There was silence in the room.

The oppressive silence lasted for an unknown amount of time before Duncan suddenly broke the silence: "All mortal beings are the descendants of the ancient gods—even the craziest annihilation cultists have never come to such a deviant conclusion." ”

"It's incredible to hear the word 'deviant' from your lips," Ray Nora looked Duncan in the eye with a smirk, "but this is indeed the ultimate truth I have learned in this long nightmare—as you have seen in the depths of the sea, the 'creation theory' of the Annihilation Cultists is not false, and perhaps they have a problem with their understanding, but at least one thing is true...... Our world was created by the ancient gods based on some kind of grand 'blueprint', and in this creation process...... His flesh and blood are the foundation of all things. ”

Duncan was silent for a few seconds before he slowly spoke as if talking to himself: "The Holy Lord of the Netherworld used himself as a raw material to shape everything above the sea according to the 'blueprint' in the deep sea, and its 'flesh' naturally existed in all things, and due to the appearance of some 'mistake', those 'flesh' and blood that have been shaped into earthly things have been activated, so the ancient gods have awakened from the flesh and blood of mortals and the 'blueprint' of the city-state - this is the truth of the frost crisis?" ”

Ray Nora nodded slowly, and her voice was soft: "Replication and creation are the authority of the Dark Lord, who can evolve all things by himself, so he undertook the work of Genesis, but it is clear that after a long time, the original blueprint has begun to have problems, or it may be that the 'Creator' as the source has gone wrong, and He has begun to wake up from His creation—in the form of 'false copies'. Frost is the first, but it won't be the last......"

Even with Duncan's concentration, it was difficult to control the turbulence in his heart after hearing these terrifying words—the ancient gods would gradually awaken from the earthly beings and even all earthly beings, and if only from the perspective of weirdness and horror, this matter was even more terrifying than the round of black sun hanging high above the city-state of Plant!

"All of this you know when you communicate with ...... 'Him' in your nightmares?" It took a lot of effort for Duncan to control the crazy churning thoughts in his heart, and while maintaining his composure, he turned his head and looked at the dark deep sea at the end of the room, and looked at the huge "pillar" that stood quietly in the darkness.

"As an incomplete replica, He can't tell me anything, but I can learn a lot from Him," said Ray Nora, "I know what you're trying to say—human beings are intellectually weak, and even if we face the truth, our limited perception and mind can't fully and accurately comprehend what we see, so I'm not sure that what I'm saying is 100% 'true', it's just what I've learned from the fragmented 'thinking' of an old god through my own perception and understanding...... FYI. ”

Duncan didn't respond for a while, he fell into a long thought, and after an unknown amount of time, he suddenly turned around: "What the hell is 'Alice'?" Is she the shell of your resurrection? ”

"Alice?" Ray Nora frowned when she heard the name, and the confusion in her eyes didn't look like a fake, "Who is Alice?" ”

“…… It seems that you don't know the name, I thought her knowledge came from you," Duncan carefully checked the subtle change in Ree Nora's expression before withdrawing his scrutinizing gaze, "She's a doll, with a look exactly like yours, years ago, after you were 'executed' by ......, the Frost Man salvaged a container in the cold sea, and Alice slept in that container - she used to be called Anomaly 099, but now she's my crew. ”

Ray Nora listened quietly to Duncan's description, her expression gradually thoughtful, and after a long while, she suddenly showed a smile: "Ah, I see......"

"Original?" Duncan instantly noticed the word, "What does this mean?" ”

"I've been dreaming, all kinds of dreams, like floating on a sea full of thick fog, most of the time, I'm wrapped in cold and darkness, accompanied by that broken murmur to fall asleep, and it's hard to tell whether the dream self is a human soul or a clone of an old god in the deep sea, but sometimes...... I dream of dry land, rickety cabins, and nervous, whispering strangers......"

As she spoke, she slowly raised her head and looked at Duncan with a smile.

In recent times, the frequency of the second type of dream has increased significantly, and the strangers whispering in the dream have become many ...... Strange but interesting objects, they play with me, and they have a trusty gaze, always watching at the boundary of dreams...... You care a lot about the doll that calls itself 'Alice', don't you? ”

"There are not many people she can trust in this world, and there are not many people I trust in this world," Duncan looked at the "Frost Queen" in front of him very seriously, and did not relax a little because of the other party's gentle smile at the moment, "There are many things that have been 'copied' in this runaway sea, there are sunken ships, and there are shipwrecked sailors, but the 'Executed Queen' is the most special, it is a doll with its own self...... But depending on your attitude, you don't know about it? ”

Ray Nora didn't seem to notice Duncan's serious and almost stern eyes, she only frowned slightly, as if trying to think, and gradually showed a gaze that seemed to think of something, and then closed her eyes as if to feel it carefully, and then reopened her eyes to look at Duncan with a slightly strange look: "That puppet calls itself 'Alice', right?" ”

Duncan frowned: "That's right, what's the problem?" ”

"That'...... What if I say that the doll isn't actually a 'replica' of me? Ray Nora said earnestly, "Or isn't it exactly a copy of me?" ”

“…… What do you mean by that? ”

"Is there a possibility......" Ree Nora paused, as if trying to get serious, but there was always a little awkwardness in her expression, "Alice's guillotine - the point is not Alice, it's the guillotine......"

Duncan: "......? ”

"Actually, I don't really want to remember this," Ray Nora said, raising her hand and touching the back of her neck with a strange expression, "Did you know that when the rebels executed me, they used a torture instrument called the 'Alice Guillotine'......"

Duncan finally had a flash of light in his mind, and he understood what the "Queen of Frost" was trying to say.

But he felt that he might as well not understand.

"You mean, you suspect that 'Alice' is actually a 'guillotine' from the runaway sea, not a copy of you......"

Duncan said subconsciously, but involuntarily stopped halfway through speaking, and said to himself in confusion: "But no, she looks exactly like you......"

"Wrong copy, Mr. Captain," Rei Nora shook her head and turned to look into the dark depths of the room at the end of the room, "a mutilated false copy of the Old God caused this runaway sea, so in this runaway sea, false copying is the norm - when a decapitated queen and a guillotine sink into the deep sea at the same time, and because of my pre-arrangement, I fell into the 'perception' area of the Old God's tentacles, which may have triggered some ...... Wonderful variations, mixing and recombining, copying and complementing, plus a little bit of ...... Processing in the Mysterious Realm. ”

She paused as she spoke, her eyes looking at the ancient god's tentacle that stood in the darkness.

"Clearly, He Can't Tell ......"

The room fell silent again.

But this time the silence was very different than it had just been.

After several minutes of uncomfortably silence, Duncan finally broke the silence with a sigh of emotion: "So, in a sense, he has a placenta......"

Ray Nora opened her mouth, and after a few seconds of froze, she said, "An unprecedented but apt metaphor worthy of your ......"

Duncan sighed helplessly, what else could he say? In this dark and boundless deep sea, the direction of things has completely exceeded everyone's expectations, and the unreasonableness and indescribability of the ancient gods are truly reflected in all aspects, to use a not so appropriate metaphor - between protecting the big and the small, the ancient gods chose to protect the placenta......

But at least one thing he figured out—

Why does that silly doll think her name is "Alice"?

Because she's really Alice guillotined.

Since coming to this world, Duncan has seen countless things about the evil sect, but even if it is placed in those extremely evil things, this matter is definitely the most evil.

"Look at it, there's at least one thing you don't need to worry about," Rey Nora relieved when she noticed Duncan's poor mood, "Alice is not a resurrection shell for me - in fact, I never thought about the so-called 'resurrection' in the first place. ”

Listening to the words of the Frost Queen, Duncan turned his head to look at her again, and had to try to adjust his mentality, forcibly leaving the lingering sense of disobedience in his heart behind, and putting the topic back on track: "So...... What's the deal with that key you mentioned at the beginning? And what's going on with the keyhole behind Alice? None of this is your arrangement? ”

"I don't know what you mean by 'keyhole', but if the key you're talking about is a clockwork key made of brass, then it's really what I left for the city-state consuls, and it's what I mentioned to you about what is necessary to enter this room normally," Ree Nora said calmly, and then changed her words, "but I am not the creator of the key, let alone its first holder. ”

Duncan was stunned for a moment, and his eyes changed slightly: "...... You are not the first holder of the key? So where did you get it? ”

"It's a gift from a friend," says Lei Nora calmly, "a knowledgeable and kind old man." ”