frightfiction Chapter 823 The Faded Castle Underwater
Chapter 823 The Faded Castle Underwater
The cat's words were written all over its bottom: "You're nothing but a fart!"
Xu Ning and Maomao were both fast walkers, and it didn't take them long to explore the whole town.
It is almost certain that there are practically no sane people left in this town.
The memories that once belonged to the citizens under Remus's command, which were attached to the stone statue, remain attached to it.
And the creatures that vanished, like the cats beside them, forcibly attached themselves to the innocent townspeople, still displaying the scene of the nation's collapse a thousand years ago.
Whether standing guard to defend against barbarians or arranging the evacuation of innocent civilians, everyone was busy with the most important task at hand, completely unaware that death was imminent, just like that day a thousand years ago, and no different from today a thousand years later.
“We must hurry. The boundary between the old and the present is becoming blurred because of the ‘movement’. This is only the ‘first note’. When it spreads out of control, I’m afraid the entire Fontaine will not be spared.”
Hearing what the cat said, Xu Ning laughed and said, "Fontaine is really having a bad year. It seems that this 'inevitable' scenario has happened three times in a row. It feels like we would be letting down thousands of years if we didn't destroy it."
Cat was in no mood for jokes and led Xu Ning quickly to a small fountain, which looked like a standing heart-shaped harp.
Originally, this was just a stone harp sculpture, but now, for some unknown reason, six energy strings have appeared on it, and you can even faintly hear music carried on the wind.
It's as if this harp has its own consciousness, playing its own "movement".
"The spring behind the fountain is the path to Remuria. It was opened yesterday because of those adventurers, but I sealed it again to prevent the spread of the melody... But now that you're here, all these arrangements are useless."
The cat lay there facing the harp, stretched out a long yawn, and just as it was about to open its mouth to yawn, a grand and orthodox syllable suddenly came from its mouth.
The syllable, uttered from its mouth, seemed to strike the harp strings as if it were a tangible object.
All six strings snapped at once, and something seemed to suddenly disappear from the clear spring behind the fountain, causing the water to ripple abruptly.
"This is the site of the Golden Band thousands of years ago, now a faded castle submerged underwater."
The cat leaped into the water, creating a perfect splash.
Xu Ning followed suit, setting foot in a place he hadn't visited in thousands of years.
Compared to the underwater ruins I had just visited, the place where the Narcissus Cross Society was located, the halls here seemed much more spacious. There were no books and messy documents scattered everywhere, but instead, there were some buildings and utensils whose purpose I didn't know.
The cat jumped onto a table where there was a colorful box-like object. It glanced down at the box and then turned to look at Xu Ning.
"Speaking of which, I've never thought to ask you, do you play any musical instrument? Any kind is fine..."
Xu Ning took a sip of his drink and was looking around when he heard the question, "Does whistling count?"
The cat snorted in disgust. "I knew you'd ask again. If you had even a little knowledge of music, the Supreme wouldn't dislike you so much."
Xu Ning thought for a moment, if he had pulled out a bamboo flute from his waist when he first saw Remus playing the piano there, and played a melodious duet with Him, then perhaps He would have listened to whatever he said afterward.
Unfortunately, at the time, I had only taken a sip of wine and said something.
"Even on the verge of death, they're still playing that piece of junk..."
The cat sighed, "Then could you please help me carry this self-playing music box? My paws are really inconvenient..."
Xu Ning casually lifted the box on the table, and found that it was actually a small stage.
There was a stage in the same style in the hall I was in, which felt like my hall had been shrunk down and put into a box.
"What's the use of this thing?"
The cat found a small card similar to a harp on the side of the pillar on the table. "There's a slot on the side. Just insert this and you can play beautiful music."
"Huh! There's something like this? How do you play with it?"
Xu Ning casually hung the gourd on his waist, found a groove on the side, and gently pushed the small card-like thing into it.
The heavenly music flowed out of the music box like a gentle stream.
At the same time, some shadows appeared on the curtain of the small stage inside the box.
A speedboat cut through the sea like the wind, and accompanied by beautiful music coming from somewhere on board, two figures on the boat gradually became clearer from blurry.
The two figures were vastly different in size. One was enormous, while the other was extremely small.
"From here to the end of the sea, it's all yours... and then, until that day comes..."
The first part of the sentence was quite clear, but the second half was drowned out by the noisy music.
"Is that Remus and the Golden Bee? What an interesting way to reminisce, recorded in the form of a musical piece. Is that really Remus's style?"
Xu Ning casually closed the music box. "However, compared to what happened in the past, my needs are exactly the same as they were thousands of years ago. Since you have already backed up your memories, let's get straight to the point. Where do we go next to subdue the immortal ghost?"
The cat seemed quite satisfied with Xu Ning's use of the "ghost" technique. It rubbed its cheek with its paw pads and then pointed to the center, where the outline of a huge stage was faintly visible.
Xu Ning didn't say much and walked straight towards the stage along the passage.
This stage is naturally more magnificent than the small stage we just saw, but what is truly astonishing is that the backdrop of this stage displays the image of mountains and rivers, with countless curves sweeping across the sky, seemingly without beginning or end, existing since time immemorial.
"You may never have seen a mural that moves like this before, but it is also a kind of musical score."
Seeing Xu Ning standing before the curtain, intently watching, Maomao couldn't help but explain, "This movable musical score contains countless themes of the past and future, resistance and destiny. If we want to understand its full meaning, we must first transcribe it using a blank sheet of music and then play it again..."
Xu Ning glanced at the cat that was trying to find the blank sheet music and sneered, "It's not as complicated as you say. It's just a replica of the curves of the stars. You can see those things just by looking up."
Is this the correct way of understanding it?
The cat tilted its head: "Meow?"