Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 419

[Chapter 417 The Whereabouts of the Consul]

The deepest mine in the Frost Mine has been exhausted decades ago. A door left by the original city hall, and the current city hall and consul may also be participants and defenders of this secret—

even those who are well-trained and disciplined and often deal with all kinds of dangerous and strange things The guards, when they heard the news, couldn’t help falling into silence and astonishment.

In addition to being stunned, they also understood why this operation was classified as a secret, and the gatekeeper would not announce the specific situation until everyone went down the well.

Such news, even without considering the threat posed by the extraordinary vision behind it, just the truth of the “exhaustion of mineral veins” itself is enough to set off a storm in the city-state!

“Right now we are not sure if all the mineways were exhausted decades ago, let alone what was being transported out of this mine when the veins were exhausted – the only certainty is that If all this is really a product of some kind of ‘pollution’, and the abnormal phenomena in the city-state are also related to this pollution, then we are now at the origin and deepest part of the pollution.” Agatha glanced at the surrounding

subordinates , the tone is as calm and composed as ever.

“I believe that everyone knows the current situation on the surface, and I also know that you have doubts about why you should send the most elite squadron here at such a critical juncture to investigate what kind of mine – me and You are also worried about those compatriots who are fighting monsters in the fog, and you are worried about the battles in the surrounding seas.

“However, we are also in the battlefield at the moment-investigating the situation in this mine is to help comrades in other places to the greatest extent , Finding the source of the crisis from the root is better than doing endless consumption with those monsters in the thick fog.

“That’s it. Does anyone have any questions?”

She looked around and saw the calm and firm expressions of her subordinates as always, so she nodded slightly.

“Okay, then let’s start to move, the target is the deepest mining layer. Pay attention to observe the dark environment along the way, and check the status of ventilation and lighting devices at any time. Everyone received a set of mine self-rescuers when they came down, and now wear masks , open the external circulation valve—do you remember how to use it? If there is a situation, turn the valve clockwise to the internal circulation and pull out the self-rescuer pin, and at the same time quickly retreat to the main roadway, giving priority to self-preservation.” Guardians and

priests , The nuns immediately carried out the order, put the breathing mask on the mouth and nose, confirmed the condition of the connecting pipe and the circulation valve, and fixed the special underground lantern on the chest buckle to avoid affecting the movement.

Agatha did not wear a mask—as the gatekeeper of the God of Death, her physique is already different from that of ordinary humans, especially in terms of “breathing”. The usual toxic gas and suffocating environment will not affect her actions. .

And just as the subordinates were preparing to set off, a slight hissing sound suddenly reached Agatha’s ears.

At first, she thought it was the sound of the recirculation valve as the men breathed through their masks, but soon she realized that the hiss was coming from farther away—outside the crowd, out of the reach of the lights. in the shadows.

“Attention!” Agatha reacted in an instant and reminded her aloud, and in the next second, several other guardian fighters also noticed the sound of valve deflation coming from the darkness, and several rays of light shone in that direction at the same time.

In the hazy entanglement of light and fog, Agatha saw a figure emerge from the dark corner—a figure in a thick black coat, a gas mask, and seemed to be carrying a gun.

The figure was lying in the middle of a pile of debris, breathing hard, and hissing sound came from his gas mask.

Why did a person suddenly appear here? The guards checked the entire traffic point before, and it was absolutely impossible to miss such an obvious figure!

Questions popped up in Agatha’s mind instantly, but she didn’t hesitate in her actions, and within a few steps came to the side of the figure that seemed to be dying, and the guards followed her closely.

“…the soldiers of the city-state,” a guard instantly recognized the equipment of the fallen man, “the guards directly under the consul.”

Agatha quickly looked at the soldier, and saw the man’s black thick coat. He was also wearing a metal breastplate, and the power pipe connecting the breastplate and arm guards was broken. A military breathing mask covered almost his entire face, and he could only be judged from his figure as a male soldier—— And his fatal wound was near his chest, and it seemed that his internal organs had been severely damaged.

One of his arms was broken, and the other was still clutching his rifle.

It seemed that the sudden light around him caused some stimulation. After Agatha approached, the soldier wearing the breathing mask moved suddenly, as if trying to raise his head.

The guards around were startled for a moment, and subconsciously took up their weapons, but Agatha waved her hand, took a step forward, and bent slightly.

“Who are you?” she asked.

“Consul Guard… Martin… Brad… Sergeant…”

“Sergeant Brad, why are you here?”

“Consul… Winston…” Self-proclaimed Sergeant Brad The guard soldier spoke hoarsely, and the voice under the breathing mask became more and more difficult. He mentioned the name of the consul, and struggled to raise his arm, as if he wanted to point somewhere, “Mr. Winston… entered a secret room… …We need…backup…”

Before he could finish, the arm suddenly lost strength, and there was a final hiss that quickly died down from under the breathing mask.

He died, and the second after his life left, Agatha saw dirty black mud slowly oozing from his wound and under the mask—this body disintegrated as quickly as it melted, and issued a command A creepy, sticky wriggling sound.

“Fake!”

The surrounding guards immediately reacted and retreated quickly, while the accompanying priest took a sudden step forward, and at the same time sprinkled a handful of prepared mixture powder on the disintegrating corpse, and threw it at the corpse. Out of a ball of pale fire.

With a bang, pale flames soared into the sky, and the fake corpse was swallowed up by the flames in the blink of an eye. After a rapid and brief burning, there was only a pile of black mud that had dried up and stopped wriggling, and the lingering corpse in the air. of heat.

Agatha looked at this scene with a calm expression. When the figure just appeared, she realized that the other person might also be a duplicate body emerging from the thick fog, but now, she turned around thoughtfully. He turned his head and looked at the place that “Sergeant Brad” pointed to before he died.

“In this direction…” she muttered softly.

“Your Excellency the gatekeeper, that’s just a fake bewitchment,” the priest at the side heard the grunt, and couldn’t help stepping forward to remind him, “It might be an enemy’s trap.” “But it doesn’t seem to know that it’s a fake,” said

Aga Sha shook her head lightly, “Do you still remember the information I had before? These ‘fakes’ seem to have three situations, one is muddled and attacks all living people, the other seems to be under control and will destroy the city in an organized way, and There is one that seems to retain authentic memories and emotions, and doesn’t even realize that he is a fake…” The

pastor was stunned for a moment, and his tone was a little hesitant: “You mean…”

Agatha’s eyes seemed a little confused for a while. complicated, but no one noticed her hesitation at this moment. After a short pause, she said calmly: “This ‘fake’ was copied not long ago, and it may have been kept a few hours ago or even shorter. On the other hand, when we went down the well, the confidential secretary of the city hall had been relaying the news, and the consul Winston seemed to be missing.” The pastor quickly reacted and understood Agatha’s words

. mean.

“The ‘fake’ is a fake, but its memory is real,” he said quickly, “and it is possible that the Consul Winston really came here not long ago with a troop of soldiers, and one of them was Martin Bly The sergeant of Germany died in battle in the mine—this thick fog reproduced the sergeant who just died in battle and his memory!” “

Perhaps this is the truth.”

Agatha nodded lightly, and then turned to the other side. A mineway illuminated by dim lights.

No one knows the situation in the depths of the mining layer, but Governor Winston obviously has some truths that others don’t know-now he led a group of soldiers into the depths of the mine at the critical moment when the whole city was caught in a vision. There is no doubt that the biggest clue may lie in this direction.

“Thank you for showing me the way.”

Agatha turned her head, nodded solemnly towards the pile of dry mud that could no longer see the outline of human beings, and then waved to the surrounding subordinates: “Follow – let’s go find The whereabouts of the consul!”

At

the same time, on the boundless ocean covered by the chaotic and dark sky, the ghost ship with twin shadows skimmed the waves like the wind, passing through countless shadows of ships .

Lawrence stood on the bow of the White Oak, looking down at the rolling sea below.

Between the undulating waves, he could already see the… reflection of the city-state in the distance.

(end of this chapter)