Feeling desperate
Gao Wen didn't speak for a while.
But he can probably understand what Selina means, and he can understand the mentality of those priests who survived the big shock seven hundred years ago, struggled in the shadow of madness and mutation, their spiritual pillars completely collapsed, and could not even return to the civilized world.
Just like the last moment before he crossed, when the plane gradually disintegrated; just 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 gives him any slight hope, even without any promises or evidence, will be tempted involuntarily, just like a drowning person will subconsciously grab the straw that floats by.
What's more, those priests back then were still suffering from the double pollution and torture of spirit and soul, and their judgment and willpower themselves had been reduced to the lowest point.
Gawain Cecil, who had returned from the Ancestral Peak, claiming to have found a way out and offered to help, was the last straw for them.
Feeling ups and downs in his heart, it finally turned into an unspoken sigh, Gao Wen nodded: "I can understand your choice at that time."
At the same time, he also guessed the truth mentioned by Selina that Gawain Cecil suddenly showed some "insight" ability seven hundred years ago
That obviously has something to do with the surveillance satellites in the sky!
In this way, even if he didn't know exactly what Gawain Cecil discovered on the Ancestor's Peak, he could roughly guess that the discovery must be related to the satellite array in the sky.
While thinking, Gawain looked into Selina Gerfen's eyes: "You went to sea with Gawain Cecil?"
"From a certain point of view... it is like this," Selena nodded, "As a soul body, I couldn't really sail with them at the time, but I left a spiritual imprint on the storm priests in the team at that time, This can protect their minds from the pollution of the gods, and it also allows me to 'see' them, so that although I can't act independently as a 'person', I can still be considered a member of the exploration team."
Sure enough, Selena also participated in the follow-up exploration operation!
Gawain felt his heart beat half a beat suddenly. He maintained his superficial calmness and calmness, and asked in a deep voice, "What did you find in the endless sea?"
Selena was silent for a moment, sorting out her words in her memories, and then slowly said:
"At first, it was just a normal voyage. After leaving the land, we entered the ocean ruled by storm and chaotic magic, but the priests of the storm used their remaining strength and deep understanding of the ocean to continue to plan a safe route, and we bypassed it. The storm gathering area and the magic turbulence all the way to the eastern sea.
"During this process, we also passed by several colonial islands of the Typhon people. At that time, the Church of Storms had collapsed, and only a few powerful priests serving the military could barely maintain their sanity. The normal sea routes were about to be cut off. The Typhon people Taking time to evacuate...
"When we were about to cross the most fringe colonial island of the Typhon, Earl Dyson, who ruled over that island, sent a fast boat to try to dissuade us. It's not normal, challenging the distant sea at this moment is tantamount to suicide, but we ignored it...
"We have entered a far sea that has never been visited by human beings, and entered a completely unfamiliar sea area without any charts. The storm priests can no longer provide navigation on the route, and can only help the team avoid danger with the help of perception of storms and magic power Gawain Cecil instructed us to continue heading east and turn south after passing a sea area full of cyclones and magic eddies. The goal is so clear, it also greatly alleviated the team's uneasiness.
"But on the thirty-second day of the voyage, an accident happened.
"First, the storm priests on the ship suddenly fell into a nightmare. In the chaos and trance, people continued to experience terrible mutations, and even jumped into the sea to be swallowed by the waves. Half of the priests died, and the remaining priests who barely kept their sanity became hysterical. Several storm priests with strong will said that we are "sailing above the nightmare of the gods", and that "the terrible power of the deep sea has detected the arrival of the blasphemer and will swallow everyone", they suggested that the ship leave the current sea area immediately, But when the sailors were about to do this, they found that the ocean had 'imprisoned' the entire ship in place, and waves with mysterious power came layer upon layer, preventing the ship from leaving."
Sail above the gods' nightmares...
Gao Wen repeated the words Selena mentioned in his mind, and vaguely guessed where the exploration team had arrived at the beginning.
Above the corpse of the Lord of Storms!
"That's probably the closest those storm believers got to their god..." Gawain shook his head subtly, "What happened after that?"
From Gawain's attitude, Selina vaguely sensed that the other party might know some secrets at the level of gods, but she didn't ask, but continued: "We were attacked by ocean power, and the ship was seriously damaged in the wind and waves, but When the situation was most critical, an unexpected helping hand appeared."
Gawain raised his eyelids: "Is it a siren?"
"It's the sea monster." Selina took a deep look at Gao Wen and nodded slightly, "They suddenly appeared from the waves and calmed down the entire sea area with some kind of power we can't understand..."
Gao Wen instantly realized why the other party would look at him meaningfully when he mentioned the Kraken because there is a Kraken living in Cecil City!
The existence of Tyr was not a secret at all, and it had been made public long before the forces of the Eternal Sleepers were expelled from the empire on a large scale. Selina obviously knew that there was an "alliance" relationship between Cecil and the Kraken, and this The foundation of this alliance can completely fall on the heads of "extraterritorial wanderers". 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 strike a deal with the "Wanderer"...
This back and forth, seems to be able to correspond to many clues.
But only Gao Wen knows that there is really nothing to do with it. Those sea monsters did it rashly. God knows what they thought back then. Covenant has nothing to do with it...
But these things are also troublesome to explain, so he didn't interrupt Selena's narration, and listened to the other party continue:
"The Kraken helped the exploration team resolve the crisis and rescued some of the crew members. They also said some strange things, saying that we disturbed their eating, and disturbed their food...
"Although there seemed to be some kind of communication barrier, Gawain Cecil negotiated with the Krakens. He detailed the purpose of the expedition, conveyed his wish for peace, and described to the Krakens some... strange of ancient ruins.
"He described a tower, so huge that it seemed to connect the sky and the earth, and which had stood in the world since ancient times.
"The crew felt unbelievable and didn't dare to imagine that such a thing existed in the world, but the Krakens were a little excited after hearing Gawain Cecil's description. They knew the existence of the tower and seemed to have dealt with it , has some fears about it.
"After some negotiations, several daring sea monsters finally agreed to Gawain Cecil's request and became the guides of the exploration team. They said that they could not take the team to the tower, but they could bring us nearby and take us to the tower. into the right direction.
"Our ship underwent some temporary repairs, then continued to sail, and under the leadership of the siren guide, we began to sail towards the southeast.
"Thanks to the help of the siren, the waves began to be our help, we sailed very fast, and arrived at a piece of... the edge of the continent not long after."
Gao Wen was just listening quietly, but suddenly his eyes widened: "Continental? Did you say 'Continental' just now?!"
"Yes, a continent, not an island. I'm sure we saw a very long coastline, and strange birds flying from the land."
A new continent! A piece of land that Gao Wen had never heard of! It is located in the southeast of Loren Continent, in the depths of the Endless Sea!
Gao Wen couldn't help sketching the distribution of the planet's land and sea that can be speculated so far. So far, the information he has grasped has gradually converged into a picture with a rough outline. From the information he received, he outlined four continents in his mind
The Loren Continent, where humans and many other intelligent races live, is located in the northern part of the equator as a whole;
Tarrond, ruled by dragons, may be located just north of Loren;
According to Tyre, the continent of Io, which is located in the east of the Loren continent and is ruled by sea monsters;
In addition to what Selina just mentioned, you need to go to the sea from the east and then sail south to reach the new continent located in the depths of the endless sea and southeast of the Loren continent.
He once again realized how narrow and closed the land humans live on, and once again aroused 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 whether there are more areas in this world that humans do not know...
Curious about the new continent, Gawain controlled his excitement and continued to ask, "Which new continent have you explored? What's on that continent?"
Selina's answer poured cold water on him: "I don't know, only Gawain Cecil went deep into the land alone, and all the other sailors and priests stayed on the coast."
Gao Wen frowned: "Why?"
"There are guards on the land, which existed in ancient times and have been in operation until now," Selina said slowly. "In fact, there are also guards in the ocean around the land, but those guards are easy to deal with. As long as you don't actively provoke them, would not be attacked, but the ones on land are... extraordinarily hostile.
"The crew and priests in the exploration team are already the elite in the mortal world, and there are even some high-level superhumans, but in front of those guards, the power of mortals is still too weak, not to mention, the number of those guards seems to be far more than The entire New World of our team is under their control. Their origin is unknown, and they seem to be endless. The exploration team can't go deep into the land at all.
"But the strange thing is that those guards didn't attack Gawain Cecil."
Gawain frowned: "Won't you attack Gawain Cecil?"
After a long time of being "Gauwen Cecil" himself, he always felt a little awkward when talking to Selena today...
Selena reaffirmed her statement: "Yes, this was confirmed after the initial contact with the guards on that continent.
"Those guards will actively attack anyone who enters their guard range, except for Gawain Cecil.
"At that time, a member of the exploration team asked about this matter, but he said that he did not know the specific reason."
"So, in the end, Gawain Cecil was the only one who 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 all been erased... "
While talking, he looked at Selina Gerfen.
"If I'm not wrong, you probably don't know the specific experience of him after he left the team and went to the depths of the mainland alone, because these contents are also 'dangerous'."
"Someone in the team asked about it, but he didn't say anything," Selina replied, affirming Gao Wen's statement, "I can only tell you what I know:
"Before he set off, he told the others to wait for half a month in a safe area on the coast. 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, and had obviously achieved his purpose.
"He told everyone that he had conducted a soul transaction, and this transaction could be exchanged for an 'opportunity', but he did not disclose more details of the transaction to anyone at the time."
Gawain stared at Selena: "But you know more about the inside story, you know the existence of me, a 'rogue outside the territory'."
"Yes, because he told me part of it alone."