Deep Sea Ember

Chapter 69 Life in the City-State

After checking all the test items, Duncan has a better understanding of Ai's transportation capacity and the nature of the items on the Lost Home.

Ai can transport several different items at one time, and these items include organic matter, inorganic matter, transcendent things and ordinary things, and the type of item will not affect the stability of its transportation process, and the transportation process will not affect the nature of the item itself;

Some things on the

Lost Homeland that obviously have "mobility" are themselves "sub-units" under a larger control consciousness, such as shells are sub-units of the ammunition system, and these sub-units will lose their activity after leaving the Lost Homeland and become ordinary things;

Ai's transportation process doesn't seem to consume much of its "energy", whether it's the ritual dagger it carried at the beginning, or a bunch of things at once now, the bird is still alive and well after returning, of course, this may be because the total amount of "goods" it has transported so far is still too small, far from reaching its ability bottleneck;

At present, only different types of items have been tested, and it is not known whether Ai's transportation capacity has a limit on "weight" or "volume", which needs more testing.

Duncan summarized the information known so far one by one, and only breathed a sigh of relief after he was sure that he had thought about it in place, and slowly leaned back in his chair.

He knew that the tests he was currently doing were still very imperfect, and there were still many possible variables that had not been carefully considered, even from the perspective of "test object type", the samples he selected were too few to accumulate valid data.

In the future, he would at least choose more types of items, and at the same time use different item weights and volumes to test Ai's transportation limit and the stability of multiple shipments.

He was very cautious about this, and this caution was not without reason—because he had a very bold plan...... Or an idea.

Since Ai could teleport items between land and the Lost Homeland intact without limiting the types of items, then...... Can it be given away?

If it can be given away, can it be given to people who are not very human? For example...... Alice?

Duncan knew that a person's ability was limited, and relying solely on his ability to walk in the spirit world to act as a link between the lost homeland and the land city-state, sooner or later he would encounter the problem of insufficient manpower and poor consideration.

The teleportation ability shown by

Pigeon Ai gave him a good idea.

Of course, Alice is not a good candidate for helper, although this "Abnormal 099" with a supernumered superior number is elegant and mysterious when it is quiet, but as long as it is active, it will immediately reveal its useless nature, but Duncan really has no other candidate at present.

Thinking that the only crew member available under his command was a useless wood that could stew himself up when cooking, Duncan couldn't help but sigh.

He estimated that it would be impossible for him to find allies from the human world, and if he had to find it, he would probably only attract a group of second-class villains, just the kind of bad force that looks forward to the end of the world every day as soon as he opens his eyes, goes to cut gas pipes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, goes to make demon sacrifices on Tuesdays, fourths and Saturdays, and fights guerrillas with the church guards on Sundays......

They had nothing to do with each other and could invade any city-state together, but it was by no means the help Duncan wanted

“…… Alas, Alice is at least honest and obedient," Duncan sighed and stood up, muttering to himself, "Cultivate well."can grow up...... Probably.

Even if she can't be a helper, she should let that puppet see the world in the human world, after all, she has been locked in a coffin for so many years and doesn't know what the outside world is like.

After sorting out his thoughts, Duncan began to pack up the large pile of things he had brought - he would not return to the lost country for the time being, many of these things could not be carried with him, so naturally they had to be placed in the store.

There are not many places to hide things on the second floor of the antique store, and Nina will come up to help clean up the room from time to time, and some things that obviously don't look like everyday items will be particularly suspicious in the room (such as cannonballs from a century ago), but after a short consideration, Duncan found a reasonable place for these things.

The sun amulet can be hidden closely, the salted fish can be put directly into the kitchen, it seems reasonable, a century ago cannonballs and a century ago sailor dagger are even simpler -

Duncan directly took those two things to the store on the first floor and put them in an inconspicuous corner next to the counter - anyway, this is an antique shop, There are more or less messy things similar to the painting style, and it is better to throw daggers and shells wherever they are hidden in the pile of tattered fakes on the first floor......

As for the last item, the cheese from the kitchen of the Lost Home, Duncan also found a good place for it.

In the trash can.

After dealing with all this, Duncan patted the dust that did not exist on his hands, and was very satisfied with his arrangement.

Then he glanced at the sky outside.

The "sun" that was blocked by the double rune imprisonment was hanging high in the sky, and it was just noon at this moment.

Nina will return home later today, and before that he plans to go out and walk around to learn more about the city.

Anyway, it seems that this antique shop has no business today.

The weather was a little cold, Duncan changed into a dark brown coat, and before going out, he took care of his somewhat messy and decadent hair, trying to make his decadent and weak body that had been tossed by alcohol, drugs and diseases look more energetic, and then left the antique shop.

As soon as he went out, the sound of flapping his wings came from the second floor, and the pigeon Ai flew out of the room and landed on his shoulder, shaking his head and triumphantly pressing: "Go to the Erxian Bridge and walk on Chenghua Avenue ......."

Duncan suddenly glanced at the goods, he originally planned to let this pigeon look after the house on the second floor, after all, when he went out, a pigeon on his body always looked too eye-catching and weird, anyway, there was a spiritual fire connection between himself and Ai, and he could use the spirit flame to summon it to his side at any time when he encountered a situation, and he was not afraid of delaying things.

I just didn't expect that when I went out, I forgot to explain, and the bird "got in the car" on its own.

Looking at the triumphant appearance of this bird spirit, Duncan finally smiled helplessly and sighed: "...... Forget it, if you like to follow, just follow it.

He rode the pigeon to the main road opposite the antique shop, and after walking not far along the main road, he heard a crisp sound of bells mixed with the sound of steam engines coming from near and far.

It was a very common public transportation in the city-state of Prade, powered by a steam engine, and the fare of six pesos could reach more than half of the lower town, and according to the route map posted on the back of the carriage, there were two stops at the end of the line that would pass through the edge of the upper town, a place called the Cross Block.

Duncan had an impression of the "Cross Block" in his mind, he knew that the neighborhood and the surrounding area were regarded as the "junction" of the city-state of Pradesh, where there were more prosperous businesses and more decent residences, and many residents of the lower city regarded the cross block as their goal and dream of leaping to the level of their lives, and many middle-class citizens who could not afford the high consumption of the upper city and wanted to live a decent life also lived there - there were also movie theaters, Museum and several upscale restaurants.

Nina's school is near the Cross Block, and the museum she mentioned is also next to the Cross Block.

Duncan thought for a moment, walked quickly to the station, and got on the bus before it started.

There was no one in the car, more than half of the seats on the first floor were empty, and there was a conductor in a dark blue uniform standing next to the driver's driver's cab.

"Sorry, pets are not allowed in the car, it's a rule," the young woman said, pointing to the pigeon on Duncan's shoulder, "including pigeons."

Duncan looked at Ai, who innocently flapped his wings and tilted his head to look at him.

"Go and pick it up on the roof of the car."

"Coo, goo."

Ai flapped his wings and flew out of the car, cursing the street while flying.

The young conductor lady looked at the man in front of her who was communicating with the pigeon in a daze, and the pigeon that seemed to really understand human speech, and did not speak for a long time.

"Is it okay now?" Duncan had to remind the conductor who seemed to be a little dazed, and raised his finger to point in the direction of the roof of the car, "You shouldn't be able to control the bird falling on the roof of the car, right?"

Only then did the

conductor react: "Ah...... Yes...... The fare is six pesos, pass.

Duncan reached into his pocket, took out two coins in exchange for a blue ticket, and then found a window seat, sat down quietly, ready to enjoy his first ride in this world.

The steam engine started, accompanied by a slight vibration and mechanical friction, and the bell at the front of the car also rang crisply, and then the bus shook slightly, and the scenery outside the window receded.

Duncan leaned comfortably on the back of his chair, feeling the vibration and acceleration of this mechanical engineering creation in operation.

The steam engine is a good thing, a civilized society is a good thing, and technological progress is a good thing.

If he has the opportunity, he must give the lost country a whole set - even if it is just a boiler that can boil hot water, he can also take a hot bath on the ship in the future.

As soon as his thoughts spread, he felt the car suddenly shake, and the scenery outside the window slowly stopped.

The young conductor pushed open the window near the front of the car, poked her head and shouted outside: "Get on the bus? There are seats! They are all big seats!

Duncan was stunned and laughed dumbly.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that this city-state, which was still unfamiliar to him, suddenly became full of life.