Deep Sea Embers Chapter 27: Insufficient knowledge of life

In a sense, the impact of this starless, moonless sky with only one scar on Duncan was far greater than that of the "sun" that was imprisoned by the rune ring.

Because no matter how abnormal the sun is, it only illuminates the heaven and earth under Duncan's feet, and in Duncan's cognition as an earthling, the so-called "sun" is nothing more than one of hundreds of millions of celestial bodies.

All distorted visions are limited to the sunlight. In the sky outside the sunlight, there can be endless possibilities of stars - although for a creature trapped in gravity, this sunlight shines It was equivalent to the whole world below, but at the very least, Duncan could understand and accept the scale of the vision.

However, in the night sky at the moment, Duncan did not see any celestial bodies that could be called "stars", no stars, no moon, and no distant galaxies.

Some are just a torn scar, covering the sky in a light and shadow gesture that he can't understand, and a pale mist is constantly escaping outward.

The entire boundless sea is shrouded in this pale snowy night.

Farther than the sun, there is a distant nothingness, and a greater vision.

Duncan said nothing, just stared at the sky, countless questions and conjectures circling in his mind.

Where are the other planets? Did it not exist from the beginning? Or...the world under your feet is a celestial body located in the vacuum of the universe, and its distance from other stars is so far away that the night sky here is pitch black and starless? What is the pale scar across the sky? Is it a torn space gap? Is it a touchable celestial structure? Or is it just an illusion, floating above this sinister boundless sea?

"Captain?"

Finally, a voice woke Duncan from the silence. The doll Alice looked nervously at the ghost captain who suddenly stopped. She saw that his face suddenly became more gloomy and serious than before. Frightened: "Are you all right? Could it be that the astronomical phenomenon is about to change? Is there a big storm? I once heard the seaman outside the box say this..."

"...nothing."

Duncan said softly, then suddenly withdrew his gaze from the sky and looked at Alice with a flat face, as if to answer, and repeated as if to himself: "Nothing."

"Then we..."

Duncan stepped forward with a calm expression as if nothing had happened: "Come on, I'll take you to the cabin - you can also wash there later, if you need to wash."

Once again, the world has revealed its grotesqueness to the pagans, and the grotesqueness seems far from over.

Duncan has realized that he doesn't know how many astonishing visions are waiting for him in the future.

If there is any experience he has accumulated from his life experience on earth in the past few decades, it is one of the most useful today:

If a problem does exist, then find a way to solve it. The problem will not disappear because of his denial, just as the grotesque sky in front of him will not become starry because of his doubts.

There must be a reason for this world to show such a posture. Since everything can exist here, then this is an irrefutable fact. No matter how absurd and bizarre phenomenon is, it is also an objective fact- I couldn't understand it for a while, it was my own problem, not the world's problem.

As the current captain of the Homeless, Duncan thinks he may have a long time to learn about the world.

Alice didn't know the reason for the captain's silence along the way. She only knew that the atmosphere around Duncan suddenly became a little depressed, but after reaching the target cabin, this depressed feeling suddenly disappeared.

Duncan brought Miss Doll to a place where he could take a bath. This is a bathroom for upper-class sailors-for a classical sailing ship, this kind of bathroom is considered a kind of "luxury" facility, under normal circumstances This facility is certainly not for ordinary sailors.

The living conditions of sailboats in ancient times were actually quite bad when they only sailed in the ocean. Limited fresh water, spoiled food, poor medical care and psychological problems caused by long-term voyages plagued every explorer who challenged the sea. On Earth, many of these problems were not fully resolved even in the pre-industrial age.

As far as Duncan knows, the early sailing ocean-going ships on Earth didn't even have toilets for ordinary crew members, and the average sailor's personal problems were usually solved on the grille facing the sea (this process also pays attention to the wind direction) , bathing is even more difficult - using spare sails as bathtubs and washing the body with sea water is the solution for many inexperienced sailors, and more sailors in the era of sailing simply choose not to bathe for weeks or even months.

After all, a little hygiene is the least important thing compared to scurvy, plague, and mass hysteria caused by great mental stress.

Ironically or not, on a ghost ship that everyone fears, these terrible survival problems are solved instead.

The fresh water tank on the Lost Homes will replenish itself, the food in the warehouse shows no signs of spoilage, the ghost captain will not get sick, and Alice's cervical spine problem is not caused by sailing.

Aside from the high blood pressure I often feel when I'm with Goathead, this boat is actually quite livable...

"The pipe next to the bathtub leads to the fresh water tank, so you can just take the water directly. The plug of the bathtub hangs there, don't lose it - the current conditions are limited, and there is no hot water on board, but you should not mind this."

Duncan introduces Alice to the facilities in the cabin, but these unremarkable experiences are the result of his explorations over the past few days.

"It's fine if you can rinse your body. It's really uncomfortable to have the joints in the salt water." Alice was not picky at all. She looked at the various things in the cabin with curiosity and excitement, while listening to Duncan's The introduction nodded and said, "I'm just a doll, and I don't have much pursuit of a hot bath."

Duncan nodded, but then his expression became a little weird. He glanced at Alice and his tone was slightly hesitant: "Speaking of which, do you know how to take a bath? Do you have this kind of... 'life experience'? "

Alice was really stunned for a while, and then she said seriously while thinking: "Should... OK? Just remove the joints and rinse them, and put them back after washing..."

Duncan: "...?"

He looked at Alice, and Alice looked at him innocently.

"Have you thought about how to put it back together after you take it all down?" Duncan knew that he was right to remind him by asking this casually. The puppet in front of him, who has never left the box, really has no experience in this area. " I can't help you."

Alice: "...I think so too."

"And I strongly advise against disassembling your joints too often," Duncan reminded earnestly, "even if your anatomy allows it."

Alice is a little confused: "Why?"

"It's easy to dismantle too much," Duncan finally became helpless. He had never imagined that there would be so many "details~IndoMTL.com~ in novels, movies and TV series." I didn't mention this, "I don't want you to walk on the deck one day and suddenly scattered in front of me, no one on board knows how to maintain the joints of the doll. "

Speaking of this, he paused and added: "Your cervical spine problem is serious enough."

Alice imagined the scene and shrank her neck immediately: "Ah, okay, I understand... I figured out what to do..."

"Better," Duncan said, glancing uneasy at the doll who didn't have enough life experience before turning to leave, "I still have a lot of work to do—don't do it. Too much trouble."

"Okay Captain, thank you Captain," Alice said happily, but just as Duncan was about to leave the cabin, she suddenly spoke again, "Oh yes, Captain..."

Duncan stopped and tilted his head slightly: "What else?"

"Captain... I suddenly don't think you are that scary." Alice looked at Duncan's back and carefully considered her words, "That goat head said that you are the most scary captain on the boundless sea. The most unpredictable disaster on the route, but..."

"But what?"

"But I think you seem to be very talkative and a bit like a worrying parent..."

Duncan didn't look back, but after two seconds of silence he suddenly asked: "Where do you come from the concept of family... do you have family?"

Alice hesitated for a moment, then slowly shook her head: "It seems not."

"Then don't talk about parents, just stay on the boat and I will arrange your life on this boat."

"Oh, good captain."