The smell of disinfectant mixed with the smell of blood, swirling around Lorenzo and making him sneeze.
Rubbing his nose vigorously, Lorenzo leaned back lazily, his eyes then falling on the scavengers around him.
These autistic guys were busy at the scene, carrying the wounded away with great effort. The survivors all saw the appearance of the angels. Judging from the regulations, these people were now contaminated and needed to be isolated.
The entire purification mechanism was running at full speed. There was a rattling sound overhead. The rails were dragging supplies through the rooms. Steam was rising at the end of the corridor. The Sin Armor was half-kneeling on the ground.
Although they are too large to move inside the Perpetual Motion Pump except by rails, when the Sin Armors are placed in the corridor, they can serve as a sturdy artillery for defense.
"The workshop has been temporarily sealed off. The corrosion left inside is very severe. It will probably be unusable for some time."
The voice came from beside Lorenzo, and Arthur walked over. He had been on the dome, spying on all the actions in the workshop.
"What a horrible discovery, Mr. Holmes."
Arthur smoked a cigarette, which was rare for him. His old hands trembled slightly. It was unclear whether it was due to the erosion or fear.
He frowned and looked at the mess in the workshop.
The solid well wall was covered with scars left by the beasts' claws. The charred Armor of Original Sin fell down, and bursts of white smoke were still rising from the dark skeleton. The remaining fire was still burning, but they were extinguished by the drizzle falling from the dome, and gradually everything returned to calm.
The angel was not left with nothing. His body turned into ashes and scattered all over the ground. They were spread over the dead bodies and were covered with dust, as if a long time had passed.
"You know what? According to the inspection of the scavengers, the corrosion intensity inside has reached a terrifying value. An ordinary person will turn into a demon after being exposed to it for a few minutes. And this power is just the remnant left by the battle between those monsters... Just this remnant is enough to cause us countless casualties."
Arthur sighed. He thought that after so many years of hard work, although humans could not completely defeat the demons, they should at least have the capital to fight against them. But when this deeper darkness appeared, all he could feel was a deep sense of powerlessness.
Angels don't die, but humans do.
Arthur turned his head and looked at Lorenzo. He did not feel happy about knowing this, but felt deeply exhausted.
At a certain moment, Arthur felt himself wavering. He was not sure if he could really overcome it all by persisting like this, or if he could maintain the balance between humans and demons until the near future, when this balance was broken by some force.
"What are you going to do with this?"
Lorenzo asked, the Silents are like demons, the Erosion has memetic contamination, it will spread through different media, the Scavengers need to strictly control all participants in this experiment.
Not only Merlin and Arthur who know the truth, but also the scavengers themselves should be taken in.