Deep Sea Ember

Chapter 49 Two Approaching Clouds

The gods live in the kingdom of God far away from the real world, and the world believes that that special dimension is the cornerstone of the world, and unlike common sense, this "cornerstone" is not located at the bottom of the world, but at the top of all dimensions.

The

ancient Cretan kingdom described the structure of the world as they knew it in the surviving texts:

The foundation of the world is at the top, guarded by eternal truth and order, and the kingdom of God is in the cornerstone, which is eternal;

From the kingdom of God downwards, it is the reality where all living beings live, and earthly beings enjoy the afterglow of order in this layer and can survive in a relatively stable and prosperous real world;

From reality downwards, it is the spiritual world that gradually deviates from the cognition of mortals, in the spiritual world, the blessings of the gods have been diluted, and the twisted and grotesque power has begun to prevail;

From the spiritual realm downwards, there is the deep sea, which is no longer suitable for living beings to live and is dominated by strange forces, which can no longer be regarded as a part of the material world, but more like a reflection of nothingness;

Beyond the deep sea, there is the bottom of the world - the depth of the subspace entrenched in the shadows of all things, and the extremely dangerous ancient gods and the main body of all kinds of sinister things are entrenched in the subspace.

In the account of the ancient kingdom of Crete, the gods set a contract in the cornerstone, which is the source and yardstick of all the laws of the world, and this order rushes down, determining the laws of the operation of the world, and also infiltrating all things in the world, and as the "depth" continues to decline, the power of order will also begin to weaken, and gradually be dominated by the subspace - the "cornerstone" and subspace where the gods are located are like the upper and lower ends of the world, "order" flows in one direction between these two endpoints.

This is an ancient gift left to the world by the glorious civilization that pioneered the deep-sea era 10,000 years ago, and over the years, countless scholars have studied this "layered structure" without finding the errors of this model.

In this standard model, mortals in the mortal world will fall deeper, but few people can return from the "deep" to the "shallow", even if there are occasionally one or two lucky people who return to reality from the spirit world, I have never heard of any heaven-defying being who can reach the "cornerstone" dimension where the gods are located from reality.

It is precisely for this reason that the lost home, which returns to reality from subspace, will become the most outrageous vision in the world - its return violates the world's perception of the world's standard model.

But on the other hand, the existence of the lost homeland is in line with the classic discourse on anomalies and anomalies: the law of permanent inaccuracy of anomalies and anomalies.

But no matter what, Bishop Valentine and Vanna didn't think that the ghost captain had the ability to take revenge on the Storm Goddess - even if he had this heart, he couldn't do such a thing.

Because the "cornerstone" and the real world are discontinuous, it does not have a continuous descent and material interconnection relationship between reality and the spiritual world, the spiritual world and the deep sea...... How could it be possible to counterattack the kingdom of the gods?

Since it is impossible to seek revenge on the storm goddess herself, then of course the only options left are the believers of the goddess in the mortal world.

The Storm Cathedral, the headquarters of the Deep Sea Church, is a "pilgrimage ark" that sails stealthily in the boundless sea, coming and going without a trace, and the pope sitting on the ark has the power to take charge of the storm on behalf of the lord, which is not a good target.

Then the Pradesh city-state, which is fixed on the sea, has obvious goals, and is open to the outside world, naturally becomes a better choice: 80% of the people in this city-state are believers in the storm goddess.

Vanna had already decided that the ghost captain was here for revenge - after all, the Lost Homeland a hundred years ago crashed into subspace in a storm, and she couldn't think of any other reason to explain why the Lost Home, which had disappeared for so many years, would suddenly return to the real world, and pointed the finger at the Prade city-state.

But what exactly was the ghost captain going to do?

Vanna frowned, and slowly spoke in thought: "Bishop Valentine, what do you think...... Is the loss of homeland related to the recent changes in the city-state of the sun believers?

After

saying that, she paused, and added: "In last night's dream, I saw the burning sun and the Lost Homeland appear together in Plande, and the simultaneous arrival of the two disasters may be a ...... omen given to me by the goddess."

"But don't forget that in the underground sacrificial ground, that tainted 'sacrifice' killed the priest of the Dark Sun, it was a baptized 'messenger'," the bishop shook his head, "At least at that sacrificial site, the positions of the Lost Homeland and the Black Sun seemed hostile."

Vanna didn't speak for a while, but fell into deep thought because of the bishop's words, and the old man opposite her continued after a short silence: "Regarding those believers who worship the dark sun, I got some tips from the Renza city-state this morning......"

Vanna immediately raised her head: "Informants?

"The Sun Heresy is not just a resurgence in Plande, they have recently made changes in many city-states, a large number of Sun Heretics have recently transited through the ports of Lensa and Moko, and are gathering towards Plande, some of whom have been arrested," the old bishop nodded, "During the interrogation, those heretics mentioned 'Sun Fragments'. "

Sun fragments...... The wreckage of the 'real sun god' in the alien port after the disintegration? Vanna suddenly reacted, "Do they think there is a piece of sun hidden in Plande?"

"At present it seems that this is the case, I don't know where the information from which those heretics got it, or it may be the 'revelation' they received in their madness, in short, now they firmly believe that part of the remains of their 'Lord' are hidden in this city," Bishop Valentine said with a calm expression, "and they regard this as the hope of the resurrection of the dark sun." ”

“…… Those lunatics," Vanna couldn't help but curse in a low voice, "How many lives have they killed in order to resurrect that dark and blasphemous sun!"

"The dark sun is our name, and the sun god in their minds is radiant and represents the truest order - you can't expect that group of irrational cultists to have any conscience when their hands are full of blood," Valentine shook his head, "They firmly believe that what they say and do is righteous, and when dealing with them, only two languages work best, one is caliber and the other is weight.

Listening to the bishop's speech in the style of the Deep Sea Church, the corners of Vanna's mouth couldn't help but shake: "It seems that we are going to be busy.

"The boundless sea is never peaceful, and the city-state is also in the boundless sea," Valentine said, "Captains have to face the storm in the ocean, we have to face the storm brought by the fools of the earth, Inquisitors, get ready, the city-state of Prand may face a challenge."

"Two challenges," Vanna corrected very seriously, "In addition to the believers of the Black Sun, there is also a mysterious and terrifying ghost captain - if the Lost Homeland and the Black Sun really don't go all the way, then our troubles will change from one to two."

Bishop

Valentine pondered slightly: "Maybe there is another possibility - according to the situation on the sewer sacrificial ground, the Lost Homeland may fight with the believers of the Black Sun?" ”

“…… Those two troubles merged into one devastating trouble, Bishop Valentine," Vanna looked at the old man in front of him who had clearly begun to think divergently, "The ghost ship returning from subspace and a group of cultists fighting for the sun fragments in the city-state of Prade, possibly accompanied by the descent of the dark sun in between, I can't think of a worse situation than this.

Valentine sighed and admitted that Vanna was right.

"In short, working with the sheriff's force to catch all the solar heretics that have infiltrated the city-state and eliminate the threat of the Black Sun before the situation gets serious, this is an easier goal to achieve," Vanna said, after removing the Lost Home's mental interference from herself, and at the same time entering her area of expertise, her mind was clearly active, "As for the ghost ship...... We don't know its next move, so we have no way to start for the time being, so we can only do a good job of monitoring the spiritual world and the waters around the city-state ......."

Speaking of this, the young inquisitor couldn't help but shake his head, his expression serious and helpless: "Damn, who knows what a ghost captain will want to do next......"

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"I want to add some more ketchup......" Duncan waved to Nina across the table, "You can hand it over and I'll make it myself."

Nina immediately handed over the ketchup: "Okay Uncle Duncan."

It was noon, Duncan and Nina were having lunch in the small kitchen on the second floor, and the meal in the antique shop was very simple - a local salty pancake with ketchup or hot sauce, and vegetable soup.

Duncan hadn't had such a normal lunch for a long time, and Nina hadn't had a normal lunch like this for a long time.

Duncan felt like he was starting to like this place.