Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 364

[Chapter 362 Missing]

Nemo suddenly felt a palpitation.

At this moment, he seemed to feel that what the fearsome “ghost captain” in front of him was making was not a simple promise, but a statement to him… an “established fact” that had been formed someday in the future “.

He didn’t know where this feeling came from, he only knew that he couldn’t help lowering his head at this moment, and said with a kind of awe that he couldn’t even describe: “As you said.” Duncan

nodded , and then moved his gaze as if unintentionally, and looked at the old ghost standing not far away, leaning against the wall as if in a daze.

At this moment, the old man didn’t say anything about the Frost Queen, and he didn’t mutter about the second waterway, the rebels, etc. In the time and space that people forget.

In the old man’s chaotic memories… does the Frost Queen still rule this place?

Duncan withdrew his gaze, called Alice who was also wandering beside him, and led Fanna and Morris towards the exit of the secret passage.

It didn’t take long for them to return to the surface. After leaving the “Golden Flute” tavern, they came to the streets of Frost City.

The setting sun is gradually approaching the roof of the building in the distance, and the brilliant and mysterious double rune circle just touches the edge of several spiers in the upper city. In general over the city.

Dusk is approaching, and curfew time is approaching. Due to the stricter curfew order, everyone is rushing back to their homes or the nearest “night shelter”, and Duncan, who is still walking around in the hurrying crowd A group of people seemed quite different.

But not many eyes paid attention to them, everyone was very busy.

“What do you think about this matter?” Fanna came to Duncan and said in a low voice—because of her similar height, she could get very close.

Duncan remained calm: “You mean the source of the ‘fake’?”

“It seems to have appeared out of nowhere – Morris and I couldn’t find the corresponding traces through our respective investigation methods, and even you couldn’t find any clues. “Fan Na nodded lightly, “And we have always believed that even these weird ‘fakes’ can only be moved in a ‘normal’ way, there must be a source, and there must be a process of movement… “

Duncan slowed down a little, and turned his head slightly: “You want to say, those fakes may have some kind of spatial ‘power’, which can make them ignore the barriers of the real dimension and directly appear in a specific place?” “This is me

. doubts.”

Duncan was noncommittal, and after a few seconds he suddenly said: “Did I tell you about Alice’s first arrival on the ship?” “

No,” Vanna blinked, “she first came to the ship What happened?”

“The doll’s casket keeps coming back to the Lost Home—three times I threw her overboard, and three times she and her crate returned to the ship,” Duncan said slowly. , “Guess how she came back?”

Fan Na thought for a while, and said uncertainly: “Relying on…the power of the curse? Some kind of ‘regression ability’ of abnormality 099? Is it also the power of space? “

No, she came back by paddling the coffin boards, very fast,” said Duncan in a calm tone, “and then climbed up directly along the stern shell with great strength-because the paddling was so fast, the first two times I They didn’t catch her, and they caught her right the third time.”

Fan Na: “…”

The young judge turned his head at the same time as Morris next to him, and looked at the woman who was looking around with an indescribable gaze. Miss Puppet, the latter noticed the sight and turned her head to show a harmless smile.

“I don’t rule out that those ‘fakes’ will directly appear in the city-state through some kind of space teleportation method, but logically, if they can really be teleported directly to the city, why does the ‘Haiyan’ have to travel all the way from the open sea?” Drive over instead of appearing directly in the port?” Duncan said lightly, “I prefer that the fake still needs a normal way of moving, and the reason why the fake in the sewer seems to ‘appear out of thin air’ is probably just Because we overlooked something, just like normal people can’t imagine that the real reason for a cursed doll’s repeated ‘returns’ is that she paddles fast and has great strength.” Speaking of this, he paused and continued

thoughtfully Said: “…It is more likely that the place where the crow ‘strayed in’ was also due to this kind of ‘neglect’,”

Morris, who had been silent on the side, suddenly reacted: “Some kind of ‘channel’ that exists but cannot be observed ‘? Or a ‘rift’ that will open from time to time?”

“It’s hard to say, but this matter must have something to do with those cultists,” Duncan said, “The things recorded on the piece of paper that the crow brought back let me I’m very concerned, they don’t seem to be all “heresy ideas” that are said by gods and gods, but more like describing the facts that happened in the past with some words that modern people can’t understand, and this kind of “record”… has always been very suitable The appetite of those heretics.

“Perhaps it’s time to bring Agou and Shirley here—the eyes of the deep demon may be able to discover something in a dimension other than reality. “

…

A gray wind swept through the gate of the Port Defense Office, and the figure of the gatekeeper Agatha stepped out of the gray wind. Colonel Lister, who was behind the

desk, raised his head and saw that he appeared in his office Miss Gatekeeper: “You didn’t even report this time. “

“Sorry, it’s an emergency,” Agatha said, suddenly noticing the two thick dark circles on Liszt’s face, “…you didn’t sleep last night?” “

“I’m not the only one who didn’t sleep,” Liszt smiled wryly and shook his head, “We’ve been trying to decipher the mysterious signal from the Sea Fog Fleet all night, and several cryptographers and mathematicians are about to carry their chairs to sleep. Wake up—this is the first time I know that elegant scholars will also greet other relatives when they quarrel.”

Agatha was silent for a while, her eyes seemed a little weird, and she said after a while: “The cathedral may borrow from you later. ‘Several scholars are in the field of cryptography and mathematics.”

Liszt was stunned: “Why?”

Agatha was expressionless (half of the expression was blocked by a bandage): “…to decipher another evil existence Give us some secrets of bad taste.”

“Well, it seems that you have as many troubles as I do,” Liszt sighed, and then cheered up, “Let’s get down to business, what do you want to know about this sudden visit?”

” Regarding the blockade of the city-state,” Agatha said, “originally the cathedral should not be involved in the defense of the city-state, but now that the situation is special, I am really worried.” “I understand,”

Liszt nodded, “please rest assured, the whole Frost has been completely blocked now—even if there is a place that is not blocked in place, with such a huge sea fog fleet gathering in the offshore, it is impossible for anyone to dare to enter and exit casually. We have temporarily frozen all port departure permits and informed the surrounding The city-state and the ships on the outer seas are kept away from the frost, and all the applications received so far for entering the port have also been rejected.” “Very

good, at least this will not make the problem worse,” Agatha breathed out softly, “The place on Dagger Island Where?”

“It’s still locked down until the cathedral gives further ‘professional advice’,” Liszt said, with a slightly dignified expression, “until yesterday, the island was still sending back ‘everything is normal’ ‘Regular reports, even if the city-state has stopped the supply of materials to the island and cut off all communication responses, there is no other response from there.”

“Don’t let your guard down, the Haiyan incident proves that the pollution on that island has a tendency to actively transfer to the city-state… That ‘thing’ won’t just calm down like this,” Agatha said seriously, “The cathedral A team of Deathsworn and Ascetics is already being prepared, but it will take some time to unseal the powerful holy relic.”

Liszt nodded, and then seemed to want to say something, but before he could speak, there was a sound of footsteps Then suddenly came from the direction of the corridor, interrupting his movements.

A Minato soldier appeared at the door of the office.

Liszt raised his head and looked at the soldier with a slightly hasty look on his face: “What happened?”

The soldier stood up straight and reported quickly: “Report sir, a ship scheduled to dock in Frost Didn’t show up on time.”

“Didn’t show up on time? It’s endless,” Liszt frowned, “Now all the routes around the city-state have been blocked, of course there will be no ships docking.” “Reporting

sir, it’s not like they haven’t docked. ——It didn’t show up at all!” The soldier quickly explained, “The ship was supposed to arrive today, and we were ready to send it a city-state blockade notice, but it hasn’t contacted for a long time. We just contacted Cold Harbor again. Over there, Lenggang confirmed that the ship had completed the supply inspection normally on their side—but after approaching Frost Offshore, there was no news from it!” Hearing

this, Liszt’s expression finally became serious, and he Taking a deep breath, he stood up from behind the desk: “What’s the name of that ship?”

“White Oak!”

(End of this chapter)