Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 452

[Chapter 450 “Experience”]

The winch rotates, the steel cable is tight, and the metal “iron cage” makes creaking noises as it runs downwards, and darkness permeates outside the iron cage, with dim gas lamps Inlaid on the side wall of the shaft, it dispels the darkness deep in the mine, bringing a limited and necessary sense of peace of mind.

Agatha stood on the edge of the elevator, looking through the guardrail at the continuously extending shaft. The night-like black cloth covered her eyes and most of her expression changes. It was almost impossible to guess what she was thinking now.

“It’s so deep here…” A voice suddenly broke the silence in the elevator, and Alice stood nervously behind Duncan, looking up at the gas lights constantly rising from the walls of the well on both sides, and said a little scared, “I feel like we are about to pass through the city-state and fall into the sea…”

“The continuous descent will bring this illusion,” Morris’ voice came from a corner of the iron cage, and the old scholar was observing curiously Looking at the internal structure of this large elevator, he said without turning his head, “Actually, we should only descend two or three hundred meters now.” “

Oh——” Alice stretched her voice, wondering if she could understand “Two or three hundred meters” is such a deep concept. Anyway, the expression of “this sounds really powerful” appeared on the face of the puppet.

Duncan didn’t pay attention to the conversation between Alice and Morris. He stepped forward and came to Agatha who was standing silently on the edge of the car. He turned his head and glanced at the “gatekeeper”: “Look I went up with a lot of thoughts.”

“…It’s just that I couldn’t help but have many thoughts since I went down the well,” Agatha was silent for two seconds, and said in a complicated tone, “It is said…’the other me’ was standing in this position at that time , led the members of the exploration team into the depths of the Boiling Gold Mine through this shaft…”

Her voice was hoarse, with a trace of hesitation.

“‘She’ seemed to have realized the truth about herself at that time. According to the details described by the guards who went down the well together at that time, she had a strange and decisive attitude at that time, but no one knew why… …”

“If that ‘fake’ really restores most of your thinking and memory, then it is not unimaginable for her to be able to perceive her real situation,” Duncan said lightly, “Even a duplicate body can also have toughness. will and a noble heart.”

Agatha did not speak for a while, as if she was immersed in complicated and heavy thoughts, and after a long time, she suddenly broke the silence: “I was just thinking… what was she doing at that time?” What are you thinking about, and what are you remembering… Has she ever feared, or regretted? She has my memory, but only a few days of real life, for all of this… Will she feel resentment?” Duncan

turned He turned his head and watched Agatha quietly.

After staring for a moment, he slowly opened his mouth: “If it were you, would you harbor resentment or regret your decision?” “

No.”

“Obviously, neither will she.”

“But…” Aga Sha continued, “But… I think I still have some regrets. When I die in the dark, I will think of the city-state under the sun, and the familiar people and things in the city. I will also regret that I can’t pass through the gate of Bartok, because I don’t know if I have a soul, I…”

She stopped, took a breath, and there seemed to be a hint of sadness in her tone: “Yes , If it were me, I would feel sorry.”

Duncan looked at her, and after a long time, he retracted his gaze, turned his head to look at the rising darkness around him and the lights in the dimness: “So, she will too.”

Agatha was silent for a while, as if she was talking to herself, and also seemed to be asking softly: “What will we see down there…” “

I don’t know, so we need to come down to confirm the situation.” As Duncan said, he glanced back at the figures in the car—Alice, Morris, and Fanna standing in the middle of the elevator, resting with arms folded and eyes closed, except for the three of them, plus Agatha And himself, there is no one else here.

“You didn’t bring any subordinates, you only called us, out of caution?”

“I don’t know what will happen next. It may be the pollution left by the ancient gods, or it may be the ‘truth’ that will spread. In an unknown state, bringing ordinary guards and priests will only increase the uncontrollability,” Agatha said frankly, “You and your followers are obviously not afraid of this.”

Duncan just smiled and said nothing.

At this moment, the descending speed of the car began to slow down rapidly. With the creaking sound of the automatic mechanism running and the clanging sound of the “iron cage” finally reaching the bottom, the elevator finally reached the bottom of the mine.

“We’re here,” Agatha raised her head, glanced at the situation outside, opened the fence door first and walked out, subconsciously reminding the people behind her as she walked, “Be careful, only preliminary cleaning has been carried out here—emergency The disposal personnel were evacuated a few hours ago, and what we are going to go next is the real ‘Unknown Darkness’.” As she spoke,

she stopped suddenly, turned her head and said to Duncan with some embarrassment: “Of course, These reminders may be unnecessary for you…”

Duncan waved his hand to show that he didn’t care, and at the same time, he glanced at the situation in the depths of the alley—only a few gas lamps were emitting dim light in the darkness, making the The alleyway ahead is becoming more and more shadowy, suspicious accumulations can be seen everywhere, and there is a disturbing and treacherous atmosphere, which is not really a reassuring scene.   ”Nina shouldn’t be allowed to go back to the boat so early,” he said casually, “It’s just

right for her to come here in such a dark place.”

Blow up the entire mine tunnel,” Morris couldn’t help muttering, “I don’t recommend that you take Nina around in any dark and small spaces—she’s still young and easily startled.”

Duncan shrugged: “The child has to grow up, she is almost graduating from high school.”

The expression on Morris’s face was a little stiff for a moment, and the corners of his mouth trembled several times before he spoke while considering his words: “Captain, under normal circumstances, Children graduating from high school will choose to celebrate their coming of age with a party or a trip rather than a ‘graduation’ exploring a mine that has been infested by the old gods…”

Duncan laughed happily, and then seemed to think of something, and suddenly turned his head and asked Fan Na again: “How did you spend your seventeen-year-old coming-of-age ceremony?”

He just asked casually, hoping to give Nina or Shirley serves as a reference when she celebrates her bar mitzvah.

Fan Na didn’t expect that the focus of the topic would suddenly fall on herself. The beautiful girl and strong man was startled for a moment, a little embarrassment quickly appeared on her face, and then she walked forward and whispered: “… I am preparing for the make-up exam for the postponed school year. …”

Duncan: “…”

The atmosphere seemed a bit awkward, Duncan could only spread his hands helplessly, but Agatha, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around, and seemed to be casting an incredible “gaze”.

“What’s wrong?” Duncan asked casually.

“…No matter how many times I watch it, I feel that the way you get along with your followers is really amazing. You who have regained your humanity are really the opposite of the legendary you in the past century-I think I I can somewhat understand why Captain Lawrence of the White Oak and his subordinates are such an interesting group of people.”

Duncan didn’t respond to the other party’s previous words, but his expression immediately became subtle when he heard the latter , As soon as Agatha finished speaking, he said: “I want to emphasize again, although all the members of the White Oak are my subordinates, I am really not familiar with them…”

Agatha nodded: “Yes, You’re not familiar with them—you’ve already emphasized it before.”

Duncan couldn’t hear any seriousness from the other party’s tone, so he could only sigh helplessly: “How did you solve it in the end? I mean Lawrence’s.” That ‘list of goods’.”

“Frost needs supplies now, and we will never violate the contract—since the goods have arrived, the follow-up is of course to pay the bill,” Agatha said, but shook her head again, “but only I can pay part of it.”

“Oh?”

“The most critical ‘cargo’, abnormality 077 is out of control and cannot be delivered,” Agatha explained, “The contract requires the White Oak to deliver the sealed ‘sailor’ to Han Frost Reliquary Hall, not a alive and kicking mummy…

“But then again, the mummy seems to be hoping to be ‘delivered’. When he heard that he was included in the list of goods handed over to Frost, he almost cried out of joy——unfortunately, We don’t know how to deal with an anomaly that has been out of control for a long time and cannot be sealed again, or it is better to hand it over to you to handle it yourself.” “Anomaly that has been out of control for a long time…” Duncan muttered subconsciously, turning his head and

looking

around beside.

Alice also turned her head and found that the captain was looking at her. A look of joy appeared on Miss Doll’s face immediately: “Hey…”

Duncan sighed: “Well, I do have some experience.”

Agatha He also looked at Alice subconsciously, with a somewhat complicated expression on his face.

Today, she has learned the true identity of this “Miss Doll” from Duncan, and as a native Frost person, she certainly knows that it is a big deal for “Anomaly 099” to be so swaggeringly active in Frost City. What a special thing.

She had countless questions to ask, strong curiosity and unreasonable uneasiness agitated in her already cooled chest—but facing Captain Duncan who seemed not to care much about everything, she never found a chance to speak.

“I think…”

Agatha seemed to have finally made up her mind, she broke the silence, but just when she was about to ask some questions about Alice, a sudden palpitation made her stop suddenly.

Almost at the same time, everyone in the team stopped.

Agatha turned her head and looked at the deepest part of this long and deep alleyway. Under the thick black cloth, her vision sublimated in the flames was shaking, trembling, and twisting, as if there were invisible winds one after another. It was blowing head-on, and there were countless and chaotic sounds mixed in the invisible wind, impacting her perception.

She felt that her mind was being disturbed, some kind of huge existence deep in the alley… No, strictly speaking, it should be the reverberation left by some kind of huge existence, resonating with her reason, she couldn’t “see” clearly What the hell was there, but she could feel…a faint echo among the chaotic reverberations.

The faint echo was calling her softly.

“What…is there?”

the blind Priestess asked, subconsciously reaching out her hand, as if trying to stabilize her shaky body.

A slightly broad hand stretched out from the side, but could clearly feel the feminine lines—Vanna stretched out her hand to support Agatha, and looked up at the huge darkness at the end of the alleyway.   ”It seems like a hole,” Fan Na said in a low voice,

with a little nervousness in her tone, “huge…a hole.”

Weier, the seedlings are very young, take a sip of milk and sacrifice to the sky.)

(End of this chapter)