Deep Sea Ember

Chapter 45 History

This feeling is wonderful.

Duncan could clearly feel things in the distance—he could feel the Lost Homeland drifting in the vast sea, the living ghost ship was constantly opening up a route on the chart under the control of a goathead, and a cursed doll with a not-so-strong head was spinning around in the cabin, familiar with the ship's environment as if it were an adventure, the deep and dark sea was slowly undulating around it, and countless strange things were hidden in the sea.

However, in his other line of sight, he was sitting in an antique store in the lower part of Plante City-State, and the sound of people and cars on the street came into his ears, but the quietness of the store became more and more accentuated.

He was Captain Duncan, the master of the Lost Home, a moving natural disaster on the boundless seas—he sat here like an ordinary person, eating his own breakfast, in the depths of a peaceful city.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that there was a part of his heart that was always hanging and always uneasy was settling down little by little, which could be the nerves that had been tense for a long time on the ghost ship, or it could be something else, but he felt that this was not a bad thing after all.

As if noticing the gaze coming from the side, Nina, who was eating the cake, suddenly raised her head, and she glanced at Duncan curiously: "Uncle Duncan, don't you eat?"

Duncan glanced at the food on the other party's plate: "Is it enough for you?

"Enough, it's not good to eat too many sweets."

"Hmm."

Duncan nodded, picked up the cake and took a bite, he seriously felt the rich taste he hadn't tasted in a long time, and felt the crude sweetness slowly melt in his mouth - and then, clearly perceiving that the body began to process the food it was eaten.

He felt a little calmer in his heart, knowing that the situation was as he expected.

This body was "easier to use" than the body that was temporarily occupied for the first time - its "parts" were intact, it did not die for long, and its own soul took over almost seamlessly restarting the life in the body, which was completely different from the open-minded corpse before.

He was breathing, blood flowing, and his heart was beating - although the beating speed seemed to be a little slower, it should still be in the category of a normal person.

There should be no need to worry about the problem of body decay, and it also saves the calculation of soaking preservatives, and in this way, it is less likely to be exposed in front of ordinary people.

But there is one thing Duncan is still not sure.

He knew that his body must have a disease—in the memories he devoured, the negative impression of being plagued by illness was deeper than all other memories, and the spirits and painkillers he had found in the cabinet before were also proof.

He didn't know what kind of illness this body had before, because the time of onset and the cause of the illness seemed to be a memory from a long time ago, and it was already blurred, but one thing was obvious: at this moment, except for the weakness brought to him by ordinary physique, he did not feel anything wrong with this body.

The disease is gone? Because of walking in the spiritual world, this body has healed itself? Or is it because the projected soul is ultimately limited in perception, so that it actually does not feel the problem of the body, and the health of the body is actually deteriorating?

Duncan ate calmly while thinking, and then suddenly glanced at Nina who was eating across from him: "Don't you have to go to school today? ”

Nina lived in the lower city, and the economic conditions were not good, but the city-state of Pradesh had clearly developed to a level where basic education was more widespread, and she now attended a school run by the church and the town hall, specializing in steam engines, which could be seen as a kind of "vocational high school", mainly to deliver skilled steam craftsmen to factories and churches.

Nina's tuition was half paid by her uncle, and the other half came from a grant from the city hall.

For a city-state that has developed into the industrial age, it is worth it to train craftsmen in this area even with official subsidies - and it is undeniable that such a very purposeful school at least solves the problem of civilian literacy.

Nina was very studious, and in her uncle's memory, the girl had excellent grades in all courses.

"I don't have a class this morning," Nina nodded, "Only two history classes in the afternoon." In addition, I have to go and tell Mrs. White in the afternoon that I won't be staying in the dormitory these days......"

Duncan suddenly stopped what he was doing, he looked at Nina very seriously, and asked, "Don't you think staying here to take care of someone like me will delay a lot of things?" You can live in school for a long time, which may be more helpful for your studies.

Nina was stunned, she looked at her "Uncle Duncan" a little dullly, and then suddenly became angry: "You shouldn't talk like this!" You're just sick, just take your medicine as recommended by the doctor - Mom and Dad entrusted you to me......"

"It was your mom and dad who entrusted you to me," Duncan corrected seriously, and he spoke while using the memory in his head to organize language, "You were only six years old at that time."

"But now I'm seventeen," Nina puffed out her face, sticking her fork hard into the last little piece of cake, "You're not even as good at taking care of yourself as I am - if I really move out, you won't be able to make a mess in the room in three days." In fact, you can also ask me to help take care of the store, at least clean and clean, the windows are so dirty that you can't see clearly......"

Duncan listened helplessly to the girl's nagging "preaching", he didn't expect that his casual "test" could bring such a big reaction to the other party.

But slowly, he couldn't help but laugh again.

He felt a warmth from the girl named "Nina"...... A warm temperature that seems to be bathed in the sun.

"Okay, I'll just say it casually," he said, shaking his head, stirring the last bit of soup in the bowl, "It's history class in the afternoon...... How have you been studying in history class recently?

"Uncle Duncan, are you really okay?" Nina's eyes widened in surprise, "Have you ever been ...... before Well, at least in the past two years, I have never asked me about school matters.

Duncan opened his mouth, just as he was about to say something, but the girl in front of him continued to say to himself: "We have been talking about ancient history recently, and Mr. Morris is telling us about what happened after the Great Annihilation...... To be honest, it's quite interesting, ancient history sounds like a story in many parts, far more interesting than modern history and modern history.

Duncan thought for a while and looked serious: "It sounds like you studied well?" Then I'll test you, what is the concept related to Great Annihilation?

Today's Uncle Duncan is very strange, although I can't say what is strange, but it is different from usual.

But Nina didn't think too much - compared to her uncle's slightly strange words and deeds, this simple girl was even happier at the moment. Uncle Duncan finally cheered up and seemed to be in a good mood.

She was very happy, Uncle Duncan asked exactly what she had just mastered.

So with a smug smile, she began to tell Duncan what she had just learned:

"The Great Annihilation happened about 10,000 years ago - although for unknown reasons, ethnic minorities with more unique cultural inheritances such as the Elves, Senkins, and Gyplos recorded inconsistent times in their calendars, but in general, The time recognized by the archaeological community as the Great Annihilation occurred was at the end of the Order Era 10,000 years ago......"

Duncan listened calmly.

My heart is full of question marks.

Elf? Sen Jinren? Gyplo? What is this situation? It turns out that there is not only a human being on the land, a wise race? And the elves ...... Is this the same concept as the "elf" in my understanding? Is there still an elven city-state living in the era of steam industry in the infinite sea?

He couldn't help but think of some pictures with a very strange painting style, and Nina's voice was still coming from the opposite side:

“…… There are certain discrepancies in the records of the Great Oblivion in various city-states, but the more common part is that the era of order before the Great Annihilation was an era of prosperity, stability and security far more prosperous, stable and secure than today, when there were extremely vast continents, the area of the ocean was far from as vast as it is today, and there was no so-called 'real border' end between the sea and the land......

"The era after the Great Annihilation is called the 'Deep Sea Age', and the Deep Sea Age has continued to this day, and there is still no sign of end. The most prominent feature of the deep-sea era is that the infinite sea covers almost the entire world, while the land is only less than 10% of the old era, and they are all divided into large and small islands or 'strange realms in the fog'.

"In the early days of the Deep Sea Age, the remnants of the old world suffered heavy losses, and the old civilization was almost completely destroyed, and the 'Ancient Kingdom of Crete' that originally rose from the ruins was the ancestor of the earliest civilization in the Deep Sea Age, although this ancient kingdom lasted less than a hundred years, but left a large number of far-reaching legacies for future generations, including the most primitive and superficial classification of many anomalies and visions in the Deep Sea Age, and a lot of valuable experience in maintaining survival in the deep-sea era......"