 】

"Undead crew?"

Snow stared at this sentence, and a thought suddenly came to his mind.

Could it be that there are still living people here?
It's a pity that there are no more records in the diary about this so-called undead crew association, and the whole diary ends here abruptly.

Snow put it in his arms, and then exited the room.

He decided to continue to explore other places inside this tower.

"[Conference Hall]...[Telecom Room]...[Lounge Room]..."

Snow climbed up layer by layer. There were many rooms inside, and each of them seemed to have their own functions.

Along the way, Snow kept replaying the red diary and what he said to Archbishop Jotun in Snow's mind.

The inside story of the jihad... D. Campbell... the lost utopia, and why there is a six-pointed star symbolizing the devil here?

According to the records in the diary, the person named D. Campbell should have left Utopia and returned to the destroyed world.

Instead, it was from the mouth of Archbishop Jotun that he learned about the traces of this surname.

Does this mean that the people who broke away from Utopia successfully returned to the original world, survived the three days of darkness, and continued to reproduce normally.

But this is completely different from what is recorded in the church.

The Great Flood of the Three Days of Darkness appeared once under the leadership of the Earl, and successfully destroyed the world, and [INNOCENCE] was given to humans by the gods as a weapon of resistance.

But why, there is nothing about Utopia in the records of the religious order?

"Perhaps the bookman may know, after all, they are the recorders of this world."

Snow stood down in front of a door, and then cleared the messy thoughts from his mind.

In front of him now is a white room marked with [Watchtower].

"[Watchtower]?"

Snow is a little more curious about this so-called [watchtower]. Could it be possible that it allows him to see things outside this space?
He hurried in, the room was very empty, no furniture or other objects could be seen, and the ceiling and the surrounding walls were all white.

But in the middle of the room, there was something like a console with a crystal ball on it.

Seeing that there was nothing else around, Snow simply walked forward and put his hands on it.

Not long after, the entire room underwent earth-shaking changes. The white walls around the room disappeared neatly as if they had received some order.

After that, Snow seemed to be standing in a glass room floating 360 degrees in the universe with no dead ends.

"This is too...too exaggerated!!!"

Snow was dumbfounded, looking at the scene around him.

This scene reminded him of the sci-fi movies he had seen that sailed in the universe.

Except for a door at the back, the other places including the feet are completely transparent, making people doubt whether they will fall directly.

The front view was an endless gray surface.

But if you look closely, you can see clearly that there seem to be craters similar to potholes on it, which looks like it was hit by something.

Snow turned the crystal ball slightly, and found that his sight in the room could be zoomed in and out like a camera.

After reaching a certain ratio, he finally glimpsed the whole picture of this place called Utopia.

"Utopia Ark!"

Snow whispered the big characters in front of him. At this moment, he was floating on a huge cuboid spaceship, to be precise, on the surface of a rectangular asteroid.

It's like sitting in an unremarkable spaceship and traveling in the boundless universe.

It's a pity that through the watchtower, you can only see that the outside is full of nothingness and darkness, basically there are no other planets or light.

The place he is in is not a universe, and this utopian ark is only relying on inertia, floating in this darkness.

From time to time, a few small vortices like black holes will be born around the spacecraft, absorbing or spewing out some messy things.

Snow continued to slide the crystal ball indiscriminately, this time what he saw was the high-altitude perspective of Utopia Ark.

This thing is like a rough lime-gray coffin, and there are two thick holes in the back, which look a bit like the engine responsible for driving it.

Judging from the previous enlarged scale, the total length of this utopian ark ship is probably at least 50 kilometers, and the width is at least 10 kilometers.

However, on one side of the hull, Snow found a huge patch-like thing.

Because it was pitch black around it, and the color was out of tune with the surroundings of the ark, it looked as if something had been struck through it.

Snow thought about it, and then came up with a rough guess. This should be the completely destroyed agricultural area and part of the living area recorded in the diary.

It seems that the "Earl" and the undead crew who stayed in it will restore it.

That being the case, why did Utopia Ark become such a dead silence!

Just when Snow was thinking, he didn't know if he touched the crystal ball again, and the room turned white again.

Only this time, in front of him, a projected screen appeared, with a panorama of Utopia and a map on it.

"It seems to be a route."

(We managed to mark a route map.)
Snow suddenly remembered that what he had read in the red diary before, maybe he could find the way back from the route on it.

And the intelligent system seems to have mentioned that he seems to have the authority of the captain.

At that time, he only needs to find a place like the control room, and then find a way to use the intelligent program to see if he can control the ark to return the same way.

It is impossible for such a large ark to be driven by human power alone.

Just when Snow had a new hope, the room went dark again, and the surroundings began to flash like red emergency lights.

At the same time, earth-shaking changes also took place in other places that Snow could not see.

For example, the wheat field where he first appeared all withered in an instant, and after a while, only a piece of barren soil was left there.

The original azure blue sky above also became pitch black, without a trace of light and brightness.

And most of the city he had explored before turned into ruins in a few seconds, as if a layer of glamorous coat had faded away.

"Alert! The reserve energy is approaching the critical threshold, Utopia Ark has activated the minimum consumption command, please replenish fuel in time."

The mechanically synthesized sound heard before the entrance of the tower sounded in Snow's ears again.

"Alarm! There is no response from the fuel room. Transfer to the core station. Alarm! The core station is silent. Please go to the relevant crew to operate manually."

Hearing this sudden warning, Snow seemed at a loss for a moment, unexpectedly, under such circumstances, Utopia Ark's energy was exhausted.

According to what the other party said, he should go to the core station to find out, but how would he know where that place is?

In desperation, Snow had no choice but to tentatively ask the air.

"Where is the core station?"

"........."

Not getting a response, Snow pondered for a while, then pinched his own waist, and shouted into the air confidently.

"This is Captain Utopia, I need to go to the core station!"

The speed of light shot out from nowhere, once again swept Snow from head to toe, as if to confirm his identity.

Then, arrow-like indicators began to appear on the floor, pointing in the direction of the upstairs.

Snow hastily ran over in the direction indicated, he felt that this might be due to the [Book of Conviction] again, this cheat is really useful.

According to the guide, Snow seems to have entered the top floor of the tower. There is only one room on this floor, which is also very wide. It looks like a control hall.

The layout inside is like a lecture theater, with rows of chairs placed from high to low, and facing them are secret instruments and various display screens.

And at the end, there is a place that looks like a lifting platform, on which a very characteristic boss chair is placed.

That should be the position of the captain.

Snow stared fixedly at the lifting platform. For some reason, he always felt a familiar feeling coming from there.

It was as if some voice was calling him.

So by accident, Snow went there and chose to stand on it.

After sensing someone stepping on it, the lifting platform automatically started, and it slowly rose to a height enough for Snow to overlook the entire hall.

Snow narrowed his eyes, as if he saw a phantom that was busy under his feet.

After gazing at the empty hall below for a while, Snow slowly sat on the chair that should belong to the captain.

The chair was very comfortable and at ease. For some reason, Snow actually felt a sense of power in his hands.

Although it felt great, Snow felt that his head was getting heavier and heavier.

"Something's wrong...head..."

Consciousness slowed down, and Snow managed to react belatedly, but his brain seemed to be out of control.

Before his consciousness was completely plunged into darkness, Snow vaguely understood that his consciousness seemed to be being disturbed by some unknown, but something had already happened.

"Report to the captain, Utopia is ready to sail."

When he opened his eyes again, the control hall below was already a fiery scene.

A strange voice also came from beside his ear, and Snow turned his head. Directly below him, there seemed to be a person saluting and reporting to him.

"Well! Let's set sail!"

The mouth also opened uncontrollably, and a somewhat unfamiliar voice was transmitted to his ears.

Snow understood that this was not his body.

He is now in a certain projection of the past, and everything in front of him should be the "memory" of the original captain.

He is only temporary, experiencing all this from the perspective of a bystander.

"The first engine ignites successfully!"

"The second engine ignited successfully!"

"Agricultural Zones Respond..."

"Living Area……"

A series of reports came from below him in an orderly manner, and Snow sat on his chair, quietly staring at all of them.

This should be the day when the original Utopia Ark set sail.

The picture became dark again, and soon there were noisy voices coming from the ear.

"Utopia's shell has been penetrated, the living area and agricultural area have been severely damaged, the fuel room... has been leaked, and the direction of the attack is unclear!!"

"Immediately ask the damage control department to check and count the number of casualties."

"More than [-]% of the population has lost information... Utopia..."

The various voices were full of panic until Snow opened his mouth.

"Don't panic, isolate the damaged area... All crew members return to their posts, count the damage, prepare the lifeboat, and activate the world coordinates!"

"But Lord Earl, there are still many people below..."

"Obey the order! Let the apostles come to see me!"

"Meow~~~"

At some point, Snow discovered that he was actually holding a black cat in his arms.

The scene in front of him changed again. This time, Snow's location was no longer the original control hall, but a pure white room.

There was still a row of people standing in front of him. Snow counted and found that the number was exactly twelve, but they couldn't see their faces clearly, as if they were covered by a layer of frosted glass.

"He has found us. The Utopia Ark plan has been confirmed to have failed. Take the rest of you and leave here! Return to the main world and choose to surrender. If you are lucky..."

"What about you! My lord!"

"I have to stay here, Utopia is still possible to restore, as long as I catch Satan back... But it will be a very long process."

"Understood, we will take away other people and materials, and save the last fire for mankind."

The 12 people in front of them left one by one, but before the last person turned around, Snow suddenly called out to him.

"Bring Luer! Also, this is a doll costume I carefully sewed, so I'll keep it in your memory."

After finishing speaking, Snow handed the black cat in his hand to the opponent's arms, and at the same time took out something that made Snow's eyelids twitch wildly.

That's the earl of the millennium—the fat doll costume he wore.

(I don’t know if anyone has seen the Knights of Sidonia. The inspiration for Utopia Ark comes from the Sidonia seeding ship.)
　I can't do it anymore, I had a busy day yesterday to get ready for work, and I'm going to pay 4000 first... I blame Hoshino-niang for making this world view too difficult, and the manga is rare and loves to play with twists and turns.

　　It would be great if the three major migrant workers were like that.

　　Let’s make up a Utopia Ark Easter egg first!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)