In the deepest part of Alice Mansion, at the edge of this strange garden, in the shadows between the lush bushes and underbrush, there are winding and strange tentacles that seem to be covered with fine metal scales, wandering and crawling!
The rustling sound came again from another direction. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw another dark-colored tentacle. It seemed like the limbs of some soft-bodied creature passed through the gaps between the bushes, shaking the branches, rubbing against the rough soil, and making a slight sound.
The soft rustling sound sounded like a call.
Duncan instantly spread his perception, carefully paying attention to any movement in the garden. At the same time, he locked onto the direction where one of the tentacles had just disappeared and walked towards that direction.
Behind him, at his feet, a faint green spiritual flame began to burn with his footsteps, leaving behind a faint flame path. The flame quietly spread along the cracks in the ground, seeping into the depths of the garden bit by bit.
This is "Alice Mansion", which is very likely a vital part of Alice's "soul". Duncan certainly would not set fire to such a place casually, but now strange things have appeared deep in the garden, and he must also do some preparations - if there is really something dangerous invading the garden, he must find a way to get rid of the invader without destroying the mansion itself.
With a vigilant mind, Duncan had followed the rustling sounds and gradually came to a place far away from the "sleeping doll", to an edge area of the mansion garden. After passing through several bushes and a few unknown small trees, he noticed that the light around him had dimmed. The illumination brought by the "graffiti sun" in the sky seemed unable to extend to such a far place - it was dark as dusk between the shade of the plants.
And in this dusk-like "skylight", he saw a clump of plants in front of him suddenly shake, and then a tentacle slowly rose from there, shaking gently in front of his eyes.
There was no concealment or mystery. It was as if the tentacle deliberately invited Duncan to come, and now it showed up openly.
Duncan looked at this strange "limb" in surprise——
The tentacles were dark in color, with a fine structure on the surface that looked like metal scales. Between the rough and complex protrusions, faint light blue lines could be seen. These lines gave him a very familiar feeling, just like...
Below the frost, in the deep sea, there is the same pattern as on the surface of the ancient god's watch.
The limbs of the Deep Saint? !
Duncan's heart trembled instantly, and he suddenly realized the source of this familiar feeling. At the moment when he thought of the "Saint Lord of the Deep", the tentacle that was swaying blindly in the air suddenly trembled, as if a distant and huge consciousness had finally connected to this limb -
It bent towards Duncan, and with a strange, low buzzing sound, the end of the tentacle slowly opened, and an irregular crystal-like "eyeball" that flashed with a cold blue glow emerged from it and "stared" at Duncan's eyes.
"Hello, Fire Usurper, I have something to tell you."
A deep, muddy voice, without any discernible emotions or gender characteristics, suddenly came, as if it was ringing directly in my mind.
Duncan was startled for a moment, frowning as he stared at the tentacle in front of him: "Lord of the Deep? King of the Creeping? LH-01?"
"All of them, but please listen to me now," the tentacle trembled, as if it had begun to bear a load far beyond its threshold. The voice it conveyed quickly became low and distorted, and it sped up its speech. "My opportunity to communicate with you is extremely limited. Now I will only convey the necessary information. Whether you can understand it or not, remember now:
"￥#%￥# is only designed to last for 8,000 years. It is now overloaded and we have not received any signal from outside within the time limit...
"This is the final reset of the cycle, ￥＊(￥# will not regenerate after this cycle.
"Preserve the fallen ￥#&＊＊ fragments. If everything is irreparable, use them to extend the life of each node city as much as possible. Keep it alive. Survival is the first order.
"We don't know what you can do, but you woke up at the end of the cycle, so that must mean something.
“We firmly believe that you, and we, are not alone.
"The above necessary information has been delivered - if there is a chance, I hope to communicate with you face to face... in a more stable situation..."
The tremor of the tentacles was rapidly subsiding, and the fine scales with a metallic texture had begun to be covered with a layer of paleness of decay. Duncan could even clearly feel the voice in his mind quickly moving away and weakening - although he did not understand the specific principles and processes, it was obvious that the ancient god called "Lord of the Deep" had found a loophole or used some external force to forcibly establish a connection with him, and now this extremely limited connection was about to be severed.
Duncan had no time to be curious or think deeply about what the other party was saying. Based on his rational judgment, he chose to quickly and forcefully memorize it all. Only after the other party finished speaking did he have time to think about what he had just heard.
The first thing he noticed was the "noises" - when the ancient god was talking to him, some key pieces of information, which should have been important nouns, turned into sharp and chaotic sounds in his ears.
It was as if the "meaning" of those syllables was filtered out by something, or the significance represented by those syllables exceeded the limit of this communication and could not be transmitted to my ears at all.
But now is obviously not the time to ask about those "noises" in detail.
The whispers of the ancient god were about to fade away, and the connection that he had barely established with him was only a trace left. Duncan looked up and saw that the watch face was already covered with cracks, and it might only last for the last few seconds.
He finished thinking in an instant, and seized the last moment to ask: "If I want to find you, how can I get to the Deep Sea?"
Going to the deep sea and communicating with the other party face to face is undoubtedly the simplest and most effective way to solve all questions.
The ancient god's tentacle had slowly stiffened, and faded fragments kept falling like dust. The powerful and indescribable will gradually faded from this fragile carrier, but before the connection with the real world was completely severed, "He" still tried his best to grasp this last bit of connection, and cast a low whisper in Duncan's mind -
"I have no idea."
Duncan: “……?”
He finally realized how the people around him felt when their brains were shut down by a word he said.
He really didn't expect that the Holy Lord of the Deep would reply to him like this!
However, he was stunned for only a moment before he heard the faint and low murmur in his mind again -
"Catch a few Annihilation Cultists and try..."
"Ah?" Duncan didn't react for a moment, "Aren't they your believers?"
However, no one responded to his question anymore—the whispers from the ancient god to him were finally completely cut off. With a series of crackling sounds, the "tentacle" that had carried too much power finally collapsed completely. It turned into dust and debris that fell to the ground, and then rose into wisps of green smoke and disappeared.
The rustling sounds surrounding the edge of the mansion garden also completely stopped at the same time, and the abnormal dimness between the trees also faded away.
Duncan continued to stand quietly in front of the bushes for a while. After a few minutes, he shook his head with a frown and woke up from his thoughts.
Everything that happened just now still seemed like a dream. The ancient god known as the "Saint Lord of the Deep" actually ran directly in front of him, chattered a bunch of things to him quickly, and then left quickly. This kind of thing would probably be very shocking even if it happened in the entire Boundless Sea, not to mention Qingfeng Port.
However, when placed next to me...it doesn't seem so explosive?
Duncan turned around and looked back at the lush "Mansion Garden" not far away under the sunlight, and the silver-haired doll sleeping quietly in the sunny space in the center of the garden.
Anomaly 099 was created due to the "copying" ability of the Lord of the Deep, and the "Alice Mansion" is closely connected with Alice. In the final analysis, this entire "mansion" is inextricably linked to the "ancient god" in the deep sea. It is even very likely that it was intentionally created by the ancient god to convey information to the outside world.
Therefore, it does not seem unimaginable to see the projection of the power of the Holy Lord of the Deep in the deepest part of this mansion garden.
Duncan was thinking about something else.
The attitude, or "state", of the Holy Lord of the Deep seemed to be different from what was expected. He still maintained his rationality, but seemed to be in some extremely restricted state. His attitude was friendly, not purely destructive as people imagined.
But these "deviations" are meaningless to Duncan. After all, there are not many people in this world who have actually come into contact with the so-called "ancient gods", and the information obtained by imagination is not accurate. In addition, the "ancient gods" in the eyes of different individuals may also present different attitudes. The kind and harmless good neighbors in his own eyes may be more or less indescribable in the eyes of ordinary people. After adapting to this world for so long, Duncan still has some self-awareness in this regard.
The most important thing is the "information" that the ancient god told him.
Duncan recalled those words that seemed to contain a lot of information over and over again in his mind.
Something that was designed to last only eight thousand years is now overloaded.
The "we" mentioned by the Holy Lord of the Deep seemed to have been waiting for a signal from somewhere, but no response has been received so far.
The other party also mentioned a loop reset...what does that mean?
What does it mean that I, the "fire usurper", wake up at the end of the cycle?
And preserve the fallen fragments to extend the life of the node city...
As he pondered, Duncan's expression gradually became solemn.