Deep Sea Embers

Heidi suddenly sneezed hard, startling the young monk opposite who was taking notes.

"Are you okay?" The young monk looked at the psychiatrist in front of him with some worry, "Are you feeling unwell? Do you feel something unusual...

"I'm fine - maybe it's just the cool breeze blowing in the square just now, plus I was anxious and nervous before, and now I'm cold," Kelp waved his hand before the other party finished speaking, and said while rubbing his nose, "We Where are you talking about?"

"Speaking of the fact that you saw two realities at the same time in a state similar to soul separation, superimposed on the city-state, and the arrival of the Homeless Ship caused the stripping and annihilation of one of the realities," the young monk read. He glanced at the information he had just written down, and at the same time flipped through the previous content, "You also mentioned that you have a crystal pendant. You sensed that the crystal pendant might be the key."

"The pendant is broken," Heidi thought for a moment, nodded and said, "My father got the pendant from an antique store, but I doubt that neither my father nor the store manager knew about the pendant. What's special - it's just a giveaway, even... with a glass workshop label.

"In other words, an item with extraordinary power but concealing its true appearance flowed into the Lower City by coincidence and came into your hands," the young monk said while lowering his head to record. "Can you please tell me about that antique room?" What are the conditions of the store and some details of the pendant? This may help us grasp the more detailed real situation in the aftermath. After all, extraordinary objects often have the ability to influence fate, and its encounter with you may not be accidental. "

"Of course it's no problem," Haimu nodded immediately and said what she knew. After telling the general situation, she hesitated again and finally couldn't help but say, "Is everyone... back?"

"Judging from the current situation... yes," the young monk nodded, "Although almost everyone has the scene of the city-state being burned by flames in their memory, everything has now returned to the state before the disaster - the current Archbishop The Inquisitor explained this as "a historical pollution disaster of realistic invasion level, but the specific details have yet to be made public."

Having said this, he paused and added: "But your situation is the most special - almost everyone can't remember how the disaster ended, but you've seen that the key process has come, so your testimony is here." It’s important.”

"I understand," Heidi sighed softly, and then seemed to think of something suddenly, "Then it's best for me to tell my family that I'm safe first? I won't be able to go back for a while...

"We have already sent people," the young monk showed a smile, "You don't have to worry."

"Already notified? That's good," Heidi thought for a moment and nodded slightly, "Then let's continue. What else do we want to ask next?"

"Okay, next question, do you remember the specific details of the ghost ship that appeared in the two historical trajectories? Did you experience drowsiness or hallucinations when you recalled those details?"

Vanna came to the great church.

This empty and sacred place seemed particularly quiet at the moment. Apart from the necessary guards at the entrance, there was only Bishop Valentine standing silently in front of the icon in the hall.

Fanna's footsteps broke the peaceful atmosphere in the great church.

Valentine turned his head. At this moment, he had removed the costumes and crowns that were only worn at special moments. He was only wearing a simple robe and a soft hat. In addition to holding the long staff representing the city-state bishop in his hand, , looks no different from an ordinary old man.

Vanna came to Valentin with a calm expression: "Order in the church area has been restored. All the guards' troops are heading to the garrison in order to reorganize the city-state order. The high-ranking priests have gone to various major factories to appease the steam core. At least we can do it before nightfall. It can ensure that the "twilight bell" will ring as usual and the gas supply throughout the city will not be interrupted. "

The old bishop was obviously relieved: "Thank you for your hard work, Fanna."

"It should be," Fanna said calmly. "The residual mental and cognitive confusion after the pollution is still having an impact. It is difficult for untrained ordinary people to wake up from the previous disaster. Now even the City Hall It's all chaos over there, I can only

For the time being, the ‘professionals will take over the order. "

Valentine nodded, and then reminded: "In addition to ensuring the gas supply after nightfall, we also need to send more night guards to each city, bringing enough lanterns and incense to be careful of anything 'running' in in the night... We just After experiencing a reality invasion, Plande's reality foundation is in its most fragile state. In addition, all night shelters in the city must be checked one by one. There may still be overly nervous citizens who have locked themselves inside... Once the holy oil in the shelter is exhausted, those panicked asylum seekers will become a big problem. "

Fan Na nodded: "I understand. I will go to install it later. I will personally lead the team to check the key areas in the evening."

"... Just leave it to your deputy," Valentine looked at the young judge in front of him with a little worry, "Go and rest after handling the matter at hand, you are still injured."

"The injury has basically healed since we returned to the cathedral," Fanna said immediately, looking up and down at the old man in front of her. "Your previous injury was more serious than mine..."

"Can it be the same?" Wan Lunding said with a straight face, "I have recovered from the pollution of history, but you actually killed the entire city-state twice inside and outside Jiancao! I can see how weak you are at this moment. .

Vanna didn't say anything, she just turned around silently, raised her head, and quietly stared at the icon of the storm goddess Gemona under the glow of candlelight and gas lamps.

There was a short silence in the cathedral until Valentine broke the silence: "What are you thinking about?"

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"I'm thinking about how to write the second half of this report," Vanna sighed. "When His Holiness the Pope wants to know about the disaster in Pland, how should we explain to her how all this happened? finished?"

The expression on Valentine's face suddenly became a bit exciting.

"In a sense...well, it doesn't have to be in a sense," the old bishop comforted for a long time, and could only sigh like Fanna. The fact is that the arrival of the Lost Homeship extinguished the Final Legend. The Taoist priests brought historical pollution and prevented the Black Sun that was about to be born in the world. Although we don’t know what the ghost captain’s purpose is for doing all this, there is no doubt..."

The old bishop stopped and was silent for nearly half a minute before he had to speak in a deep voice: "Plande survived the arrival of the Homeless Ship."

"Perhaps he came here for the Sun Shard," Vanna actually had a lot on her mind, but she didn't say all her thoughts. "Do you remember the White Oak? That The ship had a head-on encounter with the Homeless, and finally escaped unscathed, with only Anomaly 099 being hijacked - perhaps, the purpose of "Captain Duncan" is simpler than everyone imagined.

"Stealing sun fragments and kidnapping an anomaly are not the same concept," Valentine shook his head, "But you are right, this is indeed the only explanation that can be thought of at the moment. If His Majesty the Pope needs an answer, then this This is the only answer we can give... The rest is to report everything that happened here truthfully and see what conclusion the priests of the Cathedral of Storms can come up with."

Vanna gave a slight shudder, then turned her head again, her eyes falling on the goddess's icon again.

"Your mood is still very unstable." Having known each other for many years, Valentin could certainly sense that something was not right about Vanna's state. "Fanna, we have discussed the city-state and the church, and now there is something shaking your mind. will?"

"I...it's okay,"

"We have known each other for many years," Valentin shook his head. "Although you are my equal in terms of priesthood, when we get along, you have always regarded me as a trustworthy Changfei - I can see that. , you have been in a bad state since you came back, what happened? "

Vanna was silent for a while. She looked up at the veiled goddess. After a while, she lowered her gaze and looked at her body. Dante Wayne's words seemed to still echo in her ears.

In the fire eleven years ago, in the "fire source" used by the Zhongrui missionaries to open up historical pollution,

His uncle...actually failed to save him.

That fire was the beginning of historical pollution and the dividing line between "official history" and "fake history." Those who died that night

People really died, and after the fire, Plande's destruction and survival split into two completely opposite "world lines."

In other words, she, who died on the night of the fire...should not have survived.

It is the "blessing of subspace" that allows me to live to this day.

At that time, the preacher’s manic shouting from the top of the bell tower was still in my ears——

"You are resurrected from the dead, and you will also be resurrected from the dead..."

She has risen from the dead.

But he died before he was born again.

The appearance of the Lost Home interrupted all this.

Now, she is still standing here, breathing the earthly air and enjoying the warmth of the living.

Even the Storm Goddess is still sending blessings to herself, using the moist power of the sea breeze to recover all the injuries she suffered from previous battles. This even gave Vanna a confusion related to the goddess for the first time in her life - —

The Storm Goddess...doesn't she care about the fact that she survived due to the "blessing of subspace"?

And this confusion continued to expand, and what she could think of made Vanna shudder. According to what the preacher of the end and Captain Duncan said, the entire Pland city-state at this moment has actually been abandoned. Soaked in the flames of the trumpet, everyone in this city-state, and even the land itself, has become a "blasphemous heretic."

However... the blessings in the cathedral were still there, and the prayers of every deep-sea priest in Purnd to the goddess were still responded to as before. For the first time in her life, Vanna had questions about her long-held beliefs.