Chapter 4631: Desperate Escape (Part 10)

Instantly, Anatoli and Lucifer were submerged. To be precise, Anatoli was rushed into the corridor by the water, but Lucifer was slammed onto the door. Because if he didn't adjust his angle, it was absolutely impossible to be rushed through the door by the water with his wings, but instead, he was stuck horizontally on the door.

His wings greatly slowed down the impact of the water flow, allowing the water not to fill the corridor immediately, not only leaving space for breathing above the corridor but also allowing Anatoli not to be rushed too far away. He could even swim back on the water surface. Although the water was still rising, the speed was completely enough for him to swim back.

But Lucifer was miserable. His wings were already injured, and being rushed like this, he was in so much pain that he subconsciously opened his mouth to scream. But he forgot he was a mortal now and needed to breathe, and opening his mouth directly choked on water.

When Anatoli swam back at the fastest speed, he found that Lucifer was already struggling in the water. He took a deep breath, held his breath, and sank to the bottom of the water, swam back from the space on the other side of the door, and came to Lucifer.

He strangled Lucifer's neck again, wanting to pull him over. But because of the water flow and water pressure, Lucifer was pressed against the door, and the action didn't achieve the expected effect. Anatoli looked at Lucifer's state in the murky water and felt that he shouldn't be able to hold on for long.

While holding his breath, Anatoli took out the steel needle. And at this time, the water pouring finally ended, and the water flow was no longer so strong. Anatoli hugged Lucifer, his hand went behind his back, and he poked Lucifer's wing root with the steel needle.

At this time, Lucifer was about to faint due to drowning, and the instinctive pain reflex made him subconsciously contract his wings. After the wings contracted, the water finally poured into the corridor, and after the water pressure balanced, Anatoli took Lucifer and swam toward the ceiling where the water poured in.

At this time, Anatoli was also approaching his limit, but he still tried his best to grab Lucifer and move forward, swimming to the door. Lucifer couldn't get in with his wings spread, and Anatoli still had to think of a way to adjust his body posture.

However, the sharp pain from the poke just now made Lucifer wake up. He began to realize their situation—his consciousness was dim, and he probably only had a few seconds of clear time. Anatoli had held his breath to his limit, and at most only had ten seconds or so. It seemed that it was impossible for the two of them to go up together.

Then the best way now is to give up on Lucifer, and Anatoli goes up alone. Ten seconds should be enough for him to float to the water surface. But Lucifer was very clear that Anatoli would never give up even if he died. If he were the type of person who would give up in this situation, their relationship would never have reached this point today.

Perhaps it was turning into a human body that gave Lucifer adrenaline too. At this moment, his mind was clearer than ever, and even the burning sensation in his trachea and the severe pain in his lungs brought about by drowning were temporarily thrown to the back of his mind.

He followed Anatoli's force first, hugged his waist, and then contracted his wings to drill into the door. After entering the room, he spread his wings completely and flapped them forcefully—this was much more powerful than the force of human fins. The huge area of the wings played an important role at this moment, which was to generate strong thrust in the water. With just this one flap of his wings, the two went directly to the center of the room.

Anatoli also realized what Lucifer wanted to do. His gas had been exhausted, so he had to open his mouth and swallow a large mouthful of water, which indeed helped to delay drowning, but might lead to stomach rupture. But it was precisely this mouthful of water that bought him two more seconds.

He exerted force from his waist, grabbed Lucifer and fell down, and the two changed from standing vertically to being parallel to the floor. Anatoli was on top, and Lucifer was on the bottom. In the murky, dim yellow water, two pairs of blue eyes, like stars and like the sea, were just like floating in the silent cosmic space.

Lucifer contracted his wings again, and then spread them suddenly. This downward flapping thrust pushed the two directly to the water surface. Anatoli floated to the water surface first and took a deep breath.

But at this time, Lucifer had already started to sink. Anatoli hurriedly grabbed his arm, but because of the wings, Lucifer was too heavy. In a situation where there was no one to rely on, Anatoli couldn't grab him at all.

Therefore, after changing his breath, Anatoli held his breath and dived again. He adjusted Lucifer's posture in the water, turned him head up, supported him from below, and let his head emerge from the water surface.

After Lucifer re-contacted the air, the first thing he did was spit out a large mouthful of water, but his breathing was too weak, and he was almost unable to move. Anatoli also adjusted his posture, letting him lean on his shoulder and float out of the water surface. He dragged Lucifer and swam forward slowly.

Soon they came to the edge of the ceiling. Anatoli put one arm on it, but because his collarbone was broken, he let out a low roar of pain.

Although the two temporarily got rid of drowning, how to go up was also a problem. Lucifer was approaching fainting, and Anatoli only had one intact arm. The whole process was as long as a dying struggle.

Anatoli had to soak in the water first to recover his physical strength. He reached into his throat with his hand to induce a reflex vomiting, first spitting out the water in his stomach. Immediately after, he kicked his legs forcefully, and at the same time, his intact arm exerted force, using the buoyancy of the water to rush upward, first putting half of his body on the platform.

Maintaining this posture, he rested for several minutes, then moved bit by bit, putting most of his body on the platform, and then tried to fish Lucifer up.

This step didn't go smoothly, Lucifer was very heavy, and his feathers were not waterproof, becoming even heavier after being soaked. Anatoli fished him for more than ten minutes, finally managing to fish him up barely.

But this couldn't stop, Anatoli hurriedly laid him flat on the ground and started CPR for him. Fortunately, Lucifer's choking on water wasn't particularly serious, it was more about drinking water, and after draining the water in his body, he restored autonomous breathing, but his consciousness wasn't very clear. Anatoli could only wait for him to wake up on the spot.

After waiting for a few more minutes, Lucifer finally woke up slowly. His eyes were a bit dazed, seemingly not knowing where he was. After a long while, he opened his mouth in a hoarse voice: "I had a very long dream..."

"A sweet dream?" Anatoli asked while wringing out his clothes.

"No... all nightmares..."

"This is the consequence of you bullying the God of Dreams back then." Anatoli laughed, "He didn't even want to give you any good memories in your deathbed visions."

"I dreamed of God..." Lucifer said slowly, "At that time we were still in the Garden of Eden..."

"Is this not a good memory for you?"

Lucifer didn't continue speaking, Anatoli said: "Expressing love is not weakness. It doesn't conflict that you don't like God controlling your life and you love him."

"I haven't realized his importance to me for a long time." Lucifer said panting, "Do people think of the people most important to them when they are on the verge of death?"

"Perhaps," Anatoli said, "at least the most unforgettable ones."

Lucifer moved his body, barely turned over, sat up from the ground, leaned against a wall on the side, turned to look at Anatoli and asked: "Who did you think of at that time?"

"My last death."

This answer didn't surprise Lucifer at all. He also just lowered his head and smiled, paused for a moment and then said: "That was very important to you, right?"

"Yeah, that's why I didn't expect you to throw that shell away."

"I thought you gave it to me just because you didn't want to face it anymore." Lucifer sighed softly and said, "I thought you felt it was very shameful."

"If I said that was the real me, would you feel very disappointed?"

"I thought you were the type of person who would never give up."

Anatoli shook his head and said: "The mood I had when I left heaven back then was the same mood I had when I left the world. Don't you have a better way to hurt God's heart?"

"I certainly have," Lucifer said, "but I don't want to do that."

"Me too." Anatoli looked at him and said, "When I realized that the divergence between me and the world could no longer be bridged, and I had loved it so enthusiastically that I simply couldn't take revenge, then leaving was the best choice. Isn't it?"

Lucifer knew he was talking about his first death. That had troubled Lucifer for a very long time. Because Anatoli didn't look like the type of person who would commit suicide, he was always full of fighting spirit, never giving up, it was hard to imagine what kind of despair would make him choose to drink a bullet and end his life.

But now he seemed to understand a little. Anatoli's love for his country and this world made him unable to make any retaliatory moves at all. He just chose the most restrained and decent way to leave, just like Lucifer once left heaven.

How angry Lucifer was at God's control over him, yet he still had no way to destroy the Garden of Eden, smash the sanctuary and the holy spring, because that was also a place where he and God spent many happy times together, condensing his love. He could only choose to leave.

In hell, there were no such scruples. He could be a vicious Satan unscrupulously, because he didn't love that place, didn't care about anyone or anything there. He could do whatever he wanted, even if he destroyed the whole hell, he wouldn't care at all.

Looking at it this way, Anatoli probably loved this world later on too. After all, for the power level of this world, the things Anatoli did could be considered restrained. He didn't destroy the cosmic structure, nor did he attack the cosmic administrator, he just solved the problem and then turned and left.

"So you..." Lucifer's Adam's apple moved, he didn't continue.

"I always think of things very badly." Anatoli said, "Lacking the natural ability to accept beauty and joy. At the end of a lively scene, thinking it will never come again. And precisely because of this, I cherish those good times extra, always treating it as the last time."

Lucifer only felt cold all over, perhaps because he was soaked through. He heard Anatoli continue: "When saying goodbye to the flames, I had already prepared for the endless snowfield ahead, and that I would die in the snow. Until death, the more warm and happy steps, the less cold and painful ones. So no matter how long it warmed me, I am full of gratitude."

"Damn it, I shouldn't have lost them." Lucifer curled up against the wall, hugging his legs, "I want my wine glass and shell back."

"You'd better have only lost the wine glass and shell." Anatoli's tone contained a threat, "Are you?"

Lucifer wrapped himself up with his wings again. ===== CHAPTER 4632 =====