Deep Sea Embers

Chapter 262 Captain Duncan’s Gift

In the large document Morris brought, there is only such a small section that can be related to the mysterious symbol - and the symbol is only an extremely inconspicuous part of this small piece of information. The author does not even use a single word to interpret this symbol and the relief patterns surrounding it.

Duncan and Morris could only analyze the details presented in the manuscript illustrations, and initially determined that the broken cross surrounded by a hexagonal outline should be a religious symbol or academic symbol from the Old Kingdom period.

Duncan slowly closed the big book.

Morris judged from a rational point of view that the ascetics who visited the Lost Home a century ago could not be descendants of the ancient kingdom - it was almost impossible for a group of hermits to pass on for ten thousand years in the chaotic and dangerous Deep Sea Age without extinction. is zero. From a rigorous academic perspective, he cannot make this assumption rashly unless more evidence is found.

But Duncan still intuitively believed that those ascetics must be inextricably linked to the ancient kingdom of Crete. They held that mysterious emblem and attached great importance to it, which showed that they knew that the emblem had something to do with it. What meaning.

Of course, hypotheses are just hypotheses. Without evidence, everything is empty talk. At this stage, unless those ascetics appear in front of Duncan again, no one can figure out their origins.

"How many Cretan ruins have been found and are well preserved in the world now?" Duncan suddenly raised his head and asked.

"There are so few relics that have been found that you can count them on one hand. As for the ones that are better preserved, it depends on what the standard of 'better' is," Alice said. "For those who study the ancient kingdom, As far as humans are concerned, if you can find a large pit that is confirmed to be related to Crete, you can find wall tiles that are more than ten meters long and are connected together, or even just find a few stone doors that have fallen to the ground, this can be considered to be well preserved. "

Having said this, the old scholar couldn't help but let out a sigh: "Under normal circumstances, it is unlikely that the relics left within the jurisdiction of the city-state will be preserved. We will try our best to leave text and image data for them, and try our best to preserve them. Every detail of their descriptions is recorded, and the relics for analysis are collected in research facilities. Finally, the relics themselves will be bulldozed, filled up, and become part of the city.”

Duncan thought for a moment and said to himself: "A foothold is as valuable as gold."

Alice solemnly reached out to take the crystal pendant and expressed her gratitude, but Duncan seemed to think of something again and muttered thoughtfully: "If he wants to take that pendant back, if he still has to be raped by his daughter, He said, I have to add his wife this time. Wait a minute and find me something real so that you can go back and do business with your wife and children."

"An old lady said it when she was leaving just now," Nina said with a smile. "She said that there is a clerk like the eldest lady in the store, which makes the pile of things on the shelves look like real ones..."

Nina was counting a few banknotes behind the counter, Mo Huanqing was watching curiously, and Shirley disappeared at some point, maybe she ran out to play.

"Antiques," Mo Huan looked at the old man in front of him seriously, "There are many real things in my store, but this one is absolutely authentic."

Mo Huanqing nodded happily, put on his hat, put the big book under his arm, and went downstairs with Duncan.

Alice looked at the cannonball and then at Duncan. The expression on her face became increasingly weird. For a moment, she actually knew in her mind which one was more anxious to go back with a cannonball or a glass pendant to raise the blood pressure of her wife and daughter. However, what she faced was that Facing the enthusiastic smile on Mr. Duncan's face, he finally swallowed all his words and accepted this... "gift" calmly.

"This is" the old gentleman was a little confused. As he spoke, he returned to the counter with the "real thing" he found, and put the thing on the counter with a "bang".

However, Duncan still turned around and rummaged through the pile of junk next to the counter. While rummaging, he raised his head and muttered: "No need to say more, I understand, I found it."

Mo Huanqing nodded: "We study history, preserve history, and try to remember these past things as the years go by, but we cannot let the past things crowd out

Pressure on living space.

"I really thought Mo Huanqing could still play some role here," Duncan sighed thoughtfully for a long time, then suddenly turned to Alice, "Do you want to bring something with you when you go back?"

After a pleasant conversation between the guests and the host, it was time for Alice to say goodbye and leave.

It was only then that he realized belatedly that Captain Duncan had sent his kindness so early.

The unbridled experience of a city-state falling apart, witnessing the shattering of two histories and the annihilation of one, and the protection of the amulet.

"Ah?" Alice was a little surprised, "This... I had this plan when I went out..."

"Looks like a cannonball?"

Duncan was stunned when he heard this: "Is it related to Morris?" When Alice heard this, she waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, you don't have to do this for me..."

Alice looked at the pendant in Duncan's hand and saw the magnificent crystal that represented modern industry gently swaying in mid-air, with the surface reflecting the radiant light. The first thing that came to her mind was the incredible things Heidi had mentioned to her after she came back. Experience:

"Yes, I don't know why, business is very good today," Nina happily waved the money in her hand to Duncan, "It seems to be related to Morris?"

I looked at Morris silently, while Mo Huanqing looked at him confused.

"I hope this amulet can continue to bring good luck to Sister Heidi," Mo Huan said with a smile, "Take it, you deserve it."

"I met a friend in Lunza who specialized in the history of the ancient kingdom. He was my classmate when I was studying at the Institute of Truth." Mo Huanqing nodded and pointed to the large table on the table that he gave to me many years ago. I remember that I also mentioned related documents at that time. He also wrote a letter, but he didn't know when he would receive a response. "

Later, he and Alice discussed many things about the ancient kingdom of Crete - about these sporadic discoveries, these ethereal and weird legends, these are so true and false that it is even impossible to tell whether they are reality or myth. Documentary scrolls.

"Yes, it's from the Homeless Ship. It's in very good condition. He can even fire it if he finds a muzzle-loading smoothbore cannon of suitable caliber." Duncan happily patted the big iron ball on the counter. "What's more important is the bullet." There are still the broken steel seal of the cannonball foundry and the personal mark of the forger on the body. To be honest, it is rarer than the dagger last time - given to you. "

"The new city-state has been around for nearly two thousand years. In the years when explorers were most active, new islands were often discovered, and unknown wilderness and ancient ruins came into our view. But in the last one or two centuries, Here, this kind of discovery is on the verge of extinction.

Alice stared dumbfounded at what Duncan got on the counter.

But Miss Doll has no idea what's going on - she's still trying to remember what money looks like and learn how to count it.

"When he left, he promised his wife to go home for lunch," the old scholar said with a smile on his face. "If he goes back too late, he will be scolded by his wife and daughter for a long time."

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Duncan was silent for a long time, but still focused on this symbol and the original documents behind it: "You just said that your friends in academia can find more information related to this symbol?"

When Duncan walked down the stairs, Nina was patiently teaching Morris, who lacked common sense, about currency: "Look, this one with the golden corner mark is not a Sola. Here is the face value. These coins are 'pesos. , the number on the front is the face value, you can’t bite it, it’s very dirty!”

Duncan: "?"

"The original new islands gradually turned into city-states one after another. There was only so much land on the boundless sea that could be established. The remaining remnants were either on isolated islands with dangerous environments that could not survive, or they themselves were possessed by extraordinary beings. It is so powerful that it may be on the edge of a dangerous vision, so that even the Church of God can only explore it and seal it on the sea map. "

"I don't charge you any money. It's a thank you for your efforts in searching for documents." Duncan smiled, walked to the counter, reached out and took down a crystal pendant from the shelf - the same one he gave to Ally before.

The pendant that was given as a "gift" was exactly the same, because I bought a box of that kind of pendant. "I remember he mentioned that his daughter's pendant was damaged, so I will give this to you."

"Thank you very much for your kindness."

The sudden movement made Morris next to him jump for a moment, and he quickly reached out to hold his head.

This dagger worth 8,700 solas is just an insignificant gift, but the real treasure is almost hidden in front of you.

Mo Huan couldn't help but laugh: "You see he is enjoying it."

Mo Huan breathed out: "Just wait patiently, everything will happen as it happens."

"It seems that business is very good today?" Duncan glanced at the money in Nina's hand and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Normally there is not so much."