Since the last long conversation with Tirian, Duncan has told Nina, Shirley and others about the information about the Submerged Abyss Plan, but at that time he did not mention the next voyage plan of the Lost Home—until now
, a letter Morris received from an old friend finally led to this journey to the north.
"We are currently heading north along the route of the Sea Fog, and it is expected that we will enter the edge of the Cold Sea in a few days. There must be a completely different scenery from the central sea," Duncan said. "During this period, you can
Alice has prepared a room for you during your stay on the ship. Of course, if you have difficulty adapting to life at sea, you can also return to the city-state - I can summon you temporarily when necessary."
"I...I'll stay on the ship," Shirley immediately raised her hand, "I can help Miss Alice with some work..."
"You also need to do homework on the ship," Duncan glanced at her lightly, "I will personally supervise it here."
Shirley suddenly shrank her neck: "Ah, then I..."
"You still need to do homework in the city-state, so I should supervise it myself."
Shirley said with a sad face: "Then... then I'd better stay on the boat, just for a change of environment."
"I want to be on the boat too," Nina looked at Shirley and then at Duncan, her eyes bright and her tone a bit eager to try, "I haven't adapted to life on the boat yet, I didn't persist last time.
Until the night..."
Duncan nodded: "Well, you can go back later and bring the bedding you are used to here to prevent you from being unable to sleep in a strange environment."
"Yeah," Nina nodded repeatedly, then seemed to think of something again, and asked slightly hesitantly, "Then can I take the vacation homework and textbooks left by the school on the boat? I'm afraid I won't be able to finish them before school starts...
…”
When Nina finished speaking, Agou beside him couldn't help but hold his head with his paws: "We are taking the most terrifying ghost ship in history to solve an extraordinary event, but why does it sound more and more like a holiday trip...
…”
Duncan didn't pay attention to Agou's mumbling. He thought about it and said to Nina uncertainly: "The spelling books used by Shirley and Alice can be brought on board, but your textbooks and homework may have certain limitations."
Danger - reading books on the boundless sea is the same as reading in a city-state after dark, it is easy to attract some evil spirits in the shadows."
Nina was stunned, analyzed calmly, thought for a while, and suddenly raised a very constructive question that even Duncan had not considered: "Then if something comes out of the shadows, can you just give it a good beating?"
Yet?"
Duncan: "...?"
Agou and Shirley: "...Yes!"
"I haven't thought about this at all." Duncan was stunned for several seconds before finally saying with a strange expression. He admitted that he had fallen into a blind spot when he first heard Goat Head talk about "taboo on reading at sea".
, just habitually regarded this as a rule like everyone else, but did not consider other possibilities. But now it seems...On the contrary, Nina, who has only been exposed to the extraordinary field for a short time, has shown incredible openness of thinking.
Of course, Nina was not bound by traditional thinking - because on the first day this girl came into contact with the extraordinary realm, what she saw was the scene of her Uncle Duncan stepping on the city-state and tearing the sun with his hands. The top extraordinary pollution in the world is
What appeared in her eyes was the posture of being pushed to the ground and beaten...
Anyway, Uncle Duncan is invincible. If something causes trouble, just let Uncle Duncan give it a good beating - Nina's idea is very clear, simple and crude.
"I need to make some confirmations." Duncan said suddenly, then stood up and left the restaurant.
He carried a big book directly to the captain's cabin and placed the book in front of the goat's head with a bang.
The goat head was startled by the sudden movement: "Ship... Captain?"
"What are the usual consequences of reading books on the Infinite?" Duncan asked bluntly.
The goat head was startled and subconsciously said: "Ah, this is obvious. Reading on the boundless sea usually attracts the attention of certain wills in the deep world, such as invaders from the spiritual world, demonic projections from the deep realm, and even whispers from the subspace.
This process takes advantage of the situation, and they will take advantage of the reader's mind to relax their vigilance and extend their projection into the real world, and... what are you doing?"
Duncan directly opened the big book he brought from the city-state of Pland, about the folk culture of each city-state, and while flipping through the contents, he said without looking up: "Then those 'invaders' you mentioned
when will you arrive?"
The goat head felt that his thoughts were getting knotted, but he still subconsciously said: "Tong... usually, they should come after reading starts, very quickly."
Duncan turned two more pages and raised his head: "Then why haven't they come yet?"
Goat head: "..."
"Nina wants to do her winter vacation homework on the boat," Duncan said to the goat head seriously. "If you have a way to 'attract' those 'intruders' you just mentioned, just attract them here. I'll find
They have something to discuss."
"You... how do you plan to discuss it with 'them'?"
"Beat them, keep beating them, until they promise not to disturb Nina's study," Duncan said, then thought for a moment, and then cautiously added, "Of course this is just an idea of mine, and I'm not sure whether it is feasible. In this regard, you
Maybe more professional than me?"
The goat's head was a little confused again. This time it hesitated longer than before before finally speaking: "I think you may need to 'test' for a while."
Duncan: "...?"
"Generally speaking, the shadows attracted by reading have the characteristic of pursuing knowledge, which determines that they will be a little bit 'smarter' than ordinary 'invaders'," the goat head's words finally became smoother, but his tone
It's still weird, "Smartness means having a certain sense of judgment. Even the chaotic and chaotic darkness and shadows in the spiritual world will know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages in the process of pursuing knowledge, and will not appear in front of you rashly..."
"I understand," Duncan nodded and said casually while scanning the words in the book, "In other words, those who dare to run aboard the Lost Home will not be unknown people or fools, but must have sufficient confidence in themselves.
A powerful intruder who has been carefully weighed - then this is actually a good thing, it means that I only need to beat him once or twice to make the powerful ones among them quickly recognize the situation, without having to worry about the idiots being unable to do so.
Endless harassment.”
"I think your judgment is very reasonable."
Duncan did not respond to the goat-headed compliments, but continued to immerse himself in the book at hand. He slowly turned over the slightly rough pages, and his eyes slowly wandered through the horrifying or mysterious folklore records of the southern city-state, allowing himself to
My mind also relaxed a little bit and I immersed myself in it.
Waiting for the knowledge-seeking invaders to smell this sweet bait and invade this undefended dimension of reality.
However, no intruders appeared.
"It doesn't seem to be working," Duncan raised his head and said to the quiet goat head on the edge of the table, "Is there any other way?"
"Actually... I think you don't need to be obsessed with this matter. There are so many taboos in the Infinite Sea. Being unable to read is just..."
"Nina has to do her winter vacation homework," Duncan said in a gentle tone. "She takes it very seriously."
"Maybe you can ask others to read, such as Mr. Morris - followers of the God of Wisdom are better at controlling their own minds, which is very useful when protecting themselves or setting traps," Goat Head
He immediately said, "Those intruders probably smelled your breath and didn't dare to show up, but if you set a trap, it should be fine."
Duncan thought about it and thought it was a good idea.
So he directly returned to the restaurant with the book - everyone was still waiting here, Nina and Shirley were mumblingly guessing what Duncan was doing, Alice and Agou were checking each other's dictation words, and Morris was
He closed his eyes to rest his mind, and then opened his eyes when he heard the sound of Duncan walking in.
"I need a trap to attract the intruders who are chasing knowledge." Duncan came directly to Morris and placed the folklore book in the hands of the old scholar. "Read this book and let your mind look like it."
It's like an unsuspecting scholar lured a powerful evil spirit chasing knowledge onto the ship. I want to 'communicate' with the intruder and figure out what this intruder is."
Morris was startled. He had been pursuing the academic path for most of his life, and this was the first time he heard such crazy and whimsical things. However, the next second, he realized from Duncan's eyes that this "Ghost Captain"
"It's serious.
This is indeed an action that only a powerful subspace shadow like him dares to seriously consider.
After the initial shock, a strange sense of excitement and expectation emerged from the heart of the old scholar.
He must admit that he himself suddenly became curious.
What would happen if, under the witness of Captain Duncan, he took the initiative to read and seduce evil spirits on the Homeless Ship in a very special environment?