Deep Sea Ember

Chapter 54 The Underground Sanctuary

In the end, Duncan didn't figure out what the "heir" was.

The goat's head was vague about this, and it seemed that it didn't know the details of these ancient things that roamed the edge of the civilized world, and as for Duncan, he could only summarize a little concept from a limited number of

clues The descendants are the product of ancient times, and they have a hatred for the modern world, they have strange and dangerous powers, and they hide in the dark in a low-key manner, except for the children of the sun, the other "heirs" almost never appear in the civilized world, but threaten the safety of explorers in the marginal areas.

And in all this information, there is another very concerning point:

it seems that the descendants of the sun can be disguised as human beings—only the transcendent beings of the church can distinguish the disguised descendants of the sun from ordinary people.

Duncan thought of the recent changes in the city-state of Prade, and of the "Sun Believers" who suddenly adjusted their lives after several years of low-key status.

Behind the high-profile activities of cultists...... Did they receive orders from their "heirs"? What are those ancient and strange beings plotting against the city-state of Prade?

Duncan stood on the edge of the deck of the Lost Home, staring at the undulating and turbulent sea beneath his feet for a long time.

There are also descendants in the deep sea, which are ancient beings different from the descendants of the sun, and "they" threaten the safety of the long-distance fleets between various city-states.

Duncan was wary and curious about these things in the deep sea.

He believes that although he has never dealt with these things, as long as the Lost Homeland is still wandering the sea, sooner or later he will encounter these strange things, and it never hurts to make more preparations before that.

Whether it is gathering intelligence, further controlling one's own power, or discovering the potential of the lost home, they are all planning for the future.

Of course, he was not afraid of the dangers lurking in the deep sea - after all, he had been drifting with this ship on the sea for so long, and he could more or less guess how many weird things there were in the deep sea, and the heir was just one of the countless strange threats.

He thought about it on the deck for a long time, and found that what he needed to worry about most at the moment was whether the "supply channels" he had finally found would be affected - those deep-sea descendants would not affect his fishing, right?

Although Pigeon Ai has the ability to transport supplies, it is still uncertain what its carrying capacity and reliability are, not to mention that the Prade city-state is an orderly place, and the supplies transported to the ship also cost money, so this supply line may not be useful at any time.

Coupled with the rich catch from the last fishing trip, Duncan knew very well that the improvement of the living conditions of the lost country was inseparable from the gift of nature.

And those "offspring" have now become a hidden danger - they may affect the gifts of nature.

Duncan was a little worried, he just hoped that the evil things in the sea would not affect his fishing.

……

The bright gas lamps emit light, dispelling the darkness in the church's underground facilities, and the deep-sea runes engraved in the long corridors exude reassuring power, and the lines containing those runes symbolizing the waves and coasts are connected to each other, as if outlining an invisible giant net, enveloping the entire building's underground structure in a sacred and tranquil atmosphere.

Vanna walked in the underground sanctuary of the church, this sacred againThe quiet place calmed down her slightly impetuous mind little by little.

The goddess of storms, the most powerful power in the boundless sea, but she is not only the violent side that symbolizes the "storm", this ancient god is also in charge of the power of silence and sealing.

Just as the sea has two sides, calm and storm always go hand in hand, and so is the authority of the goddess - the underground of the cathedral symbolizes the "mirror image of the storm".

There are many gods in this world who are like this, or have the characteristics of one and two sides, the god of death is in charge of vitality at the same time, and the god of wisdom also has the authority to deprive reason, foolishness and madness, ordinary people may not know much about this aspect, but as a high-ranking priest, Vanna has a lot of knowledge in this area.

She also knows that it is precisely because of the two-sided characteristics of many gods that some highly controversial, even close to heretical ideas have been born, and some scholars even believe that the whole world is also one and two sides - in a certain dimension, there is even a "dry land" that is a complete mirror image of the sea and land, where there is an endless dry land, and extremely few rivers and oases dotted with drought. In that dry land, there are even intelligent civilizations that are plausible to the real world, and they are reflections of everything in reality......

Of course, these outrageous speculations based entirely on conjecture are not acknowledged, and even Bishop Valentine, who was known for his enlightenment, scoffed at this statement -

in the old man's words, there is a subspace at the bottom of the world that is big enough. Some folk theologians should stop hanging things under subspace, right?

Vanna suddenly shook her head, letting her uncontrolled thoughts converge again.

In the quiet basement of the cathedral, human thoughts can easily emanate uncontrollably, because the "mirror image of the storm" brings too serene psychological suggestions, and the peace of mind brought by the goddess's shelter can minimize the psychological barrier of mortals, an effect that is invisible and powerful, and even a highly trained inquisitor like her is not immune to it.

But on the other hand, this special environment has a special use.

For example, let some fanatical and crazy cultists speak.

Vanna stopped at the end of the corridor of the underground sanctuary, where there were several doors leading to the various "interrogation chambers", while a statue of the Storm Goddess stood quietly in the foyer between the doors.

This icon is different from the icon of the goddess on the ground of the church - the icon on the ground has open hands, as if receiving the bow of all people, surrounded by infinite majesty, while underground, the icon of the goddess has her hands folded in front of her chest, quiet and gentle, as if she is a girl listening with her ears.

But no matter which icon it is, the face is covered with a light veil - this symbolizes the unknowability of the gods.

This listening icon with her hands folded is another posture of the storm goddess: the Quiet Sea Girl.

She suppresses the water bodies below sea level and protects the tranquility of the city-state's underworld.

Vanna bowed in front of the statue of the Quiet Sea Maiden, then turned and pushed open the door of a nearby interrogation room.

The sound of the door shaft turning broke the silence in the underground facility, and when the door opened, a spacious but dimly lit room appeared in front of Vanna.

In the center of the room was a large table, Ms. Heidi in a long black dress was getting up from the table, and across from the table was a chair with restraint chains, on which a solar heretic was sitting quietly.

The heretic's eyes were blank, leaning crookedly against the handrail next to him, as if his reason and strength had been withdrawn from his body, leaving only the remnants of chaos.

The room still smelled a strong scent of smoke, and Ms. Heidi's medical kit was still on the table, where you could see empty large syringes, wriggling thorny vines, and golden cones that seemed to still have blood on them.

"Oh, Your Excellency Vanna, you came just in time," Ms. Heidi heard the door open and turned her head to say hello, "I just finished a 'treatment'.

Vanna's eyes swept over Heidi's medical box, and her expression was the same as ever: "Seriously, it's still hard for me to associate your set of things with the 'treatment'......."

"These are all standard tools for psychiatrists...... Well, I admit that I probably use them more often than the average doctor," said Ms. Heidi, shrugging, "but who made me a 'hypnotist' who was employed by the town hall and often worked for the church? The 'patients' I came into contact with were not normal patients, especially cultists like this, and the shaking crystals and low-frequency pendulum were not as effective as a triple dose of the 'Midnight Mixture'. ”

“…… I suspect that the reason you give three times the dose to the cultists every time is that you can only hold three times the dose in this big syringe," Vanna complained about the acquaintance in front of her, but then shook her head, "But it doesn't matter, you can just pry open the mouths of these guys...... Tell me, what have you gained? "

Yes, and the harvest is not small, the situation is strange," Ms. Heidi replied immediately, "I have deeply hypnotized several cultists, and used some special methods, and now I can basically be sure...... It is very likely that these cultists who participated in the sacrificial ritual did not go crazy after the ritual went out of control......"

"Didn't they go crazy after the ritual got out of control?" Vanna immediately frowned, although she already knew that the complicated matter would be more complicated than expected after talking to Bishop Valentine, but Heidi's words still exceeded her expectations, "What does this mean?

"I searched their memories and found the minds of these people...... Or cognitive logic, which goes wrong before the last failed sacrificial ritual begins, more strictly speaking, as if the cultists have suffered some kind of ...... before the ritual begins. The influence of cognitive filters is so much that they ...... in their memory. Huh? Your Excellency Vanna, you don't seem to be too surprised?"