Deep Sea Ember

Chapter 56 Lower Level

This matter was really too evil, so Duncan still couldn't eat that bowl of fish soup in the end.

After all, as soon as he thought that Miss Doll's head had been rolling up and down in the soup pot, he felt that the style of this dinner was running all the way in the direction of cursing and death—even if Alice's real style was actually not harmonious, the fact that she dropped her head in the pot was a bit too terrifying......

The doll lady looked a little hurt, she looked at the food that Duncan had put aside, and grabbed the lace decoration on the side of her clothes with both hands: "Captain, are you angry?

Duncan glanced at the doll exhausted: "If you want to be unhappy on the boat, you can tell me directly......"

"Huh? I didn't ......"

"Then try not to go into the kitchen ......" Duncan said casually, but soon he noticed Alice's increasingly frustrated expression, and finally shook his head helplessly and changed his subject, "Forget it, your starting point is good, I'm actually very happy, but let's cook...... If you are not skilled, there will be some accidents, so it will be good to get familiar with it in the future.

Alice immediately straightened up: "Then I can try it in the future?"

Duncan held back for a long time, and finally nodded: "...... Just pay attention to it.

He also thought about it: this cursed doll obviously couldn't stand the status quo of messing around on the Lost Home, maybe she really had some kind of "nature" that made her have to do something on this ship to settle down, and she was an independent individual with thoughts and personality, Duncan felt that he couldn't treat this doll forever in a striking way.

In contrast, it was better to let Alice help in the kitchen than to keep fighting with cables, anchor cables, and cannonballs—at least the pots and pans on the Homeless were relatively good-tempered.

He looked down at the fish soup placed next to him, to be fair, the taste of this fish soup is actually quite normal, although the seasoning on the boat is limited, but the heat is no problem at all, and as a doll who doesn't even have a sense of taste and digestive system, Alice can do this level on the premise of just listening to a few words of theoretical knowledge (and this theoretical knowledge also comes from a goat's head who also doesn't eat human food), which is actually quite remarkable.

The two guys who don't eat human food can come together to make a meal that people can eat, what else can they ask for? Duncan felt that as long as he was careful in the future, he should still be able to do the job in the kitchen - at least he, the captain, would not have to cook himself in the future.

"That...... Captain, do you want me to make you something else?" At this time, Alice's voice came from the side, interrupting Duncan's thoughts, "I also learned the way of grilling fish and frying fish fillets from Mr. Goathead, and there is a ...... in the kitchen"

"No, I'm not hungry," Duncan shook his head, his body actually didn't have a very strong demand for food, and he usually maintained three meals a day just to maintain his habit of being a "human", At this time, a bowl of Alice's beautiful soup had quenched his appetite for half a day, so he simply stood up from the table, "I'm going to take a walk in the cabin."

"Are you going to the cabin?" Alice was stunned for a moment, and then her expression became slightly nervous as if she remembered something, "That...... Then can you go 'below' to take a look?

"Below?" Duncan frowned.

"It's the deeper cabins—the places I'm not allowed to go," said Alice, "and I always hear creaks from below, and sometimes it seems like someone is muttering under the floor, why don't you go and see...... Is there a situation below? Looking

at the slightly nervous expression on the doll lady's face, Duncan's heart suddenly slowly lifted.

The deep ...... of the lost homeland That's a place he hadn't explored yet!

Because the deepest part felt really strange and dangerous to him, and at that time he had not yet "helmed" or mastered the power of the spiritual fire, so the previous explorations had stopped at the place leading to the deep cabin - of course, he had plans for further exploration in the future, but now it seemed that the plan could not keep up with the changes.

At this moment, the goat's head voice suddenly came from the side: "Ah, it sounds like the bilge is a little restless, captain, do you want to go down and take a look?"

Before Duncan could speak, he heard the goat's head already chattering to himself: "Think about it, you seem to have not checked the bottom for a long time, and some of the bilge needs to be reassured by the captain, you know, after all, it has been soaked in the boundless sea for a long time...... Do you want to bring your lantern? It's still in the old place, right behind the door...... You have been moving on the upper level all this time, the guys on the lower level are so noisy, you don't know how annoying they are, alas, I am a quiet person, I can't hear those creaking sounds in the middle of the night......"

Duncan glanced at the goat's head silently, and the latter suddenly fell silent.

To be honest, after hearing some of the goat's head's murmurs, he suddenly became more resistant to the strange bilge - it sounded like it was obviously affected by the Boundless Sea more deeply, and it had become a structure that could be regarded as "wrong" even on the Lost Home!

But the idea of resistance only lingered in my mind for less than a second.

Sooner or later, he will have to do further exploration of the other structures of the Lost Home, and it is better to go early than late...... Reason told him that the sooner this matter happened, the better.

The Lost Home is very large, not only is it amazingly long, but its cabin is also divided into many layers, and the area Duncan currently knows is actually only the ship's superstructure—including the deck area, the upper deck below the deck, the ammunition depot, the artillery area, and the warehouses, freshwater compartments, and part of the crew room on the next floor, and based on the previous explorations, he can fully imagine how much of a huge structure is hidden in the depths of darkness under these areas.

Those structures are below the waterline, and from the depths they are completely immersed in the boundless sea.

Dark, gloomy, echoing with empty winds or howls - the deeper you go, the more eerie the environment inside the Lost Home.

Duncan didn't know his ship—it certainly wouldn't work if it dragged on all the time.

He was already the captain of the ship, the Lost Home was his foothold, and it was the base of his activities in this world, and he couldn't know so much about his fundamentals - even if it was just to survive for a long time in the boundless sea full of anomalies and visions, he had to understand the potential and dangers of the Lost Home.

God knows if there will be a crisis tomorrow, and God knows if the lost country will hit those descendants in the deep sea in the next second, or the collapsed border of reality.

What's more, the goat head also mentioned just now: The bilge needs the captain's comfort.

"Captain" hasn't been to the lower cabin for too long...... If this continues, it seems that something bad will happen.

Duncan got up and went to the door to find the lantern that the goathead had mentioned.

This is a fairly old lantern, the copper frame is in the shape of a hexagonal prism with a wide top and a narrow bottom, and the glass lampshade is embedded in the copper frame, which looks a little vague, but inside the lampshade, Duncan does not see a structure similar to the wick.

He did not show curiosity or ask the goathead, and after a short and unassuming thought, he tried to activate the dark green spirit body fire and infuse this power into the lantern.

A cluster of bright green flames immediately jumped and burned inside the lampshade, and this quaint and old lantern began to emit a constant glow.

In the place where the lantern shines, a desolate atmosphere spreads for some reason, but Duncan stands in this light and has an inexplicable sense of calm and control, he seems to be able to vaguely feel his power spreading with the light, where the light shines, the details of everything are clearly reflected in his mind.

Pigeon Ai suddenly flew over and landed on Duncan's shoulder.

It had already transformed into the illusory form of the flesh and blood of the undead bird - although Duncan did not actively "activate" the pigeon at all, but under the light of the lantern, it still passively completed the "transformation".

Duncan glanced down at the lantern in his hand and thought it might be a good thing...... It seems to be able to spread its power to the surrounding environment with minimal loss and maintain a "force field" that functions as a detection, warning, and even control, which is obviously suitable for long-term exploration in unfamiliar or dangerous areas.

"Captain...... Can I go with you?"

Duncan turned around and saw Alice standing behind him, she looked at the lantern curiously, and at the same time had an eager expression on her face: "I haven't been to the lower level yet!" Mr. Goathead said he couldn't go down without your permission......"

Duncan thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "Yes."

He didn't know what was in the lower deck of the cabin yet, but anyway, it was also part of the Lost Home, under the premise that he had successfully "helmed", the bilge would not be too dangerous, and he might be able to help himself with this doll.

The goathead, which remained on the sailing table, made no comment, and it was obvious that it was quite normal for the captain to inspect the lost home—and so did bringing a helper.

Outside the cabin, night had gradually fallen, and the cold glow of the creation of the world was shining on the sea, shining on the empty ghost ship deck, and the translucent sails of the spirit body were beating in the air, slowly adjusting the angle without anyone controlling it.

With a lantern in hand, his saber and flintlock gun, Duncan walked with Alice through the empty deck, through the top two decks, down the wooden stairs, and into the depths of the Lost Home's cabin.

The staircase at the end of the seafarer's cabin is where Duncan stopped when he had explored before.

A strange darkness lingered around the sloping downward staircase, and only the columns and some wall structures used to support the cabin could be vaguely seen in the darkness.

"It's so dark down here," Alice stood at the staircase, looking at the dim environment below a little nervously, "Isn't there a light down here?" There are obviously oil lamps everywhere else that have never been extinguished......"

"No, there are lights underneath," Duncan held the lantern in his hand and spoke slowly, under the power emanating from the lantern, he finally saw the situation under the cabin more clearly than before, "...... It's just that the lights below are black. ”

“…… Huh? Alice was stunned for a moment, and didn't react for a long time, "And black light?"

Duncan didn't respond for a while, just walked down slowly with the lantern, and didn't speak softly until Alice followed him: "After all, we are already below the surface of the boundless sea.