Deep Sea Embers

Banster's response was simple, straightforward, and honest.

Lu En didn't even react immediately.

"Then why are you talking so much?" the short and fat Luen couldn't help muttering, "So many doubts, I almost thought you were going to seal up the church ark when you go back today..."

"I'm just emphasizing the risks behind this incident," Banster's expression did not change at all, his thin and bloodless face looked extremely serious, "We all know that what happened on the Thirteen Islands of Viserand back then What—"The sinking of the archipelago" is just a milder compromise. The essence of the whole thing is that our real world has a large-scale connection with the subspace. That sea area is still not stable yet, and those Levi Tan..."

"It's safe, Banster," Lune interrupted calmly, his blue eyes seemed to be soaked with the gleam of calmness and wisdom, "I'm not just in a hurry to bring frontier relics to the civilized world The mad scholars inside—those Leviathan's 'corpses' first received a full ten years of research and verification in the experimental sea area of ​​the Academy of Truth. After eliminating all unstable factors, I decided to transform them into churches Ark."

Banster fell silent for a moment, and it wasn't until more than ten seconds later that Fram on the side broke the silence: "In any case, we had to build a 'Pilitary Ark' under the circumstances at that time—Ruen is I took some risks, but without those arks, we might have lost contact with the four gods by now."

In the chaotic and dark space, the four figures fell silent at the same time.

"...Sometimes I really can't help but wonder whether the four 'Leviathans' that appeared on the eastern border are really some kind of gift from fate," Luen shook his head and muttered softly, " Without them, the Academy of Truth would not have been able to build a pilgrimage ark capable of serving as a 'worldly kingdom of God', and our other alternatives at the time had little chance of success--friends, I admit that I did hide those Leviathans There are many details, but I hope you understand, after all, it is the collapse of the border... When the Ark was delivered that year, I told you, don't be curious about the origin of 'them', just take it as a miracle."

"A gift of fate..." Banster said slowly, "If possible, I really don't want to hear this sentence. Countless souls were sacrificed to that ship, in exchange for today's four pilgrimage arks."

"You can't say that. There is no evidence to prove that the appearance of 'Leviathan' is the handiwork of 'Landless'. It's just that everything in the world is connected, and the appearance of some things happens to be related to other things." Lu En was relieved, "And now 'that ship' is sailing on the boundless sea, whether you want to admit it or not, its owner has regained his humanity, the warning from the Lost Home is just like what Captain Duncan discovered a century ago' Like the warnings of the border collapse' phenomenon, we must face up to it and pay attention to it, as I often say..."

"Truth doesn't depend on people's attitudes, because it exists forever." Banster waved his hand, "I know, I can hear the cocoons when I hear you talking about these things."

Helena looked up at Luen, then at Banster, and after a little hesitation, she said, "Banster, if you still feel uncomfortable, why don't you try to talk to that 'Captain Duncan' directly? Look at his current attitude, and even... confirm to him the truth about the thirteen islands of Veseland back then. Although he now announces that his memory has been damaged, if you contact him personally..."

Before she finished speaking, Banster had already waved his hand vigorously.

"Helena, among your many outrageous ideas, this is also one of the outrageous ones."

"Okay, I'll just talk about it."

"At this stage, we really need to be more cautious when communicating with the Lost Homeland," Luen also said at the right time, "The current level of contact is already quite bold, going further... we must consider the impact of subspace, we cannot let There is no possibility of any contamination of the cruiser ark."

Frame, who was like a rock giant, slowly moved his gaze after hearing the words, and glanced at the three popes who were talking.

"Then the three of you saints were still kidnapped onto the boat..."

Helena and Lu En said at the same time: "That's not abducted into the boat!"

Banster waited for the two to finish speaking before adding unhurriedly: "My saint is still in the church, and the one on board is just a shadow."

The next second, the chaotic and dark space suddenly fell into silence again, and it seemed that some kind of awkward and delicate atmosphere was lingering between the four of them.

In the end, it was Lun who broke the silence first: "In any case, you probably haven't revealed the truth about the 'Leviathan' at the bottom of the ark in the church to your saints, have you?"

"No." Helena was the first to shake her head. "Although I immediately thought of Leviathan when I heard Vanna mention the amazing structure below the city-state, I didn't reveal anything to her."

Banster also shook his head: "Compared to the troubles of the priests, I prefer to find you, an old guy, to find out what is going on-although it seems that you only know so much .”

Fram was the third one who shook his head: "My saint was not abducted to the ship..."

The three voices finally spoke in unison: "Are you finished?!"

"...I will stop talking."

"It's correct not to disclose it for now," Luen looked helplessly at the rock giant-like Fram, then nodded to Helena and Banster and said, "There is too little information now, and we need to think about it first." There is a way to confirm what is going on under the city-state, and to confirm whether the information on the Lost Country is correct, so that we can make the next step."

He paused when he said this, and added: "When the conditions are right, we can contact the 'ship' through our respective saints. As for now...let's discuss the 'warning ship' of the Lost Homeland first." ' for the rest of it."

Everyone's expressions became serious following his words.

"Let me talk about my opinion first," Banster was the first to speak, "I think we need to establish a 'monitoring' system across the church, the city-state and the ocean fleet for the 'warning' of the Lost Homeland." 'System - the scope of coverage should be wide and the area covered should be complete, because if the content of the warning is true and the ancient gods really exist in all things, then any dead corner that is not covered may become the cause of the next one' Frostbite' ground zero.

"On this basis, the patrol fleets of the major churches must also make corresponding adjustments, just like...we were vigilant against the 'collapse of the border' back then."

Helena glanced at Banster in surprise.

"It seems that Lu En's worries just now are unnecessary. You paid enough attention to the warning from the Lost Homelander. I thought you would question all the information from that ship because of the impact of the incident on the Thirteen Islands of Viserand. Woolen cloth."

"Precisely because of the Thirteen Islands of Viserand and the recent 'Frost Crisis'," Banster said in a solemn tone, "These incidents convinced me of one thing—it was related to that ship Yes, it can’t be a trivial matter, so I will keep an eye on everything related to that ship, more than anyone else.”

...

The dark sea is quickly returning to normal, the chaotic shadows all over the sky are gradually filled with sunlight, the sky and the sea have returned to their colorful, warm and peaceful appearance, and the faint green flames permeating the entire ship are gradually leaving the spirit world. The process gradually calms down and converges.

The flames of the spiritual body on Duncan's body also gradually faded. He let go of the hand holding the steering wheel, feeling the turbulent power gradually calm down.

The steering wheel began to fine-tune itself, and there was a creaking sound from the depths of the ship—the goat head took over the control of the ship, and the speed of the Lost Homeland dropped again, and gradually returned to the standard speed of normal cruising.

As soon as Duncan left the bridge, Alice ran over happily: "Captain! Captain! Are we in the south?"

"How is it possible?" Duncan looked at the puppet helplessly after hearing the words, "Do you know how far it is from Frost to Qingfeng Harbor?"

Alice scratched her hair: "Oh, I see that you have slowed down, and the Lost Country has left the state of the spirit world, so I thought it was here..."

"Floating up to the real world to 'take a breath'," Duncan said casually, "Navigation in the depths of the spiritual world for a long time is not good for physical and mental health, and there are several normal humans on board..."

He stopped suddenly in the middle of speaking, then shook his head.

"Going back to the real world, blowing the sea breeze and basking in the sun can relieve the pressure during the ocean voyage, and the Lost Country itself also needs to rest."

"That's true," Alice nodded slightly, with a happy smile on her face, "They are indeed quite nervous, and they are much more relaxed after returning to the sun."

Duncan knew that the "they" in the puppet's mouth actually referred to the buckets, cables, pots and pans on the ship—I don't know when she had such a good relationship with the living creatures on the ship , she can even see the "emotions" of those noisy things...

But these are good things.

"The goat's head will take the helm afterward, and I'll rest for a while," said Duncan to Alice. "We'll have scones, fish steaks, and vegetable soup for dinner tonight."

"Hey!" Alice immediately agreed happily.

Then the lady doll looked up at the sky.

The sun had gradually sank near the sea level, and the outer ring of the double rune circle had begun to sink below the surface of the sea.

"Then I'll cook first!"

Alice yelled, then turned and ran towards the kitchen.

Duncan smiled and watched Alice disappear behind the cabin door at the end of the deck.

Then he exhaled lightly, turned around and came to the door of the captain's cabin at the end of the deck.

The Gate of the Homeless.

Duncan scanned the line of letters on the door, put his hand on the doorknob, and pushed the door open.