Chapter 879

【On the fourth day of crossing the ice ocean, we saw frozen waves.】

【So this is what the waves look like.】

【There were some other unexpected gains—we found a fish frozen in the ice.】

【It looked different from what I saw in books, but Miss Alice said it could be eaten.】

【For this, we used an ice pick to dig for more than an hour before we got it out. It was frozen solid and had completely become one with the ice.】

【So we had fish soup in the evening.】

【The process was a bit troublesome. We first put it in hot water to melt it, then took a knife to take out the internal organs, scraped off the scales on its outer skin, washed it clean, and cut it into pieces.】

【Finally, Miss Alice took out a jar of treasured beans and poured them into the pot to cook together.】

【The taste… is hard to describe. The meat was all broken into dregs, it was very hard to chew, and it was a bit prickly.】

【And there was an indescribable taste, I don't know if there was a problem with the process when removing the internal organs, or if that jar of beans had been stored for too long.】

【Maybe I shouldn't have left it to Miss Alice to cook.】

…

At the end of the sky in the far north, a vast and boundless starry sky suddenly unfolded, like a deep sapphire dome inlaid with countless bright stars, they flickered gently, sowing peaceful radiance.

Under the interplay of this starlight and aurora, the ice ocean turned into a deep and mysterious blue tone.

This natural light show proceeded silently, without music, without applause, only the rhythm and beat of nature.

The aurora sometimes flowed slowly in the night sky like gentle waves, and sometimes erupted like fireworks, decorating the night sky gorgeously.

At this moment, the world seemed to turn into eternity, and the sacred and peaceful atmosphere filled two hearts seeking hope.

Sitting by the stove, Alice looked up slightly:

"What a beautiful aurora."

Christina sat on the other side, roasting her hands, and staring at the grilled fish:

"My parents told me about the beautiful scenery before the Great Fading, and also talked about the aurora."

"They have always hoped that the world could return to its original appearance and see those colors with us again."

Mentioning the past, recalling the warm time at the beginning of life without color, Christina outlined a nostalgic smile at the corner of her mouth.

Then, she asked:

"Have you seen it before? I mean, the real aurora."

"Well, more than once." Alice nodded in response.

"That was when I was on a mission in Antarctica. But after the Great Fading, I never saw it again."

After the Great Fading, not only was the aurora not clear, but some people with very dark skin were completely integrated with the environment in the middle of the night.

A mouthful of white teeth floating in the air in the middle of the night…

"What did the original aurora look like?" Christina asked.

Her question was intertwined with curiosity and nostalgia, clearly inheriting her parents' thoughts, and began to set foot in the world that was destroyed in the rain.

Deep in her heart, there was an unrealistic fantasy—

Once she arrived at the mysterious Yellowstone, Miss Alice would reveal the secret of the apocalypse, turn the tide, and save the whole world.

At that time, she could also find Tang Mi who had been separated for a long time.

What is Tang Mi doing now? He should be hiding in a corner of some city, despite the harsh and arduous living environment, he is always struggling to survive tenaciously.

After reuniting, she must chase an aurora and let the dazzling light and shadow witness reunion and rebirth.

Christina was fantasizing about the future, and Alice was recalling the past.

"At that time, there were many stars in the sky, the sky was brighter and deeper than it is now, so deep that it seemed to be able to see the end of time."

"The aurora at that time was also more gorgeous, in addition to the current colors, there were various color bands of red, yellow, and purple."

"Like a rainbow, but grander than a rainbow. Like a vision, it makes people feel like they are in a dream."

"Sounds really good," Christina was full of yearning, lying on her back in the snow.

"If there is a chance, I also want to see that picture."

"There will be this chance," Alice nodded, "Christina…"

"I actually always wanted to ask you, in your previous diary entries, you didn't seem to be very interested in the world with color, but now you want to see the aurora again."

"Why?"

Why… being asked such a question suddenly, Christina also hesitated for a moment before giving an uncertain answer—

"Pursuit of beauty?"

But this is not the real thought, she knows.

She was silent for a while, took a long breath:

"…A long time ago, I didn't understand why my parents were so nostalgic."

"I thought that since life is like this, just get by—but now I understand."

Christina changed the subject.

She stared at the aurora on the horizon that she couldn't accurately describe with all her vocabulary and grammar, her voice firm and powerful:

"They were not missing the world with color, but missing the life of the past."

"The sudden change in reality made them have no strength to support themselves to live alone, so they started dreaming."

"—They painted the colors into their dreams and told them to us, so that we could inherit their ideals and those suppressed feelings."

"But this emotion… can only be fully understood after the change."

"Different from the previous me, the current me is following the trajectory of this inheritance to pursue color."

Christina's eyes were bright: "Even for this, I have to see a world with color."

…

【—Data Analysis in Progress—】

【Benchmark Time Mark (Yellowstone): 42.5371】

【Global Surviving Settlements: 119】

【Surviving Population: 74,124,118】

【Anchoring Tower Online Rate: 71%】

【Time Radiation Decline Rate: 53.9%】

【Reality Stability: 65%】

【Suggested Action: None.】

【Please maintain the current management level.】

【In addition, if you see this message, please swing your arms up and down three times. This is not an invalid instruction, please all personnel must execute it.】

8 settlements were destroyed, 60 million people died, only 70 million are left… Alice felt a little low.

But the bad news is far more than that, time radiation is still decreasing, and reality is becoming more unstable.

This world is probably a broken ship, leaking water while sailing, no one knows whether it will sink first or disintegrate first.

But everyone knows that it can't hold on anymore.

Alice shook her head, cleared all kinds of negative emotions, and then swung her arms up and down three times.

As expected, nothing happened.

"This is the nth time…"

Christina was used to it.

—Alice often received some strange information, then did radio gymnastics according to the instructions inside, and then began to comment on the mentally retarded system.

If one day the system that sends information becomes normal and understandable, that is the big news.

Will it make Alice dance a dance… she looked forward to it faintly.

But on the surface, she remained calm: "Are we almost there?"

"Well." Alice put away the terminal.

"About… two kilometers. Less than an hour's journey."

"This is the last large Foundation site on our path before reaching Yellowstone."

"If there is still no gain, I can only hope to get the information I need in Yellowstone."

…

Inside the site.

Alice fiddled with the personal terminal, the whole site was gloomy, and the few surviving lights were also flickering, like a ghost. ===== CHAPTER 881 =====