The moment Vivian woke up, the entire time and space stopped, and then gradually dissipated like a dream.
Rome disappeared, and the falling Mount Olympus was also stained with a layer of gray and white, and was broken down into the most basic information units, Poseidon's temple, the demon hunter's legion, the network of light paths covering the sky...
Everything froze in an instant and was gradually swallowed by the darkness, just like every time they went back, only the hall of the temple where Hao Ren and his party were located remained, and it became a stagnant space-time with only three colors of black, white and gray.
Hassu, who was being chased all over the hall, finally stopped. He took a breath, turned his head to look at the several Olympians who had stopped, and twitched his mouth: "It can be regarded as catching up."
Vivienne shook her head from side to side twice, as if she still had some aftereffects after being awakened from the previous state of confusion, and then she saw the collapsed and dilapidated temples around her and those Olympian "gods" who were in a static state, and her face couldn't help but Showing a hint of nostalgia: "Have you come to the day when Olympus will be destroyed..."
Just as Hao Ren nodded subconsciously, he immediately reacted: "Wait! Do you know the current situation?"
"Thanks to your hard work," Vivienne smiled, confirming Hao Ren's guess from the side, "You have been constantly recovering my strength and soul fragments, and finally loosened the suppression of this distorted time and space. Now I can contact As far as the fragments that have been awakened by you... Although there are still some blurs, the memory can be continuous anyway."
This was really unexpected good news. Before Hao Ren could say a word, Lily, who was standing next to him, jumped up wildly: "Aww! This time at least I don't have to explain the world view to you every time!"
Vivienne didn't say a word, just smiled slightly, turned her head to look at her side, she saw Heather Anna looking at her excitedly, as if she was going to pounce on her at any time, and on the other side of her was standing on the other side that had been silenced by time and space. The little Hessianna who is stuck: The little bat spirit still maintains the appearance of the last moment of time and space stillness. She hides beside Vivienne, with a nervous and excited expression on her face. The little guy is not afraid of the crowd of people before In the case of a sudden fight, they seemed extremely happy because they could watch the excitement in their mother's arms.
He is completely like a little kid who doesn't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement.
After watching this for a while, Vivian suddenly showed a complicated expression on her face. She gently stroked little Hesiana's head, as if muttering to herself: "Yeah, I forgot you in the old days." Rome is gone... forgot it for many years before I remembered it."
"Master Vivienne..." Seeing this scene, Heatherana finally couldn't help but speak softly, showing a rare look of hesitation, "I..."
"You suffered a lot when you were young," Vivienne waved to Hesianna, "Actually, I sent you to the shelter later because I didn't want you to suffer any more. You know, it's impossible to live with me." The stability of... ”
Heather Anna probably didn't expect that Vivienne would take the initiative to let her approach, so she couldn't help being stunned for a moment, but she quickly reacted and threw herself into Vivian's arms: "Wow—Mom—"
"It's been a long time since I've heard you call me that," Vivienne's expression was a little awkward, and being hugged by Hessiana to wipe her tears and snot made her feel even more uncomfortable, but in the end she just patted The head of the little bat spirit, "Forget it, just this time."
Lily poked Hao Ren's arm: "Landlord, look, I said Vivian is an empty-nest old bat. Look at the atmosphere around her."
Hao Ren curled his lips: "It's hard for her to restore the relationship between mother and daughter, so stop complaining."
Hessiana didn't lose control for too long. In other words, serving as the patriarch all the year round has given her a very strong psychological quality. She can distinguish priorities in any situation. She knows that the time Vivienne can stay in this time and space is very limited. , so he quickly adjusted his emotions, and reluctantly raised his head from Vivienne's arms: "Master Vivienne, how much strength have you recovered?"
She even changed the name of Vivienne back - not for any other reason, but because she has used this name for more than a thousand years, but she is more familiar with it. As for the "Mom" just now, it was simply because of excitement It's just a vent.
"It's hard to describe the battle in the deepest realm to you. My strength keeps recovering, but the factor of darkness and corruption is rooted in the depths of my soul. It is also robbing those returning strength. I become stronger , it can also become stronger, so it is not so much a battle, it is more like a constant struggle, we are all fighting to hold more power in our own hands to gain the ultimate dominance," Vivian He patted Heatherana on the head, turned to look at Hao Ren, "But don't worry, I'm sure of victory."
When Hao Ren heard the first half of Vivian's description, his heart still skipped a beat. After a long time, he said that the power fragments he had collected during the retrospective process were also strengthening the corrupted side of Vivian's soul, but when he heard Later he was surprised: "Security of victory?"
"I used to see the corrupted side of my soul as another self, even though it was chaotic, I also regarded it as an evil enemy with independent 'personality', but not long ago I discovered that it has already ' It's dead, although I don't know how it died, but I found that it can only operate according to a set of complex but fixed logic, I make a stimulus, it makes a fixed counterattack, as if... "
"It's like a computer?" Hao Ren blinked. He didn't expect Vivienne to have such a complicated "inside story" deep in her soul, but anyway, what he heard now was good news, "So you Have you found the body of the corrupted side of your soul, and figured out its law of activity?"
"It's just that I have grasped some of the laws and guessed its essence. There is still a little distance from finding the body of that thing," Vivienne said lightly, but with full confidence in her tone, "I will soon be able to thoroughly understand it." Dig it out... No matter how deeply that thing is rooted in my soul, I want to let it know who is the real master here."
Seeing Vivienne's confident performance, Hao Ren could believe that the other party did not say that just to comfort him.
"Then I wish you all the best," he nodded, "I will continue to go back and try to send all your strength back as soon as possible—this way it will be easier for you to win."
Vivian hummed, and suddenly looked at Hao Ren with a bright smile: "Then... see you in the next era."
Then she looked at Hesianna again: "You too, protect yourself in the dream, I hope you will still be there when I wake up next time..."
Just like the hasty meeting after every successful retrospective, Vivienne's awakening this time is still quite short, the distorted time and space are resisting her, and she is quickly repelled. In just a few words, she is already a Almost transparent phantom.
However, after experiencing this scene many times, Hao Ren has been able to face all this calmly. He believes that the separation is only temporary, and soon, he will be able to save Vivienne permanently from this long and twisted dream. come out.
He was convinced of this.
Vivienne's aura finally completely disappeared, but Hessiana was still staring blankly at the front. Hao Ren was afraid of what might happen to this little bat spirit, so he quickly waved his hand in front of the other party: "Hey, wake up, wake up!" Wake up—are you all right?"
Heather Anna was stunned, and suddenly muttered in a dazed way: "She said she still wants to see me when she wakes up next time, she said she still wants to see me when she wakes up next time... Lady Vivian said she still wants to see me Hey!! She said she still wants to see me!"
The more the little bat spirit talked, the louder it became, and in the end it was just dancing and yelling.
Hao Ren looked bewildered: "... so what?"
On the other side, as Vivian left, the figure of Hesperis suddenly swayed among a group of stone-like Olympians.
In the next second, the gray-white figure was suddenly dyed with vivid colors, and Hesperis successfully "smuggled" into this distorted space-time as Hao Ren expected.
"Hey, I kept you waiting for a long time," the Goddess of Twilight raised her hand to greet Hao Ren and Heather Anna, and then looked around, "Where's that damn Hasselblad?"
Hasselblad walked up with a righteous face: "I am here-but we have agreed that the past is not to blame and this time it is just a mirror image of history..."
Well, he is not righteous at all, he is facially paralyzed, so he doesn't seem guilty.
Hesperis looked at Hasselblad with a half-smile: "We're at a truce, but I've been pulled into this history again so now I'm pretty sick of looking at your face—"
Hasselblad: "Okay, I understand your feelings, but if you still want to take revenge, I hope you can do it after you leave here—the end of the world outside is coming soon, so you can't just avenge yourself at this time, can you?"
Hesperis stared at Hasselblad for a long time, and finally waved his hands impatiently: "Tch—it's annoying to see your face, but I still know the general situation, just don't get in my way."
Hao Ren finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this: what he was most worried about just now was the relationship between Hesperis and Hasselblad after he came in. Although the faction the two belonged to had signed a truce agreement in the real world outside, the truce agreement It's one thing, but personal relationship is another. In addition, Hesperis entered this time and space at the moment when Olympus was destroyed. The problem of national hatred and family hatred has affected the stability of the team, but now it seems that all worries can be put aside: after all, Hesperis in the 21st century is not the Krypton Gold Mengxin in 44 BC, she still knows the general .
Thinking of this, Hao Ren couldn't help feeling a little emotional: Well, the composition of the team members is complicated, and the team is not easy to lead. In contrast, the team of a group of tenants who eat melons at home is more worry-free. A male and female combination or a combination of fish and dogs, or a combination of cats, dogs and fish, or...
By the way, why can't any combination get around the dog