In the end Yanagihara did not delete the photo of Liz because Al said he wanted to keep it as a souvenir.

Although he was very reluctant, Yanagihara agreed to Al's request.

Before leaving, the three of them took a group photo next to the shabby house in the garbage dump.

In the photo, snowflakes are flying in the distance. Among the piles of junk, Al is lying on Yanagihara's back, while Liz is standing aside, smiling and gesturing with a scissor hand. Yanagihara is squeezed between them

, with a look of helplessness.

If mankind still has a future, if after the disaster has passed, there will be a new generation, if people in the future can see this photo.

They may think that this era is not that bad.

Because at least there are some good things left, even in a world that has been almost abandoned.

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In the evening, Liuyuan took Al and Liz back to the shelter under the barrier and prepared dinner.

Al sat on the narrow folding bed and looked through the camera. There seemed to be some photos from the past in it.

Liz sat on a chair nearby, sorting out the things she brought back this time.

While sorting it out, she complained, saying that Yanagihara had picked up some useless items.

"The clothes are what I want to wear, and the pen is what I plan to use for writing. Why is it useless?"

Yanagihara stood at a low table that was said to be the kitchen, but was actually a workbench, cooking broth, and responded to Liz's complaint lightly.

"What about these two umbrellas?" Liz curled her lips and picked up the two folding umbrellas on the ground.

"Don't tell me you're going to use them to protect yourself from the storm."

"The sunshine on the ice sheet is sometimes very dazzling." Liuyuan shrugged: "I plan to use them to block the sun."

"Tsk, a wanderer still has so many things to pay attention to."

Despite muttering like this, Liz finally placed the umbrella in the corner of the room, making the already small room seem more crowded and messy.

After dinner, the three of them lay down to rest.

Liz and Al were lying on the bed, and Yanagihara was still lying beside the bed.

Suddenly, Al asked Yanagihara while holding a nearly pitch-black photo from his camera.

"Yagihara, is this the first world after the disaster?"

Liuyuan glanced at the contents of the photo. It was a dark scene. There was no light in the sky. In the city, only the rough outlines of the buildings and the vague figures of people on the streets could be seen.

"Hmm." Probably recalling something, Liuyuan nodded lightly towards the photo, and Yanagi Yuan stopped talking.

Instead, Liz, who was lying on the side, cast her gaze over and continued.

"I have read about the dark era in books. It was the more than 100 years when the glory of human nature shone brightest. If people in our era had one percent of their will, they would not be where they are today.

It’s a field.”

"Why do you say that?" Al turned his gaze to Liz in confusion and asked in confusion.

"Because countless heroes were born in that era. They built greenhouses, drove away wild beasts, and opened up a living space for mankind on the ice sheet. Without them, we might not exist at all, and mankind might have perished long ago.

Before the sun reappears."

"Do you also think they are heroes?" At this time, Yanagi Yuan, who had remained silent, suddenly asked.

"Sure, why not, they saved all of humanity, didn't they?"

Liz naturally spread her palms, with a hint of admiration in her eyes.

She longed for that era. Perhaps people like her should have been born in darkness.

"No, I think they are just a group of people working in vain." Liuyuan shook his head and expressed his thoughts.

"Hey, I'm going to talk about you Liuyuan." After listening to Liuyuan's words, Liz raised one of her fingers dissatisfied, looked at Liuyuan seriously and said.

"People should learn to be grateful. No matter what, from a certain perspective, they are the ones who saved you."

Looking at the girl's serious look, Liuyuan stopped talking.

Maybe she is really not qualified to evaluate others, but she feels that she is at least qualified to evaluate herself.

And it is undeniable that in that dark era, mankind did fail.

Liuyuan once participated in it and witnessed it with her own eyes, so she has a deeper memory than anyone else today.

"That's right!" After a short silence, Liz seemed to suddenly remember something again, and raised the corner of her mouth and said to Yanagihara and Al.

"Do you know who my favorite character is in that book?"

Al shook his head, Yanagihara remained silent.

So Liz continued to preach on her own.

"Her name is Ludman, and she is the captain of the third branch of the scavenger organization at the end of the Dark Ages."

Ludman, after hearing this name, Liuyuan, who was sitting beside the bed, had a flash of surprise on his face.

Because she was very familiar with this name, so familiar that she had used an identical pseudonym before.

And she did serve as a branch executive officer in the Scavenger organization for a period of time.

No, is it such a coincidence?

Subconsciously looking at Liz with his eyes, Yanagihara finally showed some changes in his calm expression.

In Liz's eyes, this change was regarded as a symbol of Yanagihara's interest in it.

Then the smile on the girl's face became even brighter, and then she said exaggeratedly.

"Let me tell you, that woman can definitely be called a legend. She once achieved the feat of killing three monsters by herself with a short knife. She is extremely good at using swords."

"In the early days, he participated in more than a dozen battles such as the European Plains Extermination War, the Rochester Evacuation War, etc., leading soldiers to kill more than 100,000 beasts. At that time, he was canonized as the Duke of the territory by the last queen of a Western country, and also

A nickname spread among the soldiers was called the Razor Duke. Although this nickname has some ironic meaning, it is undeniable that she was definitely one of the most influential humans at that time."

"Later she joined the scavenger organization, participated in the beast removal plan drawn up by the greenhouse founder Heath, and successfully opened up two territories, the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent, that could provide for human survival. Unfortunately, during the battle deep into the south

They failed, and all the scavengers chose to stay and break up the rear in order to cover the retreat of other troops."

"The same goes for Liuderman. No one knows what her ending will be, but I think it must be an epic full of gunfire and iron blood. Even if it ends, it will still be great."

At this point, Liz's face was full of admiration.

However, the reality is not like that.

Yanagi Yuan knew this because she left at that time.

While everyone was facing the beast, she chose to escape in another direction, taking a friend's instructions with her.

It's not an epic, and it's never great.

But looking at Liz's appearance, Yanagihara did not choose to tell the truth in the end.

why?

Maybe it's because she also wished she hadn't left at that time.
Chapter completed!