Chapter 762: A History of Penetration
Chapter 760 – Penetrating History
When the door opened, two familiar and surprising figures were standing in the doorway, one of them was Helena, who was wearing a long navy blue dress, and the other was Frem, who was exceptionally tall and had skin with a rock-like texture.
Two steaming automobiles without any logos were parked at the intersection not far away, their headlights piercing the night, while the figures of several church guards stood peacefully beside the cars, as if they were silent statues in the night.
Lucrecia looked at the uninvited guests in front of her and frowned slightly, “Why are you all so fond of ‘paying a visit’ now?”
“Sorry to interrupt, but it’s something important,” Helena completely ignored the obvious look of disgust on Lucrecia’s face, and while speaking had already made her own way to the house, “Let’s go in first – Frim and I This is a secret visit, I don’t want too many people to notice ……”
Before Lucrecia could react, the Pope, who represented the highest authority of the Church of the Deep, had already nimbly entered the door, while Frem smiled awkwardly and apologized to the mistress of the mansion as he followed her inside, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, but Helena has always had a strong sense of mobility – and Something unusual did happen, and the ‘Captain’ should be interested in it ……”
Lucrecia couldn’t even stop her, but turned her head and stared at the two “big shots” who were barging in, “Hey you guys …… this is my house!”
However, Ms. Witch who does not like socializing was not able to stop the execution of the two popes in the slightest – hit and can not hit, stop and not good to stop, when she reacted, the two uninvited guests have already successfully invaded her house ……
Duncan, who stayed in the living room, had already heard the commotion coming from the doorway by this time, and when he looked up, he saw Helena and Frem who were walking in – the former had visited here once not too long ago with Lune, but the latter was the first time he had seen them in the city-state, which made him a little bit curious: ”Do you popes usually run around all over the place? Still so free at a time like this?”
Helena heard the flirtation in Duncan’s words, but she didn’t care about it in the slightest, she just sat herself down on the opposite couch and spoke with a serious face, “We bring news of the gods – information from beyond the curtain of eternity.”
As Helena’s words fell, Duncan had already put away the flirtatious expression on his face, the clues reorganized in a flash in his mind, and he instantly associated it with the intelligence that had just come from Lawrence’s side – even Lucrecia, who was walking over next to him with an expression of impatience, also stopped in her steps immediately afterward, and her face showed a thoughtful look.
The two popes probably didn’t normally encounter such a communication object as Shirley: “……”
“…… Why did this happen?” Maurice couldn’t help himself, “Is this some sort of historical contamination? Or tampering ……”
Immediately noticing the subtle change in the atmosphere in the living room, Helena frowned, but before she could speak, Vanna, who was standing next to the couch, had broken the silence softly, “The Sea Song?”
“It was the incompleteness of time that caused the history penetration event to occur,” Frem shook his head slowly, “The Sea Song must have fallen out of its normal timeline for some unforeseen reason, and then created a ‘drift away’ in the absence of chronology ‘ and then finally reentered the world at the time point of ‘1675’ ……”
Listening to Frem’s explanation, Duncan frowned a little bit, with a thoughtful expression in his expression.
The living room was a bit quiet for a moment, until Shirley finally couldn’t help but break the silence by exclaiming, “What the hell? Three hundred and twenty years ago?!”
“If you’re not coming to visit today, it’s about time I got to you,” Duncan spoke slowly, “I’ve also just gotten some news about the ‘Sea Song’, and it seems it’s not a coincidence… …but I’d like to hear the intel you’ve brought in first. What’s going on with that ship?”
Out of the normal timeline …… in a state of no chronological order has produced a drift ……
Helena subconsciously adjusted her sitting position, “You guys ……”
Lucrecia and Maurice also seemed to have thought of something, and a hint of realization emerged in their expressions.
He paused for a moment, seemingly organizing his words, and then continued, “In December 1675, a ship as strange and dilapidated as a phantom appeared on the eastern border and disintegrated and disappeared into the sea a short time later, and the only thing that people were able to ascertain before it disappeared was the ‘Hai Ge’ on its side of the ship ‘ name.
“The event was recorded in the archives of the Firebringer’s Sanctuary, but there is no record related to it in any archive or volume of the corresponding year, except for the words on the mnemonic tablets; it was like a shadow that had suddenly fallen into the dimension of reality from the cracks of history, and only the Firebringer’s Pope of that year had seen and remembered the vision… …or rather, only the record left by that Pope left a ‘trace’ in history.”
He paused to think at this point and continued to explain, “It’s like a rolling tire with countless grains of dust clinging to it, and one of those grains of dust suddenly breaks away from the inner wall of the tire and floats around at random, then when it is re-attached to the inner wall, it could appear anywhere in the tire.”
Alice and Shirley were the only ones whose gazes remained clear after hearing a theory so far beyond common sense, and who did not look the least bit tainted by knowledge ……
Shirley froze and readjusted her emotions, “What the hell? Two hundred and twenty years ago?!”
Helena exchanged a glance with Frem before the latter gave a slight nod and turned to Duncan, speaking with a grave expression, “The Sea Song returned in December 1675.”
“…… History was chiseled through, and there was a rupture in the normal trajectory of history,” Frem spoke in a low voice, “I sensed the rupture, and then found it in the mnemonic tablets left behind by the previous Pope of the Firebringers a corresponding clue ……”
“Ignore that, she’s not very good at math,” fortunately Duncan had long since gotten used to it and immediately waved his hand to bring Helena and Frem’s attention back, “On to the point, was it true that the Sea Song returned in 1675? How did you find out or confirm this?”
The living room instantly grew even quieter, and Alice did a half-dozen calculations there before carefully poking Shirley in the arm, “It’s like two hundred and twenty years ago ……”
“So that’s it,” Lucrecia suddenly spoke softly as she gave Duncan a slight nod, “That would explain what that ‘sailor’ went through.”
“Sailor?” Helena looked puzzled, “The ‘sailor’ you speak of is ……”
“The ‘first mate’ of the Sea Song, he still exists in this world, although …… has changed a lot.” Duncan opened his mouth, he did not hide the information he received from Lawrence, and in the next ten minutes, he told what he had and what he had.
Helena and Frem looked at each other in disbelief.
After a moment’s hesitation, Helena suddenly spoke, “I need to see that ‘sailor’.”
“He’s in the small city-state of ‘Faerun’ near the southwestern border with another group of my followers,” Duncan nodded, “I can always ‘bring him ‘ over here – but I’d have to consult the party first.”
Helena didn’t seem to respond for a moment, “Seek the opinion of ……?”
“He’s been through a lot of things that would be unimaginable to a normal human being, and perhaps it was the Sea Song’s lost voyage beyond the borders that completed the ‘closing of the loop of history’, and all the memories came back to him almost instantly,” Duncan said earnestly, “He may not be the same person he was when he was born. “He may not be the same ‘First Mate of the Sea Song’ you know, and he doesn’t necessarily want to deal with the Church of the Deep again ……”
“Eh, I’m not surprised by that, I can imagine the state that ‘sailor’ is in right now,” Helena looked at Duncan with a somewhat odd expression, “I’m just surprised that you are so respectful of your followers’ wishes in such matters , taking care of their feelings ……”
The corners of Duncan’s mouth quivered, “…… What kind of image do I have in your minds?”
Helena blushed and hurriedly looked for a complement, “Reliable captain, honorable explorer, despite the many misunderstandings, we think you ……”
“Surrounded by countless shadows from subspace at all times, and with little children and stray dogs from all over the world stewing in the pot ……,” Frem said casually from the side.
Helena: “……”
“It’s not like I said that,” Frem looked at Helena with a bemused look on his face, “That’s what you two said when you were talking to Banister earlier.”
“…… That was just rhetorical hyperbole! And that was already last year!” Helena almost jumped up, “What are you remembering that for!”
Frem, however, didn’t even change his expression, just turned his head nonchalantly to look at Duncan, his face still as cool and bland as if carved out of stone, “That’s what they both really said.”
Duncan was silent for a few seconds and turned his head to look at his side.
Lucrecia stood beside him with a stern face.
The witch lady’s face was flushed red – not joying out loud was the last courtesy she had for her father.
Duncan sighed, “…… I’ll contact Lawrence.”
……
“That’s the situation,” Lawrence said with a serious look on his face as he sat down in the chair opposite Anomaly 077, “Captain Duncan wants to see you now, and the Coronet of the Church of the Deep is waiting, so you can leave immediately if you wish- -The Captain has given me permission to use his flame to summon a messenger, and Aye can get you to Lightwind Harbor in an instant.”
Anomaly 077 had by this time experienced the initial shock and confusion of his memories, and he gradually calmed down and more or less regained his usual form.
Now he was worried.
“I …… don’t know what to do,” he sighed, not hiding his momentary faltering at all in front of Lawrence, “I remember a lot of things, but things before the Sea Song set sail are vague, and I know that I am the first mate of the Sea Song, but that identity is like a stranger in a mirror to me …… And what’s more, I’ve lost the logbook ……”
“If it is the logbook left by Captain Kalani that you care about ……” Lawrence said slowly, after a moment’s hesitation, “perhaps, you have not lost it.”
The sailor was startled and looked up sharply, “Huh?”
“You said that you remembered that you kept Captain Kalani’s journal with you before she dissipated, and that you kept it close to you – that, in fact, it really was with you all the time,” Laurence looked the sailor in the eye thoughtfully, and spoke slowly, word for word. “Do you remember what it was that was with you all the time?”
The sailor froze, as if gradually responding.
“We found some very faint traces on your shroud.” Lawrence said.
(End of chapter)