My Cell Prison-Chapter 734 - : Trapped

Chapter 734: Chapter 734: Trapped

The squads split up, heading to the port from different directions.

It was due to a situation Han Dong had faced but could not comprehend.

He quickly connected what had just happened to Nicole Little Paw, a character in his head that was related to the ‘Deep Sea’.

Nicole’s existence was the main reason why Han Dong chose the port incident when faced with a ‘three-choice’ situation.

He could take advantage of Nicole’s ‘Deep Sea Inclination’ status to quickly delve into the incident investigation, and at the same time try to find opportunities to increase Nicole’s level in the event.

It was killing two birds with one stone.

...

But…

“There’s something wrong with that man and the conch, but I’m not exactly sure what their origins are.

There is some kinship between them and me, but it’s not strong.”

“Is that so? No wonder, Nicole, you were born in the World of Fate’s ‘Mist’ system… What you have contact with are all the inclinations rather than the real deep sea demons.

The sea occupies a much larger area than the inland, and the number of different demon species hiding in the sea is incalculable.

In the early stages of the investigation, Nicole, you should just stay in prison.

If you rashly appear with the royal bloodline from the Deep Sea in your body, it might make me a target.”

“Understood…” Nicole’s tone seemed a bit reluctant, but she didn’t say much.

“Don’t worry, I won’t restrain you for too long… The problem of this harbor city is probably bigger than any of us have anticipated.”

…

During their journey,

Winry from the squad suddenly asked, “Nicholas, was that man… a normal human?”

“Well, he’s not quite normal.

His body has undergone a deep change towards fish, but there are no signs of any decay in his brain… I can’t really say if he can be considered a human.

This time, the investigation event is a bit strange.

Whether from Lucius’s expression, or from the knights of the Silver Edge’s expressions, they all seem to have encountered such a situation for the first time.

Dumps, have you seen this before?”

As Han Dong threw the question to Dumps, who had a deep connection with the outside of the city and had read widely, he also shook his head, “I too, have rarely ‘touched’ the field of ‘sea’, I don’t know much more than you do… Considering the current strange situation, we really need to act cautiously.”

“Right.”

After a short while,

The [Language of Crow] squad found a high ground that overlooks the investigation site – Ostia Port Town.

The bright harbor city under the eternal night was before them.

It was a sprawling, densely built small town. The whole city, shaped like a crescent moon, encircled the port.

Standing only two hundred meters away from the town on a high ground area, one could already smell a rotten fishy smell of dead fishes piled up.

The cement ground of the streets running through the town, originally flat, had been replaced by potholes, mud, and piles of dirt. The residents of the town all walked in a bent and hunched posture on these filthy streets.

Their faces were mostly gloomy.

Their bulging eyes seemed to have lost the ability to ‘blink’, maintaining a fully opened state for a long time, and often needed to be washed with clear water.

Perhaps due to economic issues, many of the townspeople who were walking outside weren’t wearing any shoes, or only half a shoe. Their feet were larger than those of regular people, and even some of them had webbed structures between their toes.

There were also some who seemed wealthier (wearing intact high-topped shoes). They weren’t much different from normal humans. Besides better clothing, they also carried guns and peculiar conches, always on guard against other people nearby.

Besides its residents, the buildings in the port town also had distinctive features.

There were large hotels with tentacle-style signs and shell decorations,

The huge chimneys of the ironworks continuously emitting thick black smoke,

There were densely packed dockyards built along the entire coastline, always bustling with people,

Once we crossed the shoreline, the whole sea was shrouded in heavy fog, with only a blurred image of light visible… at least more than ten fishing boats were sailing in the near sea area.

On the surface at least.

The town showed no signs of any demonic evil, nor any trace of heretical church activities.

This human town, detached from the Holy City and existing independently beyond the city, sustains itself in a rather ‘peculiar’ manner.

Most members of the squad found it hard to understand the scene before them.

However, Han Dong’s attention was fixed outside the town, gazing at the port area, damp and filled with docks.

Once, when Han Dong underwent his first Faceless Skull upgrade, his consciousness lived a life as a Fisherman, in a port much similar to this one.

He then extended his gaze further, staring at the coastline shrouded in thick fog.

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At a certain moment.

Dozens of lights coming from the boats overlapped for the most part, the overlapping lights forming an eye behind the mist.

Light reflection, the heavy fog, as well as some shadows from beneath the deep sea, created a clear black and white contrast, constructing a huge silhouette.

It was as if an entity, larger than the entire port town, was watching Han Dong, the ‘voyeur’, from within the fog.

In an instant, a strong sense of rejection arose in Han Dong’s mind, along with a low-pitched mad laugh, resisting the intrusion of foreign thought.

The port returned to normal.

However, there was a problem with Han Dong.

At this moment, the ‘Movable Deed-Scarlet Manor’ controlled by Han Dong lost its sense completely. It could neither teleport him to the manor nor establish contact with the beings inside the manor.

The fixed deed-Stuart Manor also felt very distant from Han Dong, unable to call for the assistance of the Crowman.

When Han Dong looked at Dumps, the latter’s expression was similarly serious.

Clearly, as the second in command of the Scarlet Manor, Dumps too had lost his senses… and he also lost contact with the [Mother].

(Three hours later)

Three squads convened, assimilating all the intelligence collected about the port.

It was almost certain, the town existed and sustained itself in a very peculiar way.

A superficial investigation could not confirm whether the port town hid any Deep Sea Demons.

As for the heretics who might be worshipping the Deep Sea, they could be hiding among the common people, or in a cave in a cliff somewhere, conducting their evil worship rituals, further investigation was needed for specifics.

From the current investigation, the most apparent oddity in the town was the ‘conch’.

All residents who fell asleep in the town covered their faces with conchs.

Just as everyone was preparing to send this intelligence back to Holy City, it was found that everyone’s clockwork devices had lost contact with the Holy City…

“It might be due to the influence of the Eternal Night environment, blocking the Magic Array’s transmission over 100km away. People who are good at moving fast should come forward and return to Gaine Forest with me to transmit the information to the Holy City.

The rest wait here.”

The proposer was the senior Captain Diz.

Jane and Abe volunteered.

The three formed a communication team and quickly headed for the Sub-Security Zone.

About twenty minutes passed… When the three returned along the road, their expressions were notably solemn.

“Captain Diz, what are the next steps instructed by the Holy City?”

“… We are trapped.

At some point, we might have entered an Overlapping Space, or some other unknown circumstances…

On the way back, there is no Gaine Forest, and following the road back, the end is just a cliff.

That is to say, we are currently on an unknown island, and the road back to the city is no longer existent.”

There was silence from everyone when these words were spoken.