Deep Sea Embers

Duncan took Alice back 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 darkness of the night, it seemed that he had only stayed below 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 that door, what was behind that door?

The lantern in Duncan's hand had gone out, and he and the puppet walked slowly towards the captain's room. The two of them didn't speak much - the puppet seemed to have started to rehearse cooking in his head, while Duncan's attention fell on on the surrounding deck buildings.

He compared his memories and confirmed that the dim and dilapidated cabin opposite the door was indeed part of the Homeless, the two were identical in style, and there was 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.

It was the unknown "hidden snow area" of the Homeless—a hidden snow area that even Captain Duncan could not perceive or detect.

Does Goat Head 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 dark 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! The bottom of this ship is amazing! The bottom The cabin turned out to be torn apart - and there was a very strange door!"

Duncan didn't bother about how to start a related topic with Goat Head - he almost forgot that he was wearing a curious puppet who didn't know anything. Isn't Alice opening the scene? ?

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 "crews". He heard the sound of the goat's head, with an unsurprising tone. : "I knew you would be surprised! 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 such a strange sight... 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 thinking quickly in his heart: the curious Alice was very interested in the peculiar sight of the lower deck of the Lost Country, she seemed afraid to ask her "captain" too many things, that she would rather talk to the talkative goat Head to inquire, but if he has been standing here to listen, he will look weird and suspicious, and may even let the goat head turn the topic to himself-in case it sends Alice a sentence "you ask the captain", he can't catch it... …

Thinking of this, he immediately made up his mind, 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 is already on the boat. As long as it's 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 next second he left the captain's room, he concentrated again, and with the help of the close connection between himself and the Homeless, he paid close attention to the movement in the captain's room.

After concentrating on one place, the perception of Momo Lake became clear and real-time monitoring. Everything in the captain's room was clearly reflected in Duncan's mind. He "saw" that Alice simply moved The stool sat opposite the goat's head, and excitedly recounted 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, Ai Yin suddenly flapped his wings and fluttered to the nearby mast, as if he was going to stand guard, while Duncan walked forward slowly as he normally patrolled the deck, and in his mind, he was clearly passing the message. Come to the Captain's Room for a chat.

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..."

"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 and feet, I said 'touch' in another sense...contact, Control, understand, peep, do you understand? That door is untouchable in this sense... you touch it and you're done, understand?"

Alice seemed to be taken aback by the extra serious tone of the goat head, and 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 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 again, and then continued unsurely, "But...but the captain leaned over and looked through the crack of the door, and he still used The sword poked at something on the opposite 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— 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 from the captain's room, the sound of a goat's 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 hidden, there is a gap, probably...about the width of a finger..."

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

"No," Alice replied immediately, "the captain was just very serious, and brought me back quickly, he seemed to be thinking about something on the way, but he didn't lose sight of - ah, he also discussed cooking with me. I'm going 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. She had never seen a goat's head look so serious and urgent-it made her feel like the ship was about to sink. the same.

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

Duncan, who was walking on the deck, stopped.

Behind that door, is the subspace?

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

The fragmented bilge, the dark and chaotic light and shadow turbulence outside the bilge cracks - the Lost Homeland is sailing in different dimensions at the same time, the outside of the bilge is obviously a different time and space from the real world, and the bilge There is another door, and the other side of the door is the warp...

Could it be that the lower half of Homeless actually sailed in the warp? !

And listening to the goat head, this sailing state does not seem to be stable? 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 motionless and remained open a crack - as solid as it was integrated into the space.

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

Maybe... 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...