Deep Sea Embers

Chapter 852 Depth, -1——To the New World

Then, there was light.

And that was a long, long time ago - or maybe it was a moment ago.

After all, if the theory of the astrologers in Algrade is correct, the birth of this universe probably happened not long ago - although to the time scale of all beings in the universe, it may have been "billions of years ago" Event", but for another time scale higher than everything in the universe, the time span of billions of years is just an insignificant parameter.

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 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.

"You are not allowed to run on the upper walkway!" Mr. Elf with messy hair stumbled and loudly reminded this short guy who appeared out of nowhere - from his body size and his distinctive, feline-like features. Judging from my ears, this should be a student of the Gipulo tribe. This race is always so reckless.

"I'm sorry, sir!" Borno stopped hurriedly, turned around, and bent down to apologize in a posture that almost threw the pile of books in his arms on the gentleman opposite him. "I'm in a hurry to see my tutor—— I was delayed in the library for too long. 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, letting go of the mentor's pigeons is not a trivial matter - but don't go on such a rampage, the world will not because of this If you run too slowly, you'll be destroyed."

"Yes...thank you 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.

The elf male with messy hair and dark circles under his eyes due to lack of sleep 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 say hello: "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 his 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," shrugged Taran Ayre. "He kicked me out of the lab."

"...That's great," Ted Leal rolled his eyes, "If no one keeps an eye on your body, you won't live to be two thousand years old and you will die young - to be honest, the world is so good, you just Don’t you want to live a few more 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.

"Yeah...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, looking 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 veins, winding and flowing on the earth, some flowing on the surface, and some seeping into the ground and disappearing at the end of some tributaries.

Those energy flows called "Loka's Touch" go deep into the ground and intertwine into a larger network near the mantle, wrapping the entire planet between the crust and the mantle - and the energy flows are Everywhere you go is blessed by Silantes.

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 requires electricity and fuel, and the only function of the energy focus deep underground is to allow the elves to establish a newer relationship with Silantis. Direct communication.

Silantis loved chatting with people—and so did Saslokar, who was also online during breaks in tours.

Taran El narrowed 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 Algrad - they know 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 sensitive to the stars. ," Taran El said unhurriedly, "I don't think it's a big problem - if the world is like this, then it should be like this, and since they are aware of it, let them know, after all …There are so many equally keen and intelligent races living in the depths of such a vast and boundless starry sky, and what we can touch and influence is always only the smallest part of them…”

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 I do... 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: "Then again, what do you think 'he' would think about this matter? There are native intelligent beings among the stars. Begin to spontaneously perceive some of the mysteries in the birth process of this world..."

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

"……how do you know?"

"Ms. Lucretia told me when she came back last time - 'He' has a lot of things to be busy with now, and as for the various situations that have arisen in the development process of the native intelligent beings among the stars...' He only adheres 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... Oh, try your best to ensure the 'possibility' that this world has, that's probably what it means."

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

"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 infinitely distant place - 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" gather -

…

"This is the situation," the tall Fanna stood up - in some stories in the depths of the starry sky, she is also called the "Sword-wielding Saint", or "The One Who Shoots Down the Stars", or "The Lady of Falling Stars" "——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 since when, she was called "the lady patrolling 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, "I am still on the ship after all..."

"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 couldn't remember - and said with a subtle expression, "The main thing is not to spread it to the Leviathans. They have 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. After a long silence with a complex expression, he finally let out a sigh, his expression gradually going crazy:

"So, who can first explain, 'Lei Nora, who was traveling, tricked Queen Leviathan into admiring the flowers of 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" - and then briefly explain, why is it the fourth time?! "

Nina on the side suddenly raised her head and looked around cautiously, muttering: "Why don't you explain what the cosmic giant flower 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, which was about Quasar Encounter..."

As soon as it started to say this, 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. )