Deep Sea Embers

The room was a little quiet for a while.

Zhou Ming didn't speak because he felt it was better not to speak at this time - it would be embarrassing.

The Frost Queen didn't speak either - she was still lying on the ground.

So the two silent "people" were in a stalemate for a while. Queen Frost continued to chew on the floor of the room, while Zhou Ming looked at the back of Queen Frost's head. After the stalemate lasted for about half a minute, Zhou Ming Finally I felt I had to say something - after all, it's not polite to stare at a lady chewing the floor.

So he bent down and broke the silence very carefully: "...Do I need to help you up?"

What reaches the ears is human speech.

Le Nora felt that the buzzing, trembling and overlapping noises that had been lingering in her mind suddenly "collapsed", and all the sounds turned into human words that could be understood without deliberately "listening". She instantly Reacting, he suddenly stood up from the floor.

Then his head hit Zhou Ming's chin - this time he didn't even have time to say "Oops" before he fell back to where he was.

Zhou Ming, on the other hand, was blinded by this sudden impact.

However, he quickly reacted and ignored the Venus orbiting in front of him. He quickly stretched out his hand to support "Her Majesty the Queen" who was lying down again. While helping the unfortunate lady up, he spoke awkwardly: "Sorry, I was standing in the wrong place...are you okay?"

Le Nora felt her head buzzing, but she was more awake than ever - she realized that her reason had completely returned to her body, and an indescribable "cognition" had just appeared in her perception. After completing the reorganization, she understood the chaotic noises and saw another look of this "lair".

She saw the floor, tables and chairs, and other furnishings with strange and unfamiliar styles - many things that seemed to be used by mortals on a daily basis were floating in a boundless chaos filled with dim light, and there seemed to be something deep in the chaos. An illusory structure like a wall, all of which are constantly expanding and contracting in the field of vision, like a phantom.

All this gave her the feeling that there was an indescribable, non-human existence living here and imitating everything about "humans" in the nest.

She also saw the "entity" that spoke to her. It was still a piece of maddening starlight, but the starlight had collapsed into the outline of a human being. She couldn't see clearly the facial features in the starlight, but she could see the other person's movements. "Hand" supported his arm, and he could hear the human voice coming from the starlight - the voice showed a friendly and kind attitude.

"I...it's okay," Le Nora hesitated for a moment. Even with the wisdom and calmness of the Frost Queen, she seemed a little confused after a series of unexpected situations. She organized her thoughts while trying Communicate with this "entity" that seems to be imitating humans, "I'm sorry to disturb your peace, I'm just a little... curious, and then I was bound by this curiosity to your nest...'palace'."

Zhou Ming frowned, always feeling that the Frost Queen was acting weird when talking to him.

But he didn't think much about it, because he was actually as confused as the other party now - the Venus was still floating in front of his eyes, he could only wave his hand: "It's okay, I didn't expect... you are the first to visit here." Humanity'."

Le Nora paid attention to the actions of the humanoid entity in front of her, endless curiosity surged in her mind. At this time, she finally couldn't help it, and raised her finger to point at the one that had been on the opponent's head (if the starlight was really If it’s a head) there’s a ball floating around nearby: “…What is this?”

Zhou Ming raised his head and looked up, his expression was slightly silent for a while, and finally tried to reach out his hand, trying to grab the small celestial body with a light yellow bright atmosphere that had just been separated from his body - pointing at The moment his tip touched it, the little planet quietly returned to his body.

"This is Venus," he said, trying to control his expression and tone, "a... star."

Leigh Nora looked at this scene in amazement and couldn't help but sigh: "...incredible."

"I also find it incredible," Zhou Ming said from the bottom of his heart, "Before I was hit by you, I never thought that... such a thing would happen."

He lowered his head and stared at his hands. He saw that his arms were as usual, but when he tried to clench his fists tightly and concentrate on sketching a starry sky in his mind, faint starlight floated in his field of vision. middle.

Change is accelerating again...

Leigh Nora couldn't understand what this "starry sky entity" was doing. She was just surprised that the other person really had human-like intelligence, and that she was actually communicating with such an incredible being at the end of the world. After confirming the friendliness of this "entity", she gradually became bolder: "Have you... always lived here?"

Zhou Ming frowned, and he suddenly realized what he had been vaguely aware of, the subtle inconsistency in Le Nora's speech and attitude.

"You didn't recognize me?" He looked at "Frost Queen" with some surprise and said.

"Recognize you?" Le Nora was stunned when she heard this, and looked at the inhuman existence in front of her in confusion, "Have we...when have we met?"

Zhou Ming was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized - yes, Ley Nora had indeed never seen him.

It was Duncan she had met.

So he opened his palm and summoned a flame in front of Le Nora.

Green fire shot out from among the stars, and the connection of the flames was instantly established - the cluster of flames that Le Nora had touched resonated with the flames in front of her.

"Have you thought of it now?" The starlight trembled and said in human language.

Leigh Nora was stunned on the spot. She was so shocked that it took her several seconds to wake up. Then she looked at Zhou Ming dumbfounded: "Are you... the captain?!"

"...That's part of me," Zhou Ming thought for a moment and explained to "Her Majesty the Queen" according to his own understanding, "or one of its appearances and a carrier."

After saying this, he paused, and then couldn't help but speak with emotion: "You are the first 'human' to see me here, and now you understand the truth beyond anyone else."

Astonishing knowledge exploded in her mind, and Le Nora once again felt the dizziness she felt when she saw the magnificent "Light Cocoon" for the first time. It was caused by the reshaping of cognition and the revelation of truth. shock!

But perhaps because she had already crossed the "crack", entered this "cocoon", and had passed the initial baptism, the dizziness this time only lasted for a moment, and then she regained her normal thinking ability and Understand everything quickly——

A chaotic existence at the end of the world, a kaleidoscopic entity, a "spirit" that has pierced its "tentacles" into the real dimension. It has many interpretations, but it has a single source - this source sleeps at the end of time. And now, she, a reckless traveler, has found the source.

"We haven't seen each other for a long time," Zhou Ming smiled. He knew that Lei Nora would be a little confused after learning the truth, but it seemed that the other party was confused for longer than he initially expected, so he had to Take the initiative and say, "Stop standing here, sit down and tell me what happened after you 'ran away', and how you found my 'hut' and scrawled graffiti outside." "

As he spoke, he walked towards the sofa.

"Don't mind how simple this place is. After the end of the world, the conditions in my place will be limited. It will definitely not be as good as your palace back then and your gorgeous bedroom now - and there is nothing here to entertain you. But then again , you are a ghost now, you shouldn’t need to eat, right?”

"Uh... no need."

Leigh Nora said casually, and basically followed Zhou Ming to the sofa in a semi-conscious state - her walking posture was shaky, as if she was walking on a floor that was constantly deforming, which aroused Zhou Ming's attention. Curious: "Are you dizzy?"

Leigh Nora couldn't help but murmur in her heart: Everything here is floating in the chaos of fluctuations. It's not like a place where people can stand. Of course they will get dizzy if they walk on it.

But in front of this "thousand-faced star", she couldn't say this directly, so she could only nod her head: "A little bit, but it's not a big problem."

"...Oh, then you really need to sit down quickly."

Zhou Ming said, his tone was a bit awkward. He touched the tip of his nose and thought that it was no wonder - after all, this "Her Majesty the Queen" just hit her head on the floor twice in a row, and the one on the back of her head was also hit hard. ...It seems that the collision was not light.

But he didn't feel too guilty - he was hit so hard that stars appeared in his eyes.

After sitting on the sofa, Leigh Nora felt a little more at ease.

Although this "sofa" was also shrouded in a dark and suspicious black fog, and its surface was filled with "colors" that were constantly moving like some kind of living thing, at least when she sat on it, she finally lost that feeling of The feeling of dizziness and falling like stepping on the surface of chaos.

Zhou Ming also sat down on the sofa next to him, looking curiously at the Frost Queen whom he hadn't seen for a long time: "Okay, now let's talk about you."

"...After breaking away from the place that originally bound me, I have been wandering in the cracks of time and space." Leigh Nora nodded, briefly organized her thoughts, and then began to tell the story of how she "opened the bedroom and left Alice" After running around in the mansion", "It was a bizarre 'journey'. As I said just now, I even passed through the ripples of subspace - my 'hut' was like a protective shell, carrying I am constantly drifting in the turbulent and broken rivers outside the real dimension...

“I have had many incredible experiences during my journey, which I can share with you later, but I think what you are most concerned about now is how I found this ‘place’…

"To put it simply, I was swept here by a sudden 'turbulence'. After being trapped for a long time, what initially led me to your 'palace' was actually... a A lamp.”

"...Light?!" Zhou Ming's eyes widened instantly.

"Yes, a lamp, floating in the fog," Leigh Nora nodded seriously, "a lantern used on ships."