This world is terrible

Under the gray sky, there is a faint blue ocean, and the Tianyan is as small as a sampan, undulating among the waves.

buzzing...

On the deck, it was a scene of excitement.The mechanical arm buzzed, and the steel cable was pulled up from a depth of several hundred meters. The captain, who had waited for a long time and still hadn't seen the diving bell, was impatient.

"Time is limited, speed up the progress, we can't delay any longer!"

"We must return to Kyushu as soon as possible before the news of [Reaper] is alive, and we must not give anyone or any force a chance."

These words were spoken, but no one felt wronged at all. Perhaps as early as the moment they knew [Death God], they had no idea of ​​returning things to their original owners.

How can such power be willing to give it to others?

Even if he is the former owner of [Reaper], he still cannot shake his determination.

The times have long changed, and the so-called king is nothing but a frog in a well that has long been at the bottom of the well. The foolish people believe in him like the sun and the moon, so how can they imagine what will happen thousands of years later?
The value of [Death] can only be realized in the hands of people. If its mighty power can be put into the world, why worry about the so-called gods and ghosts?

"Come out, come out!"

In order to avoid decompression, the diving bell, which had been stagnant underwater for a long time, finally came late after being called for a long time.

In the waves, the entire body of the bell slowly emerged from the water, and several streams of water flowed down its outline, and the crowd immediately burst into cheers, as if welcoming a hero, with unprecedented enthusiasm.

Re-landing on the deck, several wet divers climbed out from the entrance on the top of the bell one by one, and the leader held a strangely shaped box in his hand.

"This is the box that contained [Reaper]?"

The captain in a protective suit hastily reached out to take it, and looked at the box carefully.

I saw that although it has a square shape, the outline is not regular, like a child's clumsy work.

The most surprising thing is its material.

The captain had heard reports from divers before, saying that the box looked like human flesh, with a dark red color similar to blood.

Now it seems that it is really the case.

"Can it really be opened?"

The captain checked all angles, but he didn't find any keyhole or cover line for opening. This made him feel difficult, so he had to hand the box to Professor Lu.

Professor Lu picked up the box, put it close to his ear through a layer of protective clothing, and shook it vigorously.

"..."

No sound.

"It seems that it is useless to just look at it. If you want to know the inside of the box, you can only scan it through the device."

"Everyone, if you don't mind, can you allow me to bring it to the laboratory?"

He looked at several decision makers and asked with some ease.

The truth is not as easy as he thought.

Almost instantly, all the voices disappeared, and a few invisible eyes seemed to be communicating and attacking. After a long time, someone said leisurely: "...then leave it to Professor Lu."

"I hope that as soon as possible, there will be a conclusion to this millennium mystery."

"I won't let you down."

Professor Lu said solemnly, turned around and walked towards the laboratory in the cabin, and behind him, there were suddenly a few commissioners armed with live ammunition, who were inseparable as if they were protecting each other.

"What about that person?"

The captain closed his eyes slightly, and suddenly asked.

What he asked was naturally Gao Yi.

The latter also came to this sea area, and obviously also had the intention of obtaining [Death God]. How could such an uncertain factor be let go?
"Captain, he doesn't seem to be on the assault boat anymore." The commissioner held up his binoculars and reported.

"Not here? Then it will be ruined." The captain said lightly.

"Yes."

After a while, screams came.

A black shadow descended from the sky, hitting the assault boat rolling on the water, blowing it to pieces.

"Without a boat, no matter who you are, you can stay here with peace of mind."

Then, the waves raised by the scientific research ship rushed in, pushing the wreckage of the assault boat further and further away.

……

"A Shen!"

"A Shen!"

On the endless sea, Gao Yi, with a swimming ring sandwiched between him, was jumping back and forth, calling Ah Shen's name constantly, with a somewhat anxious expression on his face.

As early as after entering the Homecoming, the connection between Ah Shen's head camera and the terminal on the ship was up and down. The last picture Gao Yi saw was the scene when the divers found the box.

Immediately afterwards, all the pictures disappeared, and Ah Shen did not show up for a long time.

Originally, he thought that something happened to the Homecoming, but the diving bell that returned safely undoubtedly broke this guess, which forced Gao Yi to shift the focus of his suspicion from the Homecoming to Ah Shen itself .

It went wrong!

"If there is an accident in other places, I can rescue it, but why is it underwater?!"

After calling for help many times to no avail, Gao Yi slapped the surface of the water angrily: "If I had known, I would have made another painting of a diving suit. At least I can work harder, and it won't be like it is now..."

Before he finished speaking, a column of water suddenly rose in front of Gao Yi, and a fish head with the camera on it appeared in front of him, wondering: "Mr. Gao, what are you talking about?"

"Ash?!"

Gao Yi was a little surprised, and quickly licked the fish's head: "Why did you suddenly have no news? I thought something happened to you..."

"Mr. Gao, something really happened."

Ah Shen explained seriously: "I suspect that I have been subjected to cognitive distortion."

"Cognitive distortion?"

Gao Yi's expression changed slightly: "Tell me in detail."

Ah Shen nodded, and started the narration from the beginning to the end: "After entering the Homecoming, I conducted a carpet search in the cabin, but found no clues of any boxes."

"And the really weird ones are the people from the Tianyan. They just entered the Homecoming, and they seem to be possessed, and they are moving in one direction..."

"They came to a room, a very conspicuous room, but I didn't have any impression of it, and in the empty center of it, the box was quietly placed on the ground."

"...It is indeed very suspicious."

Gao Yi was thinking, but was interrupted by Ah Shen: "No, the real problem is yet to come! Mr. Gao, didn't you ask why I didn't hear from me suddenly? In fact, after I found out that the group found the box, they already Decided to grab it!"

"But one step forward, the scene in front of me suddenly changed. What I found was a narrow single room, not the room I saw before."

"what?"

Gao Yi suddenly thought of the infinite corridor he encountered in that misty ice and snow festival in [Seven Unbelievable Campus].

Was Ah Shen, like himself, being played by some unknown force?
"About a few minutes later, the environment around me changed again. This time I returned to the original place, and the divers of the Sky Eye had already left with the box."

"No more changes?"

"No."

"Then the answer will be clear."

Gao Yi looked at the blurred figure of Tianyan, and stroked his wet bangs: "The problem lies in that box, but isn't it a container for [Reaper]? Apart from death, how does it affect cognition? of?" (End of this chapter)