Chapter 112: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
"Huh? Are you Wendy?"
The girl with beautiful eyes when she smiled put her hands behind her back, leaned down, and looked curiously at Wendy, who was standing next to Roberts.
Wendy, who was only 12 years old at the moment, raised her head and looked at the beautiful girl in front of her.
In her eyes, that girl was like a leaping flame. She looked nothing like the taciturn brother Roberts beside her. She didn't look like someone who could get together. She was not afraid of fear, but she just tilted her head and hesitated.
said.
"...Sister Betty?"
Hearing this, the girl couldn't help but laugh. Her eyes were so pretty when she smiled, and she pinched Wendy's cheeks that still had some baby fat.
"What a good little kid."
"Fan...Fan Su..."
The little Lolita, who was ravaged by the vicious woman's evil intentions, couldn't help but dance and struggle, and screamed like a small animal, trying to ask for help from her "brother" beside her, but her brother, who had always been very protective of her, was humbled for the first time.
Head, pretending not to hear anything.
Feeling betrayed by her comrades, the little Loli couldn't help but feel sad in her heart. She didn't expect that her cold and handsome "brother" would easily become the prisoner of a sinister woman's breasts, which were only a cricket C cup. One day, she would
It will definitely grow bigger than her...
"What's wrong, little animal~"
Along with the pain on his cheeks, the narrow laughter sounded in his ears.
Even though her heart was full of "ambitions", at this moment she still had to face the reality of being teased by a sinister woman. This was so tragic that she had to make a shameful plea for mercy.
"嘤嘤嘤..."
Memories of past scenes began to emerge.
A sudden encounter, a dinner party in a cafe, a chat while strolling, the ambiguity on the bridge under the moon, the fluttering white skirt when looking back, the first time I revealed my true feelings...
The girl who likes to smile with her mouth covered and whose eyes are like the moon; the girl who is bold and willful and dares to face the werewolf alone; the girl who leans gently on her shoulder and murmurs; the girl who sometimes looks lonely and ignorant
The girl in the world...and the girl lying quietly in his arms, with her white dress stained with blood.
In his memory, he desperately called her name, but she gradually lost consciousness while leaning in his arms...
The hand that was holding him slipped away, leaving only a smile on his face, smiling happily.
…
"Betty! Betty! Betty..."
"Snapped!"
Accompanied by a loud slap, Roberts felt pain on his face. He opened his eyes blankly, and suddenly a face with scales appeared in front of him, and the erect snake eyes looked at him coldly.
"you're awake."
His pupils shrank slightly involuntarily, and his originally sleepy brain was awakened as if cold water had been poured on him. His body instinctively rolled to the side, and he didn't realize until he was far away from the "person" in front of him that it was Uberto.
In Roberts' view, his "snake transformation" has become more and more serious. Originally, the scales only covered his temples and forehead, but now there are strange scales even on the tip of his nose, and his nose has obviously shrunk.
Narrowing, brow bone, lips, are all undergoing changes to varying degrees.
Now he can never be associated with the word "human".
And then, he realized that he was in an abnormal place, because he was surrounded by empty plains, and the light gradually dimmed a little further away from him. When he was hundreds of meters away, he could only
Seeing the deep darkness is like being in the plains of night.
But where does the light that I can see come from?
He couldn't help but look up, but it was the same scene. A little further away, he could only see darkness, and only the abnormal light spreading from the top of his head. These lights were dim and did not look like moonlight or sunlight at all.
.
There is no sun, not to mention the moon and stars, as if they are not anywhere on the earth.
"Where is this?"
Although his heart was obviously full of confusion, Roberts still asked seemingly calmly. His experience told him that impatience and uneasiness could not solve any problem, and only calm judgment was the only way out.
Uberto's expression looked a little strange, but he still spoke truthfully.
"……seabed."
"seabed?"
This unexpected answer surprised Roberts.
What is the world under the sea? It is a completely lightless dark world, as well as sea water and high pressure. Except for extremely rare creatures that may survive, it is impossible for any surface creature to survive.
And the most important thing is, since it is the bottom of the sea, why is there no water?
"Are you kidding me?"
"No, according to my instruments and satellite signals... this is located in the deep sea of the Atlantic Ocean. After I used magic to teleport us away, we were randomly teleported here. However, I cannot identify the specific location due to unknown factors."
Uberto said in a strange voice. Along with the changes in his body, his voice also became very strange. It was not like a human voice, and there was a strange feeling of unclear enunciation and slurring.
Then he raised his head and looked up, looking at the deep darkness above his head, and spoke calmly.
"In my signal scanning, there is an unknown membrane-like thing about a thousand meters above. Beyond that is water, but water cannot enter this membrane. In other words, you can understand it as a big cover
Inside this seabed, seawater is blocked from entering, and we are within the protection range of this large cover."
Roberts was stunned by Uberto's words.
Is there a big cover deep under the Atlantic Ocean? This statement will make the whole world stunned, but after sorting out his thoughts for a while, Roberts asked.
"Then this big cover probably didn't form naturally. Do you know what this thing is?"
"I don't know, but I have some guesses... In ancient legends, there is a continent called Atlantis. There is Atlantis civilization on Atlantis, but one day the Atlantis civilization sank into the sea. This story
Its origin is difficult to trace, but we have found the remains of the Atlantean civilization and even the resurrected Atlanteans on the moon. In this case, why can't we believe that there really is such a thing that sank into the sea?
The civilization of Atlantis?”
With that said, Uberto thought for a moment and then murmured.
"Perhaps this protective shield has something to do with the civilization of Atlantis?"
"How are we going to get out?"
Uberto shook his head.
"I don't know either, but I found some metal fragments with obvious artificial traces. If this place is related to the Atlantis civilization, there should be some ruins and the possibility of getting out... Judging from the oxygen content here
, there may still be some life left alive, I don’t think we can maintain the operation of the entire ecology with this protective cover... Someone should be maintaining it.”
Uberto has mastered many secrets in the world. He seems to be thinking about the relationship between this undersea protective shield that has never been discovered by humans and the civilization of Atlantis. However, Roberts does not intend to consider these.
He is also not interested in such ancient secrets.
"How long have I slept?"
"Soon, judging from the changes in your biological clock, I just woke up in about two hours and forty minutes."
Without asking any more questions, Roberts just calmly checked his body. His limbs were all flexible, there was no bleeding in his body, and there was nothing strange about his body. It seemed that he was not injured, so he asked.
"Where's Joan?"
"I'm lying behind you, I'm not awake yet."
Roberts turned around and saw that Joan was lying quietly on the dirt floor with no sign of waking up. Roberts stepped forward and felt her pulse, then looked at her eyes and confirmed that she was just asleep.
It's a bit like sleeping pills, you won't wake up in a short time.
He glanced at Uberto again.
At the end, Uberto's choice surprised him. He thought that Uberto would risk his life to regain the key to the world, and he was also prepared to rescue his daughter, but he didn't expect that
However, Uberto was actually willing to give up the World Key to save Joan. It seemed that in his heart Joan was more important than the World Key.
Roberts is not stupid. He has been a mercenary and demon hunter for almost forty years, and has participated in many important events.
He had a hand in many events including the Star Wars program during the Cold War, the arms race, and even the final disintegration of the Soviet Union. Whether directly or indirectly, he was more or less involved in these events that affected the world. Even if
I'm not keen on political conspiracies, but I think I have some understanding of them.
If he took Joan with him in such great danger in the first place because he didn't believe there was any safe place on earth where he could escape the pursuit of several forces, and he could only take Joan with him, then Uberto had to agree. Then in the end, Uberto
Preferring to give up the world key to save Qiong is worth considering.
Why do this?
Is there any reason why Joan is more important in the heart of this cold-blooded genius than the world key?
"What is your purpose?"
Looking at the inhuman Uberto in front of him, Roberts asked again with vigilance in his eyes.
If it were other things, he could tolerate it, but if this matter involved his daughter, he would never tolerate it.
Uberto was silent for a moment, and then he opened his mouth.
"Roberts, think about it carefully, have I ever harmed you and Joan..."
"You pushed Wendy down, you killed her."
Just when Uberto tried to refute, a voice as cold as ice interrupted him abruptly.
Looking at Roberts's chilling gaze, Uberto understood that Wendy's death had already put this long-time demon hunter on the verge of explosion. If he could not be given a reasonable explanation now, he would never cooperate with him again.
He is no longer trusted by Roberts.
After a long time, he spoke.
…
"...You actually..."
"...we had to...snake..."
"...Do you remember...the headache..."
There was a faint quarrel in her ears. Qiong, who had a splitting headache, opened her eyes. The quarrel in her ears disappeared, and then she heard a pair of gentle hands supporting her head and letting her lean on the arms.
"you're awake."
The voice that should have been rough was now speaking softly, as if it were dealing with a fragile treasure.
Looking at her father beside her, the girl's body relaxed, she leaned into Roberts' arms, rubbed her forehead with her slender fingers, and murmured as if she was half asleep.
"Dad, where are we?"
"I don't know either, but don't worry for now, we are safe."
The girl looked not far away. Uberto was busy with something with his head down, as if he was checking what other instruments and equipment were available. Except for this weird space, everything looked normal, but something seemed to have changed.
In front of the girl, the relationship between Dad and Uberto is still not good, but it seems that it is no longer as hostile as before, and some trust between them has been regained.
In this unknown protective shield, with the help of a faint glimmer of light, the three of them moved forward aimlessly.
Roberts walked forward in silence, and Uberto adjusted the equipment on his body from time to time, looking for a possible way out. Only Joan looked very depressed, because she felt that the three of them were in hell and could not find it.
There were no animals or plants. She even felt that the three of them would die here.
"We will all die here."
Finally, she stopped and couldn't help but said in frustration.