Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 594
[Chapter 592 Go deeper]
“Did you hear anything?”
On a natural trail deep in the forest, Shirley suddenly stopped and muttered suspiciously.
“There is no sound, but I smell… that obvious ‘stinky smell’,” Agou stopped next to Shirley, making a low and disgusted sound in his throat, “There are more than one, mixed with chaos and ignorance. A sense of filth, as well as a pure and blind destructive impulse…” “
It seems that those ‘old acquaintances’ are here again,” Shirley muttered, “They are really tireless, in this ‘Dream of the Unknown’ What on earth is worthy of their being so concerned about, that so-called ‘original blueprint’ is so attractive?”
Agou didn’t say anything, just lowered his body and carefully sensed the remaining aura around him – Annihilation Cultist and Netherworld. The scent left by the devil.
It found something familiar in those scents.
“The Annihilation cultist named ‘Richard’ is also among them.” It suddenly raised its head and said.
“That guy still dares to come?” Shirley suddenly opened her eyes in surprise, “Last time I smashed him like that, I thought that guy would at least lie in the real world for a while…”
Agou shook his head. : “It seems that they have made sufficient preparations when they ‘went into the dream’, and have sufficient protection at the mental level. The injuries they suffered in the dream will not have much impact on reality… This is also reasonable, after all, they organized With so many people entering the Dream of the Nameless One, they must have a full understanding of the operating mechanism of this place.”
Shirley frowned: “Are they still around here?”
“They have been gone for a while,” Agou He cautiously judged, “The aura of the deep demons is fading quickly, but it’s hard to say how far they are from here now – Shirley, we have to be careful, that ‘Richard’ is here too, he knows you, last time Tricks don’t work the second time.”
The expression on Shirley’s face suddenly became tense. She quickly checked the surrounding environment, turned to Agou and said seriously: “Then why don’t we just find a place to hide here? Wait until dawn in the real world – this forest is anyway It’s so big, those cultists shouldn’t go back.”
“I don’t recommend this, don’t forget the weird and dangerous ‘erosion’ phenomenon – it will happen suddenly and spread quickly,” Agou shook his head, “Here No corner is safe, and the only possible safe zone may be inside the so-called wall of silence. We have to find that ‘wall’.” As it spoke, it raised its head and looked at a certain place deep in the forest
. Direction: “The Annihilation cultists are also looking for the ‘Wall of Silence’. Let’s follow them from a distance. As long as we stay hidden, the initiative is in our hands.” “Tsk, okay,
I just said casually, “Shirley clicked her tongue and said helplessly, “Then let’s go, be careful not to get too close to those cultists.”
Agou nodded, and carefully checked the remaining breath in the air and its direction. direction, and stepped forward – but it only took one step forward, then suddenly stopped again, and at the same time whispered quickly: “Attention, someone is approaching!” Almost at the same time as Agou finished speaking
, Shirley heard footsteps suddenly appearing nearby – the sound was without warning, as if someone appeared nearby out of thin air. Shirley’s whole body tensed up for a moment, and then she clenched the chain with one hand and suddenly turned her head to look at The direction from which the sound came.
A tall elf girl appeared in Shirley’s sight.
She wore a strange and light armor, which looked like some kind of hunting attire that was easy to move in the forest, and was reinforced at key locations. She had long, pale golden hair like the sun, with braided hair. A slightly glowing blue silk thread – and in her hand, it was a strange-shaped weapon, like a spear and a long-handled battle ax combined… After seeing
this elf girl who seemed to appear out of thin air, Shirley was stunned for a moment, and during the second or two that she was stunned, the elf girl had already taken a step towards her.
“Didn’t you receive the order to evacuate? Why are you still operating outside the wall?”
Hearing the other party’s voice, Shirley opened her mouth. The sudden change made her a little at a loss, but she soon realized that her acting skills and observation of emotions from childhood to college came into play: “Ah, I… lost my way. , I’m about to go to the Wall of Silence.”
The strange elf girl didn’t seem to notice Shirley’s nervousness just now, and she didn’t even show any signs of fear to Agou, who had a terrifying appearance and had no time to escape due to the sudden incident. With a strange expression, she nodded to Shirley and Agou naturally, and said: “You and your partners are eroding the active area, and this place is not safe. Fortunately, you met me as a ranger. .”
As she spoke, she pointed a certain direction in the forest with the long-handled ax in her hand: “Follow me, I will take you to the Wall of Silence.” “Ah… Okay.”
Shirley was stunned for a moment. , reacted quickly, and quickly called the captain deep in his consciousness while dragging Agou to follow the other party’s footsteps.
They set off, heading towards the “Wall of Silence”, passing through natural trails covered with dead branches and leaves, crossing rugged forest glades, and gradually heading into the depths of the forest.
The elf girl holding a strange weapon walked in front and rarely spoke on the road.
Of course, this was not conducive to gathering intelligence, so Shirley could only take the initiative to break the silence. After thinking about the topic, she asked: “By the way, what is your name?” The elf
girl suddenly stopped and turned her head seriously. Looking into Shirley’s eyes, after two or three seconds, she spoke softly: “My name is Shireen – I hope you can remember my name.”
Shirley’s eyes widened.
…
Deep in the vast darkness and fog, on the “Homeless” with an eerie and silent atmosphere, Duncan, who was sitting at the navigation table and communicating with “Goat Head”, was suddenly startled and stopped talking with “Goat Head” .
He frowned slightly, as if listening to a voice coming from afar, and the expression on his face changed rapidly, from confusion to thoughtfulness.
The “goat head” on the table didn’t react to Duncan’s sudden pause – after Duncan stopped talking, it became quiet, with no questions or any tendency to actively express.
The “goat head” that appears on the strangely lost home is like a “response machine” that is half asleep and half awake. Except for the initial greeting, it will take the initiative to speak. In most cases, as long as Duncan does not talk to it, it rarely speaks. What a reaction.
Duncan glanced at the goat’s head.
In the end, the goat head didn’t understand what “Sasloka died a long time ago” meant. It just repeated this sentence monotonously, as if its mind was stuck on this “message.” “superior.
After a slight hesitation, Duncan stood up and left his seat, walking towards the simple oval mirror not far away.
The goat head on the navigation table slowly turned its head, silently tracking Duncan’s movements with its eyes, but still said nothing – that silent sight made it particularly scary.
However, Duncan was now more or less able to ignore the weirdness of this suspicious goat head. He went straight to the mirror, reached out and knocked on the mirror.
Agatha’s figure appeared in the mirror almost immediately.
Duncan paid close attention to the eyes behind him, sensing the changes in the atmosphere in the captain’s cabin – but the suspicious goat head showed no reaction to Agatha’s appearance, as if he couldn’t see it.
“Captain.” Agatha in the mirror also glanced cautiously in the direction of the goat’s head. After confirming that there was really no reaction from the other party, she breathed a sigh of relief and nodded to Duncan.
“Shirley and Agou met another ‘Shireen’ in the forest.” Duncan responded to Agatha’s greeting and then said bluntly.
Agatha opened her mouth, her expression a little stunned for a moment, and then she immediately reacted: “As for Miss Lucretia…”
Duncan nodded: “She is still with Shireen.”
The two of them . The individual fell into a brief silence across the mirror, obviously no one had any ideas.
After a while, Agatha took a breath and broke the silence: “Captain, I also discovered something here.”
Duncan lowered his voice subconsciously: “What did you discover?”
Agatha in the mirror raised her hand and pointed wordlessly to the door at the deepest part of the captain’s cabin – the wooden door leading to the captain’s dormitory.
“Just now when you were talking to Goat Head, I shuttled through the various mirrors on the Lost Home. The positions and scenes of all the mirrors were no different from those of the Lost Home in reality. Only here… …I was blocked by a strange ‘barrier’.”
Duncan immediately looked in the direction of the captain’s dormitory, and his eyes gradually became serious as he listened to Agatha’s account of the situation.
After a moment of thinking, he stepped towards the door.
On the navigation table, the black goat-head wood carving creaked and moved again, and a pair of deep and turbid black eyeballs tracked Duncan’s movements.
Duncan held the door handle with his hand, but he did not push it directly. Instead, he turned to stare at the goat head on the table. After staring at each other for a while, he said in a deep voice: “What’s in here?” ?”
“I don’t know.” The goat head said slowly.
“Can I go in?”
“I don’t know.” The goat head said as if repeating himself.
“…What will happen if I go in?”
“I don’t know.” The suspicious goat head seems to only repeat this sentence forever.
But no matter what, it doesn’t seem to have any intention of stopping it.
Duncan took one last deep look in the direction of the goat’s head, then withdrew his gaze, looked at the particularly familiar door in front of him, took a deep breath, and turned the handle vigorously.
A chaotic and overlapping space, as if an empty space created by the repeated rendering and superposition of countless abstract lines appeared behind the door.
Duncan stood firmly in front of the door, looking at the scene in the “room” – among the chaotic and superimposed abstract lines, he could still vaguely recognize some things: bed, table, window, wall.
However, all these things are distorted, as if they have been randomly reorganized in the mind of a mentally disturbed person and reproduced in a perverse dream, and their original normal appearance cannot be seen at all!
(End of chapter)
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