Deep Sea Embers

Nemo felt a little uneasy because the personnel who were supposed to finish their patrol and return to the base were still not back.

Let's go together, Duncan took the initiative to speak. It just so happened that he also wanted to take a walk in this abandoned and mysterious second waterway to see if there were some secrets hidden in the ancient legacy left by the Frost Queen. More people means more care.

Nemo looked at the legendary captain in front of him with some surprise. He was a little worried.

To be honest, until now he still had a sense of unreality in the clouds and mist - he had indeed heard about the legendary Captain Duncan's return from the subspace. After all, the Sea Mist had made a special trip for this matter not long ago, but Captain Duncan standing directly in front of him was another level of horror. It was the level that he ran to the cemetery to tell his deceased grandfather, and the old man would jump out of the coffin to make him shut up - but it really happened.

However, after such a brief contact, he found that Captain Duncan was not as scary as the legend said.

He is rational, can talk, and is polite to others - he is accompanied by several assistants, and none of them look like puppets controlled by evil magic.

Now, he even offered to help.

This made Nemo a little confused for a while, but he soon nodded - rather than analyzing the temper of his boss's father, the crow that has not returned yet is the thing that cannot be delayed.

I followed him, and the old ghost's voice came at this moment. The old man came to the nearby storage rack, rummaged through the pile of messy junk, found a safety oil lamp and a crowbar that could be hung on his chest, and found a rope from another rack to hang on his body, and then walked towards the door. No one knows the route below better than me - if the kid really got lost at a fork in the road, you will need the wisdom of the elderly.

Obviously, this old man who is sometimes confused and sometimes clear is in a better state at this moment.

Duncan said nothing, but motioned for Nemo to lead the way. So the group left the administrator's cabin, crossed the wide intersection before, and began to look for Nemo's subordinate who had not returned for a long time along a sewer branch extending northward.

After crossing the intersection and gradually going deeper into the depths of the second waterway, Duncan became more and more aware of how huge this project was - and how powerful the city-state under the rule of the Frost Queen fifty years ago was.

The walls were solid and the corridors were tall. The so-called sewer was almost like a magnificent underground palace. The criss-crossing interconnected structures were obviously not only used for drainage, but also likely to have military, refuge and even underground factory considerations. Above those wide corridors, you can see crisscrossing pipeline facilities. Although many of them were severely rusted or even broken and fallen off due to long-term abandonment, it still reminds people of how magnificent the scale was when it was first built.

On both sides of the corridor, you can occasionally see the openings of huge pipes and rusty grilles. The ground drainage channels on both sides have long been dry. Since the entire underground waterway has been used for a short time and has been abandoned for many years, there is no unbearable smell except for some stale and musty smells.

Walking in such an incredible underground facility, even the knowledgeable Morris couldn't help but admire it, but after admiring it, the old scholar suddenly had some doubts.

Even if it is for the consideration of the development of the city-state a hundred years later, it is a bit exaggerated, right? He couldn't help but say that Plande's sewer system is already advanced, but it is still inferior to this one. What's more, this was built fifty years ago. Did Frost really need such a huge "second waterway" back then?

The queen has her own considerations, and her judgment is always correct. The old ghost walking in front heard Morris's question and immediately said, Your Majesty, she is a natural psychic, and she can always see things that ordinary people can't see, and even the future of the city-she relies on this judgment to make Frost strong, and we also believe that the things she planned will always come in handy.

Duncan's brows suddenly frowned. Natural psychic? He looked at the old man carrying a rope and a crowbar, you mean, the Frost Queen can predict the future to a certain extent?

She said she can't, but we all believe she can--otherwise how to explain the incredible judgments she made? The old man turned his head and said with a firm face, anyway, it is certain that the queen has extraordinary perception, and we all knew this at that time.

Duncan looked at Morris, who was also thoughtful at the moment, and said in a low voice: There are not many records about the Frost Queen in history, because most of the information was lost or deliberately hidden or tampered with during the rebellion, but as far as I know, there is no record of "the queen is a natural psychic" or "the queen has the ability to predict", the information only says that she is extremely smart and has flexible political skills.

Duncan listened and silently glanced at Alice who was following him obediently.

Not smart at all, and she doesn't know what political skills are at all - she hasn't even learned to spell this word.

Alice noticed the captain's gaze and immediately turned her head, her eyes curved with a smile.

There are also omissions in the records, especially when the rebels will deliberately hide many things. I am willing to believe that the Frost Queen did have something special. Duncan looked back and erased Alice's naivety in his mind. With a smile, she said casually, but this huge second waterway in front of her... What was her purpose in building such an incredible thing...

No one could answer Duncan's question, and at this moment, Vanna suddenly noticed something strange in the distance.

Someone fell to the ground over there! She reminded, pointing into the distance.

Everyone looked in the direction of her finger, and sure enough they saw a figure wearing a blue coat lying on the ground.

The group of people ran over quickly. Nemo reached out and turned the man who fell on the ground over, and a pale face came into view.

It was a crow. The expression on Nemo's face was particularly ugly for a moment, and then he punched the ground next to him. Damn it!

Fanna squatted down next to the dead young man. She seemed to find something wrong with the body. After checking it, she suddenly frowned: Was he drowned?

Drown? Morris next to him was shocked when he heard the words, and then discovered the corpse's wet coat and abnormal swelling and water marks on the skin. However, when he looked around, he only saw the dry ground nearby - the only trace of water on it. Under the crow's body.

Vanna came closer, examined it carefully for a moment and then raised her head: the smell of sea water - it was people who were drowned in the sea.

There is no sea water here, even the nearby underground river is fresh water. The old ghost also followed from behind at this time. After seeing the dead crow, the crisscrossed wrinkles on his face suddenly became more twisted. A piece, poor young man, he must have been captured by the rebels, drowned and then dumped here...

It's not necessarily a rebel or not, but it's possible that the body was dumped. Morris' expression was serious. This was obviously not the scene of the crime... huh?

He seemed to suddenly discover something, so he reached out and groped in Crow's coat pocket, and he took out a piece of paper that was also completely soaked in water - a small corner of this paper was exposed before, which attracted him of attention.

Everyone's eyes were instantly focused on that piece of paper.

Morris held the paper, which was particularly fragile because of the water, and carefully unfolded it.

There are words on the paper - although they have been blurred by water, they have not completely dissipated.

With the additional illumination of the oil lamp brought by the old ghost, Duncan identified the information on the paper, but the content on it was confusing. It was a few paragraphs without beginning or end.

The meetings of the Forsaken Kings were held again and again, and the initial plan was finalized. Most of the people in the ashes were sheltered and wanted to stand up in the light and heat.

But the kings quarreled again

They saw a clan hiding in the shadows

Those who were abandoned, their flesh and blood would melt in the light, and they could not receive blessings from the new world. The king of this clan came to the meeting of the abandoned kings and asked for the same protection, but what they wanted , but it was extremely harmful to others in the ashes, the Forsaken Kings could not agree to them, and they were abandoned.

They came to the shadows and imprisoned themselves in the dark place, but they could not die completely. They cried out and searched hard for the protection of their homeland, but they could not find it, so they fled further into the darkness - they were originally Those who don’t like darkness, but only darkness can protect them from the poison of this world, so they live in darkness for a long time...