Chapter 476: Taking Steps of Exploration
Chapter 476 – Taking Steps of Exploration
Taran El, an outstanding elven erudite, an expert in the fields of mathematics, mechanics, and museums, and the recipient of four lifetime honors from the Academy of Truth.
A person who delved into learning, a dedicated person, a person who could soak in the laboratory without sleep, a person who made Lucrecia worry about whether she would die suddenly in the research site at any time.
Now, in front of everyone, this great scholar of erudition declared that he could do nothing about the geometric body of light that fell from the sky.
Lucrecia raised her head, her eyes crossed the crystal ball in front of her, and landed on the opposite window, the magnificent light was diffusing from that direction, even though it was already midnight, the whole sea still seemed to be bathed in “sunshine”, and in between the light, the luminous geometry, like a small mountain, still floated quietly above the sea surface, with its flat Its flat wall of light is like a steep cliff that stretches across the sky and the sea.
Another small boat crossed the sea filled with light and headed towards the interior of the luminous geometry, ready to receive the research team near the “stone sphere” that had completed its shift.
Lucrecia sighed, withdrawing her gaze from the window and looking at the tabletop in her hands – an oddly shaped, grayish sphere was sitting on a shelf on the table.
The surface of the sphere was rough, with a texture like rock, and strange undulating and unrecognizable patterns were spread all over its surface, unimpressive, yet filled with an ineffable sense of mystery.
The huge geometric light body floating on the surface of the sea has a strange “stone ball” with a diameter of ten meters in the center, and this …… in front of Lucrecia is a scaled down accurate copy of the stone ball.
Almost considered the only “result” of a large group of experts and scholars after such a long time of research.
“Master Taran El has already returned to Light Wind Harbor to rest, technically speaking, he was ‘kidnapped’ back to Light Wind Harbor by his students,” Lucrecia shook her head and said to her elder brother across the crystal ball, “If he doesn’t rest, I’m afraid he’ll just burst into tears. If he doesn’t rest, I’m afraid he’ll just die suddenly out there – as an elf, dying suddenly at the age of five hundred is too young to die.
“As he was leaving, he looked very frustrated, for this ‘heavenly object’ was beyond our comprehension, whether it was the glowing area around it or the nature of the sphere in the center, it was all a mystery to us.
“The researchers scraped some samples from that ‘stone sphere,’ but analysis showed that they seemed to be fine stone dust. Exploration of the inside of the stone sphere has gone nowhere – all means have failed, including transcendental powers, and it’s as if the thing is wrapped in a dense ‘shell’ that hides all of its own secrets, and, at least up until now, we haven’t made up our minds to to carry out a destructive …… ‘test’.
“After tossing and turning for so long, we have only reached a consensus on one thing, and that is …… that this huge geometric body of light should indeed be something that has come off from the runic circle around Vision 001, and this is something that the ‘high towers’ of Lightwind Harbor over there gave their conclusion, they carefully observed the gaping hole at the edge of Vision 001 and found that its missing part matches the ‘geometric light body’.”
Lucrecia said a lot in one breath, it was obvious that she had built up a lot of boredom during this period of time, while Tirian made a good listener, not interrupting the entire time his sister was narrating, and it was only when Lucrecia’s words fell out of her mouth that he slowly opened his mouth, “Has it been confirmed that it was the part that came off of Vision 001… …Lucy, father had warned the Church of the Four Gods about this before this, saying that the ‘Sun’ might be on the decline.”
“I have heard of this,” Lucrecia nodded softly, “A warning from ‘Captain Duncan’ that no one dares to take seriously, though most people’s first reaction upon hearing of the warning is one of Lost Country ship’s nervousness and fear ……”
Tirion tugged at the corners of his mouth, as someone who had met with “Duncan Abnormale” regularly for a while now and had seen his father’s new tactics first hand, he couldn’t really comment on it at this point, but could only change the subject, “So, do you have any follow up plans on your end? In response to the ‘Sun’ issue ……”
“What plan can there be? Throw this big ball of rock back into the sky? Re-set it on the sun’s runic circle?” Lucrecia shrugged, “I’m afraid only the Kingdom of Kritgu knows how to fix the sun in the sky.”
Tirian stopped talking.
Lucrecia, on the other hand, suddenly asked again after a moment of silence, “Does father know about my ‘research’ here?”
“I haven’t told him,” Tirian shook his head, “I wouldn’t say much without consulting you …… What? You want to ask him for help?”
Lucrecia visibly hesitated for a moment, and seemed genuinely moved, but soon she shook her head, “I’ll think about it – father isn’t always much help in such matters, and …… well, I’m just a little afraid of him.”
“In fact, he is really quite good at talking right now,” Tirian smiled, “But since you are not happy about it, then I will not intervene, but in advance to say, I do not say not say, this news can be said that at some point will reach his ears, after all, now he and the church and the city-state also already have a connection between the If he really gets interested then, then I wouldn’t dare to stop him.”
Lucrecia waved her hand with an annoyed expression, this “Sea Witch” with a mysterious aura in the eyes of outsiders had never been able to hide her emotions in front of her family: “I know, I know, I know – let’s not talk about this. When exactly can you give me the Spirit World Lens that you mentioned earlier?”
Tirian: “……”
Two seconds later, Lucrecia’s disgruntled shriek shrilled from the crystal ball, “You forgot again?!?!”
……
“Tirian, you don’t look very well.”
Early in the morning, Duncan came to Southport and couldn’t help but say something after seeing the slight fatigue in Tirian’s complexion.
Tirian rubbed his forehead and sighed helplessly, “There are too many things to worry about lately.”
He this is not a pretext, recently need to worry about things is indeed a lot, management of a city state to pay mental energy is obviously far more than management of a fleet, but then again …… by the sister high-intensity shredding two hours on the color of the atmosphere is obviously also a factor that can not be ignored. But soon enough Tirian bypassed this slightly awkward topic, and instead of bringing up Lucrecia’s matter, he straightened his expression, “The reason I called you here so early today is to tell you – the submersible is ready.”
Duncan raised his eyebrows at that, “So soon?”
“After taking into account that the rider does not need to breathe, many preparations can be accelerated,” Tirian nodded, “And this submersible secretly constructed by the previous Frost government was built based on the blueprints from the Queen’s time, and although there are many improvements, the basic principles have not changed much, so if you just trying to figure out how it operates it’s actually a pretty simple thing to do.”
Duncan looked at Tirion for a moment, and after withdrawing his gaze he nodded in satisfaction, “Very well, take me there.”
“You wish to begin immediately?” Tirian was a bit surprised, “We can do some more tests, I invited you over today just to let you see for yourself ……”
Duncan interrupted, “I assume you have already done some tests?”
“…… A little bit,” Tirian hesitated, “After completing the system verification, I arranged for two immortal sailors to make a short dive of a few dozen meters last night, mainly to confirm the operation process and working condition of the submersible , but nothing went wrong ……”
“That’s enough,” Duncan nodded, turning around, he then walked towards the warehouse that led to the underground facility, “Consider it as me personally completing the subsequent testing process, I’ll still be the one to conduct the official deep dive operation anyway.”
Tirion was stunned for a moment, but could only hurry to follow Duncan’s footsteps, and as he hurried to the facility, a little doubt flooded his mind.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion or not …… he always felt that today’s father looked a little preoccupied, and this urgent look was also different from the past.
It was as if he had suddenly detected some clues, or touched some great secrets, and a kind of eagerness to unravel the mystery and explore the truth was driving him.
And this hurried look …… vaguely brought Tirian a sense of familiarity.
The stout figure clad in a black overcoat was in a hurry, walking quickly in front, and Tirian was also in a hurry, desperately trying to keep up behind him.
The latter looked at the former’s back, and in the midst of this step-by-step following, he suddenly sensed the source of this sense of familiarity –
This feeling, as if years ago.
When clues to certain ancient relics were found, when a brand new shipping route appeared on the charts, when news about border areas and mysterious visions suddenly reached the civilized world, the father of that time would be like this.
This is what he looks like when he is ready to start a voyage.
Long ago yellowed memories floated up uncontrollably from the depths of his mind, scenes from the old days when he followed his father as he set sail floated before his eyes, and Tirian’s steps subconsciously slowed down amidst the overlapping images.
Duncan stopped and turned his head to look this way suspiciously.
“Tirian, what are you gawking at – keep up.”
Tirian was startled, and hurriedly agreed as he hurriedly took a step, “Ah …… oh yes father!”
Duncan, on the other hand, turned around and continued walking forward, not caring too much about Tirian’s reaction just now.
For a sense of urgency to explore this world had once again surged up, urging him on.
This sense of urgency stemmed from what he had gained from yesterday’s exploration of the brass key, from the sudden unveiling of a corner of the mystery of this world – the
The huge ship that crashed in this world in some lost era, the ancient civilization artifacts from the hidden history called “profane archetypes”, the deep mysteries that even the great scholars like Maurice had never touched.
There are too many unknowns, and the clues that appear by chance make one realize more and more that the secrets of this world are tangled up like layers of curtains.
Therefore, any opportunity to explore the world by taking a step towards its truth is invaluable.
And so it should be for the explorer.
(End of chapter)