Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 785

[Chapter 767 “Helmsman”]

Chapter 767 “Helmsman”

Anomaly 077 is the “route” itself – the key secret to the outer barrier, hidden deep in his weird characteristics as an “abnormal” from the beginning!

In the upper level of the spiritual world, the process of the sea’s collapse and reorganization is still being repeated around the mirrored “Song of the Sea”. The scenery of a distant foreign land keeps flashing through Duncan and Agatha’s vision like a picture with poor contact. It originated from “Sea Song”. “The obsession is constantly driving the ship, trying to guide the Lost Home to its “destination”…

However, in the relatively stable, closed-loop sheltered sea area inside the Eternal Veil, the power of Anomaly 077 cannot take effect correctly at all – —So the route collapsed and dislocated over and over again, and accumulated huge power in the process of collapse.

Once the Lost Home really shifts space, this force will find an outlet in the real dimension and turn into a violent storm.

Duncan raised his arm far away, and the flames spread and rose from the sea. The power that was enough to brew a storm was ignited by him, and was quickly eliminated in the harmless burning.

Then he broke off the “connection” with Agatha and returned directly to the real dimension.

The sailor was still standing in front of the steering wheel on the bridge, tightly holding on to the dark rudder, and his whole body was so tense that he was ready to “crack” again at any moment – noticing that the captain’s eyes turned to him again, he immediately spoke : “Captain, look at me…”

Duncan nodded: “You can let go.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the sailor on the bridge suddenly “jumped” almost from the front of the rudder. When he got out, it was as if what he was holding was not the steering wheel but a ball of hot magma. In the blink of an eye, the mummy ran to the farthest place on the bridge from the rudder, and then looked at it nervously while holding on to the railing on the edge of the platform. He looked at the nearby ropes and buckets, and occasionally glanced at the steering wheel he had just held, but his eyes were full of nervousness and even fear.

Seeing Anomaly 077 looking so nervous and alert, Duncan suddenly had a very complicated mood in his heart – for some reason, he suddenly thought of Captain Kalani’s figure standing in the chaotic mist, and of the scene in the mirror world just now. The hazy vision of standing on the platform holding the rudder tightly, and the Sea Song’s long wandering in the misplaced time stream… The

ugly and shriveled mummy huddled in the corner of the bridge, nervously looking at everything around it – -In him, the “first mate” who once persisted in the time and space journey to the end seems to have been completely destroyed. The only thing that remains is the log left by the captain of the Sea Song and the passage that has been fused with him. A “route” together.

Duncan stood in silence for a long time, finally exhaled softly, and walked towards the sailor with evasive eyes.

“Captain, my mission is completed…” the sailor said cautiously, as if he was afraid that he would have to “steer” again because he failed to do something just now.

“It’s done this time,” Duncan looked into the sailor’s eyes and said with a very serious expression, “but this is just a test. After we enter the depths of the eternal veil, I still need you to take the helm again – officially take the helm until we Arriving at the place where the Sea Song once arrived.”

The deep grooves on the sailor’s face suddenly wrinkled. He subconsciously dodged back, but there was nowhere to hide because there was a railing behind him – but soon, he noticed again The solemn look in Duncan’s eyes made him hesitate to stop dodging.

“The Lost Home needs your navigation,” Duncan said in a particularly sincere tone, “Listen, you have not lost the ‘route’ left by Captain Kalani. The route is on you, and you are the route itself—— Your “power” and the extraordinary phenomena you caused are actually the influence of this route, and now we need it – I need your help.”

The sailor hesitated, it was the first time he saw this terrifying person. The human ghost captain looked like this, and this sincere attitude was directed at himself, which made him feel an unspeakable… touch again in his confusion. It seemed that he had not felt this kind of touch for a long time.

“I… okay,” the sailor muttered, not daring to speak too loudly, “This ship is not something that ordinary people can touch. When I touch it, I feel like it is going to eat me…” ”

You are qualified to steer the ship.” Duncan said calmly.

The sailor seemed a little surprised, a little dazed in his surprise.

“I know this is a lot of pressure for you – I’m afraid there are few people in the world who dare to helm the Homeless without psychological pressure, but you are the first mate of the Sea Song, and you have done it before You are qualified to be at the helm of a long voyage that is unimaginable to mortals.” Duncan paused, then nodded solemnly, “If you are willing, I will grant you the title of helmsman during the border voyage as the captain of the Lost Home. Position.”

At this point, he suddenly stopped, as if thinking of something, and added seriously: “Of course, you can still refuse without worrying about any consequences – I will think of other ways, even if now If you want to go back to the White Oak, you can.”

The sailor listened blankly. He already understood the captain’s intention, but he still needed some time to think about it – there seemed to be many things for him to hesitate about.

But after thinking for a long time, he finally made up his mind. After showing an almost terrifying smile, he nodded slowly: “Okay, then I’ll do my best.” The moment his words fell, many subtle details appeared

. Sounds suddenly came from all around –

the ropes near the bridge were rustling, the barrels stacked on the back deck were shaking gently, the tight sail ropes on the masts creaked, and deep in the cabin, Some ancient and huge structures seemed to be whispering something –

all the sounds gradually converged, like… applause and welcome.

The sailor listened to the movements around him in surprise, looking a little dazed and at a loss, but gradually, he seemed to understand it all – the wrinkled and pitted skin suddenly stretched out on his face, and he smiled, just like For example, a long, long time ago, the moment when I first received my promotion on the Sea Song.

Duncan also laughed, and he reached out and patted the sailor’s shoulder gently: “Very good, just do your best – now go back and rest, we are still far from the assembly point on the border.” The

sailor left. On the bridge, he seemed to be a little dizzy when he walked to the deck. After a while, his swaying figure gradually disappeared into the night.

Duncan shook his head and looked away at the middle deck, then out of the corner of his eye he saw the puppet squatting not far away.

Alice squatted on the edge of the bridge, complaining to a ball of ropes coiled on the ground: “You were not so welcoming when I arrived on the ship… You just applauded…” The

ropes wriggled slowly on the ground. The end of the cut rope came out of it and slapped the railing next to it, as if to explain something.

“Helmsman’s induction ceremony? What is that?” Alice’s eyes widened in surprise, “And this one? Then I don’t have an induction ceremony… Was it held? When? “…Ah? That

one in the kitchen This is it!? Didn’t you tell me earlier! I thought you were blocking the door to fight… My dear, I almost tore down the kitchen that day, and dinner was delayed…”

Duncan originally planned to talk to Alice, but at this time he looked At this scene, he immediately stopped. He watched expressionlessly as the puppet communicated back and forth with the end of the rope. After a long time, he turned his head stiffly.

The communication between this girl and these things on the ship seems to be getting more and more outrageous…

At this moment, something suddenly moved in his heart, and then he heard the goat-headed voice in his mind: “Captain, have you authorized a temporary helmsman?” “Do you think it’s

inappropriate?” Duncan returned to the helm. , while controlling the Homeless Ship to dive into the spirit world, he responded in his heart, “Do you mind if an ‘outsider’ takes over this position?” “No,” the goat head replied immediately,

“The captain has the right to appoint or remove any crew member and increase the number of crew members. The authority of the position on the ship is reduced, and the helmsman you recognize is the helmsman recognized by the Lost Home, but… I am a little worried about what will happen to that ‘sailor’ after completing this task.”

Duncan did not speak for a while.

“It seems that you have already thought of it,” the goat head said calmly, “He is a person who should have disappeared in the flow of time long ago, just like the ashes after the firewood is burned out, on the day he returns to the boundless sea, He should have disappeared from this world – but Captain Kalani’s diary turned into a shroud, binding his body, and the Sea Song’s final mission turned into a “route”, fixing his humanity, and he became A dying corpse…

“Now, he has only one last task left to complete – the last task left to him by Captain Kalani.

“And now, Captain, you have given him the responsibility of helmsman… He There is a chance to complete his mission.”

In the cool sea breeze at night, Duncan looked at the dark sea in the distance. After a long time, he finally broke the silence: “I know – in fact, the ‘sailor’ himself also knows.”

Goat. The head said nothing.

“We will eventually have a voyage…”

Duncan suddenly said softly. He remembered a book he had just read, and remembered the famous “mad poet” Pullman’s sentence in the book –

“We will finally have a voyage …” There was a long voyage

“when time comes to an end…”

…

The door of the room closed softly, and the mummy returned to the room and slowly sat on his bed – the cabin was brightly lit and warm, but it had not been there for a long time. A long time ago, he actually stopped feeling these temperatures.

He slowly lay down in this cold and empty world, the messy and broken memories of the Sea Song hovering in his mind, as distant as another person’s life.

He murmured softly, Captain Kalani’s favorite verses – they shimmered in fading memory like a beach glowing at night: ”

…the dusty sails will rise again,

“carrying We sailed to a long-forgotten place.

“On that most suitable day,

“Get ready and hit the road…

“We will all become sailors,

“Go to other places when the wind blows.”

The sailor turned over, his eyes deformed by dehydration Close it slowly.

He still couldn’t sleep.

But there was a hint of a smile on his face.

The day of return is near.

(End of chapter)

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