In the far reaches of the South China Sea, around the unnamed islands and reefs around the O'Dell Reef Group.
A world completely surrounded by water.
This is a secret ocean blue hole. In the center of the reef group, there is a suddenly deep dark sea area. It is filled with sea water, but there is a secret drainage pipe deep in the hole.
Every once in a while, the water in the blue hole is completely drained until the rising tide brings it back to full.
The entrance to the Sequoia Base is located at the top of a Z-shaped hole at the bottom of the Blue Hole. There is a strange air wall at the hole to isolate the sea water, and the drainage outlet at the bottom of the Blue Hole probably leads directly to the cooling area. In other words, this is a permanently filled
Unsatisfied, but the secret entrance is always blocked by the deep sea water.
Of course, for pre-epoch civilizations, this is probably just a unique sight.
But now, it's so secretive that it's almost impossible to find it.
The survivors of the escort team back then were probably blown to this area by a big storm, and then happened to enter the entrance of the Blue Hole when it was draining water.
Everyone stood on the outermost edge of the island, greedily breathing in the fresh natural air - even if the world was filled with clouds and rain, it was still better than the stuffy underground ruins full of insect smell.
"Finally, it finally came out - the next step is to contact Uncle Ayres..."
At this moment, Isengard finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had been keeping his spirits up, trying his best not to be a burden to others, but to help Master Gosei and Yin En.
He did quite well.
Neither Master Gosei nor Yin En expected that the blond boy who was so silly and sweet at the beginning could actually fight well. Even when faced with a battle between a female insect and a crystal dragon, he did not have stage fright, and cooperated with Master Gosei to fight
The decisive blow that defeated Patrick.
If it hadn't been for that shot, regardless of victory or defeat, I'm afraid Yin En would have been entangled with the opponent for quite a long time.
In that case, the Ether Crystal Dragon may not be able to defeat the mother insect during the overload time.
However, when he thought of Viscount Grant, his expression became a little strange.
——In the final analysis, Viscount Grant and Patrick are true friends.
He has a good relationship with the other party entirely because he is Patrick's nephew, and the other party regards him as a 'nephew of a friend'.
But now, my friend's nephew has killed his friend, and if he still expects Viscount Grant to be kind to him, he can only rely on the sentiment of the nobles and the kindness of Master Gosser.
We asked ourselves, Isengard felt that it was a normal scenario for Viscount Grant and Uncle Patrick to join forces to kill themselves. Why didn't these two bad friends who grew up choose to cooperate?
It’s weird no matter how you think about it…
"uncle……"
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh again: "There were so many opportunities to kill me, but in the end, I gave them all away."
"Do you want to kill me, or do you want to die..."
After forcibly cheering up, Isengard thought for a while and decided not to provoke Viscount Grant.
It would be the best choice for Bishop Baiwu, Master Gosei, or even Yin En to contact the Viscount and call for the pick-up ship.
Subconsciously, he turned his head and looked at the three figures that appeared in his mind.
Bishop Baiwu and Master Gesai were chatting quietly on the edge of the reef group, and even activated the source material to isolate the sound, obviously not wanting the 'juniors' to hear it.
And Yin En...
Ethan was a little surprised to find that at this moment, the Bai Zhimin boy also showed an expression that was very similar to his previous distressed expression.
At this moment, Yin En was indeed confused.
The echoes from the past that he had spied through his precognitive vision replayed in his mind. He frowned and realized that there was a rather critical problem hidden in these memories.
"wrong."
He thought in his mind, and the feeling of uneasiness grew: "Father gave the blue key card to the Huaiguang believer named Molin... If he died in the big storm, it might not be a big deal..."
"But that key card should be in the hands of Viscount Grant, right?"
Yin En still remembers that there was purple mist in the Viscount Mansion.
It was not the Viscount himself, nor the etheric weapons, but the purple mist, which was the reason for the repeated attacks by the natives.
Looking back now, that was the key to an indigenous sacred place.
The big storm fourteen years ago caused huge impacts to Harrison Port and the Elephant Bone Mountain, the ancestral land of the indigenous people. As a result, the indigenous people found the records of their ancient ancestors that had long been forgotten and learned the location of the holy land they left in the past.
Yes, the records left by their ancestors told them that there were terrible demons and many magical beasts in the Holy Land. It was these extremely dangerous existences that forced them to leave the Paradise.
But so what?
Compared to being suppressed by the Empire now, perhaps what they should do now is to go to the Holy Land to find those ancient monsters and plagues that can be used as 'weapons'.
However, the natives lacked the key.
They are missing a key to open the front door.
"That's the key in Maureen's hand."
The mystery in Yin En's heart was gradually solved, but his heart sank like a stone in the sea: "Molin did send the key and the rescue message of the escort team, but Viscount Grant pretended to be a sheep.
I don’t know.”
"He got the key to the main entrance of the ruins, and he also knew that there were ruins of pre-era civilizations on the bottom of the South China Sea - he understood that the indigenous sacred places were ruins."
"So...which possibility is it?"
"Did Viscount Grant kill Maureen to keep it secret? Or was Maureen seriously injured and died before he could tell the news?"
"Perhaps at that time, Harrison Port, which was hit by a big storm, would not be able to rescue several convoy survivors who were probably dead."
Even as a prophet, Yin En couldn't predict or spy on such details.
Moreover, in the final analysis, no matter whether Viscount Grant comes or not, the survivors of the escort remaining at the gate of the ruins are unlikely to survive.
Because of hunger, because of the revived brain-eating insect spiritual power, and because of the madness caused by fear, the cannibalism began not long after Mo Lin left.
They all died by each other's swords, not by Viscount Grant's silence.
but……
The viscount did not come.
This is also true.
"Yin Eun?"
Hearing the doubtful voices of his peers, the young man realized that he had lost his composure.
He took a deep breath and then his expression returned to normal.
Yin En smiled and turned to look at Isengard: "It's nothing, I just feel like I'm in another world. It's really amazing that the world can be so vast."
"Haha, I think so too - but if the tide gets bigger, things will be in trouble."
Isengard also feels the same way. He even has a bit of "Heaven Syndrome" now. This is an illusion caused by staying underground for a long time. He feels that the sky is an empty nothingness, and he may fall into it at any time, plus the surroundings
The tide crashed against the rocks, making him feel like he couldn't stand firmly.
Of course, this is impossible. It is impossible for a first-level sublimator to become unstable under any circumstances.
unless……
It's the earth and the ocean that are really shaking.
Boom boom...
There seemed to be the sound of naval gunfire in the distance.
"So, can I think that Huaiguang Church is also dissatisfied with today?"
"Huaiguang is dissatisfied with all the suffering in this world, but as the 'Proverbs' says, only humans oppress themselves, humans harm themselves, and we will not make any choice as this is a knot that no one can untie."
"Just like back then, no matter who it was?"
"Human beings will change, light will change, but Huaiguang will never change."
"Okay... wait, the situation has changed."
Bishop Baiwu and Master Gosai who were communicating on the side also stopped their whispers as two elders.
Master Gosei frowned slightly, looked at the sea area on the other side, and then relaxed his brows: "Well, I didn't hear the engine sound of the fully armored battleship, and there was no second ether weapon. It seems that it should be the fast fleet coming from the surrounding high seas.
It depends on the situation in the South China Sea."
"As for now, they are probably communicating with each other."
The old man was well-informed and was not surprised by the gradually noisy artillery fire outside the sea: "It seems that we need to contact Ayers quickly and ask him to send someone to pick us up."
"Otherwise, the danger may not be dangerous, but things will definitely become troublesome."