Ark Undead

"You mean, after killing that nightmare, the campfire that appears can travel through the dream?"

"Although I'm not sure either, this is the answer this person gave me."

Grandia stepped aside, revealing Patch behind her.

Patch extended his hand and waved to Laurentina with his signature smile, as a greeting.

"That's him? The bald guy?"

Laurentina looked at Patch with curiosity.

Goredia nodded.

"That's him, his name is Patch. This guy knows just as much as we do."

As she spoke, Goredia lowered her voice.

Be careful.

Laurentina was about to ask Greta how she had met Patch before.

It was at this moment that the three of them simultaneously sensed the change in space once again.

Graceia and Laurentina gripped their weapons once more.

Two people entered Goredia's dream in quick succession.

Including Patch, this is the third one, which is probably no coincidence.

The same location, the same sensation, the footsteps reappeared after a brief pause.

A figure slowly emerged from the shadows.

However, when he appeared, not only Laurentina, but even Gretia stared wide-eyed.

"Is my arrival ill-timed?"

After seeing the expressions on the two people's faces, the hooded strange man couldn't help but say something.

"You don't seem very happy to see this."

"PhD?!"

Laurentina couldn't understand why this was the case.

Why is the PhD student here?

Goredia found it even more incomprehensible.

However, the doctor's attention was quickly diverted from the two of them.

The Doctor paused for a moment when he saw the bald head behind Grandia.

"Patch?"

"It's an old acquaintance."

Patch was also a little surprised to see the doctor, but quickly lowered his head.

"I should have realized this sooner. If it weren't for you, there wouldn't be so many people..."

Seeing how familiar the two seemed, Greta's surprise reached its peak.

The tall, deep-sea hunter stepped forward and couldn't help but ask.

"Do you know?"

The doctor turned his gaze back and nodded.

Yes, we know each other.

"We've known each other for a long time."

408. The Approaching Agor

The conversation between the four did not last long.

Simply put, everyone quickly realized that the Doctor and Patch were old acquaintances.

Because neither Greta nor Laurentina knew what this meant.

When Gladys met the Doctor, she had no idea when he had joined Rhodes Island.

Laurentina had no memory of the Doctor when she was still in a coma.

During her brief moments of consciousness, she also heard the operators mention the Doctor's name.

Later, when Laurentina finally woke up, the Doctor had already returned to Rhodes Island.

They didn't understand just how shocking it was that the Doctor and Patch knew each other.

This means that at least three years ago, four years ago, when the Doctor was still lucid, he already knew Patch. And the two of them already knew about the dream.

At that time, Skadi had not even made contact with Rhodes Island yet, and the Deepsea Hunters still regarded the dream as their mistake.

Under Patch's coaxing and explanation, the two deep-sea hunters went to tinker with the campfire themselves, testing its capabilities.

The Doctor and Patch found an open space.

They intend to talk.

When did you wake up?

Patch asked with some curiosity.

“I remember, the last time you came to this dream was… well, okay, I can’t remember.”

"How long has your mind been inside this place? Of course you can't remember."

The doctor shook his head and explained.

“The last time you saw me, I had already woken up once, but when I came here that time, I didn’t realize that this was the idea I had proposed back then.”

"Moreover, at that time, I had no memory of what I had before, and I didn't understand what it meant to me."

The doctor seemed somewhat sentimental. He reached out and removed the hood from his face, revealing his true appearance.

He is a very ordinary-looking person. You only need to see his face to know in your heart that he is a human being, an ordinary person.

And it is precisely this kind of person who, at this moment, stands with Patch, the biggest question in the dream.

"So, the person I saw last time was you? I thought it was just another nightmare."

Patch touched his chin and looked the Doctor up and down.

"I remember you used to be so cold and aloof, how come you're back to your old self now?"

"As I said, I didn't even have my previous memories back then."

The doctor sighed.

"As you know, I was taken away by Kal'tsit after Agor was built. I don't know where she took me or where she put me."

"But you told me that she pulled you up again, and this time it seems that she can't remember who you are either."

Patch also knows some of the truth about what happened to Agor, and he has no difficulty communicating with the Doctor.

"Back when you two, along with those old guys, were cooperating with the Undead, you were all so full of vigor and ambition. How come now, one by one you've disappeared, or you've vanished without a trace, leaving only you?"

"Kal'tsit is here too, but she didn't come in today."

The doctor shook his head.

"You should have seen her yesterday."

"I wasn't here yesterday, I went to..."

Patch said half of what he was saying, then shut his mouth again.

"Forget it, there's no point in telling you now. Nobody can get in."

Upon hearing Patch's exclamation, the doctor immediately became interested.

He naturally knew that the place Patch mentioned couldn't be entered.

When the doctor last woke up, although he did not recall his earlier memories, he still had the authority to enter the dream world due to his superhuman talent and some special connection.

I also had the opportunity to talk to Patch.

"You told me last time that Agor was under lockdown, what's going on?"

"riot."

Patch took a deep breath and rubbed his palms together.

"Some of the things you created back then became Agorians. You should have noticed that by now, but there's another part, those junk, that all went out of control."

"out of control?"

The doctor said in astonishment.

"Didn't I say to destroy everything? Why did it still get out of control?"

"It was such an emergency. The world barrier's anchor points needed to be activated, and there weren't many people left alive. Kal'tsit was busy preserving biological seeds, and she froze you very early on."

Patch explained to the doctor.

"So when the operators were carrying out your orders, without your voice commands, the destruction process wasn't executed 100%. Some of the waste ended up in the ocean, along with... well, you know."

Patch shrugged, saying nothing more, but he knew the Doctor understood.

Sure enough, the doctor also reached out and touched his chin twice.

"The Undead died too early. It was a week earlier than expected."

“That battle was incredibly difficult for him, I understand. But the power of the Primordial Flame also vanished along with him. You mean it was stolen?”

The doctor looked at Patch, hoping Patch would give him the answer to this question.

Patch also spoke up decisively.

"This is something he cannot control. The change of generations is something that cannot be controlled by human power."

"The power of the First Flame does not belong to this new generation. But if you awaken it, you must be prepared to bear the consequences. Although the outcome is relatively good, it still cannot change anything."

"Even the undead are the same. I think it's not just the deep sea, but other places as well, where upheavals have erupted with the abyss at their core?"