Deep Sea Embers

Chapter 253
The city-state floats on the boundless sea without roots and roots. Under the 850-meter "thick" base is the seemingly endless dark deep water. The light and shadow of the world, and the first explorer who crossed the water depth of a thousand meters fell into madness after crazily rushing to the surface of the sea. The only sentence left to the world is——

"We all died there."

This is what happened in the process of Frost City State's "Abyss Project" from the beginning to the process that gradually became wrong.

Duncan fell into a short thought, and he suddenly found that even if he didn't go deep into the spirit world and the deep, only in the "real dimension" of this world, there are a lot of dangers and weirdness hidden in the boundless sea. After a short thought, he And suddenly asked:
"What happened to that explorer?"

"He died quickly—the rapid ascent and decompression killed him, and he died of a blood vessel embolism after screaming for a while, at least for practical reasons."

"Only one crew member in a submersible?" Duncan asked again.

"Only one person can be accommodated. Of course, this will magnify the mental pressure on the explorer, but this is also a helpless move. On the one hand, the technology was limited back then, and on the other hand, it is because this kind of exploration is not suitable for many people to go together— —Under the deep sea, it is difficult for you to be sure what your companion will be replaced by in the next second, and it is also difficult to be sure whether the sound you hear is real, so it is better to dive alone, so that at least you don’t have to suspect And others."

"The deep sea, the darkness, the loneliness, and the bizarre and unknown waters after being far away from the civilized world, all these may be the reasons that drove that explorer crazy," Duncan slowly shook his head, "But it's not important, the important thing is... That still doesn't explain why Project Abyss has since become an extremely taboo topic."

He looked into Tirian's eyes, and continued: "So far, what you have described is nothing more than an expedition that had an accident, and similar expeditions occur every year, and the Academy of Truth even actively invests and encourages There is no taboo for scholars and explorers to do these things, let alone have anything to do with the Lost Home.”

"...Yeah, if this plan stopped at 1000 meters, the things that happened later would not have happened," Tirian shook his head, sighing in memory, "When the No. [-] submersible went out After the accident, Her Majesty Lei Nora once ordered the exploration to be temporarily suspended, but something happened a few days later, which made the situation... gradually weird."

Duncan frowned: "One thing?"

"At the edge of the temporarily blocked test area, the No. [-] submersible rushed to the surface."

Duncan was stunned for a moment, and then he realized: "The second No. [-] submersible?!"

"Yes, the second one," Tirian nodded, "it rushed up in front of the navy soldiers, and began to keep signaling that it needed assistance to open the hatch. Although the well-trained soldiers were confused All at once, but still in standard protocol, the submersible was hauled to the work platform, and its hatch was aimed with 27 rifles, two rapid-fire guns and a flamethrower, before a brave priest stepped forward, After pouring holy water, the door lock was opened."

Tirian paused for a moment, then spoke slowly: "The hatch opened, and a...human who looked like an explorer came out of it."

Duncan's face sank like water: "Like it?"

"The appearance and outline are similar, but there are differences in height and weight. He is wearing the uniform of the Frost Navy, but there are many problems with the details of the clothes, and more importantly... the people who came out of the submersible only spent a little time on land. He died immediately, without even having time to leave a word, and after the soldiers untied 'his' clothes, they found that his flesh and blood seemed to 'grow' together with the clothes, and there were large and small pieces on his body. The incomprehensible wound.

"After that, doctors and church scholars jointly examined the corpse, and the Queen of Frost seemed to have visited the autopsy site herself, but the conclusions of the examination were not announced—or, before they had time to announce anything, the first Three '[-] submersibles' appeared."

At this moment, even Alice, who was just listening fascinatedly, couldn't help but speak: "There's a third one?!"

Tirian subconsciously glanced at Alice, with a strange expression on his face. He seemed very unaccustomed to a person who looked exactly like the Frost Queen standing here and making a fuss, but he quickly adjusted his expression, gently Nodded. "The third, and more than three—after that, every 24 or 48 hours, a 'submersible number three' will emerge from there..."

Alice was surprised to hear this weird and bizarre "story". She thought for a while, and suddenly said: "So, you just need to wait there, and then you can have a steady stream of submersibles? It's called 'diving. Aren’t utensils worth a lot? Are they worth more than cultists?”

Tirian was still immersed in the memories of the past a second ago, but at this moment, Miss Puppet's thoughts were interrupted, and she opened her mouth for a long time, but she didn't mobilize her emotions: "This...we didn't have any Thought about this..."

"Don't pay attention to her, her way of thinking is different from ordinary people," Duncan glanced at Alice, and said to Tirian with a serious expression, "Go on, what happened afterwards?"

Only then did Tirian regain his senses, collected his thoughts and continued to speak: "After the third submersible came up, it also issued a light signal requesting to open the cabin. This time, the soldiers had some experience and they dragged the submersible to a A tighter protection area, and the priest opened the hatch after setting up a large number of protections in the extraordinary field in advance, but this time... the one who came out of it was a swollen and deformed person, who could no longer see the appearance of an 'explorer' humanoid monster.

"The monster also failed to survive more than 3 minutes in the air.

"What crawled out of the fourth submersible was a mass of wriggling flesh, this time even the outline of a human could not be seen.

"After the hatch of the fifth submersible was opened, nothing came out of it—the soldiers at the scene stepped forward to check and saw only a pool of suspicious dark red mud in the cockpit, which carried a weak life reaction.

"The sixth submersible contained only a few black fibrous dry matter, which looked like unformed nerve structures, or dried blood vessel specimens..."

As Tirian continued to tell, the expression on Duncan's face became more and more serious. Even Alice beside him seemed to notice the change in the atmosphere and sat upright.

And in this increasingly serious and deep atmosphere, Tirian said slowly——

"The seventh submersible, and the last that I know of, was empty."

"Empty?" Duncan raised his eyebrows slightly, then shook his head, "Then this is even more disturbing."

"Yes, it's empty, so it's even more disturbing. This matter has completely gotten out of control, and we must find a way to end it," Tirian said in a deep voice, "but fortunately, the 'No. 1000 submersible' is finally completed-it originally It is the successor model of the No. 1000 submersible. After the "[-] meters" incident, the plan was suspended, and its construction work was also suspended, but as one after another of the "No. [-] submersibles" surfaced, the Queen ordered the fastest completed the assembly of Submersible No. [-] at a fast speed, and decided to use it to understand what happened at a depth of [-] meters."

Tirian paused for a moment, as if there were some gaps in his memory, he organized his words before continuing to speak slowly: "I can't remember the specific situation of the No. [-] submersible, it was completed in a hurry, and the frost The navy is only responsible for part of it, I only know that it is bigger than the third, it can accommodate three people, and there is a sample chamber - the scholars originally planned to use it to collect specimens in the deep sea, if there are specimens to collect .

"On the second day after the seventh 'No. [-] submersible' appeared, the No. [-] submersible built by the Frost City State was thrown into the sea. Inside it sat a scholar, an officer, and a powerful priest— At this time, we can no longer consider the hidden dangers of "multiplayer exploration". The most important thing is to do everything possible to avoid the appearance of the eighth "No. [-] submersible".

"The No. 1000 submersible dived all the way, and soon reached a depth of 1000 meters. The priest in the submersible maintained contact with the sea surface by relying on spiritual power. Probably because the new submersible was more powerful, they went all the way smoothly. It also confirmed the scene of the city-state' base' observed by the previous explorers, but soon, the communication began to become intermittent, and after the depth reached [-] meters, the small church on the sea platform almost heard There is no sound from the deep sea.

"But 15 minutes after the contact was cut off, the pastor on duty in the chapel suddenly heard the voice in the deep sea again. They first heard a scream, which was from the pastor. The pastor was screaming in a very frightened tone to remind Others, he said: 'Don't look! Don't think!', and then the officer's voice, which was a roar, and then, a deafening roar."

Tyrian looked up, and looked into Duncan's eyes.

"Submersible Four detonated the explosives," said the Grand Pirate slowly, "and they stuffed the sample compartment with high explosives for the 'ultimate danger situation'.

"Then, it was all over, No. [-] submersible never surfaced, and no more 'No. [-] submersibles' appeared."

(End of this chapter)