Deep Sea Embers

Tirian returned to the room and ordered his men to leave. However, his mood did not calm down as the room became quiet.

The long conversation with his "father" still lingered in his mind, and various memories of the Abyss Project seemed to linger in his mind uncontrollably. From time to time, fragments of half a century ago flashed before his eyes - rough diving equipment. , the sea cliff where there is always cold rain, the silent platform guards, the low prayers of priests in the rainy night, the brightly lit but always eerie coastal laboratory, and the Frost Queen who always looks out at the sea. , the gaze that buries all the secrets.

Tirian shook his head. For some reason, he suddenly thought of the doll who called himself "Alice" - Anomaly 023 who had completely broken away from the seal and moved freely in the world.

A "controlled" anomaly, a doll that can think and communicate like a human being, and even has its own emotions and joys...

She is so similar to the Frost Queen, but she is definitely not the queen herself - although her existence and appearance are indeed easily associated with some kind of "return" of the queen, Tirian can feel that the doll There was no trace of Leigh Nora's will in her body.

If anything, Tirian feels that "Alice" is more like a "replica" that is extremely restored on the outside but completely distorted on the inside.

Just like those "Submersible No. 3" that surfaced one after another.

Tirian's eyes suddenly changed slightly, and he felt a little bit hot due to the associations that emerged in his mind.

I sat in the room, poured myself a glass of strong wine, and relied on the power of alcohol to cool down my hot thoughts and soothe my restless soul. After a while, I felt a little better, and then I raised my head and looked. Towards the suitcase next to the bed.

After a little firmness, he took the box to the table, opened the lid, and activated these simple lenses and the crystal located in the center of the lens group.

"About that part, he can basically find it outside the public information of the Explorers Association, but there is one detail.

There is no record in the information, but you may be interested.

As he spoke, he suddenly stopped. He seemed to have thought of something, and the expression on his face suddenly changed, and then he looked at the crystal ball in the distance with twinkling eyes.

He pondered for a few seconds: "He did happen to be in the sea area where the incident occurred, but the one that initially salvaged the normal 023 was not the Brilliant Star, but an offshore fishing boat named 'Charvin'.

To be specific, when he received the distress signal from the Chalvin and found the fishing boat drifting out of control, this was not the first scene, so it was not certain what the normal 023 was when it was first salvaged. What the scene was -- I can only tell you what it was like on the Chalvin. "

"But it looks like he hit the city wall violently with his head." Tirian frowned slightly. "Without a two-hundred-meter run-up acceleration and a resolute headbutt, he couldn't have fallen like this - he was attacked."

After a while, he saw Lucretia's figure vaguely emerging among these flashing lights, and the vague voice of the other party. After a few minutes, the voice and image barely became clear. My sister's voice came into my ears: "Can you hear me?"

"It's normal now," Tirian nodded, "Why is there more interference here than before? What is this around him? Is it sunlight? It looks a little weird..."

"Regarding the situation when Normal 023 was first discovered, he was at the scene at the time," Tirian looked at his sister, "I want to know some of the most realistic situations from him. You know, he and my fleet never Close to the frost, we missed the original scene.”

"He became interested in some old things about Hanshuang," Tirian said casually, "But you don't have to worry about this. He came to me to inquire about some other information - Normal 023, you should know, right?"

"This information is also very unexpected," Lucretia said softly. Under the inexplicable golden light, her eyes seemed to flash slightly, "You mean, my father was released from the coffin and became normal 023, let this

A safe and normal person can move around freely outside, but the latter is willing to follow his father?

Can you even talk to him? "

Lucretia's voice came from the "Xun Bell" crystal ball, "I heard a short chime. If I remember correctly, is this the bell that represents the message from the Tomb of the Famous King?" ! "

Tirian knew that his sister often moved around the border, and some strange phenomena often occurred there. It was often safe, but Lucretia could always save the day - but he still couldn't help but feel worried.

"He said we couldn't discard the box because it was alive and moving around the ship, and we couldn't destroy the box because it was so powerful and so strong that sailors with self-defense weapons couldn't deal with it...

"Who attacked you?" Lucretia didn't pay attention to Tirian's interruption, her expression was particularly serious, "I am in the city-state of Pland. There are no enemies of yours here, and the city-state authorities will not sit back and watch the guests. You were attacked. Just now you still denied that you were attacked and said that you fell..."

Tirian knew what was going on as soon as he saw her expression, and shook his head before he spoke: "Don't be heavy, I'm not there."

In the first half hour after Normal 023 was salvaged, the sailors of the Chalvin heard several slight rattling sounds coming from the box, which sounded like something was taking shape inside. "

"A slight rattling sound," Tirian muttered with a frown. Then he seemed to want to ask something else, but just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by a sudden, slightly urgent bell ringing from the window. Want to say something.

Tirian's expression became stiff.

After a moment, he shook his head helplessly: "Sometimes I really wish you were so smart."

"Ah, I picked up some strange things at the border, but I just checked them and they are not harmful," Lucretia answered very calmly, "This thing may have fallen from the sky and can project images." A very wide range of brilliance

He is using the Brilliant Star to tow this thing back for study. "

"Subordinate?!" Lucilia was startled, and instinctively wanted to ask how strong this subordinate was, and what weapon he used to beat the "Steel Lieutenant General" into a pig's head, but then she noticed In the second half of Tirian's words, his eyes changed,...He came to talk to you again so soon. What happened? "

"When he found the ship, there were almost no living people on board. Eleven of the twelve crew members, including the captain, had been beheaded - only one sailor who was frightened and half crazy was left, confused and confused. Described to him the 'cursed wooden box' they salvaged.

"He has seen you," Tirian breathed out and did not continue to talk about it. "This 'doll' calls himself 'Weng Pingshan', and he has not yet awakened from the coffin. He is currently serving his father, and according to rumors Same, this doll looks exactly like the Frost Queen, but has a very unexpected personality.”

Lucretia frowned nicely, and he seemed to vaguely react to something.

He raised his head in surprise and heard the bell ringing turbidly and hastily in the darkening sky. After carefully distinguishing it for a moment, he muttered to himself uncertainly: "It's not that the evening bell sounds like a swift sound." bell,."

"Of course I do. I also know that this thing was hijacked by the Homeless Ship. This matter was spread throughout the Explorers Association, and not long after that, the Deep Sea Church issued a notice that Normal 023's name was changed from 'Doll' The coffin has turned into a 'doll...many people have uneasy speculations about this."

"He really beat me?" Lucretia opened her eyes wide in shock, "Wait, didn't you mean that he was not in the city-state? And why did he..."

"...I fell down."

He noticed that there seemed to be streaks of light golden light floating in the background behind Lucretia. It looked like dim sunset light spilling into the room through the window. However, the texture of this light was far cooler and darker than the sunset light. Moreover, the distribution and diffusion of its light also give people a feeling that is not like sunlight.

, which is particularly noteworthy.

Lucretia didn't speak. After a moment of silence, she raised her head: "Then what did he want to ask?"

Tirian raised his eyelids and looked into Lucretia's eyes solemnly: "Then do you know why its name changed from 'Puppet Coffin' to 'Puppet'?"

"I will be careful. You have always been very careful - it's just that there will be accidents occasionally. Accidents are inevitable when exploring," Lucretia waved her hand, and then she seemed to suddenly discover something and stared closely. Looking at Tirian's face, "Brother, what happened to your face and head?"

Lucretia paused, recalling the scenes she had seen.

"It sounds incredible, but it's absolutely true," Tirian nodded. "She can speak, think, and have feelings like a human being. I even think the relationship between her and her father is pretty good, but I'm not sure about that. Is it friendship that humans cannot understand? After all, one of us is a returning ghost in the subspace, and the other is a normal object numbered within a hundred. "

Tirian frowned subconsciously: "You always pick up strange things at the border. Have you forgotten the last time you were dragged directly into the depths of the spirit world by a cloud of human-shaped smoke?"

"It's true that I'm not here. He is one of my current subordinates." Tirian rubbed his forehead with some depression. "Worry, we did not have a conflict. This injury was just a small accident. He wanted to talk to me about something. , and he was too vigilant.”

The crystal ball darkened, a large number of flashing light spots appeared inside, and a disturbing noise came from it.