Deep Sea Embers

Then, there was light, and that was already a long, long time ago—or maybe just a moment ago.

After all, if the theory of the astrologers in Algrade is correct, the birth of this universe is likely to have happened not long ago -

-Although for the time scale of all sentient beings in the universe, that may have been an "event hundreds of millions of years ago", but for another time scale higher than all things in the universe, the time span of hundreds of millions of years is just an insignificant introduction. ,

But who cares? Anyway, a college senior who is busy finishing his biology graduation thesis all day long and whose sleep time has been reduced to less than six hours a day will definitely not care about such "things in the sky" - the astronomy club next door may care. , that’s another thing, their credits are tied to this.

Borno held a large pile of materials that he had just borrowed from the library and ran hurriedly across the large walkway on the top floor of Academy City, as if he could bring a strong wind behind him.

He ran past an elf gentleman with messy hair who seemed to be seriously deprived of sleep, and almost bumped into him.

‘No running on the upper trail! "The messy-haired Mr. Elf hesitated for a moment and loudly reminded the short boy who appeared out of nowhere - Judging from the body size and the distinctive, feline-like ears, this should be a Jeep. Students of the Luo tribe are always so reckless.

"I'm sorry, sir!" Borno stopped hurriedly, turned around, and bent down to apologize in a posture that almost threw the book in his arms on the gentleman opposite him. "I'm in a hurry to see my mentor—I I was delayed for too long in the library. When I looked up at my watch, I realized that I was almost half an hour late! I’m very sorry. I didn’t hurt you, did I?”

The sincerity and nervous attitude of the young man Jipulo came into play, and Mr. Elf waved his hand helplessly: "Okay, you go quickly, it is not a trivial matter to let the mentor's pigeons go - but don't go on such a rampage, the world will not because of If you run too slowly, you'll be destroyed."

"Yes sir! Goodbye sir! I'm leaving sir!"

Borno bowed repeatedly and hurriedly caught the book that was about to slip out of his arms. Then he turned around and walked quickly towards the other end of the long walk. His hair was messy and he had dark circles under his eyes due to lack of sleep. The elf male looked at the young man who ran away recklessly and shook his head helplessly.

The sound of footsteps came from the side. He looked up in the direction of the sound and saw a familiar figure arriving nearby. A smile appeared on his face and he raised his hand to greet him: "Ted "It's rare to see you free for a walk at this time."

"It's even rarer to see a guy like you willing to come out of your laboratory and breathe the outside air." Ted Leal glanced at the elf scholar in front of him and joked casually, "Didn't you say that the elf only needs to take in food every day?" Can basic vitamins, fifteen minutes of light and two minutes of outdoor activity a day be enough to maintain vital signs?”

"I thought so—but my doctor didn't," Taran Ayre shrugged. "He kicked me out of the lab."

"That's great," Ted Leal rolled his eyes, "If no one is watching your body, you will die young if you don't live to be two thousand years old - seriously, the world is so good, you don't want more Do you have to live for a few years and take a good look at the world before you die? "

Listening to the unceremonious teasing and lessons from his long-time friend, Taran El just smiled and touched his nose without any way to refute.

"Yes, so good

He murmured quietly, then slowly raised his head, looking at the end of the big walk, looking past the spiers of the college tower, past the high walls, past the vast plains and hills outside the city, and towards the horizon.

There are magnificent mountains of green rolling across the land, huge tree shadows standing at the end of the horizon, and the light green phantom light escaping from the top of the tree crown fills the sky like an aurora, and turns into a river of light flowing to the plains , green like veins, flowing gracefully on the earth. Some flow on the surface, while others seep into the ground and disappear at the end of some tributaries.

Those energy flows called "Lorka's Touch" have gone deep into the ground, and intertwined into a larger network near the earth's crust, wrapping the entire planet between the earth's crust and the earth's crust. Wherever the energy flow goes, it is a place blessed by Sirantes.

This "Academy City" is built on the largest energy focus on the Qingfeng Plain.

But in fact, these "energy focus" are of little use to the operation of the city itself - the city needs electricity and fuel for execution, and the only function of the energy focus deep underground is to allow the elves to establish a newer relationship with Silantis. Direct communication.

Selantis likes to chat with people - and so does Sasloka, who is also online when he's not on tour.

Taran El squinted his eyes, and the bright sunlight shone on his face, bringing with it a kind of warmth that made people unable to help but feel sleepy.

"Have you heard about that?" Ted Leal's voice came from the side, waking Taran El from his drowsiness. "The astrologers in Algrade know it one by one. Some serious situations have arisen."

"There is always a variety of information flowing over the border, and there are long-term and stable exchanges between Terra and the border. What's more, the Algradians are a race that is very keen on the stars," Taran Al said unhurriedly, "I don't think this is a big problem - if the world is like this, then it should be like this. Now that they are aware of it, let them know. After all, there are so many people who are the same." A race of keen and intelligent people living in the depths of such a vast starry sky, and what we can touch and influence is always only the smallest part of it.

As the scholar spoke, he slowly stretched out in the sunshine, took a deep breath as if he wanted to suck the sunshine into his lungs, and then slowly exhaled.

"Ted, don't think so much. Just enjoy the air, the breeze, and the warm sunshine like me. To be honest, I really started to like the outdoors. It turns out that basking in the sun is such a good thing."

Ted Leal glanced at Taran, and then he seemed to suddenly relax. He shook his head with a smile, and followed Taran's example and squinted his eyes to let the warm sunshine shine on his face.

But only after a while, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and couldn't help but whisper in a low voice: "Then again, what do you think 'he' would think about this matter?" There are native intelligent beings among the stars who begin to spontaneously perceive certain mysteries in the birth process of this world.

Taran Ayre shrugged: "He? He doesn't have any opinions."

"how do you know?"

"Last time Ms. Lucretia came back, she told me that 'he' has a lot of things to be busy with now, and regarding the various situations that have arisen in the development process of the native intelligent beings among the stars: 'He' "I only adhere to one principle: as long as the house is not demolished, it doesn't matter. "

"Are you being too lenient?"

"Who knows?" Taran El said casually, "There is a saying, try your best to ensure the 'possibility' that this world has, which probably means this. "

Ted Leal thought for a while and felt that there was a very profound and convincing truth in it, so he decided not to dwell on this topic anymore. He just asked with a little curiosity: "Do you know where he" is now? What are you busy with? "

"Then I don't know. Anyway, in such a big place, he must be busy with a lot of things."

Taran El said, looking up at the distant sky.

He seemed to be staring at an endlessly distant place—that was outside the planet, outside the galaxy, between the ripples of space and time, deep in some endless space-time structure that was beyond the comprehension of human intelligence.

He only briefly revisited the place in a few guided visions.

Visited that ship.

In the oldest and obscure legend of the Bamosa people, the place where the "Ancient Holy Spirits" gathered. "The situation is like this," the tall Fanna stood up. In some stories deep in the starry sky, she Known as the "Sword-wielding Saint", or "The One Who Shoots Down the Stars", or "The Lady of the Falling Stars"

Yi said with a serious face, "It's a little tricky, maybe we have to go there in person."

The tall and majestic figure at the end of the long table was silent and did not speak, while Shirley across the table had already laid down with her head in her arms - I don't know when, she was called "the lady who patrols the sky" or "the lady who patrols the sky" by the Bamosa people. "Star Thrower": "But I just had a day off yesterday!"

"It must be saved," Agatha (shadow), the "Twin Stars" and "Protector in the Mirror" sitting at the corner of the long table, shook her head, "A good year can be considered a life on the ship.

Just don't spread this matter," Morris held his pipe in his mouth and glanced at the tall figure at the end of the long table - he had so many titles that sometimes even he himself couldn't remember - he said with a subtle expression, " The main thing is not to spread it to the Leviathans. They have already protested three times.

The tall figure at the end of the long table finally moved, and the discussion on both sides of the table finally quieted down a little.

All eyes fell on the captain with expectation.

The figure stood up from the darkness—Duncan Zhou Ming looked around at the followers gathered here. He was silent for a long time with a complex expression and finally let out a sigh, his expression gradually going crazy:

"So, who can explain to me first, 'Lei Nora, who was traveling, tricked Queen Leviathan into admiring the giant flower in the universe. As a result, they were both stuck in a crack in space due to the collapse of gravity, and had to send a distress signal to find her. What do you mean by detaining the two of them? Then briefly explain why it was the fourth time! What happened the first three times?

Nina on the side suddenly raised her head and looked around cautiously, muttering: "Why don't you explain what the Universe Dabihua is first? It sounds very interesting.

As soon as Nina finished speaking, the goat head on the table suddenly raised its neck and said in a very excited tone: "Hey, I know this. I went to see it during the last inspection mission, and I just said this when the quasar encountered it. At the beginning, everyone around the table suddenly said in unison: “Shut up! "

"oh.

(season finale)

(Yes, Depth 0 in the previous chapter is indeed the finale of Deep Sea, but even if the era of Deep Sea is over, their story continues, so Depth -1

The Lost Home is still sailing away. )