Tides: Years of Dawn

Crewe circled the stairs and walked for about three or four minutes before reaching the world on the third floor.

There are also lights on the third floor, but the lights are the same as the ones in Crewe's hands.Crewe knew that this was Debbie's technique, but here—it was completely Debbie's world.

Rather than saying it is a cellar, it is better to say that it is a research room set underground.

Because of her status as an assistant to the lord, Debbie couldn't often go to the research site outside Broken Island, so she opened up an underground research room, allowing her to live here day and night.

Crewe thought of the last few years of Barrow's life, when he too always seemed to be shutting himself out.Perhaps it was because of the completion of the underground research room that he and his assistants forgot about the outside world.

The research room is not big, only about [-] square meters.But there are large and small glass bottles everywhere, not only that, there are rolls of parchment all over the ground.

Crewe randomly picked up a sheet and looked at it. Without exception, it was filled with the measurement of the ratio of medicines and tedious and messy research data.

In addition, some parchments also depict a wolf-like body structure.Crewe thought about the appearance of those monsters upstairs, and he deduced that this was the analysis and research of those monsters.

Crewe rummaged among the piles of scrolls and glass bottles, and finally found the black wicker box with the snake and sword emblem printed on it.

The small box was hidden behind a stack of manuscripts, but Crewe found it quickly.After all, the pattern of the snake sword on it is different from that of the snake sword in the medical center and research room. The sword wrapped around the snake does not seem to be a real steel sword, but a branch that is very similar in shape to the sword.

Branches and leaves grow on the branches, which seem to symbolize life.

Krewe wrapped around the buckle with his tentacles left and right, and dragged the box out forcefully.

Although the box is not big, it is very heavy.Krewe took a lot of effort to move it to the center of the room. As the box was dragged, smoke and dust rose around it.

In addition to the snake sword pattern on the box surface, the buckle is an octopus with one more tentacles.

This time Crewe gained experience, moved the tentacles, and quickly opened the box.

The moment he opened it, Crewe was dazzled by the beautiful medicine.

Thirty tubes of medicine lay neatly on the flannelette of the box, and the glass bottle was filled with blood-like bright red liquid.

Crewe didn't dare to delay, quickly took out these potions one by one, and stuffed them into the pocket of his robe.Then close the box again and try to push it back into place.

But when he pushed the box, he still found something wrong, so he pulled the box out again and put it in a place with brighter light for observation.

Thirty tubes of medicine the size of a finger had been installed on his body, but he didn't feel that it was particularly heavy.However, the wicker box is extremely heavy—it is definitely not the weight that the material of the box should have.

Crewe turned the box upside down and tapped left and right.The edges of the box are all inlaid with beautiful silver, but apart from the top and ring buckles, there is no extra decoration.

Crewe smacked it hard again with the tentacle, trying to hear if there was a second layer inside.

But unfortunately, he still found nothing.

Maybe it's the O///T///P///S family's unique pedigree at work. Even though there are no strange signs for the time being, Crewe always feels that this box is not that simple.

His tentacles pressed against the box, thinking carefully about how to open it to the second floor.

Crewe also wondered why he had such an idea, but soon he found the answer.

Originally, medicine was a very taboo thing, so it must be hidden as concealed as possible, and the smaller the container, the better.But Debbie packed it in a wicker box three or four times its size, as if it was so that someday, when the O///T///P///S family found it, they could see Debbie sneaking into it. Another study done.

Yes, Debbie's research is more than just this monster.

Crewe picked up a few rolls of parchment on the ground and looked again. Indeed, the contents recorded on the parchment were roughly divided into two categories.

One category, all about this monster that looks like a human but is not human.Their physical indicators, physiological functions, endurance and transformation conditions, as well as life habits and life expectancy, and even the budget for spells in the body, etc.

The other category is content that Crewe can't understand at all.

It depicts what appears to be a door with various prayers next to it.Those prayers were like poems, like Debbie's scribbles and thoughts on a whim.

But Crewe knew that Debbie was not that kind of person.In other words, there are basically no such people in the O///特///P///S family.

All the existence of the octopus family has a clear purpose in everything they do.

They are the embodiment of knowledge and talent, but they can't find the slightest romantic color in them.So even though they are beautiful, it often makes people feel that their beauty does not have the passion that life should have.

And all that can be seen in them is fanaticism.

The craze for knowledge, the craze for wealth, the craze for power, the craze for conquering the unknown.Their passion for these things is like a drug addiction, rushing in their blood from the moment of birth.

Debbie had no interest in writing poems unless they would aid her research.

Crewe picked up the parchments one by one, and tried hard to divide them into the two categories mentioned above.He thought that even if he couldn't read the data, he could still find clues, at least figure out the direction of Debbie's research.

But unfortunately, he didn't do it.

In addition to the studies of monsters, another type of paper is full of paintings about "doors" and various prayers.The door frames of those doors are different, the only commonality is that there is always a line drawn vertically from the top of the door to the ground, dividing the "door" into two halves.

Crewe faintly felt something was wrong.

He sat among the piles of parchment for a while, then stood up again, and walked over to the box he had erected again.

Then, with a violent flick of the tentacles, he flipped the box over.The top of the box is pressed to the ground, while the bottom is turned upside down.

Just as he was flipping, he heard a very slight "click".As if something fell down.

So he wrapped the box around the three tentacles, lifted it off the ground vigorously, and then shook it up and down with all his strength, like shaking a test tube-and sure enough, he heard the "click" sound again.

He was sure now that there was something at the bottom of the box.

He put the box down, stood on the scroll next to him, propped himself up a little bit, and stared down at the bottom of the box.

If this is a secret left by Debbie, only the O///T///P///S family can discover it.And to open it, you have to use a method that only octopuses know.

The previous octopus tentacles were like this, now——

Krewe squirted ink into the bottom of the box without hesitation.

The ink splashed on the box, and then slowly trickled down the edge of the box.

As the ink dripped, the silver trim of the wicker box reappeared, but at the same time, an O///T///P///S family crest was revealed in the ink, glowing orange. warm light.

Krewe jumped down and spread the ink on the bottom of the box with his tentacles.Just after the entire family crest was painted with ink, Jiahui bulged upwards, and then turned in a direction, and the entire bottom plate of the box slowly moved to the left.

The box did have a second layer.

And on the second floor, lay a handwritten book quietly.

On the cover is written the name of Debbie O///T///P///S in Haven, and a line of small words - "I saw another world."

"Do you have any medicine?"

A voice suddenly sounded from behind Crewe, and Crewe was startled, and the book in his hand fell to the ground.

It was Gareth, who was standing behind Crewe at the moment.He was not as stupid as Tristan said, and he followed Crewe all the way down.

After walking through the first floor, and then over the second floor, finally with the little octopus on the third floor.

He doesn't know what secrets are hidden in this house, but at any rate, Crewe has cheated him once because of the jellyfish problem.He vaguely felt that Crewe knew about these things, but the little octopus didn't open his mouth, so he had to investigate by himself.

Crewe was a little scared and didn't know what to say.

Gareth approached him and picked up the book from the floor.

He couldn't read Haven, but he could read the hand-drawn drawings of the beasts scattered on the ground, and he understood almost immediately - the secret to unlocking his and all the beasts' genetic locks was hidden here.

"Do you have any medicine?" Gareth asked again, before turning the case over.

It's a pity that the box is empty and there is nothing.He frowned, glared at Crewe again, and asked—"Where did you hide?"

Crewe woke up now, and hurriedly said, "I... I don't know, it was like this when I came here, probably, probably the sword whale from before..."

Gareth's brows were tightly wrinkled, and his eyeballs were bloodshot from fatigue.

He confronted Crewe for a moment, then closed his eyes and sighed mournfully.

In the end he still did nothing.

He had already followed Crewe here, and he had already discovered the place where the secret was hidden, but who knew that fate was so joking, and the things he should have had were looted.

Maybe this is fate, it is destined that he should not be unlocked the gene lock.So even after all the hard work, he still came back empty-handed.

But at the moment he was not so attached to the potion, he figured it out, and when Tristan got well, he and Tristan would leave.It didn't matter where he went, but he didn't want Tristan to risk anything for him anymore.

They may be able to build a small house by the river like Sunny Day.They don't use wands, but surviving shouldn't be a problem.

He hung his hands down, found a pile of books and sat down, and asked Crewe——"Is that jellyfish locked up, so we can't find it?"

Now he wasn't afraid to confess to Crewe, anyway, it was a business after all, and it was attached to finding the potion.It can be done better, or it can’t be done.The big deal is to take a few bags of gold coins, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't matter.

Crewe squeezed the tentacles, stepped back a bit, and kicked the box.

"He...he's dead..." Crewe whispered.

Although he had never seen the jellyfish, judging from the importance Juventus and Hilna attached to this matter, his death had extraordinary significance.

But that is only of great significance to those involved in the secret, and for Gareth and Tristan—even if no one said it clearly, but Crewe can see that they are just carrying a mission, they are likely to be Bounty hunter - the death of the target means the transaction is over.

Human beings should not have come to the islands, and the sea dwellers on the islands should not set foot on land.

Crewe understood that Gareth had no intention of hurting him, and in order to repay this kindness and atone for what he had done to them before, Crewe took a deep breath and bravely asked—"You... ...If you don't mind, can, can you tell me what you are? I... I may, can help you...you..."

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