Ember Gun

  Chapter 501 Light Track

  Heavy rain covered the Chenhui Advance, and the storm in the distance brought waves, and the whole ship was pushed and swayed at will, as if the whole world was coming to it with malice.

"The details of the operation were discussed by Lancelot and the lord. I don’t know the specifics. We rested for a few days on the land of lord Wilguedasson, and then we took them to sail together. This time there was more than one. The narwhal, and the lord’s long ships."

  Shrike continued to recall the gloomy past. The memory was so terrible. He remembered that he had never thought about it since he gave the report. At this moment, it seemed as if he was looking at another person's memory.

"The lord said that there are many sleeping undead under this silent sea. It is not a mysterious legend, but the real undead. Once disturbed, they will wake up and attack the passing ships, and the noise of our iron-clad ships is too loud. Big, so you can’t drive into it.”

  "Have you abandoned the narwhal?" Lorenzo asked.

"No, we didn't care about these weird legends at first. After all, we are an iron-clad ship. Unlike those fragile long ships, we have armor and heavy artillery, as well as the burning steam turbine. Even the ice can be easily broken. , Let alone the undead.

There was a dispute between us. To a certain extent, Lancelot was still reluctant to completely believe in these Vikings. According to them, we must move forward in complete silence, using the most primitive long boat and slow rowing. The sea of ​​silence, it is necessary to stay on the edge of the sea of ​​silence, and the narwhal is the biggest dependence of us in the Viking countries. Once we lose it, our safety will be greatly reduced.

  We must know that our enemies were not only mysterious legends, but also these cunning Vikings. Maybe we just gave up the narwhal, they would kill us all and plunder this iron-clad ship. "

"The results of it?"

   "We made concessions to each other.

There are countless glaciers above the Silent Sea, and some of the sea surface is even completely frozen. Many times the Vikings need to pull the long boat up the ice and advance, and then subject to environmental influences and material restrictions. In fact, these The Vikings have not made several successful explorations of the Sea of ​​Silence, and they have always been wandering on the edge of it, unable to go deep.

Interestingly, Lord Wilgardson has a very strong interest in Jihai. After we discussed many times, we reached a cooperation. He was willing to take risks to help us. In his plan, the Narwhal would be fully loaded with supplies and long. Boat, we will go to Jiehai together. After entering Jiehai, the narwhal will travel with low power to reduce noise as much as possible.

  The narwhal will break through the ice that is in the way, and after a certain distance, it will choose whether to put down the long ship according to the situation at the time, and whether to continue forward in this safe way. "

   "Then you started the action as planned?" Lorenzo said.

  "Yes, one of the main reasons why Lord Wilgardson is willing to take such a risk is that he trusts our narwhal more. He thinks that perhaps this kind of iron armor and heavy artillery can resist the attack of the undead."

  Shrike continued to tell, the storm outside the porthole gradually became violent, and the sky and the earth became gloomy gray, with no light.

  "In fact, it was the same. We acted according to the plan and successfully entered the Sea of ​​Silence a few days later. It was the strangest sea area I have ever seen, and I will never forget it in my life.

The sky is covered by lead-grey dark clouds. There is no light to see through, as if thunder and storms are accumulating between the clouds, while the sea is without the slightest waves, it is as calm as a mirror, and the water is transparent, without any impurities, looking at it. Go, there is no life under it, except for the dust and sand being splashed, there is nothing in the sea.

  It is the real kingdom of the dead, as if everything is dead, the dead sky, the dead sea, the dead world..."

  Memory came to the forefront of darkness, Shrike's face looked ugly, and he couldn't help clenching his fists.

"What's worse is from the detection on the Narwhal. Our Geiger counter responded. There is erosion on the Sea of ​​Silence. The intensity increases with the distance deep into the Sea of ​​Silence. It seems that there is something in the depths of the Sea of ​​Silence. A huge source of pollution, the erosion it spread out affected the entire Jihai.

The lord also said this. One of the reasons why Jihai is so frightening is this invisible pressure. As it goes deep into Jihai, there will be crew members going crazy. They attribute these to myths and curses, but we are very clear that this is It's related to demons. "

   "A...huge source of pollution?"

  Lorenzo was lost in thought.

   "It seems that this source of pollution may be the end of the world we are looking for, but no one knows what the end of the world is, and we need to dig it out by ourselves."

  Shrike sighed, which may be the cause of the rainstorm. He felt his chest was tight, as if he could not breathe.

"At that time, after realizing this, we deliberately drove around the edge of Jihai for a few days, and determined that the scope of this erosion was indeed such a huge...This made our military spirit a little shaken, and many people were frightened. No one has experienced such extensive erosion, which is terrible.

  Lancelot stood up in time, he stabilized the military's mind, and then gave me a task. "

   "What task?"

"A mission that made me have to survive. I was appointed as the recorder. I had to record all the details of the operation and then take it back. I was transferred from the front line of combat. There are still many recorders like me. , We also came into contact with this information that we should not have known."

   "Lancelot thought he would die here, didn't he?" Lorenzo said.

"Almost, Lorenzo, you can't understand our fear at the time, such a large-scale erosion, the ghost knows what we will encounter in it..." Shrike's expression was slightly distorted, he walked into the nightmare again, "and then It was the beginning of the action, and the narwhal proceeded silently. We broke through the ice all the way and continued to move forward.

But as we went deep into the Silent Sea, more problems appeared. The erosion was affecting us. Many crew members began to have nightmares, followed by the failure of various equipment, and then you will find that the compass rotates like a top, and the sextant is also It’s no longer easy to use, because we can’t see the distorted rulers at all...Most people begin to have hallucinations. The worst part is that you can’t see the sun or the night sky in that place. Some are just gray clouds. In accumulating malice. There is no light to show us the way. "

The swaying cabin, the torrential rain, the damp sea breeze... These are like big hands one after another, dragging the shrike back to the beginning of the nightmare. Even Shrike himself did not notice. In his narration, he His hand had already unconsciously touched the gun pouch around his waist, and he stroked the silver revolver, as if this was the thread that maintained his life.

  Lan Jade, who had been silent for a long time, could no longer keep her indifferent, the disturbed emotions hidden in her eyes, while on the other side Lorenzo stared at Shrike closely, paying attention to all his reactions.

"It happened on the night of the seventh day. I was lying in bed at the time. I actually couldn't fall asleep. As the time passed and deepened into the sea of ​​silence, I also heard bursts of noise like other people. Whispering, and the whole sea is so calm, when I lay on the bed, the sound became more intense, it was just like yelling at me."

  Shrike clenched the death knell, his pupils were bloodshot.

"After struggling for a long time, I decided to get up and sort out the documents. As a recorder, I know everything that happened on the Narwhal. Every day there is a steady stream of documents being sent over. I simplified the process and put it in a waterproof document bag. inside.

Since we entered the Sea of ​​Silence, the frequency of the crew seeing hallucinations has become higher and higher. In the coming days, there have even been disappearances and suicides of the crew, but these news have been controlled by Lancelot. In fact, he It is also clear that our action has failed. We have armored ships and heavy artillery that can defeat pirates, but we cannot guard against internal torture.

Lancelot also thought about returning, but the erosion has affected all the observation methods. We have been completely lost on this sea area, and the Vikings are useless. They don’t know how to navigate, no matter how we do. Asked, they are all saying'wait for the emergence of the waterway'.

We feel cheated, we will all die here, but Lancelot still trusts them, to be precise, trusts the Victoria’s family, as a returnee at the end of the world, he can only give us instructions on how to find the world. At the end, and the instruction is "follow the light track". "

   "But there is no light in that ghost place."

   Shrike said fiercely, and then the Shrike's expression suddenly eased down, the expressions were so different, like a patient, the nightmare came to a point, and his memories were full of light for a moment.

  Shrike repeated the previous words.

  "It happened on the night of the seventh day. I got up from bed. I heard the noise outside the cabin. I went out and saw the ‘channel’ and the ‘light track’.”

   "The Vikings didn't lie to me, nor did the Victorias.

That is the largest aurora I have ever seen. The colorful light swept over our heads. They were like skirts blown by the wind, and the skirts of goddess dance. At the other end, runs through the world.

I stood on the deck, shrouded in this light, and for a moment I felt that the so-called Hall of Valkyrie by the Vikings was like this. Valkyrie was about to come. She would get out of the light and take me to the highest point. The palace...

  I couldn’t remember whether it was really so magnificent or it was caused by hallucinations. In short, in this long silence, when everyone was about to be devoured by despair, hope came out.

  The splendid aurora is like an orbit engraved in the sky. It points out the direction for us. Without even thinking about it, at the end of this light orbit is what we want, and that is the end of the world. "

  Shrike's obsessive expression trembled, and he lowered his voice.

"And this is also the beginning of the nightmare. The hope came so suddenly that many people lost their minds. The Davao suddenly moved forward at full speed, towards the end of the light track. When I wake up, everything is late.

  The sea of ​​silence is boiling. "

  (End of this chapter)