Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 255
[Chapter 255 Maybe It’s Not Over]
here. Duncan finally figured out the ins and outs of the “Abyss Project” that had been dusty for half a century, and knew why it was considered taboo, even the rebels who started the Frost Rebellion We are all terrified of it—and they should be.
Although the whole thing happened in the real dimension from the beginning to the end, when the situation started to get out of control, it obviously went beyond the order of the real world. Under the deep sea… There are completely unknown horrors hidden, and until the end, no one After figuring out what it is, only people keep falling into madness, and the whole plan keeps accelerating, as if sliding towards the abyss.
The deep dive with no end in sight, the gradually creeping weird atmosphere, coupled with the Frost Queen’s almost autistic late-stage behavior… In all fairness, even Duncan himself would instinctively think that the original Lei Nora was really bewitched and controlled by something, and even suspected that the “Frost Queen” was colluding with the subspace.
In this case, don’t say that the Queen’s opponents are lurking in Frost itself, and don’t say that there are many city-states in Lengliehai that have mischief against the Frost Queen’s rule. Even if the situation in the north is originally stable, it will follow As time goes by, the undercurrent gradually rises.
But Tirian has always emphasized that Le Nora has never been affected by anything. He firmly believes that the Frost Queen has been awake until the end, and has been protecting the city-state until the end.
Duncan couldn’t say whether Tirian’s judgment was correct, but he tended to believe it because…he had also seen the “Frost Queen” in historical fragments.
The other party also asked him soberly and rationally to “not pollute history.”
At least from that meeting, the Frost Queen didn’t look like a terrifying lunatic controlled by the warp.
But it was precisely because of this that Duncan was very curious-he couldn’t figure out what kind of motive would make a sober city-state ruler make those autistic and extreme decisions, making her want to live in the city at all costs. Knowing that there is a problem with the Qianyuan plan, she still continues to advance the project. What is the reason that makes her keep all the secrets in her heart, even in front of her most trusted naval commander?
After thinking for a long time, Duncan found that all the questions finally point to one point: what “mystery” did the Frost Queen learn in the deep sea?
“…After the Frost Rebellion, you never returned to that city-state?” Duncan asked, looking up at Tirian.
“No, His Majesty Rey Nora once ordered me to leave Frost with my direct troops, and at that time the rebels had already colluded with other northern city-states and gathered an entire fleet in the open sea,” Tirian said Up to this point, the tone is particularly low, this is obviously a past that he doesn’t want to mention, “…but if I stayed in disobedience, Frost would have one more army that is still loyal to the queen, and those rebels would never be able to easily Breaking through the defense of the port…”
“So there are rumors in later generations that you actually participated in the rebellion, and you even took the initiative to put the rebels into Frost.” Duncan said, shaking his head, “Have you ever thought about it? Why did the Queen of Frost give you that order when she gave you no other explanation?” “
…I have been puzzled by this for many years,” Tirian said frankly, “the queen didn’t order anything, just let me Taking the team away, I thought that maybe she wanted to leave a troop to avenge herself in the future, but… this is meaningless at all, she forbids us to return to the city-state, and the rebels occupy the city-state, we will not return And how to get revenge?”
“You can plunder the rebel fleet in the open sea and intercept all the merchants coming in and out of Frost, you have done this for many years.” “
Yes, that was the only thing I could think of doing at that time Things, and it was the only way for the Fog Fleet to survive… At that time we didn’t even have a home port,” Tirian shook his head, “but now we have gradually stopped this kind of raiding activity.” “Why?
“
“…Because the last rebel leader is also dead, old man,” Tirian smiled wryly and spread his hands, “We have been trying every means to capture those rebel leaders, and if we catch them, we will hang them on the mast , and then threw the corpses on the merchant ship heading for Frost, so they learned to be smart later, and they simply huddled in the city-state, and did not step out of the city for decades. I can only watch them die peacefully until all the people who participated in the rebellion have passed away.”
Duncan didn’t speak for a while, he was silent for a long time thoughtfully, and then suddenly said: “The soldiers under your command are all ‘living dead’, right?”
Tirian replied casually: “Yes, it’s a well-known thing.”
“They have also participated in the ‘Abyss Project’ directly or indirectly?” “
I participated in that plan. As my direct troops, of course they also Participated,” Tirian said casually, and then frowned slightly, “What did you think of?” “
You have participated in the Abyss Project, but you didn’t become crazy and weird in the later stage like other people who participated in the plan. One thousand meters later, the Queen of Frost had a dispute with you again and excluded you from this plan, and on the eve of the rebel attack, your queen specifically ordered you to lead the troops directly under you to stay away from Frost…” Duncan
thought As he spoke slowly, finally, his eyes fell on Tirian, and his voice was low: “You are right, the Frost Queen may indeed want to keep an army, but it doesn’t seem that she left this army. In order to avenge myself…”
Tirian slowly showed a somewhat shocked expression, but before he was about to ask something more, the figure in the mirror shook his head slightly: “Don’t ask me, you did it yourself I don’t understand things that I don’t understand—I just expressed my thoughts from the perspective of a bystander.” Afterwards, the
room fell into a brief silence, and it took some time before Duncan’s voice came again. It sounded: “Tirion, we have talked long enough this time.” The
great pirate who was in deep thought raised his head subconsciously, and looked at his father in the mirror with some surprise. He seemed to suddenly realize something at this time, a kind of complicated A look of astonishment appeared in his eyes.
He seemed to have just realized how much he had talked with the other person, and realized that he had completely adapted to the atmosphere of this conversation without knowing it-even a century ago, he had rarely had such a relationship with his father. The long talk, and as for the vigilance in my heart when I just woke up here… it disappeared without knowing when.
“I…” He subconsciously wanted to say something, but at this moment, there was a tingling pain on his forehead, which made him touch his forehead, “Ah, it hurts enough…” “…
child I hope you don’t care about her,” Duncan’s voice sounded in the mirror, “Do you need ointment?” “No…no need,” Tirian waved his hand with a weird expression, and he couldn’t help
recalling I remembered the last scene I remembered before I came here, that weird little girl, and that flying… dog-like thing, and then I suddenly realized, “Wait, I remember, That’s not a dog, that’s a deep hound!”
He looked into the mirror, his eyes showing disbelief: “Is that also your current subordinate? A…an oblivion cultist?”
He said the words “annihilation cultist” He seemed a little hesitant at the time, obviously not sure about Xue Li’s true identity – after all, he had seen creatures like the Annihilation Cultist before, but it was the first time he saw the creature who came here with the contract demon… “She
really I’m doing something for me,” Duncan said with a half-smile, “but if you have a chance to see her again, I suggest you not mention the word ‘Oblivion Cultist’ in front of her, she doesn’t like it very much.” Tirian
confused Oh, and then looked around subconsciously, and finally fell on Alice who seemed to have started to wander.
Alice quickly came to her senses and looked at Tirian curiously: “
What are you looking at me for?” In the burning mirror, he asked with some uncertainty, “Then I…can I leave now?”
“Do you still want to stay for dinner?”
Tirian quickly waved his hand: “Ah… no, there’s no need…”
“Well, then I’ll arrange for my courier to take you…” Duncan in the mirror nodded, but suddenly, he frowned, as if Thinking of something, “Wait, I suddenly thought of something.”
Tirian was a little nervous subconsciously: “One thing?”
“Strictly speaking, it’s two doubts about one thing,” Duncan’s expression became serious again , he stared at Tirian, “Do you still remember what you mentioned just now, several ‘replicas’ of the No. 3 submersible came up
one after another ?” And the subsequent six replicas, a total of seven ‘No. 3 submersibles’ floated to the surface.” “
I have two questions,” Duncan sorted out his thoughts, and said slowly, “First, the first one that surfaced at that time The first submersible…is it really the main body?
” “Secondly, was the seventh submersible that came up at that time really empty inside? “
(end of this chapter)
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