Endless Silver Machine

The color of the corridor walls completely changed at a certain point. A metal corridor with no doors or windows, and only cold light overhead.

Aika suddenly stopped because the scene here was all too familiar to him.

After Liuyin walked a certain distance, she realized that Aika had not followed, and she walked back in confusion.

"Aika, how..."

She immediately shut her mouth, because his expression made Liuyin not sure whether she should ask what happened.

"This place... Luoluo and I have been here..."

His eyes became blank, as if he couldn't believe the scenery in front of him, and he seemed to be trying his best to deny the scenery in front of him.

How could I forget this space like a secret room? If this place was built underground, then the PDA had no signal at that time, the huge magical machinery, the endless, sky-high space... everything was connected together!

"what are you talking about?"

"We've definitely been here and there's a lift out front that goes down further."

Aika didn't bother to explain to Liuyin and ran directly from her side to go deeper.

"Wait a minute, don't do it alone!"

In fact, Aika stopped immediately. But it wasn't because of Liuyin's warning, but because someone blocked his way.

In front of this one-way corridor, dozens of armed guards appeared. Five of them were guarding with shields, and the other five were standing with guns.

The node where the scenery changed made a sound of mechanical rotation, and the fire door began to fall rapidly.

Liuyin was still where Aika was standing just now. If the fire door was completely lowered, the two of them would be separated from each other.

When she noticed the sound of gears turning, Liu Yin had already guessed the source of the sound. She used her small body to get into the metal corridor just as the fire door was about to fall.

At this moment, multiple gunshots rang out, and Liuyin's self-defense reflexes built an ice shield in front of him.

"Aika!"

In this emergency situation, the only person being protected is himself, while Aika is completely exposed to the hail of bullets.

The sound of gunfire lasted only a few seconds before disappearing completely.

The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, a smell unique to hot weapons.

The other party used ordinary firearms instead of magic equipment, so it can be speculated that they are the guards of the northwest district.

It only took a few seconds from the sound of gunfire to the stop, but these seconds were enough to determine the lives of many people.

What about Aika? Without protecting him, how is he doing now?

Liuyin's vision suddenly became blurry, and she immediately wiped the corners of her eyes and lifted the ice shield.

Aika's figure had disappeared from the corridor, and the guard who came to block the two men staggered to the ground, and black-red liquid spread on the metal ground.

The scene in front of her was difficult for Liuyin to accept. She covered her mouth to suppress the feeling of spitting out.

"Aika..."

You can imagine what happened in those few seconds. Aika used the power of "mechanical alchemy" and was completely merciless.

Now he must be running towards the elevator mentioned in the first place.

Liuyin endured the trembling of his legs and froze all the ten fallen people in a huge block of ice.

Although we don't know whether they are dead or alive, at least this can slow down the bleeding, and the huge ice blocks can also stop the pursuers behind.

After a few seconds, Liuyin immediately chased Aika in the direction where he disappeared.

Apparently their intrusion had been discovered and the company's security forces had been mobilized, which was the worst-case scenario.

The most correct thing to do now is to abort the mission and immediately use the teleportation magic circle to leave the northwest area.

"Don't let anything happen to me...Xiao Xi will cry..."

…………

Aika held both guns tightly and ran down the corridor almost frantically, and memories gradually emerged.

There is the elevator in front, and below is the weird space and huge machinery. Looking at the unchanging scenery, Aika became more convinced that this was the place that caused Lolo's amnesia.

"Damn, damn, damn, damn!"

I had just attacked those people without hesitation. After they all fell down, I felt a hot and sharp pain on my cheeks.

Once, when he lost his mind because of Wei Xi and was about to cross the bottom line of being a human being, it was Lan Ming who slapped him awake.

But this time, he was once again dominated by his emotions and shot with murderous intent.

——Only the taboo of ‘killing’ must not be broken. Once your hands are dirty, they can never be washed again.

Whether there was any killing, he didn't know.

If he forgets Lan Ming, he can let go of this guilt, so now he is just running to escape, and then adds the excuse of "for his sister" to escape.

The elevator in my memory is there.

"Aika!"

"Liuyin..."

After running such a long distance with all his strength, Aika's legs were in pain even before he took a step.

Liuyin's cute clothes were stained with dust, and her knee-high socks were frayed in many places. It could be seen at a glance that she fell down many times while chasing her.

"What on earth do you want to do!" Liuyin shouted in an almost hoarse voice, holding Aika's footsteps firmly in place. "Is this the view you want Luoluo to see!"

Liuyin's words were like a slap in the face.

Aika began to be afraid of Liuyin, and he knew that Liuyin could tear apart his excuses mercilessly.

"No...this is not for Luoluo at all..."

"This is the place where she lost her memory..." Liuyin recalled a few words of Aika on the way to chase her, and could only come to this conclusion, "If she saw what you did with her own eyes, she would only be hurt more deeply. ."

"Did I... kill anyone..."

This is Aika's last hope of redemption. If he gets Liuyin's approval, he will never be able to go back.

"...If I say yes, what are you going to do?"

"...I don't know, I can't give up..."

Aika wanted to yell out all the panic and depression in her heart, but it had nothing to do with Liuyin, and he was not qualified to yell at her.

My breathing couldn't calm down, my vision flickered in and out with my heartbeat, and my thoughts became fragmented.

If Liuyin gets approval, she will never be forgiven for the rest of her life, as she said.

But can't you give up, abandon your family and disappear? No matter how weak you are, there must be a limit!

Liuyin hesitated about what answer to tell him, at least now he could forgive himself.

"...I just gave them emergency treatment, and they are all still alive."

"Very good……"

His expression was not one of forgiving himself, he just murmured and raised his head.

Only he can understand what kind of mood Aika is feeling at this time.

Even though it was an urgent moment, Liuyin still gave him time to calm down.

"I'm sorry, although I should wait until the mission is over to say this to you, but I think I have to tell you now."

"Eh?"

Liuyin's white lie was just to prevent Aika's heart from breaking down, but she never considered blaming Aika.

Thinking about it from his perspective, if Xiao Xi encountered something unexpected here, I might be as impulsive as him.

Before the event actually happens, everyone thinks that they can absolutely accept the outcome. However, when facing reality, the mind is often not under the control of consciousness, and perhaps there is no consciousness at all at that time.

Liuyin has seen many cases in the Holy See.

"As long as you agree to one condition, I can forgive you now." Liuyin approached Aika, "When you go back, you must tell me everything you experienced here without reservation."

This was the condition for Liuyin to forgive Aika, and it was so simple that he couldn't accept it calmly.

"Yeah, but is this enough?"

"This was originally the purpose of our investigation mission..."

There was a huge explosion in the corridor behind, and heat waves spewed out of the corridor. Liuyin instantly created an ice shield to block the heat wave.

This power has exceeded the scale of explosives, and the next pursuers may be very powerful magicians.

As for the ice cubes that Liuyin used as roadblocks, they should have lost their shadow under this heat wave, and the people inside were naturally not immune.

"They also attacked their own people... Let's get out of here right away."

Liuyin took out the small bottle containing the fluid base from his clothes. Even after falling down many times, she never let the little bottle break.

Aika also poured the liquid in the small bottle on the ground and drew a transfer magic circle.

"Aika, they didn't die because of you."

Although this sentence is not entirely correct, Liuyin is not prepared to correct the statement.

When she caught up with Aika, she couldn't forget the face that was about to cry.

It's so ugly... Liuyin couldn't help but think this. She had never thought that the boy would show such an expression.

In this case, there is no need to continue to force him.

She believed that Aika would never be such a fragile person.

…………

The fluid base specially made by the Holy See completed its task brilliantly, and Aika and Liuyin were sent back to the ground at the critical moment.

The PDA received the signal again, indicating that the date digits had changed.

The lights of the high-rise buildings have been turned off, and the northwest district has completely entered a state of sleep.

"The Holy See has sent the car over, please hurry up."

"The enemy won't be chasing you anymore?"

"Blatantly intercepting us will only expose their secrets and do them no good."

Liuyin successfully found the unmanned vehicle parked in the suburbs according to the map coordinates sent to her by the Holy See on her PDA.

Instead of going home, they returned to the sanctuary. Liuyin did not force Aika to tell him what he knew now, both of them were exhausted.

…………

When Aika woke up from the bed in the Holy See room, she realized that she had fallen on the bed without even changing her clothes last night.

After his brain rested, the confusion caused by last night no longer shrouded his mind like a thick fog, and he cleared his mind.

At this time, the door lock of the room was unlocked from the outside, and Liuyin walked in without knocking.

"Sorry, I didn't know you were up."

"It doesn't matter."

Aika was sitting by the bed. Although her face was still a little gloomy, it had improved compared to last night.

Liuyin sat down next to him.

"We have to go back in the afternoon. Xiaoxi said everyone is worried about us."

"Um."

Liuyin was silent for a moment. Aika didn't have the usual energy at all, which made her a little at a loss.

Aika looked at her crossed fingers and adjusted her mood.

They cannot see her like this now, Liuyin once warned herself.

She didn't mean to force Aika to keep everything in her mind.

"Do you have time now? I'll tell you everything I know about that place."

Just like this, Liuyin can help share things that I don’t know who to tell.