Chapter 12: The Dark Warrior of the Future
Chapter 12: The Future - Dark Warrior
——After a week-long battle, the village of Linduo was in ruins. The once prosperous tribe was reduced to ruins. Blood and fire burned on the earth. Even the rice ears in the fields were stained with the will to fight.
——The new sorcerer prayed for God’s forgiveness and blessings, and for the warriors who died on this land.
——But we can no longer continue to live in this land full of tragedy. Following the instructions given by the gods, the Linduo tribe decided to leave the mountain.
——The original village will become the eternal resting place of the warriors.
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"Thank you so much for your hard work."
The increasingly aged voice of the village chief sounded beside him. Mio, who was carving words on a clay tablet, turned towards him. His hollow eyes curved softly and a faint smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.
"It doesn't matter. I'm happy to be able to help everyone. This is what my brother wants."
"It's the village that's sorry for you..."
The village chief seemed tired and sat down nearby.
Miou lowered his head and chuckled, "I know my brother made this decision for me and for Linduo's future. This is the best arrangement for all of us."
——The terrible darkness in the dream did not come, and my brother kept the promise in his heart. This is the hope he gave me, so I will live a good life with his expectations of me.
This clay tablet was left by Mio for himself.
She carefully carved words on it.
It's about her first half of life - everything she experienced with her father, mother, brother, village, and those warriors.
And there is the unknown future that she will face alone.
But Mio's heart was full of hope.
——Will I have the chance to see the sea?
——Like the sound of blood flowing and the sound of breeze blowing past my ears, maybe I can still walk freely on the beach and listen.
——Because we no longer need to worry about the threat from Gurongi.
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The epic battle has come to an end, and thanks to the heroes' sacrifices, the Linduo tribe is able to embrace a future of peaceful development.
Since then, the world has been undergoing tremendous changes.
Until the end of the twentieth century, the new era——
For the former Lindo and the current human race, this ancient relic belonging to the "super-ancient period" was reopened by the excavators of history.
But it was like opening Pandora's box.
Demons poured out from hell.
The Gurongi clan, which was sealed by the Linduo clan, was once again liberated by Linduo himself.
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2000 2 Month 27 Day.
02:45pm.
Tokyo, Archaeological Research Laboratory, Jonan University.
Sawatari Sakurako, who was staring at the computer screen in a daze, received a call.
"The Scientific Police Institute?"
She was stunned while listening to the phone call.
[“Yes, I may need a favor from you…”]
A man's voice that sounded a little embarrassed and a little guilty came from the other side - after all, this man had betrayed her trust not long ago. Not only did he not advise Yusuke Godai, he even took the initiative to let the other party participate in a dangerous battle.
Although she was angry, the other party had already asked so much, so Sawatari Sakurako could only hold back her breath and say, "I understand. I'll go over and take a look."
[“Excuse me…”]
After hanging up the phone, Sawatari Sakurako took a deep breath.
After taking a look at the parsed text on the screen, she turned off the computer, packed her things and headed for Chiba Prefecture.
...
Scientific Police Institute.
This is the research and development department responsible for police weapons, and is often referred to as "Science and Police Research".
After the emergence of "unconfirmed life forms", the research direction here has become to explore how to resist and fight back against "unconfirmed life forms".
Sawatari Sakurako is a graduate student in ancient Chinese characters. Logically, she should have no connection with the research projects here.
But just this morning, a sarcophagus was delivered from the Kurodake ruins in Nagano Prefecture.
Due to the tragedy that occurred in the ruins not long ago, the Nagano Prefecture Police Department did not dare to open the sarcophagus directly. Instead, after asking for instructions, it sent it to the "Joint Search Headquarters for Unidentified Life Forms" in Tokyo.
The "Joint Investigation Department" then transferred the sarcophagus to the "Science and Police Research Institute", planning to have experts investigate it before making any plans.
But then, the Science and Police Research Institute asked Kaoru Ichijo to contact the ancient character researcher, Sawatari Sakurako.
"You must be the Miss Sawatari that Ichijo-kun mentioned. I'll need you to help me from now on."
The director of the institute, Hikaru Enoda, was a gentle and intellectual woman. Sawatari Sakurako, who was alone, also relaxed a little, nodded and said, "Let me take a look first."
"Here."
Hikaru Enoda took her to the workshop.
In the center of the workshop, surrounded by a group of researchers in white coats, stood a heavy sarcophagus.
The sarcophagus was surrounded by a circle of protective electric fence, and Sawatari Sakurako could only stand on the outside and watch. She frowned and looked at the side wall of the sarcophagus, on which there was a row of words engraved with an unknown object.
"It is indeed a super ancient text, but if you want to know its meaning, I need time to analyze it." Sawatari Sakurako said.
"We have equipment here that can be provided to you."
Hikaru Enoda pointed to the computer behind her.
Since we have asked someone to help, the necessary tools have naturally been prepared.
Everyone knows about the tragedy that occurred at the Jiulangyue ruins. In order to avoid releasing a terrible "unidentified life form" after opening the sarcophagus, the scientific police research institute carefully chose to decipher the text on the sarcophagus first.
Sawatari Sakurako turned on the computer in the workshop and read the data from the USB flash drive she brought with her.
Hikaru Enoda originally thought that it would take some time, but after a while, some modern text with partial interpretation appeared on the screen.
"So fast?"
She was a little surprised, and her face showed a bit of confusion that was inconsistent with her maturity and intelligence.
Sawatari Sakurako paused and said, "I have actually deciphered part of it before. This text is not complicated. It is much simpler than the part unearthed from Jiulangyue."
Hikaru Enoda said, "But... this sarcophagus also seems to have come out of Kuroyama."
"I see. Apart from these few characters, there are many records of other characters in some unearthed ancient documents, so they are easy to compare." Sawatari Sakurako explained.
In comparison, it is probably the difference between "classical Chinese" and "vernacular Chinese".
And one of the complex words in this text had been deciphered by her just an hour ago - during the time when she was angry with Yusuke Godai.
Hikaru Enoda came close to her and read out the parsed text on the computer screen.
"What... black... warriors sleep here... springs... thunder and lightning... summoning anger... tower? building? monument? pile? pillar? What is this?"
Hikaru Enoda looked curiously at the series of analytical words that appeared under the character.
Sawatari Sakurako sighed, "Sometimes, due to the evolution of history or civilization, a word will have similar forms but different meanings. At this time, we need to compare and select them one by one."
Hikaru Enoda immediately nodded in empathy: "It's very hard..."
She then turned her gaze to the sarcophagus.
Then he thought about it thoughtfully.
"So, what this sentence roughly means is that there is an unknown super ancient warrior sleeping in here - so could it be the same thing as those monsters?" Enoda Hikaru said to himself.
"No...it shouldn't be the same."
Sawatari Sakurako suddenly said.
Hearing this, Hikaru Enoda looked at her in confusion, but saw that the girl's expression became a little melancholy, and she was obviously unhappy.
"What's wrong?" she asked tentatively.
"Because, a warrior is..."
Sawatari Sakurako pursed her lips, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
The text she had deciphered not long ago - this super ancient character with the meaning of "warrior" actually represents the "Unconfirmed Life Form No. 4" that Yusuke Godai transformed into.
So she privately thought that this word had nothing to do with those monsters.
And what the fifth generation will turn into will definitely not be a biological weapon that only knows how to kill.
Seeing her gloomy expression, Hikaru Enoda looked away without further questioning, casually spreading his hands and smiling: "Well, since it's not her, then we are relieved. We can finally open the coffin!"
"Well...better be careful!"
Hearing her say this, Sawatari Sakurako hurriedly spoke again.
Hikaru Enoda smiled and said, "Don't worry, the high-voltage current released by this protective net is at least 100,000 volts. Even if we can't kill the enemy, at least we can buy time for us to escape - and I believe in you!"
She seemed to have turned back into the mature and intellectual woman she was.
After hearing this, Sawatari Sakurako was speechless for a moment.
Opening the coffin is something that makes researchers nervous and excited. In any case, Mitsuru Enoda has been looking forward to it since he heard that the sarcophagus was being transported here.
The crane's mechanical arm then raised the sarcophagus lid.
Almost everyone held their breath.
Then I waited for a long time, but no monster suddenly emerged from the sarcophagus.
Is he really dead?
"There are no signs of life, and no reaction of activated molecules was detected!" shouted the researcher who was watching the equipment.
"Very good, turn off the protective net."
Everyone who heard this immediately relaxed.
Mitsuru Enoda also breathed a sigh of relief.
After the cage-like electric net was lowered, she carefully looked inside the sarcophagus, but saw only a pile of stones whose specific shapes could not be identified.
It was not the body of some strange person, nor the remains of super ancient humans. The lump of stone looked like a crudely crafted earthenware product with only an outline.
Before the museum opened, the Science and Police Research Institute scanned the sarcophagus, and the image seen at that time was also a rectangular strip.
It's like a person lying neatly on the ground.
That’s why the Science and Police Research Institute considered the possibility of releasing a Gurongi after the museum opened.
The result was unexpected...
This person is actually covered with a layer of pulp.
“Just a sculpture?”
The expertise of the Science and Police Research Institute is not archaeology.
Although this thing looks like a very ancient sculpture, it is not ruled out that the surface is just covered with a layer of pulp.
Other researchers have already used equipment to conduct a second scan of the sculptures inside.
Hikaru Enoda pulled a pair of white gloves from his coat pocket, put them on, and tentatively pressed the sculpture's arm.
Feels firm.
There is a dull sound when you knock on it.
"Very similar..." Sawatari Sakurako suddenly spoke.
"What?" Enoda Hikaru looked at her.
"It looks very similar to 'Unidentified Life Form No. 4' reported in the newspaper." Sawatari Sakurako whispered.
"that……"
Hikaru Enoda thought about the image of No. 4 provided by the police, then paused and turned to look at the waist area of the sculpture.
When you associate the two together, the raised outline around the sculpture's waist really does look like a belt.
Hikaru Enoda curiously reached out and touched the belt.
It's still the texture of stone.
Nothing special—
"hiss!"
Hikaru Enoda suddenly retracted her hand as if she had received an electric shock, and her action immediately attracted the attention of the people around her.
"Professor Enokida, what's wrong?"
The assistant next to him hurried forward with concern.
"I'm fine..."
Hikaru Enoda looked at his gloved right hand and said, "It feels like I was electrocuted by something. It's really strange..."
Even wearing insulating gloves could be affected, she did not think this was an illusion, and the sculpture in the sarcophagus might really have the characteristics of those "unconfirmed life forms".
"Did you have any reaction just now?"
She looked at the researcher in front of the device.
"No, the activated molecules still don't react at all. This thing... wait, wait!"
The researcher who said this suddenly became nervous.
The tense atmosphere spread instantly.
Sawatari Sakurako stood in front of her work computer, looked at them blankly, then suddenly lowered her head to look at the computer screen in front of her.
All the text on the sarcophagus has been deciphered.
There are some texts that could not be deciphered just now, but we have also found corresponding interpretations.
She scanned the row of translations.
——"A dark and grisly warrior sleeps here. When the sacred spring dries up, the Tower of Wrath will be summoned with the power of thunder and lightning."
Sawatari Sakurako took a deep breath.
I don't know why I have a bad feeling.
"Kakaka..."
Just as she was becoming worried, a series of faint sounds came from the sarcophagus, as if something was breaking. This sound brought with it a strong sense of oppression.
It is a sculpture in a sarcophagus.
Spider-web-like cracks spread from the waist, gradually covering the entire statue, and hard stone chips were falling off piece by piece.
Hikaru Enoda quickly jumped off the experimental table.
"Danger!"
After all the researchers had stepped back, the protective net on the experimental table restarted, surrounding the sarcophagus in the middle like a cage.
But the next moment.
The power grid, which was originally just a reserve, suddenly started up on its own.
Like an unrolling spider web, white streaks of lightning meandered and gathered, flashing and falling into the sarcophagus in the middle. The crackling and raging lightning stunned the researchers around.
Isn't this used to deal with the monsters inside?
Why now...
Hikaru Enoda was also stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted: "Quick! Turn off the protective net!"
Hearing this, the equipment operator quickly pulled back the push rod.
But it was too late.
After the last electric current was absorbed by the belt, a black hand pried open the edge of the sarcophagus, and then a monster with a pair of black compound eyes slowly sat up half of its body.
“…Number 2?!”
Hikaru Enoda was stunned for a moment when he picked up the phone.
The sculpture that had faded away from its petrified state had the same posture as the "Unidentified Life Entity No. 2" provided by the police.
But the difference is.
Number 2 appears to have red eyes.
And this weirdo's eyes were completely black.
When Hikaru Enoda was thinking about this, his pair of pitch-black compound eyes flickered and a faint red light appeared.
But this sign only lasted for a short while.
The strange man with white armor and black skin stood up, with the belt around his waist flashing golden electric light. Then, more ferocious black skin covered the original No. 2 posture inch by inch.
Golden veins and bones, pure black skin, and a pair of small golden horns on the top of the forehead.
——The ultimate black birth!
"The dark and grisly warrior sleeps here. When the sacred spring dries up, the Tower of Wrath will be summoned with the power of thunder and lightning."
Sawatari Sakurako suddenly murmured.
Hikaru Enoda looked at her: "What do you mean?"
Sawatari Sakurako shook her head: "I don't know either. This is the inscription that was just deciphered. Probably... this is what he looks like now."
The dark warrior stood quietly in the sarcophagus.
At this moment, a group of researchers have retreated to the corner at the door, huddled together like quails.
After hearing this, Hikaru Enoda was stunned for a moment, but he continued with his actions and called the Joint Investigation Department's emergency number.
But the call hasn't been connected yet.
The dark warrior who had been motionless suddenly turned his head.
The next moment, he rushed out like lightning!
"boom!"
A deafening explosion sounded.
Everyone's body trembled, and then turned to look over there blankly.
A big hole was knocked out in the wall of the workshop, the steel bars and concrete were shattered, and the sunlight outside slanted in and shone into the room through the gap in the wall.
That dark weirdo...
He broke through the wall and rushed out.
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If some book friends think that the background jumps too fast, it doesn’t matter. The characters will lose consciousness when they transform. So because half of the plot is set in ancient times, it will be interspersed in subsequent memories in a "reverse order".
(End of this chapter)