Deep Sea Embers Chapter 25: Communication is difficult

Pigeon tilted his head, probably feeling that Duncan didn't hear clearly, and quickly repeated it again, in a louder voice than before: "Aye!"

Duncan finally understood what the bird meant: "You mean, your name is Aye?"

The pigeon nodded proudly and paced back and forth on the desk: "Cuckoo!"

Duncan couldn't help rubbing his brows, always feeling weirder to communicate with the bird than with the goat's head, and it was mostly weird in the pigeon's elusive language style: "You know how you were born. Is it? Or...how did you get here?"

The pigeon thought for a while, and both eyes looked at different directions at the same time: "Oops, the page is gone, try refreshing it?"

Duncan: "..."

He found himself completely unable to understand what was going on in the bird's head, and he wasn't even sure if the sentences it suddenly popped up were related to the current topic.

But he was absolutely certain that the bird was thinking and communicating with himself very... seriously.

It's just that it obviously has its own understanding of "communication".

Duncan had a few more conversations with the self-proclaimed "Ai" pigeon. The result was that their conversations maintained a parallel frequency. Basically, they talked about their own. Where is the intersection, it's irrelevant, this pigeon answers every question...and occasionally there is a sentence or two that seems to answer Duncan's question.

There was not much progress in the communication at the end, Duncan could only frown and mutter: "What kind of evil thing is this..."

He thinks it will take him a long time to establish normal communication with the bird, a process that may even be more difficult than his adjustment to the goat's head noise.

The pigeon squatted on the table opposite him, blinking innocently, occasionally asking for 50 for V.

Duncan didn't pay attention to what the bird was saying. Instead, he curled his fingers and rubbed lightly. Watching the green flames on his fingertips jump in the air, he was at least one thing for sure - the brass compass had The pigeon in front of him is integrated, but in essence, it is still an "abnormal object" that can be manipulated by oneself.

The green fire of the spiritual body rose up, and the green flames rose almost at the same time between the feathers of the pigeon "Ai", and the brass compass hanging on its chest bounced off with a "pop". Under the transparent glass case, the slightly illusory hands are gradually stabilizing with Duncan's will, and the dial depicting many mysterious symbols is gradually filled with flames.

Ai didn't react the whole time, just bathed in the fire of this spirit quite naturally, as if waiting for Duncan's order.

Duncan voluntarily dissipated the flames before the brass compass was fully activated.

During the testing process, Duncan silently summed up in his heart:

"The compass can still be used... It's just a weird 'medium'. It's not clear what effect this pigeon will have for the time being, maybe it's some kind of help...

"It is still unclear what the details of this compass are. It's best not to do a second 'shuttle' until you are ready... Next time you test, keep an eye on the compass and the pigeons for any changes.

"There is a connection between the dove and me, and this connection will become more apparent when the fire of the spirit is aroused, and even to a certain extent, it is possible to directly control where the dove appears... But control also It's only so far...

"'Ai' obviously has its own will and will act according to its own thoughts, and the instructions given to it may not always be executed, which is different from other 'items' on the Lost Homes.

"Able to speak, has a certain ability to think, and can independently judge problems... Compared with ordinary anomalies, the nature of this pigeon seems to be closer to the head of a goat..."

Duncan summed up some of the currently known information in his heart, and finally, his eyes finally fell on the obsidian knife.

The blade is like a dry and twisted finger, and the blade is dark and reflective.

This is exactly what the black-robed priest who wore the golden sun mask and presided over the evil sacrifice ceremony in the sewer assembly hall once held. From the point of view of use, this should be a "ceremonial blade".

Duncan arrived at the meeting place suspected to be located underground in the "Prand City-state" by means of spiritual projection, and when he returned, he also returned spiritually. He thought that this process should be completely spiritual or soul level, but now this The ritual knife was really placed in front of him.

After some thought, Duncan reached out and took the knife.

The cold and hard touch is real, this is a real object.

Duncan released a little bit of spiritual fire again, causing the flames to wrap around the blade, and judging from the empty feedback, the extraordinary power contained in this ritual knife had indeed dissipated.

As he judged at the sacrifice site before, this thing is not a real "abnormal object", but should be an extension product of some extraordinary power, or a temporary object "infused" by artificial means.

Although Duncan doesn't know what kind of system the "abnormal objects" in this world have, he guesses that this knife should not be considered a rare item, at least... it looks like it was mass-produced.

"This is what you brought back?" He raised his head, looked at Ai who was resting on the table, and raised the obsidian knife in his hand, "And it was specially for me?"

The pigeon stared straight at Duncan with small red eyes, motionless and unresponsive to questions.

Duncan: "...?"

He asked again, and the pigeon was still motionless, as if it had suddenly become a lifeless sculpture.

The sudden abnormal change caused Duncan's brows to wrinkle, but just when he was about to stimulate Ai with the spirit flame to see if he could forcibly wake him up, the bird came to life again. He jumped on the spot twice and shouted loudly: "Take this solar tomahawk, take this solar tomahawk, take this..."

"Okay, I understand, you don't have to answer every question I just asked," Duncan quickly waved his hand, and while forcing the pigeon to calm down, he organized the language, "Then you know yourself How did you bring the knife here? Or, you can carry the 'object' for the shuttle, is that so?"

The pigeon pondered for a while, then lowered his head to peck at Duncan's finger: "The whole show is full, and every item is free."

Duncan: "I... just pretend to understand."

He sighed, feeling that he had reached the limit of communication with this bird.

He then stood up from the desk and looked in the direction of the chart room.

Goathead and Alice are still outside, and the warm and friendly exchange continues.

Miss Doll hasn't made a sound for a long time, and Goat Head has just started telling the seventeenth recipe for kelp stew.

Duncan felt compelled to rescue his only (and turned out to be the most normal-looking) crew member at the moment~IndoMTL.com~ On the other hand, he spent too much time in the dormitory, the middle There were some unusual movements again, and he felt that he had to go out and show his face to let the goat head feel at ease.

But before leaving, he hesitated to glance at Ai who was running around on the table.

Would you like to take this pigeon out too? How would you explain if you took it out?

Duncan hesitated for only two seconds, then decisively grabbed the pigeon and placed it on his shoulder.

He is going to be on the Lost Country for a long time, and this pigeon will definitely follow him for a long time in the foreseeable future. It is not known what living habits this bird has, but as a bird with the ability to think and communicate An "abnormal object" of ability, it is probably difficult to hide somewhere like a dead object.

There is an extra "crew" on the ship, which is something that cannot be hidden. If it is hidden now, once it is exposed in the future, it will greatly damage the image of "Captain Duncan".

So he might as well take this pigeon out and say it's his new "trophy" - he doesn't need to explain anything to the goat's head, and the captain doesn't need to explain to the first mate.

The first mate will figure it out himself.

As for the weird words that the pigeon pops up from time to time (which must be incomprehensible to the locals in this world)...that doesn't need to be explained.

Let Goathead and Alice figure out their own way.

With a fat pigeon on his shoulders, Duncan got up and straightened his posture, then walked calmly towards the chart room.

The pigeon raised its chest proudly and shouted as if to announce: "Authentic good herbal tea, authentic good voice, welcome to watch by..."