"We walked on the cracked ice, struggling to move forward against the strong wind and snow dust."
A voice sounded in 016's ears. She opened her eyes and saw the familiar ice field and the bright night sky. She remembered that this should be Lorenzo's [Gap].
Her consciousness was a little hazy, like the aftermath of a dream after waking up. She vaguely remembered that she should have been confronting someone just now, but this memory gradually became blurred until it shattered and disappeared.
"What we long for is at the end of this snowstorm, but we are too heavy-handed, carrying the baseness and desires of mortal nature.
The further we advance, the more fragile the ice becomes. Every step we take will create countless cracks, and the freezing cold sea water will overflow from the cracks. The entire ice layer is shaky and can no longer support our weight. It seems that we will fall into the icy sea in the next second. "
047 was sitting on the other side of the bench, looking at the other end of the ice field. In his eyes, 042 was moving forward against the wind and snow. His steps were staggering, and he would fall every few steps, then get up again with difficulty.
"We are so heavy that we have to give up something in order to move forward on this fragile ice."
047 said, turning his head and looking at 016.
"What do you think?"
"What do you think? If you need to give up something, just give it up. As long as you can get there, what is there to be nostalgic about?" 016 thought for a while and replied.
"But is it really like this?"
047 seemed very troubled. He watched 042 fall into the sea. He struggled hard and climbed ashore, seemed to be resting, and then stepped onto the ice again.
"If we discard everything, then we will become 'blank'."
"so what?"
"So, do we, the 'blank' ones, remember why we went there?"
As the sound fell, everything fell into endless silence. The splashing water, the flying snow dust, the bursting ice chips, all things were frozen at this moment.
In the distance, 042 maintained his forward movement, frozen in place like a sculpture. He stretched out his hand as if he wanted to touch something, but in front of him there was only a chaos that was difficult to see.
"What did you say?"
016 looked at 047 in confusion, and a very strange feeling surged in her heart, which she couldn't explain.
"We must have embarked on this one-way journey for a reason, but if we abandon even the original reason, will it all still have meaning when we reach the end of this journey?"
In order to make this wish, he went through a lot of hardships and reached the end of the journey, but just before realizing his wish, he lost it.
Does all this make sense
The stagnant time was broken, and everything was back on track. 042 ran forward with all his strength, and the cracks on the ice followed his steps. He was about to reach the finish line, and it was at this moment that he saw those lost people.
Their bodies were so light. After giving up everything and becoming empty, there was nothing left that could restrain them. Their bodies slowly rose into the sky with empty eyes, as if they were dead.
Hundreds of blank corpses floated in the sky.