MTL - Deep Sea Embers-Chapter 17 cave

Cold, damp, the stench of carrion, the noise of chains rubbing against the ground.

Many strange perceptions poured into Duncan's mind, but he failed to open his eyes for a while - at this moment, he felt as if his soul had been divided into two parts, and one part was still on the Lost Country. The other part was stuffed into a completely unfamiliar body. This body was as unruly as an old and broken machine. The chaotic perception was rampant in the nervous system, mixed with a certain dullness and numbness. He tried to open his eyes. , move the fingers, but can't feel the existence of these corresponding body parts at all.

This uncomfortable feeling lasted for several seconds, and the unspeakable numbness and dullness in the nervous system finally gradually faded away. Duncan felt that his "body" seemed to wake up from a long hibernation and resumed its activities little by little. ability.

He finally opened his eyes and saw the situation around him at the moment.

The place to look is a drowsy, crypt-like space, with burning torches stuck on the stone walls in the distance, and the flickering light of the fire reflects the terrifying picture around, Duncan saw many people-or rather Many dead corpses were thrown across the wet soil and rocks, most of them were in rags, and a few still had intact clothes on their bodies.

Condensed water droplets dripped from the top of the cave, and the sound of sewage running in an underground river or drain could be vaguely heard in the distance, and the sound of the iron chain rubbing seemed to come from the depths of a corridor connected to the cave, and has drifted away.

Duncan blinked, trying to figure out what was happening - he looked down at his right hand, and what he saw was a completely unfamiliar and thin palm, and the ragged clothes on the arm, which he had been holding in his hand. The brass compass has long since disappeared.

He raised his head to look beside him again, he still remembered that he had caught a glimpse of a shadow following him when he was traveling through the net of stars and light. The outline of the shadow looked like some kind of bird, but of course, He found nothing.

The bird-like shadow didn't seem to come to the real space with him.

Duncan shook his hands slowly, forcibly suppressing the nervousness in his heart, and then tried to rub his fingers.

A cluster of extremely faint green flames emerged from the fingertips.

It has to be said that this cluster of flames now looks much weaker than what Duncan is familiar with, but he still feels a little peace of mind, and while the flames are burning, his still somewhat confused spirit is also slightly lifted, and more Just now I felt more clearly... a spiritual tear and connection.

He clearly perceives that another part of his spirit is not here, he perceives the existence of Homeless, and he perceives himself sitting at the desk with a brass compass in his hand.

It's a wonderful feeling, but Duncan has a vague sense of what's going on right now:

His spirit has happened... a kind of projection, or extension, that part of the projected mind has crossed an unknown distance, and now it has penetrated into another unfamiliar body.

And in this projection state, he can still clearly feel the existence of his "noumenon".

It must have something to do with that brass compass! Could this be the ability of that "anomalous item"?

Duncan had some conjectures in his mind, but he didn't let his whims take up too much of his time. After confirming that his body is still safe and his spirit is still under control, and now he has only temporarily entered a distant nameless body, he has calmed down a little, and is ready to confirm what his "new body" is. .

First of all, it can be confirmed that the surrounding environment is definitely not on a certain ship.

Here is the land—the land he hasn't been able to find after drifting at sea for so many days!

Second, this gloomy cave doesn't look like a good place, and the scattered corpses don't look like a normal "burial" scene. The body that I occupy now is because of some unfortunate reasons. In such a human hell?

Duncan took a deep breath and sat up propped up—his body had been resting on a large rock before, in a position that wasn't comfortable.

And with this inhalation and getting up, Duncan suddenly felt a huge strangeness from his body - he felt that the air he had inhaled into his body was expelled all at once, and some kind of empty and strange feeling also disappeared from the body. The chest came, and even the movement of getting up was deformed.

Duncan glanced down in surprise and saw a large hole.

The big hole was opened at the heart, and the contents inside were naturally gone. A cool wind blew through it, mixed with the breath that Duncan took in that had not been completely dissipated just now, and finally escaped into the humid air. .

Duncan even saw the picture behind him clearly from a certain angle.

"...Fuck?!"

No matter how thick the nerves are, even if he has gained some "worldliness" on the Lost Homes, Duncan still feels a layer of cold sweat at this moment, he feels that his goosebumps are endlessly emerging from the mountains and mountains, each one. The hairs are standing up!

And after this sudden horror, what he realized immediately was that he was still standing here well, and he even had the power to scold the street.

With his heart missing and a big hole in his chest, he didn't even feel any pain from this body!

"This is... a corpse?"

After a while, Duncan had woken up, he further understood his situation, and quickly calmed down.

Occupying the body of a corpse and getting up and moving may not be a big fuss. After all, he also has a ghost ship that can sail by himself and a wooden goat first mate who can make people's brains boil. He also recently met a guy. A cursed puppet that can act separately and is good at riding the wind and waves on the boundless sea, which of these is not more scary than "the dead are talking"?

After all, he just lost his heart now, and Alice's head is often not on her neck...

With these messy thoughts running through his mind, Duncan regained his composure at a speed that surprised him. Then he confirmed the movement of his current body, and then slightly adapted to the abnormal movement of his chest. Only then did he walk towards the corpses that were thrown into the cave.

"really…"

Duncan looked at the first corpse, not surprised to see the horrific hollow in the other's chest.

It was a middle-aged man with a haggard face and ragged clothes. He looked like a beggar on the side of the road. He had been dead for a long time, but his glaring eyes still conveyed his struggle and despair at the moment of his death.

Duncan continued to move forward, and what he saw was heartless corpse after corpse, and they fell miserably on the cold stone, with only two exceptions-the two men had savage wounds on their heads, which seemed to be from Meng Li. The result of being hit on a rock and killed instantly.

Duncan couldn't help but have some associations - perhaps, these are two people who cut themselves off before facing the pain of gouging out their hearts.

To be honest, the things in this cave are a little too exciting for ordinary people. Even Duncan feels a little too much to check it, so that he has to go to a far place after checking all the corpses. I found a relatively clean stone and sat down, sorted out my state little by little, and speculated on the truth of all this in the process of calming down.

Obviously, this is a horrific murder - but from the too cold and uniform way of killing, it seems that this is not just murder, but also reveals some kind of evil... ritual.

Duncan summoned the spirit flame again, feeling the connection between himself and the "main body". He knew that he could cut off this "projection state" at any time and return to the safety of the Lost Homes.

But he felt he had to figure out what was going on here.

Even if it's just to get some information about the land.

Duncan exhaled, feeling the feeling of the air leaking in his chest, and stood up from the big stone that had been temporarily resting. He looked at the corridor deep in the cave, and remembered that the sound of the iron chain rubbing was coming from there.

There are not only corpses in this underground space, but also other people moving. Those who can move freely in this terrible place... should give him some answers.

It's certainly not safe to rush in to check the situation, but Duncan doesn't care—

Anyway, I am now at ease.