Deep Sea Embers Chapter 23: Bird

Alice doesn't know much about the world.

But at least, she has heard those whispered conversations mixed with fear and tension in the wooden box countless times. The most basic understanding of these "extraordinary things".

If something is obviously unreasonable, but it actually exists, then firstly follow the existing safety rules, and then consider research and analysis under the premise of maintaining a safe distance. This is the way to survive.

Alice doesn't really feel the fact that she is an "abnormal 099", and she doesn't know what she can do or do to make humans so fearful and vigilant about herself. She doesn't know what to do. How an "abnormal" with intelligence should think is "normal" - at this moment, she is just thinking like a human being.

Since Goat Head says there are only six crew rules, then there are six, since Goat Head mentions the seventh rule, remember this seventh rule.

But she still had some doubts and couldn't help but want to ask: "Just now I tried to push the door of the captain's room, and it really opened outwards - such a natural thing, why should it be emphasized in the rules? "

The wooden goat head quietly stared at Alice's eyes. After two full seconds, he spoke with unprecedented simplicity: "Sometimes, it can open inward."

"Then..."

"If you see the door opening inward, never go in. On the whole of Homeless, only the captain is qualified to do so."

This is the first time that Goat Head has spoken in such a serious, even intimidating tone since just now. He has never been so serious even when he introduced the crew rules just now.

Alice was taken aback by the very solemn tone of the other party.

But then, the goat-head's tone became light again, and he spoke happily as if the serious topic just now had never happened: "Okay, the necessary introduction process for new crew members has ended, now Let's talk about something else... Ah yes, ma'am, what are you doing in the captain's room? If the facilities on the ship don't work, then you don't have to bother the great Captain Duncan, if you want someone to chat with But you're right, I'm very good at finding topics and know countless great stories about this ship...Aren't you interested in great stories? Then I can introduce you to the most famous dishes in the boundless sea. I'm still a little bit about cooking. One or two..."

As soon as Goat Head started speaking, Alice tried to interrupt several times but failed to find a chance, and by the time she realized something was wrong, it was too late.

Anomaly 099, the doll Miss Alice, faced the second greatest terror aboard the Homeless after Captain Duncan today.

At the same time, in the bedroom separated by a wall from them, Duncan was quietly listening to the movement from the chart room.

He had just woken up, and his soul had returned to the Lost from a distant body. He had not heard the initial conversation between Goathead and Alice, but he had heard the "crew rules", and about "The Captain's Room Door Opens Out" Conversation.

Important information, unexpected gains.

Before Duncan could digest the information he had gathered from the cultists, he accidentally overheard the conversation between Goathead and Alice, regardless of the weird and eerie "crew rules". , or the information revealed in the final goat's head speech is extremely important to him.

Sure enough, when he pushed open the door of the captain's room and returned to the "opposite", Goat Head knew that, for him, this move was to return to his bachelor apartment, but for the Lost Homes here. It seems to mean "the captain is temporarily gone".

Goathead has no doubts about this, and sees it as an act of Captain Duncan himself.

So... the original "real Captain Duncan" of this ship once also pushed open the door of the captain's room and went to some mysterious "world"? And it happened more than once, so that it became not only a matter of course in the eyes of Goathead, but even part of the code of conduct for the crew of the Homeless?

This news is good news for Duncan, it means he doesn't have to worry too much when he returns to the "other side" later, even if other new crew members are added to the ship, he can just disappear in this way. In front of all eyes, and without fear of someone following suit and discovering their "secrets".

But on the other hand, Duncan also had an inevitable thought in his mind-this was related to the "6+1" crew rules that Goat Head deliberately mentioned.

What exactly do these crew rules mean? What are these eerie, dangerous, and even contradictory-sounding codes based on? Some of its entries sound like they are intended to emphasize the authority of the captain, but the reality is obviously more than that. Those strict behavioral restrictions are more like to allow the people on the ship to survive in a dangerous environment, in order to Allows the crew to avoid unseen dangers through certain established rules.

Duncan frowned slightly, thinking about his real place in these rules - judging from the content of the rules, his "captain" seems to be the only individual who has the greatest freedom and initiative, and he doesn't need to worry about the ship" Invisible Risks", and even he himself is the arbiter of many risk ranges, but... all this on the premise that he must be "the real Captain Duncan".

This is the most worrying part.

But he suddenly remembered his explorations aboard the Lost Country, and the fact that he was walking around in the cabin at will.

Goathead has never reminded himself of crew rules. He sees himself as the real Captain Duncan, and he has not encountered any "weird danger" when he is on the ship, and there is no possibility of any The second "captain" jumped out to assign himself what activity restrictions.

From this point of view, the dangers that Goathead mentions in the "Crew Code" seem to be of no concern to him.

Duncan exhaled softly as he continued to listen to the movement from the chart room.

After half a minute, he hated himself for not being able to close his ears.

The trash-talking puppet communicated with the noisy goathead, the latter obviously having an overwhelming advantage, and the crackling nonsense was surging in the chart room like the wind and waves of the boundless sea, even if it was hiding in the bedroom Duncan, who was watching secretly, couldn't bear it.

He felt that he had to go out and save the poor puppet lady. Alice, who lacked social experience, was obviously no match for Goat Head, but after a little hesitation, Duncan stopped.

He has just finished a wonderful "soul journey". He still has a lot of information to sort out, and more experience to summarize. He has to figure out what happened to him just now~IndoMTL.com~ figure out whether this process is possible Control - As far as it looks, this ability to project his mind into the distance will be the best means for him to collect land intelligence in the future.

Under normal circumstances, he would also worry about whether he would bury his head in the room for too long researching his new abilities and whether it would attract unnecessary attention from the goat head, but now there is Alice outside who can attract the attention of that noisy guy ...it couldn't be better.

Silently said sorry to Miss Doll in his heart, Duncan looked down at his right hand, and the next second, his expression froze.

The brass compass, slightly larger than a pocket watch, disappeared at some point.

And he clearly remembered that until recently, the compass was still tightly held in his hand!

Duncan's eyes were a little stern for a moment, because he found that he didn't notice the changes in his hands at all, and this kind of laxity and negligence was the first time he came to this strange ghost ship.

The next second, he shook his right hand, and a dark green flame quietly appeared between his fingers. Then he stood up from behind the desk, ready to use the flames between the spiritual body and the extraordinary things. Contact to check the entire dormitory for any abnormal traces.

But just as he got up, Duncan's movements suddenly stopped. A subtle connection emerged from the bottom of his heart. He subconsciously looked in the direction where the connection came from. In the corner of his eyes, there were a few Fantastic feathers fell from the air.

Duncan looked at the place where the feathers fell in surprise, and saw that a group of phantoms were rapidly emerging and condensing in front of him. In just two or three seconds, the phantom condensed into a snow-white...

Pigeon.

The missing compass hangs on the pigeon's chest, and a familiar obsidian knife lies quietly at the pigeon's feet.