Deep Sea Embers Chapter 54: Underground Church

In the end, Duncan didn't understand what a "child" was.

Goat's Head is vague about this, and it seems to be because it doesn't know the details of these ancient things that are wandering on the edge of the civilized world. As for Duncan, he can only summarize a little concept from the limited clues——

Children are the product of ancient times, and they hate the modern world. They have strange and dangerous powers, and they are secretive and low-key in the dark. Except for the children of the sun, other "children" almost never appear in the civilized world. body, but threatens the safety of explorers on the edge.

And in all this information, there is one more interesting point:

The Sons of the Sun seem to be able to disguise themselves as humans - only the supernatural beings of the Church can distinguish the Sons of the Sun from ordinary people.

Duncan thought of the recent changes in the city-state of Prand, and thought of those "Sun believers" who suddenly adjusted their lives after a few years of low-key.

Behind the cult's high-profile activities... is it ordered by the "children"? What are those ancient and strange beings plotting against the Prand city-state?

Duncan stood on the edge of the deck of the Lost Country, staring for a long time at the turbulent sea beneath his feet.

There are also descendants in the deep sea. They are ancient beings different from the descendants of the sun. "They" threaten the safety of the fleets of various city-states.

Duncan is wary and curious about these deep-sea creatures.

He believes that although he has never dealt with these things, as long as the Homeless is still wandering at sea, he will encounter these strange things sooner or later. harm.

Whether it is gathering intelligence, further controlling one's own power, or discovering the potential of Homeless, they are all planning for the future.

Of course, he is not afraid of the dangers lurking in the deep sea - after all, he has been floating on the sea with this ship for so long, and he can guess how many strange things there are in the deep sea. It's just one of the countless weird threats. The so-called lice don't itch and debts don't worry. As the captain of the Homeless, there are so many things he needs to be vigilant about here.

He pondered for a long time on the deck, and found that what he needed to worry about most at the moment was whether the "supply channel" he had finally found would be affected - wouldn't those deep-sea offspring affect his fishing?

Although the pigeon Ai has the ability to transport supplies, it is still uncertain about its carrying capacity and reliability. What's more, the city-state of Perland is an orderly place, and it will take a long time to transport the supplies to the ship. Money to buy, so this supply line is not necessarily when it will come in handy.

Coupled with the lucrative catch from his last fishing trip, Duncan knew very well that the improved living conditions on the Homeless were ultimately a gift from nature.

And those "children" are now a hidden danger - they may affect the gift of nature.

Duncan was a little worried. He just hoped that the evil things in the sea would not interfere with his fishing.

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The bright gas lamps glowed, dispelling the darkness in the underground facilities of the church, and the deep sea runes inscribed in the long corridors exuded reassuring power, and the lines in those runes symbolizing the waves and the coast were connected to each other. , as if outlines an invisible giant net, shrouding the entire underground structure of the building in a sacred and quiet atmosphere.

Fanna was walking in the underground sanctuary of the church. This sacred and quiet place calmed her slightly impetuous mood.

The goddess of the storm, the most powerful force in the boundless sea, but she is not only a symbol of the violent side of the "storm", this ancient **** also holds the power of silence and sealing.

Just as the sea has two sides, calm and storm always go hand in hand, so does the authority of the goddess - the underground of the cathedral symbolizes the "mirror image of the storm".

There are many gods in this world that are one with two sides, or have the characteristics of one and two sides. The **** of death is in charge of vitality at the same time, and the **** of wisdom also has the authority to deprive reason and madness. Ordinary people may not know much about this aspect. But as a high-ranking cleric, Fanna has a wealth of knowledge in this regard.

She also knows that it is precisely because of the two-sidedness of many gods that some highly controversial and even heretical ideas have arisen, and some scholars even believe that the whole world is also two-sided - in a certain In the dimension, there is even a "depleted land" where the sea and the land are completely mirrored. There is an endless dry land, and extremely rare rivers and oases are dotted in the aridity. There is even a depleted land that is plausible and inconsistent with the real world. The wisdom and civilization of the people, they reflect each other with everything in reality...

Of course, these outrageous speculations based entirely on speculation are not admitted. Even the Bishop of Valentine, who is known for his enlightenment in the city-state of Perland, sneered when he heard this statement——

In the old man's original words, there is a subspace at the bottom of this world that is enough to make people head, so some folk theologians should stop hanging things under the subspace, okay?

Fanna suddenly shook her head, letting her uncontrolled thoughts gather again.

In the quiet underground of the cathedral, it is easy for people's thinking to spread out uncontrollably. This is because the "mirror image of the storm" brings too serene psychological hints, and the peace of mind brought by the goddess' shelter can maximize The weakening of the mortal's psychological barrier is invisible and powerful, even a highly trained Inquisitor like her is not immune.

But on the other hand, this special environment has special uses.

For example, getting some fanatical and deranged cultists to speak.

Fanna stopped at the end of the corridor of the underground sanctuary, which has several doors leading to various "interrogation rooms", and a statue of the Storm Goddess stands quietly in the foyer between the doors.

This icon is different from the statue of the goddess on the ground of the church-the icon on the ground opens its hands, as if receiving the kowtow of the people, surrounded by its own infinite majesty, while on the ground, the icon of the goddess closes its hands On the chest, quiet and gentle, like a girl listening attentively.

But no matter which icon it is, the face is covered with a veil - a symbol of the unknowability of the gods.

This listening icon with folded hands is another gesture of the Storm Goddess: the Maiden of Tranquility.

She suppresses water bodies below sea level and shelters the tranquility of the city-state's underworld.

Fanna bowed and saluted in front of the statue of the Maiden of Tranquility, then turned and pushed open the door of a nearby interrogation room.

The sound of the door shaft turning broke the silence in the underground facility. After the door opened, a spacious but dimly lit room appeared in front of Fanna.

There is a large table in the center of the room. Madam Heidi in a long black dress is getting up from the table. On the opposite side of the table is a chair with restraint chains. A sun heresy is quietly sit on the chair.

The heretic was blind, leaning crookedly against the handrail next to him, as if his reason and strength had been pulled away from his body, leaving only chaos remaining.

There is still a strong scent of incense in the room. Ms. Heidi's medical kit is still on the table. Inside, you can see the empty large syringe, the wriggling thorn vine, and the golden pointed cone that still seems to have blood stains. .

"Oh, Your Excellency Fanna, you came just in time," Ms. Heidi turned to greet when she heard the door open, "I just finished a 'treatment'."

Fanna's eyes swept across Heidi's medical kit~IndoMTL.com~, but her expression was the same as before: "Seriously, it's still hard for me to associate your stuff with the 'treatment'..."

"These are standard tools for psychiatrists... well, I admit that I probably use them more often than the average doctor," Ms. Heidi said, shrugging, "but who asked me to be What about the 'hypnotist' who is employed by the city hall and often helps the church? The 'patients' I have been in contact with are not normal patients, especially cultists like this, with shaking crystals and low frequency pendulums. A double dose of 'Midnight Mix' works well."

"...I very much suspect that the reason you inject three times the dose to the cultist every time is because you can only hold three times the dose in this big syringe," Fanna complained to the acquaintance in front of her, but then shook her head , "But it doesn't matter, you can pry open these guys' mouths...Tell me, what's the catch?"

"Yes, and the harvest is not small, the situation is strange," Ms. Heidi replied immediately, "I have performed deep hypnosis on several cultists, and also used some special methods, and now I can basically confirm... these It is very likely that the cultists who participated in the sacrificial ritual did not go mad after the ritual got out of control..."

"Didn't she go mad after the ritual got out of hand?" Vanna frowned immediately, although she already knew after talking to Bishop Valentine that the complexity of the matter would be more than expected, but Heidi's words went beyond She expected, "What does this mean?"

"I searched their memories and found that these people's thinking...or cognitive logic, went wrong before the last failed sacrificial ceremony, and more strictly speaking, these cultists seem to have started from Before the ceremony began, it was affected by some kind of... cognitive filter, so that in their memory... eh? Lord Fanna, you don't seem to be too surprised?"