MTL - 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 could still clearly perceive the Lost Country, and sense every subtle movement on the ghost ship - in the sympathy like a limb extension, he "saw" the series of sails of the Lost in the sea breeze. The angle was finely adjusted in the middle, and the black steering wheel on the stern bridge was turning slightly, which further stabilized the Lost in the waves.

As he expected, Goathead temporarily took over the helm and began to diligently carry out his duties as first mate—but Duncan could still take over the ship himself at any time.

Compared with the time when she was directly at the helm, the Lost Homeland 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 target and route. He didn't care about the impact.

After confirming that there was no change in the goat's head and that the Gothic puppet below the deck was still in the room, Duncan breathed a sigh of relief and glanced 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 and a place on the wall opposite the door of the room. There are shelves for many strange and strange items, and there is a dark brown desk opposite the bed, but there are no books on the desk, only a few furnishings and tools for writing and drawing. .

There was a window next to the desk with a direct view to the sea in the distance, and there were hooks on the wall beside the window—on which the pirate sword Duncan now carried and the flintlock pistol hung before.

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

A small brass compass was placed next to the buckshot 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. The bottom of the compass was inscribed with A small line of text—

"We are all homeless."

Duncan casually played with the compass in his hand, watching the needle turn 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, this flame was It didn't spread around like before, but hovered above his finger like a candlelight.

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

Neither can feel the heat, the quill has not been ignited, only a bit of dark green color spreads on the barrel, making the quill glow faintly.

Duncan, on the other hand, 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 is only related to the "abnormal" things on the Lost Homes, and to ordinary things. There will be no feedback.

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 that's what he thought about it for a while, and then he threw this rambling 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 Homeless, Duncan has subconsciously Think of it as a "person".

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

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

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

The brass compass lay quietly on the table, and the pointer under the glass case was spinning randomly, but I don't know if it was an illusion. Stalled 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, there were writings left by the "real Captain Duncan" on it. "Trap" to prevent thieves, so he has not tested the compass with flames, but after seeing the reaction of the compass, he suddenly made up his mind.

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

The faint green flames flowed instantly like burning grease, spreading between his fingers, and a faint flame quickly ignited on the surface of the compass. There seemed to be countless phantoms undulating and dissipating in the light, and in the next instant, the pointer that was spinning randomly. 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 had not waited for him to perceive it carefully. The details in this feedback, a sudden "gravity" suddenly appeared!

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

Duncan stood in the middle of this darkness in shock, 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 the brass beside him. The compass - it's still in its own hands.

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

These rays of light spread and intertwined in the darkness, expanding infinitely like a web, and between the interweaving rays of light, countless stars and little rays of light emerged. Some of these rays of light scattered scattered, some converged like a river, In the background of the interweaving light network, it is as brilliant as a galaxy.

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

Between the dim light network and the star points, he felt a long-lost sense of peace and comfort.

In the next second, a strange feeling suddenly came. Duncan's eyes were involuntarily attracted by a cluster of starlights intertwined in the net of light. dark.

He subconsciously reached out to the starlight.

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

During the rapid flight, he subconsciously looked at his right hand holding the compass, but saw that the compass had disappeared for some time. Out of the corner of the eye, he saw a shadow suddenly condense in the darkness.

The shadow appeared naturally as if it was always by his side, and quickly fell to the dark spot 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!)