Deep Sea Embers Chapter 57: Shy Alice

The captain's words were like the cold night wind. After passing through the darkened stairs, Alice subconsciously folded her arms and followed Duncan closer. As she went down, she finally saw the captain's place. What do you mean by "the lights are black"?

There are indeed lights in the lower cabins - at least in terms of structure and layout, the cabins she sees also have the same support columns as above, and on the support columns are hanging oil lamps that will not go out. Burning, but the burning flame caused the oil lamp to appear darker near the lamp than in the distance.

Yes, the closer you are to the oil lamp, the darker the light, the oil lamp itself is almost shrouded in shadow, and only a few outlines can be seen vaguely, while the farther away, the light gradually fades. Increase - the most corners of the cabin, the brightness is even close to the upper cabin.

I used to look at the bottom of the stairs and it felt extremely dim, because there were two lights hanging on both sides of the stairs below. From the visual effect, it seemed that these lights were actively releasing darkness, neutralizing and annihilating. Lost the light in the cabin.

Alice stared at the cabin, which was in a darkened state as a whole, before muttering for a long time: "This... this is reasonable..."

"Are you an unreasonable puppet here telling me to talk about rationality?" Duncan glanced at Alice, who was obviously nervous, "Under the sea level of the boundless sea, the rationality itself is the most unreasonable thing. place."

When he said this, his expression was quite indifferent, as if this evil situation had long been a small storm he was used to seeing, but in fact his reaction was exactly the same as Alice's - even the undead-shaped pigeon on his shoulder suddenly He flapped his wings and said his heartfelt voice: "Is it like a word, is it like a word..."

Duncan ignored the roar of the pigeons on his shoulders, but carefully observed the cabin he had never set foot on before, while adjusting the angle of the lantern in his hand, trying to gain insight into the environment here in the changing light and shadow.

Below the waterline of the Lost Country...the lights in the cabin are "inverted".

The lamps do not seem to emit light, but instead absorb the original light in the space, as if... a kind of "mirror of the world".

However, the luminous aura released by the lantern in Duncan's hand followed the normal lighting pattern: the lantern was bright around, and dimmed further away.

What's the rationale behind this? Is this just the influence of the Boundless Sea, or is it mixed with the characteristics of the Lost Homes itself? Is the "bright environment" in the cabin itself real? If those "light-absorbing" oil lamps were extinguished, would this place become a bright place?

For a moment, this bold idea really popped up in Duncan's heart. He was really thinking about what would happen if the oil lamp on this floor was extinguished, but the next moment, he grabbed it abruptly. This obviously wrong idea.

He can't turn off the lights here - even if they appear to be causing the whole cabin to go dark, there must be a reason for them to be on here!

It suddenly occurred to him that in the city-state of Perand, the information he got was that "the burning flame can disperse the strange danger" - in this statement, the effect is actually the "flame" itself, not the flame emitted Does this mean that under certain circumstances, the light and darkness in this world will appear "inverted", and under such an inverse condition, the only thing worth believing is the "flame" itself?

Does this also indirectly explain why the light emitted by the "electric lamp" does not have the effect of exorcism - because it is only light, and it lacks the element of "flame".

"Captain?" Alice's voice suddenly came from the side, and Miss Doll's voice was nervous and concerned, "Is there anything unusual here?"

"No abnormality." Duncan's expression remained unchanged, he replied lightly, and at the same time slowly walked forward.

The "light-absorbing" oil lamps were burning quietly on the supporting columns on both sides, and some loose ropes were stacked around the columns. When Duncan walked through them, the oil lamps hanging on the columns emitted There was a slight crackling sound, and the rope on the ground slowly wriggled back to make way for the captain.

For some reason, Duncan suddenly had a word in his heart:

Light and shadow are the illusions of the deep sea, and below the sea level no longer believable, only the flames themselves remain faithfully guarding the riches of the Homeless.

He looked at the quietly burning lights and nodded slightly, as if to express his approval and gratitude.

Then in the next second, all the oil lamps in the entire cabin became exuberant at a range visible to the naked eye, and flames jumped up under the glass lampshades.

The whole cabin is darker...

Duncan: "..."

He suddenly regretted boasting early, and should have waited until he was ready to return to the oil lamps.

Alice followed. The doll carefully observed the surroundings. She saw the large barrels and some crates piled up in the corner of the cabin, as well as some closed rooms and leading to nowhere. In the corridor, he whispered in a low voice, "This seems to be a warehouse too... Could this be a cargo ship?"

"If it's a cargo ship, the cargo won't be placed in such a deep place - there is a concept called handling costs," Duncan shook his head and said casually, "These are ocean-going supplies, for the Lost Homeland itself during long-term voyages. consumed in the process."

Alice blinked: "Ocean supply?"

Duncan didn't say a word, but stepped forward to check some of the goods closest to him.

Some of the barrels are filled with some kind of grease, dark brown and sticky in texture, but not too strong. It may be some kind of fuel, but it has obviously been piled here for a long time - Duncan even suspects that the fuel is lost. The "stock" before the township became a ghost ship, they may have been used for lighting and exorcising evil spirits, but after the ship became a ghost ship, many things in the cargo hold were useless like this.

In another portion of the barrel, Duncan saw something familiar.

A cheese older than him, a bacon that can crack mountains and cracks.

Duncan silently resealed the lid.

On this floor, most of the material reserves are piled up, although a considerable part of them seems to be useless on today's ghost ship, but it is enough to prove his previous judgment on the Lost:

This ship, at least initially built for some kind of ocean-going expedition, can carry a lot of supplies, and there are tight security measures between the supply bays to prevent the spread of fire or pests, Rats deplete supplies.

Thinking of the large amount of artillery and a large ammunition depot on the top of the ship, he can almost guess what kind of ambitious exploration dream this ship once carried in the beginning - it was the most distant route , the most dangerous journey, to face the most dangerous environment and the most sinister enemy, and such a journey of exploration requires a whole ship of loyal and excellent sailors and a firm captain to complete.

Now, however, this possible exploration plan has gone with the wind, the ambitious Lost Country has become the most terrifying natural disaster on the boundless sea, and the sailors have disappeared, only a ghost captain, Still in control of this lost ghost ship.

He and Alice continued to walk forward and entered a corridor after crossing several independent warehouses. If the structure of this floor corresponds to the upper floor, then the stairs leading to the lower floor should be in the corridor. deep.

"I feel... getting more and more gloomy..." Miss Doll folded her arms~IndoMTL.com~ and whispered while looking around cautiously, "Have you heard the wind? Why is there wind in the cabin? ?"

"I heard it, don't be nervous, it's normal," Duncan said casually, then glanced at the puppet again, "Why are you so timid? You at least have the name Anomaly 099, don't you?"

While speaking, he also thought of the information he had obtained from Nina before - in this world, there are many directories of "abnormalities" and "visions" that are open to the public. For people to avoid the dangers they may encounter in daily life or to identify the signs of some anomalies that are out of control in a timely manner, but this list is not complete, and only the part of anomalies that are "closer to the general public because of their controlled threats or special nature" are open to the public. And visions, the anomalies and visions that ordinary people have no chance to encounter in their lives are obviously not among them.

He tried to find out about the anomaly 099 from Nina, but the girl never saw the number in the textbook.

This means that Alice, the "cursed doll", either has a special secret that has been blocked by the authorities and the church, or...that she is so dangerous that she has always been strictly isolated in civilized society. In addition, it will not interact with ordinary people at all.

Whatever the reason, it was enough to give the puppet lady a little more mystery in Duncan's eyes.

But this enigmatic puppet just shrank his neck after hearing Duncan's words, with a nervous expression on his face: "It's not that you have the courage to be numbered, I'm anomalous 099, and I'm not daring 099..."

Duncan sighed, thinking that this guy in front of him might not be the most humiliating anomaly in the world, and it's really a shame that the sailors who escorted her before were so nervous...