Ashes Of Deep Sea

Chapter 448 - 448 449 Experience

?Chapter 448: Chapter 449 “Experience Chapter 448: Chapter 449 “Experience The winch rotated, the steel cable was taut, and the metal “iron cage” kept squeaking as it descended, while darkness spread outside of it. A dim yellow gas lamp embedded in the side wall of the shaft dispelled the darkness from the depths of the mine, bringing a limited and necessary sense of security.

Agatha stood on the edge of the elevator, her “gaze” peering through the railing towards the shaft that extended downwards; the night-curtain-like darkness covered her eyes, hiding most of her facial expressions, making it nearly impossible to guess what she was thinking at the moment.

“This place is so deep…” A voice suddenly shattered the calm inside the elevator. Alice stood nervously behind Duncan, looking up at the gas lamps ascending along the shaft walls, and spoke with a bit of fear, “I feel like we’re about to go through the City-State and drop into the sea…”

“The continuous descent can create that illusion,” Morris’s voice came from a corner of the iron cage. The old scholar was curiously observing the interior structure of the large elevator without turning his head, “Actually, we should just have descended two to three hundred meters.”

“Oh—” Alice’s voice drew out. Whether or not she understood the concept of “two to three hundred meters” was unclear, but her doll-like face revealed an expression that suggested, “That sounds impressive.”

Duncan was not paying attention to the conversation between Alice and Morris. He stepped forward to Agatha, who was silently standing at the edge of the cage, turned his head, and looked at this “gatekeeper”: “You seem preoccupied with heavy thoughts.”

“…Just that many thoughts have been unavoidably surfacing since we descended,” Agatha paused for two seconds, then began with a complex tone, “It is said… ‘another me’ was standing right here, leading the members of the exploration team down this shaft into the depths of the Boiling Gold mine…”

Her voice was hoarse, carrying a hint of hesitation.

“‘She’ at that time… seemed to have realized the truth about herself. According to the details described by a few guardians who went down with her at the time, she had an odd sense of determination, yet no one knew why…”

“If that ‘replica’ had mostly restored your thinking and memories, then her awareness of her real situation isn’t unimaginable,” Duncan spoke indifferently, “Even a Replication can possess a firm will and a pure soul.”

Agatha remained silent for a while, seemingly immersed in tangled and heavy thoughts. After a long pause, she suddenly broke the silence: “I’m just wondering… what exactly was she thinking at that time, and what was she recalling… Did she also experience fear, or regret? She had my memories but only a few days of real life, towards all of this… did she harbor any resentment?”

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