"Maybe the seabed was torn apart when the earth's crust shook just now."
Xia Yibing also reached out to explore.
But she still remembered to keep one hand tightly clasped with the girl at all times.
“I see the light.”
Hitzfeld's voice came from the darkness.
"I saw it too."
Xia Yibing nodded, and at the same time caught a glimpse of the faint orange-red light below.
It's very, very, very faint.
It was as if there was still a thick barrier between it and them. Even though it wanted to shine its brilliance very much, it could only let out a little light to help illuminate them... the dense bubbles rolling out from this crack in the seabed.
"bubble……"
Hitzfeld was stunned when he saw the snow-white bubbles.
"Aisun?"
Xia Yibing felt that she was touched.
"I know how that nest...those densely packed holes and cavities were formed."
Sure enough, Hitzfeld announced the answer: "The magma spews out hot seawater and minerals, and a large number of bubbles are formed in the process."
"As for the magma itself, when it encounters seawater, it cools rapidly from a high temperature state and quickly solidifies to form a rock-like entity. During this process, these rocks are impacted by bubbles every moment over the years, forming the honeycomb cavity."
"Then?" Xia Yibing didn't quite understand. "What's the use of this?"
"Don't you understand?"
In the darkness, the girl's voice sounded a little anxious.
"Each honeycomb cavity is an elemental cocoon."
"We have already learned about Bricher's theory. He believes that all the elements needed to create life can be found deep in the earth's veins, that is, in the magma at the center of the earth. He believes that by repeating this arrangement and collision of molecules billions of times - just like a monkey randomly arranging letters, it has a chance to arrange a religious code - eventually one day, it will definitely hit the formula needed to give birth to life!"
"His theoretical basis is that the probability of such collisions occurring in seawater is greater than on land, and the environment for the birth of life is more favorable."
"But now we're finding there's more to it than that."
"Not only that, Xia...it's the cavities formed by these bubbles, these closed cocoons, which are equivalent to providing a more closed arena for those elemental substances in the already favorable environment!"
"This once again increases their chances of success..."
Hitzfeld couldn't even hear his own voice.
"Maybe he's right, humans really did come from the ocean..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the light in front of him suddenly expanded.
The rock layers fell off and shattered bit by bit, revealing a magma belt buried deep in the cracks.
The earth shook again, and this time, the underground obstacles also fell off.
They saw a tree made of spurs of lava.
Extremely huge.
From the center of the earth.
It shines brightly, then flickers.
It is churning and gushing.
A large number of bubbles were erupting and condensing. In just a blink of an eye, a twisted and hideous stone tower "grew" on the seabed.
"..."
Hitzfeld suddenly understood how Blicher had made those assumptions.
No doubt he had similar experiences.
He had also dived into such dreams like her.
At the bottom of the sea where reality and illusion meet, use your spirit to observe and feel.
...this great miracle of life.
Chapter 62: Conte-Sixus's Determination
"Agent Boom..."
A faint call interrupted his thoughts. The young man turned around quickly and saw a young nun, younger than him, standing by the tree.
This is a temporary settlement for refugees from the town of Bartlett, located on the outskirts of the Pushen Crater, with camps set up in the forest and on the riverbank.
Bill used up almost all of his connections to handle this matter, and his assistant Andy Boom was of course no escape either, and was placed here by him to maintain law and order and calm the townspeople.
"What's the matter? Sister Peko?" Andy scratched his head and coughed awkwardly.
Although he has seen some of the world, due to his personality, he would not behave well when talking to girls who are not bad looking.
Of course he remembered who the other person was... a little nun named Peco Tori. Her brother Jack Tori had been cursed before, and he recovered thanks to Miss Hitzfeld's magical power.
When the townspeople were being evacuated, the little nun kept asking him why Miss Hitzfeld didn't come and whether she was in danger outside. Therefore, he was deeply impressed by Peko and was even more surprised by her visit.
There was no relationship between the two of them. His position was not important, not even as important as some of the older agents. In theory, they would not have any common topics, unless she wanted to ask for help...
As expected, Sister Peko immediately said nervously: "I'm sorry to disturb your rest...but everyone is worried about the earthquake just now and the smoke rising from the ridge..."
As she spoke, she looked southeast. Andy turned his head with her and saw large patches of charred black smoke rising from the treetops, which was extremely conspicuous in the blue and white clouds.
"This..." He scratched his head. He couldn't say that he didn't quite understand what was going on...
"Is Miss Hitzfeld over there?" Sister Peko asked again.
"This... probably? Agent Bill, she, and Knight Blue all stayed there, probably to catch the murderer..."
"So this noise was indeed caused by the murderer?" Sister Peko widened her eyes and couldn't help revealing a look of fear.
Although Bartlett Beach is poor, it is lucky in that it can also enjoy the protection of the sect.
In addition, the total number of residents is small and the surrounding area is uninhabited. The locals don’t have much to worry about, their personalities are relatively calm, and they have fewer nightmares than city dwellers.
With fewer nightmares, there are naturally fewer nightmares. In addition, with the help of the cult, nuns like Peko have never seen evil spirits in their lives, so they are naturally very afraid of those legendary monsters.
"Is Miss Hitzfeld fighting the evil spirit?"
"Ah... I guess so..."
"That's amazing! She was able to cause such a commotion...Agent Bill will help her, right?"
"Of course! Agent Bill is also very capable! This, I think they will definitely win..."
"But with the tremor just now, could the town have already—"
"It doesn't matter."
The topic finally turned to a topic they could be sure of. Andy breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Agent Bill told me before he left that it doesn't matter if the whole town is destroyed. Wayne can always help you rebuild your home."
"The key is people." He added, turning back to look at the tents hidden in the shade of the trees on the riverbank, "If the house collapses, we can rebuild it."
“But if the person is gone, everything is gone.”
Andy thought his comment was very philosophical, so he kept his chin up and secretly glanced at Sister Peko out of the corner of his eye.
But Sister Peko didn't pay any attention to him. She was facing the ridge with her hands clasped, muttering: "I hope Miss Hitzfeld is safe..."
……
At the same time, at sea, an iron warship with its bow hanging high was patrolling back and forth near the coast.
"The smoke is getting thicker and thicker over town."
“It was like the whole town was on fire.”
"Whatever that is, how does it do that?"
"Is this something a superhuman can do?"
A group of sailors gathered on the deck, watching the scene on the beach and talking about it, until a bearded man came and dispersed them.
"Are you guys shit? Do you like to hang out together?"
"Go back to your posts! Don't force me to whip anyone!"
With a few words, he dispersed the crowd. The bearded man went up the steps and pushed open the door of the control room. He lifted the brim of his hat and saw a petite figure sitting behind a table, with a woman with her hair in a bun beside her helping her organize the documents.
"Dr. Sixus, the situation seems to have worsened again."
"...With all due respect, if we wait any longer, it will be hard for those left on the beach to survive."
"Didn't I ask you to send a few gunboats to look for flares ten minutes ago?" Sixus put down the map in his hand and glared at the man impatiently.
Lieutenant Danger Carroll of the South Coast Patrol was said to be a good leader, but she really didn't like the fact that he was rude to everyone.
The reason why it is "Coast Patrol" instead of "Navy" is related to the environment Sarah faces.
Sarah did have the ability to produce more and larger iron gunboats, but the most realistic problem at hand was that these ships were of no use.
There are no major powers around that can compete with Sarah. All countries are already struggling to deal with the gray fog and evil spirits. Whether on land or at sea, Sarah does not need to worry about any country declaring war on her.
If a few special divisions are still needed on land to guard the capital and the evil land, then there is no place for the army on the sea. The daily work of the coast patrol is to patrol back and forth around the opened routes... occasionally catching pirates is the limit.
There is no chance to sail far away... because there is thicker gray fog in the distant sea.
No one wants to go there to open up anything, and no one wants to know what they will encounter after going in.
So these coast patrol teams are enough.
"I'm just telling you the facts~"
Lieutenant Carroll raised an eyebrow and coughed.
"Based on my experience, that piece of land should be composed of a special kind of keratinous layer... They are not as solid as real rocks. Now there are earthquakes and magma. The whole beach may collapse at any time."
"I don't need you to remind me what to do." Sixus said to him coldly, "Your mission is to lead the team to hunt down those deep-sea species that surface. What happens on the shore has nothing to do with you."
"Then I will."
Lieutenant Carroll nodded and left.
"PhD……"
Ms. Feti was holding a stack of parchment and looking towards the cabin door with a frown.
"Some people are so depressed that they are trying their best to make achievements." Xixusi was very calm. He glanced at the woman and said, "...It's strange that Lu Anshi didn't teach you these."
"How do you know...?" Ms. Feti was shocked at first, then quickly regained her composure.
"Yes... If it were you, my concealment would be full of loopholes."
"Then you...you are the one my father mentioned...the one..."
"If there is no other person who can maintain this appearance for thirty-five years~"
The mixed-haired loli raised her eyebrows proudly.
"Then the person who saved him back then was me."
"..."
"..."
There was a long silence.
"I have guessed, but I can't believe it's true..."
Ms. Feti looked at her with a complicated look.
In the eyes of outsiders, she could be the other person's mother or even grandmother. Who could have guessed that her real age was even older than her grandfather...
"so."
She paused.
"Shadow Lion has investigated even such details, so he must be aware of the trouble on the beach?"
"Well..."
Sisyphus bared his teeth.
