Chapter 159: A Wellhead Humans Cannot Pass Through

Chapter 159: A Wellhead Humans Cannot Pass Through

Nina was a pirate who had clawed her way up from the lower and middle ranks. Although she was often rather impatient and quick-tempered, her experience in handling matters was unquestionably rich. She was the relatively reliable sort. After a brief recollection, she described the situation seriously.

“That well is at a rather deep part of the seafloor. I needed enough time to buffer and adjust before I could adapt to the pressure and temperature there, so it took me a long while to reach it.

“The well itself wasn’t easy to notice, but the remaining steel structures were indeed quite obvious. As soon as I adjusted to the environment down there, I found them.

“They’ve completely collapsed and decayed. There’s no way to imagine what they looked like originally. Still, it’s clear they must have once been very large in scale. They’ve only shrunk a great deal by now.”

At this point, Nina gave a couple of soft laughs, her gaze sweeping over the men present.

A true female pirate really is different… Klein immediately sighed inwardly.

In his view, whether it was Admiral of Stars Cattleya, Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina, or Vice Admiral Ailment Tracy, none of them could be considered pure female pirates. They had all come from major factions or secret organizations. When they were at lower Sequences, they either had not been at sea, had followed important figures and handled comparatively safe matters, or had been solitary adventurers. They had hardly been shaped by the habits and atmosphere of low- and mid-level pirates.

Once Nina had finished laughing, Cattleya pointed at the corroded object in the woman’s hand, which could barely be called a metal strip.

“This is part of those steel structures?”

“Yes, Captain. You know I don’t understand much about history or mysticism. I could only bring some back so you could study it. You’re the expert in that area.” Nina smiled and handed the “metal strip” over.

Then she pointed at the remaining piece of black soil, whose surface was covered in honeycomb-like holes.

“Not far from the steel ruin, I found that well. It really isn’t large. If something like that can be called ‘giant,’ then I’ve certainly seen plenty of giant cannons.

“Those drunken adventurers can brag even better than us pirates!

“This is soil from the inner layer of that deep well. I simply can’t imagine how these marks formed!”

Nina’s finger tapped repeatedly against the honeycomb-like spots on the black soil.

Klein had originally assumed the marks had been left behind by dense firing from very small objects. But after carefully observing them, he suspected they were “patterns” left after something had corroded the surface. Each spot was very shallow, and its edges spread slightly and irregularly outward.

As Nina handed the black soil to Admiral of Stars Cattleya, she continued describing what she had seen.

“That well really is small. Even if you brought in a child from Nas, they wouldn’t be able to crawl through it.

“It’s very deep. I even felt as if it had no bottom. In that environment, the inside was pitch black, as though something inside was slowly summoning me. Yes, slowly.

“I found a few stones nearby and threw them in, but there wasn’t the slightest response. In short, the inside is filled with water.”

Cattleya raised the “metal strip” and the black soil, examining them carefully through the thick glass lenses of her glasses.

“Since the mouth of the well is very small and humans cannot enter it directly, we have no need to begin exploring it right now. That would be extremely dangerous.

“Once I understand what secrets are hidden in these two objects, and whether that ancient well is valuable enough for us to take risks, we can return here and make an attempt.”

“All right, Captain!” Soaked through, Nina shivered as the cold wind blew across her, making the surrounding pirates stare in unison.

Cattleya pushed up the frame of her glasses and said to…