Deep Sea Embers.

Chapter 566 Foreign Objects
For Duncan, the easiest thing to guess among the series of messages conveyed to him in a hurry by the Profound Lord is actually the very first one—something with a designed lifespan of only 8000 years is already overloaded.

The first thing he could think of was the "sun" that was hanging high above the boundless sea, but it had started to break down, and even began to drop parts—and that was the time of the ancient kingdom of Crete. The "First Vision" created by the Crete clan led by the Youshen Lord.

The Sun has been in constant motion for 1 years, and if it really was originally designed to last only 8000 years...that would explain its disturbing state.

And extending from this, Holy Master Youxi also mentioned that "they" are waiting for a signal from "somewhere" within this time limit, but they have not received it so far-who is "they" referring to here?What is the "somewhere" here, that is, the short noise refers to?
"We did not receive a signal outside &*%￥ within the time limit..."

Duncan recalled in his mind the original words he heard from the ancient god at that time, and combined with the description in the previous "Book of Blasphemy", he could boldly guess that the "we" in the other party's mouth should refer to the "ancient kings", that is, The ancients including the current Four Righteous Gods and various other ancient gods and lost gods—this piece of information alone is enough to overturn the world.

The Four Righteous Gods and the world-recognized "Evil Ancient God" are waiting for something together, and even have a common goal - if Fanna heard this, she might have jumped out on the spot.

But what Duncan cares more about is the second half of the sentence: "signal outside &*%￥"... What is that short noise?
If it is related to the previous vision 001-the sun also turned into a short noise in the mouth of the Lord Youshen, can it be considered that the short noise here refers to something close to the nature of vision 001 and at the same level? ?Or are there any important similarities?
What are the characteristics of Anomaly 001?is ancient?Is it a highly mysterious creation of the ancient gods?Is it a huge scale that affects the entire world?Is it suspected to be related to the "Black Sun"?Or……

Its "parts" include some key structures from the "old world", such as those "lost stars"...

Then the short noise in the "signal outside &*%￥" may also be related to the old world?
Duncan raised his hands and gently rubbed his slightly sore forehead. Then he stopped and looked at his hands thoughtfully.

Fire usurper... It's not the first time he's heard someone call him that.

That round of "Black Sun" called himself that, and the current "Sacred Lord of the Deep" also calls himself that, and the biggest thing they have in common is the rank of the ancient gods—that is, a member of the "Ancient Kings".

However, judging from the attitude of the Youyuan Holy Lord, it seems that he only knows the name or concept of "fire usurper", but does not know the specific ability and nature of "fire usurper". The Fire One wakes up at the "end of the cycle"...

What about the other "Ancient Kings"?The Storm Goddess, the Eternal Fire, the God of Wisdom... these "gods" who are more or less closely connected with the world, will they know more?

Duncan shook his head and sighed softly with a helpless expression.

This world is full of mysteries, and I am also full of mysteries, and what's worse is that the gang of "ancient gods" and "righteous gods" know more about it than me, which is inevitably boring. What's even more frustrating is that the network of these gods is not good, and the connection is completely random...

As for what the so-called "end of the cycle" is, Duncan has no idea and no energy to think about it.

He strolled through the path at the edge of the garden, returned to the abrupt stone pillar, and quietly stared at the silver-haired doll sleeping among the thorns.

Whether it was the Lord Youshen who built this Alice mansion, or whether there was the Alice mansion first, and then the Lord Youshen used this mansion to establish a link with the real world, one thing is certain: the people who sleep here Even, it is inseparable from "Alice" in the real world.

Duncan came to the side of the sleeping doll and took out the wind-up key that he carried with him. Then he only needed to turn the key on the doll, and he could return to the real world.

But at this moment, a new idea popped up in his mind.

Duncan silently put away the key, turned and walked towards the gate of the garden exit.

According to the route he remembered, he walked through the gloomy and lush bushes and flower beds, and came to the garden gate with gorgeous stained glass and intricate iron lines.

The door was ajar, and the sound of conversation, footsteps, and the gentle, intermittent music sound like a never-ending dance party could be faintly heard coming from the direction of the mansion hall.

He pushed open the door, and there was no one in the long and deep corridor.

But as soon as Duncan took a step into the corridor, the ghostly headless butler suddenly came into his sight - as if the headless butler had been standing in the shadows a few meters away from the beginning.

"Ah, it's the guest with the key," the butler greeted him enthusiastically, with a muffled voice in his chest, "Have you greeted the hostess?"

Duncan glanced at the scary headless corpse: "Are you staring at me?"

"I'm just waiting for the call of the guests at any time—and you just left for a short while, so I've been waiting here." The headless butler bent slightly, and his tone was as polite as ever, "What's your next order?"

Just left for a while?

Duncan frowned slightly, remembering the weird concept of "time" in the mansion mentioned by the other party last time.

In other words... just like no matter how long he stayed in this mansion, it would only be a moment before he returned to the real world. No matter how long he was active in the real world after leaving here, for the servants in the mansion Just for a moment?

This mansion is not a simple time stop, but it runs independently of the timeline of the real world?
What is the process behind this?
Many questions suddenly emerged in his mind, but Duncan's expression did not change. He just nodded slightly to the housekeeper in front of him and asked casually: "Has there been any change in the mansion during the 'little while' I left? "It's business as usual here, guest," the butler replied immediately. "Changes rarely happen in the mansion. It has always looked like this as long as I can remember."

Duncan hummed, and then asked inadvertently, "Have any other guests entered that garden before me?"

"Other guests?" The butler seemed puzzled, and quickly replied, "Of course not, as you know, only the hostess and the gardener can enter the garden area, and other than that, it is only open to guests with keys—you Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

Duncan didn't answer the other party, but immediately asked: "The 'gardener' you mentioned, what does he look like?"

"The gardener...no one knows what the gardener looks like," the butler became more and more hesitant, as if he had never answered this level of "detailed questions" to people, so that every step of thinking became more difficult and slow, "The gardener stopped showing his face a long time ago, and when the garden no longer needs to be trimmed, he is back where he should be... The gardener is different from ordinary servants. His task is to ensure that the environment is comfortable for the mistress when she naps. Being disturbed, other than that, you don't need to be responsible for anything in the mansion, and you don't need to... communicate with me..."

"It seems that even you, the 'housekeeper', don't know much about this mansion," Duncan stared at the "headless corpse" in front of him, and said calmly, "Have you heard of a name?"

"Name? Please tell me."

"Holy Lord of the Deep, King of Creeping, LH-01—he may be called any of these three names, have you heard of him?"

The butler was silent for a few seconds, as if he was thinking seriously.

Then an apologetic reply came from his chest: "Sorry, guest, I have no impression."

The butler's tone was sincere.

Duncan couldn't judge the change of the other party's expression from a headless body, and the posture of this headless living corpse was as meticulous as a machine, and it would not reveal any emotional fluctuations at all, so he could only trust the other party's answer for the time being.

"Okay, thanks for your answer."

The headless butler bent slightly: "I hope this helps you..."

He stopped suddenly, and then as if hearing some urgent sound, he straightened up suddenly and turned to the other direction.

Almost at the same time, Duncan also felt a change in the atmosphere in the mansion - a feeling of tension and panic seemed to permeate the air suddenly, and countless hurried footsteps and whispers sounded instantly in the empty corridor !
He immediately turned to the headless butler: "What happened?"

"Foreign object invasion, guest, please forgive me." The butler said quickly, then turned and walked to the other end of the corridor, looking extremely hurried.

Foreign body invasion?

Duncan was stunned for a moment when he heard the word, and before he could react, the butler had already walked away on his own. Seeing this, he hesitated for a moment, and immediately followed.

As the housekeeper walked forward quickly, he turned slightly and seemed to glance at the "guest" who was following him, but had no intention of stopping him.

Duncan felt relieved when he saw this, and followed the butler hurriedly through the corridor, passed the stairs on the first floor, and came to the long corridor leading to the "bedroom" on the second floor.

Countless shadowy servants emerged from the air. Headless male servants and maidservants had already gathered in the corridor. These "lost souls" living in Alice's mansion were whispering, their voices buzzing, completely I can't tell the meaning, only the sense of uneasiness really permeates the air.

Duncan has identified this road, and he still remembers that the end of this road is the bedroom where the soul of Frost Queen Leh Nora once slept, but now that the queen's soul has been released, that room has been removed from the main body of the mansion. "Tear" went out-there should only be a large hole at the end of the corridor leading to an endless dark space.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way! Don't touch the intruding foreign objects!" The butler's voice came from the front, and the man walked forward while repelling the gathered male servants and maidservants. At this moment, he showed a bit of "mansion manager" The majesty of "Where is the foreign body?"

The gathered servants backed away one after another, making way for an open space in front of the corridor.

Duncan looked over the shoulder of the headless butler, and finally saw the appearance of the "foreign object" that made the whole mansion tense.

His expression froze for a moment.

It was a small bag of trash.

Very familiar.

(End of this chapter)