Chapter 786 News From the North

It is said that in the distant and cold Cold Sea, an organization called the "Northern City-State Federation" is being established in the night.

The legendary "Steel Lieutenant General" led his undead army to dominate the night, taking control of the situation before the tension accumulated between the city-states due to lack of sunlight exceeded the limit. Cold Harbor and Port Murphys were the initial ones. supporters, and made a covenant under the witness of the Sea Mist——

Now, a powerful combined fleet has been established to protect the safety of those city-states with insufficient sunlight in the increasingly dangerous and twisted night. The "Sunshine Distribution Committee" jointly established by various city-states and churches is closely monitoring those who have fallen. Shards of the sun on the sea, ensuring that the afterglow of these apocalypses can in time illuminate the darkest places of the long night.

Heidi put down the newspaper in her hand and looked up at her mother sitting by the candlestick. The generator in the city had been repaired, and now the bright electric light illuminated the living room again, but her mother still let her put a candlestick in the living room. And make sure there is at least one candle lit at all times.

"No city-state in the north is allowed to own sun fragments for a long time now. The Sunshine Distribution Committee rotates those fragments between city-states to prevent changes in some places due to being in darkness for a long time," Heidi said about her previous experience. The news I heard when I went to the city hall, "So now the northern city-states are actually taking turns to 'own the day'. Large engineering ships towing sun fragments cruise on the cold sea, and each 'little sun' maintains the security of each city-state... …”

She paused for a moment, then continued: "And in this way, the once-stopped shipping activities between city-states have also been restarted - cargo ships can set off together with the engineering ships that tow solar debris, although the overall efficiency Lower than before, but at least logistics operations between city-states have been restored..."

She stopped, thought about it, and couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of her heart: "It's really amazing... It seems that the 'Steel Lieutenant General' is not a person who executes a reign of terror as some rumors say." The King of the Immortal'..."

"Rumors are rarely credible. Don't forget, the Homeless Ship is still looking for hope for us at the end of the world." Mother was doing needlework in her hands with a smile on her face. "That was you from the city hall just now. What did you find out?"

"There are not so many details in the newspaper," Heidi pointed to the newspaper on the table. "I heard from someone in the secretary's office that the details about the Northern City-State Federation and the Sunshine Distribution Committee were not disclosed in the newspaper, but It’s not a secret either.”

Mother thought for a moment and then spoke slowly: "Is that so... It seems that we will soon have our own city-state union and sunshine distribution committee."

Heidi was startled for a moment, she seemed to have thought nothing of it.

"This is a good way to survive. Nowadays, as long as you can survive in the night, you can make the city-state managers take action-these news can reach your ears, which means that this matter has at least been We are halfway through the progress among the consuls," my mother said casually, with some relief in her tone. "The city-states in the north have made a good start... The 'Steel Lieutenant General' showed us a feasible way. path, and as this news spreads, other sea city-states must consider this plan no matter what they think privately. "

"...What if the city-states that have obtained the sun fragments are unwilling to cooperate?" Heidi understood what her mother meant, but she couldn't help but feel a little worried, "After all...not everyone is so selfless."

The mother thought for a while and suddenly asked a seemingly irrelevant question: "It is said that the church's fleet docked at the military port west of Puland two days ago?"

"Yes, the Deep Sea Church's 'Haiyuan' and the Academy of Truth's 'Logic' are leading their respective escort formations." Heidi nodded, "They said they were stopping on the way to patrol the safety of the sea area."

"That's right, Heidi," her mother nodded, with a doting smile on her face, "Guess why the 'Steel Lieutenant General' first step in establishing a city-state union was to establish a A combined fleet under your own control?"

A hint of realization finally appeared on Heidi's face - she was a respected psychiatrist and an excellent scholar of the Academy of Truth, but she was obviously a bit slow to react outside her professional field, but even so, she understood at this time come over.

"Heidi, we should celebrate. After it has been dark for so long, something good is finally going to happen." With a smile on her face, her mother slowly stood up and walked to the kitchen and said, "I'm going to make some special dishes." , Take out those bottles of good wine your father has collected - he won't mind if we open one."

"Oh...oh," Heidi subconsciously agreed and stood up, but then she suddenly remembered something, "Ah, but my father has given up drinking. All his wine collection has been given away..."

"In the basement, there is a wooden box next to the white shelf. It looks like it has only one floor, but there is a raised wooden block from the side that can be pulled open and there is a mezzanine," the mother said casually. "In addition, there is a wooden box behind the shelf in the deepest part of the basement. There are five bottles of wine in the bench, you can pick one and bring it up."

Heidi was dumbfounded: "..."

Mother turned back in front of the kitchen with a victorious expression on her face: "Do I still know him?"

…

On the bow of the Lost Home, Morris suddenly felt a chill in his heart. Although there was almost no wind in this calm sea, he felt that the cold wind almost blew through the oil pump and micro steam core of his cast body.

"What's wrong with you?" Vanna noticed some noise coming from Morris' body and asked curiously.

"Strange... This body should not be afraid of cold, but why do I feel cold in my heart?" Morris muttered, wiping his pipe, "It feels like something you treasured suddenly disappeared, or something in the bank safe was taken away..."

The old scholar was halfway through his words when the captain's voice came from behind him: "Your description reminds me of an old man... The good things in his house were stolen by monkeys."

Morris turned around and saw Duncan standing in front of him with a subtle expression.

"I haven't heard of this story," the old scholar looked a little confused, "What is a 'monkey'?"

Duncan thought for a moment: "...an animal, just think of it as living in the subspace."

Morris was immediately awed and stopped asking questions - Vanna next to him was still analyzing the original topic seriously, and suddenly looked at the old scholar seriously: "Could it be a warning from the God of Wisdom? Did you predict what is about to happen?"

"Not really, it's not that serious," Morris waved his hand quickly, "If it's really a revelation from the Lord, it's not as simple as a chill in my heart - most likely my hidden wine was discovered by my wife again, it's not a big problem."

"Oh," Vanna nodded, and soon stopped paying attention to this issue, but focused her attention on the captain, "Captain, when are we leaving this sea area?"

Talking about business, Duncan's expression immediately became serious.

He raised his head and looked at the black island with a huge palace in the distance, and the wreckage of Leviathan around the island that was shadowy in the mist, and then reached into his pocket - a slightly cold metal touch came from his fingertips.

That is the "second key" used to wind up the puppet.

"We will stay here for half a day. I want to study the 'route' given to me by Gemona," he said seriously, "Before I 'come back', pay close attention to the movements inside and outside the ship, especially whether there are any changes in the nearby sea surface - if there are any changes, record the situation."

Morris nodded immediately: "Understood, Captain."

Duncan turned and left the deck.

The scene was quiet for a while. Vanna turned around and looked at the large and small black islands in the distance in a trance. She didn't say anything for a long time.

"What are you thinking about?" Morris asked beside her.

"...Since I was very young, I often heard the sound of waves in my dreams. The waves in my dreams hit the rocks gently and slowly," Vanna said softly, "and after completing my studies in the church, I learned how to pray. In my prayers, I could always hear the sound of waves... The Storm Codex said that it was the sound coming from the Kingdom of God."

She paused, and after a moment of silence, she raised her hand and pointed to the calm and silent sea in the distance: "But listen - there is actually no sound of waves here. The sea is so calm, as quiet as death. Only when the ship is sailing will the water make some sounds."

The gentle sound of waves rang in her mind, as if soothing something.

"These are the sounds in His memory," Vanna said softly after a moment of silence, "He said that He had not seen the undulating sea for many, many years - he even almost forgot what it looked like when the wind rolled up the waves."

Morris did not speak, but slowly put the unlit pipe in his mouth and stayed with Vanna calmly.

...

In the captain's bedroom, Alice looked at the brass key with a unique shape curiously.

"I have a new key!" She looked surprised and sounded happy. After taking the key from Duncan, she turned it over and over again. "The structure of the handle is different. The previous one was a lying 8, and this one is a circle pierced by an arrow? What does this circle mean?"

"It probably refers to the 'external barrier' surrounding the boundless sea," Duncan said casually, and looked at the heartless doll in front of him helplessly, "Can't you be a little nervous? No one knows what will happen after this key is turned."

Alice tilted her head and thought seriously. She felt that she should be nervous.

"It seems... yes," she scratched her head, her tone a little uncertain, "I am a little nervous, but no matter what happens, you can definitely handle it, right?"

Duncan was stunned when he heard this, sighed helplessly, and then laughed.

"Yes," he picked up the new key and nodded gently to the doll lady, "Just leave it to me."