Since the last long conversation with Tirian, Duncan has told Nina, Shirley and others about the information about the Abyss Plan, but at that time he did not mention the next voyage plan of the Lost Home until now. A letter Morris received from an old friend finally led to the trip north.
"We are currently heading north along the route of the Sea Fog, and we expect to enter the edge of the Cold Sea in a few days. There will be a completely different scenery from the central sea," Duncan said. "During this period, you can Alice has prepared a room for you during your stay on the ship. Of course, if you have difficulty adapting to life at sea, you can return to the city-state - I can summon you temporarily when necessary."
"I...I'll stay on the ship," Shirley immediately raised her hand, "I can help Miss Alice with some work..."
"You also need to do your homework on the ship," Duncan glanced at her lightly, "I will personally supervise it here."
Shirley suddenly shrank her neck: "Ah,
Then I..."
"You also need to do homework in the city-state, so I will supervise it myself."
Shirley said with a sad face: "Then...then I'd better stay on the boat, just for a change of environment."
"I want to be on the boat too," Nina looked at Shirley and then at Duncan, her eyes bright and her tone a bit eager to try, "I haven't adapted to life on the boat yet, I didn't persist last time. Stay the night...”
Duncan nodded: "Well, you can go back later and bring the bedding you are used to here to prevent you from being unable to sleep in a strange environment."
"Yeah," Nina nodded repeatedly, and then seemed to think of something again, and asked a little firmly, "Then can I take the vacation homework and textbooks left by the school on the boat? I'm afraid I won't be able to finish them before school starts. ..…”
When Nina finished speaking, Agou beside her couldn't help but hold her head with her paws: "We are taking the most terrifying ghost ship in history to solve an extraordinary event, but why does it sound more and more like a vacation trip. .....
It must be under the witness of Captain Duncan, on the Homeless Ship in an extremely ordinary environment, if he takes the initiative to read and seduce evil spirits... What will happen?
Alice was startled. I have been pursuing academic pursuits for most of my life, and this was the first time I heard such crazy and whimsical things. However, the next second, she realized this "ghost" from Shirley's eyes. Captain" is serious.
Shirley turned over two more pages and raised her head: "Why haven't they come yet?"
After the initial shock, a strange sense of excitement and expectation emerged from the heart of the old scholar.
Shirley didn't pay attention to Agou's mumbling. She thought about it and said to Nina uncertainly: "Captain Duncan's spelling book can be brought on board, but your textbooks and homework may be dangerous. One by one, reading books on the boundless sea is just like reading in a city-state after dark. It is easy to attract some good intentions in the shadows.
Goat head: "."
Shirley: "...?"
"Nina wants to do her winter vacation homework on the boat," Shirley said to the goat head seriously, "I'm sure you have a way to 'attract' those 'intruders' he just mentioned. You attract them over, and I I have something to discuss with them."
"I think your judgment is very reasonable."
"Generally speaking, the shadows attracted by reading have the characteristic of pursuing knowledge, which determines that they are stupider than ordinary intruders, just a little bit," the goat head's words finally became smoother, but his tone It's still weird, "Stupidity means having a certain sense of judgment. Even the chaotic and chaotic depths and shadows of the spiritual world will know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages in the process of pursuing knowledge, and will not appear in front of you rashly... .…”
Shirley did not respond to the compliment of the goat head, but continued to be immersed in the book at hand. She slowly turned over the slightly smooth pages, and her eyes slowly wandered through the horrifying or mysterious folklore records of the southern city-state, which made her My mind also relaxed and immersed little by little.
Waiting for the knowledge-seeking invaders to smell the sweet bait and invade the undefended dimension of reality.
Anyway, Uncle Duncan is invincible. If something causes trouble, just let Uncle Duncan give it a good beating - Nina's ideas are very clear, complex and rough.
She must admit that she herself suddenly felt a little curious.
"I understand," Shirley nodded.
While scanning the words in the book, he said casually, "In other words, those who dare to run onto the Lost Home will not be unknown people or fools, but must be powerful intruders who have sufficient confidence in themselves and have weighed their own considerations—— Well, this is actually a good thing. It means that I only need to beat them once or twice to make "the weak ones among them quickly recognize the situation without having to worry about the endless harassment of idiots."
Shirley thought about it and decided it was a good idea.
"Actually... I think you still have to stick to this matter. There are so many taboos in the Infinite Sea. Being unable to read is just..."
Nina was stunned, analyzed calmly, thought for a while, and suddenly raised a very constructive question that no one had even considered: "Then there must be something running out of the shadows. Can't you just give it a good beating?" Yet?"
"Nina has to do her winter vacation homework," Shirley said grumpily, "I take this very seriously."
The goat head's thoughts were a little tangled again. This time it hesitated longer than before before finally speaking: "I think you may need to test it more for a while."
The goat head was startled by the sudden movement: "Ship... Captain?"
Of course, Nina was not bound by traditional thinking - because on the first day this girl came into contact with the supernatural realm, she saw the scene of her Uncle Duncan stepping on the city-state and tearing the sun with his hands. The world's top supernatural pollution was based on The sight in her eyes of being pushed to the ground and beaten...
"I haven't thought about this at all." Shirley was stunned for several seconds before finally saying with a strange expression. I don't deny that I fell into it from the beginning when I heard Goat Head talk about "taboo on reading at sea" She has a blind spot in her thinking. She just habitually regards this as a rule like everyone else, but has not considered other possibilities. But now it seems... On the contrary, Nina, who has only been exposed to the extraordinary field for a short time, has shown this Incredible openness of mind.
She carried a big book directly to the captain's cabin and placed the book in front of the goat's head with a bang.
However, no intruders appeared.
"I need a trap to attract these intruders who are chasing knowledge." Shirley came to Alice in a roundabout way and placed the folklore book in the hands of the old scholar. "Read that book and let your mind see it." It looks like an unsuspecting scholar has lured an evil spirit chasing knowledge onto the ship. I want to communicate with this intruder and find out what this intruder is."
This is indeed an action that only a powerful Warp Shadow like me would dare to seriously consider.
The goat head was startled and subconsciously said: "Ah, it's obvious. Reading in the boundless sea usually attracts the attention of certain wills in the deep world, such as invaders from the spiritual world, demonic projections from the deep realm, and even whispers from the subspace. This process takes advantage of the situation, and they will take advantage of the reader's mind to relax their vigilance and extend their projection into the real world, and...what are you doing?"
"You...how do you plan to discuss it with them?"
The goat head felt that his thoughts were getting knotted, but he still subconsciously spoke while tying the knot: "Usually... usually, they should come after the reading starts, very quickly."
"Beat them, keep beating them, until they promise not to disturb Nina's study," Shirley said, then thought for a moment, and then cautiously added, "Of course, this is just an idea of mine, and it is not to determine whether it is feasible. Maybe you are more professional than me?"
Alice held up the book.
So she directly returned to the restaurant with the book - everyone was still waiting here. Nina and Duncan were whispering about what Shirley was doing, Morris and Agou were checking each other's dictation words, and Alice was He closed his eyes and rested his mind, and then opened his eyes when he heard the sound of Shirley walking in.
"It doesn't seem to be working," Shirley raised her head and looked at the edge of the table.
The quiet goat head said, "Is there any other way?"
"I need to make some confirmations," the goat said suddenly, then stood up and left the restaurant.
After that, he directly opened the big book brought from the city-state of Puland and related to the folk culture of various city-states. While flipping through the contents, he said without raising his head: "Then what he said, the invaders, when will you arrive?"
Shirley: "?
Agou and Duncan: Yes! "
"What are the usual consequences of reading books on the Infinite Sea?" Shirley asked bluntly.
"You might have other people try to read, such as Mr. Morris - the leaders of the God of Wisdom are better at controlling their own minds, which is very useful when protecting themselves or setting traps," Goat The head immediately said, "These intruders probably smell your breath and are afraid to show up, but setting a trap should be enough."
