The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Although Leo's situation has proved the existence of the soul from a certain point of view, Leo has always been in a state of doubt about the soul, and at this moment Leo has begun to believe that the soul really exists. Because he is looking at these souls now.

I saw the jellyfishes breaking through the goblin's blockade, and after entering the jungle, their bodies immediately scattered and turned into a cloud of light, and then quickly condensed into a human form, slowly moving towards the depths of the jungle.

These human-shaped hazes are all the appearances of human beings before death, some are drowned, some are fatally injured, and some are dead from illness. These hazes all maintain the form at the moment of death.

The scene in front of him made Leo think that he saw a church book about corpse collectors in the dream world, where it mentioned a place called the Sea of ​​Abyss, saying that the dead would all float in the Sea of ​​Abyss, knowing that the dead would appear in the sea The vortex takes the dead away, and some of the dead are lucky enough to drift to the kingdom of the gods, and those souls become another form to live forever in the kingdom of the gods.

In addition, the book also mentions that the sea of ​​abyss is connected to the kingdoms of all gods, or it can be said that the kingdoms of all gods are small islands floating in the sea of ​​abyss.

Although the scene in front of him was different from the scene in the book where the corpse collectors took away the souls and entered the sea of ​​abyss, Leo had a faint feeling that these might be the lucky souls in the book.

Those lucky souls who were blocked by the goblins were able to change their forms and live on this island in another way, but it is not known how much wisdom these souls still have. No trace of any intelligence is seen in the soul.

A feast of breaking through and hunting did not last too long, and the ocean returned to calm and deep. Looking out to the sea, you can only see a piece of darkness, which is a kind of black that can make people feel frightened. After watching for a long time, there is a feeling that the soul will be sucked away.

At the same time, Leo felt that gaze again, the gaze from the depths of the ocean and the abyss, and compared to the feelings he had obtained before, the feeling he felt at this moment was stronger and clearer, and at the same time He also figured out where the stare was coming from.

"Corpse Collector!" Leo couldn't help showing a look of surprise on his face, because he found that this stare came from the god corpse collector in the dream world.

When he was in the dream world, Leo had just met the spirit of the corpse collector when he arrived in Lake Town, and later learned from the lady on the lake that the corpse collector had been paying attention to him, but he was surprised to return to Velen After the world, he would still meet this corpse collector, which really made him feel a little puzzled.

Although the gods in the dream world are inextricably linked with the gods in the Velen world, the body collector is different from the lady in the lake. The body collector is a god created by the people in the dream world. Among the many ancient beliefs in the world of Velen In the world, there has never been a god like a corpse collector. The only god related to death is only one, and that is the creator of the web weaver.

However, now Leo really felt the attention from the corpse collector. This feeling of attention was very strong, so strong that Leo had the illusion that the corpse collector would crawl out of the water.

It's just that he can only rely on his physical sensations for the existence of the corpse collector. After his spiritual network spread, he didn't find anything suspicious from the sea at all.

This feeling of being noticed didn't last for too long, and it disappeared soon. Before disappearing, Leo vaguely felt that the corpse collector who paid attention to him seemed to be scruples.

Everything around has returned to calm, except for the sound of waves hitting the rocks on the shore and the wind blowing through the wreckage of the ship, there is no other sound, and there is no other noteworthy situation.

Leo looked at the deep sea in the distance, was silent for a moment, turned around and returned to the lower cabin, returned to the bonfire he set up, and added some dry firewood to the bonfire.

Looking at the swaying flames, Leo fell into contemplation. Everything he saw and felt just now made him realize that he seemed to have overlooked a possibility before, that is, the place he is in now is not the sea area of ​​Velen World at all, but It is the Sea of ​​Abyss mentioned in the books of the Church of the Corpse Collectors.

If this is the sea of ​​the abyss, then I felt the attention of the corpse collectors before, the souls who came out of the sea I saw just now, and even the island I am on now, and the wreckage of the damaged ships on the island, everything reasonable explanations can be found.

According to the classics of the Church of the Corpse Collectors, the sea of ​​abyss is the home of the dead at sea, which just explains why there are souls coming out of the sea.

In addition, the Sea of ​​Abyss is also connected to the Divine Kingdom and Divine Domain of all the gods, and now this island is likely to be the Sea God's Garden as he guessed.

As for the wreckage of so many ships from different countries on and near the beach, we can also find an explanation. Before the previous ships were launched, some ceremonies were performed to sacrifice the new ships to the sea god, praying that the sea god would protect the ships and sail safely at sea. And when a ship is in distress, the ship and all the dead on the ship will become the sacrifices of the Sea God and be taken away by the Sea God. That's why there are so many ship wrecks of different shapes and all countries around this beach.

"Storm! It should have been brought to the Sea of ​​Abyss by that storm." Leo carefully thought about why he appeared in the Sea of ​​Abyss, and soon he thought of the sea storm he encountered when he left the Queen Mary, and at the same time He couldn't help but look at the location of the Web Weaver's mark.

Because the situation was very bad at that time, Leo had to concentrate on dealing with the turbulent waves caused by the storm, and did not notice the abnormality produced by the Mark of the Web Weaver at that time. Analysis of abnormal movements.

If it was normal, even if he found this kind of abnormal movement, Leo would not be too suspicious, but now this situation is different. The situation at that time, the timing of the abnormal movement of the Web Weaver's imprint and the current environment, All of them are showing that the world of entering this abyss sea may be inseparable from the web weaver.

"The so-called plague that suddenly broke out on the ship may not be that simple!" Thinking of this, Leo made another guess.

After the plague broke out in Miria City, all ships, steam trains and other public transportation facilities will undergo very strict inspections.

Just like Leo, even with a first-class ticket, he checked three times before boarding the ship, one of which was a medical examination to see if he had symptoms of illness.

Although these inspections may not be able to completely find out people suffering from the plague, people with obvious disease characteristics will still be found out, and these people will not be allowed to board the ship, so even if someone's illness is not found out, This person's disease will not be the kind of fatal disease in a short period of time.

In addition, on the Queen Mary, Leo inspected the bodies of the passengers and crew members, and found that although their death characteristics looked like they had died from the plague, the actual death was due to organ failure, not directly caused by the plague. , but more like the failure of body organs after the vitality is weakened.

So the plague that turned the Queen Mary into a ship of death was not a plague at all, but probably other unknown forces.

"Why? Why did you do this? Did I make a mistake in my judgment, and this matter is aimed at me?" Leo fiddled with the bonfire in front of him, wondering constantly, and even overturned his previous judgment, feeling that the whole matter It was aimed at him, but then he shook his head again, still firmly believing that the source of this matter was not him, he just happened to be involved.

The most direct evidence is that if it is directed at him, his vision will definitely have some premonition. This is not nonsense, but after the life evolves to a fifth-level psyker, the perception will reach another level. one level.

If Leo has received any training on subspace knowledge, then as a fifth-level psyker, he can mentally enter the subspace anywhere. And any targeted hostility or thoughts towards level 5 psykers, no matter where the thoughts and hostility come from, even the end of the universe, will be projected into the Dao subspace and perceived by him, even if the hostility comes from Omega-level advanced creatures are no exception, only the strength of the senses and the sensing time are different.

Although Leo now only has the power of a fifth-level psyker, and has no corresponding knowledge, and even less knowledge about the subspace, he is not yet a real fifth-level psyker, but some fifth-level psykers He has none of the talents that the reader should have. This is the product of the evolution of life, just like the nose is used to breathe and the ears are used to listen, so he trusts his premonition of crisis very much.

In the process of constantly asking questions and denying them, the doubts in Leo's heart not only did not decrease but increased. In the end, he felt that these messy thoughts would only disturb his thinking, so he decided to find further clues , Do not think and speculate about the ins and outs of this matter.

In order to prevent accidents, Leo set up traps in some places on the ship, and kept himself in a shallow rest state, ready to get up and deal with any possible attacks at any time.

The following nights were calm, without the shocking scene before it appeared. The only movement that alarmed Leo was a new shipwreck that drifted to the coast and ran aground. What surprised Leo was that He knew the ship.

This ship was docked at the same pier as the Queen Mary. When the Queen Mary left the port, it had just opened for passengers to board the ship. I didn't expect to see this ship again in this ship cemetery.

The reason why Leo paid special attention to this ship was that it was the only pure sailing ship on the pier at that time, and this ship was not for cargo, but rather like a private ship for some noble young masters and ladies to go out for fun. sailboat.

Now the sailboat that reappeared in front of Leo's eyes was no longer as simple and gorgeous as it was when he first saw it. The broken masts, cracked hulls and other traces all told the great disaster that the ship encountered.

Leo, who saw the ship stranded, didn't pay attention for too long. He just made a plan to search the ship after dawn tomorrow to see if there was anything useful, and then returned to the bonfire in the lower cabin. Next, continue to rest.

The night passed quickly, and the sunlight after dawn shone on Leo's body through the gaps caused by the cracks on the ship, allowing him to quickly recover from the shallow rest.

After regaining consciousness, Leo extinguished the bonfire, then went directly to the hole on the side of the cabin and jumped out of the boat, cleaned himself up with the clear sea water, and followed the plan made last night to the stranded sailboat Do a search.

Although the hull of the sailing ship was cracked, the keel was still intact, so it could still drift on the sea without sinking to the bottom of the sea. In addition, there are traces of damage left after being hit by the waves everywhere on the ship. It can be deduced what kind of hardships the ship has experienced, but what interests Leo is the situation inside the cabin.

Inside the cabin, there are a lot of traces of battles. Many of the arrows of the steam engine crossbow are nailed to the wooden boards, and some special bullets are also embedded on the walls. The passengers were all armed with strong weapons, and the attacks they encountered were also very strong. Even if they fought back with all their strength, they were still unable to break through the opponent's encirclement, and they were tightly suppressed in a cabin, and finally trapped die in it.

Because the inside of this ship has been washed by a large amount of sea water, even if there is blood on the ground, it has been washed away, making it impossible for Leo to judge the final condition of the passengers on this ship, but judging from the traces on the surrounding walls and floors, Their situation is probably very bad, and the probability of being killed on the spot is as high as 90%.

From the traces of destruction around, Leo could also see that the person who attacked the ship was probably not a normal person, maybe some family members, because there are a lot of walls and floors destroyed by external force, which shows the strength of the attacker Far beyond ordinary people.

In addition, he also found some human cell tissues from some arrows inserted on the wall. Although these human tissues are only some flesh and blood, they also contain a trace of spiritual energy fluctuations, but this spiritual energy fluctuations are extremely weak. If Ou hadn't become a fifth-level psyker, it would be difficult to sense it.

Based on yesterday's experience, Leo quickly found the location of the captain's cabin, but the captain's cabin has been severely damaged, leaving only a pile of debris, and any useful things have been washed away.

However, the careful Leo still found a piece of paper that was completely wet from a pile of broken wood. The ink on the paper was also blurred, and it was impossible to see what was written. Only the signature at the end remained. Relatively intact, barely recognizable.

"Ganzares Mason?" After carefully identifying the signature, Leo couldn't help being stunned. He seemed to have heard this name somewhere.