The Fire Chaser of the Collapsing World

"Father is facing this kind of monster!"

Hua's fist did not loosen, but it was already trembling a little.

Then her wrist tightened, and a pair of trembling little hands grabbed her.

This made her wake up in an instant - she did not necessarily and could not defeat these monsters, what she had to do was to escape!

"Run!" She shouted, holding the girl's hand and running wildly.

"The place where you just entered the block is not far from here, you just need to..."

Hua took the girl and ran back along the original road, and suddenly met a group of dead soldiers at the corner.

"!"

Before the dead men could react, she kicked the leader over, but this also revealed more dead men in the streets...

Hua gritted her teeth. It was impossible to go back the same way. She had a faint feeling that she might not want to stay here.

But it was too late to regret, she could only drag the girl to run around in the dark, more and more dead men gathered from all directions, and their escape routes became less and less...

"I...I can't do it anymore...I can't run anymore..." The girl who was rescued by her gasped heavily, her footsteps getting heavier and heavier.

"Leave me alone and run alone, I really can't run anymore!"

Hua did not respond, but stopped suddenly.

The moment she stopped, she staggered for a while, leaning directly on the girl.

"Hey! Why don't you run away!"

Hua sucked in a breath of cold air, bent down and touched his heel, it seemed that the bone was broken, and it was already her limit to be able to run here.

Besides...

Hua pointed in front of him.

There was a high wall in front of the two of them.

"Woooooo! It's over, it's over! I'm sorry God, I shouldn't be chasing excitement! Ahhhh!"

Hua bit her lip, calmly and desperately pulled her back until her back touched the cold wall.

The dead man surrounded the two of them, picking his teeth with sharp teeth, as if he was already preparing to enjoy the next big meal.

"You step on my shoulder, maybe you can turn over." Hua Ben wanted to say this, but a strong sense of despair flooded all her words.

Fear?Maybe there is.But more of an inexplicable emotion.

Different from the crying and making noise of the girls around her, Hua slowly closed her eyes, ready to meet the next one.

"They're all low-level dead men, Ellie, I'll leave it to you."

Suddenly, a cold male voice came from above his head.

The voice sounded a little relieved, as if a very sure and unsure thing had finally happened—relief after the dust had settled.

Hua Moran looked back, only to see a figure standing on the high wall at some time, his silvery white hair fluttering with the evening wind, the moonlight hidden behind him, turned into a lonely back.

And when she turned her gaze back to the front, she was covered in white clothes and pink hair.

What's weirder is... she's holding a...bow in her hand?

Does anyone still use this kind of weapon these days?

"It's really convincing... Mikael... I want to go back to the play..."

The pink girl complained casually, ignoring the dozens of dead soldiers surrounding them.

"Then solve it quickly, the play is only at the second act, and it's too late to rush back before the ending."

Men have the same attitude.

"Okay~" The girl called Ai Li smiled and turned her head, looking at the two shivering girls behind her, "You guys are doing a good job! Leave the rest to me!"

Then, the girl twirled the bowstring lightly, her movements were clearly elegant but not slow, like gorgeous flying flowers, shooting countless pink arrows in an instant.

Pieces of crystal burst out from the body of the hit dead man, like blooming crystal flowers.

That was the first time Hua saw such a bright and flawless crystal.

Chapter 2 Tragedy is not the end

By the time Mikael and Ellie returned to the box, the play had entered the fourth act, and it happened that the heroine Hermia played by Eden was facing the end and saying goodbye to everything.

Wearing a gorgeous corolla on her head, she stands on the top of the mountain facing the wind, facing the morning sun that has already shed a ray of light.

"Ah... I know, I have always known! Asuka, have you seen these gorgeous flowers on my head?"

"Yes, this is my life. It looks like flying flowers on the surface, but under the flowers are heavy thorns."

"It weighs so much that I have to bow my head and walk on this road called life. The deeper I walk, the more pain the thorns will cause. Even if I get to the end by luck, it's nothing but bruises... "

"But you, you are different, you are a witness, you have witnessed my hard work and pursuit all the way... the flying bird! If you really feel sorry for my misfortune and feel sorry for my end... please don't stop for me …Please continue to fly high! Fly over distant mountains, over distant rivers, over distant clouds and cities, and bring my voice, my smile, and everything I follow to a place farther than the distance. Far away!"

"Maybe you can't understand my pain now...Ah! Have you shed tears? Then cry like a child...Crying until you are exhausted, it means that you have gone from the stage to the stage, by the bystanders Become a witness..."

"Then, fly! Take my part and fly high! Use your eyes and my soul to witness and experience..."

"Ah... you asked me if you could still meet me..."

"Hehe... Asuka... If you always firmly believe that you can see me again in the future, then you should fly high without hesitation, and fly to the future along the road we have opened up, to the place where we can meet, The real future..."

As the last line was sung, reverberations lingered in the magnificent hall, and all the lights were focused on "Hermia". She opened her arms, as if to embrace the rising sun farther away.

However, in the next second, the lights were turned off, and the holographic projection on the stage was completely gone. In the endless darkness, only a bird cry could be heard, followed by the sound of stones rolling down.

When the lights came on again, people could only see a bird flying around the field with a crown in its mouth.

It flew over mountains, clouds, and rivers, and finally came to a distant and familiar ruin.

It landed slowly among the ruins, setting down its crown of thorns.

Then I don't know how long it took, until the thorns and flowers drifted away with the smoke and dust without a trace.

On the dilapidated ruins, a tender green sprout broke through the ground.

The entire hall was silent, and it was not until half a minute later that there was sparse applause, but the scattered applause quickly merged into one, like a stream flowing into a river and sea, so the applause resounded in every corner.

Only Mikael did not applaud.

Alicia blushed with excitement. Although she felt a little regretful that she couldn't watch the whole opera, the fateful and tragic ending deeply attracted her—but what attracted her?

Mikael put his weight on the back of the chair and looked at her side face tenderly and sadly.

He has repeatedly doubted whether there is really a higher dimension in this world, otherwise, how to explain this ubiquitous prophecy?

Mikael laughed twice, thinking that he must have watched too much "Dream of Red Mansions" in his previous life, so that he was too sensitive to everything that happened around him.

Well, it must be so.

Ellie was a little embarrassed by Mikael's stare, which made her blushing face instantly turn blood red.

She turned her head shyly, but said unwillingly: "Hey! Where are you looking at? Oh! You won't be looking at me all the time! Don't be like this! I will be shy!"

She stretched out her fingers and poked Mikael's cheek lightly.

Compared with half a year ago, today's teenagers' faces no longer have traces of baby fat. From the cheekbones to the chin, the whole path is as sharp as a knife, and the straightness reveals perseverance.

This makes Ellie a little bit upset, because the touch of such a cheek poking is not the same as before...

Mikael closed his eyes gently, avoiding Ellie's fiery gaze.

"Why, don't you like tragedies?" Ellie asked softly.

"No... no... I'm just... emotionally intoxicated, and I can't get out for a while." Mikael lied half-truth.

"Ah! That means you are also very suitable to be an actor! How about we contact Eden, and when the Honkai is resolved, you can also enter the showbiz!"

"Ellie..." Mikael smiled wryly.

He habitually stretched out his hand, wanting to poke Ellie's cheek, but when he thought of the invisible crown of thorns, his nose was sour, and his vision was already blurred.In order to cover up the abnormality, he quickly changed his gestures and stretched out his five fingers, as if to touch Ellie's head, thereby covering half of his face.

Unexpectedly, Ellie didn't dodge, but let Mikael's somewhat cold palms cover her head.

The palm first touched the fluffy hair, and then there was a warm touch. Mikael didn't dare to stay longer, and it fell apart with one touch.

The host's announcement came from the stage: "Thank you very much for your support for Ms. Eden. For the next half an hour, please enjoy the transition song - and give Ms. Eden a little time to rest so that we can continue singing, please!"

The noise from the outside world flowed past the ears of the two of them, making no waves.

Ellie suddenly took the initiative to pull up his sleeve: "Can't you take it easy? How about it, let's go to the rooftop! Take a breath of fresh air and take a look at the beautiful night sky, how about it!"

"Okay." Mikael held back for a long time before pronouncing this syllable with difficulty.

Ellie's steps can't be said to be brisk, at least not as heavy as Mikael's.She took Mikael's hand and quietly walked through the safe passage to the rooftop on the top floor.

"Hey...I really miss Luluye's high-rise building..." Ellie stepped forward quickly, leaning on the railing and stretching out her hand, as if she wanted to touch the unreachable sky.

Mikael stood beside her.

The distance is not too close, not too far, and the arms touch slightly, just enough to feel each other's body temperature in the night wind.

In fact, there is nothing to see in the night sky, except for the crescent moon, there are only a few stars, not to mention the deep darkness that has been polluted into lavender by the neon lights in the city.

But the two still stood under the night sky for a long time.

Neither of them spoke to each other.

It's been almost seven years, seven years of being together day and night, sometimes there is no need to speak at all, and there is no need to observe any movements of the other party, just relatively silent, and you can guess the other party's mind exactly.

It's just that no one will say it in a bad way.

But there are still a few seven years... Mikael closed his eyes, he felt that Ellie should not be able to guess this sentence.

Suddenly, soft footsteps came from behind.

Ellie didn't move, because Mikael had already turned around immediately.

The person who came was a woman, her age... She was wearing a mask and sunglasses, and she couldn't tell her age at all just because of her good figure.

Seeing someone on the roof, she seemed to hesitate a bit, and her steps were full, but she quickly relieved.

She also greeted Mikael very familiarly, and then asked with a little expectation: "Are you also an audience? After watching the opera just now, how do you feel?"

Mikael pursed his lips and didn't answer right away, while Ellie looked at the night sky and commented slowly and firmly: "It's very romantic."

"Very romantic?" The woman didn't expect Ellie to give such an answer, "Gloomy, depressing, sad, obviously this is what most people think, well, just like this boy."

Mikael touched his nose, a little embarrassed, "It's a tragedy after all..."

Ellie nodded, her voice seemed to be a little deeper, but she still didn't lose the lightness: "It's indeed a bit too much! From the first scene, there is nothing happy, and all the developments are bringing the plot to the end. A worse direction. The characters are also powerless little people, who are engulfed by fate and move forward, and they don't know where they are in the blink of an eye..."

Mikael closed his eyes again.

"It's too real, isn't it? It's really hard for people to watch the whole story like this." Ellie said softly.

The woman's facial features were all covered, making it impossible to see the changes in her expression. She seemed to be aware of something - the girl's words were not meant for her - at least not simply for her.

Rather, this boy with her.

So she didn't mind helping to move the conversation forward.

"Then... why do you think it's romantic?"

"It's because of the ending! Although the process was very difficult, I really like the last scene of this play. Above the ruins shrouded in smoke and dust, a new sprout is breaking through the ground... It's a beautiful sight, isn't it?"

Mikael's closed eyelids trembled.

Like the previous life, these words of Ellie were not a simple response to Eden, she was more like speaking to a third party in the dark, and now, that third party was actually standing on her side. Beside her, I felt her body temperature, and the fragrance that rushed into the tip of my nose with the night wind.

"It may bloom for a long time, and it may wither in the next second, but at this moment, it is there, announcing its new life to the whole world... It is such a moment that I will never forget."

"It said to me like this: Tragedy is not the end, but the beginning of hope. The footprints we leave in the world will eventually become the light for another person to move forward..."

"Alicia...don't say any more..." Mikael's voice was choked with sobs, and he even used a rare begging tone.

"What's wrong!" Ellie finally turned her head and looked at the young man who accompanied her along the way.

She suddenly felt that the figure trying to completely submerge herself in the darkness was a little strange, at least at this moment, she couldn't fully read his heart.

"Yes... the footprints you left have already illuminated countless people moving forward, and one of them is standing in front of you... Alicia..."

Mikael really wanted to say that, he really wanted to tell Alicia everything.

What is the third collapse that will happen here soon, why the Herrschers of this era have no possibility of regaining their humanity, what is the fate of this world doomed to destruction... and you, Alicia, you are human, and you are also lawyer...