Deep Sea Embers.

Chapter 735 Farewell to the Creator

Duncan's response made the dark red core silent for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, Shirley and Alice heard a low humming sound coming from the depths of the "Dark Mountains" in the distance - as the huge body in the center of the mountains slowly deformed and squirmed, the profound Holy Lord's The dark red core slowly rose up and returned to its original position, back to the place overlooking the earth.

"A shelter can at least allow many people to survive, maybe for thousands of years, maybe ten thousand years... Even if it is not eternal, it is better than disappearing into ashes." The dark red core flickered on and off, and a low trembling sound echoed throughout the whole place. "My creators told me that survival was the first priority, and I have been carrying out their orders - in my logic, nothing is more important than keeping the sanctuary alive."

"Survival is indeed very important. I understand your motivation for wanting the shelter to continue, but for me...'possibilities' are also essential, and the current 'sanctuary' really lacks enough to allow I see possibilities in the future, it’s…”

Duncan was suddenly silent for a moment. In the silence, his eyes swept over Agou beside him and Shirley, who still maintained the form of a deep demon.

The fire of Puland, the mud of frost, the nightmare of Breeze Port, the dead priests, soldiers, civilians, sacrifices and martyrs, the limited boundless sea, and every explorer trapped and dead in this boundless sea …

Duncan slowly closed his eyes. The memories in his mind were ups and downs, and finally turned into a sigh: "...it's too dark."

The dark red core overlooking the earth said quietly: "So, do you have a better plan?"

"No, but I have some hazy ideas." Duncan opened his eyes and gazed calmly at the core, as if staring into a giant eye that had experienced vicissitudes of life. "I... probably know what I should do and what I can do." But I haven’t found a correct and feasible way to do anything. I’m still looking for a better future than ‘shelter’, a future that is more possible and worth looking forward to.”

"...Is it eternal?" Dark Red Core continued to ask calmly.

"No, there is no real eternity in this world, and everything is perishable - but at least it should not be a sea shrouded in fog, with limited resources and hard to find a place to stand on. That 'eternal curtain' as the border... is very important to civilization. It’s just too narrow.”

"You should know that we don't have much time - neither you nor this 'sanctuary' has much time to waste." The dark red core slowly faded. "How long will it take you to find that place?" A way out? What if you still don’t find it in the end?”

Duncan was silent for a moment, then raised his head and calmly faced the gaze of Holy Lord Yousu.

"...Before the world collapses, I will come back here, and if I still haven't found another way out by then, I will take over."

After a brief silence, the ancient pilot host trembled: "It has been recorded - then, this is our agreement. If you still can't find a better plan than 'Continuing the Shelter' in the end, then go back Come here, light me up, and if I'm completely out of control before then... show no mercy, burn nothing left."

Duncan nodded slowly: "We have an agreement."

After that, Holy Lord Netherworld became quiet again. His core hung high on the mountain peak, and the frequency of faint light and dimming in its depth gradually became consistent with the lights in the surrounding mountains. It seemed that he was engaged in long and profound thinking, and was rethinking. Calculating the future and everything in this world, Duncan did not disturb the ancient pilot host. It was like this for an unknown amount of time before the low tremor suddenly sounded again: "Pilot Three."

Alice remained motionless - she didn't realize that this was calling her. It wasn't until Duncan suddenly touched her arm that the doll suddenly reacted: "Ah... ah? Call me?"

"...It seems like you don't remember New Hope at all, right?"

Alice listened, raised her hand and scratched her hair, her face seemed a little embarrassed and ashamed: "Um... I'm sorry, I really don't remember... Should I remember more or less?"

"No, this is good. Although this is different from my original plan...but you are still alive. Survival is above all else - please continue to survive and do your best to help the Fire Usurper."

Alice reacted for a moment, then calculated it in her head, and nodded slowly: "Oh... uh-huh! Of course, I will definitely help the captain!"

Shirley on the side raised her head. She and Agou stared at the "ancient creator" who was so majestic and shocking that it could drive all the outstanding explorers and scholars in the world crazy physically and mentally. They seemed to be aware of it. When the time came to say goodbye, I suddenly felt that I had some questions that I wanted to ask, but I couldn't think of what to say.

But the "eyes" of the dark red core seemed to have fallen on them.

It was an indescribable feeling. The glimmer of light in the dark red core just flickered on and off slowly as usual, but Shirley intuitively felt that... the other party was watching her.

A strange feeling of being completely seen came to the bottom of her heart, and Shirley instinctively took a small step back. Then, she heard the low tremor coming from it - it seemed slightly gentle.

"This world has brought you a lot of suffering," the gentle voice said slowly, "You... also think this shelter is bad?" Shirley opened her mouth, she didn't know how to answer this question ——She thought that a more knowledgeable, astute, and wiser person should be standing here now, such as a great scholar like Mr. Morris. As the first "mortal" to face the Holy Lord of the Deep, he should be standing here to answer. The question should be answered by someone better than yourself.

Rather than an ignorant guy like her.

But the ancient god was still waiting quietly for her answer.

"...I..." Shirley finally squeezed out the syllables from her throat. The bones and limbs behind her were swinging uneasily, and a ray of light in her chest flickered. "I don't know...you and the captain." In fact, I didn’t quite understand what was said, I…”

She murmured, and then hesitated for a long time before whispering: "Living... is a bit difficult. Sometimes I have to worry about food, sometimes clothes and fuel for winter. Where I used to live, it was still very uneventful at night... …But I feel that no matter what, there will always be some people who will have a hard time living. Even if the city-state becomes ten times larger and there is more food than can be eaten, there will be other difficulties in living. A neighbor of mine always said this, There are always hardships in life. It's not the world's fault, nor is it because someone has done something wrong. Rather than these, the captain cares more..."

She turned her head slightly, glanced at Duncan secretly, and quickly looked away.

"The captain is concerned about more...'profound' things. Although I don't understand much, I think what he said is definitely right and will be more beneficial to many people. As for me, I don't have many requirements for the future. , I just hope... to live peacefully, of course, if possible..."

She suddenly paused, as if carefully choosing the right words, and hesitated for a long time before speaking in a low voice: "No more demons will come out to hurt people, no more people will disappear in the corner, the sun rises and sets every day, and the thick fog will not eat People...that would be even better, if these can really be realized, then anything will work."

Agou slowly came over and gently rubbed Shirley's leg with his hideous head.

The high-hanging dark red core was silent for a long time, and then suddenly broke the silence softly: "I understand."

Amidst a series of low roars, the center of the huge star-shaped mountain range slowly cracked open, and the dark red core of the Holy Lord Deep sank bit by bit into the depths of the mountain range again - Duncan realized that it was time to say goodbye.

But before the core completely sank into the "mountain" body, he suddenly took a step forward: "There is one more thing."

The core paused, waiting for Duncan.

"...The guard at the last Cretan outpost asked me to bring him a greeting," Duncan took another step forward, his expression gradually became serious, and his tone was particularly serious, "He said... they were honored to have completed their work."

The dark red core was still there. For a few seconds, there was no movement from it - no one knew what the ancient pilot host was thinking and calculating at this moment. It might have found " The meaning of this distant word "Crete" may be recalling the information from the early days of creation, or maybe... it is just a silent sigh.

Or perhaps, the creator of all things and the "Clan of Crete" also thought of its creators at this moment.

"I'm also honored ... to have worked with them."

The dark red core slowly sank deep into the mountains.

Duncan retracted his gaze towards the "mountain range". He took a gentle breath, and layers of illusory flames gradually floated around him: "It's time for us to leave. There are still many things to do."

Alice came to the captain's side and took the initiative to welcome the flames. Shirley also moved her long jointed limbs and came into the flames with Agou.

The flames rose, and Alice's lavender eyes began to reflect countless intricate paths, and she began to look for the correct direction to leave this deep bottom.

Shirley was still looking at the mountain peak in the distance with some trance, looking at the place where the dark red core finally disappeared. For some reason, she always felt... there was still a gaze falling on her.

It wasn't until the flames closed and the light and shadow outside the flames became illusory and hazy that she suddenly heard a vague whisper. The voice seemed to echo directly in her mind. It was repeated several times before she could clearly hear what it said. sentence--

"...I'm sorry, I tried my best..."

The flame rose into the sky, and then disappeared in the darkness of the deep sea in an instant.

(End of this chapter)