Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 815

[Chapter 796: The day when the waves calmed down]

After the mighty cargo fleet left, the dock area seemed much quieter than ever under the night. All large-scale loading and unloading equipment had been shut down, and irrelevant personnel had dispersed from the operation area. Now, except for necessary Apart from the guard team, there are only ubiquitous gas lamps lined up on both sides of the road, keeping vigil over the city.

Going down from the ramp on the south side of the pier and passing through a long set of steps, there is a coast covered with fine sand in front of you. On those days when the sun is still there, there are always citizens taking a rest here.

But now there is only a dead beach, and a sea that is dark in the night. The strong and cold sea breeze blows from the direction of the boundless darkness, and there seems to be a suspicious whimper in the middle, and the breaking waves are crashing on the coast. The rocks in the distance were filled with undulating foam from time to time, and were reflected in the cold light of the World Creation, giving them a corpse-like pale color.

Guards with stern faces guard all roads leading to the coast. They hold lanterns and swords and watch vigilantly at the endless night outside the city-state.

“The coast has been sealed.” A heavily armed knowledge guard blocked Taran El. He shined a lantern on the face of the great scholar and carefully confirmed the shape of the latter’s facial features and the number of eyes. “It is very dangerous outside now. …Your Excellency the Keeper?”

The conscientious night watchman finally noticed the figure following Taran. In the glow of the lantern, he was surprised to see Tedder’s face.

“Let’s go for a walk on the coast,” Tedder nodded lightly to the guard, “and return within an hour.

… You can pass, but this gentleman needs to show his pass,” the knowledge guard hesitated, and said – Looking at Taran Al, he said, “You can’t pass without the right to pass.

” “I am Taran Al, a professor at the college, with a second-level right of passage at night.” Taran El hurriedly reached out and groped in his arms, and found – The pass that was placed directly on the body. The pass area includes the coastal area…

The knowledge guard took Taran El’s pass and checked it carefully. His tense expression relaxed a little, and he stepped aside. Two steps, indicating passage.

“Thank you.” Tedder said to the night watchman, and stepped forward.

But when the two of them were about to pass the guard post, the guard couldn’t help but speak:… Your Excellency, the Keeper, and Taran. Professor, the sun fragments have left. Now the coast is a blocked area. There is nothing over there. What are you going to do? “

… Just think of it as confirming the changes in the coastal area after the sun fragments left.” Taran: Ai Er said as he slowly walked forward, “We will be back soon.

Taran El and Tadel passed the guard post and walked slowly forward on this dead beach. Neither of them spoke for a while.

“Now this has become a blockade,” Taran El said after an unknown amount of time before breaking the silence. “The guards here are very responsible.

“They were carefully selected by me,” Tedder said. The coastal area is still under general blockade. Area, if it is in the Great Steam Core or a -level containment area, even the Archon and I must show our identity documents to verify our identity before we can pass.

Taran El said “hmm”, and then fell silent again. He was so slow. He walked slowly, and after an unknown amount of time, he spoke again: “There’s still no news about them?”

“It’s been a while since the Homeless and the Brilliant Star crossed the border, and now we can only confirm that they still exist,” Tedder He said calmly, “Captain Duncan is still active in Pland and Frost’s Incarnation. Occasionally, some information about the Homeless Ship will be transmitted from those two city-states, but in most cases, it is related to the ‘End of the World’ No news is allowed to spread between city-states.

He paused and shook his head slightly: “Even I can only find out so much.

“

…Just knowing they’re still ‘alive’,” Taran Al said softly, “knowing they’re still ‘alive’ and still operating on the border makes me feel a little better.

“Although this is not appropriate,” Ted said, slowing down unknowingly, with a strange expression on his face, “but there are not one or two real living people on those two ships. The guy standing there.

Taran El rolled his eyes: “So I put quotation marks on the word ‘living’, can’t you hear it?”

Tedder suddenly glared at the scholar: …How can you hear this? Come out?!”

Taran El laughed. He took a deep breath in the cool night wind and seemed to feel a little more relaxed. Then he raised his head and looked in a certain direction at the end of the coast.

That was once the place where the Deep Sea Church’s patrol ark “Cathedral of Storms” docked, but now that majestic sea ark has left the city-state, and there is only an empty sea at the end of the sight, glowing with pale foam under the light of the Creation of the World.

“The Arks have also left,” the scholar sighed. “There is always the illusion that Qingfeng Port has been suddenly abandoned…

“It’s a holiday,” Tedder said unceremoniously, “It’s just hypocritical. , your symptoms can be cured by being locked up in the office and studying the paper at night, and it is guaranteed that all the illusions will be gone.

“I’m different from you,” Taran El crossed his arms and raised his head slightly, “My students are all motivated young people, and they usually write their papers seriously…

Tadel snorted coldly and said no more. They paid no attention to the scholar.

But after being quiet for a long time, they suddenly broke the silence in unison: “It’s good to criticize papers.” “

The two long-time friends were startled at the same time, looked at each other with a wry smile, and fell into silence again.

Beyond the coastline not far from them, the vast and boundless sea was as quiet as they were at the moment. The sea was boundless and never fell. , the fishy and cold sea breeze blows from the darkness, but the sea surface is still as calm as a mirror.

The brilliance of the world’s creation shines on the sea, coating the entire world with a layer of even and extremely pale luster

. De:er suddenly frowned and glanced at the direction of the coastline with some doubts.

“What’s wrong?” Taran El asked curiously,

“I don’t know. I just suddenly felt… something was missing.” “Something is missing,” Tedder frowned slightly and muttered uncertainly, “Do you feel that… something is missing? It should be some kind of sound. When the wind blows across the sea, there should be some sound. In the future, there will be some kind of phenomenon, slapping on the rocks…

He stopped, turned around, and stared intently at the calm, mirror-like sea in the distance, standing for a long time in the night.

He and Taran: Al gradually felt that nothing seemed wrong.

….

Tirian frowned, standing on the shore and looking at the mirror-like flat and quiet sea in the distance. A sense of trance that kept emerging and then calmed down lingered in his mind, making him even nervous for a short time. A feeling of difficulty in distinguishing reality from reality.

He shook his head vigorously, trying to expel the cognitive confusion from his mind.

He felt that the sea surface was normal, but he clearly “remembered” that it should not be like this. After struggling with the contradiction between thinking and cognition for a long time, he couldn’t help but break the silence: …. The wave disappeared. “

Then he turned his head and looked at the tall figure standing next to him: “Father, is something wrong?”

Duncan didn’t speak for a while, but Aiden, who was standing on the other side, looked at him in confusion. Captain: “Wave? Something’s wrong? What are you talking about?”

Hearing Aiden’s voice, Tirian felt dazed again. He raised his hand and knocked on his forehead, looking at the sea in the distance with confused eyes. He felt that something “something” was quickly coming from his body. Dissipated in cognition, it was a certain “natural phenomenon”, something that should have existed in the world as a matter of course, but now… it is disappearing.

Then, he heard his father’s voice reaching his ears –

she had forgotten the waves.

My father said this in a low and solemn tone.

The trance in his mind finally faded away. The moment he heard his father mention the word “wave”, Tirian finally felt like he was awake again. The next second, the expression on his face changed from confusion to shock.

He stared at the sea in the distance with his eyes widened.

Even Aiden next to him seemed to suddenly wake up. This fierce-looking bald man looked towards the boundless sea, and there was even a look of panic on his face.

At this moment, all over the world, the boundless sea became a mirror – the “waves” disappeared into this world.

“Father,” Tirian finally reacted and suddenly turned his head to look at Duncan, “The Storm Goddess…

” Rot,” Duncan interrupted Tirian softly, “an inevitable result.

Tirian and Aiden stood stiffly.

“Don’t worry, she is still there. Although the process of decay is deepening, but the sea is still there, she is still there.” Duncan shook his head, and his voice woke up Tirian, “This is just a process of deepening decay. A ‘peeling off’, and this peeling off is not the first time in this world.

Tirian was stunned, and subconsciously repeated: “Isn’t this the first time?”

“You know there are all of them in this world. “Several intelligent races?” Duncan suddenly asked.

“Of course three…” Tirian replied almost without thinking.

But in the next second, the “Steel Lieutenant General” seemed to understand something. Although he didn’t think of anything, he guessed the terrifying meaning behind his father’s question… “

Soon after, , you will also forget the sound of waves hitting the rocks. The world will correct all this, and before that, you can briefly remember its past existence.

Duncan said softly, then reached out and patted Tirian hard on the shoulder.

“Don’t mention the word ‘wave’ to anyone else, it’s an ‘archetypal blasphemy’ from now on.”