Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 118

[Chapter 118 Museum]

Get off the car and step onto the stone square in front of the museum. Heidi couldn’t help but take a deep breath. The cool and slightly salty sea breeze blows away, as if it also blows away the accumulation she accumulated after working continuously for a long time. The exhaustion and anxiety brought her a little relief.

This young psychiatrist hasn’t had a vacation for almost a month, and has been dealing with manic and crazy cultists almost every day recently. She even feels that the madness in the minds of those cultists has gradually infected her spirit. Let yourself fight against insomnia and dreams every day recently.

Fortunately, today she finally doesn’t have to think about those crazy believers and their deformed hearts.

Another gust of sea breeze blew from the end of the street, blowing Heidi’s skirt. She raised her hand to hold the long skirt and the wide-brimmed hat on her head, and looked up at the streamlined dome and beautiful side building in front of her. large white building.

The Maritime Museum in the Cross Streets is one of the largest museums in the city-state of Plante – and one of the most legendary.

Heidi walked towards the museum, and among the crowd not far away, a tour guide was introducing the background of the museum to tourists, and the tour guide’s penetrating voice reached Heidi’s ears: “

… This large building built in 1802 was originally the property of the Pall Brothers Ocean Trading Company. In its heyday, it was the largest storage center in Pland, handling amazing wealth, and it was regarded as the largest warehouse in Pland. It is a symbol of the city-state’s commercial prosperity, but a drastic change in 1822 completely changed the fate of this building…” Someone asked a question at   the

right time: “What happened at that time?”

An ocean-going cargo ship owned by the Parr brothers encountered a strange thick fog on its way back. In the thick fog, the unfortunate cargo ship saw a burning ghost ship and passed by it… …

“The cargo ship managed to escape the fog and even returned to the port safely, but the shadow of madness remained deep in the hearts of every crew member at that time, and quickly spread throughout the entire fleet of the Pal Brothers. In the few months after that, all the ships under the name of the Pal brothers began to encounter terrible disasters, and the crew members continued to mutiny, disappear, and some people even performed bloody sacrifices to please the unknown gods… “…ships on a long

voyage The ship encounters a storm on the supposedly calm sea, or hits an iceberg in the warm sea. The rebellious sailors detonate the explosives on the ship, destroy the boiler, and even hunt down their colleagues… Such weird disasters are repeated again and again, and finally Completely ruined the business of the Pal brothers, and made their ocean trading company apply for bankruptcy and reorganization at the end of the same year…

“After that, the Pal brothers divided the remaining property under their company name and donated part of it It was given to the city-state authorities, including this building before us… It has undergone several transformations since then, and its function has changed several times, until 1855, when it was finally transformed into a marine museum, which continues to this day.

“It is said that until today, the shadow of nearly a century ago still lingers in this maritime museum… The shadow of the Parr brothers occasionally returns to the museum, and temporarily stays in their office at that time, or wears the uniform of the Ocean Trading Company The employees of the company appeared in the exhibition area and asked the tourists about the location of the office area in confusion…

“Of course, of course! These are just rumors. The museum has been inspected and blessed by the priests of the church, and there is a team of guards stationed there. Make sure that there will be no extraordinary disasters, and you can visit with confidence-but if you are really interested in these horror and bizarre legends, you can also experience the “Adventure Chamber” on the wing of the museum, but you need to go to the square before experiencing the secret chamber project The church accepts temporary baptism and will test…”

The voices of the tour guide and tourists gradually faded away, and Heidi walked forward over the crowd, but suddenly felt a little heavy on her feet.

The ocean trading warehouse a century ago, the deep sea fog that brought disaster, the cursed fleet, the shadows lingering in the museum…

These days, Heidi, who has been dealing with cult members every day and has heard a lot of “rumors” through various official channels, suddenly feels that it is not a good idea to use the museum as a vacation sightseeing project… It is even better to go to the downtown area with this time Hang out, or follow Dad’s lead and visit the quirky antique shop.

But after struggling for less than two seconds, the young psychiatrist suddenly made up his mind and strode towards the main entrance of the museum.

Telling some just-right horror stories when introducing attractions is a common method for tour guides. More than half of the horror stories in this world are inseparable from the elements of sea fog, ghost ships and mutinous sailors. There are ghost stories in museums, maybe in antique shops. Is there anything scarier than ghost stories—how can she, a psychiatrist who deals with psychosis all day long, be afraid of this?

No one can stop her from enjoying this long-awaited vacation! Not even the evil gods of the subspace!

Determined and walking like the wind, the psychiatrist strode through the ticket office like a warrior ready to go, passed the gate of the museum, and stepped into this ancient building with a history of nearly a century.

There are fewer visitors in the museum than expected, perhaps because it is not a public holiday, the hall on the first floor of the venue even looks a bit deserted.

Several venue guides are guiding the route to the main exhibition area for some tourists who encounter difficulties. On the towering wall at the end of the hall on the first floor, there are huge whale skeletons and exquisite models of various sea ships. A man dressed as a captain The lecturer is introducing the knowledge of early sailing warships to several children.

Two girls who looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, who might still be in school, were walking together to the gate leading to the main exhibition area. They talked and laughed all the way, and seemed to have a good relationship.

The venue is brightly lit and has a cozy atmosphere.

Heidi breathed a sigh of relief, and followed the two young girls to the hall where the main exhibition area was located, ready to enjoy this quiet time.

Then, she smelled a little weird.

It smells… like something is burning

…

Near Cross Street, Duncan got out of a steam bus, and bought a magazine at a nearby newsagent to while away the time.

The investigation near the ruins of the factory did not make much progress. After Shirley and Agou left, he wandered around the sixth block for a long time and asked the locals about some things. It is possible to spy on the truth behind the “curtain”. The residents of the sixth block only remember the information disclosed by the government, and everyone believes that the decline of the block is due to the chemical pollution left by the factory and the neglect of the city-state authorities—— This is no different from what the old man basking in the sun revealed.

The truth is covered by the veil, the records in reality have been falsified, and the city-state authorities only disclosed the falsified information, but Duncan cannot conclude that the “veil” was set up by the city hall or the church of the city-state of Purdue – because in In this world of supernatural phenomena, a powerful anomaly or vision may blind everyone’s eyes.

In the face of powerful anomalies and visions, even the so-called “reality” is a canvas that can be painted and tampered with.

Now it seems that the source of that “curtain” is not in the factory, and it may not even be in the sixth block. If this so-called “source” is the sun fragment, then it should be hidden deeper.

The investigation cannot continue until more clues are obtained.

Duncan sat down on a bench by the side of the road, while casually reading the content of the recreational book, while thinking about the future.

Those Sun Cultists were looking for the sun fragments, and they disturbed the city-state; Nina’s memories and dreams vaguely point to the sun fragments, and there is a certain connection between her and the fragments; she glimpsed the appearance of the real sun through the sun mask , that indescribable thing that looks like an evil god has seen him and asked him for help…

Before he knew it, he seemed to have fallen into a messy ball of thread.

The Puland city-state, its first landing point in this world’s civilized society, thought it would be a peaceful, prosperous and peaceful place, but it did not expect that this “first stop” would be so uneven.

Duncan sighed and shook his head slightly, and at this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a strange cloud of smoke rising from the sky over the nearby blocks.

In the smoke, there is still a faint fire rising.

Duncan was stunned for a moment, and stood up from the bench. He noticed that many people on the street had also seen the smoke and flames, and many pedestrians stopped and stayed. Then, he saw someone running past in a panic. On the street, I heard someone shouting loudly:

“It’s on fire! The museum is on fire!!”

(End of this chapter)