MTL - Deep Sea Embers-Chapter 57 Timid Alice

The captain's words were like the cold night wind. After passing through the darkened stairs, Alice subconsciously folded her arms and followed Duncan closer. As she went down, she finally saw what the captain said. " What does the light is black" mean?

There are indeed lights in the lower cabin - at least in terms of structure and layout, the cabin she can see also has the same support columns as above, and on the support columns are hung oil lamps that will not go out. Those oil lamps are burning, but The burning flame instead caused the lamp to appear darker near it than far away.

Yes, the closer you are to the oil lamp, the darker the light, and the oil lamp itself is almost shrouded in shadows, only a few outlines can be seen, while the light is gradually increasing when you are farther away from the oil lamp— - In the most corners of the cabin, the brightness is even close to the upper cabin.

When I looked down on the stairs before, it felt extremely dim, because there were two lights hanging on both sides of the stairs below. From the visual effect, it seemed that these lights were actively releasing darkness, neutralizing and annihilating the cabin. There is light in Nakamoto.

Alice stared at the cabin, which was in a darkened state as a whole, before muttering for a long time, "This...it's reasonable so..."

"You unreasonable puppet is here telling me to talk about rationality?" Duncan glanced at Alice, who was obviously nervous. "Under the sea level of the boundless sea, the rationality of things is the most unreasonable place."

When he said this, his expression was quite sullen, as if this evil situation had long been a small wind and small waves he was used to seeing, but in fact his reaction was exactly the same as Alice's - even the undead-shaped dove on his shoulders suddenly flapped its wings I said my heart: "Is it like talking? Is it like talking..."

Duncan ignored the noise of the pigeons on his shoulders, but carefully observed the cabin he had never set foot on before, and at the same time adjusted the angle of the lantern in his hand, trying to gain insight into the environment here in the changing light and shadow.

Below the waterline of the Lost Country...the lights in the cabin are "inverted".

The lamps do not seem to emit light, but instead absorb the original light in the space, as if... a kind of "mirror of the world".

However, the aura of the spirit body released by the lantern in Duncan's hand followed the normal lighting pattern: the lantern was bright around, and the further it went, the darker it became.

Is there any rationale behind this? Is this just the influence of the Boundless Sea, or is it mixed with the characteristics of the Lost Homes itself? Is the "bright environment" in the cabin itself real? If those "light-absorbing" oil lamps were extinguished, would this place become a bright place?

For a moment, this bold idea really popped up in Duncan's heart. He was really thinking about what would happen if the oil lamp on this floor was extinguished. However, in the next moment, he grabbed the obvious. Bad idea.

He couldn't turn off the lights here - even if they seemed to be causing the whole cabin to go dark, there must be a reason for them to be on here!

It suddenly occurred to him that in the city-state of Perand, the information he had obtained was that "burning flames can disperse strange dangers" - in this statement, it was actually the "flame" itself, not the light emitted by the flames. , Does this mean that under certain circumstances, the light and darkness in this world will appear "inverted", and in this inverse condition, the only thing worth believing is the "flame" itself?

Does this also indirectly explain why the light emitted by the "light" does not have the effect of exorcism - because it is only light, it lacks the element of "flame".

"Captain?" Alice's voice suddenly came from the side, and Miss Doll's voice was nervous and concerned, "Is there anything unusual here?"

"No abnormality." Duncan's expression remained unchanged, he replied sternly, and at the same time slowly walked forward.

The "light-absorbing" oil lamps were burning quietly on the supporting columns on both sides, and some loose ropes were stacked around the columns. When Duncan walked through them, the oil lamps hanging on the columns made a slight crackle. The rope on the ground slowly wriggled and retreated to make way for the captain.

For some reason, a sentence suddenly appeared in Duncan's mind:

Light and shadow are the illusions of the deep sea, and below the sea level no longer believable, only the flames themselves remain faithfully guarding the riches of the Homeless.

He looked at the quietly burning lights and nodded slightly, as if to express his approval and gratitude.

So in the next second, all the oil lamps in the entire cabin became exuberant in a range visible to the naked eye, and the flames jumped up under the glass lampshades.

The whole cabin is darker...

Duncan: "..."

He suddenly regretted that he had boasted earlier, and should have waited until he was ready to return to the oil lamps.

Alice followed, the doll carefully observed the surrounding situation, she saw the large barrels and some crates piled up in the corner of the cabin, as well as some closed rooms and corridors leading to nowhere, whispered. Didi murmured: "This seems to be a warehouse too... Could this be a cargo ship?"

"If it's a cargo ship, the cargo will not be placed in such a deep place - there is a concept called handling costs," Duncan shook his head and said casually, "These are ocean-going supplies for the Lost Homeland itself during the long-term voyage. Consumed."

Alice blinked: "Ocean supply?"

Duncan didn't say a word, but stepped forward to check some of the goods closest to him.

Some of the barrels were filled with some kind of grease, dark brown and sticky in texture, but not too strong. It might have been some kind of fuel, but it had obviously been sitting here for a long time - Duncan even suspected that the fuel was in the Lost Country. Before becoming a ghost ship, they may have been used for lighting and exorcising evil spirits, but after the ship became a ghost ship, many things in the cargo hold were useless like this.

In another portion of the barrel, Duncan saw something familiar.

Cheese older than him, bacon that cracks rocks.

Duncan silently resealed the lid.

On this floor, material reserves are piled up in most places. Although a considerable part of them seems to be useless on today's ghost ship, it is enough to prove his previous judgment on the Homeless:

This ship, at least at the beginning of its construction, was prepared for some kind of ocean-going expedition, it can carry a lot of supplies, and there are strict security measures between the various supply bays to prevent the spread of fire or the loss of pests and rats. Supplies.

Thinking of the large amount of artillery and a large ammunition depot on the top of the ship, he can almost guess what kind of ambitious exploration dream this ship once carried in the beginning - it was the farthest route, the most dangerous The journey to face the most dangerous environments and the most sinister enemies, and such a journey of exploration requires a whole boat of loyal and excellent sailors and a firm captain to complete.

Now, however, this possible exploration plan has gone with the wind, the ambitious Homeless has become the most terrifying natural disaster on the boundless sea, and the sailors have disappeared, only a ghost captain, still in control The ghost ship that lost its target.

He and Alice continued to walk forward and entered a corridor after crossing several independent warehouses. If the structure of this floor corresponds to the upper floor, then the stairs leading to the lower floor should be deep in the corridor.

"I feel... it's getting more and more gloomy..." The doll lady folded her arms and whispered while looking around cautiously, "Have you heard the wind? How can there be wind in the cabin?"

"I heard, don't be nervous, it's normal," Duncan said casually, then glanced at the puppet again, "Why are you so timid? You at least have the name Abnormal 099, don't you?"

While speaking, he also thought of the information he had obtained from Nina before - in this world, there are many directories of "abnormalities" and "visions" that are open to the public, and these directories can help people avoid Dangers that may be encountered on a daily basis or the timely identification of signs of anomalies that are out of control, but this list is not complete. Only those anomalies and anomalies that are “closer to the general public due to their controlled threats or special nature” are open to the public. , the anomalies and visions that ordinary people have no chance to encounter in their lives are obviously not among them.

He had tried to find out about the abnormal 099 from Nina, but the girl had never seen this number in the textbook.

This shows that Alice, the "cursed doll", either has a special secret, so that the news is blocked by the authorities and the church, or... she is so dangerous that she has always been strictly isolated from civilized society, Therefore, it will not interact with ordinary people at all.

Whatever the reason, it was enough to give this puppet lady a little more mystery in Duncan's eyes.

But this enigmatic puppet just shrank his neck after hearing Duncan's words, and looked nervous: "It's not that you can be bold if you have a number. I'm abnormal 099, and I'm not daring 099..."

Duncan sighed, thinking that this guy in front of him might not be the most humiliating anomaly in the world, and it's really a shame that the sailors who escorted her before were so nervous...