Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 618
[Chapter 616 Broken Secret]
Looking at the keel extending forward in the darkness, Duncan seemed to be able to determine its origin and the “transaction” that took place deep in the subspace a century ago.
But he always felt that he seemed to have overlooked something, and he always felt that this was not the message that the Lost Home wanted to convey to him – at least not all the information.
He raised the lantern in his hand, and the flame lit by the spiritual fire became a little brighter. The long radiance illuminated the surroundings, making the details on the surface of the keel more obvious. The firelight also reflected the void areas outside the keel, and Spreading out in the dark mist.
The shadows in the fog seemed to hide many things.
Agatha’s shadow followed. She stood up in the fog and stood beside her dimly: “Could this… spine come from the great demon in elven legend, Saslokar?” “Possibly
. “It’s very s*xy,” Duncan nodded lightly, “and I’m afraid only a god-level being can have such a spine.” ”
Goat head…” Agatha hesitated, she seemed to be in confusion. After sorting out the status for a long time before finding the right words, “I mean all the goat heads, including those on the Lost Home, in this dream world, as well as those in the hands of cultists, and those that may still be unknown.” Goatheads, what do you think is the relationship between them and Sasloka?”
She paused and continued: “The confused goathead said that Sasloka died a long time ago, and it did not It’s not Sasloka, but now it seems that ‘they’ are inextricably linked to the ‘original dream’ of the elves. Now we have discovered this ‘keel’ at the bottom of the Lost Home… You have already You don’t remember the process of getting this dragon bone in subspace, do you?”
Of course Agatha didn’t know that the current Duncan was not the original “captain” of the Lost Home. She naturally thought that it was Duncan who reached an agreement and signed the contract with the Goat Head in subspace a hundred years ago, and the latter often mentioned it. , she lost a lot of memories in the process of regaining her humanity, so she naturally believed that this dragon bone was also one of Duncan’s lost memories.
Duncan did not answer directly, but nodded slightly, and then pondered for a few seconds before speaking thoughtfully: “Perhaps all goat heads are part of Sasloka.”
Agatha was stunned for a moment, But he quickly came to his senses: “So, Miss Lucretia is right to call the ‘goat heads’ in the hands of the Annihilation Cults ‘Fragments of Ancient Gods’…and these fragments of Ancient Gods are in different states and cannot be identified.” Know yourself… Some of them still remember some things related to Saslokar or Silantis, and some seem to have completely lost their thinking and reason…”
Duncan remained silent, but looked at the field of vision. The staggering scale of the spine fell into thinking, and after a long time, he suddenly said: “To make the guess more bold, the ‘goat head’ may be just a manifestation of the ancient god’s fragment. The spine in front of us is obviously the ‘ancient god’ Another form of the fragment’, and it cannot be ruled out that there are other forms of fragments of the ancient god: a tree, a person, a stone, a corpse… they may all be parts of Saslokar left behind. “After
all , according to the description of the elves in ancient myths, Sasloka has countless forms – this can also explain why the goat head suspected of being a fragment of the ancient god is small enough to be placed on the navigation table, and it is also a ‘fragment’, which One spine can support the entire Lost Home. ”
Duncan said the possibility he thought of in a calm tone, and the picture described by this possibility was horrifying – even the former “gatekeeper”, Agatha was trying to imagine the great She also felt shuddering when the Demon God was in his state.
She couldn’t help but say: “What kind of power… can make a ‘god’ look like this? Into this… state of fragmentation? ”
She just spoke subconsciously, not expecting any answer from the captain.
However, after a moment of silence, Duncan spoke, as if talking to himself, he slowly said –
“…But the second blueprint also failed, so the King of Dreams was captured on the second long night of Creation. It was torn apart, and a part of Him was floating at the border of the real world…”
Agatha was stunned for a moment, her shadow swayed slightly in the light, and the edges of the shadow seemed a little blurry. Soon, she recalled the meaning of these sentences. Origin: “This is the content recorded in the ‘Book of Blasphemy’…”
Duncan nodded lightly: “Yes, the ‘Creation Myth’ of the Annihilation Cult, the story before the start of the Deep Sea Age, the King of Dreams used his The power created the world, but it fell apart in the long night.”
“Saslokar is one of the lost kings!” Agatha reacted, “This ‘big devil’ in the ancient elven legends grew up for the second time. The ‘King of Dreams’ who tries to reshape the world at night?!”
“I have actually made this association for a long time, after all, their powers are so similar,” Duncan said, “It’s just that for a long time, the ancient legends of elves have lacked empirical support. Moreover, Saslokar is a unique element of faith of the elven race, and many of its legends and miracles are contrary to the records and facts of other city-states on the boundless sea. “In addition,
there is a very important point – elves have the unique characteristics of all races. The most complete mythological system and historical records, but in their own records, there is never a record of ‘the King of Dreams trying to reshape the world during the second long night’, nor is there any mention of the great demon being torn apart at the end of the long night. There is no description of cracks – not even a specious unofficial history.
“These contradictions have made me afraid to confirm that the ‘Great Demon God Saslokar’ in the elven legend and the ‘King of Dreams’ in the Second Long Night are the same god. Until now… I have seen it with my own eyes. The fragments left behind by this torn ancient god.”
Perhaps out of shock and thinking, Agatha was silent for a long time, while Duncan walked forward slowly, holding a lantern in his hand and carefully stepping onto the “ancient god’s spine” “A connection point, then bent down and touched its rough and vicissitudes of life with his hands, as if it had been hammered and worn away by countless years, but it was still tough and reliable.
This spine brought the Lost Home back to the real world after being sunk deep into the Warp and almost completely obliterated by the Warp, reshaping the ship’s entity and then carrying it for a full century.
His movements suddenly stopped.
A question that he had never thought of before and that had been ignored for a long time came into his mind uncontrollably – after seeing the “keel” made of the ancient god’s spine in front of him, he understood a giant ship more clearly and intuitively. After seeing the amazing structure on the ground floor, Duncan finally thought of this question –
what was the keel of the original Homeless Ship? !
He stood up suddenly and looked up at the dark and vast space.
The bottom frame of the ship supported by the keel and ribs is immersed in the boundless fog, and the broken hull plates and upper support structures can be vaguely seen in the distance.
This structure built on the spine of an ancient god is massive, complex, and awe-inspiring.
But this isn’t the original Homeless Home, not really.
The original Lost Home had long since been swallowed up by the warp, and by the time Goathead saw it, all that was left of the ship was a faint phantom, and the obsession of Duncan Abnomar himself.
The “Homeless Ship” that Duncan is familiar with now is the result of the re-materialization of that phantom. Its original keel was replaced with the spine of the ancient god, which allowed it to achieve the “miracle” of returning from the subspace. .
So where is the original keel of the ship?
Duncan is not an expert in the field of shipbuilding, but after living in this world for such a long time, he also understands a lot of common sense related to ships. He knows how sailing warships were built a hundred years ago. He knows that there is only one Only strictly selected, extremely tough intact wood can support the heavy burden of the “keel”, and the strength and size of this wood limit the maximum size of each sail warship.
But Homeless was far beyond that size—not just a little, but twice as big.
The Lost Home is the largest sailing ship that has ever appeared in this world. After that, there has been no sailing ship larger than it. Judging from the current structure of the bilge, the keel of the Lost Home is Some processes such as riveting and splicing are not used.
Duncan frowned slowly.
The keel is the most basic part of a ship. Its construction method directly determines the subsequent structure of the entire ship. Therefore, the “ancient god spine” in front of you should only replace the original keel of the Lost Home, rather than replace it. The basic structure has undergone extensive changes, so the Lost Home should have used a single and complete keel like other sailing ships of that era,
but there could not be such a big tree in the city-state.
Even if there is, there is an upper limit to the strength of the wood itself – at the scale of the Lost Home, it has far exceeded the load-bearing limit of traditional wooden keels.
Unless, from the beginning, the keel of this ship was not just ordinary wood, but something… even more incredible.
Over the past century, the Lost Home has been one of the biggest taboos on the Infinite Sea, and many things related to it have become a closely guarded topic. Although the ship was built in the city-state of Pland, Few people discuss its construction in public.
But now Duncan can imagine what an event it must have been more than a hundred years ago, when construction of this amazing expedition ship first began.
The mist flows slowly in all directions, and the green light emitted by the lantern is softly immersed in the mist, as if outlining many shadowy outlines.
Duncan looked at the lingering fog around him, and his brows gradually relaxed.
“It seems that this is what you want to tell me…”
(End of Chapter)
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