The feeling of being driven into a corner?
Gwen did not speak for a while.
But he could roughly understand what Selena meant. He could understand the mentality of those priests who had survived the Great Impact 700 years ago, struggling in the shadows of madness and mutation, and whose spiritual support had completely collapsed. They could not even return to the civilized world.
Just like the last moment before he crossed over, when the plane gradually disintegrated; just like when he came to this world and was trapped in the sky from the perspective of a satellite for countless years. In that case, anyone who gave him any slim hope, even without any promises or evidence, he could not help but be tempted, just like a drowning man would subconsciously grab the floating straw.
What's more, those priests and believers were still suffering from the double contamination and torture of their minds and souls. Their judgment and willpower had been reduced to the lowest point.
Gwen Cecil, who had returned from the Peak of the Ancestors, claimed that he had found a way out and was willing to help, and that was the last straw for them.
Gwen's heart was filled with emotions, but in the end, it only turned into an unspoken sigh. He nodded and said, "I can understand your choice at that time."
At the same time, he had also guessed the truth of Gwen Cecil's sudden "insight" ability that Selena mentioned seven hundred years ago.
It was obviously related to the surveillance satellites in the sky!
In this way, even if he did not know what Gwen Cecil had found on the Peak of the Ancestors, he could roughly speculate that the discovery must have been related to the satellite array in the sky.
In thought, Gwen looked into Selena Geerfen's eyes and asked, "You went to sea with Gwen Cecil?"
"From a certain point of view … yes." Selena nodded. "As a soul, I could not really follow them, but I left a spiritual imprint on the storm priests in the team at that time. This could protect their minds from the contamination of the gods, and it also allowed me to 'see' them. In this way, although I could not act independently as a 'person,' I was still a member of the exploration team."
Selena had indeed participated in the follow-up exploration!
Gwen felt his heartbeat suddenly quicken by half a beat. He maintained a calm expression and asked in a deep voice, "What did you find in the Endless Sea?"
Selena was silent for a moment as she organized her thoughts in her memories.
"At first, it was just a normal voyage. After leaving the land, we entered the ocean that was ruled by storms and chaotic magic. However, the storm priests used their remaining strength and their deep understanding of the ocean to continuously plan a safe route. We went around the storm gathering areas and the magic turbulence, all the way to the Eastern Sea.
"During this process, we even passed by a few of the Typhon's colonial islands. Back then, the Church of Storms had already disintegrated, and only a few powerful clergymen who served the military were barely able to maintain their rationality. The normal sea route was about to be cut off, and the Typhon people were seizing the opportunity to evacuate …
"When we were about to pass the outermost colonial island of the Typhon, Count Dyson, who ruled that island, sent a fast ship to try to dissuade us. He said that the distant sea was getting bigger and bigger, and the weather had become extremely abnormal. At this time, challenging the distant sea was tantamount to suicide, but we ignored it …
"We've entered a distant sea that humans have never visited before. We've entered a completely unfamiliar sea area without any sea map markings. The storm priests can no longer provide navigation on the sea route. They can only rely on their perception of storms and magic to help the team avoid danger. Gwen Cecil instructed us to continue moving east, and after passing through a sea full of cyclones and magic vortices, we turned south. That was his first time out to sea, but he seemed to already know where the destination was. His goal was so clear that it greatly reduced the team's uneasiness.
"But on the thirty-second day of the voyage, there was still an accident.
"First, the storm priests on the ship suddenly fell into a nightmare. In the chaos and trance, there were people who constantly underwent terrible mutations. Some even voluntarily jumped into the sea to be swallowed by the waves. Half of the clergymen died, and the remaining clergymen who barely maintained their rationality became hysterical. A few of the more strong-willed storm priests said that we were 'sailing above God's nightmare,' and that 'the terrible power of the deep sea has sensed the arrival of the blasphemers and will devour everyone.' They advised the ship to leave the current sea area immediately, but when the sailors were about to do so, they found that the sea had 'imprisoned' the ship in place, and the waves with mysterious power came in layers and layers, preventing the ship from leaving."
Sailing above God's nightmare …
Gwen repeated the words mentioned by Selena in his heart, and vaguely guessed where the exploration team had arrived at.
Above the corpse of the Lord of Storms!
"That was probably the closest the followers of the storm had ever been to their god …" Gwen shook his head with a subtle expression. "What happened after that?"
Selena vaguely sensed from Gwen's attitude that he might know some god-level secrets, but she did not ask. Instead, she continued, "We were attacked by the power of the sea, and the ship was seriously damaged in the storm. But at the most critical moment, unexpected help appeared."
Gwen looked up. "Was it the sirens?"
"It was the sirens." Selena took a deep look at Gwen and nodded gently. "They suddenly appeared from the waves and calmed the entire sea area with some kind of power that we could not understand …"
Gwen instantly understood why Selena gave him a meaningful look when she mentioned the sirens. Because there was a siren living in Cecil's city!
Tyre's existence was not a secret, and it had been made public long before the forces of the Eternal Sleeper were driven out of the empire. Selena obviously knew that Cecil and the sirens had an 'alliance', and the basis of this alliance was completely on the head of the 'extraterritorial wanderers'. 700 years ago, Gwen Cecil and others were in danger at sea, and it was the sirens who came to their rescue. And the purpose of Gwen Cecil at sea at that time seemed to be to make a deal with the 'extraterritorial wanderers'.
As time went on, it seemed that many of the clues could be matched.
But only Gwen knew that there was really no connection between the two. The sirens were reckless. God knows what they were thinking back then. The siren in the territory simply swam in the wrong direction on her way home and got lost. It had nothing to do with the ancient covenant …
But it was troublesome to explain these things, so he did not interrupt Selena's narration and listened to her continue.
"The sirens helped the exploration team to resolve the crisis and saved some of the crew. They also said something very strange, saying that we disturbed their meal and disturbed their food …
"Although there seemed to be some kind of communication barrier, Gwen Cecil still negotiated with the sirens. He explained the purpose of the exploration team in detail, conveyed the will of peace, and described to the sirens some … strange ancient ruins.
"He described a very huge tower, as if connecting the sky and the earth, and had been standing in the world since ancient times.
"The crew found it incredible and did not dare to imagine that such a thing existed in the world. But the sirens were a little excited after hearing Gwen Cecil's description. They knew the existence of the tower and seemed to have dealt with it before, so they were a little afraid of it.
"After some negotiations, a few bold sirens finally agreed to Gwen Cecil's request and became the guides of the exploration team. They said that they could not lead the team to the tower, but they could lead us to the vicinity and in the right direction.
"Our ship underwent some temporary repairs and then continued to sail. Under the guidance of the sirens, we began to sail in the southeast direction.
"Due to the help of the sirens, the waves began to help us. We sailed very quickly and soon arrived at the edge of a … continent."
Gwen was listening quietly at first, but at this time, he suddenly opened his eyes wide. "Continent? Did you just say 'continent'?! "
"Yes, a continent, not an island. I am very sure that we saw a very long coastline and strange birds flying from the direction of the continent."
A new continent! A continent that Gwen had never heard of! It was located in the southeast of the Loren Continent, in the depths of the Endless Sea!
Gwen could not help but outline the continent and ocean distribution that he could currently speculate in his mind. So far, the information he had gradually gathered gradually converged into a rough picture. Including the information he had just received from Selena, he outlined four continents in his mind.
The Loren Continent, which was located in the north of the equator, where humans and many other intelligent races lived.
The Tarlonde, which was probably located in the north of the Loren Continent and was ruled by the Giant Dragon.
According to Tyre, the Io Continent, which was ruled by the sirens, was located in the east of the Loren Continent.
In addition, Selena had just mentioned that they had to sail south after going out to sea from the east to reach the new continent, which was located in the depths of the Endless Sea and was located in the southeast of the Loren Continent.
Once again, he realized how narrow and isolated the continent that humans lived on was. Once again, he had a strong desire to explore the ocean.
As far as he knew, there were already three continents on the planet that had not been visited by humans. He was really curious whether there were more areas in this world that humans did not know about.
Curious about the new continent, Gwen controlled his excitement and continued to ask, "Have you explored the new continent? What's on that continent? "
Selena's answer poured cold water on him. "I don't know. Only Gwen Cecil went deep into the continent. All the other sailors and priests stayed on the coast."
Gwen frowned. "Why?"
"There are guards on the continent. They have existed since ancient times and have been in operation since then," Selena said slowly. "In fact, there are also guards in the sea around the continent. But those guards are easy to deal with. As long as you don't provoke them, you won't be attacked. But those on the continent are particularly hostile.
"The crew and priests of the exploration team are already the elites of the mortal world. There are even some high-ranking Transcendents. But in front of those guards, the power of mortals is still too weak. What's more, the number of guards seems to be far more than our team. The whole new continent is under their control. Their origin is unknown, and they seem to be endless. The exploration team can't go deep into the continent at all.
"But the strange thing is that those guards won't attack Gwen Cecil."
Gwen frowned. "They won't attack Gwen Cecil?"
After a long time of thinking of himself as "Gwen Cecil", he felt a little awkward talking to Selena today.
Selena once again confirmed her statement. "Yes, this was confirmed after the first contact with the guards on the continent.
"Those guards will actively attack anyone who enters their alert range, except for Gwen Cecil.
"At that time, a member of the exploration team asked about this, but he said that he didn't know the specific reason."
"So, in the end, only Gwen Cecil went deep into the new continent alone. And from the results, he should have found what he was looking for." Gwen frowned slightly and said thoughtfully, "Interesting. It turns out that these important memories have been erased."
As he spoke, he looked at Selena Geerfen.
"If I'm not wrong, you should not know the specific experience after he left the team and went deep into the continent alone because this content is also 'dangerous'."
"Someone in the team asked, but he didn't say anything," Selena replied, indirectly confirming Gwen's statement. "I can only tell you what I know.
"Before he left, he told the others to wait for half a month in the safe zone on the coast. If he didn't return after half a month, everyone should not wait any longer and leave the continent immediately.
"He returned on the twenty-first day. When he returned, he was tired and excited. Obviously, he had achieved his goal.
"He told everyone that he had made a soul transaction, and this transaction could be exchanged for an 'opportunity', but he didn't disclose more details of the transaction to anyone at that time."
Gwen looked at Selena. "But you know more inside information. You know about the existence of an 'extraterrestrial wanderer'."
"Yes, because he told me part of the content alone."
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