Ashes Of Deep Sea

Chapter 478 - 478 479 Human

?Chapter 478: Chapter 479 “Human Chapter 478: Chapter 479 “Human With the rumbling noises coming from the ballast tanks, the submarine surpassed the drooping realm of decay and continued its descent into an even more unknown and terrifying abyss.

From the City-State, tentacles hung down and that huge, pale eyeball completely vanished in the spotlight’s beam; the vast, boundless dark waters refilled the view outside the porthole, with only occasional specks of light emerging from the depths (reflections from bubbles or plankton) to remind Duncan that he was inside a submarine navigating through water, not floating in the open, unsupported universe.

But he couldn’t help forming strange associations—if seen from the perspective of “unknown and laden with horror,” what difference was there, really, between the empty expanse of space and the dark, deep sea filled with billions of tons of water?

The steam core propelled the propulsion system, a dull noise came from the engine room, and the control panel in front of the helm occasionally hissed as the pressure gauges indicated the current operating conditions of the submarine; Duncan slowed the descent to avoid drastic pressure changes from damaging the hull, then he turned his head to look at the silent sentinel standing beside him.

“Agatha, what are you thinking about?”

“I’m thinking… about the pioneers who originally embarked on the deep abyss mission, whether they actually saw the same things we’re seeing,” Agatha hesitated before speaking, “the truth beneath the City-State, the indescribable corpses, the tentacles and eyeball dangling towards the deep sea… Before the whole project spiraled out of control, during those dives, did really no one out of curiosity—or even recklessness—look back ‘upwards’?”

Duncan remained silent for a moment, his mind recalling the secrets about the deep abyss mission he had once heard from Terrian.

It seemed that even Frost’s general, once deeply trusted by the queen, did not know the full scope of the deep abyss mission—Did no one ever discover the truth beneath the City-State? Or was it… this too horrifying truth, like the secrets in the boiling gold mines, buried and concealed?

“Perhaps, someone really did look back, but what they saw was destined not to be recorded,” Duncan said softly after several seconds of silence, “You are the protector of the City-State, you understand better than I do what this truth means.”

“…Many would go mad,” Agatha slowly said, “even without being influenced by the powers of the deep sea, merely one terrifying fact can trigger widespread nightmares and panic—after that, nightmares and panic might materialize and possibly form an unpredictable connection with the ‘reality’ beneath the City-State, in the worst case… ‘It’ might come to life.”

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