Deep Sea Embers

Since the last long conversation with Tirian, Duncan told Nina, Shirley and the others about the Abyss Project, but he did not mention the next voyage plan of the Lost Home—until now , Morris received a letter from an old friend that eventually led to this trip to the north.

"We are currently heading north along the route of the Sea Fog, and it is estimated that we will enter the edge of the Cold Sea in a few days. There must be a completely different scenery from the central sea," Duncan said. Alice has already prepared rooms for you, and of course, if you find it difficult to adapt to life at sea, you can return to the city-state—I can summon you temporarily when necessary.”

"I...I stay on the boat," Shirley immediately raised her hand, "I can help Miss Alice with some work..."

"You also need to do your homework on the boat." Duncan glanced at her lightly, "I will supervise here personally."

Shirley shrank her neck immediately: "Ah, then I..."

"I also need to do my homework in the city-state, and I will supervise it myself."

Xue Li said with a mournful face, "Then...then I'd better stay on the boat and treat it as a change of environment."

"I want to be on the boat too." Nina looked at Shirley and then at Duncan, her eyes sparkling, and her tone was eager to try, "I haven't fully adapted to the life on the boat, and I didn't insist last time." until overnight..."

Duncan nodded: "Well, then you can go back later and bring the bedding you are used to here to prevent you from falling asleep in an unfamiliar environment."

"Yeah," Nina nodded repeatedly, and then seemed to recall something, and asked a little hesitantly, "Then can I take the vacation homework and textbooks left by the school to the boat? I'm afraid I won't be able to finish before school starts... ..."

After Nina finished speaking, Agou couldn't help holding his head with his paws: "We're going to solve a supernatural incident on the scariest ghost ship ever, but it sounds more and more like a vacation trip... ..."

Duncan didn't care about Agou's muttering, he thought for a while, and said to Nina uncertainly: "The spelling books used by Shirley and Alice can be brought on board, but your textbooks and homework may be somewhat different. Danger—reading books on the vast sea is as easy to attract some shadowy malice as reading in a city-state after dark."

Nina was stunned, analyzed calmly, thought for a while, and suddenly asked a very constructive question that even Duncan hadn't considered: "Then if something comes out of the shadows, you just have to beat it up." Yet?"

Duncan: "...?"

Agou and Shirley: "...that's right!"

"I didn't think about it at all." Duncan was stunned for a few seconds before finally saying with a strange expression. He admitted that he had fallen into a blind zone of thinking from the very beginning when he heard Goat's head say "reading taboo at sea" , just habitually regarded this as a rule like everyone else, but did not consider other possibilities, but now it seems... On the contrary, Nina, who has only been in contact with the extraordinary field for a long time, has shown an incredible openness of mind.

Of course, Nina is not bound by the traditional way of thinking - because on the first day this girl came into contact with the superhuman realm, what she saw was the scene where her uncle Duncan stepped on the city-state and tore the sun with his hands. The top supernatural pollution in the world is What appeared in her eyes as being pressed to the ground and beaten up...

Anyway, Uncle Duncan is invincible in the world, if something messes up, just let Uncle Duncan beat it up—Nina's thinking is very clear and simple and rude.

"I need to make some confirmation." Duncan said suddenly, then got up and left the restaurant.

He directly carried a big book to the captain's cabin, and placed the book in front of the goat's head with a "bang".

Goat's head was startled by the sudden movement: "Boat...captain?"

"What are the usual consequences of reading books on the Great Sea?" Duncan asked bluntly.

The goat's head was startled, and he subconsciously said, "Ah, it's obvious. Reading in the boundless sea usually attracts the attention of certain wills deep in the world, such as invaders from the spirit world, demon projections from the deep realm, and even whispers from the subspace. This process takes advantage of the void, and they will extend their projections to the real world when the reader's mind is relaxed, and... what are you doing?"

Duncan directly spread out the large book about the folk culture of each city-state that he brought from the city-state of Pland, flipped through the contents and said without raising his head: "Then the 'invaders' you mentioned when will you arrive?"

The goat's head felt that his thoughts were knotting, but subconsciously said while knotting: "Tong... Generally speaking, they should come when the reading starts, very quickly."

Duncan turned two more pages and raised his head: "Then why haven't they come yet?"

Goat Head: "..."

"Nina wants to do winter homework on the boat," Duncan said to the goat head with a serious face, "If you have a way to 'attract' the 'intruders' you just mentioned, then attract them, I will find They have something to discuss."

"You... how do you plan to discuss with 'them'?"

"Beat them, keep beating until they promise not to disturb Nina's study," Duncan said, after thinking for a while, he added cautiously, "Of course this is just an idea of ​​mine, and I'm not sure if it's feasible. In this regard, you Perhaps more professional than me?"

The goat's head's thoughts were a little knotted again, and this time it hesitated for a longer time than before before finally speaking: "I think you may need to 'test' for a while."

Duncan: "...?"

"Generally speaking, the shadows attracted by reading have the characteristics of chasing knowledge, which determines that they will be a little bit 'smarter' than ordinary 'intruders'," the goat head finally spoke smoothly, but the tone It's still weird, "Smartness means having certain judgment, even if it's the chaotic and chaotic depths and the shadows of the spirit world, in the process of chasing knowledge, you also know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and will not rashly appear in front of you..."

"I understand," Duncan nodded, and casually said while scanning the words in the book, "That is to say, those who dare to run on the Lost Country will not be unknown or stupid, but must have sufficient confidence in themselves And the powerful intruders who have carefully weighed-then this is actually a good thing, it means that I only need to beat them once or twice, and I can let the powerful ones of 'them' quickly recognize the situation without worrying that the idiots will not be able to Endless harassment."

"I think your judgment is very justified."

Duncan didn't respond to the goat's head's flattery, but continued to immerse himself in the book in hand. He slowly turned over the slightly rough pages, his eyes wandering slowly among the horrifying or mysterious folklore records of the southern city-state, letting himself My mind is also a little bit relaxed and immersed.

Waiting for knowledge-seeking intruders to sniff the luscious bait to invade this undefended dimension of reality.

However, no intruders appeared.

"It doesn't seem to work," Duncan raised his head and said to the quiet goat's head on the edge of the table, "Is there any other way?"

"Actually... I don't think you need to be obsessed with this matter. There are so many taboos in the boundless sea, and being unable to read is just..."

"Nina has to do her homework for the winter vacation," Duncan said in a gentle tone, "She attaches great importance to it."

"Maybe you can ask other people to read it. For example, Mr. Morris—the followers of the God of Wisdom are better at controlling their own minds. It is very useful when protecting themselves or setting traps," said Goat Head Immediately said, "Those intruders probably didn't dare to show up because they smelled your breath, but if you set a trap, it should be fine."

Duncan thought about it and thought it was a good idea.

So he directly returned to the restaurant with the book - everyone was still waiting here, Nina and Shirley were muttering and guessing what Duncan was doing, Alice was checking each other's dictation words with Agou, Morris was He closed his eyes to rest, and opened his eyes only when he heard Duncan walking in.

"I need a trap to attract those intruders who are chasing knowledge." Duncan went straight to Morris and put the folklore book in the hands of the old scholar. Like an undefended scholar who lures a powerful evil spirit chasing knowledge onto the ship, I want to 'communicate' with the intruder, and by the way find out what this intruder is."

Morris was taken aback. He had spent most of his life on the academic path, and it was the first time he heard such a crazy and whimsical thing. However, in the next second, he realized from Duncan's eyes that this "ghost captain" " Seriously.

This is indeed an action that only a powerful warp shadow like him dares to seriously consider.

And after the initial shock, a strange sense of excitement and anticipation floated up from the depths of the old scholar's heart.

It must be admitted that he himself suddenly felt a little curious.

What would happen if, under the witness of Captain Duncan, on the ship Lost in such a special environment, he took the initiative to read and lure the evil spirits...?

Morris picked up the book.