Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 837

[Chapter 818 Warmth and Cold]

The journey to the death node seems to be coming to an end. In the extremely uniform gray-white background outside the ship’s side, some extremely difficult-to-detect black lines have begun to appear faintly. There are physical structures appearing in the distance, well on the Lost Home. The front of the Brilliant Star is slowly expanding.

But for some reason, this sight that he had seen more than once made Duncan feel particularly…lonely and long.

He stood quietly on the bow of the Lost Home, waiting for the moment when the jump stopped. The sound of footsteps came from behind him, and he knew who was approaching without looking back.

“Lucy,” Duncan said softly, “we are almost there.”

“I know,” Cressia came to Duncan’s side and looked at the slowly changing scenery in the distance with her father, “The last node , right, and then it’s time to return to the place where the Storm Goddess sleeps… Any journey must come to an end. “

“I’m sorry, I have to set off alone again,” Duncan sighed softly, although. He knew that he was just occupying an “incarnation”, but at this moment in front of Lucretia, he still couldn’t help but have many complicated emotions in his heart, and how many of those emotions came from “Duncan Abnormar”, he But he couldn’t explain clearly, “I promised you before…

Before he could finish his words, he was suddenly interrupted by Lucretia: “You have fulfilled your promise and took me with you when you went to the end of the world. “

The sea witch said, turning her head and looking at Duncan with eyes as quiet as a pool of water, her expression looked extremely serious, but after two or three seconds, she suddenly laughed again: “What do you think will happen? I want to look like a different person. Will she cry like a sensible little girl and hold you back from doing important things? Or will she yell at you angrily at this time and let you embark on that important journey with regret and frustration? In the end, the whole world will be destroyed All my hopes are ruined by my bad mood at this moment?”

Looking at the smiling “Witch” in front of him, Duncan suddenly felt that he didn’t know what to say, so he could only smile helplessly and spread his hands.

“I am no longer We have a child, father.” Cressia took a slow breath, with a calm smile on her face, and looked into Duncan’s eyes seriously, “No matter what I do, I can’t stop your next decision, and I can’t find a better, feasible alternative to solve your problem, so the most appropriate choice is to keep smiling at this moment… This is what you taught me. “

“……I do not remember. “Duncan said very honestly.

“Every time you say goodbye, smile,” Lucretia said softly with the memory, “So that if we can never meet again, at least when we recall each other, The last thing that comes to mind is a bright smile. “

Duncan didn’t speak. He didn’t ask ignorantly at this moment. A century ago, when the Lost Home decided to sail to the Everlasting Veil, what was it like when Cressia and Tirian said goodbye to the captain of the Lost Home for the last time? The scene.

After a moment of silence, Cressia suddenly raised her hand and looked at Duncan intently. “What?”

Duncan

looked at the other party in confusion.

Lucretia said.

Duncan frowned subconsciously: “High five?”

“Promise me you will come back and give me a high five.”

The sea witch said calmly. She raised her head and looked at the tall figure standing on the bow of the ship. The slowly moving black lines gradually expanded in the distant background, and her father’s figure seemed to be gradually melting into the changing scenery. In the light and shadow, in a daze, she seemed to see that afternoon again when even the sunshine had faded. On the pier, her father stood in front of the gangplank leading to the Lost Home, looking at her like a speechless sculpture.

“High five, promise me and my brother that you will come back safely.” This is what she said at that time.

She was still very young at that time, and she was not the “Sea Witch” at that time. She could not remember whether she had a smile on her face at that time – probably not, because at that time, she was far from as mature as she is today. And…hard.

In the yellowed memory, the tall figure finally turned and left in silence.

The warm touch and “pop” awakened Lucrecia from the faded memory – she saw her father smiling and covering her palm with his broad palm.

Just like what my father did every time he and his brother went out when they were young.

Then, the floating black light and shadow in the distance suddenly expanded, occupying the entire field of vision beyond the Homeless Ship and the Brilliant Star. The gray-white background channel collapsed silently, and a distorted sound was transmitted into everyone’s mind. : “…The jump…stops.”

A vast, colorless wilderness completely composed of different gradients of black, white and gray came into the eyes of Lucretia and Duncan – there was no coastline. , there is no sea, there is only a wilderness, with black and white weeds growing wildly on the wilderness, undulating in the wind, but making no sound, like dead waves.

The Lost Home and the Brilliant Star sailed on the undulating grass waves, gliding silently through the wilderness of death shrouded in eternal night.

…

The night seems to have lasted forever, and the sun will really never rise again.

Standing next to the big spring fire of the Firebringer Ark, Frame once again looked back in the direction from which the Ark fleet came, looking back at the boundaries of the civilized world, but he still could only see the endless darkness, and the world between them. The cold and pale light of Chuangqing shines on the mirror-like sea, as if the entire world has always been like this from the infinite past to the infinite future.

He withdrew his gaze and continued to pray under the light of the big spring fire.

The cold wind from the northern sea howled next to his ears, accompanied by the low noise from the operation of the giant steam engines deep in the Ark. Occasionally, he could hear a shattering loud noise or a continuous roar like thunder in the distance – —That was the terrifying sound made when the ice was crushed by the giant ice-breaking mechanism in front of the Ark.

The Fire Carrier Ark is sailing further north. It has already crossed a series of “extreme northern city-states” including Frost, and has now officially entered the permanently frozen sea area that was previously regarded as the “end of civilization.”

Here, the endless ice replaces the sea, seeming to extend to the end of the world in the darkness. The hazy and undulating mist entrenches in the depths of the ice sheet, rising and connecting to the sky. In the skylight shed by the creation of the world, all of this They all glowed with a strange and even layer of silver, and even… looked quite “bright”.

After an unknown amount of time, Frame finally opened his eyes from prayer. He frowned slightly and sensed something, while a vague phantom split from the shadow beside him, got up and walked towards the magnificent big spring in front of him. fire.

As the historical clone disappeared into the flames, he nodded slightly, raised his hand to summon a fire-protecting attendant who had been waiting aside, and gave instructions in a low voice.

The attendant took the order and left. After a while, a low mechanical roar came from the depths of the Firebringer Ark. This extremely huge engineering creation slowly and carefully adjusted its course, and at the same time reset the operation of the ice-breaking mechanism ahead. Way, continue to drive deeper into the ice sheet.

The sound of ice breaking in the distance was mixed with some disturbing sharp noises.

A priestess wearing a black robe and a veil on her face appeared next to the big spring fire, and quickly came behind Frame: “The Pope shook down, and a transmission shaft of the ice-breaking mechanism broke.”

.. . ..Can it still be used?

“The power has dropped by 30%, but it can still be used,” the priestess said quickly, “but the mechanical priest warned that the breakage of the first transmission shaft will trigger a chain reaction soon, and other transmissions will The shaft may have problems in the next five to seven days, and the ice-breaking mechanism will be useless by then. “

“It doesn’t matter, it can still be used for the time being. It was originally a temporary addition to the Ark… After all, this ship was not designed to sail in the ice sea from the beginning,” Frame said He looked up and slowly shook his head, “Don’t worry, we’re almost there. “

The priestess turned her head and looked at the big burning bonfire in front of the Pope.

“Is the ‘direction’ guided by the Lord right in front of here?”

“Yes,” Frame nodded lightly, “The Lord is in the fire. The vision told me that this is the focus of the historical line in the real dimension, and that the most important documents and archives must be sent here. This is the key to leaving traces. It’s a pity that the Lord’s voice was very blurry, and I couldn’t fully understand what He said, “What are the traces, but there is only one thing for sure… This is very important.”

The priestess did not ask any more questions, but lowered her head She raised her head and prayed devoutly in front of the big fire – she didn’t expect to hear any response from the flames, because since a long time ago, only the Pope could hear the vague whispers of the Lord, but “prayer” It has become a part of the lifestyle of an ordinary priest like her, and she is used to doing it even if there is no response.

The wind on the ice sea was biting and cold, and the chill that could almost freeze the blood could no longer be blocked by thick clothes or magic. However, unknowingly, the priests on this ark began to adapt to the cold. The priests and sailors who had temporarily recovered from the cold due to low temperatures have gradually recovered recently, which is somewhat of a good thing.

The prayer ended, and the priestess opened her eyes. The cold wind entered her flesh and blood, freezing her blood flow and heartbeat, but she still gained a little relief from the prayer.

“I will notify the mechanics on the ship and ask them to extend the remaining life of the ice-breaking mechanism as much as possible, and try to keep those hydraulic hammers until they reach the ‘focus’. But if the ice-breaking mechanism really can’t hold on… just We can use explosives. We have a lot of explosives in reserve. “

“Um. “Fram nodded slightly.

The priestess bowed slightly and backed away, ready to leave, but before leaving, she still looked up at the big spring fire again, and couldn’t help but whispered softly –

“This fire Really cold. “