Deep Sea Embers

Chapter 129 Turning the Course
The second floor of the antique shop is not very big, there are only two rooms besides the kitchen and bathroom, one is Duncan's and the other is Nina's - Shirley, who is temporarily staying overnight, can only sleep with Nina.

"Actually, I can sleep in the corridor..." Seeing Nina busy preparing for herself, Shirley seemed a little embarrassed, "Or I can sleep on the ground floor on the first floor..."

"That can't be done," Nina said, looking up at the door - Uncle Duncan has already gone back to his room, and now there are only her and Shirley here, plus Shirley, who is lying on the side and taking a nap "Agou", "How can you let the guests sleep in the corridor, and the first floor...the ones on the first floor are all uncle's 'treasures', he won't agree."

"His baby?" Shirley was stunned for a moment, recalling what she had seen on the first floor - she was so nervous before that she didn't even look at this place carefully, but recalling that time, The building seems to be nothing more than a pile of messy looking rags. To say that it is a "collection" of a subspace shadow is really outrageous.

But soon she realized again: here, that "Mr. Duncan" played just an ordinary person, and Nina in front of her seemed to really not know that her "uncle" had other faces.

Thinking of this, Shirley had a strange expression on her face. Under the bright light brought by the electric lamp, she quickly glanced at Nina and said in a low voice, "Are you really not angry?"

Nina stopped making the bed and raised her eyebrows: "Angry? Why?"

"...I've lied to you for quite a long time," Shirley whispered. She had rarely been so embarrassed and whispered in her life, but since she met "Mr. Duncan", she is now more and more used to low spoke in a low voice, "I approached you only because of Ah Gou's reminder, but I didn't expect you to believe me so easily, and even...so easy to be my 'friend'. I think, you You should be a little angry."

"...It's been a long time since anyone took the initiative to talk to me in school. I thought..." Nina mumbled, but quickly shook her head, "But I'm really not angry, no matter what the reason is , at least you really accompanied me to talk, go shopping and go to museums."

Shirley didn't quite accept Nina's frank reaction, or rather, she had long been accustomed to a colder interpersonal environment, but instead felt extremely awkward being around Nina who always seemed to radiate warmth: "You are such a weirdo."

"Is there?" Nina made the bed, sat on it and turned her head slightly, "But it seems that someone said that to me a long time ago...'Why is this child so wide-hearted?', I remember saying that."

While talking, she beckoned to Shirley: "Sit up too, why are you standing there?"

Xue Li froze for a moment, then sat down next to Nina hesitantly, feeling extremely strange in her heart.

She never thought that things would develop into this form.

She was stared at by a subspace shadow and had to live in the opponent's "nest". She was in the same room with the "followers" of the subspace shadow. Agou had been huddled in a ball with inexplicable fear since just now, she knew The real situation at this moment is so dangerous, so weird, and maybe even close to death—but when she opened her eyes, there was actually only a warm light in front of her, and a girl with a warm smile.

"The lights are so bright..." Shirley suddenly muttered softly, as if to break the tension, or maybe just to find something to say.

"Is there no electric light where you live?" Nina was a little surprised.

"I live... in an older neighborhood, and there is no electric light there," Shirley was a little embarrassed, "you still have to use oil lamps after dark."

"Ah..." Nina opened her mouth, feeling a little awkward in her heart, and then changed the subject a little bluntly, "Do you want to change into pajamas? You can wear mine. I have one from two years ago. You should wear it. suitable."

"……it is good."

"Go to bed early today. Tomorrow is a rest day. I will accompany you to stroll around in the morning and buy you a new dress by the way. Your skirt is burnt."

"……I have no money."

"Then consider it a gift from me."

"……it is good."

……

Duncan stood in front of the window sill of the bedroom, quietly looking in the direction of the Sixth Street, his expression calmed down.

The two girls had already fallen asleep next door. He didn't know if Shirley was tired after going through so many things today, but Nina must be tired.

He closed his eyes slightly, and "looked" sideways.

In the dark vision, two clusters of small green flames jumped up.

That was the direction of the next room, and the two clusters of flames were the "imprints" left by him, one of which came from Shirley, and the other... indicated Nina's direction.

Duncan still doesn't know what the ashes around Nina mean, what secrets are buried in this city-state, where the "curtain" came from, and who is behind the scenes. with everything.

But he could feel that he was approaching the truth of 11 years ago, bit by bit prying away the dense fog that was condensed by certain supernatural elements that covered the city-state.

Leaving a "mark" on Nina is an insurance policy. This mark allows him to detect the other party's state at the first time, and act as a location in an emergency, and if he finds out in the future that the "ashes" around Nina are What's going on, you can use the power of the imprint to intervene immediately, at least to isolate Nina from the harmful superpowers around her.

But just having a heavy insurance is not enough.

Duncan looked at his hands.

This body is still too weak, and it is too far away from the main body. The power that the main body can transmit and the power that this body can control are limited, and the danger hidden in this city-state may exceed his expectations.

He took a light breath and slowly closed his eyes.

The next second, Duncan on the Lost Home opened his eyes, got up and pushed open the door of the captain's bedroom.

The noisy voice of the goat's head came almost without delay: "Oh, the great captain! Your loyal following omissions are being calibrated..."

"Which direction is the Puland city-state?" Duncan glanced at the goat's head, and interrupted him skillfully.

"Pu... Pulande City?!" The goat's head was caught off guard, and the hard wooden face showed a moment of astonishment, but then it reacted, and its tone suddenly became unexpected and excited, "Pulande City The city-state of mankind! Is the great Captain Duncan finally launching a plundering expedition?! Is this your attack target? Are we going to attack the port directly, or plunder the merchant ships passing by the city-state? We can also slowly corrode the city-state’s offshore waters, Gradually block its coastline, the city-state navy may be a mess..."

"Shut up, don't make extra arrangements," Duncan went straight to the nautical table, reached out and knocked on the table, "I just ask you, the direction of the Puland city-state."

"Oh, yes, yes, as you wish—"

The tone of the goat's head became a little low and elongated, he spoke slowly, and in the next second, Duncan noticed a flashing bright spot suddenly appeared on the edge of the foggy nautical chart.

"The Puland city-state you are looking for...should not be too far away," the goat head said respectfully, "Ah, unfortunately, the nautical chart has been sleeping for too long, and it can only mark the approximate position of Puland , the sea conditions and markers along the way are still shrouded in unknown..."

"It looks very far away," Duncan glanced at the bright spots in the mist, and then judged the range of the proven sea area around the Lost Homeland, frowning slightly, "Sailing at full speed, how long will it take to get close to the offshore waters of Purland? ?”

"Half a month? Maybe a month? In fact, it's already very fast. We haven't really reached the border of civilization yet," the goat head began to chatter. But this is not very safe, although the spiritual world itself is not a big threat to us, there are many daring people in the deep sea who may cause trouble..."

deep sea...

Duncan subconsciously thought of "Agou", but quickly shook his head: "Then let's sail in the real sea first, and approach the Puland city-state—the last question, can the city-state not be discovered?"

He looked into the eyes of the goat's head.

As the "captain" of the Lost Home, he asked a bit risky question this time.

Because he should have completely controlled the ship and fully understood the capabilities of the ship.

But he still asked, he was testing his "first mate" a little bit.

There was no emotion in the obsidian-carved eyes of the goat's head, he just looked at the captain quietly, and after a few seconds of silence, he spoke as usual: "...we can hide in the fog, if necessary , can dive into the reflection of the broken waves for a short time, so that at least fifteen nautical miles away from the coast, human city-states and ships cannot detect the approach of the Lost Home.

"But not nearer—the sight of the gods will notice, and the cathedral of the city-state will warn."

"This is all your experience from a century ago," Duncan said with a calm expression, "does it still work now?"

"Of course," the goat's head said briskly, "just a century—the gods won't make any progress in this century."

Duncan breathed a sigh of relief: "Very well, then let the Homeless ship approach the city-state of Purdue, and be careful to hide yourself."

"May I ask?" Goat's head said, "What do you want to do?"

"Just want to do a test," Duncan thought for a while, with a slight smile on his face, "see if the wifi will be better this way."

Goat Head: "...wi... what do you mean?"

"Let Ai explain it to you later?"

"No! Your loyal omissions don't care what it means!"

(End of this chapter)