Deep Sea Embers

This matter was too evil, so Duncan still couldn't eat the bowl of fish soup in the end.

After all, as long as he thought of Miss Puppet's head rolling up and down in the soup pot, he felt that the painting style of this dinner was rushing all the way in the direction of the grudge and the god of death—even if Alice's real painting style was actually It's too funny, the fact that she dropped her head into the pot is a bit too scary...

Miss Doll looked a little hurt. She looked at the food that Duncan put aside, and grabbed the lace decoration on the side of her clothes with both hands: "Captain, are you angry?"

Duncan glanced at the puppet exhausted physically and mentally: "If you have any unhappiness on the boat, you can tell me directly..."

"Ah? I don't have..."

"Try not to go into the kitchen from now on..." Duncan said casually, but soon he noticed Alice's increasingly frustrated expression, and finally shook his head helplessly and changed the topic, "Forget it, your starting point is Okay, I'm actually very happy, but cooking... if you're not proficient, there will be some accidents, and it will be fine if you get familiar with it in the future."

Alice immediately hesitated: "Then I can try it in the future?"

Duncan held back for a long time, and finally nodded: "... just pay attention."

He also thought about it: this cursed doll obviously couldn't stand the status quo of dawdling on the Lost Country, maybe she really had some kind of "nature" that made her have to do something on this ship to be able to Settle down, and she is an independent individual with thoughts and personality, Duncan feels that he can't treat this puppet with blows forever.

In contrast, it is better to let Alice go to help in the kitchen than to let her continue to fight with cables, anchor lines and shells-at least the pots and pans on the Lost Country are relatively good-natured.

He lowered his head and glanced at the fish soup next to him. In all fairness, the taste of this fish soup is actually quite normal. Although the seasoning on board is limited, the heat is not a problem at all. Si can achieve this level on the premise of only listening to a few theoretical knowledge (and this theoretical knowledge comes from a goat head who also eats people), which is actually quite remarkable.

Two guys who don't eat human food can come together to cook a meal that can be eaten by human beings, what more can you ask for? Duncan felt that as long as the puppet was careful in the future, it should still be able to do the work in the kitchen-at least he, the captain, would not have to cook by himself in the future.

"Then... Captain, do you want me to do something else for you?" Alice's voice came from the side, interrupting Duncan's thinking, "I also learned how to bake and fry fish from Mr. Goat's Head. The method of making slices, there is in the kitchen..."

"Not for now, I'm not hungry," Duncan shook his head. In fact, his body doesn't have a strong demand for food. He usually maintains three meals a day just to maintain his habit of being a "human being". The bowl of Alice's soup had quenched his appetite for a long time, so he simply stood up from the table, "I'm going to take a walk in the cabin."

"Are you going to the cabin?" Alice was stunned for a moment, then her expression became slightly nervous as if remembering something, "Then... then can you go to the 'below' to have a look?"

"Down?" Duncan frowned.

"It's the deeper cabins—the places I'm not allowed to go," said Alice. "I always hear creaking noises down there, and sometimes it seems like someone is muttering under the floorboards, you Why don't you go and see...is there something wrong down there?"

Seeing the slightly nervous expression on Miss Doll's face, Duncan's heart suddenly lifted.

The depths of the Lost...that was a place he hadn't explored yet!

Because the deepest part gave him a strange and dangerous feeling, and at that time he hadn't "steered the helm" and hadn't mastered the power of the spirit fire, so the previous few explorations stopped at the place leading to the deep cabin— —Of course, he has plans for further exploration in the future, but now it seems that the plan obviously cannot keep up with the changes.

At this moment, the voice of the goat's head suddenly came from the side: "Ah, it sounds like the bilge is a little restless, captain, do you want to go down and have a look?"

Before Duncan could open his mouth, he heard the goat's head rambling on his own: "Thinking about it, it seems that you haven't checked the bottom for a long time. Some things in the bilge need the captain's comfort. You know, after all, it has been there for a long time. Soaking in the endless sea... Do you want to bring your lantern? It's still in the old place, just behind the door... You've been on the upper floor all this time, the guys on the lower floor are so noisy, you don't know them How annoying, oh, I'm a quiet person, I can't hear those creaking voices in the middle of the night..."

Duncan silently glanced at the goat's head, which immediately fell silent.

To be honest, after hearing some of Goat's Head's chanting, he suddenly became more resistant to the weird bilge—it sounds like it was obviously affected by the deeper influence of the boundless sea, and it has become even more It can be regarded as a "wrong" structure on the Lost Home!

But the contradictory thoughts only lingered in his mind for less than a second.

Sooner or later, he would have to further explore the other structures of the Lost Home, and it would be better to go early... Reason told him that the sooner the better.

The Lost Homelander is huge, not only in its amazing length, but also in the depths of its cabin, which is divided into many layers. The area that Duncan knows so far is actually only the superstructure of the ship—including the deck area, the upper cabin below the deck, and the ammunition depot, The artillery area, as well as the warehouse, fresh water tank and part of the crew room on the next floor, and based on the previous explorations, he can fully imagine how huge structures are hidden in the dark depths under these areas.

Those structures are located below the waterline, and in terms of depth, they are completely submerged in the Infinity Sea.

Dark, gloomy, echoing with the hollow sound of the wind or howling——the deeper you go, the weirder the environment in the Lost Homeland becomes.

Duncan didn't know his own ship - it wouldn't work if it dragged on.

He is already the captain of this ship, and the Lost Home is his foothold, and it is also the base camp for his activities in this world. He can't be so ignorant of his own basics—even if it's just for the sake of a world full of anomalies and visions. In order to survive for a long time on the boundless sea, he must also have a clear understanding of the potential and dangers of the Lost Country.

God knows whether there will be a crisis tomorrow, and God knows whether the Lost Homeland will hit those children in the deep sea or the collapsed border of reality in the next second.

What's more, the goat's head mentioned just now: the bilge needs the captain's comfort.

"Captain" hasn't been to the lower cabin for too long... If this continues, something bad will happen.

Duncan got up and went to the door and found the lantern mentioned by the goat's head.

This is a rather old lantern. The copper frame is in the shape of a hexagonal prism with a wide top and a narrow bottom. The glass lampshade is inlaid in the copper frame, which looks a little blurry, but inside the lampshade, Duncan didn't look at it. to a wick-like structure.

He didn't show curiosity, nor did he ask the goat's head. After a short and calm thought, he tried to activate the green spirit fire and pour this power into the lantern.

A cluster of bright green flames immediately jumped and burned inside the lampshade, and this simple and ancient lantern began to emit a constant glow.

In the place where the lantern shines, a bleak atmosphere permeates for some reason, but Duncan suddenly feels an inexplicable sense of calm and control when he stands in this light. He seems to be able to vaguely feel his own strength. As the light spreads, where the light shines, the details of everything are clearly reflected in his mind.

Ay the pigeon flew over suddenly and landed on Duncan's shoulder.

It has already turned into the flesh and blood illusory undead bird form - although Duncan did not actively "activate" the pigeon at all, under the light of the lantern, it still passively completed the "transformation".

Duncan looked down at the lantern in his hand, thinking that it might be a good thing... It seems that it can spread its power to the surrounding environment with minimal loss and maintain a "force field", which has both detection, early warning and even The function of control, this feature is obviously quite suitable for long-term exploration in unfamiliar or dangerous areas.

"Captain...can I go with you?"

Duncan turned his head and saw Alice standing behind him. She looked at the lantern curiously, and at the same time, she had an expression eager to try: "I haven't been to the lower floor yet! Mr. Goathead said that he didn't have your permission." Can't go down..."

Duncan thought for a while, then nodded slightly: "Yes."

He still doesn't know what's in the lower deck of the cabin, but it's part of the Lost Country anyway. Assuming that he has successfully "steered the helm", the bottom of the cabin will not be too dangerous. Bring this doll Maybe I can give myself a helping hand.

The goat's head left on the nautical table did not express any opinions. Obviously, from its perspective, it is quite normal for the captain to inspect the Lost Homeland - the same is true for bringing a helper.

Outside the cabin, night has gradually fallen, and the cool glow of World Creation is shining on the sea surface, shining on the empty deck of the ghost ship, and the translucent sail of the spirit body is agitating in the air, slowly adjusting the angle unmanned.

Duncan held a lantern in his hand, took his saber and flintlock gun, and Alice and Alice walked through the empty deck, passed through the two uppermost cabins, and walked down the wooden stairs all the way to the front of the Lost Home. deep in the cabin.

The staircase at the end of the crew cabin is where Duncan's previous explorations stopped.

A strange kind of darkness lingers around the sloping downward staircase, in which only the pillars and some wall structures used to support the cabin can be vaguely seen.

"It's so dark down here," Alice stood at the top of the stairs, looking nervously at the dim environment below, "Are there no lights down here? There are obviously oil lamps that never go out in other places..."

"No, there's a light down there," Duncan said slowly, holding the lantern in his hand. With the power emanating from the lantern, he finally saw the situation under the cabin more clearly this time than before, "...but the light below The lights are black."

"...Ah?" Alice was stunned for a while, but didn't realize it for a long time, "There is still black light?"

Duncan didn't respond for a while, but walked slowly down with the lantern in his hand. He didn't speak softly until Alice followed up: "After all, we are already below the surface of the boundless sea."