Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 559

[Chapter 557 Contact]

“Until we know more information, we cannot rush to conduct destructive examinations on this mass of matter – especially after confirming that there is a living heart in it.” Ted Leal said as he opened

the He picked up his heavy book and put the “stethoscope” back into the pages of the book. There was also a complicated expression on his face that always looked tired.

“Honestly, this is the weirdest ‘thing’ I’ve ever seen in my life. I’ve seen a lot of indescribable things that invade the real world, but a ball of metal with a heartbeat is not that common, and it’s so…quiet. .”

“Quiet?” Lucrecia frowned subconsciously when she heard it.

“Yes, quiet, almost harmless to humans and animals,” Ted Leal nodded, “As you can see, its ‘shell’ has almost solidified. According to the field team, when it first entered the real world There was still intense activity for a short period of time, but it soon changed to this ‘frozen’ state. In addition, it did not show any ‘active characteristics’ such as trying to escape from containment, contaminating the caretakers, and resisting external prying eyes… “

The secret keeper said, slowly shaking his head: “Among the ‘living’ ‘foreign objects’, this is very abnormal – trying to break through containment is the biggest characteristic of all ‘living foreign objects’.”

Lucretia Ya didn’t speak again for a while, but Nina beside her gradually showed a thoughtful expression, and she didn’t know what she was thinking about. She suddenly said: “It feels like ‘life is beyond love’? “

This is an interesting… point of view, although I don’t think this ball of living metal will have such a human reaction,” Ted Leal raised his eyelids and glanced at Nina, but obviously did not take this whimsical idea into consideration. Really taking it to heart, “I am more inclined to think that it cannot adapt to the living environment of our real world, but as time goes by, it may gradually adapt, and by then it may have a process of increasing activity.”

“Tell me about the situation at the market.” Duncan suddenly broke the silence. His eyes fell on Nina and Shirley, “Nina, when you contacted me, you said that you and Shirley were I felt that there was some inexplicable spying, and I was about to report the matter to the guard on the roadside, when this ‘thing’ suddenly appeared?” “

Yeah,” Nina immediately nodded repeatedly and said while recalling the situation at that time, “I Shirley and I felt it several times, with eyes falling on us from time to time, and a breath that kept getting closer. I thought it must be this thing – but it didn’t bear it until Shirley and I were ready to report it to someone. I couldn’t help but throw myself out, and…”

At this point, she suddenly stopped, with a very hesitant look on her face. After hesitating for several seconds, she frowned and spoke uncertainly: “And there is something very wrong. I don’t know if I saw the details wrong. When this thing first appeared, the moment I saw it out of the corner of my eye, I felt… I thought it was a person.” Nina’s tone was very hesitant

. What she said instantly silenced the room. Even Ted Leal, who had always been tired and lazy, immediately opened his eyes wide. But before he could speak, Shirley, who was closest to Nina, The first one shouted: “Huh? What are you talking about? Did you see that this thing looked like a human at first? You didn’t tell me?” “

This incident was not mentioned in the field team’s report,” Ted Leal said with an extremely serious expression, “Miss Nina, are you sure?” “

So I said I don’t know if I saw it wrong,” Nina said a little nervously, “The market was in chaos at that time. There are people running everywhere. Maybe I misunderstood… Or maybe the guards at the scene missed it? After all, it was only the first moment…” “Unlikely,

in the working principles of the guards , there are strict ‘contact process recording standards’. Because many ‘foreign objects’ do have the ability to quickly change themselves or evade cognition, we will require those who perform ‘first contact’ to strictly describe the ‘contact’ when reporting the situation. starting time’, and whether everyone’s sight shifted during the action to confirm whether the entire team had an ‘observation window’ towards the target…”

Ted Leal briefly explained the working principles of the “Knowledge Guards” and then shook his head: “According to the field team’s report, they made contact with the target the first moment it entered the real world. At least two The defenders were visually observing the location of the target before it appeared, and at least one person was always watching it during the entire contact process, so there was no possibility of an ’empty window’.” As soon as he finished speaking, someone stood

aside Duncan suddenly broke the silence: “But I believe what Nina said.”

Ted Leal was startled and seemed to react: “…What do you mean?” “

At least from Nina’s perspective, this ‘invasion’ He looked like a person in the first moment,” Duncan said lightly, and then glanced at Shirley, “You have been with Nina all the time, you didn’t see that scene, right?” “No

, “Shirley immediately shook her head, “I didn’t see it look like a person.” “

Because different observers, different ‘forms’ were observed on the same target?” Ted Leal’s eyes obviously changed. , he looked at Nina with surprise and thinking in his eyes, “And only Miss Nina is different from what people around her see… Why is this?”

He seemed to be extremely curious, and his eyes soon fell on Duncan On the body: “Is there anything special about Miss Nina?”

The “secret keeper” looked quite puzzled. He didn’t know the details of Nina. After all, he didn’t actively activate his “spiritual vision” for observation. , Nina looks like an ordinary seventeen-year-old girl to outsiders – but there is no doubt that there is something special about this “ordinary girl”.

Just so she could stay on Duncan Abnomar’s ship.

“Have you heard of the ‘Black Sun Arrival’ incident in Pland? If you have, then you should know that the Lost Home took away some fragments of the ancient sun when it left that city,” Duncan said, lifting the He pointed at Nina and said, “That’s her.”

Then he didn’t pay attention to Ted Leal’s excited expression for a moment, but focused on Nina again: “Do you still remember what the ‘person’ you saw at the beginning looked like?” Nina

immediately Trying to remember it, he finally spoke after a while: “It looked like a man wearing strange ancient armor, the kind that appeared in history books, like an iron can… Oh, and there was a tattered one. A scarf, or a short cloak? Because I only saw it for a moment, and I’m not sure about too many details…”

She paused for a while before adding: “Because I’m wearing a helmet, the armor looks very thick. I don’t know what the person in the armor looks like. I don’t even know if it’s a man or a woman, but I can feel it.” The armor is in tatters, as if it has gone through a lot of battles.”

“A warrior wearing ancient armor…” Lucretia on the side muttered. She thought quickly and asked a question, “What about this? How did a person turn into a ball of living metal? Have you seen this process?”

“No,” Nina shook her head, “In just an instant, it became like this. There doesn’t seem to be a gradual change process. …Maybe I blinked? I’m sorry, I can’t remember clearly…”

“It’s good to remember this. You provided very critical and important information.” Duncan said, comforting Nina who seemed a little lost. , then turned around and walked to the platform where the “samples” were placed.

He looked at the solidified “living metal” with a serious face and sorted out the information he had so far.

In one of the first moments, “ta” seemed to be a warrior wearing heavy ancient armor, and the armor was worn and battle-worn.

Nina felt eyes on her several times, and she felt like she was being followed, which meant that this thing was probably coming for her, or… maybe it was coming for the “Ancient Sun” .

People were coming and going in the market, but when Nina first felt the sight and tracking, no one noticed anything strange. This shows that “ta” either has some kind of cognitive disruption ability, or is coming from something similar to a psychic. The reality of “submerging” into a deep world like the World…

Duncan slowly stretched out his hand and pressed on the surface of the “metal”.

A cold, hard feeling came from my fingertips.

He seemed to be able to feel the heart buried deep in the metal, the slow beating and the low heartbeat.

It is alive, “alive” in a way that humans cannot understand.

It seemed to have a certain purpose, but something unexpected happened in the last step of the action – it emerged from hiding and pounced on Nina and Shirley. It probably didn’t want to turn into such a ball of solidified metal in the last step.

Ted Leal looked at Duncan’s actions nervously, and then he subconsciously turned his eyes to the “witch” aside.

Lucretia just shook her head and signaled not to interfere.

A little green spark appeared on Duncan’s fingertips.

He carefully controlled the flame so as not to ignite the metal in front of him that seemed to belong to the “extraordinary” category. He controlled the flame to penetrate into the metal, sensing its flow of life and its heartbeat. , and possible… thoughts.

However, what responded to him was only a huge emptiness and a hazy and chaotic “touch”.

There seems to be no information that can be “decoded” within this mass of metal.

But for some reason, Duncan always felt that there was something else in that empty, hazy and confusing depth of touch – it wasn’t that he couldn’t find it, he just couldn’t “understand” it for the time being.

“…Who are you?” He couldn’t help but ask softly in his heart, “Where are you from?”

After an unknown period of time, the huge emptiness always existed, but in the weak message sent back by the flame, a ripple seemed to suddenly appear. .

Duncan seemed to hear a voice, or an “idea”, emerging in his mind –

“We are trekking towards the end.”

(End of this chapter)