Longmen Memoirs

"You'd better take care of yourself first, Pavel, you're not much braver than me."

"I never wanted to be a soldier."

He always thought that the sky over the snowfield was dark and gloomy. The sunshine that had not been seen for many days shone on the snow, seeming to melt the snow, and even the snowfield felt warm.

"The weather is so nice. How long have we not seen such good weather?"

He sighed softly and stretched out his hands to block the dazzling sunlight. The sunlight flowed through his fingers. He felt like he could survive. When he was suffering from fever and was unconscious, he felt that he was going to die this time.

But he didn't want to die, he wanted to live, even if there was nothing good about living, he still wanted to live. He couldn't bear to lose it, and he couldn't bear to leave this world like this.

"I must come back, Vatov. I will come back to you after I recover. Although I say you are timid, I know that you will definitely become a warrior."

He raised his hand.

Under the sun, Vatov was stunned for a moment, then reached out and held his palm.

"You...well, just take a look at it."

"See you then."

"See you then."

Alina looked at the infected people who were parting. It wasn't until the last person was transferred to the car that she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Miss Alina, do you still remember me?"

A voice sounded in his ears at this moment. Cannott was standing next to Alina at some point, looking in the same direction as him in the direction of the motorcade.

"Mr. Cannot, ah, I haven't had the chance to thank you." Alina turned to look at Cannott and said hurriedly. "Thank you so much for your help, thanks to you we are able to house sick people."

"No need to thank you, Miss Alina. This is just part of the agreed cooperation. We are not providing you with this help for free." Kannot shook his head.

"Although this is the case, we are very grateful that you can help the infected people."

“Why do you say that, because what’s different about infected people?”

"This……"

"In my opinion, there is no difference between the infected and us, Miss Alina, whether they are infected or ordinary people, Ursans or Yanguo people, we are only guests in our eyes." Cannot said :'Staying here for the past two days, I have also heard a lot of ideas from your education group, Miss Alina. I agree with it. I also think you should also understand this, right? "

"Yes."

Alina nodded.

"I'm looking forward to your future development, Miss Alina. Unfortunately, I couldn't meet your other two leaders this time. Please convey my greetings to me. I believe you can do better, and I also believe in you." The scale will become larger and larger in the future, and there will be many opportunities for us to cooperate in the future. "

"Thank you, Mr. Cannott."

"You're welcome. Have the patients been transferred properly?"

"Yeah." Alina nodded and said, "Then I'll leave it to you."

"In that case, it's almost time for us to set off." Cannot bowed slightly and said goodbye to Alina: "Then, we are destined to meet again, Miss Alina. I hope that when we meet again, you will have a clear understanding of the direction of the road under your feet. ."

Alina watched the eccentric businessman walk into the snow and board one of the snowmobiles. The car slowly set off, taking the patients in the team out of sight until it completely disappeared into the distance.

She is not the only one who behaves similarly to her.

Alina still found it unbelievable. She never thought that one day there would be people willing to accept infected people and provide them with a place to heal. Maybe they had also hoped for these things, but these suddenly became a reality today.

There is finally a light in the eyes of those infected, which is the expectation for the future, as if they feel that their future lives finally have a little light, a little light that can be clearly seen and touched.

Alina couldn't describe that feeling, she thought, that was probably what Tallulah had always wanted.

In order for infected people to regain their confidence in life, we must first let them understand that they can live, instead of just waiting to die when they are sick and injured. In order for them to understand the meaning of life, we must first make their lives have value.

"Alina."

Shuangxing's voice brought Alina back to her senses. Shuangxing stood beside Alina. She seemed to have just come over, looking at the direction the convoy left, looking for something in the crowd.

"Miss Froststar, what's the matter?"

"I told you not to call me that, just call me Shuangxing." Shuangxing said, "I've been troubling you for a while. I know you have been leading everyone to take care of sick infected people."

"There is no need to thank me. The soldiers are already very tired protecting the camp. Let the soldiers take some of the burden off. I just did what I could."

"But no matter what, it's all thanks to you. When Chen Mo recommended you to me, I didn't have much confidence. Now it seems that I made a mistake."

Alina didn't expect Frost Star to say that. She hesitated and finally spoke.

"Do you feel Miss Frost Star has changed a bit?"

"How to say?"

"Ah, Tallulah often mentioned you to me before. From her description, I always felt that you might be a bit difficult to contact. Tallulah said that you were a bit arrogant, but I don't think so now."

"Then she must have told you that I am not only arrogant but also unreasonable, aggressive, cold and stubborn." Shuangxing said, slightly raising the corners of her mouth.

Alina was stunned, and she suddenly understood something after seeing Shuangxing's smile.

"I can guarantee that Tallulah has never said that."

"That really surprised me." Shuangxing said, "But even if she said that, I won't deny that some of my ideas in the past were indeed too ridiculous."

Alina did not continue the topic.

"Did you ask me what happened just now?"

"By the way, I almost forgot. I was looking for Chen Mo, but I didn't see him anywhere. We are going to discuss the plan after crossing the Solawor River. Now we are finally relaxed. The soldiers don't want him to be absent again." Shuang Xing asked: "Didn't you see others?"

Alina shook her head.

"No, I haven't seen him all day today. Is he not with you?"

"I thought you would know where he went. After all, you have a better relationship with him in the team."

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Outside the camp.

The motorcade slowly approached. Through the car window, Cannot saw the figure waiting under the tree. Looking at the stopped snowmobile, Cannot got out of the car and walked towards the figure.

Chen Mo put out the cigarette in his hand.

"You are waiting for me here specifically to avoid the people in the camp. It seems that there is anything else we need to discuss alone? Mr. Chen."

There was not much surprise in Kannot's tone. His eyes fell on Chen Mo's weapon stuck in the snow. The helmet covered the face of the weird businessman, making his expression unclear.

"You know I will wait for you here." Chen Mo asked and added. "Then you also know why I'm waiting for you here?"

"Of course, in fact, even if you are not here, I am ready to find a suitable time to answer your questions. After all, cooperation should be based on mutual trust, and both of us need an answer that allows us to trust each other. "

Cannot replied calmly and spread his hands: "Please speak, Mr. Chen. Don't worry that I will use evasive words to prevaricate you. You should be able to tell the truth from the lie."

"You are smart."

"Hahaha, I prefer to think it's wisdom, because lies don't mean anything to people like you, right?"

The man wearing the iron bucket made a few laughs that were muffled by his helmet and fell silent for a short time.

The eyes behind the thick helmet stared at the butcher in front of him who was in a state of embarrassment in Sakaz and Kazdare. Even though he was alone now and seemed to be weak, the things he had done in the past still made Kannot Have to be treated with caution.

No one is sure whether he will draw his sword now, but what Kannot can confirm is that once he chooses to take action, they will have only one ending.

The situation of a mere group of infected people is not enough to hinder the footsteps of such a character. Far more people died at his hands than imagined.

"Please understand that I don't mean to talk in circles, but not everyone in this land can accept the unvarnished truth."

Cannot spoke to break the brief silence.

"I admit."

"But you don't need these, right?" Cannot said: "You are walking on the wasteland. Traveling between the countries of Terra, you were an employee of Black Steel, the top security company in Colombia, and you personally participated in the Kazdaele and Victoria’s brutal power struggle, you should understand that what I am telling you is the truth.”

“In the pioneer lands of Colombia, those infected and poor people struggled between drought bandits and terrifying beasts. They exchanged their flesh and blood for the dignity of being human in the most enlightened country of Terra, but the gold under the bones forged a name. For monsters in Colombia.”

"As for the Victorians, they are pedantic and conservative, their nobles are greedy and ugly, their wealth and power will only serve those high-ranking officials, and they turn a blind eye to the poor life of their own people. Cannot said slowly: "In their eyes , the infected people and the people are the props of the conspiracy, the daggers used to stab the political opponents, but they are not a living person. "

Cannot looked at the silent Butcher Sarkaz.

"In this so-called most powerful country in Terra, I can't even see the slightest trace of civilization and progress. There are only conspiracy and fighting, weighing the pros and cons, greed, corruption, selfishness and cruelty." Cannot said: "And I believe that you are better than me. You know this better. You personally pushed Aslan to the throne and became a sharp sword in the struggle for power. However, it was abandoned due to conspiracy and political dealings one after another. Only the young king stood up in the magnificent palace. The court is still at the mercy of her so-called loyal ministers."

Vina...

Many memories suddenly came to Chen Mo's mind, and the fragments of those memories flowed from his mind like fragments.

He thought of the rainy night he left Victoria.

She also recalled the way Weiner looked at her and the words she could not say.

Chen Mo left Weina in Victoria. He never asked what Weina thought. Maybe he was indeed weighing the pros and cons. He was cold and selfish. He felt that Weina should stay in her country because she could not afford Weina's I hope I can't give her any response.

Because Vina carries more than just her own expectations.

But is this exactly the same as when he knew Thearesia’s thoughts when he was in Kazdaele?

After all, he never asked, nor did he hear the answer from Vina himself, but even if he answered, should he take her away, and where should he go?

There seems to be no place on this land for him and the girl to go. Will Veena feel guilty for her responsibilities? Where should Indra and the Glasgow Gang, those who once believed in her, go into exile forever? , just like what happened in Longmen 20 years ago.

Chen Mo failed to refute.

He just raised his hand and pulled out the heavy knife from the scabbard.The sharp silver blade reflects the dazzling sunlight, and the cracks on the blade are clearly visible.

Some people in the car behind were watching this scene and wanted to rush over. Cannot raised his hand and those people stopped.

Chen Mo glanced over there and his eyes became cold.

"I need an explanation."

"If I can't give you an explanation, are you going to take my life and the lives of these people here?"

"You think I would let a suspicious person like you go for the sake of the lives of a group of infected people."

"Then why did you choose to meet me far away from the camp?" Cannot replied calmly: "As a wasteland merchant, I have had many interactions with nobles in many places. I have also been to many places. Knowing what some of them say about you, Mr. Chen, this is the main reason why I choose to cooperate with you. I also believe that the person who can be favored by the monarch of Sakaz, that ideal and noble lady, must be He won’t really be a person full of evil deeds. Although others don’t know it, I know a little bit about what you did in Kazdale.”

"Honestly, I admire what you did to Sakaz. Even if your end was not satisfactory in the end, I think you should have been prepared. However, knowing this, you still did not choose to look back. That's right. I admire you."

Kannot looked at the scarred sword in Chen Mo's hand, which seemed to confirm that the scarred man in front of him had such a glorious and heavy past, but his present was unknown.

"A few years ago, a Sami snow priest mourned and shouted that the end was still coming. The Colombians did not even believe the Sami people's warning." Cannot said warmly: "The Colombians said that the snow priest was crazy, but How can they judge that Colombians know nothing about the crazy darkness that the Sami people face, and know nothing about the long struggle of the Sami people.”

Cannot's voice slowly became louder and he opened his hands.

"What's crazy is this land... no, it's the truth that this world is about to face." He said: "The Iberian golden fleet has long been silent, and Agor has even become history, and there is no way to care about it."

"The shadows lurking in the far north ice sheets, the darkness swallowing the vast deep sea, not to mention the ancient disasters buried under the earth, do we really understand the land we live in? Are we really the masters of this land? ?"

"Natural disasters are raging, and Origin Stones are everywhere."

Chen Mo's hand holding the heavy knife loosened slightly. Cannot in front of him now looked like a devout missionary. He slowly clenched his open fingers.

Chen Mo thought of the mission she had performed in Black Steel, the mission on the Explorer, the bounty hunter with a broad blade, and the crew members who seemed to be parasitized by some kind of creature. She told Chen Mo that that It's Heir.

Kelsey once said that there are many unknown truths hidden in this land. She said that Sarkaz was once regarded as the heir of that disaster, which was the source of Kazdaele's suffering.

Chen Mo lowered his gaze and looked at his palms. He recalled what Wei Yanwu had said about the past. Did it also mean that he himself was one of these disasters?

"It's a pity, it's a pity, Mr. Chen." Kannot looked at Chen Mo and shook his head slightly: "People on the earth still live in closed islands, busy conquering each other with stones and sticks, leaving us not much time. , we have to make change happen faster."

"How can I believe you? In my eyes, you are more like a crazy preacher who preaches the impending doomsday. No, you yourself look weird, you and your people."

Kannot looked at Chen Mo, their eyes met, and finally Chen Mo put the heavy knife back into the sheath.

"Thank you for your understanding. So, can I take it that you have decided to cooperate with us?" Cannot said, and then asked: "I very much look forward to your joining."

"Dark Rat is one of your people?" Chen Mo asked.

Kannot didn't expect Chen Mo to ask this suddenly, and he was stunned.

"That's right. I have provided help to many people and organizations, including Victoria's Rusty Hammer, Sami's Cyclops, Sargon's mystical scholars, Sami's Snow Priest, and the Dark Rat is one of them." Canno Te replied: "Those who are trying to change the status quo, including those who see the Great Xia is about to fall, want to run for their lives, and want to save themselves, whether they are infected or ordinary people, someone has to do something."

"It is a pity that there is no organization in this land that can give an answer to the problem. Although the lady Kazdaile has done a good and gratifying job, she is limited by Sakaz's identity and her country, she is currently trapped in Kazdaele.”

He said calmly, then changed his words.

"But at least we can find a direction together, good or bad, we have to at least try." He said: "And I think that you can bring more possibilities by maintaining Kazdaele and Victoria. I am very I believe that you will bring us an opportunity. The engine needs to start first, and then we can have the luxury of talking about direction."

"……You got the wrong guy."

Chen Mo picked up the scabbard on the ground. He turned around and walked towards the camp. Cannott stared at his back.