Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Klein did not let go of the skylark, but kept holding it in his hand. He found Cattleya in the captain's cabin.

She was closely observing the environment outside the "Future" by the window, alert to possible abnormalities. Cattleya also held a chart in her hand, constantly comparing the direction of travel and the safe route.

As soon as Gehrman Sparrow walked in, Cattleya noticed the unconscious skylark in his hand, and the way Gehrman held the bird was obviously wrong. Cattleya immediately asked: "How has it been affected by this?" The impact on a large sea area?”

Klein did not nod: "Do you have a cage here? Or any container that can put her down and breathe."

Although Herman used "she" to refer to the skylark, this kind of pronoun was normal among the owners, and Cattleya didn't take it to heart: "Frank should have an empty cage there. He once raised... …But I have strongly asked him to get rid of those creatures.”

Klein said a cold "hmm" and walked down the stairs without disturbing the captain.

Heath Doyle suddenly emerged from the shadows. After leaving the range of the voice, except that his face became paler, he had returned to normal. But Heath was staring at Hermann now, his eyes flickering between his face and hands.

Klein probably knew why he appeared, because "Norns" was being held in his hand with a half-dead look, which seemed to arouse Heath's confusion. He wanted to ask but was very hesitant.

Klein simply spoke first: "Do you know where Frank's room is?"

"I'll take you there." Heath looked at him for a few seconds before saying.

Klein pressed his hat with his free left hand to cover his gloomy eyes: "Thank you."

Soon, Heath led Klein to a door with several empty flower pots piled at the door. The door was half open, and Frank's back could be seen moving things inside.

Klein knocked on the door twice: "Frank, is there an empty cage?"

Frank had just straightened a low fruit tree with his hands. He subconsciously glanced back at the door. His attention was instantly attracted by Skylark's weak look: "Of course... Norns passed out?"

"Well, please find a suitable container for her." Because it sounded strange to make this request alone, Klein maintained Hermann's indifferent tone and added two more words, "It's too dangerous outside, but she is After being attracted, you want to fly out.”

"Of course it does, I have it! It can't run around in this sea area. If it flies away from a safe place, there may be any danger!"

Frank picked at the corner of the room for dozens of seconds and quickly fished out a small, dusty birdcage. After vigorously rubbing off a few clods of soil stuck to the cage door, Frank handed the cage over.

Klein took the cage and thanked him. He did not rush to put the skylark in, but carried the cage up the stairs. He wanted to go back to the room assigned to him near the captain's cabin first, clean the cage that smelled of earth, and then place Skylark in it.

Frank muttered twice, worried about whether there was any conflict between his "two new friends".

Then he turned his eyes and saw another person standing by the door in a daze: "Hey, Heath, you are here too. When did you come?"

Heath shook his head at Frank with mixed emotions, retreated into the shadows of the corridor, and quickly merged into it again.

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Esther finally woke up. She felt like she had experienced a nightmare that was so long that it was difficult to look back on time.

Various sounds penetrated into her dream, and formed shapes that made Esther feel small all the time:

The violent lightning, the dazzling sunlight, and the illusory books are rolling like a rainstorm without stopping, and the flesh and blood burst into pieces while squirming. The dark curtain falls and flies, and various twisted spiritual creatures gradually dissolve into blocks of color, spreading out. Plants with a fishy smell continue to grow and rot...

The earthy smell is very strong.

Esther gradually formed such a clear idea, so her consciousness gradually became lighter, and she was finally able to escape from the chaotic scene that made people want to go crazy.

When Esther opened her eyes, she discovered that the earthy smell was real. She was lying on a ball of handkerchiefs, covered with another handkerchief, and surrounded by a hard iron cage.

It was this cage that was emitting a strong earthy smell. It was obvious that its previous occupant had moved away a long time ago, so it could only be forgotten among the many soils, and it was not dug out until now.

Esther stood up blankly, looking back and forth.

She was still in Klein's room, and her satchel and Klein's box were both within her sight. The moment she realized this, Esther felt a little relieved, but why was she locked in a cage?

The cage door has a built-in lock, which requires a matching key to open, not a simple latch.

Esther could steal the door lock or even the cage bars, but she was confused about the current situation, so she planned to wait for Klein to come back and ask about the situation first, fearing whether she had unintentionally caused any trouble.

She tried to recall what had happened before, but her memories only stopped at the moment before she lost consciousness. Esther didn't know what was affecting her, but at that time she just felt that it was difficult to control Skylark's body.

At that time, she could only cling to the cold floor. After her eyes were shrouded in light, the next moment was darkness, and the weird dream followed, making Esther still feel dizzy.

"What happened..." Esther flapped her wings twice, and the numbness on her body had almost dissipated.

The timing of Esther's awakening was lucky, and Klein walked in from the door not long after.

He was also holding a plate in his hand, which contained a slice of browned bread with a little butter on it, and two fish strips of keel fish with a little sauce.

"I didn't bring you much for lunch." Klein said this and placed the plate next to the cage without opening the cage door.

After carefully closing the doors and windows and setting up the spiritual wall, Klein pulled out a chair in the room and sat opposite Skylark with an indifferent expression, carefully observing all the bird's expressions and reactions.

Seeing Klein's serious look, Esther couldn't help but shrink her neck in depression, trying to remember if she had caused any trouble: "Did something happen when I was unconscious?"

"A lot happened. It's past noon now and you were unconscious for a few hours."

Hearing the subtlety in Klein's tone, Esther did not urge him to open the cage door that required a key, but stayed where she was: "It's been so long, why don't you tell me?"

"We encountered huge diamond pillars stretched from the bottom of the sea to the sky. They held up a floating island with a strange roar; there appeared a golden chariot that could run in the air, and some people were burned to ashes just by looking directly at it; in the dark night When it comes we must sleep, and so we enter a dream that is common to all.”

Esther's eyes widened, and she didn't know whether to lament that she missed so much, or to be grateful that she didn't see those things and didn't receive more stimulation.

But immediately, she noticed something was wrong: "But I have been falling asleep. I did not enter the common dream you mentioned. Shouldn't I be in it too?"

Klein nodded, then shook his head: "I don't know why."

"Huh?" Esther pawed twice uneasily, "Did that mean something happened in your dreams?"

Klein spoke very quickly, as if he was using this to cover up his emotional anxiety: "I met a person who was affected by bad luck in a dream, and I also saw a mural of 'Angel of Destiny'. On His shoulder Crouching was a skylark with its eyes closed, but looking lifeless."

"Zoya?" After Esther said the name, she subconsciously gathered herself into a ball, "I remembered that the huge gasping sound caught his attention, and he even felt sad and resentful for a time, which was very strong. 'Zoya's' emotions are the same as mine, and I can feel that those consciousnesses are extremely complex."

Klein looked at the confusion and trouble in Skylark's eyes. Esther's emotions were clearly displayed in front of him, but Klein didn't know whether to believe it or not.

Could this be "Zoya's" deception? Will "Zoya" perform the trick of Esther waking up, and then take advantage of the opportunity when he relaxes his vigilance to fly away, escape the range of the "Future", and let Esther disappear forever on this golden ocean?

Klein was struggling internally.

I'm afraid "Zoya" knows everything that he and Esther have communicated. He said the words "I know you", so no matter how Klein "exchanges codes" with Esther, "Zoya" Maybe they can all be connected.

Above the gray fog, "The Fool" even heard "Zoya" speak Chinese, which meant that he had more or less come into contact with the world where the two of them were before they crossed over, including Russell Huang Tao Gustave, or " "Zoya" learned their language from some source, even...

There is also a correspondence between "The Fool" and "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun" in Chinese? Is it from the world of our network and information age?

While Skylark was in coma, Klein also tried to divine Esther's condition, but all the divination results gave no clues except the omen light.

Even if he went to the bathroom to climb into the gray fog and use the pendulum method to test the ball of light, the crystallized citrine would not move.

Therefore, now Klein can only use the most basic method to directly talk to "Suspect Bird". By observing and reasoning various details, he hopes to distinguish whether it is Esther or "Zoya" who is awake now.

After the lark in the cage looked at each other for more than ten seconds, Esther looked at the plate next to her when she saw that Klein had no intention of speaking.

Esther pointed to the piece of bread with the tip of her wing: "How about you help me put it in the cage? It looks like I want to take a bite."

Then her voice dropped slightly: "I've already missed breakfast, and I don't want to miss lunch too..."

The corners of Klein's mouth twitched slightly and couldn't help but raise their lips.

Great, it seems to be the fellow countryman himself.

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