The visitor

"This crappy book is finally of some use." Lumian showed the contents of "Book of Post-Apocalypse" to Franca and Anthony.

Franca thought about it and said, "According to the characteristics of 'Book of Post-Apocalypse', even if this Prophecy is fake, as long as you believe it and prepare in this direction, it will eventually become true.

"The question is, if it is a fake Prophecy, can it affect a True God like 'Primordial Witch'?"

"I don't know." Lumian shook the head in the middle, "Anyway, it doesn't just rely on it Prophecy."

"Then let's contact 'Hermit' Lady now?" Franca made a suggestion.

In this matter, we cannot act separately, because the important medium of Prophecy or Divination is the Cheek face of Lumian, which is "Witch of the Apocalypse" Beyonder Characteristic that has been integrated into his body.

Lumian nodded first, then laughed at himself:

"Not yet, 'occasionally' is almost over."

Franca pursed his lips, stood up and said, "Then let's go outside Protected Zone.

"Anthony, Disease Church will be handled by you for the time being. Do you still have 'Ice Mirror Charm'?"

"Yes." Anthony responded to Franca calmly.

After Lumian and Franca left the Villa, he took out the Mirror representing Disease Church Pope from "Traveler's Bag", checked the previously accumulated messages, and replied one by one with "Ice Mirror Charm".

Ludwig was sitting on the sofa, eating roasted sweet potatoes as usual, while watching Anthony busy.

After a while, when Anthony was about to put away that Mirror, Ludwig suddenly asked, "Is life really always full of Pain?"

Anthony raised his head, looked at Ludwig's brown Eyes, nodded and said, "Yes."

Ludwig continued to ask, "If you had the chance to come back again, would you still choose to be human?"

"Yes." Anthony smiled, "After all, I have no experience of becoming another race."

"But life is full of Pain, why do we still need to be human?" Ludwig asked in confusion.

Anthony thought for a while and said, "Most of human Pain comes from the shortness of their own lives and the weakness of their own strength, from constantly thinking about these, but if you don't think about it, even your own existence will become meaningless.

"Perhaps it is because life is short and our strength is weak, so we always want to do something and create something, and we always have to ask for help from others and help others. We hug each other to keep warm, we lean together and imagine, we create bits and pieces of beauty, and because of this Pain.

"There once was a Poet, I don't know who it was, but it was not Emperor Roselle. He said something that I think makes sense:

"'If I don't feel Pain about life, then I never love my life.'"

Ludwig had his confusion written all over his face.

Anthony added with a calm expression, "Pain comes from love and desire.

"Words such as beauty, expectation, and yearning are like Flames, making human beings feel Pain. They also make human beings like moths, constantly fluttering at Past, blooming with short and brilliant light until they turn into ashes.

"Franca once told me that the keynote of the entire Universe is darkness. We human beings with short life spans must create moment after moment of light in the darkness, generation after generation."

Ludwig gnawed on the roasted sweet potato and concluded seriously. "I still don't understand why."

Anthony laughed:

"I actually don't understand either.

"If anyone says that he truly understands human beings and life, he must not understand human beings and life at all.

"Maybe it's because you don't understand that life is so addictive."

After saying that, he stood up and walked to the edge of the living room.

Ludwig didn't ask Anthony where he was going. He still sat on the sofa and repeated two words in a low voice:

"Wonderful...Pain..."

The little boy started talking to himself as if he was thinking about some Philosophy question.

"These are not unique to humans..."

After a while, after eating the roasted sweet potatoes, he shook his head and picked up a Intis general education textbook from Coffee Table.

Ludwig muttered as he flipped through the pages, "Inefficient way of transferring knowledge..."

Anthony walked out of the Villa, feeling the brilliant Sunlight shine, and walked aimlessly in the shadows of the street.

He has no main mission for the time being.

He is currently responsible for two things:

One is to take charge of Disease Church's affairs when Franca is busy, which is considered to be Disease Church in a substantial sense. Pope, but he could see that Franca had not truly accepted the passing of Jenna, and was still looking forward to her Resurrection one day. Therefore, he wanted to formally hand over Pope's "crown" several times, but he swallowed it back;

The second is to assist Official Beyonder by monitoring Collective Subconscious Sea to find those eroded humans or potential anomalies, and secretly monitor some Official Beyonder--"Great Mother"'s symbol and power have exceeded Barrier, even if he is not paying attention now. In Protected Zone, it will naturally have an impact here. Not only "Planter" and "Apothecary" two Pathway and Beyonder are prone to problems, other humans will also deviate from time to time, but in comparison, the frequency is not that high.

After walking for a while, Anthony saw street musicians playing on Small Square in front of them. Many Trier citizens stopped to listen and even danced. They were very happy.

Anthony stared at it for a while, his expression suddenly seemed a little dazed.

He decided to be kind to himself.

Before Apocalypse comes, there is less and less time to enjoy life.

Anthony sat at the open-air round table of Café and ordered a cup of fragrant Intis Coffee and a piece of pork sausage.

He let his thoughts go and enjoyed the performance on Small Square. From time to time, he cut pieces of sausage and stuffed them into his mouth, or picked up the coffee cup and took a sip.

Sunlight is bright and has brought the heat of summer.

Just when Anthony was about to leave, an old man wearing blue clothes and white trousers and an old military uniform came over.

The old man looked around and found that only the round table Anthony had free seats.

He sat down unceremoniously and ordered a glass of Nebos with tomato juice - in Trier's Bar and Dance Hall, this kind of cocktail is called "slut".

The old man with all white hair looked at Barricades in the corner of Square, and said to Anthony familiarly, "Do you feel that Trier has changed and become less energetic?"

"Why do you say that?" Anthony could probably understand what the other party wanted to express, but he still asked cooperatively.

The old man picked up the crutch that was leaning on the side, struck it and said, "In the past, Trier, in which year did Ambitious Man not plan Riot, in which year did Barricades not chase over Barricades, rely on obstacles to shoot and throw?

"Are today's young people so lifeless? Do they only dare to commit petty theft?"

This is because Protected Zone has a special form of existence. One person's explosion may affect thousands of people, so every human subconscious in Protected Zone has been hinted and knows what can and cannot be done... But this can only reduce the probability of alienation due to the influence of "Great Mother", and cannot completely eliminate it... Anthony answered in his heart.

"Have you participated in street Riot before?" he asked instead.

The old man said "Hey":

"When I was still in the army, I was responsible for suppressing those Riot and demonstrators. They built a large number of Barricades overnight. Then, relying on Barricades, they threw Burning bottles filled with alcohol and used all kinds of weapons imaginable to resist...

"Later, I left the army, received unfair treatment at Trier, and became a protester..."

The old man recalled the past and talked about it.

Anthony is not boring at all, just like reading a biography.

After the other party finished speaking and drank the Nepos wine with tomato juice, he was silent for a few seconds and asked a question that had nothing to do with the topics just now:

"Why did you Primordial One join the army?"

The old man said with a "haha" smile, "Of course it's for wealth, for women, and to become an officer!

"I come from a very poor background. Whether I work as a hired farmer, a herdsman, a worker in Factory, or do other hard work, I can't make a fortune. I can't even fill my stomach, and I can't live for a few years. It's better to join the army. There may be a chance to make military exploits and touch Corpse's pockets. The worst is to die early."

The old man looked at Anthony:

"Have you ever been a soldier? I feel you have the temperament of a soldier."

"Yes." Anthony did not deny it.

The old man laughed:

"Then why did you join the army?

"Didn't you go there for wealth and women?"

Anthony shook his head, turned his attention again to the street musicians who were still playing and the onlookers, and did not answer.

He drank the last sip of coffee and stood up before the old man asked.

Suddenly, he saw a Four-Wheeled, Four-Seater carriage parked next to Café.

The door of the carriage was opened, and an old man wearing a black formal suit, a dark bow tie, Medium-Height Silk Top Hat, and quite gray sideburns came out.

The old man had a chiseled face, a clean shave, and a pair of ice-blue eyes.

Anthony's heart moved, and he already knew that this old man was here to find him.

"Excuse me, is this Mr. Anthony?" the old man asked politely and cultivatedly.

There were not too obvious bloodshot eyes around his ice blue eyes.

Anthony responded thoughtfully, "I am, who are you and what do you want?"

The old man with ice blue eyes smiled and replied, "You can call me Naporidisli."

Naporidisli? Naporidisli? Anthony, who is suspected to be a clone of one of Ancient God Demon Monarch, is quite surprised.

He remembered that Lumian mentioned that Naporidisli's real body was in Hunt Island, and it was only because of "Earth Mother" Protection that he was not "Mother Tree of Desire" " was completely eroded, and when Crimson Moon arrived, "Earth Mother" fell into Slumber. It was in a worrying state and should no longer be able to provide any help to the clone of Demon Monarch.

Based on this, Lumian suspects that Naporidisli has been dragged back to Abyss, completely finished.

Who knew that Naporidisli would appear in Protected Zone today, and his condition seemed to be pretty good!

The old man with ice blue eyes who called himself Naporidisli smiled and explained his purpose:

"I want to visit Lumian Mr. Li."