Sir Chen, your wife is missing!

The darker it is, the easier it is for people to relax their vigilance. The dark seawater has no sunlight, and the eyes can only see a small part. Even in shallow water, you must carry lighting tools to approach.

There was no wind on the sea, and the calm sea surface was as still as a pool of stagnant water.

It is not normal to have too much noise or to be too calm. Some things just haven't reached the shore yet, and their power has not yet stirred up the surface of the sea water, giving people on the shore the illusion that everything is peaceful.

"The air smells so strong tonight, it's like walking into a large seafood market."

She moved her shoulders and the old injury on her back was particularly painful.

Itchy and painful.

The medical staff of the office gave her a systematic and comprehensive treatment. The wound will be healed in another week. Perhaps the wound is trying to grow new skin, which makes the body feel painful and itchy.

Not being able to scratch or slap is like being in the courtship period where neither the tail nor the annular muscles can be satisfied, causing you to feel very uncomfortable and scratchy.

Reed followed her, distracted.

"The air is full of the smell of sea urchins. This afternoon, when I was cleaning up the abyss, I found a waterlogged nest in a nearby mountain. It was full of sea urchins and abyss. The location was very hidden, and the weeds almost completely covered the entrance. No one noticed the secret hidden there."

"You guys have dealt with everything?"

"Well, kind of. The team found two of the long-missing investigators inside. Not surprisingly, they had all turned into members of the so-called horde, with parts of their bodies transformed into sea urchins. They kept repeating the words we heard in the terminal."

"The ocean is calling. Fellows, return to the herd?"

"That's right. Their behavior is just like they have joined a cult. They have been brainwashed by the cult members and have forgotten their identities and past. Their minds are filled with nothing but nonsense."

"How are those people now?"

"They jumped into the sea when we weren't paying attention, saying they wanted to dedicate their bodies to the will of the masses. When we fished them out, both of them had no vital signs and were confirmed dead. It's not surprising that they drowned, as their heads hadn't completely turned to sea, so they couldn't breathe freely in the sea."

"This ending is too tragic."

The story of the Deep Sea Camp is full of the style of the K-series. The protagonists all end up in the same place, and in the end they all fall into madness, get lost or die in endless panic and despair. The fate of the investigators is exactly the same as that of the protagonists in the story.

Feng Qingyu also shared with her the experience of fighting with the Road Shaper on the deserted beach during the day. Although the fighting process was not easy, it was even extremely thrilling. There were several times when Hai Si's claws brushed past her and almost touched her skin.

If the opponent is a mad feather beast or other monster, it won't kill you if it grabs you. Haisi's genes are like zombie viruses, highly contagious, and must be treated with caution.

They chatted casually, and at the end of the gravel path, a gray figure appeared. He stood there for a long time, as if he had been waiting here for a long time.

Feng Qingyu recognized him.

He saw this strange man in a robe and a hood at Victoria Airport. The smell of the strange man was stronger than when he first saw him, and he was more aquatic, and some angular protrusions could be vaguely seen on the back of his robe.

The tentacles were wriggling under the robe, as if they would tear it apart at any time.

No one knows how this guy got from Victoria's mobile city to Xiosta. Maybe he swam from the sea, or maybe there was some means of transportation that no one could think of.

She didn't care how this person came to Xiosta. Since he had waited here specially, he must have something to say. It just so happened that she also had something she wanted to ask, so she might as well take this opportunity to find out everything at once.

"Tell me what this key is for."

Taking out the key hidden under her collar, Feng Qingyu approached the weirdo and stared at him with a threatening look. It was not yet time to use force to scare him. For the time being, she did not want to see the blood with Haisi genes flying everywhere.

This person had no aggression towards them at all, so there was no need to kill them.

The weirdo took off his hood, revealing the face underneath. It was an old Filin, with sparse and gray hair, skin like dry and wrinkled bark, and skin color that was different from that of a normal person, like a frozen corpse in a morgue.

The sea creature's scales have not yet covered his entire body, and the human part is larger than the sea creature's part, so he still retains human will.

The cloudy eyes reflected Feng Qingyu's appearance.

"You are as impatient as the dead count. But please do not rush me. I am trying to grasp the part of my will that belongs to me. As you can see, I will soon lose my qualifications as a human being and become part of the herd. Before returning to the herd, I regained my lucidity for a short time and remembered that I still had a mission to complete."

"mission?"

"About the key I gave you."

The strange man paced along the coastline, and Feng Qingyu and Weicao followed behind him, keeping a short distance so that they could hear each other clearly while not falling too far behind.

His pace was not slow, but as fast as that of a young man in his teens or twenties.

"While I still remember, and while my will has not been devoured by the horde, those things should be returned to you. I have guarded the Earl's resting place for so many years, and it is time for me to have a good rest."

"Don't speak in riddles, please say something we can understand, thank you."

Feng Qingyu was annoyed by the strange man's slow and leisurely way of speaking.

He always fails to get to the point after a long time, which is very similar to Kal'tsit. There are too many riddlers in Terra. If this continues, the content of the textbooks for preschool children will be worrying.

66. The Duke's Treasure (4k)

"Sorry, the following explanation will be as simple and understandable as possible."

The weirdo's hoarse voice was as sharp as someone rubbing sandpaper with metal. When you stay with him, your ears will suffer the most, followed by your nasal cavity and lungs.

The seaside is open, and the smell will not stay in the same place for too long. The sea breeze will naturally blow it away. Feng Qingyu lit a cigarette and tried to dilute the smell of the sea as much as possible.

The torture of the nasal cavity has been solved, but the ears cannot be saved.

She had to get some more clues from this half-asleep man, about the key and the count he was talking about.

The prerequisite for a heart-to-heart conversation is self-introduction. The strange man performed the standard Sargon etiquette when meeting Feng Qingyu and Weicao.

"I used to be a slave working under the king. My name... I have long forgotten my original name. The Earl usually called me Cyril, a name he had just picked up from a book. It was a great honor for a slave to be given a name by his master. I was just ten years old that year."

A strange man of Sargon origin named Cyril began to recall his past.

He found a rock to sit on, holding the handle of his cane with both hands, and some dark blue scales had grown on the rough back of his hands. Cyril's eyes were sometimes scattered and sometimes focused, as if he was trying to resist the influence of the crowd's will on him.

It is said that for those who have become sea heirs, countless voices will echo in their ears and minds, calling them repeatedly and urging them to move towards the deep sea.

"You are the Earl's descendant. Looking at your face, I often have the illusion of going back to the past. Everyone thought that the Earl's bloodline was completely cut off on that crazy night, but in fact... No one knew that he sent the last bit of his great-grandson's bloodline to the Feng family. The daughter of the head of the family didn't know that her child died at birth, nor did she know that she had actually lost her fertility. The eldest son of the Feng family is not the biological son of the direct bloodline heir, and his personality is unruly. They just need a legitimate new heir."

Cyril stared at Feng Qingyu with burning eyes.

Feng Qingyu also knew who the legitimate new heir he was talking about was. The relationships between the big families were like tree roots deep in the soil, intertwined and difficult to sort out the relationships between the characters.

She drew a simple tree diagram of the relationships between people in her mind. She was at the bottom of the two trees, connected to both families with Drake blood, and was also their heir.

With such a rich identity background, she is very much like the heroine in a novel.

After speaking for a long time, Cyril's throat was dry and he coughed dryly. When human will takes the lead, he can still feel everything like a normal person.

Such as hunger, thirst and pain.

"Well, do you want me to buy you something to eat or drink? There's a vending machine with food a few dozen meters ahead. What do you like to eat?"

"Don't worry about it..."

Cyril stroked his gray beard, and his aging eyes glowed with a faint light.

He was very pleased to be treated well by his master. The greatest advantage of Sargon's slaves was their loyalty. The kings and chiefs could not do without their slaves, and the slaves also had to rely on their masters to survive.

Slaves who are loyal and capable to their masters have the opportunity to be reused. He happened to be one of the lucky ones and met a Victorian aristocrat. He then worked for the aristocrat for decades, from his youth to old age, and spent his youth in the magnificent mansion.

When the descendant of his master appeared before him, he was filled with joy. He found the goal of the last leg of his life and finally regained his will as a human being. He followed her to Xiosta.

These words are equivalent to explaining the last things to do. Those who become Hai Si have no way back, and it is impossible to turn back into a human.

"I'm going to buy some water, okay? It's so hot in Xiosta, how can I not drink some water?"

Feng Qingyu ran to the vending machine in front and bought three bottles of chilled mineral water.

The temperature at night remains high, and even the evening breeze is warm. Once you leave the air-conditioned enclosed space, you will break out in a sweat in just a few minutes.

There was no small fan or folding fan at hand, and Feng Qingyu had wiped the sweat off his face more than a dozen times in half an hour. Wei Cao also used up two packs of handkerchiefs without saying a word, and when he got the cold water, he couldn't help but drink half of it in one breath.

Cyril had already engraved his slave status into his blood, and he accepted his master's gift with a respectful attitude. Sargon had such a custom, and Feng Qingyu had no way to force him to change his concept, so he had to accept it.

The old slave kissed the sand at his master's feet three times before he slowly got up and poured water into his thirsty throat.

"You... No, you are just like the Earl, a kind and generous person. The secret of the key is hidden in an underground mausoleum in Iberia. The mausoleum has a secret room for storing burial objects. The Earl left behind a treasure that can make the owner invincible. It is an item that has been passed down from generation to generation in the Williams family. The first head of the family made great military achievements for the then Emperor Victoria Frederick I, was awarded the title of Earl, and became one of the earliest nobles."

He looked out at the dark sea and saw a dim horizon in the distance.

"No one knows where the treasure came from. It is said that the first head of the Williams family was just an ordinary country youth before he was conferred the title. After he grew up, he became a sailor and went to Iberia to transport goods. An Agor living in Iberia gave him a black sword and told him that this thing could change his life."

"So, that guy accepted something of unknown origin from a strange stranger?"

This is a common adventure plot in classical martial arts novels. The age and gender of the person being encountered are not important; the key is whether the gift is good or not.

"Yes, your ancestor accepted the gift from the Agor people, brought the sword back to Victoria, and soon after joined the army, starting... a very legendary life. The family prospered until 1038. That was a turning point. From then on, things became increasingly wrong with the family."

The year 1038 is a familiar number that often appears in the Iberian history section of Terra's world history textbooks. The major events that took place in Iberia that year are collectively referred to as the "Great Silence" by historians.

The Great Silence shocked the world and was a great disaster in Iberia.

During this period, Iberia's coastal cities fell into peace, radio waves disappeared, and the sea surged, separating the lighthouse from the land. This disaster caused Iberia to be invaded by the sea on a large scale, the coastal land was polluted, and the city was destroyed.

After the Great Silence, Iberia fell into decline.

The golden age that everyone praised is gone forever. Siren Records even released a song to commemorate that bygone era. One of the lyrics is so catchy that Feng Qingyu still remembers it.

——Golden age will return again

The style of the song is magnificent, and the listeners feel as if they are personally on the scene. With just their eyes closed, they can imagine the grandeur of Iberia at that time, as well as the scene of the large ocean-going fleets setting sail in the Golden Age, with tens of thousands of ships coming and going in the port, which is shocking.

It’s a pity that that era has become something that can only be seen in history books. Today, Iberia is no longer prosperous, its economy is in decline, and it has faded from the sight of most people.

Feng Qingyu likes history class very much and his grades are among the best. Taila has done well in foreign history and has also tutored his two younger sisters at home.

The history of the disappearance of Iberia was the area she was most interested in. Cyril's topic had completely piqued her interest, and the frosted sound could be ignored.

Interesting stories can dilute the negative impact of sound, especially stories with a heavy sense of history.

"What does the Duke of Victoria have to do with the Great Silence? Londinium is quite far away from Iberia, and the Great Silence could not reach Londinium at that time."

"Then we have to mention the family heir at that time. He was a man obsessed with Iberian culture to the point of madness, and he had ideas that no one could understand. He planned to move all of Victoria's assets to Iberia and live in that country for a long time."

"What a lunatic." Feng Qingyu couldn't help but complain.

Abandoning his good home and moving the property accumulated by his ancestors to a country with an uncertain situation, he is indeed a filial descendant.

Generally, a family whose heir is a madman will undoubtedly decline when the person who can support the family dies. Descendants who have no talent for running the family business and are obsessed with foreign culture will eventually push the family into the abyss.

Cyril's story was even more heartbreaking than the story of the Feng family's gradual decline. Feng Qingyu cursed the ancestor nine or ten times in his heart. If a normal person had taken charge, perhaps the Williams family would still be alive.

"The master is a madman in the eyes of others, an absolute madman, but he is very kind to his slaves. He loves traveling. He got separated from the caravan during his adventure in the Sargon Desert. I saved his life and gave him a sip of water. He thought that I had a firm gaze and was a person worth cultivating, so I followed him back to Victoria. He has a wife from the Drak tribe, who is as gentle as he is."

The guy who ruined the family was Feng Qingyu's great-grandfather. The story of the Williams family was more complicated than that of the Feng family. Feng Qingyu regretted not buying more food and drinks to enjoy while listening.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but the key on my chest felt slightly warm. I looked down and found that the key was still quietly in the same place, without any strange phenomenon.

Perhaps because he had listened to the story for so long, his brain had confused reality with the content of the story, causing him to have the illusion that the key was moving.

In the following detailed narration, Feng Qingyu confirmed that she was the descendant of the psychopathic heir, his great-granddaughter. The narration gradually came to an end, and undercurrents surged in the distance.

Feng Qingyu silently lit a cigarette, the faint light of the cigarette butt faintly visible in the darkness.

After some hesitation, Cyril asked her for one too. The light of the fire spell illuminated the old man's pale face, and the fragrance of the smoke spread in the flames.

Wei Cao doesn't smoke, so Feng Qingyu didn't ask her if she wanted one.

After both of them took a few puffs, Cyril showed a satisfied expression and continued his story.

"Before the master could move the family business to Iberia, the Great Silence broke out. It happened so suddenly that we were all caught off guard. All the lighthouses in Iberia were paralyzed at the same time for unknown reasons. The keepers could not find the problem and could not repair it. The coastline of Iberia fell into darkness, and the ships that sailed into the ocean never returned."

"This is what we know as the Great Silence, I know. Is that when great-grandfather went mad?"

"The master could not accept that his beloved Iberia had become devastated. One night, he claimed that he heard the call of the horde, who could give him a new Iberia, a golden age of victory. He became even crazier. At a family dinner in the summer, he added his blood to red wine and distributed it to everyone in the family. At that time, he had been invaded by the genes of the Sea Si. After drinking that glass of red wine, everyone turned into the Sea Si. Everyone heard the call of the horde and decided to tear off the disguise of human society and go to the deep sea of ​​Iberia to find the lost golden fleet."

The story ends here, and the ending is definitely going in the direction of the K-style wind. The whole family goes crazy together, and everyone becomes part of a large group. You can guess it with your toes.

My great-grandfather was an Iberia fan until his death, there was no hope for him.

Feng Qingyu was the lucky one who was sent away, and he avoided the misfortune of becoming a member of the big group. He grew up with bumps and bumps and became a big boss who is loved by women.

Now that we have heard the family background story and the origin of the key, there is only one last part left, which is the location of the Iberian Catacombs.

"The mausoleum was built by the master before he went to the deep sea. He hoped to be buried in Iberia after his death, facing the Iberian sea. I don't know the exact location of the mausoleum, and the master didn't even have time to tell me. He once said that it was the best location in the whole of Iberia, a location where you can see the sea."

The old man exhaled the smoke from his mouth. He felt extremely happy after completing an important life event and letting go of a heavy responsibility.

He was the last servant of the Williams family. All the others became Haisi on that "carnival night". He has been fighting against Haisi's will and sticking to his mission all these years.

After telling the last story, his mission also ended.

Cyril knelt down again in front of the last bloodline of the Williams family. This time, Feng Qingyu finally confirmed the ownership of his bloodline. The Drake family seemed to have ended in various tragedies, leaving the youngest descendants to continue struggling while listening to the stories of their ancestors.

Tallulah, Weicao, and Abrana are all like this, and so is Feng Qingyu.

"Miss, I hope you can live happily and smoothly every day of your life. And I... I finally completed the last task assigned by my master, and I can finally go to accompany him."

The human will completely disappeared in the old man's body, and the human part quickly turned into a sea in front of Feng Qingyu and Weicao, turning into a road shaper.