Deep Sea Embers

Chapter 175 The Eve of the Storm
The nun who had been praying silently in front of the statue of the goddess disappeared.

There was only an empty ground in front of the pulpit. Bright gas lamps illuminated the empty main hall and rows of seats. Vanna and the guards searched the not-so-large main hall, but found nothing. Find that weird "nun".

Of course, Fan Na knew that the nun probably "didn't exist" from the very beginning - the other party's body had obviously died in the underground sanctuary many years ago, and now the one maintaining prayers in the main hall was just a phantom of the other party's, that's all. But it was the sudden disappearance of this phantom that still made everyone feel uneasy in confusion.

"Not in the corridors and small rooms here either!"

The last two guard soldiers who went to search also returned to the main hall, and their reports confirmed one thing: the nun's "phantom" had indeed completely disappeared from the church.

Fan Na frowned slightly, thinking quickly in her mind——

The phantom disappeared, but when did she disappear?

Was it when he entered the underground sanctuary for the second time?When I saw the string of numbers written by the real nun before she died?still……

When that weird green flame ignited out of thin air, erasing the traces on the ground?
If it is the former, then the disappearance of the phantom is probably because the "observer from the real world" saw through the truth, thus destroying part of the illusion here, and if it is the latter... it means that the ghost captain made a move .

At the same time that ghost captain erased the traces of the underground sanctuary, he also erased the apparition of the nuns in the main hall—for reasons no one knows.

There will be no more discoveries if we continue to stay here. The most urgent thing is to tell Bishop Valentine the current information, and then go to the archives to confirm the warning signs I just noticed.

Fan Na quickly led the team to leave the church. They stepped through the church gate, and when they turned their heads again, what they saw was the church was completely dilapidated and dilapidated.

Fan Na breathed out, at least she led her subordinates safely out of this weird place, and then she suddenly felt a movement in her heart, raised her head subconsciously, and looked above the church.

A chubby white pigeon was standing on a tall spire, looking at it with its head tilted, looking harmless to humans and animals.

Why is this pigeon still there?

Fan Na couldn't help being a little curious, but quickly ignored these doubts. After arranging the people staying around the chapel, she turned around and got in the car, and set foot on the road back to the Central Cathedral.

The white dove fluttered its wings and flew away from the church in a hurry.

But the pigeon didn't fly too far—after it got out of the sight of the guards staying around the church, it went straight into a nearby alley.

The dark green spirit flame rose rapidly in the uninhabited alley, turning into doors and whirlpools. Duncan stepped out from the flames, then frowned slightly, and looked in the direction of the church thoughtfully.

It was right to expose this matter, and attracting Fanna and the "official power" behind Fanna has achieved unexpected results-the investigation has moved forward, professionals are professionals, and they know far more than anyone else. Super wild way like Shirley and Agou.

When the distance is close enough, Duncan can directly monitor the movement around the target through the "imprint" he left on the target, and since the imprint on Fanna's body has been strengthened when she visited the antique shop last time, this monitoring To a certain extent, Duncan could even sense the mood swings of the young judge—he had been staying above the church with Ai just now, and through this kind of monitoring, he "watched" the guard team's investigation in the church process.

Duncan pondered quietly in the shadow of the alley, sorting out the information he had just obtained.

The nun was most likely fighting against her own "subspace projection"—there was no other intruder at all, and the intruder ran out from the "rift" of her own soul?

The clergymen of this world... Once they are completely overwhelmed by pollution, they will directly become a "channel" connecting the subspace and the real world?
Is it only the clergy who are like this, or all human beings have this kind of hidden danger, and the clergy are even more dangerous after being polluted?
This was the one that caught Duncan's attention the most, and also surprised and confused him the most.

Duncan doesn't know much about the righteous gods in this world and the churches under their names, but at least through observation during this period of time, he can confirm that these churches are on the side of order and protection. The workers ensure the safety of the city-state in the extraordinary realm, and they are also the most staunch line of defense against the "deep" pollution of the world.

However, now he knows that this firm line of defense, under certain conditions, itself will become a "pipe" between the real world and the subspace... Why?
What does it mean if this transformation doesn't just happen to the priesthood, but all humans transform into warp tunnels under certain conditions?
The subspace feared by the world, its connection with the real world and the mortal world seems to be more complicated than he imagined at first...

In addition to this piece of information, there is also the string of numbers "1885" left by the nun.

This is indeed a detail that Duncan and Shirley hadn't discovered when they came here to explore before, and it is also a detail that surprised Duncan at this moment.

If Fanna's judgment is correct, the nun did not die in the sun fragment event in 1889, but died in 1885-and in the years after that, this small church should have been distorted by time and space shrouded!

What does this mean?
Duncan's thoughts fluctuated, and at the same time he slowly raised his hand. He gently rubbed his fingertips, and a cluster of dark green flames quietly burned in his sight.

He could clearly feel that the fire of the spirit body was spreading—in the invisible dimension, spreading on the "other side" of the Puland city-state, and at the same time, weak feedback was constantly being sent to him.

This is his third puzzle.

Not long after Fanna discovered the string of numbers in the underground sanctuary, the string of numbers disappeared out of thin air. At that time, the fire of the spirit body appeared for a short time. The young judge must think that it was written by "Captain Duncan", But in fact……

Duncan was more confused than she was.

The string of numbers was not erased by Duncan. He didn't know why the flame he released suddenly appeared in the underground temple and burned the string of numbers "1885" in a targeted manner—this gave him a kind of It feels as if the flames did not spread to the church in space, but spread to 1885 in time!
Duncan froze for a moment.

Maybe... this is not an illusion...

For some reason, he suddenly recalled when he was studying Alice's wooden box, and recalled the instruction he heard when he spied on the scene of the execution of the Frost Queen half a century ago——

"...please don't pollute history..."

Duncan's face sank like water, and his brows frowned a little bit. He thought of a sentence he heard not long ago:

Everything in this world can be polluted except the warp.

……

Fanna returned to the cathedral in a hurry. She wanted to go to the archives immediately to confirm what happened to the serious sense of disobedience in her memory, but she still went to see Bishop Valentine first, and put herself in The findings of the Sixth Street Chapel informed the old man.

After listening to Fan Na's narration, Valentine didn't say a word for a long time. He frowned and thought for a long time before muttering with a toothache-like expression: "The subspace... this is really a problem among all the troublesome situations." The most troublesome kind..."

"When we were about to leave, the string of numbers pointing to 1885 in the chapel and the nuns praying in the main hall disappeared, which seemed to be related to the power of the 'Captain Duncan'," Vanna added, " But we didn't stay in the church for repeated testing because of the risk of contamination spreading."

"...Correct prudence," Bishop Valentine nodded lightly, "We are still not sure what the ghost captain's attitude is. Now it seems that although he did provide us with an important piece of information, he is also Some clues were erased in the end... Anyway, he's not our 'friend'."

Fan Na pondered for a while, then looked at the old man in front of her: "Have you heard anything from the church headquarters? Have you reported the situation here to His Majesty the Pope?"

Valentine glanced at Fan Na, nodded and said, "I have reported all the situation here to the Cathedral of Storms, His Holiness said that he would send support as soon as possible—but there is still a distance between the cathedral ship and Prand, no matter how fast it is." It is also difficult for the Clippers to arrive in a few days, so...be prepared to rely on yourself."

While speaking, the old bishop sighed softly, turned around and stared at the icon of the Storm Goddess.

"The disaster is brewing, and we don't know when it will break out. Whether or not the pearl of the sea, Prand, can wipe away the haze depends on our own abilities."

(End of this chapter)