Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 65

[Chapter 65 By Duncan’s White Oak]

has returned——After a long period of loss of communication and diversion of the route, this advanced steamship belonging to the Explorers’ Union has finally returned to Purdue city-state.

Many people are waiting for the ship to return, and countless pairs of eyes are nervously watching the silhouette that is gradually approaching on the sea.

Judge Fanna saw that at the same time as the whistle of the White Oak sounded, the personnel on the pier immediately took action: the staff

guiding the ship to the shore had arrived at the position, and began to signal the White Oak with lights and flags. The subordinate guardians went to activate the deep-sea relics that were placed around Pier 1 last night: it was a large number of “boundary monuments” cast in bronze, and the name of the storm goddess Gamona was engraved on its base , and the grooves on the top are filled with sacred oil and spices. When these boundary markers are activated, the area where the White Oak docks will be blocked and become a “sanctuary” watched by the goddess.

Farther away are the sheriffs sent by the city hall. These ordinary people are not good at dealing with supernatural things, so their main job is to block all intersections with heavy firepower—ordinary guns are difficult to deal with strange and invisible curses , but if there were corporeal Defilers coming out of the White Oak, eight-millimeter rounds and four-pounders would do a lot.

Sometimes Fanna can’t help but be grateful for the progress of science and technology. These engineering crystallizations have given weak and weak ordinary people a certain amount of power to intervene in such extraordinary events, although the results brought about by technological progress are mixed. Bad, but at least… the support of rotary machine guns and artillery has indeed greatly reduced the casualties of fellow Church members over the years.

Fan Na looked over the pier and looked at the sea in the distance.

The White Oak whistled a second time, and under the guidance of the light signals on the shore, the ship began to slow down slowly, and stopped at a distance from the pier.

A priest standing beside Fan Na was slightly relieved when he saw this, and said in a low voice: “The White Oak has carried out the order. It seems that at least that ship is still controlled by ‘humans’.”

“It cannot be said for the time being that many people affected by abnormalities or visions will look no different from ordinary people until the mutation occurs.” Fan Na shook her head, “Send a second set of signals, send out inspection boats, and let the coastal defense guns be ready at any time Get ready, if there is any movement on the ship… open fire.”

The order from the judge was quickly conveyed, and because the communication device of the White Oak was damaged, the people on the shore could only communicate with the ship using lights and flags. After a complicated set of lights and semaphores, three lights were lit on the bow of the White Oak, and then the rope ladder on its side was lowered.

A speedboat was released from the pier, driven by a small steam engine, and headed towards the White Oak at high speed.

On the speedboat was a whole team of guardians, including eight combatants, a commander, and a deep-sea priest. These loyal priests lit incense on the boat and chanted Holy name, they did not board the ship immediately after approaching the White Oak, but first circled around the big ship, and sprinkled holy oil mixed with seaweed extract in the nearby sea water.

Immediately after the oil fell into the seawater, it gave off a slight glow, and gradually joined together, finally forming a ring that completely surrounded the White Oak.

After doing all this, the priests on the speedboat really approached the White Oak and boarded the ship along the rope ladder.

All this fell into the eyes of Fan Na on the observation deck.

It is extremely dangerous to let a ship that has lost contact at sea “go home”, especially it is an ocean-going ship that was responsible for transporting abnormal objects-the White Oak cannot directly dock, it first needs to be within a safe distance The boarding inspection of the speedboat is accepted outside, and the pier of Prand can only be approached after the initial confirmation that there is no sign of evil god corruption on board, but after that, the people on board are still not allowed to disembark, and they still need to accept the second round of inspection by the clergy. The entire ship will also undergo a more stringent and comprehensive search and purification. After that, all personnel on board will be observed in the church at the pier for at least a few days, and at most several weeks, and the entire ship will also be incensed Purify for at least a week.

Only when all these processes are completed and there are no accidents in the whole process, can the civilized world dare to accept these people who have lost their way at sea to return home-and if any link goes wrong, the White Oak and its crew will have to die the sea.

The Storm Goddess will take the souls of these poor souls.

This cold and even cruel law is not from anyone’s malice, but the “way of survival” that human society has explored so far.

Of course, there are also city-states that are unwilling or unable to implement these strict rules. Most of these city-states are now concentrated in the first two units of the second volume of middle school history courses, which are compulsory at the end of the semester.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and everyone was waiting for the guard team boarding the ship to send back a signal, but there were only two possible signals—if everything was safe, the team would use special psionic communication to send back a signal If the boat has been contaminated, the team will fight to the last person and try to detonate the nitroglycerine on the boat before all are killed.

If an ocean-going ship of the size of White Oak is really deeply polluted by subspace or something, it is impossible for the mere people who boarded the ship to come back alive.

Fan Na crossed her arms and lightly tapped the metal on the gauntlet.

The bell suddenly sounded from the chapel on the pier, and the steam relief pipes on both sides of the bell tower rang three long tones.

The priest in the church received the secret message from the inspection team, and the bell and whistle of the church notified all the teams on the pier: the ship is safe, the

White Oak has applied for docking, and there are special reports to report.

Fan Na immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

At least for now, that ship seems to be in order, which is already the greatest good news.

As for reporting on special circumstances… She was not surprised.

A ship that got lost in a strange way docked again. It would be strange if there was no special situation to report.

The White Oak is slowly docking. This ocean-going ship has finally returned to the pier of the civilized world after experiencing a lot of twists and turns. Although the people on board have not yet been allowed to land, they must be able to relax a lot.

More church guards began to board the ship in an orderly manner, ready to conduct thorough inspections and inquiries. Fanna also left the observation deck and personally led a team of priests to the pier. She walked through the long springboard and finally stepped on the The deck of the White Oak, and saw the gray-haired, burly captain on the foredeck.

The old captain looked a little haggard, obviously working under high tension for too long, but after seeing the church judge approaching, the old man immediately cheered up and took the initiative to come to Fanna.

“Hi, I’m Fanna, the judge of the Deep Sea Church of Purland, Captain Lawrence,” Fanna didn’t like redundant etiquette, she chose to greet straight to the point, “Let’s skip the introduction—firstly, Sorry, I hope you and your crew can understand the strict inspections by the city-state authorities and the church.” “

Of course, Your Excellency the Inquisitor,” Lawrence nodded immediately, he wanted to say “Miss Inquisitor”, after all, the other party looked almost identical Her daughter is about the same age, but she changed it to a more respectful title at the end of the sentence, “I had expected it, after all…we have lost contact for so long.”

Fan Na nodded: “Tell me briefly what happened to the White Oak. Why did you lose contact? Then why did you suddenly appear on an unreported route? How about the abnormal 099 of the cargo you escorted?” As soon as these words came out, the expression on Lawrence’s face was full of frustration and

tension, he sighed He took a deep breath, first subconsciously looked around quickly, and then slowly opened his mouth: “You may not believe me when I say it, we… encountered the legendary ship Lost Home…” In front of him, the expression on that person’s face changed

. The stern-faced lady judge suddenly froze on the spot like petrified, with a strange expression frozen on her face.

He couldn’t tell what the expression meant, but it looked like he had been hit by the Lost Land a few days ago.

“Judge…Your Excellency?” Lawrence asked cautiously, “You…”

“Captain Lawrence,” Fan Na seemed to wake up suddenly, staring at the captain in front of her, “Say it again?” “

I say you Maybe you don’t believe me…”

“I’ll say the second part.”

“We encountered the legendary Ship Lost…”

“I believe it.”

Lawrence was stunned: “Then…”

“You may need to stay at the pier for a few more days, Captain,” Fanna said. He said with a serious face, “This matter is very serious, very serious. You… wait, you encountered the Lost Homelander, but all of you survived?”

The expression on the Miss Judge’s face suddenly changed slightly, and there was a trace in her eyes. Questioning, Lawrence quickly opened his hand when he saw this: “We are all right, but the Lost Home took away anomaly 099, which is the doll’s coffin. I suspect that the ghost ship came for the doll’s coffin.” “Lost

Home No. took anomaly 099?” Fan Na frowned, and then asked, “What happened after that? Did it let you go?” “

Yes… yes,” Lawrence also became nervous, and vaguely Yue realized something, “Your Excellency, is the city recently…” “

…It’s okay to tell you, after all, it seems that your ‘contact’ may be more serious than ours now,” Fan Na sighed, looking Looking at the old captain in front of him, “Captain Lawrence, you may not be the only person who has dealt with the Lost Land recently. Let’s find a quiet place, I need to know more.” (End of this chapter

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