Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 728

[Chapter 710 Holy Land Island]

On the deck of the Lost Home on Holy Land Island, Vanna quickly came to Duncan: “The Tide sent a message, and a large number of ‘humanoid objects’ drifted to their side and collided with the hull. After the collision, ‘Humanoids’ were hovering and floating near them, as if being pulled by invisible currents…” “

The commander of the Restless Ship Orlando also sent a message,” Agatha’s figure also emerged from the shadow beside Duncan, “They The ship was surrounded by floating human-shaped objects… There were also things gathering under the water, hitting the hull at the bottom of the ship. The impact could be heard almost in the entire cabin…”

She paused, as if she heard something from the distance again. The voice then added: “Polykinny, the commander of the Rest, said that she heard whispers near the mechanical cabin that might have come from underwater – a voice spoke in her head: “

‘You will become them. , just like us. ‘”

Listening to the information coming from several other battleships of the United Fleet, Duncan frowned slightly. He especially noticed the message coming from the Rest: “Is it mental pollution? “

It’s not certain yet. Bishop Polekny is performing mental calibration in the church. As of now, she may have really heard some kind of ‘echo’ lingering in this sea.”

“Are there any reports of damage to the ship? ” “Duncan thought for a while and then asked.

“Not yet,” Vanna shook her head and said, “All the collisions are just caused by the ‘humanoid objects’ drifting with the current and hitting the hull, and they have no effect on the ironclad ship. Physical threat… However, some ships have reported that their steam engines and differential engines are making unusual noises, seemingly due to mild contamination. But overall the pollution levels were still low, and they all recovered after the appeasement rituals were performed. “

Duncan nodded with a serious expression. He didn’t speak for a while, just looking at the sea

in the distance. Those pitch-black figures like dead trees in the sea were still drifting over from the direction of the mist-shrouded “six nautical mile boundary line”, like countless Drowning into the combined fleet, seemingly lifeless, but floating towards every ship here as if driven by invisible force, continuously hitting the hull and knocking on the bottom of the ship.

These disturbing sounds are making Create mental pressure on each ship.

But for the church elites who have undergone rigorous training, this level of mental pressure should not be a problem – so Duncan was not too worried.

After a brief thought, he ordered the entire fleet Moving forward slowly again.

“We are very close to the six nautical mile boundary,” Lucretia couldn’t help but remind her father, “Do we still want to continue moving forward? In border waters, conventional navigation methods are no longer so accurate. We must leave some safety margin…otherwise we may accidentally cross the border. “

We won’t ‘cross the line’,” Duncan glanced at Lucretia, and part of his attention was on sensing the entire ship, “Don’t worry, Lucy, I have the most accurate copy of the world’s Chart’, which can mark the position and sailing distance of the Lost Home on the boundless sea in real time. If I still can’t see the ‘Holy Land’ at six nautical miles, I will stop. “

Lucrecia opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but after noticing Duncan’s confident and gentle smile, she swallowed back what she wanted to say.

Duncan put part of his “eyes” on Entering the captain’s cabin.

He could clearly “see” that the “chart” on the table in the captain’s cabin was “running” as usual, and slowly changing as the Lost Home sailed.

The fog on the chart It is slowly dispersing, and the trajectory of the Lost Home is clearly reflected on the edge of the chart – the ship sails very slowly, and what is shown on the chart is a tiny displacement that is difficult to detect with the naked eye, but for those who can accurately For Duncan, who controls the status of the entire ship, even changes that are imperceptible to the naked eye on the chart cannot escape his perception.

And on the sea around the Lost Home, there are still more humanoid objects floating in from a distance. , the number seemed to be a little more.

Suddenly, Duncan noticed something seemed to appear on the edge of the chart.

In the fog, an unrecorded “navigation mark” appeared on the parchment roll.

After sensing the chart The moment there was a change on the ship, he raised his head and looked in the direction pointed by the bow of the Lost Home.

Deep in the fog, a vague silhouette of land was gradually emerging.

It was on the six-nautical-mile boundary line!

“Yes. land! “Nina ran to the high platform at the stern of the ship and shouted happily while staring at the shadow that was becoming clearer in the fog with wide eyes, “Land has appeared! “

Yes, land has appeared, and the land that appears in this direction is undoubtedly the target of the combined fleet this time – the lair called the “Holy Land” by those Annihilation cultists.

Soon, following the Lost Home, Several church warships in the rear also observed the outline of the land. After realizing that the “holy land” was located at the critical point of six nautical miles, everyone tensed up.

At the tail of each church warship, the ship Large swaths of white steam were released above the cathedral, and sacred oil was poured into the cauldron. The sailors silently recited the names of their gods while running to the gun emplacements. Priests in burqas Then came to the deck, began to pour holy water on the cannon, lit incense, and blessed the cannonballs with prayers. At

the same time, there were still dark humanoid figures floating from the sea in the direction of the “Holy Land”, and there were still floating ones from time to time. Things hit the hull of the ship, and the disturbing “dong-dong” sound never stopped, hitting the bottom of each ship, as if hitting everyone’s heart.

Along with a burst of flying colored paper, the exposed Cressia came to the observation deck at the top of the mast. She observed the “island” that appeared in the distance through the fog with extremely poor visibility. After a while, she returned to the deck and returned to Duncan.

” Some lights could be seen on the island, but there was no sign of any activity—a lifeless aura lingered around the area, and something felt wrong to me. “

Listening to Lucretia’s report, Duncan just nodded slightly, and then waved to the side.

The plump white dove immediately flew down from the nearby mast and almost hit Duncan on the shoulder with a “thud”.

Duncan turned his head with a subtle expression and glanced at the pigeon on his shoulder: “…You should consider losing weight.”

Ai tilted his head and immediately emphasized his position loudly: “V me 50! V me 50 !”

“…Pretend I didn’t say it.” Duncan sighed, ignored the pigeon’s noise, and directly gave it an order from the bottom of his heart.

The next second, Ai Yi’s body suddenly burst into flames, turning into a rugged bone pigeon and flying straight into the sky.

The bone pigeon wrapped in flames flew through the fog like an inverted meteor, approaching the shadowy black island from a high place.

Duncan, who stayed on the deck of the Lost Home, narrowed his eyes slightly.

Through the vision shared by the flames, a scene from an overhead perspective that was somewhat abstract and distorted, but with vaguely discernible details, began to appear in his mind.

Ai was quickly approaching the coast of the island – from the vision returned, Duncan saw the rugged edge of the latter as if it had been torn apart by something, and also saw a narrow and secret place. If not seen from the air, It is a secret port that is difficult to detect by observation. Further towards the interior of the island, roads and some scattered high and low buildings can still be vaguely discerned. There are also many weird and sharp things that look like stalagmites scattered on the island. It seems to be large in scale, but I can’t tell what it is exactly.

As Lucretia reported, there was no sign of activity on the island.

A huge combined fleet, a flaming beacon burning in the thick fog, a huge strange bird wrapped in flames, flying over the port from close range – if these combined cannot make the Annihilation entrenched on the island If the believers react, there is only one possibility.

“There seems to be no one on the island – at least no living person.”

Duncan maintained the visual sharing with Ai, while turning his head and said to Lucretia beside him.

The people on the deck looked at each other.

“There are no living people on the island…” Fanna opened her eyes slightly and turned to look in the direction of the island. “They all ran away? Or are they dead? Or…”

She stopped suddenly, and her eyes scanned the deck strangely. , and finally landed on the “humanoid rough” that was still lying quietly on the deck, being guarded by the doll Luni.

“…Inform the people of the Church of the Deep Sea and Death that we need to get close to the island, and everyone should follow – don’t fall behind in the fog.”

Under Duncan’s order, the entire fleet began to move towards the strange and rugged island that exuded an eerie atmosphere. The black island with an uneasy aura slowly approached.

The island in the distance is gradually becoming clearer, and as the distance continues to shorten, it takes on more and more details that feel inconsistent.

“Its edge looks like a piece torn off from some huge whole,” Duncan described to others what he saw from Aye’s perspective. “We are approaching the coast on the west side of it, and there are everywhere here. They are all clustered rock structures, but between the cliffs, there is a hidden waterway that leads to an inner port – the terrain seems to be gentle.” “Can a

ship as big as the Lost Home be allowed in?” Nina asked curiously from the side.

“It should be possible, but I don’t plan to just sail in – the same goes for other ships,” Duncan said while thinking. “We still don’t know the details of the island. My idea is to let the fleet go in front of the ‘pass’ Stop, and then organize a group of people to take a small boat to the island. After roughly understanding the situation at the landing point, we will send more people ashore.”

Others nodded.

At this moment, Duncan seemed to feel something and suddenly raised his head and looked forward.

He saw that the large ship, which had been used as a “spiritual torch” along the way and was captured from the cultists, was slowly accelerating.

Its speed was getting faster and faster, as if it suddenly broke free from the reins and rushed straight towards the “Holy Land Island” without Duncan’s order.

It seemed to have lost its weight, as light as a gust of wind.

Almost in the blink of an eye, it had crossed the misty sea and arrived at the cliff with countless huge rocks standing on the edge of the island.

Then he hit it without hesitation.

(End of chapter)