Chapter 715 – Shirley’s Difference

Chapter 715 – Shirley’s Difference

As we went deeper and deeper into the inland of this “Holy Land Island”, the surroundings became quieter and quieter – there was no more wind, nor could we hear any birds or streams, a strange silence coalesced in the mist and enveloped the team.

However, this extreme quietness brought greater uneasiness, when the original sounds of nature have subsided, the association of “the island is alive” began to take over uncontrollably, Shirley always felt as if there was a line of sight falling on her in the mist, it felt as if the island was observing and scrutinizing the unwelcome visitors who had intruded into the place, and Shirley felt as if the island was being watched. The uninvited guests, and that slowly wandering around the team in the mist …… also seems to be gradually tinted with a layer of “watchers” flavor.

The team is still going deeper and deeper, towards the “excavation place” that appeared in Shirley’s mind.

After leaving the harbor area, there was a not-so-broad path leading to the center of the island, which seemed to have been created by the cultists of the island a long time ago – it was located between two blackened rock walls, without any signage, and on both sides of the path, where it was connected to the rock walls, you could see some black stones that looked like clusters of crystals. crystal clusters of black stones.

Duncan’s eyes were attracted by those black “clusters” – this kind of “clusters” is not uncommon in the island, in the western side of the island cliffs, almost everywhere “On the cliffs on the west side of the island, almost everywhere, there are even larger clusters of rocks, which are like some kind of strange “plant” from the earth and mountain walls, and people are very curious about the process of their formation.

Even with Maurice’s erudition, it seems impossible to explain the appearance of these “clusters” from a purely geological point of view …… But considering that this entire island is “alive” as Shirley puts it. But considering that the whole island is “alive” as Shirley said, it doesn’t seem strange that something weird would appear here.

Perhaps, these strange shaped stones are really from the island “grow” out, like …… some kind of ancient god secretion.

Several marines under the command of Amber carefully collected samples of those “clusters of stones”, and scraped many dark-colored powdery material from the nearby rock walls, and they stored these “samples of the island of the Holy Land” discreetly in a kind of blessed metal cylinder. They stored these “samples of the Holy Land” discreetly in a blessed metal cylinder and kept them in the custody of specific individuals in the party.

They had been doing the same thing all the way, and had done it with such ease that it scarcely interfered with the progress of the party, and evidently not for the first time.

“All of the ‘border samples’ could potentially come in handy, some of them have incredibly useful properties, others can help us unravel the secrets of the world and improve our understanding of transcendent powers,” Amber explained to Duncan,. “A lot of people think of the ‘Frontier’ as a place where there’s nothing but fog and sea water, but in reality …… entities appear in the fog from time to time, and we deal with nearly double digits of ‘entity incidents’ each year ‘entity incidents’ ……”

At that she paused briefly and added, “That’s something Ms. Lucrecia should know all too well – she works with the Church from time to time in the field of border exploration ……”

“I’ve heard her mention it,” Duncan nodded bashfully, “She said it was the main source of funding for the Radiant Star’s activities on the Frontier – the Truth Academy was the most generous in acquiring Frontier samples, and the Firebringers were always the ones who paid the most The one that drags its feet, the Church of the Deep has good credit for its dealings in this area, though the ‘receiving’ criteria are very stringent, and a set of vetting and registration processes goes through sometimes even slower than the Fire Transmitters.”

Amber’s face was slightly embarrassed, “…… Not every church is as wealthy as the Truth Academy, they are enough to buy a dozen or so city-states with just the technology transfer of their steam core reactors, and we still have to consider the annual budget each year.”

Duncan: “…… Very realistic reasons indeed.”

“Do you guys ever feel as if it’s colder around …… than it was just a moment ago?” Shirley suddenly broke the silence, she hugged her arms and rubbed them while muttering, “It always feels like there’s a wind blowing over, my arms are freezing ……”

“Cold?” Vanna frowned at her words, “I don’t think …… but the fog around is indeed a little thicker than just now, and the road in front is less and less easy to see …… hmm?”

Vanna suddenly stopped, her gaze fixed on Sherry’s arm, “Sherry, the chains on your arm ……”

Shirley was stunned for a moment, raising her arm while puzzled, “Huh? What happened to the chains?”

The clattering sound of rattling chains echoed through the mist as the dark, thorny chains connected her arm to Dog’s jugular, as always.

Vanna’s brow furrowed as she carefully surveyed the black chains on Sherry’s arm and shook her head somewhat hesitantly, “…… It’s back up again …… but just now I thought I saw in a trance that the chains on your arm were disconnected. ”

“Huh?!” Shirley’s eyes instantly widened at this, her tone was a bit panicked, “Hey …… you don’t scare me! You really saw it?!”

While saying this, she quickly raised her arm and directly yanked the chain to yank Dog to her front, holding the latter’s big head, “Dog did you feel it?”

“Nope ……” Dog was also a bit flustered by Vanna’s remark, “Misread it ……”

Vanna, however, was still frowning tightly, of course she knew that what she had just seen in a trance was a bit unbelievable, but the professionalism of an Inquisitor still made her quickly raise her guard, “Shirley, Dog, you guys really didn’t feel anything different?”

Shirley and Dog spoke in unison, “Didn’t feel anything.”

“Let me check.” Duncan walked over with big strides and directly grabbed the black chain between Shirley and Dog, putting it in front of his eyes and examining it carefully.

Shirley watched the scene nervously from the side, and only after a long time did she dare to speak, “Is there …… anything wrong?”

A wisp of ghostly green flame flowed through Duncan’s fingertips, penetrating the gaps between the chains like water, and after a long time, he gently shook his head, “Can’t see anything.”

“What happens if the chain breaks?” Even Alice reacted at this time and asked nervously. “I don’t know ah …… If the chains of those Annihilationists and Contracted Demons break usually just die, neither the people nor the demons can live, but this is a different situation for me and Dog ……” Shirley said in a panic, obviously a bit scared, “And it’s impossible for this chain to break under normal circumstances, it’s strong as hell …… How could it break ……”

Duncan suddenly reached out and patted Sherry on the shoulder.

Shirley raised her head with a jolt and looked at the captain with some uneasiness.

“Back to the ship.” Duncan told her.

Noticing that the other woman was a bit confused for a moment, Duncan continued to speak, “Something’s not right, and from a place of caution, I think you should go back to the Lost Country and not continue deeper into this island.”

Shirley finally reacted, she nodded her head slightly hesitantly, however, just at that moment, the Dog next to her suddenly stood out again, it rare did not obey the captain’s arrangement, “No, captain, I think …… it’s best for Shirley and I to continue to stay on the island with you. ”

Duncan frowned at his words, “Why?”

Dog hesitated for a moment before he spoke as if he had made up his mind about something, “First of all, returning to the Lost Country isn’t necessarily safer than staying with you at this time.”

Duncan didn’t say anything, just signaled with his eyes for Dog to continue on.

“Secondly …… I’m worried that even leaving the Holy Land Island right now won’t help,” Dog organized his words and continued, “I don’t think Miss Vanna was ‘looking at the wrong thing just now ‘, what’s more, in this kind of environment, even if you really misread something you must take it seriously …… The situation may really not be right, just now in the plaza when Shirley was obviously influenced by this Holy Land Island, saw many things that should not be seen… …

“In my experience, simply choosing to leave the scene after such a situation doesn’t solve the problem, but instead may uncontrollably explode into a bigger trouble some time later – pollution follows you around and grows in evasion, and the complete solution to the problem is often only hidden at the source .”

Shirley heard and understood what Dog meant, and immediately looked up a little nervously at the mist at the end of the road, “You mean …… we’re still continuing to go in ah?”

“Must go forward, without figuring out what exactly is going on on this island, without figuring out what went wrong with the chains between you and me, I’m always unsure in my heart,” Dog said in a deep voice, “And …… like I said just now. I’m afraid it’s not safe to return to the Lost Country at this time.”

Shirley opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something else, but she suddenly heard Dog’s voice coming directly into her mind through the symbiotic chain-

“Shirley, stay with the Captain – trust my judgment, it’s safer to be around him, even if you have to go to subspace with him.”

Sherry turned her head to see Dog looking at her silently, a blood-colored red light flickering in and out of a pair of empty skeletal eyes.

Dog seemed to sense something.

As a Spectral Demon, it occasionally did have some unspoken premonitions.

Dog was often unable to explain outwardly what the specifics of such premonitions were, but Sherry had always trusted its judgment unconditionally.

So she slowly nodded, “Good, let’s continue deeper then.”

“Are you sure?” Duncan looked at Shirley very seriously, “There may be unforeseen circumstances further into the depths.”

Certain, the dangers of the environment were relative, the safety of the Captain’s side was absolute.

Shirley’s mind somehow suddenly flashed with such a sentence – not the words that Dog had sent through the mental link, but more like a judgment that had suddenly surfaced in her own mind.

She drifted off for a moment and nodded again, “OK, I feel like I’m in OK shape.”

“…… Well,” Duncan withdrew his gaze after confirming that Shirley’s attitude was firm, but then he reached out and pressed the head of the girl, who was too skinny and short due to malnutrition as a child, and reminded earnestly that “Stay close to me, stay close.”

“Yes!”

(End of chapter)