Deep Sea Embers Chapter 61: Unstable sailing

Duncan and Alice return to the upper deck of the Lost Country - the cold creation of the world still hangs high in the night.

Duncan thought he had been exploring the ship for a long time, and even suspected that the night had passed, but now looking at the dark appearance of the night, it seemed that he had only been down there for a few hours.

But just the strange and unusual situation he saw in these few hours was enough to impress him.

He still remembered the cabin with the opposite light and shadow, and the door at the bottom of the bilge...especially the door, what was behind that door?

The lantern in Duncan's hand has been extinguished. He and the puppet slowly walked towards the captain's room. The two did not speak much-the puppet seemed to have started to rehearse cooking in his head, and Duncan's attention then land on the surrounding deck buildings.

He compares his memories and confirms that the dim and dilapidated cabin opposite the door is indeed part of the Homeless, the style of the two is exactly the same, and there is a vague continuity in the building structure.

And looking back now, he always felt that there was something else in the deepest part of the dilapidated cabin, hidden in the darkness.

That is the unknown "hidden snow area" of the Lost Homes—a hidden snow area that even Captain Duncan cannot perceive or detect.

Does Goathead know that door? Does it know what's behind that?

Should I ask it myself?

When the captain's room arrived, Duncan's thoughts were still fluctuating. He took Alice to open the door and went in. He saw that the goat head was still quietly sitting on the sailing table, and the empty black eyes were turning towards the door following the sound.

Duncan turned to hang up the lantern, and then heard Alice greet Goathead with a little excitement behind him: "Mr Goathead! I went to the bilge with the captain! This boat is so awesome. The bottom cabin is torn apart - and there's a very strange door!"

Duncan's mind was suddenly overwhelmed with how to start the conversation with Goat Head - he almost forgot that he was carrying a curious doll who didn't know anything, and Alice's crackling didn't stop the scene. Is it open?

He tried hard not to let himself make a sound, and while pretending to pack his things calmly, he pricked up his ears and listened to the conversation of the two "crew". He heard the sound of the goat's head, with no Unexpected tone: "I knew you would be taken aback! Miss Alice, now you realize what a great ship the Homeless is? It can sail in different dimensions at the same time while ensuring safety! "

Duncan listened, and his heart suddenly moved.

The situation is exactly as I guessed. The reason why this ship's bottom crack is so strange... It really is because it no longer belongs to the time and space where the boundless sea is located!

At the same time, he was also quickly calculating: the curious Alice was very interested in the peculiar sight of the lower deck of the Lost Country, and she seemed afraid to ask her "captain" too many things, that she would rather talk to her. Goathead is a talker, but if he stands here all the time, he will look weird and suspicious, and may even let Goathead turn the topic to himself-in case it says "Ask the captain" to Alice, he can answer

Thinking of this, he immediately made a plan, straightened the expression on his face, and after returning to his usual seriousness, he said calmly: "You guys can talk here, I'm going to walk outside—Goat head, Alice You are already a member of the ship, as long as it is not too secretive about this ship, you can just tell her."

When Alice heard this, a happy smile appeared on her face, and Goat Head immediately agreed: "Of course, Captain, your loyal following has always been a warm-hearted one for new members..."

Duncan pushed the door and left the captain's room.

But the second he left the captain's room, he concentrated again, and with the help of his close connection with the Homeless, he paid close attention to the movement in the captain's room.

After concentrating on one place, the vague perception became clear and real-time monitoring. Everything in the captain's room was clearly reflected in Duncan's mind. He "saw" that Alice simply went to move He took a stool and sat opposite the goat's head, and excitedly told about his experience of exploring the lower deck of the Lost Country, and the bizarre scenes at the bottom of the bilge.

She seemed to have completely forgotten about making supper for the captain - but Duncan didn't care.

He appreciates this puppet's divine assists even more at critical moments.

Under the night, Aye suddenly flapped his wings and flew to the nearby mast, as if he was going to stand guard, while Duncan walked slowly forward as he normally patrolled the deck, and in his mind, The conversation in the captain's room came clearly.

Alice had already talked to Goat Head about the weird door, and Miss Doll's tone was nervous: "...that door looks a bit scary, and the captain won't let me approach it... "

"Of course you can't approach that door, let alone you, and even I can't touch it - don't show such eyes, I know that I have no hands or feet, I said 'touch' in another sense... ...touch, control, understand, peep, you understand? That door is untouchable in this sense...you touch it and you're done?"

Alice seemed to be taken aback by the goat head's particularly serious tone, she hesitated for a second or two before opening her mouth: "Then... what the **** is that door?"

Duncan, who was walking on the deck, suddenly concentrated his energy, but he heard the goat's head suddenly fall silent, and after a long time he spoke in a deep voice, but did not answer any questions directly: "You really didn't touch that door, right? "

"I didn't touch it!" Alice replied hurriedly immediately, but then hesitated for a while before continuing unsure, "But... but the captain leaned over and looked through the crack of the door. , and also used the sword to stab at something on the other side of the door..."

Alice's voice fell, and Duncan suddenly felt the whole ship sway, and then all the mainsails and side sails made a low whimper in the wind, and all the masts and cables creaked. Ring - and all of this is currently the goat head taking over!

He looked up at the swaying masts and cables in surprise, as if he could sense the panic of the controller behind them, and in his mind came the exclamation in the captain's room, that was the goat The voice of the head: "What did you say?! You said the crack in the door? That door opened a crack?"

"Yes... yes..." Alice seemed to be frightened. "The door is ajar, with a slit, probably... about the width of a finger..."

"The captain glanced across the crack of the door? And then? He even stabbed with his sword... Did he change? Did he hesitate or look dazed when he took you away?"

"No," Alice replied immediately, "the captain was just very serious, and then brought me back soon, he seemed to be thinking about something on the way, but he wasn't in a trance--ah, he was with me. Talking about cooking, I'll go to the kitchen soon..."

"Forget the kitchen! Do you know what's behind that door?"

"Ah... what's behind that door?" Alice's tone was a little dazed and scared~IndoMTL.com~ She had never seen a goat head look so serious and urgent--it made her feel It's almost like the ship is about to sink.

Goat Head's tone suddenly became very low, and it slowly said: "Behind that door, is the Warp."

Duncan, who was walking on the deck, stopped.

Behind that door, is the Warp?

He was stunned, the huge waves in his heart even almost interfered with the monitoring of the captain's room, and then, he thought of another thing——

The fragmented bilge, the dim, chaotic light and shadow turbulence outside the bilge cracks - the Lost Homeland is sailing in different dimensions at the same time, and the outside of the bilge is obviously a different time and space from the real world, And there is a door in the bilge, opposite the door is the warp...

Could the lower half of the Homeless actually sail the warp? !

And according to Goat Head, this sailing state seems unstable? Not only does the bilge need to be reassured from time to time by the captain, but the door should theoretically be closed, but now it has a crack... what does that mean? Does it mean that there is a problem with the "tightness" of the bilge? Or is something in the Warp trying to get into Homeless?

He recalled that he had tried to close the door before leaving the bilge, but no matter how hard he tried, the door remained open with a single crack - as solid as it was integrated into the space.

He didn't think much about it at the time, but when he recalled it, a strange idea involuntarily came to his mind.

Perhaps...when I tried to close the door, there was something on the opposite side of the door against it, preventing myself from closing the passage...