Deep Sea Embers

After listening to Vanna's story, Tirian fell into a short silence.
Without seeing it with his own eyes, he still can't analyze from these few words what kind of plan the ghost who returned from the subspace has at this moment, and how he has undergone these changes, but one thing is certain—— what Vanna described That "Captain Duncan" is definitely not the frenzied monster that the Sea Mist encountered on the cold sea half a century ago.

But it was not quite like the great explorer father he remembered from a century ago.

"Captain Tirian," after a long silence in the living room, Fanna's voice suddenly sounded, interrupting Tirian's thinking, "What do you think?"

"I... can't believe this will really happen, but since it has already happened, we can only admit the fact temporarily," Tirian frowned slowly, and said while thinking, "From your description , he does seem to be in a state of clarity, reason, and humanity, but he
The power... that curse-like flame has also become stronger correspondingly. "

Fan Na nodded: "I don't know if that green flame is a curse, but that thing is indeed very powerful,"

"That flame has something to do with the warp," said Tirian, "and he gained this weird power after falling into the warp, so there's no problem calling it a curse."

"...So, the flame is stronger than what you have seen half a century ago, which means that Captain Duncan's connection with the subspace is deeper than before," the old bishop Valentine thought, "Therefore I didn't break free from the influence of the subspace, but sank deeper—but compared to

Correspondingly, I recovered in that process? "

"...that doesn't conform to your understanding of subspace." Tirian shook his head,

"The disciples of Rahelm often say a word," Valentine said, "the only thing you know about the warp is not that you can always understand it—for thousands of years, apart from the Lost Homeland, there is no People or things from the real dimension can return to that world after entering the subspace, and except for some indirect observation records and the few words written by mad scholars such as the Gukwait Kingdom in their madness, no one knows the subspace. What is there outside the space... Your summary of the 'laws of this place, in fact, is so small that it is meaningless."

"From the day you and Lucrecia took over the command of the Sea Fog and the Bright Star, I will often mention that matter.

"One thousand and 800 years later, the madman Baiermin was swallowed by invisible things in front of everyone because he read an ancient scroll. After disappearing, I once whispered 'the warp is the shadow on the back of the world,' at that time His words made 170 seven eyewitnesses crazy, but using the madness of these 170 seven eyewitnesses as a "sacrifice," this piece of information has also become the biggest step in your understanding of the subspace for thousands of years.

"But in your father's mouth, I call the present earthly world "the last pastoral age."

"You know that sounds a bit cheesy, like the doomsday lunatics that pop up every year, but that's what the world's tiniest explorer is sleepless thinking about 100 years from now one thing."

...

"Is that so..."

Qi Bi thought for a while and asked, "So, in order to find a way to stop the 'countdown', I fell into the subspace?"

"Yes... If you can only confirm that I have indeed entered this fog, but know whether I have really successfully penetrated it," Tirian said, "I agreed to follow the frigate, can you Sure enough, I did make it back alive—in a state of insanity.As for falling into the warp space... it will be after that."

"How many people have you received?" Valentine immediately became serious, "What kind of person? What was the situation at the time?"

"Until now, scholars are still trying to construct a theoretical model of the subspace based on Bayermin's dying cry... But your father really entered this place, and even now returns to your world frequently."

Reflected in your eyes, there is also a cluster of green sparks that are almost invisible to the naked eye, Tirian

After a pause, he looked at Qi Zhou, "Do you have a pen?"

"Your Excellency, do you think that if you live for 100 years, you will know the final missionaries?" Tirian shook his head heavily, "You also believed that, but these people are definitely the final missionaries that he and you are unfamiliar with." Taoist priests—they're sane and friendly, and there's nothing crazy about them."

"Okay," Duncan immediately took the pen and paper from the side, "Here you are."

"Sensible and friendly?" Valentine blinked, and said thoughtfully, "There are indeed some final preachers who have heard of the existence of reason... Do these people have any other characteristics?"

We saw an octagonal emblem, and in the center of the inscription there was a broken pattern that looked like a cross. When Tirian drew the cross, the lines were obviously firm, as if the memory hadn't faded.

Valentine and Duncan fell silent at the same time, and after a while, Duncan took the initiative to break the silence: "Then have I found the so-called normal 203? You know, in theory..."

"No, I want to find normal 203-I think normal 203 can end the distortion of the world, and this countdown is stuck, so I went through the 'eternal curtain' at the end of the world,"

Qi Bi frowned: "Frankly speaking, you think your world can be regarded as 'stable'..."

The strange patterns on the paper were reflected in his eyes.

Sighing heavily, Tyrian continued.

"The end of the world." Tirian raised his head and said seriously.

Qi Bi murmured softly, his gaze still fixed on the piece of paper.

Valentine's expression was a bit strange: "The last missionary? That sounds a lot like..."

"That's just wishful thinking," Valentine spread his hands, "You can count on 'Captain Fanna' to cooperate with mortal research, not to mention, although I am rational now, you can't rashly believe that I am My sanity is on the human side - I am sure that I am a rational warp invader, which will be far more terrifying than those who are thinking chaos projections,
"I seem to think that there is something like... a countdown in your world, or some kind of time limit. Although the world looks stable and peaceful on the surface, the countdown is not coming to an end, and as long as the time is up, it will Rapidly into collapse, end, no one can reverse or stop that process, and I don't think ... your era is the last bar of the countdown."

...

Valentine frowned slightly: "Doomsday?"

"...I've never seen it before." Valentine immediately looked at it for a long time, and shook his head hesitantly, "it doesn't look like any known religious symbol, nor does it look like something used by classical city-states."

Tirian didn't speak for a while, as if he was in deep memory and thinking. After a long time, I suddenly said: "Before the last expedition, I was anxious for a while... Yes, forgive me Speaking of which, since I don’t know when, I seem to have been anxious about something, and made a lot of… chilling preparations for it.”

That may be the first time in a century that someone heard those crucial secrets from the descendants of Captain Fanna!

Speaking of that, the knowledgeable old man paused for a while, and sighed leisurely: "Even, you are not sure whether subspace is a place, one by one.
Duncan frowned and looked at the picture for a long time, then turned his head to look at Valentine: "He has more knowledge, does he know that thing?"

This time Tirian recalled it for a longer time. A few minutes ago, he suddenly raised his head: "At that time, one of us said a few words to you, but I can't remember the specific content. It was just a very unusual greeting, but You remember we called ourselves 'humble seekers,' and..."

Duncan thought for a while, and asked: "Do you know the reason why his father thought the world existed' countdown at first? When did he have that cognition? Did he come into contact with some inducement, or... discovered what?"

"Yeah, research every year, people die every year, and the dead people are quickly replenished, and continue to study... So he admires these desperate scholars in the Academy of Truth, and he admires them in a pure sense," Tirian said. sighed and shook

Then his voice was slightly low, "So, now your 'father, may it really be a precious sample? A sample that has really been to the subspace, and is sane and communicable?"

Tirian carefully recalled for a moment, and said a little uncertainly: "You... It's too long ago, too long ago, but you vaguely remember that I once received a few people on the Lost Home, and talked with them all night— —The first time I brought up the question of the end of the world with you was before that day.

"Theoretically there is no normal or anomalous number zero, you know, and I did come back with success," Tirian said fiercely, "so you always think that when I decided to find Chang 203, I might still be Not too unusual."

Tirian took the pen and paper and lowered his head to draw a picture on the coffee table. Valentine and Duncan both moved over curiously.

Valentine was taken aback; "He passed through the eternal veil?!"

"They are all wearing gray and white coarse cloth robes and bare feet. In your impression...we are very thin, as if we have experienced penance before, as if we have experienced a long journey. Those who appeared on the ship seemed to have already made an appointment with his father to be a special guest on the ship, Tirian said slowly, "And after a long talk all night, my father said that the guests left, but you didn't see us leave the ship, These people seem to have disappeared out of thin air. "

Qi Bi couldn't help asking: "What are you anxious about? What are you preparing for?"

"It's not that kind of pattern—one of the people is wearing such an amulet. This amulet seems to be very important. I don't allow you to touch it. I only say that it is our guidance and protection on the road."

Qi Bi and Qi Ji immediately looked at each other, and their expressions became serious at the same time.

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Deep Sea Embers