Deep Sea Embers Chapter 354: The lurkers

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Nemo Wilkins suddenly felt a slight dizziness, as if some invisible force swept over his mind, and it seemed as if he suddenly woke up from a strange light sleep, in the late Amid the coming vigilance, he suddenly raised his head, and with a little nervousness and vigilance, he looked at the elegant and harmless old gentleman who always had a gentle expression.

Morris returned a friendly and polite smile to the "informant."

However, Nemo suddenly broke out in a layer of cold sweat. He only recalled it now. From the moment he entered the secret path, the old man's eyes almost stayed on himself, a kind of search as if searching his mind, traversing The memory-like power is always entangled in his mind, he has been unconsciously answering every question of these uninvited guests, and even almost exposed the situation of other contact points in the city-state!

Even if these uninvited guests have Captain Tirian's tokens in their hands and know the code, I shouldn't be so careless! After all, these people came out of nowhere today. According to the rules, I should test them a bit more!

The sudden change of expression on the face of this "informant" certainly did not hide from Fan Na's eyes. The latter stepped forward with a solemn and sincere expression: "Mr. Wilkins, relax, we are not enemies ——The tokens and codes we carry are indeed from Mr. Tirian, but for the sake of necessary safety, we just conducted some tests on you."

"Test...what test?" Nemo looked at the people in front of him with a vigilant expression, "What is the origin of you...?"

"To put it simply, we suspect that a phenomenon of cognitive pollution with a huge coverage has begun to spread in the city-state. This kind of pollution will cause people to unconsciously produce false memories and lose accurate cognition of the real world , or even become an accomplice of heresy without knowing it, we can’t be sure whether Mr. Tirian’s informants in the city are reliable, so we can only conduct a test,” Fanna explained with a serious expression, and then changed the topic, "As for our origin...have you not heard from Mr. Tirian?"

"The captain didn't explain in detail, he only said that there are a few trustworthy people," Nemo replied cautiously, "Forgive my doubts - he would not make such inexplicable arrangements before."

Morris thought for a while, understood, and looked at Duncan: "Oh, maybe it's because he didn't dare to reveal the identities of us without your explicit permission?"

Permission? Captain Tirian dare not reveal his identity casually?

Listening to Morris' words, Nemo's expression turned weird for a moment. He subconsciously looked at the bandaged and black-clothed weirdo, obviously wanting to ask something but didn't know where to start.

Duncan didn't think much about it, he just nodded lightly: "Since it is confirmed that the informant is fine, there is no need to hide it."

As he spoke, he looked at Nemo and pointed to himself: "I am Tirian's father."

The sea fog spy named Nemo Wilkins froze for a few seconds, and then he didn't know how to draw his thoughts in his head, and suddenly his eyes widened: "Don't insult the captain!"

Duncan: "The atmosphere at the scene was a bit awkward for a while, and Fanna and Morris couldn't help but put their hands on their foreheads. Only Alice turned her head to look left and right. She didn't seem to react, and she looked at the informant seriously. Said: "It's true."

Nemo obviously wanted to speak, but before he could speak this time, Morris suddenly stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Young man, think carefully before you speak—the great 'in steel' Yes, Tirian also has a father."

At this time, Nemo Wilkins suddenly noticed the subtlety in the atmosphere and woke up from the conversation just now. Immediately afterwards, he recalled the old stories about the Abu Normar family. According to legend, about Captain Tirian's family, about the Lost Home, about the dead soul wandering in the subspace——when he looked up at Duncan again, his eyes were obviously wrong.

"I'm back from the warp," Duncan looked at him with a calm voice, "to help Tirian with a little trouble.

Nemo thought for a while, rolled his eyes, and fell on his back.

However, Fan Na who was next to him seemed to have been prepared, before she could wait for the informant to fall, she grabbed his arm with one hand and held her tight

Then with the other hand, he took out a whole bottle of refreshing essential oil, flicked the stopper of the bottle, and poured it directly into Nemo's nostrils.

Mr. Informant basically rushed straight out.

"Ah... ah...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Nemo was fully awake, his nasal cavity was full of strong ointment smell, he sneezed several times in place Can stop, raised his head with snot and tears, sniffed his nose and said nervously, "I...I..."

"Sorry - I forgot that ordinary people have worse physique than guardians," Fanna hid the glass bottle in her hand with some embarrassment, "but don't worry, this thing is harmless to the body."

Nemo took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the tears and snot from his face while calming down, looked at Duncan in fear and hesitation: "Really...is it really you? Then...then I What can I do for you..."

"You are serving me now," Duncan waved his hand, "Don't be so nervous, just tell me more about the situation of Frost City."

"Okay...okay," Nemo nodded repeatedly, and then sneezed a few more times before he settled down, "Then what else do you want to ask?"

"Are you in touch with other informants in the city now?" Duncan asked, "How do you usually communicate? Will you hack in this sewer system, or use more covert channels?"

"We rarely gather," said Nemo, rubbing his nose, "mainly for safety reasons—after all, many of our members have close ties to Uptown, and they need to be more secluded. Most of the time Today, we all exchange information through various secret channels, such as codes in newspapers, specific contact points, or relying on some messengers” for one-way contact.

"Actually, even we ourselves don't know how many 'indigenous people' there are in the city. Most of the informants only know the superiors and subordinates who are in contact with us or a few 'compatriots' who are in the same area as us, and the complete The list is only in the hands of Captain Tirian and Mr. Aiden. I can be regarded as the "connector" of my level, and the list of people in my hand is a little bit more, but it can't exceed ten people...."

Listening to Nemo's narration, Fanna couldn't help but nodded slightly: "It's a very cautious and effective latent form. Most of the cultists who deal with the guardians are not so professional."

"After all, it's been managed by Tirian for half a century," Duncan said casually, and then looked at Nemo, "Are you the only person in this contact point?"

"There are two more," Nemo nodded, "One is nicknamed 'The Crow', he should be patrolling the nearby passages at this time, and there is an old man who spends most of his time in the abandoned plumbing workshop Wait - even I don't know what his real name is, we call him 'Old Ghost.'

Duncan exchanged glances with Vanna and Morris.

Nemo Wilkins does not appear to be affected by cognitive disturbances, but others who come into contact with him are not.

"Go and say hello too," Duncan nodded and said, "Where is the plumbing room?"

"It's right here," Nemo said while raising his finger to the right of the fork in front of him. "It's the place where the maintenance personnel of the Second Waterway used to rest temporarily. I'll take you there."

The informant stepped forward, and on the way, he began to introduce the situation of the "old ghost" to Duncan and others.

"...he is over seventy this year, almost the oldest of us, my grandfather used to work with him, when it was the queen's time...

"The old ghost's mind is not very clear, but as long as it involves the connection between the gas pipeline and the second waterway, he never makes mistakes. It is not a job that ordinary people can do to secretly connect a branch road from the main pipe, and to ensure safety without being discovered by others...

"The old ghost seldom goes to the ground. He spends most of his time here. Sometimes he will brag to us about the past when he drinks. He said that he was the engineer of the Second Waterway decades ago. , At that time, the Queen even personally awarded him a medal—but to be honest, few of his words are credible. I have also seen his medal.

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"Well, he probably inhaled too much poisonous gas when he retreated to the second waterway - did I tell you? When the last Queen's Guard retreated fifty years ago

The second waterway was blocked. At that time, the shaft collapsed, and some poisonous gas floated down from the upper floor. Some craftsmen who were loyal to the queen ran to seal the leak. The old ghost seemed to be one of them. It is said that he has lost his mind since then. Why is it normal. "

"If he suddenly yells at you about the queen later, don't mind...he didn't mean it."

Accompanied by Nemo Wilkins' rambling all the way, Duncan and others quickly bypassed the fork and came to a rusty iron gate near the intersection of the sewers.

Nemo knocked on the door, greeted the inside, and then pushed the door open: "Old ghost, a guest is coming."

As soon as he finished speaking, a hoarse but loud voice came from the door——一

"Ah, the queen came to inspect!?"