454: Death video and apology note

Outside the ruins of the Diamond Queen Hotel.

“Although I have seen your other items, this is still too difficult to comprehend.”

Jacob looked at the holographic image generated by the black box, his mouth agape in surprise.

“With this, we can make a one-to-one replica and restore it to its former appearance, right?”

Liu Yan looked up and asked.

Jacob nodded.

“Of course, since you have already made a one-to-one replica, we just need to have the workers and technicians restore it based on this 3D image.”

“If they still can't manage to fit the puzzle pieces onto the mold, then they might as well all be fired.”

Using the playback function of the black box, combined with pausing it on the laptop computer, this idea had just occurred to Liu Yan.

After all, trying to restore Longbow Stream Valley based on old pictures would inevitably have some discrepancies.

But using the black box was completely different.

“That's great. I'll measure the distance and then go place the black box in other locations.”

Liu Yan turned and walked a short distance away, placing another black box.

The moment it was triggered, everything that had happened here began to be perfectly presented in the form of 3D holographic images.

And Liu Yan used the laptop computer to rewind it.

Just as Liu Yan was about to rewind back to the time before Longbow Stream Valley had turned into ruins, he frowned slightly.

“This is... Wafa?”

“Harris... Samar...”

Liu Yan's hand slowly stopped.

He had assumed that the three of them, along with Sayyid, had died at Dam Zero.

But looking at this, is it possible that the three of them are still alive?

Liu Yan was preparing to try and contact the three of them using the military radio to ask for their current location.

Immediately after, he began to see the scene where the three of them encountered Reis.

Even though he knew it was a playback of the past and not what the three of them were currently experiencing.

Seeing them encounter Reis still made Liu Yan's heart skip a beat.

...

Creak— Creak————

Having finished giving instructions to the employees, Jacob had just walked over to Liu Yan when he heard a creaking sound coming from Liu Yan's direction.

The sound was like grinding teeth, or perhaps the sound of joints.

Immediately after, Jacob also noticed the holographic image.

On the holographic image, it was playing the segment where Wafa and Samar were being skinned alive.

“This...”

Just by watching the holographic image, Jacob almost threw up because of the bloody scene.

It was too cruel.

Even if the brain-machine interface experiments were somewhat inhumane, they wouldn't be like Reis, purely torturing others.

And they were his own compatriots...

The footage continued to play.

In the end, the two were tied to the back of a vehicle with ropes and dragged the whole way.

After exceeding the range, the image was left with only silence.

At this moment, the tear of the ocean in Liu Yan's quantum storage suddenly gained a bit more color.

But Liu Yan no longer had the heart to pay attention to that.

He stood up, his eyes bloodshot.

Seeing Liu Yan in this state, Jacob knew that those Asala Soldiers in the footage who had participated in the skinning were likely going to suffer...

“I think... they were also forced...”

Jacob reminded him softly from the side, but Liu Yan did not listen.

“Bad news! Boss! Something happened!!”

Just as Liu Yan was preparing to take action, several Asala Guard Soldiers ran over in a panic from not far away.

When they reached Liu Yan, they rested their hands on their legs and panted heavily.

Chili powder and cumin were still hanging around their mouths, clearly having run over urgently during the party.

“What's wrong?” Liu Yan sensed something unusual and frowned slightly.

After the Soldiers caught their breath, they handed a note to Liu Yan, while panting heavily:

“Karim, Haddad, Mahmoud, Amir...”

“They... committed suicide!”

“We have a good relationship with them, so we were looking for them during the party.”

“But we couldn't find them. Later, we walked out of the hotel and saw their bodies and this note in a corner of the hillside not far away.”

The Soldiers reeled off a string of names. After hearing them, Liu Yan's pupils shrank sharply.

These names...

Were precisely those Soldiers who had just participated in dealing with Wafa and Samar...

Liu Yan raised his hand and took the note.

After opening it, he saw the distorted handwriting on it, as well as the paper that was more than half soaked with tears.

Liu Yan did not recognize the Asara language.

But the moment Liu Yan saw the text, a subtitle translation appeared clearly on the side.

[Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!]

[We can never forgive ourselves]

[Faced with the choice between family and compatriots, we had no choice but to choose family]

[Once we defied Reis's orders, it might have implicated the families of other compatriots...]

[Sorry... we cannot forgive ourselves, never forgive ourselves]

[Having done such a thing, perhaps only hell can take us in]

[We had originally planned, when the time was right, to drag Reis down to hell with us]

[But we didn't expect a miracle to happen...]

[In just two or three days, seeing the world get better, for a moment, we didn't want to die. We wanted to see a better Asara, wanted to see the glorious future that belongs to Asara, wanted to see an Asara without Reis's rule]

[But... if we don't die, the spirits of those two in heaven might not be able to accept it]

[We do not deserve to enjoy such an Asara, but to die on the eve of reform, we have no regrets]

[We will die with the same pain as those two compatriots]

[This is our atonement]

[Wishing for the friendship between Asara, Hafke, and GTI to last forever]

After reading the content on the note, Liu Yan fell silent.

Jacob could clearly feel Liu Yan's heavy breathing.

Liu Yan tilted his head back, controlling himself so that his tears wouldn't fall.

At this moment, the tear of the ocean in his quantum storage gained more color again.

He wanted to vent.

But Reis had already been killed by him.

Liu Yan regretted it very much.

He regretted that killing Reis was too clean and quick at the time.

Liu Yan even thought, if Reis had a few more lives, how good would that be?

But thinking of this, Liu Yan sighed heavily in his heart.

Even if Reis had a few more lives, and he tried every way to torture him, what would be the use?

The dead are dead.

Even though he had so many items.

Yet not a single one could be used to resurrect others.

Just then, a hand slowly rested on Liu Yan's shoulder.

Jacob looked into the distance with deep eyes.

“For those two whose bodies cannot be found, I cannot help you.”

“But for those who committed suicide... Hafke can preserve the bodies.”

“One day, perhaps Hafke will be able to research technology that allows people to live forever, or change the way of survival.”

“Mind uploading is just a concept for now.”

Liu Yan did not answer, only nodded and said thank you.

Seeing this, Jacob did not say anything more; after all, the current technology could not do it, and it was just an empty promise.

“Do not weep for the dead.”

“We can only look forward.”

“The past cannot be undone.”

“But the future...”

“Can be changed.”