Deep Sea Embers

Chapter 243 "Zhou Ming"

I am now "opposite" the door.

After confirming this fact, Duncan involuntarily approached the crack of the door and carefully observed the scene opposite.

This reminded him of his previous experience after exploring the bilge, and the first time he returned to the bachelor's apartment to confirm the situation on the other side of the door—the deja vu state of mind, the deja vu scene.

But just like last time, there was no other "Duncan" on the other side of the door stabbing here with a sword.

Duncan frowned slightly.

He has now reached this side of the door and witnessed the situation on this side with his own eyes. He even searched the entire ship, and during the search process, he did not find anything amiss.

Then... the guy I saw in the bottom door of the real dimension trying to disguise himself... what the hell is it?

Duncan frowned slightly, turned around and looked around the empty and dim cabin, as if he wanted to find the thing that was disguised as "Zhou Ming" here - he remembered that he had given the opposite side a sword, but if this side is really Subspace, that simple sword should not be enough to kill the opponent, at least some traces should be left here.

But no, no trace of anything.

After searching carefully, Duncan finally began to doubt his judgment at the time.

The things I saw in the crack of the door...maybe they are just illusions presented by the subspace, phantoms that only I can see at that time, which is also in line with the characteristic that "the subspace will present the reflection of the mind".

It's just... I can't explain why the phantom didn't affect my mind at all, and it was even easily resolved.

Duncan shook his head lightly, putting aside these confusions for the time being, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart—the subspace is really a place full of mysteries.

Then his eyes returned to the door.

Here, the door is slightly opened towards the inside of the door frame, while in the bilge of the Lost Home in the real dimension, the door is opened a slit outward, and the two correspond to each other.

Opposite him was the real world, the "Lost Homelander" that he was familiar with.

I seem to have found the entrance and exit on this ship that connects the subspace and the real dimension. In theory, I should be able to return to the real world by pushing the door from here.

Duncan put his hand on the doorknob, a slight smile on his face.

Then gently pull the door shut.

Unexpectedly easy - he still remembers that when he and Alice saw the door in the real dimension, they tried to close the door, but found that the whole door was as solid as if it was cast with space, no matter how hard it was It can't be pushed even an inch, but on this side of the door, it only needs a slight pull to close it.

There was a soft click, and the door was tightly closed. Duncan silently stared at the closed door. After a few seconds, his expression became tense, and then gradually relaxed, while his heart seemed to be half a beat slow in responding. Usually, it is only at this moment that it suddenly starts to jump.

During the two seconds when the door was closed, he emptied his mind, didn't think about anything, didn't think about returning to the real world, didn't think about being trapped here, didn't think about all the consequences, he just gave himself a "this door "Danger", and then completed the execution without hesitation-and it was not until the door was completely closed that he released the emotional fluctuations that he had forcibly suppressed, and took a deep breath.

This place may really be an "exit" to the real world, but this door must not be pushed open!

Although there is no clear evidence, a strong intuition is reminding Duncan that the way to return to reality is by no means simply pushing the door out from here—this is a temptation, a trap, and his lost home in the dimension of reality. The bilge of No. [-] has been lured once, and now this is the second time, it is more secretive and unpredictable than the first time.

Duncan stared deeply at the door, and then slashed across its door panel with the saber in his hand that was burning with spiritual flames. The dark green flames blazed into the air, swallowing the entire door almost instantly. However, after a burst of burning, The door still stood there quietly, as if unaffected in the slightest.

Duncan frowned gradually.

Facing something that clearly belonged to the transcendent domain, the flame of the spiritual body failed for the first time, but it was not because of how strong the door was - on the contrary, he didn't feel the slightest resistance from the flame's feedback.

He didn't even feel the door's existence.

Just like this ship, in his perception, this door does not exist!

However, it is impossible for this door not to exist—even if the ship really "does not exist", this door must exist, because it can even exert such a complicated influence on itself as "to lure yourself to open the door", and it has extraordinary power. The stuff definitely exists here!

Huge confusion filled his mind, but it was difficult for Duncan to sort out his thoughts. He checked around the door and the entire cabin again, but found no clues that could answer his doubts. As time went by, he could only I can give up for now.

You can't waste all your time in this weird place—since there is a huge hidden danger in the "exit" of the bilge, you should find another way out.

While thinking, Duncan suddenly remembered one thing.

He immediately turned and walked towards the stairs leading to the upper cabin, quickly passed through the dark and empty cargo warehouse and the upper crew cabin, passed through the gloomy wooden door connecting the upper deck and the cabin, and came to the deck.

The dilapidated and old Lost Homeland is still floating in the chaotic darkness that resembles the universe. The turbulent flow of light and shadow that appears around it from time to time occasionally reflects some huge and terrifying shadows of fragments, drifting slowly from far or near, those Some of the fragments looked like broken land, some were huge and distorted creatures, and some could not be seen at all. They were just a pile of simple "accumulations" that had lost their color and shape, which looked terrifying.

But Duncan's attention was not on these huge floating objects, he walked directly across the empty deck and returned to the door of the captain's cabin.

The door of the captain's room stood here quietly, maintaining the appearance when he left.

Duncan moved his gaze upwards, and on the door frame of that door, a few familiar words could be vaguely seen in the dimness——

The Gate of the Homeless.

Sure enough, as he expected, the special logo on the door was still there!
Deng confirmed his composure and put his hand on the doorknob.

If there was anything on this ship that meant the most to him, it was this door.

This door connects everything he is familiar with, and also brings him the first and biggest mystery in this world.

With a little force in his hand, Duncan pushed the door inward. With the slight sound of the door shaft rotating, the "Door of the Homeless" was easily pushed open as he was familiar with, and on the opposite side of the door was the thick fog he was also familiar with.

After a little hesitation, Duncan took a step forward.

The feeling of piercing through the thick fog rushed over, followed by a brief sense of weightlessness and chaotic dizziness, but soon this feeling faded away, and Zhou Ming slowly opened his eyes.

He did not return to the bachelor apartment he had lived in for a long time.

He stood in the darkness.

Zhou Ming lowered his head, and what he saw was indeed his body as a "human being on Earth". He turned around again, and saw that the door he came from was standing there quietly, standing out of nowhere in the darkness, Keep it open.

Looking around, you can only see endless darkness, which is extremely pure black, as if everything has disappeared, as if the universe has disappeared.

Zhou Ming immediately summed up a new experience: on the "old and dilapidated homeless ship", after pushing the door of the homeless, he failed to return to the familiar single apartment, but entered a strange and dark place. space.

This kind of extremely dark space is enough to make ordinary people feel great depression and even fear. Zhou Ming also knows this, but for some reason, he does not have the slightest resistance when standing here. soothing.

He didn't know what was going on with this weird sense of relaxation, but intellectually, he knew that something was wrong with him. This conflict between reason and sense made him more cautious and tried to take a step forward.

Even though it was pitch black here, as if there was nothing, there was ground under his feet - when he took a step, he would still feel down-to-earth.

Zhou Ming lowered his head and looked at the place where he was standing, and at this moment, he suddenly saw some ripples under his feet, and there was a color other than darkness in this pitch-black place—— What emerges is the text.

He is familiar with Chinese.

"His age?"

"Around 35 years old."

It's just two lines of text like this, which seems to be a question and an answer.

Zhou Ming's eyes changed slightly, and then he tentatively took a step forward. Sure enough, the moment he landed, new ripples emerged in the darkness. It was still in Chinese, and it was still a sentence of question and answer:

"His profession?"

"A middle school teacher who teaches Chinese and usually loves reading."

Zhou Ming felt his heart pounding, he subconsciously changed direction, and took another step in the darkness.

"his height?"

"Around 1.8 meters - not very strong, but in good health."

Zhou Ming stopped and watched quietly the ripples under his feet gradually spread. The off-white Chinese writing became clearer and clearer in the ripples, and then returned to dim and dissipated as the ripples spread.

After an unknown amount of time, he took a deep breath and took another step forward slowly and firmly.

Words rippling in his footsteps:

"What does he look like?"

"It looks like this."

In the darkness, a bright light suddenly appeared, and something seemed to condense into shape in the bright light. Zhou Ming suddenly saw a figure appearing opposite him, a figure exactly like himself!

His heartbeat almost missed half a beat, and he subconsciously took half a step back, and it was this step back that made him realize that the opposite was actually a mirror.

That figure was his own reflection in the mirror.

Immediately afterwards, he lowered his head, looked at the new ripples caused by his half-step back, and saw the words emerging from the ripples——

"What's his name?"

"Zhou Ming."

(End of this chapter)