Chapter 164

The figure dissipated, and the small music box fell slowly to the ground, still playing a happy tune.

Clara bent down, wanting to pick it up.

Suddenly, a man with black hair and gray eyes and olive skin appeared in front of the two.

The man looked at the old man beside Clara and said.

"It's been a long time, you should go back."

He was almost naked, with only a white towel wrapped around his waist, but this was not because he cared for Clara's young heart and covered the holy sword.

In his mind, there was no thought of sex, love, equality, etc. The gender of the other party, whether it was a cub, made no difference in his eyes.

On the skin exposed to the cold air, there were large areas of conspicuous mysterious patterns, which were weird, terrifying, and thrilling in this dimly lit abandoned town.

Clara moved her little feet, and a kind of fear was spreading on her fair face. When she hid behind "God's" long clothes, this panic weakened.

Just like a fledgling bird, hiding under the wings of the parent bird.

"Child, don't be afraid, he is a member of the Foundation."

"Mobile Task Force Omega-7 "Pandora's Box", Abel."

"God's" voice fell, Clara's

And in the outside world, on the light screen, the information of the visitor has been revealed to the audience.

【Anomaly: "Abel"】

【Item Number: SCP-076】

【Danger Level: Keter】

【Current Position: Mobile Task Force Omega-7 "Pandora's Box"】

【Item Description: "SCP-076" consists of two parts: a stone cube "SCP-076-1", and the human individual "SCP-076-2" existing within it.】

【"SCP-076-1" is a 3m long cube formed by black spotted metamorphic rock, with patterns carved on both the inside and outside.】

【According to radioactive isotope analysis, the object has existed for about 10, 00 years.】

【There is a door on one side, locked by a lock about 0. m wide, and surrounded by twenty smaller locks in a ring. No key has been found since its discovery, making this door impossible to lock after closing.】

【"SCP-076-2" is a lean male, nearly thirty years old. Black hair, gray eyes, olive skin, 1. 6m tall, 81. 5kg, with a large number of tattoos describing obscure and mysterious images on his body, ranging from subtle to exaggerated.】

【When the subject is in "SCP-076-1", he is strictly dead.】

【"SCP-076-2" occasionally wakes up, in fact "resurrects", and leaves "SCP-076-1". If he succeeds, the subject will fall into a trance state and try to find the nearest human, ignoring any other creatures along the way. After contacting a living human, "SCP-076-2" will enter a berserk state and try to fight any human he comes into contact with and then kill them.】

【So far, only the death of the subject can effectively end his berserk behavior.】

【"SCP-076-2" has extreme contempt for humans, but there is one exception: he seems to respect the strong he recognizes.】

"I'll be back soon." "God", "Not too long."

"Okay, then I'm going back."

Abel nodded, raised his hand, grabbed a long black knife from the air instantly, and placed it horizontally against his neck.

In Clara's wide-eyed pupils, Abel cut his throat.

"??? Why is the emotional change too fast? Why did this person commit suicide for no reason?"

"I haven't finished reading the file yet, and Abel is gone?"

"I'm stupid, this way of returning to the Foundation is too hardcore."

"Play a game later, commit suicide to return to the fountain, and if teammates spray, say Abel taught it."

"I don't understand, but I'm greatly shocked."

"Don't just look at the barrage, look at Abel's corpse!"

In the surprised and terrified eyes of the audience, Abel's corpse began to rot the moment it fell to the ground, extremely fast.

"This... this is..."

In a few breaths, the fallen corpse was left with only a pile of white bones, and these strange bones were also decaying, turning into ashes section by section.

In less than a minute, a body that was still fresh just now turned into ashes.

The long black knife also met the same ending.

"God" did not look at the ashes left by Abel again, turned to look at Clara, and asked softly:

"Child, I don't have much time left to accompany you."

"Have you thought about your wish?"

The night of Jarilo-VI does not only belong to visitors from outside the sky and residents living in the Underworld, but also to residents living on the surface of the Upper World, the Supreme Guardian.

Not long after "God" returned between the two planets, the voice of the "Stellaron" sounded in Cocolia's mind.

The voice urged her, tempted her, made her a bigger promise, drew a more delicious cake, and made her fulfill her promise.

If it were more than ten years ago, Cocolia at that time, whose heart had not yet been ruled by despair, and whose whole body and mind had not completely become the appearance of the "Stellaron", would naturally notice a trace of abnormality.

As the Supreme Guardian, Cocolia had received the top education in Belobog since childhood, witnessed the various forces in the city, and matured day by day.

This abnormal behavior of the "Stellaron" must have been caused by something, and the threat was even greater than those four visitors from outside the sky.

At least, when she met the four aliens, the "Stellaron" did not have any too intense reaction, just let her eradicate the four.

Unfortunately, Cocolia had long been bewitched by the future promised by the "Stellaron", and pushed Belobog, which was already on the edge of the cliff, and her judgment was no longer as good as before.

Night was falling, the snow was getting tighter, the cold wind blew her clothes, Cocolia and Bronya walked one after another towards the ice field outside Belobog, which was dead silent.

"... ou haven't told me where this is, mother."

Since walking out of Qliphoth Fort and leaving Belobog, Cocolia seemed to have become a different person, her tone becoming increasingly hard and cold.

Bronya, as Cocolia's adopted daughter and the next Supreme Guardian, couldn't tell which Cocolia was real for a while.

Was it the kind, dedicated Cocolia who carried the "Preservation" will of Belobog, or the woman in front of her who was expressionless and whose tone was as sharp as a blade.

What surprised her most was that her mother, whom she had always loved, had always known about the "Stellaron", knew where the "Stellaron" was, and even reached a deal with the "Stellaron" and signed a contract.

But why...

Cocolia pointed to the mottled wall roots around, the strange ice sculptures that looked more eerie when night fell, and those "Fragmentum" creatures that treated the two of them like air, and said coldly:

"Seven hundred years ago, this was the northern border of Belobog and the ancient battlefield where Alisa Rand led the first batch of Silvermane Guards to resist the Legion."

"As for now... it's just an abandoned corridor, echoing with the reverberations of the old world everywhere."

"But don't be deceived by this fragmented appearance, Bronya. When the day the promise is fulfilled... this ruin will become the hotbed of the new world."

That is the future promised by the "Stellaron":

"Destruction" brings "rebirth"!

Every step forward, Bronya felt the voice in her brain becoming clearer:

【Come! Witness the new world and become a member of the new world...】

【Join... the new world...】

Bronya couldn't help but worry, could it be that her mother had been eroded by this kind of murmur since she became the Supreme Guardian?

She hadn't even mentioned it.

Could it be that Cocolia really betrayed?

"Mother, do you really believe in the promise made by the "Stellaron"? It summoned the wind and snow outside the wall and opened the door to the Fragmentum. It destroyed our civilization!"

Cocolia said decisively:

"... nd the mistake made by our ancestors was that they didn't embrace destruction sooner."

Bronya was stunned, not expecting to get such an answer at all.

In this short day, she knew that guests had come from outside the sky, and they claimed to be able to solve the "Stellaron" of Belobog.

So, her dear mother told her such a fact at night.

Bronya: "..."

Cocolia preached to herself:

"From the moment the invaders from outside the sky descended, this world was sentenced to death. But the "Stellaron"... it gave us a glimmer of hope."

"Rebirth requires a price. Erasing all the stale imprints belonging to the old world, giving up the meaningless lingering... This is the price offered by the "Stellaron"."

"After His promise is fulfilled, Bronya... we don't have to spend our lives guarding a ruin. You and I, we will witness the new world rising from the ruins."

The rebirth given by charity... is it really the rebirth you want?

Mother?

Bronya remained silent.

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