Falling into the Abyss

Tanisel's thoughts gradually dissipated, and Ethan was brought back to reality by the more and more pungent smell between his nose. He coughed in a low voice and returned his eyes to the wall in front of him. He closed his eyes and wanted to let the tentacles on the back of his neck grow out, but it was strange that the feeling of fullness that was always sensational in his body was nowhere to be seen now, as if a force was hitting like a void. There was cold sweat on his forehead, and a strong sense of exhaustion pushed him layer by layer. He really wants to go to sleep now.

Samus let out a groan and woke up leisurely. The sword eyebrows are knotted together, and it seems that they are a little unsure of where they are.

Ethan did not stabilize him, and both fell to the ground, and he unfortunately became Samuel's human mat and was almost spit out. Samus wrinkled his face when he heard the pain under him, and his consciousness gradually returned to reality.

Ethan's cheeks were sunken, lacking blood, and very haggard, and he looked as if he was about to dry up.

"They are using tear gas to smoke us. You might be able to escape from this wall." Ethan reluctantly pointed his finger at the concrete wall.

Samus quickly got up from Ethan and went up to check the wall. In fact, Samus was still a little confused at this moment. For a while, he was a little uncertain whether Schneider's death was his hallucination. Maybe the man was still alive somewhere in front of the guard, maybe he just confused the dream with reality. .

He was clearly experiencing the deepest pain and despair, but he still had to work hard to survive, and he didn't even have time to figure out the situation.

"You can't open it without tools." Samuel turned around and hugged Ethan from the ground. He was surprised that the other party's body was so light, it was completely different from the rosy, healthy and even muscled appearance a year ago.

Something is engulfing Ethan bit by bit, making him more and more thin and haggard.

Ethan seemed to be on the verge of losing consciousness, and did not struggle to protest this somewhat weird posture, with his head resting on Samus's shoulder, his eyes slightly closed, and he didn't know if he was asleep. Samus led him along the wall looking for possible breakthrough points, his feet dipped in the stench of dirty water and slippery. In the distance, the smoke was approaching, and the disgusting pungent smell had come first, and Samuel coughed violently.

The desperation approached, but suddenly I heard an indescribable rumbling sound from the wall. Suddenly the stone collapsed, the smoke flew out, and a flesh-pink thing about the size of a human waist suddenly rushed out from behind the wall. The wide open front end was dripping with viscous acid. Samuel backed away so frightened that he stuck his whole body on the wall on the other side of the corridor. He never expected to see giant worms that only exist on Faun. Although the heads looked relatively small, he would never admit that the front end dripping with hissing acid.

"Don't be afraid..." Ethan in his arms suddenly said weakly, "It won't hurt us."

Samus looked at the person in his arms in shock, and when he raised his head, he really found that the worm was slowly retracting into the wall, leaving only a hole in the wall that could possibly allow a person to drill through. He hesitantly walked to the dark hole and looked inside. The light of the flashlight was on the ground covered with dust and gravel, and there really was a thick pillar further away. It seems that this is the ancient subway station that Ethan strayed into last time.

The smoke that approached quickly like a tide didn't give him time to hesitate, and Samuel had to stuff Ethan in, and he bent down to dive in. After entering, he immediately took off his shirt and stuffed it into the hole. Seeing that it wasn't enough, even Ethan's shirt was torn down to plug the hole, and he picked up some gravel to fill it and fix it. The wisps of smoke penetrated in through the gaps, but finally blocked most of the foul irritating gas.

Samuel panted heavily and turned around, only to see that Ethan had fallen asleep leaning on the nearest pillar.

Samuel was a little startled, and slowly sat down with his back against the wall. There was silence in the darkness, and he could only hear his own heavy breathing, and the faint yellow light of the flashlight could not drive out the darkness two feet away. He raised his head and looked into the empty void. He didn't know where he was, and he didn't seem to care that much.

His eyes fell on Ethan, and he couldn't tell what it was like. At this time, Ethan looked so pale and thin. No one could imagine that countless tentacles flying behind him just a short time ago, flesh and blood flying on his face with a weird smile, it seems that the dead around are not humans. It's a livestock that is not worth mentioning. That kind of sight caused a chill in Samus's heart, and for a moment he even thought Ethan would kill him together.

But obviously Ethan still recognizes him, that is to say, he is in a state of full awake when he kills like this.

If it was said that Ethan was dominated by a strange power during the previous time in Mu Shenxing, how could he explain this time? Is Ethan really no longer the Ethan he knew?

All the people he values ​​are far away from him, why would Ethan be excluded?

Samuel turned off the flashlight and opened a pair of godless eyes in the dark, as if gradually dissolving into nothingness.

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"Your time is almost here." Tanithel stood in front of Ethan and smiled, but his skin was black, and his whole body was black, like a thick and unsharp shadow.

Ethan seemed to be kneeling before him, trying to move his body, but couldn't move. He raised his head and looked at the black Tanisir like a god. It's obviously a familiar face, but why does it give him a faint sense of awe? Why does it always feel that the face belonging to Tanisel is not the face of the black man, but just a mask that relaxes him?

The black Tanithel stretched out a thin hand and gently stroked Ethan’s hair, seeming to be extremely affectionate, "Our believers once spread across the galaxy, but now they are dying out, but the moment of awakening is It's coming. When order collapses, worms scream in the empty earth, and shadows swallow the entire galaxy, you will become the extradition of God."

Ethan was completely cold under his touch. On the one hand, an unspeakable feeling of nausea made him want to avoid, but on the other hand, he had an unusual sense of belonging and intimacy, "Who are you?"

"When the gods fell asleep, I was the only one who walked alone on earth and in this universe for thousands of years. You have seen me, and you remember me." The black Tanithel lifted his jaw slightly. There was no iris in the white eyes looking down at him, and he ordered, "Say my name."

There are countless gears in Ethan's mind, a name is jumping on the tip of his tongue, but there is no way to turn it into words in any way.

This black "man" appeared in his weird and twisted dreams time and time again, sometimes without a face, sometimes with Tanithel's, and getting closer and closer to him. Up to now, he has stood in front of him and put his hand on top of his head. He suddenly realized that he was dreaming, and hurriedly backed away, trying to get away from the black "man".

"You are... you are the messenger of the foolish god!" Ethan yelled out, but still couldn't remember the name, "What do you want? Why do you keep pestering me!"

"I'm not entangled with you." The corner of the black Tanisel's mouth pulled out an elegant arc. In an instant, his face was suddenly blurred, and his facial features were constantly deformed and twisted into the faces of different people, before finally freezing. On his father's face. The black Adrian smiled lovingly, and uttered an uncomfortable answer between his lips, "You were born destined to return to your roots and back to me."

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Ethan was awake from freezing. He slowly opened his eyes, feeling dizzy, weak, and trembling all over.

He has a fever.

As soon as he moved, Samuel appeared in his field of vision, looking at him with concern.

"Are you cold?" Samuel asked.

Ethan nodded and curled up on the ground, his teeth trembling. Samuel sighed and helped him up, letting him lean in his arms. The heat from Omega made Ethan a little better, and his tight muscles finally relaxed a little.

"Where are we..." Ethan asked.

"I don't know, it seems to be a subway station."

"Ah...how long did I sleep?"

"About an hour or two."

"For so long..." Ethan swallowed in his throat, but felt a dry pain, "We have to go quickly, they will send someone down..."

"It's useless." Samuel whispered, "I tried to find it when you were asleep. Although you can walk along the passage to other platforms, you will end up in a dead end. The tunnel has been bombed. It collapsed, and..." There was some uncertainty in Samuel's voice, "The last time you were rescued from the other platform, you seemed to be frightened. Did you see something?"

Ethan noticed the word "also" in Samuel's words, and he looked up at Samuel's face, "Did you see it too?"

Xiwei's flashlight couldn't see Samus's expression clearly, and only felt that the other person was holding his arm tightly, "I'm not sure if it is my hallucination. I seem to see a figure on the other platform."

He was looking into the tunnel along the road Ethan walked, and he also saw the abandoned carriage, the strange five-fingered child's handprint on the window, and the mummy lying on the ground. This empty and ancient subway system is creepy, and there is a quiet weirdness everywhere, but at this moment, he doesn't care much about what he will encounter. He passed through a long tunnel and came to another subway station. Everywhere was covered with thick dust, but on that ground, there were clearly many rows of messy footprints, as if they had only recently been printed.

Those footprints looked very strange, the soles of one foot looked normal, but the soles of the other side seemed to be reversed. And looking at the size and shape, there seems to be more than one "person".

What is hidden in this dusty darkness? Is there anyone else living here?

Listening to Samuel's narration, Ethan thought of the black figure at the end of the stairs that he saw last time when he escaped here.

In such a filthy place as the Forbidden City, will something weird attract? The black man in the dream said that he has been alone on the earth for thousands of years, so at the end of endless time, when the huge monsters in the dream are not "sleeping", are there any believers on the earth?

If there are believers like giant worms on Faun, what will the believers on earth look like? Could it be some humanoid creatures with five flush fingers?

Is the self now considered a deformed creature like them?

Ethan's mind was full of frantic imagination. At this moment, he seemed to have completely integrated into the darkness, and the light was getting farther and farther away from him.

He felt like he was falling, falling forever. The huge sense of loneliness made him colder, so he shrank into Samuel's arms.

However, Samuel's body suddenly stiffened, and Ethan heard him ask, "Who!"

Kong Kong's footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Ethan wanted to see who it was, but in the vague vision he could only distinguish an approaching figure. He heard some alertness and hostility in Samuel's voice, "Why are you?"

When the person finally approached, the blond hair was shining with the bright light emitted by the scepter in the opponent's hand, the delicate and handsome facial features gradually became clear from the fog, and Ethan's breathing accelerated. He opened his mouth, but could not speak.

Tanithel saw that Samuel and Ethan were hugged together without their shirts on, the corners of their mouths twitched without a trace, and their brows frowned quickly.

"What's wrong with him?" Tanithel came to the two of them and squatted down, almost immediately pulling Ethan out of Samuel's arms, making him turn to leaning on his shoulder, and reaching out to probe. Ethan's forehead. His brow furrowed more severely, but he lowered his head to meet Ethan's silly look.

"Don't let you act rashly..." Tanithel sighed, but there was a sense of pity in his reproachful tone.

"He was to save us." Samuel said from the side, his eyes drooping to cover up a pain, "I don't know why he became like that... Anyway, what happened on the Faun happened again. Afterwards, his condition was very bad."

"His body can't withstand so much entropy right now, and if it continues like this, the body will collapse... I have to take him out of here as soon as possible." Tanithel looked down at Ethan, and gently rubbed him with his hand. Unusual cheeks, softly soothed, "You will be better."

And Ethan still blinked his eyes and looked at him almost greedily, not knowing if he was burnt.

"Leave? How to leave? How did you get in?" Samuel asked.

"They are afraid that Ethan's mutation is contagious, and they dare not send someone down easily. So I told them that only I can take him out."

Samuel's eyes suddenly became dangerous, and his hands were already touching the rocks around him as weapons. Tanithel rolled his eyes. "If I don't say that, how could they let me in?"

"Why do you want to help us like this?" Samus stared at him holding Ethan's hand, and a series of questions were thrown out, "You are a priest of Eve star, what are the consequences of doing this, you Why take this risk? What are your plans against Ethan?"

Tanithel also raised his eyes and met Samuel's aggressive gaze without evasiveness. He said, "I save him because I want to save him. He is more important to me."

Samuel frowned, not sure whether such a reason was worthy of belief. But Tanithel had already hugged Ethan, "There is no time. If we go on, they will really send someone down."

Samus then stood up unwillingly, "But obviously we can't get out of the subway entrance where you came in, and the tunnel is blocked, and there is no other way out."

"Yes." Ethan in Tanithel's arms suddenly spoke, and pointed his finger at the nearby wall, "I didn't kill it... I don't know where it is now, but it grows very fast and has begun to A hole is drilled underground."

The priest looked down at the person with his eyes closed in his arms, but he seemed to understand something suddenly, showing a clear look.

"The egg of a giant worm...has it hatched?"