allonlinenovel Chapter 297 Migration
Chapter 297 Migration
Alice was still sorting out her thoughts. Her gaze was fixed on the snowfield, which was being eroded. A phantom figure stood on the snow, its clean white feet leaving no trace.
"How annoying, the aura of that being..."
Gray Wind's voice echoed in Alice's mind. The others could not see the projected phantom figure, nor did they understand what had just happened.
They only saw the writhing creatures left behind by the strange creatures transform into magic, then dissipate and never exist again.
Alice, however, had a different kind of light in her eyes. Memories of the past flooded back like a tide. She remembered everything, the stories of those years.
She took Rafis's hand and held it. Graywind stood in front of her, and the ancient artificial consciousness raised its hand, activating a massive data stream.
Alice also raised her hand. Under the flow of data, her consciousness linked with the data. Rafis saw a faint golden halo above Alice's head, which was the result of the ancient Earth civilization taming this even more ancient creation.
Now, the surviving descendants are about to face that past crisis, with beings from another dimension threatening their world. All these dangers in northern Louisiana stem from this.
The hunters have never faced anything as simple as nature; they face a danger that once destroyed a galaxy, an indescribable threat that has now descended upon them.
"So, the crisis came so quickly..."
Alice murmured that Raffarin Law had shown her the destruction of their time, and that ten years ago, she was still fulfilling her duty as the admiral of the Earth United Nations Space Fleet, protecting the territory of Earth's civilization.
Whether it's this galaxy or the world at large.
"Human courage is the hymn to courage, and death is the final note of responsibility..."
Graywind sighed. As a consciousness born countless times ago, she had already experienced much, yet she still marveled at humanity, a civilization with which she had signed a pact for billions of years.
Alice looked at the hunters before her. The blizzard was getting heavier and heavier, as if it could swallow them whole. The climate of northern Louisiana had nothing to do with nature. The tentacles of destruction were disrupting the balance of nature, but even under the onslaught of the blizzard, they still had a responsibility to stand firm.
Elves, demons, orcs, humans... The misunderstood hunters are not guarding their own homeland, but the home of humanity.
If hunters stop hunting, pollution will spread, and the strange creatures that feed on nature will devour their homes, turning them into uninhabitable wilderness.
The bodies on the ground were piled up together. Here, there was no conflict of faith, and people who believed in religion or truth offered their own eulogies to the deceased.
"They are no different from what Raffarin is doing now, Alice. You must face this, son of mankind."
The snow fell heavier and heavier. The old hunter draped a coat over Alice, while the other hunters lit a fire. The flames would refine everything, whether polluted or clean.
“Let’s go. Shirley headed west… Autumn End Town, our next stop, and one of the few larger towns in our small town.”
The old hunter murmured, Alice had never been to Autumn End Town, but Gray Wind, that illusory shadow, had just the right moment to bring up the video footage for Alice.
"What the hell are you?"
"Hmm? I already told you, young human child, I am Graywind, a mechanical life form consciousness, and also a contractor of humans~ My contract with you hasn't expired yet, so~ hehe, it would be good to have your guidance in the future!"
Graywind had a full head of white hair. Alice looked closely and realized it was a reflection of herself! Seemingly noticing Alice's question, Graywind smiled and said, "Do I look different? This virtual avatar is based on your appearance. As for my real body, let's talk about that after you fly beyond the Carmen Line."
Graywind chuckled: "After all, I don't have a consciousness like Aniak's. I can move freely!"
Alice said helplessly, "So Graywind and Eniac aren't synonyms after all, but two different things?"
"Well, to put it simply, Eniac is my older sister. She was created first when we were created. The inscription technology you're using now is also based on her!"
Alice remained silent. The old hunter, carrying his gun, walked into the snowfield, holding a letter left by his daughter in his hand.
“My daughter took a lot of people to Qiumo Town. Fortunately… Let’s go, we can still make it to Qiumo Town before the sun goes down and have her cooking.”
Alice followed. The old hunter slung his gun over his shoulder, a hint of sadness in his eyes. The other hunters waved to them and disappeared into the snowfield.
Moments later, an explosion was heard behind us.
A blast of air swept through the snow. Alice turned to look, but the old hunter didn't: "That was the explosion of the magic crystal bomb. The unclean thing has been eliminated..."
Using bombs to destroy pollutants is how hunters deal with pollution. The explosions will erase the houses people built and eliminate any traces of their lives, but nature will grow back tenaciously. The following spring, the trees will still be lush, and animals will still live and thrive there.
"Sheri is a good girl, a good neighbor, and she has done so much for people over the years... Her mother... sacrificed herself in the North a long time ago, during our hunters' last and largest hunt."
"She's a good shot and has a lot of signature dishes. When we get to Autumn End, you must try her stew, it's a specialty of Northern Louisiana. And a glass of whiskey... Even if a demon bear charges at me, I'll have to finish this first."
"Life here must be very hard..."
Alice said, and the old hunter nodded: "Of course, every inch of northern Louisiana could kill you... but my good girl, she knows how to appease nature."
A thing resembling a telephone pole was stuck straight into the snow. Alice looked up and saw an iron box nailed to the wooden pole, and a magic crystal was emitting light on top of it.
"Sherry's masterpiece, the Magic Evolution Device of Autumn Town..."