Chapter 2683 1787·The Brink of Life and Death
“Look, the power of death has actually condensed into a solid mist here. What’s behind this coffin?”
The witch was very surprised, but Shade frowned and answered her:
“I don’t know what is behind the coffin, but I know that the coffin lid is a crack, which connects the edge of life and death.”
Although the great witch of death has not experienced the events in Middleburg last autumn, she certainly knows about this special area between the world of the living and the dead that is created due to the distortion of the world:
“But you’re not saying that York Bronte is.”
“Yes, I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or something else. This coffin lid is the fourth ‘twisted tree hole’ we are looking for. This sounds a bit incredible, but there is a connection behind the tree hole. , not connected to the real world, but connected to the edge of life and death in the past time.
That’s why the breath of death has only leaked so little. Only when the time channel is opened will the power from the opposite side penetrate. And last night’s York Bronte climbed out of the world of neither life nor death in the past time. ”
The great witch of death is shocked by this reality:
“Are you sure? This tree hole has been on the edge of life and death in the past?”
“I am sure of my conclusion. I have been on the verge of life and death before.”
Flora Winslet immediately turned to look at him:
“Wait a minute, you don’t mean to say that you were at Fort Midhill last fall, did you?”
Xia De raised his eyebrows:
“I mean it happened once in my home, on the third floor of my house.”
“Is that okay?”
“It’s okay. Carina scrapped one of my spatial mobility relics, completely sealing the edge of life and death.”
In other words, it has become a [soul cemetery].
The witch hesitated to speak. She was very curious about what kind of relic could seal the edge of life and death. In the place that Shade called “home”, what complicated or simple experiences did he and Carina experience? story.
Miss Artist knows very well that it is these shared memories that create the so-called “emotion”. On the one hand, she longed to know the secret, but on the other hand, she felt sour in her heart at his casual words.
And Shade had already found out the time key and jumped into the tomb again. He traced the key on the coffin a few times and found the insertion position——
[Outlander, you have opened a “twisted tree hole”. 】
[Tips from the Father of the Infinite Tree:]
[Using the normal time key to open the door will connect to the following time point: 1787, the sixth era of the present world. 】
[Note, except for you, any life that uses this channel will be cursed by time. 】
[Note that you can enter the past 40 minutes through the abnormal channel here, and you must return through this channel after the time is over. 】
[Note that after using the key to open the door here twice, the passage will completely collapse. 】
“As expected, it is indeed 1787, but why do these tree holes only have two opportunities to use each time?”
Thinking in his mind, he asked the witch on the ground who didn’t know what she was thinking:
“Now we can go there and take a look and learn his secrets before facing him head-on; or we don’t use tree holes, but arrange traps here. If we can’t beat York Brontë head-on, I think Send him back again and give him a ‘surprise’ when he crawls out again.”
The witch pursed her lips:
“Then let’s go and have a look. If we don’t figure out what happened, I’m worried that there will be an accident in the fight. And the Paradox Bug is not on York Bronte. This matter also involves another time travel. ”
“No problem.”
Shade then stretched out his hand to her, and the beautiful lady with gray-black hair turned into an owl, and then turned into a toy by Shade.
Since he was ready to leave, Xia De didn’t delay, turned around and turned the key inserted in the coffin——
“May the World Tree protect me in infinite time.”
Then he disappeared into the forest, and the coffin shook slightly, but it immediately returned to calm.
(Little Mia is running.)
For Shade, the world around him immediately turned gray and white as if fading as soon as the key was turned. The soil, trees, grass, sky, bones on the ground, and the mist filling the air all turned into monotonous colors.
The familiar “edge of life and death” was still suffocatingly silent, and the breath of death followed closely. But unlike last autumn, this time “she” did not even remind Shade that he could not stay here for a long time.
[This is not the agnostic relic “The Narrow Room of Life and Death”, it is just an ordinary boundary. And compared to last fall, the girls around you can also prove that your body is much stronger. 】
“She” explained gently.
The surrounding area is obviously no longer the glade east of the city of Vesta, and in 1787, the concept of “City of Vesta” did not even exist.
The real world corresponding to this narrow space of life and death is a private cemetery. The pale and ancient stone tablets and the small auditorium in the middle of the cemetery look like they have gone through a hundred years of weathering.
Of course, this is also the effect of the “edge of life and death”. Maybe this place is well maintained in the real world.
Xia De stood in front of a new grave in the cemetery, with the “Tree Hole” buried in it. But after taking a quick look and confirming that this was the Bronte family cemetery, he restored the owl doll.
“Have you arrived yet?”
The owl was held by Shade and looked around. He was still very excited when he said the first word, but by the end he was trembling. It’s not that she can’t stay here, it’s just that it makes her very uncomfortable.
So she returned to her human form, and now Shade was holding her waist. But before Shade could let go, the witch transformed again. When her pure white hair glowed faintly in the fog, she determined that it was most comfortable to move around here in the unicorn posture:
“I’ll keep it like this for now. Although it consumes a lot more, at least it won’t affect the battle for the time being. Other forms are too sensitive to the death here, and I feel very uncomfortable.”
As she spoke, she looked around with interest. This was her first time coming into contact with this kind of place.
But Shade disagrees:
“You look like this, even if the fog is so thick, as long as the enemy’s perception is not completely ineffective, it is impossible not to detect the sacred power of the unicorn. Transform into an owl and stand on my shoulder, if you don’t mind , it’s okay to turn into a cat and curl up in my arms. I took little Mia to a similar border, and that’s what she did.”
“Don’t bring your pet cat to a place like this~”
As the witch spoke, she turned into a cat and jumped onto Shade’s arm. Shade stuffed it into his coat, and the witch looked out with only her gray cat head. Being close to Shade’s body, she felt the hot temperature immediately.
Although this time it is not a direct contact with the soul, for this cold world, this temperature is enough for the time being.
“Is this a cemetery? The Bronte family cemetery?”
The cat asked excitedly. Shade took a closer look at the tombstone this time:
“The real cemetery is in the real world. It is just a reflection projected by the Edge of Life and Death. It seems that someone specially moved the coffins in. I don’t believe that the Edge of Life and Death can also replicate the tree hole.”
The tombstone in front of me belongs to a man named Jack Bronte. Only his name is written on the tombstone, and there is no other information. But neither Shad nor the Witch had ever heard of this name. There was no such person in the Bronte family within four generations.
“This name may be a pseudonym. A name like Jack is too common, just like Mary.”
The witch said this, while Shade was a little confused:
“Isn’t it the tradition of Ximu Town to place coffins in tombs? How come the Bronte family still has tombs on the ground?”
“I don’t know about this, maybe it’s a strange family tradition.”
Then she watched Shade dig up the tomb, and what lay inside was indeed the “tree hole” coffin. The two of them had to go through this door when they went back later. Shade wanted to take it with him before setting off, but gave up after thinking about it:
“We won’t go far, just look around.”
“Aren’t you going to the real world?”
The witch asked curiously, Shade shook his head:
“It’s not that I don’t want to go, it’s that I can’t go. I can’t find the entrance and exit on the edge of life and death. Only Sister Devlin has this ability.”
“I thought you were really omnipotent.”
Since the “edge of life and death” existed in the Bronte family cemetery in 1787, theoretically it should also exist in 1854, but no one has heard of it. This time, the area of the edge of life and death is larger than Shade thought. Its scope covers not only the cemetery itself but also the surrounding woodland. According to Shade’s perception, its area is already considered a small town.
Countless undead souls were wandering in the fog, but they had no intention of attacking Shade for the time being because of the “blessings of thousands of souls”. The two decided to check the cemetery first, and the buildings standing in it were naturally the top priority.
The small auditorium was blocked by two heavy iron doors on the left and right. Based on the number of tombs on the ground, Shade suspected that there was a passage to the underground tomb area in the auditorium.
Of course the two doors are locked, but such locks are meaningless in the face of the door key. Shade bent down and pressed the door panels with his left and right hands respectively. After a little force, the double doors of the auditorium were pushed open.
Probably due to environmental problems, the door panel has been deeply embedded in the soil on the ground, and the door shaft is also severely corroded, so there is a loud “squeak~” sound when it is pushed, but because of the environment on the verge of life and death, this sound does not Did not travel very far in the fog.
The dusty auditorium was opened again, and the first thing that came into view was the desolate and dilapidated interior of the auditorium. Only a few of the original rows of seats were still intact. Gray-green moss clung to the walls, and black liquid from nowhere remained on the pitted ground.