Why it never ends

Su Lei desperately wanted to check on Hesta's safety, but her vision gradually became blurred... She felt that her consciousness was dissipating, and she had nothing to do about it.

In the last scene, she saw many crew members coming quickly from the darkness. They stopped beside Hesta and knelt down to check her condition.The same human voice sounded beside her, and Si Lei heard someone calling her name, but she was already powerless to answer.

Many fragmented pictures were stacked together, and before Si Leishang had time to sort out everything that happened in just a few minutes, he fell into complete chaos.

……

……

In sleep, the world is cold and silent.

Everything is hazy, even the boundary between the outside and itself is indistinguishable.

There was a long and deep rumbling sound in the distance, the sound was dull and continuous, like thunder in the depths of the clouds in the distant sky, or like a broken glacier smashing the surface of a lake... In the silence, there was only a short and powerful beating, which was constantly Echoes with the distant sky.

Once she felt this beating pulse, she felt her own existence.

She exhaled slowly, and a cloud of mist that had been lingering in her heart for an unknown number of years finally left her body. They instantly turned into huge bubbles, floating upward gently, leaping towards the light.

In this abyss like before the creation of the world, everything was sleeping. She walked towards the light in a half-dream, half-awake, slowly raised her head towards the frozen lake, and then... opened her eyes.

The sun shines through the ice, and countless rays of light enter her eyes, so she sees the pale sky, the rolling mountains, and a flaming firebird flapping its wings on the top of the cedar... The fiery flame illuminates the sky Yu.

At the same time, a small figure on the ice also came into her field of vision. This small figure looked so thin in the sky and the earth, not even a speck of snow or dust. However, she also had a pair of light blue eyes. Eyes, red... flaming hair.

She just stood alone on the ice, standing in the center of her own eyes, looking at herself in amazement.

The four eyes met, the one underwater looked at the one on the ice, and the one on the ice also looked at the one under the water. Time seemed to freeze until they finally recognized each other's familiar faces——

"it's me……?"

Across the ice, she was dumbfounded.

In another flash, the little figure on the ice had disappeared, and she felt a burst of ecstasy for no reason, as if she had comprehended all existence in the world in an instant.

The ground began to tremble, the distant rumble was getting closer, and cracks began to appear on the lake. She stretched out her hands to the sky and smashed all the solid ice.

The entire lake began to turmoil, the turbulent water broke through the ice and overflowed towards the shore, countless birds migrated from the low shore to the depths of the mountains... This chaos made her happier, she supported the hard frozen soil, Stand up from the icy lake water.

The sharp ice cut through her calves and the soles of her feet, the pain felt so fresh and cold, and she looked up at the sun against the cold wind high above.

In this vast and lonely snowfield, she started to run. The huge mountains were like small hills one after another at her feet. The burning firebirds neighed through the sky. Everything was left behind by her, only The sun overhead is getting brighter—

Hesta slowly opened his eyes.

The snow-white light pierced her eyes, and the pain caused her to wake up quickly—this feeling was also so fresh and cold.

"simple?"

Someone held her hand, but she was still unwilling to fully wake up from that dream, and just stared at the chandelier not far away.

Until the remaining hallucinations completely dissipated, Hesta finally recognized the person beside him as Rico.

"...I had a dream, Lico, the same one from before, but...not the one from before," Hesta murmured in a low voice, "Do you know, I dreamed...what's wrong with you?"

Li Ke's eyes were red, both sad and happy, she clenched her teeth, and there was unconcealable anger in her eyes.

She shook her head, her throat moved, and she lowered her head and buried her face in the quilt beside Hesta's hand.

"...I shouldn't have gone to Anna. These people are all liars. We shouldn't believe her lies... There is absolutely no such thing as absolute safety."

Anna...?
Hesta blinked, the name seemed to be a button, pulling her back to reality in an instant, back to the boundless sea.

The last memory before losing consciousness suddenly emerged - the secret door of Fayence's wardrobe, the faint sound of the clock, the bright red electronic dial after opening the secret door...

Hesta's heart sank suddenly, "Where is Su Lei...how is Su Lei? She—"

"She hasn't woken up yet, I don't know what to do," Li Ke whispered, "She is so old, her condition must be worse than yours."

"Where is she?"

"Intensive Care Unit."

"...intensive care unit?" Hesta couldn't believe it. "Where did the special care come from on this ship... isn't there only this simple medical room?"

"Yes, it's on the second deck," Lico said in a low voice, "it's right behind the virtual reality device, but no one told us about it before."

"What does it mean to be worse...what's the situation with her now..."

"Not sure, but it's definitely not a problem to survive anyway—"

"Help me to see..."

"Don't move!"

As soon as Hesta turned over, he quickly lost his balance and fell down. Rico caught her firmly. Hesta looked down in surprise, only to find that there were two fixed plates on each side of his waist. The connecting plates at the lower end of the body respectively fix the thighs, and are tightly attached to the upper end by buckles.A few elastic bands assisted the force, and it was already stretched tightly at this moment.

Hesta was dazed at first, but soon began to look around.

"What are you looking for?" Rico asked.

"Wheelchair," Hesta said softly, "This ship seems to have disability-friendly equipment everywhere, can you go and ask the nurse on duty for me?"

"...You have to pick up at this time?"

"Otherwise, I don't worry." Hesta adjusted her posture on the bed, and suddenly she thought of something, so she raised her head, "Can you also send me to the intensive care unit? I think I am also seriously injured .”

Li Ke took a deep breath, "You hurt your leg, my friend! Not your brain! What are you doing! This is no longer a game, you and Si Lei both—"

"It's a game," Hesta stared straight at her, "it can be."

"Why!?" Li Ge was slightly annoyed, "It's a game that an inhuman old man uses to select an heir. It's worth you and Si Lei to get involved in it? Do you know what you're doing?"

Hesta was silent for a short while, and she opened her mouth a few times, but the strong justification became impossible to talk about once it reached her mouth.

After such a long time, she whispered, "...I know, and I feel like I'm about to lose."

Hesta looked at Rico, "I can't lose."