Ashes Of Deep Sea

Chapter 555 - 555 556 Contact

?Chapter 555: Chapter 556: Contact Chapter 555: Chapter 556: Contact “Before we know more, we can’t recklessly perform destructive testing on this material—especially after confirming that it has a living heart inside,”
Ted Riel said while opening his hefty tome, retracting the “stethoscope” back into the pages. A complex expression appeared on his always tired-looking face.

“Frankly, this is the strangest ‘thing’ I’ve ever seen in my life. I’ve seen plenty of indescribable entities that invade the real world, but a pulsing metal mass is not so common, and it’s so… quiet,”
“Quiet?” Lucracia asked, unconsciously frowning upon hearing this.

“Yes, quiet, almost harmless,” Ted Riel nodded, “As you have seen, its ‘shell’ has almost solidified. According to the field team, it had a brief period of vigorous activity just after it entered the real world, but it quickly changed into this ‘solidifying’ state. Moreover, it hasn’t shown any ‘active characteristics’ like trying to escape containment, contaminate the guards, or resist external probing…”

As the secret-keeper spoke, he slowly shook his head: “This is very unusual among ‘living’ ‘anomalies’—an attempt to break containment is the prime characteristic of all ‘living anomalies’.”

Lucracia didn’t speak for a moment, while Nina gradually revealed a thoughtful expression. It was unclear what she was pondering when she suddenly said, “Does it seem like it’s ‘tired of living’?”

“That’s an interesting… perspective, although I don’t think this living metal would have such a human response,” Ted Riel glanced at Nina, but clearly he didn’t take this whimsical thought to heart, “I am more inclined to believe that it’s unable to adapt to our world’s living conditions, but with time it might gradually acclimate, and then it might go through another phase of increased activity.”

“Tell us about what happened at the market,” Duncan interrupted the silence, his gaze falling on Nina and Sherry, “Nina, when you contacted me, you said that you and Sherry felt an inexplicable surveillance, and were about to report it to the watchers nearby when this ‘thing’ suddenly appeared?”

“Yes, yes,” Nina immediately nodded, recalling the situation as she spoke, “Multiple times, Sherry and I felt like we were being watched, and there was a presence drawing near. I believe it was this thing—later, when Sherry and I were about to find someone to report it, it couldn’t contain itself and sprang forward, and…”

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