Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 398

[Chapter 396 The Approaching Mirror Image]

patrol ship, everyone stared dumbfounded at the huge ship that suddenly rushed out of the thick fog, and saw that its bow, which was almost twice as tall as the patrol ship, almost rubbed against the side of the ship However, looking at its mottled and rusted hull slowly moving forward, it seems that the old and tattered flags are still hanging above the “Warrior”, and those cloth strips that have completely lost their original appearance are swaying in the night wind, It looked like a loose… shroud.

The commander of the patrol ship was the first to react.

“Keep turning, speed away!” he yelled, “Don’t get caught in that ship’s wake!” It

is extremely dangerous to pass a capital battleship at this distance, especially for a small ship. As far as the patrol ship of the ship is concerned-the water flow around and behind the big ship will greatly interfere with the course of the small ship, and any collision will be fatal in the violent swing.

The steam core started roaring again, and the helmsman had already felt the terrifying impact of the big ship—the patrol ship’s hull was swaying to one side, and he had to do his best to stabilize the ship in the irregular sea current , and accelerated away from the behemoth that was close at hand.

The helmsman’s efforts were on the verge of failure.

The speed of the “Warrior” exceeded expectations, and the turbulent currents around the ship were even more weird, even beyond the experience accumulated by the helmsman over the years – he felt as if there were countless invisible ropes entangled on the bottom of the sea The rudder and bottom of the patrol boat were removed, and the small boat was dragged maliciously close to the old warship like a ghost ship.

The entire ship began to creak and creak uncomfortably, as if being violently torn apart by something invisible.

At the beginning, the patrol ship relied on the sudden turn and the full load of the engine to gain a little distance, and only lasted for a few breaths, and then the whole ship began to approach the stern of the “Warrior” at a speed visible to the naked eye. The people’s field of vision zoomed in rapidly, and many swaying, terrifying figures that seemed human but not human appeared near the ship’s side of the Warrior, overlooking the boat that was about to capsize with a chilling gaze.

“It’s about to hit! It’s about to hit!”

Someone exclaimed, and the sailors immediately ran to the railing or handrail closest to them, so as to avoid being thrown out of the boat at the moment of impact, but they were on the side of the patrol ship. The moment it touched the Warrior’s stern – the latter disappeared.

The Warrior was gone, out of plain sight.

Just like a nightmare of waking up with horror, the old main battleship that was covering the sky and the sun just a second ago dissipated in front of the soldiers, leaving only the impression of terror and the emotion of fear trembling in everyone’s heart. People on the bridge and deck looked at each other in blank dismay, as if they had just woken up from a big dream and didn’t know where they were.

The fog dissipated, and the cool brilliance of the creation of the world sprinkled on the sea surface. The cold sea breeze woke up many people, leaving only a piece of undulating waves on the empty sea surface, as well as fragments of ice floes patrolling in the distance.

The commander of the patrol ship slowly let go of the hand holding the railing, and came to the porthole, looking at the sea outside. A subordinate walked up to him and muttered as if talking to himself: “Collective hallucination? Was that a moment ago?” Phantom?”

“…not a hallucination,” the commander said in a low voice, he raised his hand and pointed to a guardrail outside the porthole, “Did you see it? The guardrail is broken – we just hit it.” “Then it

now Where did it go? The previous “Haiyan” didn’t seem to be like this… The Haiyan didn’t “disappear out of thin air” until it was completely smashed. And just now the current around us suddenly changed, and the helmsman couldn’t even control the course… ”

The commander didn’t speak for a while, and after a long time of contemplation, he said slowly: “Perhaps…we just sailed into some kind of gap—it wasn’t the ghost ship that suddenly appeared and disappeared, but ours. Myself.”

An expression of astonishment and horror appeared on the face of the subordinate, and then subconsciously looked at the distant sea and the direction of the Frost City-State, before speaking after a few seconds: “Then… we are now back to reality world?”

“…Call the Sea Mist and the Frost Island at the same time,” the commander pondered for a short while, and said quickly, “Based on their responses, we can judge our own state—don’t get close to any ships that appear in the nearby waters until the situation is uncertain. Ship.”

“Yes.”

…

“They encountered a battleship that sank forty years ago? Then that battleship disappeared before it was about to collide?” In the captain’s room of the Sea Mist, Tirian leaned against On the chair, after listening to the first officer Aiden’s report, he raised his eyebrows, “Now they are still wandering in the patrolling waters – because they are not sure if they have returned to the real world?” “Yes, the commanding officer of

that patrol ship The officer seems to have judged that they sailed into an “abnormal sea area” for a short time based on the various phenomena when they encountered the “Warrior” before, and now they are contacting the Sea Fog Fleet and Frost at the same time, trying to determine whether the surrounding environment is real, ” Aiden nodded, and then shrugged, “I think they may be a little scared and nervous.” “…

No, this is the correct caution,” Tirian shook his head with a serious expression , “We may not like the current Frost Navy, but we must admit that they have indeed defended the city-state for fifty years – in terms of experience in fighting extraordinary visions, they are no less than us, the commander’s judgment should be It’s correct.”

Hearing what the captain said, the expression on Aiden’s face finally became serious: “So…they really sailed briefly…in an ‘abnormal sea area’ that may overlap with the real world? Did you meet the Warrior there?”

“The Warrior…I still remember that ship, when it was first built, the queen cut the ribbon for it herself,” Tirian said with emotion in his voice, “Do you still remember how it was built? Was it sunk?”

“Of course I remember, after all, we were the ones who sunk it,” the first mate Aiden nodded, “The ship underwent some transformation after it was controlled by the rebels, and was then sent to destroy our ‘defectors’. Fleet’, as a result, the first confrontation was sunk in the frosty sea by the ambush you arranged-several rounds of shelling hit the ammunition compartment and the fuel depot successively, and it was almost broken in half.”

“Yes, it was broken in the middle, but the Warrior seen by that patrol ship was a complete ship,” Tirian said, “so it is obvious—a fake similar to the Haiyan.” “Frost has been looking

for The source of those ‘fakes’, because they always seem to ‘appear out of thin air’…” Aiden thought about it, “Could it be… a hidden overlapping space?” “Frost should close it

soon When the news comes, the wise ones among them will analyze the possibility, and as for us, we needn’t worry about them—we have our own mission.” “Would you like to

report this to the old captain?” ”

Of course, He has been waiting for a new message from me,” said Tirian, pointing outside, “Go out first, close the door, and don’t let anyone in.” “Yes,

Captain.”

…

“Tirion’s report There is a new situation.”

Frost City, located in the temporary residence on Oak Street, Duncan said to Morris and Vanna who were sitting opposite him.

Beside him, Nina was reading a history book with relish, while Shirley, who had been wandering outside with him until midnight, was already staggering sleepily.

“What’s new?” Morris immediately adjusted his sitting posture, “An accident at sea?” ”

A Frost patrol ship encountered a naval warship that sank forty years ago in the southwestern waters. It is suspected to be the same as the Haiyan” However, no battle broke out between the two sides – after a slight collision, the ‘fake’ warship disappeared out of thin air in front of the patrol ship. Now it is uncertain whether a new fake appeared suddenly on the sea, or the patrol ship The ship sailed into an abnormal sea area parallel to the real world for a short time——the second possibility is a bit more.” ”

…An abnormal sea area parallel to the real world…” Morris analyzed the sentence, his expression slowed down. Slowly becoming serious, he raised his head, “This seems to confirm your discovery tonight…”

“Yes, another Frost in the mirror – if all the fakes, even those cultist lairs, are hidden in a ‘mirror image’, that would explain why the whole city couldn’t be found The source of the pollution,” Duncan said slowly, “there is also the ‘crow’ who disappeared and returned out of nowhere, a large number of replicants of unknown origin in the city-state, and the disappearance of some people… can all be explained.” Morris

and Fan Na looked at each other, and from each other’s eyes, they saw the same seriousness.

“… I can deal with ordinary heretics and demons. No matter how strong the enemy is, I can always mobilize more manpower and firepower to deal with it, but the enemy in the mirror…” Fan Na frowned, looking a little headache, ” I couldn’t think of a solution for a moment… I couldn’t even think of how those heresies did it.” ”

If this is also the authority of the Lord Youshen, then His power is obviously not only spreading from the deep sea to the surface of the sea, but also spreading on a large scale. This is no longer a ‘small fight’ like making a few replicas.” Morris also said.

The two “professionals” seemed to be in distress, and Duncan smiled when he saw this: “Actually, I have cast a fire on the opposite side of the mirror.”

Morris & Vanna: “…Huh?”

(End of this chapter)