Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 506

[Chapter 504]

Lawrence walked into the bridge, and Gus, the first officer, greeted him immediately. Many crew members stood behind the first officer, looking at their captain with some anticipation.

Lawrence glanced at these subordinates and friends who had been with him for many years, and took a long time to take a light breath, with a smile on his face: “We can go home, now we are leaving.” The expression on the first officer’s face was visible to the naked eye

. , but then he couldn’t help asking: “Then… what about the Lost Country?”

“The Lost Country will embark on another journey,” Lawrence nodded slightly, and said to everyone, “Captain Duncan We will go to the south to do more important things – he ordered the White Oak to return to the normal route of the civilized world according to the original voyage plan. According to the plan, we will first go to Cold Harbor to resupply and complete the purchase order, and then return to Plain Germany.”

“What about the future?” Gus, the first mate, listened to the captain’s words, but he still had an uneasy expression. Obviously, like everyone on board, this frosty journey meant a lot to him. It was too unexpected and too long. When the news of returning home came, he still couldn’t believe that everything would really return to the way it was before, “We…” “

We will still make a living on this sea. Passage permit, the waterways of the civilized world will continue to be open to us, the only change is… from now on, Captain Duncan will always watch over all of us,” Lawrence said calmly, “When the Lost Home comes with an order, As a member of the fleet, we have to respond—but at least not now, sailors, we can go home now.” The

bridge was quiet for more than ten seconds, and then someone clapped their hands, and gradually , more people clapped their hands, followed by cheers that were long overdue.

The news that he could go home spread throughout the ship and reached the ears of every sailor in an instant.

This long and unexpected journey is finally over. A thrilling and bizarre adventure will be deeply imprinted in everyone’s mind. The joy of returning home has diluted all worries about the future. The new boiling gold catalyst is sent into the steam core, and the mechanical The cabin began to roar, and the siren sounded through the boundless sea, as if even the entire ship began to cheer for the next journey home.

Lawrence came to the edge of the front deck, quietly looking at the sea with waves in the distance. There was no reference on the endless sea, and it would even give people the illusion that the ship was still in place, but the undulating direction of the waves and the head-on blowing The coming sea breeze told him that the White Oak had sailed.

He looked down at the side of the ship, and saw the dark cloud-like silhouette of the Black Oak reflected under the undulating sea surface. The front of the ship was shrouded in darkness, and the sparse lights seemed to be full of shadows.

Martha’s voice came from the small mirror on her chest: “Everyone is very happy – it seems that the time to go home will come, and the familiar life will come back, but you should remind them that not everything will go back. In the past, we have established a connection with the Lost Home, no matter how much freedom that Captain Duncan gave us, this connection with the warp is destined to change many things… We should prepare for this curse and blessing “

Lawrence was silent for a moment, then said softly: “Like the changes that occurred on the Bright Star or the Sea Fog?” “

They will no longer age and die, but they will gradually deviate from the category of living people. This ship will slowly transform. Become a living creature, some parts of it will suddenly seem to learn to think, and start to operate automatically, the existence of the “weird reflection” of the Black Oak will gradually make the White Oak gradually infected with various horrors and horrors. Strange rumors—soon, some people will be afraid of this newborn “cursed ship”, and the passport issued by the church can’t solve this kind of problem…” Martha said unhurriedly, as if

not Deducing the future for Lawrence, but stating the past that has already happened—in her huge and heterogeneous collective memory, it outlines the fate that the White Oak will face next.

But Lawrence just listened quietly until Martha’s words fell, and he said in a low voice: “Maybe your deduction is correct, those changes will happen gradually, but at least it’s not today, today is the day when the girls and boys go home ——

“They’ll be back in the warmth of Plante before the year’s over, hugging family and friends, telling them as human beings about this incredible adventure, and I’ll do everything I can to keep the White Oak alive on all the busy lanes, To make contact with the Church, with the Explorers’ Guild, and with the city-state’s caravans—not just to fulfill Captain Duncan’s orders, but to make the ship a revered symbol before it becomes a dreaded curse. “

There was no response from the small mirror.

But Lawrence felt a breeze blowing beside him – in the small area of mist that suddenly diffused, a hazy shadow came out of the mist, hugging him gently from behind.

The touch is illusory and soft, like a dream.   ”Old man—” “

What

‘s wrong

?

“

The entire sea as far as it could reach, and on the surface of the sea shrouded in mist, dark, hair-like shadows were rapidly gathering, and finally turned the entire sea into pitch black.

The world turned into a strange phantom that lost its color, and the Lost Homeland raised its spiritual sail in the dark sea, and the invisible “wind” agitated the sail, making the ship begin to sail at a speed far exceeding the real world. across the sea.

On the platform at the tail of the Lost Home, Duncan was in charge of the steering wheel, and the voice of the goat’s head came into his mind: “It has sunk safely into the spirit world, and the Lost Home is currently sailing in the shallow area.” Duncan hummed

, Turning her head, she nodded to Nina who was standing not far away and looked at her steering curiously: “We have sunk safely to the spirit world.”

Nina nodded half-understanding. For her, steering a ship— —and a sailing ship from a century ago—but a thing that is completely incomprehensible.

Fan Na, who was standing on the other side, couldn’t help covering her forehead after hearing Duncan’s words: “Uh, no matter how many times I hear it, I still feel that the words ‘safety’ and ‘spiritual world’ are really evil when you say them together. There is really such a saying as ‘safely sinking into the spirit world’ in this world…”

Duncan just smiled when he heard this, “It requires some skills, but in the state of the spirit world, we can sail at an extremely fast speed, and Don’t worry about bumping into most obstacles in the real world—after all, it’s a long journey from Frost to Breezeport.” “

Breezeport… I’ve only read about this place in books “,” Nina said with a trace of longing in her eyes, “the book says that it is a city-state built by elves, and it is also one of the most important ‘parishes’ of the Academy of Truth, second only to ‘Moco’. I heard that there are The most advanced difference engine and steam core, mechanical technology and mathematics are very developed…” “What is

said in the book is true, but one point is often overlooked in the book-Qingfenggang is not only leading in technology, it is also One of the important strongholds of the Explorers’ Association,” Morris said to Nina with a smile, “because the entire city-state is close to the border of civilization, countless pioneering fleets and explorers use Qingfeng Harbor as a supply point and a place for information exchange. The hub station—and those explorers who came and went brought all kinds of food from the entire civilized world to the city-state, so Qingfeng Harbor has the reputation of being a gourmet city…” Nina was full of curiosity and thirst for

knowledge Listening to the knowledge that you can’t see in books, your eyes suddenly lit up when you heard it: “Are there sweet pancakes over there?” “There should be,” Morris thought for a while and nodded, “

Prand The commerce is well developed, and many merchants have established sea routes from the central sea to the south, and the delicacies of Purland will naturally spread there.”

Nina became happy, and she climbed onto a large wooden barrel next to Duncan and sat on it Shaking, legs dangling on the edge of the barrel: “It’s great… There are delicious food, and the most advanced machinery, I’m looking forward to it…” Duncan glanced at the barrel and was dangling back and

forth Nina looked at the deck around the barrel again—there were a few ropes trembling slightly in the space between the rudder and the barrel, looking embarrassed and humble.

Apparently, these ropes think that Nina, the “crew” is too close to the “rudder” at the moment—but they are also afraid of the sun’s brilliance.

After all, it is a 6000°bike.

“Don’t dangle on the barrel, be careful not to fall,” Duncan shook his head, and said to Nina, “Also, don’t be so close to the rudder, it’s not safe.

” After reaching the deck, retreated to a safe distance.

The ropes around the rudder let go—they were safe.

Nina was only quiet for a while, then suddenly thought of something else.

“We went over to see that… Ms. Lucrezia, right?” She leaned against the fence on the edge of the bridge, blinking at Duncan, her tone slightly nervous, “Is she easy to get along with?” “

…It should be okay,” Duncan said with a subtle expression, and when he tried to think about this issue from Nina’s perspective, the subtlety became more and more serious, “Lucrecia is an obsessed woman.” She is a scholar who is good at research, other than that, she seems to have nothing bad to say—she has always been like this when she is in front of me, but I really don’t know what she looks like normally.” “Actually, I’m a little nervous,” Nina

vomited She stuck out her tongue, “I heard that she was called the ‘Witch of the Sea’. Captain Lawrence said she was a cold and eccentric witch who would curse those who disturbed her research. Many famous adventurers I’m very afraid of her…”

Duncan turned his head and glanced at Nina while holding the steering wheel.

“Tirion is still a fearsome great pirate—don’t you think he is quite polite in front of you?” “

…it seems to be.”

(End of this chapter)