Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 574

[Chapter 572: Permeating the depths]

The tall, thin and sinister man opposite whispered something to himself, making Shirley instantly control her urge to hit people with dogs.

She reacted immediately. The skills of observing words and disguises that she had learned from childhood to college made her expression instantly flawless. While looking at the middle-aged man opposite, she slightly loosened Agou’s chain and made a confused and nervous expression. He looked like: “What’s the problem?”

The sinister man across from him raised his eyebrows and waved his hand to Shirley: “Don’t be nervous, compatriot, we don’t know all the rules of the nameless man’s dream yet. It appears when entering the dream. Some deviations are normal, but…”

The other party paused after speaking, and gradually looked at Shirley with a hint of doubt in his eyes: “I didn’t expect that a compatriot as young as you could appear here, you are like this Is it really okay for my son to enter the dream of the unknown?”

“The connection with Yousu has nothing to do with age.” Shirley immediately shook the dark and sturdy chain in her hand, and Agou next to her also immediately cooperated and let out a tame cry. Roaring, “I am an experienced summoner, don’t be deceived by my appearance.” “…

Okay, I’m rude,” the Annihilation cultist opposite seemed to have dispelled his doubts, and a sinister look appeared on his face. With a stiff smile, he then raised his head and took a look at the surrounding situation. His eyes soon fell on the “demarcation line” not far away, with a thoughtful look on his face, “Eroding the boundary… I’m lucky. It looks like we’re not far from that ‘wall’.”

Seeing that the other party’s attention was diverted to other places, Shirley breathed a sigh of relief, and then noticed the “eroding boundary” and “wall” that the other party inadvertently mentioned. “Such strange words, she controlled the expression on her face, silently memorized these words, and then continued to use her long-unused but still proficient acting skills while casually mentioning: “The boundary was moving crazily outward just now. The spread is quite scary to be honest.”

“Have you caught up with the expansion of the erosion zone?” The sinister man raised his eyebrows, “Ah, it sounds really unlucky – but as the dream of the unknown continues to develop, there will always be more and more such situations. According to According to those ‘preachers’, the corruption and collapse of this dream is destined to happen, so we must find the wall of silence as soon as possible…don’t waste time.” As he spoke, the Annihilation cultist raised his right hand slightly

, A dark chain then appeared in the air beside him, and the smoke at the end of the chain condensed into a “death bird” that seemed to be half-rotted, made up of bones and shadows.

Immediately after this dark demon appeared, it let out a sharp and unpleasant cry, then flapped its tattered bone wings and flew into the air, as if it was sensing some breath flowing in the dream. A moment later, it landed on the shoulder of its master. , I don’t know how this chaotic and unintelligent demon completed the communication with his “master”. The latter quickly determined a general direction and looked up into the depths of the forest: “Go this way first.” Xue

. Li didn’t say anything, and followed the tall, thin and sinister cultist with Agou, and walked towards the depths of the forest with him.

But under the calm appearance, her brain has begun to spin rapidly – she is thinking about the other party’s purpose, thinking about how to inquire about something without arousing his suspicion, and thinking about how to make herself behave more like a person. A normal Annihilation cultist is also thinking about what posture he should use to get rid of this guy as soon as possible if his disguise fails.

She felt her mind become more flexible quickly – as if after finally no longer having to think about those drowsy letters and numbers, all kinds of ideas came back to her mind.

She carefully controlled the distance between herself and the cultist –

she couldn’t get too close, as being too close would arouse vigilance and suspicion.

Don’t be too far away, a dog can’t reach it – you have to make sure the other person is within a dog’s range.

“My name is Sarah, what’s your name?” After a few seconds of silence, Shirley casually made up a name for herself and asked.

Having grown up in a slum, she was very familiar with such little lies.

“Richard,” the cultist walking in front said without looking back, “The Holy Lord gives us a shortcut to the ‘essence’. Names are not important, young compatriots.” “Oh… you said it

. Yes, I just asked casually,” Shirley nodded quickly, and then asked as if inadvertently, “Are there many people ‘coming in’ this time?” “There are also a dozen brothers and

sisters from the church working with us. , they come from different city-states – but I don’t know the specific situation. The saints above arrange everything. Like you, I just execute the orders conveyed by the messenger.” “…Hey, they think I am young, what

? You didn’t even tell me, just let me come in to inquire about the situation,” Shirley muttered casually, complaining in a sincere tone, “And the erosion zone was expanding when we first came in. Today is so unlucky – thanks to the Holy Lord’s protection.”

The cultist who called himself Richard looked back slightly, and there seemed to be no suspicion in his expression.

After all, the Nether Hound walking with this girl is the most powerful “proof of identity” – the only people in this world who can coexist with the Nether Demon are the Annihilation Cults, and as long as this identity is clear, then this must be a “comatriot”. .

At most, he is a compatriot with little experience and a lot of problems.

After realizing this, Shirley became a little bolder.

She began to use her impression of being “young and inexperienced” to ask indirect questions one after another from time to time.

Agou’s slightly puzzled voice sounded from the bottom of her heart: “Shirley, why do I feel that you are quite excited?” “

Nonsense, can you not be excited about making a contribution!” The cultist was rambling on and on, muttering to Agou in his heart, “If I fool you a few more useful sentences, the captain will definitely reward me later – maybe I won’t have to memorize the words in the next two days.” …Agou, Agou, you said I want to catch one alive, can it be used for math homework?”

“How do you capture people in the dream and take them back?”

“Ah…well, I forgot about this.”

…

Deep in the block, vines and giant trees seemed to grow and spread from a dream world, entwining and covering every building in sight, making the whole place… The whole neighborhood turned into a strange, silent and dark forest.

Dark-colored vines cling to the nearby high walls, tiny thorns wrap around the lampposts of street lamps, towering trees block the entrance to the alley, the tree crowns cover the roofs of the buildings, and there are crisscrossing trees criss-crossing the trees. The branches passed directly through the dead buildings, and merged directly into the solid cement walls as if they were integrated into one body, presenting a strange scene of merging with the buildings in the city and twisting and coexisting.

In this strange and dead scene, the footsteps of Duncan and Alice seemed particularly abrupt, and even… seemed to be a tearing and discordant noise in this “dream”, echoing in the deserted streets. .

Duncan frowned and glanced at the lifeless street in front of him.

The towering tree canopy blocks the sky. Whether it is the “sunshine” that diffuses from the sea outside the city-state, or the cold glow of the world’s creation that vaguely emerges in the night, they are all blocked by the lush plants above the block, making the streets It presented an unsettling dim atmosphere, and in this dimness, he and Alice never saw any human figures along the way.

This is certainly not normal.

There is a curfew in the city after dark, but even on the streets under curfew, you should still be able to see patrolling church guards.

But there was no one – not only was there no one on the street, but when passing some houses facing the street, Duncan and Alice didn’t see anyone in the house.

Even though the lights were on in those houses, it even looked like someone was active in the living room just a moment ago from the layout.

“No one can be seen in the block covered by the ‘forest’, including on the road and inside the buildings.” Duncan turned his head and said to the puppet head held in Alice’s arms, “It seems that everyone has disappeared, just like You are the same.”

“Like us?” Lucretia’s voice came from the puppet’s mouth, sounding slightly distorted. “Could it be that… the entire city has been transferred to this ‘dream’?”

” It’s hard to say, but at least everyone disappeared wherever Alice and I walked.” Duncan shook his head, “Didn’t you meet anyone else who entered the dream from the real world?” “No,” Lucret said

. Thea immediately replied, “Right now, I’m still working with this elf who calls herself ‘Shireen’, and I haven’t met anyone else along the way.”

Duncan listened quietly, then turned to look at Alice: “What are you doing around here? Can you see the ‘line’?”

“No,” Alice shook her head, “I didn’t see it all the way.”

Duncan nodded with a heavy face.

The threads of the spirit body cannot hide from Alice’s eyes. No matter how sophisticated the concealment skills are, as long as the “person” is still in the real world, Alice will see those “threads” floating in the air, and now even this doll can’t He said that nothing was found… This can only mean that at least in the streets where the changes occurred, “people” are indeed missing.

This is different from what happened to Taran El or the elf girl from Purend before.

Although it seems that this incident is still related to the “Dream of the Nameless One”, it is obvious that… the scale and power of this dream have grown to an incredible level.

Duncan raised his head and looked towards the center of this strange neighborhood in the darkness.

Suddenly, a shadow in the darkness caught his eye.

It was a structure that meandered between the buildings, as if it were a giant vine, or some kind of structure extending out from its exposed roots.

It was dormant quietly in the darkness, as silent as everything around it, but for some reason…

Duncan always felt that there was something different about that huge “vine”.

(End of chapter)