Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 357

[Chapter 355 Lurkers]

Wilkins suddenly felt a slight dizziness, as if some invisible force brushed his mind, and he suddenly woke up from a strange light sleep , in the belated wake-up call, he suddenly raised his head, and looked at the elegant and harmless old gentleman with a little nervousness and vigilance.

Morris returned a friendly and polite smile to the “informant.”

However, Nemo suddenly broke out in a layer of cold sweat. He only recalled it now. From the moment he entered the secret passage, the old man’s eyes almost stayed on him, a kind of feeling that seemed to search his mind and traverse his memory. Power has always been entangled in his mind, he has been unconsciously answering every question of these uninvited guests, and even almost exposed the situation of other contact points in the city-state!

Even if these uninvited guests had Captain Tirian’s token in their hands and knew the code, I shouldn’t be so careless! After all, these people came out of nowhere today. According to the rules, I should test them a bit more!

Of course, the sudden change of expression on the face of this “informant” did not hide from Fan Na’s eyes. The latter took a step forward, with a solemn and sincere expression: “Mr. Wilkins, relax, we are not enemies—we The tokens and codes you are carrying are indeed from Mr. Tirian, but for the sake of necessary safety, some tests have been conducted on you just now.” “Test…

what test?” Nemo looked at the few people in front of him with vigilance, ” What is your origin?”

“Simply speaking, we suspect that a phenomenon of cognitive pollution with a huge coverage has begun to spread in the city-state, and this pollution will cause people to unconsciously produce false memories and lose their sense of identity. Accurate cognition of the real world, even becoming an accomplice of heresy without knowing it, we can’t be sure whether Mr. Tirian’s informants in the city are still reliable, so we can only conduct tests,” Fanna explained with a serious expression, Immediately after, the subject changed, “As for our origins… haven’t you heard from Mr. Tirian?”

“The captain didn’t explain in detail. He only said that he was a few people he could trust,” Nemo replied cautiously. “Forgive my doubts—he wouldn’t make such inexplicable arrangements before.” Morris thought for a while and

understood , Looking at Duncan: “Oh, that may be because he didn’t dare to reveal the identities of us without your explicit permission?”

Permission? Captain Tirian dare not reveal his identity casually?

Hearing what Morris said, Nemo’s expression turned weird for a moment. He subconsciously looked at the bandaged and black-clothed weirdo. He obviously wanted to ask something but didn’t know where to start.

Duncan didn’t think much about it, he just nodded lightly: “Since it is confirmed that Mr. Informant is fine, there is no need to hide it.”

Then, he looked at Nemo, raised his finger and pointed to himself: ” I’m Tirian’s father.”

The spy of the sea mist named Nemo Wilkins froze for a few seconds, and then he didn’t know how to scratch his head, and suddenly his eyes widened: “Don’t insult the captain. !”

Duncan: “…”

The atmosphere at the scene was a bit awkward for a while, and Fanna and Morris couldn’t help but put their hands on their foreheads, only Alice turned her head to look left and right, she didn’t seem to react, and looked at the line seriously Mr. Man said, “It’s true.”

Nemo obviously wanted to speak, but this time before he could speak, Morris suddenly stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: “Young man, think carefully before you speak.” ——The great ‘Steel Lieutenant General’ Tirian also has a father.”

At this time, Nemo Wilkins suddenly noticed the subtlety in the atmosphere, and woke up from the conversation just now, and then, He then recalled the ancient legends about the Abu Normar family, about Captain Tirian’s family, about the Lost Homelander, about the soul wandering in the subspace—when he looked up at Duncan again, his eyes It’s obviously not right.

“I’m back from the warp,” Duncan looked at him with a calm voice, “I’m here to help Tirian with a little trouble.”

Nemo thought for a while, rolled his eyes, and fell on his back.

However, Fan Na next to him seemed to have been prepared. Before the informant fell down, she grabbed his arm with one hand, and then took out a whole bottle of refreshing essential oil with the other hand, and flicked the cork on the bottle. Pour it straight up Nemo’s nostrils.

Mr. Informant basically went straight out.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!” Nemo was fully awake, his nasal cavity was filled with the strong smell of ointment. Lifting her head in tears, she sniffed her nose and said nervously, “I…I…”

“Sorry—I forgot that ordinary people have worse physique than guardians,” Fanna awkwardly held the Put the glass bottle away, “But don’t worry, this thing is harmless to your body.”

Nemo took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the tears and snot from his face while calming down, and looked at Duncan with fear and hesitation: “Really?” …Is it really you? Then…then what can I do for you…” “

You are serving me,” Duncan waved his hand, “Don’t be so nervous, tell me more about the situation of Frost City That’s it.”

“Okay…okay,” Nemo nodded repeatedly, and then sneezed a few more times before he settled down, “Then what else do you want to ask?” “You are in touch with

other informants in the city now. ” Duncan asked, “How do you usually communicate? Will you gather in this sewer system, or use a more hidden channel?” “

We rarely gather,” Nemo said while rubbing his nose, “mainly For safety reasons – after all, many of our members have close ties with the upper city, they need to be more hidden. In most cases, we exchange information through various secret channels, such as codes in newspapers, specific contact points , or rely on some ‘messenger’ for one-line contact.

” In fact, even we ourselves don’t know how many ‘insiders’ there are in the city. ‘Compatriots’, and the complete list is only in the hands of Captain Tirian and Mr. Aiden. I can be regarded as the ‘connector’ of my level, and the list of people in my hand is a little bit more, but it can’t exceed ten people…”

Listening to Nemo’s narration, Fanna couldn’t help but nodded slightly: “It’s a very cautious and effective lurking form. Most of the cultists who deal with the guardians are not so professional.

” Operation,” Duncan said casually, and then looked at Nemo, “Are you the only person in this contact point?” “

There are two more,” Nemo nodded, “a person named ‘Crow’ , he should be inspecting the nearby passages at this time, and there is an old man who spends most of his time in the abandoned plumbing workshop – even I don’t know his real name, we all call him ‘Old Ghost’. “

Duncan exchanged glances with Vanna and Morris.

Nemo Wilkins seemed unaffected by cognitive disturbances, but others who came into contact with him were not.

“Go and say hello too,” Duncan nodded. “Where is the plumbing workshop?”

“It’s right here,” Nemo said, pointing to the right side of the fork in front of him. “It’s the maintenance of the Second Waterway.” I will take you to the temporary resting place of the personnel.”

The informant stepped forward, and on the way, he began to introduce the situation of the “old ghost” to Duncan and others.

“…he is in his seventies this year, almost the oldest of us. My grandfather used to work with him, and it was the queen’s time… “The old ghost is not very clear-headed, but as long as it

involves gas pipes and He never made mistakes in the connection sections of the Second Waterway. The gas pipeline we added here was built by him with his people – a branch road was secretly connected from the upper main pipeline, and it must be safe and not be discovered. , This is not a job that ordinary people can handle…

“The old ghost seldom goes to the ground. He spends most of his time here. Sometimes he will brag to us about the past when he drinks. He said that he was dozens of years old. Years ago, he was an engineer of the Second Waterway. At that time, the Queen even awarded him a medal in person—but to be honest, few of his words are credible. I have seen his medal, which is just a piece of iron with a bare top. Nothing, obviously picked it up from some corner…

“Well, he probably inhaled too much poisonous gas when he retreated to the Second Waterway-I told you? Fifty years ago, when the last Queen’s Guard retreated and blocked the Second Waterway, when the shaft collapsed, some Part of the poisonous gas floated down from the upper floor, and some artisans who were loyal to the queen ran to seal the leak, and the old ghost seemed to be one of them. It is said that he has lost his mind since then.” “If he suddenly yells at you

later Don’t mind about the queen’s matter…he didn’t mean it.”

With Nemo Wilkins chattering all the way, Duncan and the others quickly bypassed the fork and came to the sewer junction. In front of a rusty iron gate.

Nemo knocked on the door, greeted the inside, and then pushed the door open: “Old ghost, there is a guest.” As

soon as he finished speaking, a hoarse but loud voice came from the door. It came out——

“Ah, the queen came to inspect!?”

(End of this chapter)