The fleet moved slowly on the calm sea. When it left the port of Maluri, the ships were as huge as a pack of wolves. However, after the previous naval battle, there were only three ships left, and the remaining iron-clad ships were either sunk in the sea.
In the Battle of Ice Bay, they were either left behind because they were too badly damaged and could not continue to follow the team.
Even so, the three existing armored ships are not in good condition. In order to pursue the Morning Glory Advance, their own damage is gradually increasing. The most important thing is that, after paying such a price, they are still in a dull place.
In the night, I lost track of the Morning Glory Advance.
The Blood Shark, which was in the best condition, was sailing at the front. It was fully loaded with supplies and elite soldiers and crew members. It was the sharpest blade in the hands of the epidemic doctors. It split the sea water and moved forward.
"Is this...the so-called Sea of Silence?"
The epidemic doctor stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the gray world in the distance, his voice trembling slightly, not with fear, but with excitement.
"This erosion is everywhere, as if this sea area was established based on some weird existence."
Opening his hands, the epidemic doctor enjoyed the rushing and suppressed power, which, like the hazy gray, enveloped everyone who entered the sea of silence.
In the intense pursuit battle, the epidemic doctor, like Lorenzo and others, were all affected by the erosion and were completely devoted to the fight of blood and fire, completely unaware that they had unknowingly stepped into
Sea of Silence.
After losing the trace of the Morning Glory Advance, the epidemic doctor took stock of the environment.
At first, the epidemic doctor couldn't believe that this erosion originated from the Silent Sea, but after simple speculation and experiments, he realized this. The erosion followed the fleet, and its scope was almost equal to the scope of this sea area.
This is the anomaly of the Silent Sea. After learning about this, the Epidemic Doctor realized that the Silent Sea is "blocked" to the outside world. Anyone who enters the Silent Sea will be eroded and distorted. Even if they are lucky enough to come out, mortals will also
Driven mad by erosion.
"What a surprise." The epidemic doctor sighed.
There is no inner decision to test, and no grand ceremony. These people are like lost children, so easily straying into this taboo vortex.
"The Sea of Silence...this is really the Sea of Silence."
Another voice sounded. Zeo was sitting in a wheelchair. The soldiers behind him pushed him and slowly approached the epidemic doctor.
Zeo is recovering well at the moment, and his entire face still retains the ferocious look after being burned, with only the exposed eyeballs and the mouth showing his gums, but even so, it is much better than before.
It looked like a dying person before, but now it seems that the God of Death is not very interested in Zeo's life and death. He has successfully stolen time from the hands of the God of Death and lives in the ecstasy of survival.
Zeo had a brush with death, but this was not the mercy of Death, but a deal with the devil. Zeo's survival came at a price, not only helping the epidemic doctors to sneak into the Viking countries and bypass the warnings at sea.
, and there are some deeper costs...
Just recalling the bloody surgery, Zeou could feel the phantom pain coming from his body, as if the sharp scalpel was still cutting his body, taking away the human parts bit by bit, until Zeou
Become an inhuman being.
"You Vikings call this place the divine domain? At the end of this sea area is the residence of the gods. So, is there really something waiting for us at the end of this sea area? Whether it is a god or a demon."
The epidemic doctor looked at Zeou. He was covered with a black blanket, but the outline presented by the blanket was an inhuman outline.
A huge and convex outline, Zeo's head is so abrupt compared to it, as if a mortal head should not exist on it, and there should be something more ferocious to replace it, like
The spliced paintings are full of contradictions.
"Aren't you scared?"
Zeo is not afraid of death, he is afraid of gods, those illusory gods, and now that he has entered the realm of gods, his heart is filled with awe and fear of gods, as well as an inexplicable sense of holiness.
These complex emotions filled his heart. He was once too scared to move forward in front of the Silent Sea, but now that he actually stepped here, his heart actually felt a little calmer, just like a pilgrim.
"I'm not afraid, Zeo."
The epidemic doctor replied, he opened his hands to try to feel the sea breeze blowing in front of him, but this was a place where the wind stopped, and only the weak air flow brought by the movement of the armored ship blew over his body, disturbing the silence here.
"I don't believe in God. Rather than fearing any gods, I am more afraid of having nothing."
The epidemic doctor continued to speak. From the moment he spoke, his gaze has been staring ahead and never moved away.
"I have been obsessed for so long, hundreds of years, spent so much effort, killed so many people, and swallowed so many sins... Everything I have is for that place, but there is nothing when I get there.
That’s the real despair.”
The words were very calm, but after passing through the beak mask, the sound became a little blurry.
This clearly reached Zeou's ears. He looked at the back of the epidemic doctor and could feel something invisible expanding on his body, growing fangs and claws. They were so sharp that they were countless, like twists and turns.
of jungle.
"So, what if there is really nothing there?" Zeou didn't know why, but he suddenly asked this question, "What if there is just a vast ice field?"
"Are you denying your god? If there is nothing there, then your god doesn't exist either."
The epidemic doctor asked rhetorically.
Zeou was speechless for a moment, he didn't know how to respond, but then the epidemic doctor said again.
"If you have nothing, you know nothing. What else can you do? You can't stop moving forward, right?"
"Because I was afraid of facing the truth, I built a ridiculous cage to lock myself in. I lived among lies and illusions just to ensure that the 'cornerstone' of my survival would not be shaken."
The epidemic doctor laughed.
"Would you choose to face the truth, know everything, and then die calmly, or live in confusion and live like a coward? What would you choose?"
He turned around and questioned Zeou in the wheelchair.
The doctor's eyes were blocked by thick lenses, and there was only an unfathomable darkness inside. However, Zeo clearly felt that there were eyes rising from the darkness, and it was watching him. There was more than one gaze.
, but hundreds or thousands of eyes.
It was as if there was no longer a mortal body under the clothes, but a monster with a hundred eyes. He peered at Zeo, looking for the weakness of his soul and breaking through the defense line of his reason.
"I……"
Zeou wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them. He couldn't make a decision, but soon the epidemic doctor spoke again and made a decision for him.
"What other choice do we have? When we step into the Sea of Silence, there is only one way left for us, isn't it?"
A vague laughter sounded from under the bird's beak mask, like the whine of a vulture.
"Or die here."
The epidemic doctor pointed to the sea below him.
"Or die there."
He raised his arms and pointed his fingers to the distant place.
That is the promised land of the Plague Doctor. The Plague Doctor does not care whether there is any God or the truth. Just as he wrote down the notes on the ship before, the Plague Doctor has found his own "truth" and now the Plague Doctor has to do something.
The purpose is just to confirm it, as for what happens after this update, it is not important to the epidemic doctors.
Whether it's death or anything else, it doesn't matter.
The conversation between the two fell into silence, peeping into the gray world.
According to Doctor Epidemic's inference, it had been some days since they entered the Sea of Silence. Traveling in this monotonous world, the sense of time was blurred. Fortunately, Doctor Epidemic barely found a pattern, which was to observe the grayscale of these clouds.
Judging from the dull gray clouds, night is coming, and it is now dusk.
Another difficult night.
But at this moment, there were bursts of splashing sound, not from the armored ship below, nor from the armored ship behind. The splashing sound was so loud that it shouldn't even be called a splashing sound. It could make such a splash.
The violent sound was like a torrent surging on the sea.
Above the sea of silence, this sound suddenly appeared like thunder, bombarding people's restless minds.
"Then...what is it and when did it appear?"
Zeou looked to the other side, a little fear appeared in his eyes, and a huge figure was reflected in them.
Everyone has seen it. To be precise, it is difficult not to notice it in this silent sea.
The ferocious figure is like a whale jumping out of the sea. It is so huge that it brings thousands of currents.
A large ship broke through the sea. It seemed to rise from the deep sea, and appeared so suddenly on the flank of the fleet. After a brief shock, the epidemic doctor saw its appearance clearly, and then the epidemic doctor realized that this
A large ship literally rose from the sea.
This is an ironclad ship. The surface of the hull is covered with rust. What is even more strange is that there is no life at all on this sunken ship rising from the bottom of the sea. There are no barnacles or seaweed. Apart from the cold rust, this
There is nothing on the ship.
It sailed slowly towards the fleet. As it moved forward, the sea water became restless and boiling. Thousands of voices could be faintly heard calling, singing carnivally.
"Najirfa!"
Zeo shouted in horror.
"Najirfa!"
Waves arose in the leaden clouds, which became darker and darker, falling behind the giant ship like an iron curtain, carrying wind, rain and thunder.
Zeo's most feared thing has happened. This is the giant ship Najirfa full of divine enemies. They will crush him and then march towards the depths of the Silent Sea, bringing destruction to the glorious gods.
dusk.
He wanted to stop these. Zeo could not allow them to offend the sacred gods. This was what Zeo was obsessed with. He wanted to break free and stand up, but his figure was stiff and he sat dumbly in the wheelchair.
Why...why?
Why haven't I left the wheelchair yet, why haven't I broken free from the restraints... Why can't I lift up the strength?
Zeou questioned himself, but no matter how much he shouted in his heart, his body could not move.
Fear, absolute fear dominated him.
It is a divine enemy that brings dusk, an existence that even the gods cannot stop. I am just a mortal, what can I do?
So...it's nothing more than that, and my enthusiasm for the gods is nothing more than that.
Huge despair enveloped Zeo, and he could not stand up to defend his faith and his gods. Compared with death, the sense of shame that collapsed at this moment was more tormenting for him.
"Don't be nervous, the gods can't build an armored ship."
Doctor Epidemic faced the huge rusty ship. Even if he faced such weird things, he was not afraid. It seemed that Doctor Epidemic had seen too many weird things in his life and he was used to them.
After all, in the understanding of epidemic doctors, even if gods really exist, they are just ridiculous things constructed of lies and illusions.
"What's more, is it really possible to hunt the gods with only such a thing?"
The epidemic doctor looked at the giant ship that was gradually approaching. It should have no source of power, but it seemed that the sea water was pushing it, and it was moving strangely on the sea. Along with it, there was the iron curtain behind it, with thunder balls in it.
Rolling, carrying the power of destruction.
They were storms that had accumulated and formed. They formed a gray-black iron curtain on the sea. Their advancement seemed slow, but in fact they moved very fast, just like the passing strong wind, which could easily cross a long distance.
The dead sea water was dragged by unknown forces, rising and falling, causing water splashes all over the sky.
The giant ship sailed silently towards the fleet, like a sharp sword cutting through the sea water. It was controlled by some kind of force and slashed at the fleet of epidemic doctors.
Everyone who witnessed all this was stunned. Ever since they stepped into the Sea of Silence, their consciousness had been affected by the erosion. Now with the appearance of the giant ship, the intensity of the erosion has increased again, making people breathless.
.
"what sound?"
"Did you hear it?"
"Something is ringing..."
The whispers of the crew rang in his ears, but these sounds were soon replaced by sharper and more complicated sounds.
It was so noisy and chaotic, as if there were countless swords cutting steel. They made a harsh sound, tearing the solid iron into pieces one after another. The sound was getting stronger, as if there were more
Many people joined this crazy carnival.
"Ah... so is this the defense of Lonely Sea against intruders?"
The epidemic doctor said to himself. He didn't even look at the source of these sounds. When he realized that the erosion was echoing in this sea area, he had a suspicion in his heart.
For this sea, for the abode of the gods, for the gods...
Looking at the rusty giant ship, the hull was covered with scars. It seemed that it had experienced an extremely fierce battle before it sank. You could see that there was a huge wound on one side of the ship's side. Today's artillery can't even see it.
It's hard to imagine what happened to it to cause such a tearing wound.
Looking along the rugged surface, a line of vague text appeared in front of the doctor's eyes.
"It's not Najirfa. You don't have to worry about your gods anymore, Zeo."
The epidemic doctor then read out its name, as if summoning a sleeping monster, and the melodious whistle echoed throughout the world.
"The Whale."
It's back, a giant ship that once sank to the bottom of the sea and was forgotten by everyone. It reappears in this world with those long-cherished wishes and secrets.
Carrying the surging waves and thunder, it sails out from the dust-covered story.