Chapter 801: Records of Exploration in the Far Seas
Feeling cornered.
Gao Wen did not speak for a while.
But he could probably understand what Selena meant, and the mentality of those priests who survived the big shock seven hundred years ago, struggled in the shadow of madness and mutation, completely collapsed their spiritual pillars, and could not even return to the civilized world.
Just like the last moment before he crossed, when the plane gradually disintegrated; like when he came to this world and was trapped in the sky for countless years from the perspective of a satellite. In that case, anyone who gave him any little hope, even without any promise and evidence, would be tempted involuntarily, just like a drowning person would subconsciously grab the straw floating around him.
What's more, those priests of the year were still suffering from the pollution and torture of both spirit and soul, and their judgment and willpower themselves had been reduced to the lowest point.
Returning from the Ancestral Peak, Gawain Cecil, who claimed to have found a way out and was willing to help, was the last straw for them.
Feeling ups and downs in his heart, it finally turned into an unspoken sigh. Gawain nodded: "I can understand your choice at that time."
At the same time, he also guessed the truth mentioned by Selena that Gawain Cecil suddenly showed some kind of "insight" ability seven hundred years ago——
That is obviously related to the monitoring satellites in the sky!
In this way, even if he didn't know what Gawain Cecil discovered on the Ancestor's Peak, he could roughly infer that the discovery must be related to the satellite array in the sky.
While thinking about it, Gawain looked into Selena Gerfen's eyes: "Did you go to sea with Gawain Cecil?"
"From a certain point of view...it's like this," Selena nodded, "As a soul body, I couldn't really sail with them at the time, but I left a mental imprint on the storm priests in the team at that time. , This can protect their minds from the pollution of the gods, and also allows me to 'see' them, so that although I can't act independently as a 'human', I am also a member of the exploration team."
Selena really participated in the follow-up exploration action!
Gawain felt that his heartbeat suddenly increased by half a beat. He maintained his apparent calmness and asked in a deep voice, "What did you find in the endless sea?"
Selena was silent for a moment, sorting out the language in her memory, and then slowly said:
"At first, it was just a normal voyage, away from land, we entered an ocean dominated by the magic of storms and chaos, but the Storm Priests used their remaining strength and deep knowledge of the ocean to plan a safe course, we bypassed Storm gathering area and magic turbulence, all the way to the eastern sea.
"During this process, we also passed several colonial islands of the Typhons - at that time, the Church of Storms had disintegrated, and there were only a few powerful priests serving the military who could barely keep their senses, and the normal sea route was about to be cut off. Fengren is taking the time to evacuate...
"As we were about to cross the most fringe colonial island of the Typhons, Earl Dyson, who ruled that island, sent a fast ship to try to dissuade us. He said that there was a growing storm in the open sea, and the sky became extremely It's not normal, challenging Yuan Hai at this moment is tantamount to suicide, but we ignore it...
"We have entered a distant sea that has never been visited by human beings, and entered a completely unfamiliar sea area without any nautical charts. The storm priests can no longer provide navigation on the route, and can only use the perception of storms and magic to help the team avoid danger. Gawain Cecil instructed us to continue eastwards and turn south after passing a sea full of cyclones and magical eddies - it was his first time out, but he seemed to know where he was going. , his goal is so clear, but also greatly reduce the team's anxiety.
"But on the thirty-second day of the voyage, an accident happened.
"First, the storm priests on the ship suddenly fell into nightmares. In the chaos and trance, some people continued to have terrible mutations, and even actively jumped into the sea to be swallowed by the waves.
Half of the priests died, the rest of the priests who were barely sane became hysterical, and several more determined storm priests said that we were 'over the nightmare of the gods', and 'the terrible power of the deep sea has sensed the blasphemer's. Come, and will devour everyone', they advised the ship to leave the current sea area immediately, but when the sailors were about to do so, they found that the ocean had 'imprisoned' the whole ship in place, and the waves with mysterious power were layered on top of each other. came, preventing the ship from leaving. "
Sailing above the nightmare of the gods...
Gawain repeated the words mentioned by Selena in his heart, and vaguely guessed where the exploration team had reached—
Above the corpse of the Storm Lord!
"That's probably the closest those Storm believers are to their gods..." Gawain shook his head subtly, "What happened after that?"
From Gawain's attitude, Selena vaguely sensed that the other party might know some secrets of the gods, but she did not ask, but continued: "We were attacked by sea forces, and the ship was severely damaged in the wind and waves, but When the situation was most critical, unexpected help came along."
Gawain raised his eyelids: "Is it the Kraken?"
"It's the Kraken," Selena gave Gawain a deep look and nodded lightly, "They suddenly appeared from the waves and calmed the entire sea area with some kind of power that we couldn't understand..."
Gawain instantly reacted to why the other party looked at him with deep eyes when he mentioned the siren—because there was a siren living in Cecil City!
Tyre's existence is not a secret, and it was made public long before the Eternal Sleeper forces were expelled from the empire on a large scale. Selena obviously knew that there was an "alliance" between Cecil and the Kraken, and this The foundation of this alliance can completely fall on the head of the "extraterritorial wanderer". Seven hundred years ago, Gawain Cecil and others encountered danger when they went to sea. The purpose of going to sea seems to be to reach a certain transaction with the "extraterritorial rogues"...
It seems that many clues can be matched.
But only Gawain knew that there was really nothing to do with it - those Krakens acted recklessly. God knows what they thought. It has nothing to do with any ancient covenant...
But these things are also troublesome to explain, so he did not interrupt Selena's story, and listened to the other party continue:
"The Kraken helped the exploration team relieve the crisis and rescued some of the crew members. They also said some very strange things, saying that we disturbed their eating and disturbed their food...
"Despite what seemed to be some sort of communication barrier, Gawain Cecil negotiated with the Kraken, detailing the expedition's purpose, conveying a desire for peace, and describing to the Kraken some kind of... Strange ancient ruins.
"He described a tower, so huge that it seemed to connect the sky and the earth, and it had been standing in the world since ancient times.
"The crew felt incredible and dared not imagine that there was such a thing in the world, but the Krakens were a little excited when they heard Gawain Cecil's description - they knew the existence of the tower and seemed to fight it. After dealing with it, I have some fears about it.
"After some negotiation, a few daring sirens finally agreed to Gawain Cecil's request and became the guides of the expedition team. They said that they could not bring the team under the tower, but they could bring us nearby and bring to the right direction.
"Our ship underwent some temporary repairs, and then continued to set sail. Under the leadership of the siren guide, it began to sail to the southeast.
"Thanks to the help of the Kraken, the waves began to help us, we sailed very fast, and soon reached a ... the edge of the continent."
Gawain originally just listened quietly, but at this time his eyes suddenly widened: "Continent? Did you say 'Continent' just now?!"
"Yeah, a continent, not an island, I'm pretty sure we saw a very long coastline and strange birds flying in from the land."
A new continent! A piece of land that Gawain had never heard of! It is located in the southeast of the Loren continent, in the depths of the endless sea!
Gawain couldn't help but outline the distribution of the planet's land and ocean that could be inferred so far. So far, the information he had gradually gathered into a picture with a rough outline. From the information he got from his mouth, he sketched four lands in his mind——
The Loren continent, which is inhabited by humans and many other intelligent races, is located in the north of the equator;
Tal Lond, ruled by dragons, probably located just north of Loren;
According to Tyre, the continent of Io, which is located due east of Loren continent and ruled by sirens;
In addition to what Selena just mentioned, it needs to sail from the east and then sail south to reach it. It is located in the depths of the endless sea and is located in the new continent southeast of the Loren continent.
He once again realized how narrow and closed the land where humans live, and once again raised a strong desire to explore the ocean.
As far as is known, there are already three lands on the planet that humans have never visited. He is really curious if there are more areas in this world that humans don't know about...
With curiosity about the new continent, Gawain controlled his excitement and continued to ask, "You explored that new continent? What is there on that continent?"
Selina's answer poured cold water on him: "I don't know, only Gawain Cecil went deep into the land - all the other sailors and priests stayed on the shore."
Gawain frowned: "Why?"
"There are guards on land, and they existed in ancient times, and they are still in operation today," Selina said slowly, "In fact, there are guards in the ocean around the land, but those guards are still easy to deal with, as long as you don't take the initiative to provoke them, They won't be attacked, but those on land... are especially hostile.
"The crew and priests in the exploration team are already elites in the mortal world, and there are even high-level extraordinary people, but in front of those guards, the strength of mortals is still too weak, what's more, the number of those guards seems to be far more than Our team - the entire New World is under their control, their origin is unknown, and they seem to be endless, and the exploration team can't penetrate the land at all.
"But strangely, those guards didn't attack Gawain Cecil."
Gawain frowned: "Won't you attack Gawain Cecil?"
After calling himself "Gawain Cecil" for a long time, he always felt a little awkward talking to Selena today...
Selena reaffirmed her statement: "Yes, this was confirmed after the first contact with the guards on that continent.
"Those guards will attack anyone who comes within their range, except Gawain Cecil.
"At that time, a member of the expedition team asked about this, but he said he didn't know the specific reason."
"So, in the end, only Gawain Cecil went deep into the New World, and judging from the results, he should have found what he was looking for..." Gawain frowned slightly, and said thoughtfully, "Interesting It turns out that these crucial memories have been erased..."
As he spoke, he looked at Selena Gerfen.
"If I guessed correctly, you should not know his specific experience after leaving the team and going to the depths of the continent alone, because these contents are also 'dangerous'."
"Someone in the team asked, but he didn't say anything," Selena replied, affirming Gawain's statement, "I can only tell you what I know:
"Before he set off, he told others to wait in the safe area on the coast for half a month. If he has not returned after half a month, everyone should not wait any longer and leave that continent immediately;
"He returned on the twenty-first day, exhausted and excited when he returned, and obviously he had achieved his goal.
"He told everyone that he had made a soul trade, which would be an 'opportunity', but he didn't disclose any further details of the deal to anyone at the time."
Gawain stared at Selena: "But you know more about the inside story, you know the existence of my 'extraterritorial wanderer'."
"Yes, because he told me part of it alone."