Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 282

[Chapter 282 About the Taboo of Reading at Sea]

Since the last long talk with Tirian, Duncan told Nina and Shirley and others about the Abyss Project, but he didn’t mention the Lost Home at that time. Next What were the plans for the voyage—until now, a letter from an old friend Morris received that finally led to this trip north.

“We are currently heading north along the route of the Sea Fog, and it is estimated that we will enter the edge of the Cold Sea in a few days. There must be a completely different scenery from the central sea,” Duncan said. Alice has already prepared rooms for you, and of course, if you find it difficult to adapt to life at sea, you can return to the city-state—I can summon you temporarily when necessary.” “I… I will stay on the boat,” Xue said

. Li immediately raised her hand, “I can help Miss Alice with some work…” “I

also need to do my homework on the boat,” Duncan glanced at her lightly, “I will supervise here myself.

” Shrinking his neck: “Ah, then I…”

“I also need to do my homework in the city-state, and I should supervise it myself.”

Shirley said with a sad face, “Then…then I’ll stay on the boat as a change of environment.” “

I I want to be on the boat too,” Nina looked at Shirley, then at Duncan, her eyes sparkling, and her tone was eager to try, “I haven’t fully adapted to the life on the boat, and I didn’t last until the night last time.” …”

Duncan nodded: “Well, then you can go back later and bring the bedding you are used to here to prevent you from falling asleep in an unfamiliar environment.” “Yeah,”

Nina nodded repeatedly, and then As if thinking of something again, she asked hesitantly, “Then can I take the vacation homework and textbooks left by the school to the boat? I’m afraid I won’t be able to finish writing before school starts…” After Nina finished speaking, Agou beside

her I couldn’t help holding my head with my paws: “We are taking the most terrifying ghost ship ever to solve a supernatural event, but why does it sound more and more like a vacation trip…”

Duncan didn’t care about Agou’s muttering, he thought for a while, and said to Nina uncertainly: “The spelling books used by Shirley and Alice can be brought on board, but your textbooks and homework may be somewhat different. Dangerousness——reading books on the boundless sea is the same as reading in a city-state after nightfall, and it is easy to attract malice in the shadows.”

Nina was stunned, analyzed calmly, thought for a while, and suddenly proposed a very constructive suggestion , A question that even Duncan hadn’t considered: “Then if something comes out of the shadows, wouldn’t it be enough if you beat it?”

Duncan: “…?”

Agou and Shirley: “…Yes Oh!”

“I didn’t think about it at all.” Duncan was stunned for a few seconds before finally saying with a strange expression, he admitted that he had fallen into the trap from the very beginning when he heard Goat’s head say “reading taboo at sea”. Out of the blind spot of thinking, I only habitually regard this as a rule like everyone else, but have not considered other possibilities, but now it seems… On the contrary, Nina, who has only been in contact with the extraordinary field for a long time, has shown an incredible open-mindedness s*x.

Of course, Nina is not bound by the traditional way of thinking – because on the first day this girl came into contact with the superhuman realm, what she saw was the scene where her uncle Duncan stepped on the city-state and tore the sun with his hands. The top supernatural pollution in the world is What appeared in her eyes as being pressed to the ground and beaten…

Anyway, Uncle Duncan is invincible in the world, if something messes up, just let Uncle Duncan beat it up – Nina’s thinking is very clear and simple.

“I need to make some confirmation.” Duncan said suddenly, then got up and left the restaurant.

He directly carried a big book to the captain’s cabin, and placed the book in front of the goat’s head with a “bang”.

Goat’s head was taken aback by the sudden movement: “Captain… of the ship?”

“What are the usual consequences of reading books in the boundless sea?” Duncan asked bluntly.

The goat’s head was startled, and he subconsciously said, “Ah, it’s obvious. Reading in the boundless sea usually attracts the attention of certain wills deep in the world, such as invaders from the spirit world, demon projections from the deep realm, and even whispers from the subspace. This process takes advantage of the void, and they will extend their projections to the real world when the readers relax their vigilance, and… what are you doing?” Duncan directly

spread out the book that he brought from the city-state of Pland , The big book about the folk culture of various city-states, flipping through the content without looking up, said without looking up: “Then when will those ‘invaders’ you mentioned come?” The goat head felt that his thoughts were knotting

, But he still said subconsciously while tying the knot: “Through… Generally speaking, they should come when the reading starts, very quickly.”

Duncan turned two more pages and raised his head: “Then why haven’t they come yet?”

Goat’s head: “…”

“Nina wants to do winter vacation homework on the boat,” Duncan said to Goat’s head seriously, “If you have a way to ‘attract’ those ‘intruders’ you just mentioned, then Attract them, and I will discuss something with them.”

“You…how do you plan to discuss with ‘them’?”

“Beat them, keep beating them until they promise not to disturb Nina’s study,” Duncan said, and then thought After a while, he added cautiously, “Of course this is just an idea of mine. I’m not sure if it’s feasible. Maybe you are more professional than me in this regard?

” It was only time before he finally spoke: “I think you may need to ‘test’ for a while.”

Duncan: “…?”

“Generally speaking, the shadows attracted by reading have the characteristics of chasing knowledge, which determines They will be a little bit ‘smarter’ than the general ‘intruders’,” the goat head’s words finally became smooth, but the tone was still weird, “Smart means having a certain ability to judge, even if it is chaotic and disordered The shadow of the spiritual world, in the process of chasing knowledge, also knows how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and will not appear in front of you rashly…”

“I understand,” Duncan nodded, and casually said while scanning the words in the book, “That is to say, those who dare to run on the Lost Country will not be unknown or stupid, but must have sufficient confidence in themselves And the powerful intruders who have carefully weighed-then this is actually a good thing, it means that I only need to beat them once or twice, and I can let the powerful ones of ‘them’ quickly recognize the situation without worrying that the idiots will not be able to Endless harassment.”

“I think your judgment is very reasonable.”

Duncan did not respond to the goat’s head’s flattery, but continued to immerse himself in the book in hand, slowly turning over the slightly rough pages, his eyes on Slowly lingering in the horrifying or mysterious folklore records of the southern city-states, let my mind relax and immerse myself a little bit.

Waiting for knowledge-seeking intruders to sniff the luscious bait to invade this undefended dimension of reality.

However, no intruders appeared.

“It doesn’t seem to work,” Duncan raised his head and said to the quiet goat’s head on the edge of the table, “Is there any other way?” “

Actually… I don’t think you need to be obsessed with this matter. A lot, not being able to read is just…”

“Nina has to do winter vacation homework,” Duncan said gently, “she takes it very seriously.” “

You may try to get someone else to read, such as Mr. Morris—— The followers of the God of Wisdom are better at controlling their own minds, which is very useful when protecting themselves or setting traps,” the goat head said immediately, “Most of the intruders smelled your breath and dared not Appear, but if you set a trap, it should be fine.”

Duncan thought about it and thought it was a good idea.

So he directly returned to the restaurant with the book – everyone was still waiting here, Nina and Shirley were muttering and guessing what Duncan was doing, Alice was checking each other’s dictation words with Agou, Morris was He closed his eyes to rest, and opened his eyes only when he heard Duncan walking in.

“I need a trap to attract those intruders who are chasing knowledge.” Duncan went straight to Morris and put the folklore book in the hands of the old scholar. Like an undefended scholar, luring a powerful evil spirit chasing knowledge to the ship, I want to ‘communicate’ with the intruder, and find out what this intruder is by the way.” Morris was

frightened In one jump, he had spent most of his life on the academic path, and it was the first time he heard such a crazy and whimsical thing. However, in the next second, he realized from Duncan’s eyes that this “ghost captain” was serious.

This is indeed an action that only a powerful warp shadow like him dares to seriously consider.

And after the initial shock, a strange sense of excitement and anticipation floated up from the depths of the old scholar’s heart.

It must be admitted that he himself suddenly felt a little curious.

What would happen if, under the witness of Captain Duncan, on the ship Lost in such a special environment, he took the initiative to read and lure the evil spirits…?

Morris picked up the book.

(end of this chapter)