Deep Sea Embers Chapter 16: Walking in the spirit world

The door closed behind him, blocking the empty gaze of the goat head.

But Duncan can still clearly perceive the Homeless, and perceive the subtle changes in every part of the ghost ship-in the sympathy like an extension of limbs, he "sees" a series of the Homeless. The sails were angling finely in the sea breeze, and the black steering wheel on the stern bridge was turning slightly, further stabilizing the Lost in the surf.

As he expected, Goathead temporarily took over the rudder and began to diligently perform his duties as chief mate - but Duncan could still take over the ship himself at any time.

Compared to when she was directly at the helm, Homeless was a little weaker in terms of flexibility and speed, but now Duncan's main purpose is to further disperse the fog on the chart, and there was no clear goal. And the route, he doesn't care about this impact.

After confirming that there was no change in the goat head and that the Gothic puppet below the deck was still in the room, Duncan breathed a sigh of relief and took a look at the not-so-big room.

This is his private dormitory as the captain, and it is also the most comfortable and elegant room on the Lost Lands. In addition to a soft bed, there is also a large classical wardrobe on the wall facing the door of the room. And a shelf with many strange monsters, and there is a dark brown desk opposite the bed, but there are no books on the desk, only a few furnishings and writing and drawing. tool only.

Next to the desk is a window with a direct view to the sea in the distance, and there are hooks on the wall beside the window - the pirate sword Duncan is now carrying and the flintlock gun hung there before. above the hook.

Duncan came to the desk, put the longsword and flintlock pistol in the handy place, opened the desk drawer again, and checked the gunpowder and lead bullets in the wooden box.

A small brass compass was placed next to the lead bullet and the gunpowder bag. Duncan picked up the compass and saw that the pointer under the glass case was still spinning randomly, as if it had been pulled by an invisible chaotic force field. A small line of text is inscribed—

"We are all homeless".

Duncan casually played with the compass in his hand, watching the needle swirl around like a drunk.

He has checked the things here many times. He discovered this room during the initial exploration, and the things here, including the line of message, must have been left by the real Captain Duncan.

After reviewing the information he had so far in his mind, Duncan let out a breath, put the compass on the table, and raised his right hand to gently rub his fingertips.

A cluster of small green flames ignited at his fingertips. Under the reflection of the flames, half of Duncan's palms immediately showed a transparent and illusory texture like a spiritual body - but under conscious control , the flame did not spread like before, but hovered above his finger like a candle.

After the flames stabilized, Duncan used his other hand to approach the flames for a moment, then took a quill from the side and touched the flame with the end of the pen.

Neither can feel the heat, and the quill has not been ignited. There is only a slight shade of dark green spread on the barrel, making the quill glow faintly.

And Duncan didn't "feel" any feedback from the quill, unlike when he touched the chart and rudder with flames.

Duncan silently wrote down the new experience in his heart - this "spiritual fire" has no temperature, nor does it ignite things, and it is very likely that it only has a connection with the "abnormal" things on the Lost Homes, There will be no feedback on ordinary things.

So if it's something "anomalous" from outside of Homeless... Will the flames react?

Duncan pondered, and for a moment, the figure of a certain Gothic doll suddenly appeared in his mind - Alice, seems to be an "abnormal" from outside the Homeless?

Will she be affected by this spirit fire?

But he just thought about it for a while, and then he threw this stray thought aside.

Because even if Alice is not human, even if she is an "abnormal 099" with a curse, she is also an independent individual who can talk and walk, have her own thoughts, and is now the "crew" of the Lost Homes, Duncan It has been subconsciously regarded as a "person".

He couldn't accept testing his own fire on a living human being - after all, he wasn't sure how far the fire would affect the "anomalous" affected, and whether it was harmful.

Duncan then tested a few more times, checking the nature of the flames and determining whether there were extraordinary attributes behind the various things in this bedroom.

In the end, his eyes finally fell on the small brass compass with the "message".

The brass compass lay quietly on the table, the pointer under the glass case was spinning randomly, but I don't know if it was an illusion. The pointer seemed to freeze for a moment.

Then continue to swirl around as if nothing had happened.

Duncan: "..."

This thing definitely reacted to his gaze just now!

Originally, he was a little apprehensive about this compass. After all, it had the handwriting of "The Real Captain Duncan" on it. He was very worried about whether the dead ghost captain had left something on this belongings. A power or "trap" to deter thieves, so he never tested the compass with flames, but after seeing the compass's reaction, he suddenly made up his mind.

Duncan stretched out his hand and picked up the compass. The cold touch reached his fingertips. After glancing at the pointer that was still spinning randomly, he put it directly into the right hand used to maintain the fire of the spirit body, and slowly Hold slowly.

The faint green flames flowed like burning grease in an instant, spreading between his fingers, and a faint fire quickly ignited on the surface of the compass. There seemed to be countless phantoms undulating and dissipating in the firelight, and in the next instant, the compass was chaotic. The rotating pointer suddenly stopped and pointed straight to a certain position on the vast sea.

Duncan's heart moved. At this moment, he clearly felt the "feedback" from the compass, and confirmed that it was indeed an "abnormal item" that could be controlled by the fire of the spirit body, but he didn't wait. He carefully sensed the details in the feedback, and a sudden "gravity" suddenly appeared!

Duncan only felt his body sway for a second, and the next second, his eyes flashed. The furnishings in the captain's bedroom had turned into nothingness, and even the surrounding walls and roofs disintegrated and dissipated like snowflakes in the blink of an eye. In the scattered light and shadow, the boundless darkness filled his sight.

Duncan stood in the middle of this darkness in surprise, with alarm bells ringing in his heart. His first reaction was to reach for the musket and saber that were placed beside him, but the next second he realized that there was only one left beside him. That brass compass—it was still in his hands.

Duncan blinked, and in his eyes, countless thin strands of light suddenly filled the brass compass.

These rays of light spread and interweave in the darkness, expanding infinitely as if weaving a web, and between the interweaving rays ~IndoMTL.com~ there are countless dots of light emerging, some of these rays scattered scattered, Some converge like rivers, and in the background of the interweaving light network, they are as splendid as galaxies.

Duncan looked at the vision in front of him with some confusion. He was alert and a little uneasy, but for some reason, he didn't feel any sense of crisis, even...

Between the dim light net and the stars, he felt a long-lost sense of peace and comfort.

The next second, a strange feeling suddenly came. Duncan's eyes were involuntarily attracted by a cluster of starlight interwoven in the light net. Totally plunged into darkness.

He subconsciously reached out to the starlight.

A huge pulling force came at this moment - Duncan felt as if his soul was flying, and he couldn't help rushing towards the star that was about to fall into darkness, and the dense web of light intertwined by the compass. Then he quickly retreated in sight, and the surrounding galaxy formed by starlight suddenly began to spin and creep!

During the rapid flyby, he subconsciously looked at his right hand holding the compass, but saw that the compass had disappeared for some time. At the same time, just before he touched the dim starlight, Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a shadow suddenly condense in the darkness.

The shadow appeared naturally as if it was always with him, and quickly fell to the dim light with him.

Duncan could only vaguely see that the shadow seemed to be a bird in flight, and before he could see the details, his eyes darkened.

The heavy touch from the real world came from the limbs, along with the stench of rotting limbs, and the harsh sound of heavy iron chains dragging the floor.

(Mom!)