Deep Sea Embers

With the green flames illuminating the cabin, the distant sound of waves outside the cabin gradually seemed to come from a misty dream, and those secrets from the endless deep sea, from that dark and cold place, gradually penetrated into the world like creepy shadows. into everyone's mind.

The only shelters for mortals in the boundless sea are all built on the corpses of indescribable giant beasts—withered tentacles hanging from the bottom of the city-state, and pale and terrifying eyeballs staring at the endless abyss;

All living beings in the world are the descendants of the Lord Youshen. The flesh and blood of the ancient gods built everything in the world. What happened to Frost was not an invasion, but the ancient gods "awakened" from their own creations;

The four gods do not necessarily exist in a stable order, and they also have the possibility of falling out of control, and a similar "out of control" process may have happened more than once in this world. The gods who can still keep awake are the only ones left;

The cataclysm that occurred in Frost will not be the last time. As the situation of Youshen Shengzhu further deteriorates, and as the flaws in the "Creation Blueprint" continue to enlarge over time, similar "awakenings" are very likely to happen all over the world , the false replica of the ancient gods emerged from the deep sea, from the depths of the city-state, and even... from the body of every mortal.

In a calm and calm tone, Duncan told his followers what he knew in the deep sea and what he deduced based on the available information.

Afterwards, the cabin fell into a long dead silence.

Even the solid-headed Alice and the heartless Shirley calmed down obediently and realized the seriousness of the problem...probably.

After a long time, Fan Na was finally the first to break the silence. She took a deep breath, and the gloom in her expression seemed to gather a dark cloud: "If I hadn't heard you say this yourself, I would definitely have included this information Every word of my words is like the crazy ravings of the final preacher..."

"Even the craziest preacher of the end could not make up something of this level," Morris said slowly, picking up the pipe to his lips, but found that the tobacco inside had been extinguished at some point, and smiled wryly Then he put it down, "Ah, yes, the final missionary, and the final missionary who dealt with the Frost Queen—one of the craziest things in this world is that some of the warp believers can stay awake..."

Tirian frowned, and finally couldn't help raising his head after being silent for a long time: "Father, is this information true?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that he had asked a stupid question, but this stupid question was so necessary at this moment—everyone sitting at the long table probably had this thought in their minds.

"At least this is what I saw and heard," Duncan said lightly, "Of course, one-sided information may be misleading, and even the most obvious clues can have multiple interpretations.

"In addition, the Frost Queen does not necessarily tell the truth. Even if she tells the truth, she may make mistakes—we can only deduce the possibility that is closest to the truth based on the information we have at this stage."

"Is it the closest possibility to the truth at this stage..." Tirian repeated this sentence in a low voice, and then asked, "Did the Queen mention that if other city-states have the 'Awakening of the Ancient God' similar to Frost? , what kind of omen will there be?"

"No," Duncan shook his head. "She can't confirm what the mechanism of this 'awakening' is. Perhaps the only way is to enter the deep sea and directly confirm the state of the main body of the deep master."

After the voice fell, several eyes on the scene instantly fell on Agou who was hiding in the corner with his head shrunk.

"Don't look at me!" Agou jumped up almost instantly, his huge head shaking, "It's not feasible, and I can't get close to the Holy Master, let alone bring people in..."

"But you can open the 'passage' leading to the deep sea, and even take Shirley to run through the passage." Duncan looked seriously at the only deep demon on the scene, "You also said that the deep hound was born in the Holy Lord. Demon species nearby, your 'home' is next to the Holy Lord."

"It's a shallow passage, it can only pass through the edge of the deep sea, it's specially used for running," Agou saw that everyone was staring at him, and after hesitating for two seconds, he could only reveal the secrets—— In the past many years, these secrets have always been the cards for it and Shirley to save their lives. "The deep sea is a more complicated and weird place than you imagined. It is not a whole, and there is no connection between the various 'regions'. continuous existence of...

"You can see the deep area from the shallow area, but there is no suitable way. You can't walk" to the destination even after 10,000 years. There, "distance" is an illusion, and "moving" is also an illusion...

"I have been 'exiled' by the deep sea. Although the specific reason is not clear, maybe it is because of the "heart". Since many years ago, I have been unable to open the passage to the Holy Lord. On the one hand, I am now very unpopular with...the 'old town' over there, even if I just pass by the safe zone of the shallow area, I will attract countless demons to besiege...

"And even if these factors are put aside, I can't just bring 'people' into there. The deep demon can only take his own contracted symbiote through the passage-I can only take Shirley, and I can't bring other people's .”

Agou crackled and said such a long list, and then carefully observed the reactions of the people around him—especially Duncan. He shrank his neck and added: "I'm not making excuses, Captain, you heard it too, the difficulty is indeed true. a lot of."

Duncan was not annoyed by the many difficulties Agou talked about, he just thought about it for a while, and then said thoughtfully: "You mean, the space in the deep sea is not continuous?"

"... I can probably understand it this way," Agou thought for a while, then nodded, "I can't tell you the specifics—I'm currently studying "Three Conjectures on Asymmetric Space-Time" by Professor Brandauer, etc. Maybe I can explain it to you more clearly after I finish studying."

Duncan didn't pay attention to the second part of Agou's words, he just continued to think, and asked another question: "But I still remember you mentioned that in the years when the Lost Country was completely out of control, it once smashed through the entire deep sea .”

Agou's expression (although its expression is very abstract) changed instantly, and the whole skeleton creaked and froze.

Duncan thought that the other party hadn't remembered it, and added some details casually: "You said, it fell from the real world to the subspace, and then floated up from the subspace, traveling through the worlds like repeated vibrations, smashing through the entire world every time. The spirit world and the deep sea—in this process, is it equivalent to breaking through the 'space fault' in the deep sea?"

This time, not only the expression of Agou was abstract, but also the expressions of all the people in the cabin became wonderful——a kind of horrifying emotion enveloped everyone, even Lucrezia on the opposite side of the crystal ball.

"Boat...Captain!" Ah Gou's broken voice finally made a sound, every bone in it was trembling, "Don't say such a terrible thing...you really don't intend to... smash... "

"Father, please be careful," even Lucrezia, who hadn't said much and seemed quite raw, couldn't help breaking the silence. She looked at Duncan on the side of the crystal ball nervously, as if she was afraid of her own death. In the next second, my father will become that bloodless and tearless terrifying "god" again, "It's definitely not a good idea to let the Lost Homeland return to an out-of-control state to break open the gate of the deep sea, even as a 'scientific research project'... …It’s also a little too aggressive.”

Duncan didn't expect that such a bold idea would attract such a big reaction from others, so he shook his head: "Don't worry, I won't do such an extreme 'test'—I've always been a cautious person. "

Everyone was visibly relieved.

But then Duncan changed the subject again and added: "However, even from a cautious point of view, this 'old incident' has provided me with an idea-some properties of the Lost Country can ignore the deep sea. Space fault, I will do some research on this basis to see if I can open the door to that place while ensuring safety..."

Everyone's hearts were raised again...

But at least, this time, no one raised strong objections as before. Only Morris and Lucrezia once again emphasized the need for "safety" and "caution" as scholars-looking at their attitudes, obviously Is it because I am still worried that the captain will drive the Lost Homelander and smash it into the deep sea on a whim...

Fortunately, Duncan quickly moved on to the next topic.

"Besides the state of the Lord Youshen, I am more concerned about another thing now," he rubbed his chin, and said while thinking, "Those final missionaries—strictly speaking, those who have reason and act Final missionaries whose style is the exact opposite of 'cultist'."

He turned his head and his eyes fell on Tirian.

"Have you ever mentioned to Fanna that three final missionaries visited the Lost Home and talked with me all night long?"

Tirian immediately bowed his body, his expression seemed a little embarrassed: "Yes, father, I had no way of confirming your...'status' at that time, so I talked with Miss Fanna about some 'old things' about you."

"It's okay," Duncan waved his hand, "I can't remember many things from that year, so it's a good thing that you can remember."

He calmly re-emphasized his "amnesia" due to the influence of the subspace, and at the same time confirmed the changes in the expressions of Tirian and Lucrezia, and then continued: "What I want to say is that I have A hunch that sooner or later we'll have to deal with those 'death preachers of reason' again."

Morris subconsciously said: "Why do you judge like this?"

"Because they seem to be committed to participating in a far-reaching 'historical event'," Duncan adjusted his sitting posture, and said slowly, "and the movement caused by the Lost Home... has become bigger and bigger."