The city-state floats on the boundless sea without any roots. Under the 850-meter "thick" base is the seemingly endless dark deep water. The deeper you dive into the deep sea, the more incomprehensible noises you hear. See
He saw incomprehensible lights and shadows, and the first explorer who crossed a thousand meters of water fell into madness after rushing to the surface. The only sentence left to the world was -
"We all died there."
This is what happened in the process of Frost City State's "Abyss Plan" from the beginning until it gradually became something wrong.
Duncan fell into a brief thought. He suddenly discovered that even if he did not go deep into the spiritual world and the deep, just in the "real dimension" of this world, there were many dangers and weirdness hidden in the boundless sea. After a brief thought, he
Then he suddenly asked:
"What happened to the explorer?"
"He died soon - the rapid ascent and decompression killed him. He screamed wildly for a while and then died of vascular embolism, at least in reality."
"Only one crew member in a submersible?" Duncan asked again.
"It can only accommodate one person. Of course, this will amplify the mental pressure on the explorer, but this is also a helpless move. On the one hand, the technology at that time was limited, and on the other hand, this kind of exploration is not suitable for many people to go together -
—Under the deep sea, it is difficult to be sure what will replace your companions next second, and it is also difficult to be sure whether the sound you hear is real, so it is better to just dive alone, so that at least you don’t have to doubt what’s going on in the submersible.
There are others."
"The deep sea, darkness, loneliness, being away from the civilized world and facing the strange and unknown waters, these may be the reasons for the explorer's madness," Duncan slowly shook his head, "But this is not important, the important thing is...
This still doesn’t explain why Project Submarine later became an extremely taboo subject.”
He looked into Tirian's eyes and continued: "So far, what you have told is just an expedition that had an accident, and similar expeditions happen every year. The Academy of Truth will even take the initiative to invest and encourage
It is not taboo for scholars and explorers to do these things, and it should not be associated with the Lost Home."
"...Yes, if this plan had been stopped when it was one thousand meters away, what happened later would not have happened," Tirian shook his head and sighed in the memory, "When the No. 3 submersible came out,
After the accident, Her Majesty Le Nora once ordered a temporary suspension of exploration, but something happened a few days later, which made the situation... gradually become weird."
Duncan frowned: "One thing?"
"At the edge of the temporarily blocked test sea area, the No. 3 submersible rushed to the surface."
Duncan was stunned for a moment, and then he realized: "The second No. 3 submersible?!"
"Yes, the second one," Tirian nodded, "it rushed up in front of the naval soldiers, and began to continuously flash the light signal that it needed assistance to open the hatch. Although the well-trained soldiers were confused,
All of a sudden, but still quickly according to standard procedures, the submersible was dragged to the working platform, and twenty-seven rifles, two rapid-fire cannons and a flamethrower were aimed at its hatch. Then a brave priest came on
In front of him, he poured holy water and unlocked the door."
Tyrian paused and spoke slowly: "The hatch opened, and a human... who looked very much like an explorer walked out of it."
Duncan's face was filled with tears: "It's very similar?"
"The appearance and outline are similar, but the height and weight are different. He is wearing the uniform of the Frost Navy, but there are many problems with the details of the clothes, and more importantly... the person who came out of the submersible only moved on land for a short time.
He died immediately, without even having time to leave a word. After the soldiers untied 'his' clothes, they discovered that his flesh and blood seemed to 'grow' together with the clothes, and there were many large and small scars on his body.
, an incomprehensible wound.
"After that, doctors and church scholars jointly examined the body, and the Frost Queen seemed to have visited the autopsy site herself, but the conclusions of the examination were not announced—or rather, before they had time to announce anything, the third
Three 'Submersible No. 3' appeared."
At this time, even Alice, who had not spoken a word but was just listening in fascination, couldn't help but speak: "There is a third one?!"
Tirian glanced at Alice subconsciously, and the expression on his face seemed a little strange. He seemed to be unaccustomed to a person who looked exactly like the Frost Queen standing here making a fuss, but he quickly adjusted his expression and gently
Nodding: "The third one, and more than three - after that, every twenty-four or forty-eight hours, there will be a 'No. 3 submersible' coming out of there..."
Alice listened to this weird and bizarre "story" in surprise. She thought about it and suddenly said: "So, you just need to wait there, and there will be a steady stream of submersibles? That is called 'diving'
Are the utensils also valuable? Are they more valuable than those of cultists?"
Tirian was immersed in memories of the past a second ago, but at this moment, Miss Doll suddenly stopped his train of thought. He opened his mouth for a long time but failed to mobilize his emotions: "Well... we didn't have any emotions at that time.
Thought about this..."
"Ignore her, her thinking is different from ordinary people," Duncan glanced at Alice and said to Tirian with a serious expression, "Go on, what happened next?"
Tirian finally came back to his senses, collected his thoughts and continued to speak: "After the third submersible came up, it also sent out a light signal requesting to open the cabin. This time the soldiers had some experience, and they dragged the submersible to a
A more tightly protected area, and the priest had set up a large number of extraordinary protections in advance before opening the hatch. But this time... what came out of it was a swollen and deformed man who could no longer look like an 'explorer'.
humanoid monster.
"The monster also couldn't survive in the air for more than three minutes.
"What crawled out of the fourth submersible was a squirming mass of flesh. This time, even the outline of a human could not be seen.
"After the fifth submersible's hatch was opened, nothing came out of it - the soldiers at the scene came forward to check and saw that there was only a pool of suspicious dark red mud in the cockpit, and the mud contained a weak reaction of life.
"There is only a small amount of black fibrous dry matter in the sixth submersible, which looks like unformed neural structures or dried blood vessel specimens..."
As Tyrian continued to tell, the expression on Duncan's face became more and more serious. Even Alice next to him seemed to have noticed the change in the atmosphere and sat upright.
And in this increasingly serious and deep atmosphere, Tirian slowly said——
"The seventh submersible, and the last one that I know of, is empty."
"Empty?" Duncan raised his eyebrows slightly, then shook his head, "Then this is even more disturbing."
"Yes, it's empty, so it's even more disturbing. This thing has completely gotten out of control, and we must find a way to end it," Tirian said in a deep voice, "But fortunately, the 'No. 4 Submersible' is finally completed - it was originally
It is the successor model of the No. 3 submersible. After the "Kilometer" incident, the plan was suspended and its construction work was also suspended. However, as the "No. 3 submersible" surfaced one after another, the Queen ordered the final
We quickly completed the assembly of the 'No. 4 Submersible' and decided to use it to figure out what happened under the water at a depth of one thousand meters."
Tyrian paused, as if there were some gaps in his memory. He organized his words before continuing to speak slowly: "I can't remember the specific situation of the No. 4 submersible. It was completed in a hurry, and it was frosty.
The Navy is only responsible for part of it. I only know that it is larger than No. 3, can accommodate three people, and has a sample compartment. Scholars originally planned to use it to collect specimens in the deep sea, if there are specimens to collect.
.
"The day after the seventh 'Submersible No. 3' appeared, the No. 4 submersible built by the Frost City State was put into the sea. Inside it sat a scholar, an officer, and a powerful priest——
At this time, we can no longer consider the hidden dangers of multi-person exploration. The top priority is to do everything possible to avoid the emergence of the eighth "Submersible No. 3".
"The No. 4 submersible dived all the way and soon reached a depth of one thousand meters. The priest in the submersible relied on psychic power to maintain contact with the sea surface. Probably because the new submersible had stronger performance, they had a smooth journey.
, and also confirmed the scene of the city-state's 'base' observed by previous explorers, but soon, the contact began to become intermittent, and after the depth reached one thousand meters, the small church on the sea surface platform became
The sounds coming from the deep sea can hardly be heard.
"But fifteen minutes after the contact was interrupted, the priest on duty in the chapel suddenly heard the sound in the deep sea again. They first heard a scream, which was made by the priest. The priest was screaming in a very frightened tone.
To remind others, he said: 'Don't look! Don't think!', followed by the officer's voice, a roar, and then a deafening roar."
Tirian raised his head and looked into Duncan's eyes.
"The No. 4 submersible detonated the explosives," the big pirate said slowly. "They filled the sample compartment with high explosives to deal with the 'ultimate dangerous situation'.
"Then, everything was over. Submersible No. 4 never surfaced again, and there were no more Submersible No. 3 in public eyes."