Deep Sea Embers

The "flame" between the stars flows at the end of this world. In Duncan Zhou Ming's perception, he seems to be able to clearly see that the sparks are slowly connecting into a ring---Every fire he left on the four nodes of the outer barrier is now evenly spreading out starlight, and these glows are now gradually penetrating and covering those nodes, covering the "ancient gods" that constitute those nodes, covering their authority, covering their essence, covering their memories, covering their information.

Just like when he first penetrated his flame into the golden sun mask and saw through the secrets hidden behind the mask, just like he usually used flames to spy on and control those extraordinary items, now he is actually still doing the same thing,

Every piece of information from the beginning of this world to the end of the process gradually came into his mind in this process because in the eyes of the "anti-singularity", this entire endless sea, this pile of ash that is gradually cooling down, but still stubbornly pretending that civilization is still alive, is itself a "supernatural item".

Alice lowered her head and looked at Duncan curiously: "Captain, how long do we have to wait here?"

We can go now," Duncan said softly, "Nina and the others have returned safely to the Infinite Sea, and we should continue to the next place."

Alice was very curious: "The next place? You haven't told me where it is yet.

'We have to find it ourselves, but it shouldn't be difficult. "Duncan said slowly, then lowered his head and looked at something beside him.

It was an hourglass with a simple and exquisite shape. It was the "vitality" left by the God of Death Bartok to the Goddess of Storms Gemona. Three days ago, Duncan took the hourglass out of the temple. Now, the sand representing vitality in the hourglass has almost flowed out.

Duncan picked up the hourglass, and a little flame burned illusory and quietly in the hourglass container. The last few remaining grains of sand did not fall, but floated in the center of the container in the flames. He looked at the last "vitality", heard a faint and small voice from them, and then nodded gently: "Yes, I'm leaving. "

The faint voice seemed to be saying goodbye to him, but almost no information could be heard.

Duncan seemed to have understood all the meanings. He smiled, with a gentle and pleasant tone: "Ah, it sounds good. Want to be with friends again, want to travel again, have a lively tour group, and want to open a souvenir shop?

Okay, I understand, I will arrange it. Don't doubt or worry, there will be, this is the only time, you can customize the world and the future-you all deserve this opportunity.

"Yes, it will take some time, a very, very long time, but don't worry, what I lack the most is time, for eternity, it only takes a blink of an eye

'Now, we are leaving, Gemona, goodbye-have a good dream. "

The last bit of sand quietly dissipated in the flames, and the hourglass silently disintegrated into dust. They drifted away in the wind, and the whole island began to sink little by little in the flames filled with starlight.

Duncan stood up and waved to open the flame door leading to the Lost Homeland.

A moment later, they had returned to the Lost Homeland. Under the control of Goathead, the ship was steadily passing through the fog between the Leviathan Islands and approaching the edge of the node sea area. Duncan brought Alice to the captain's room. The moment the door opened, Goathead, who was dazed at the edge of the chart table, immediately turned his head. The diligent first mate took advantage of the captain's silence and sighed and started to complain: "Alas, I'm really not used to the silence on the ship. Normally, Miss Vanna should start exercising on the deck at this time, and Shirley must be taking Agou around for "exploration". At first, I felt that they were too noisy and always wondered when they could be quiet. I didn't expect that they would be quiet all of a sudden, but I felt so uncomfortable. It was just back to the initial state of the ship. I think time flies. You said that human heart is really a wonderful thing. Why didn't I expect to experience so many things at the beginning? Of course, I can't be considered a kind person now. I'm done. I shut up. "

The goat head closed his mouth neatly without giving Duncan a chance to yell "shut up". The latter felt that the words on the other side were like a wall. He was about to ask this guy to shut up, but he didn't expect that it had learned to answer first. As a result, he couldn't get the two words up and down his throat. He could only stare at the wood carving on the table and blurted out a sentence after a while: "Can you shut up yourself?"

The goat head had a blank expression (of course, that hard face usually had no expression): "Yes, I just need to finish my words. "

Duncan was laughed at again. He suspected that this guy did it on purpose, and there was sufficient evidence, but the goat head definitely didn't care about this, so he could only frown: "Then you continue to shut up here, Alice and I will solve the next navigation problem. "

The goat head said concisely: "Understood. "

Duncan's mouth twitched, and he walked towards the bedroom deep in the captain's room with the puppet. When he was almost there, he couldn't help but whisper to Alice: "I'll remember to add a setting to the new world later. Those who speak without punctuation will have their tongues rolled.

Alice also came over and muttered: "But Mr. Goat Head has no tongue at all, and his voice comes directly from his neck." Duncan entered the room, closed the door, and turned to look at Miss Doll: "You Having said that, I'm curious, do you have a tongue? "

"Yes," Alice opened her mouth solemnly and pulled the corners of her mouth with her fingers. "Look, plop, plop, tongue." I'm really curious about how the wrong copy of Pilot 1 treated you in the first place. It was pinched, and the tongue was made,

You can't strengthen the joints. "Duncan glanced at the cute doll with a subtle expression, turned around and walked to the bed, then took out the wind-up key used to activate the "Navigator Edition Alice Mansion" and dangled it in front of the doll's eyes.

Without any instructions from the captain, Alice sat down in front of Duncan very skillfully, turned around, unzipped the back, and exposed the keyhole.

Duncan picked up the navigator key, but before turning the clockwork, he looked at Alice's back and suddenly fell silent again. After a moment, he spoke: "Alice, I have a question."

"Huh? You said."

"Have you ever thought about wanting something? For example, something you want, or a wish, such as not continuing to be a "doll"? "

Alice turned her head doubtfully while pressing her clothes: "No, is there anything wrong with being a doll?"

"Don't you have any requirements or ideas about the new world and the future?" Duncan said seriously. "On this matter, Nina and the others have more or less their own ideas. Shirley wants a large piece of freedom. place, Morris wanted room for research and exploration,

Even Queen Leviathan has her own wishes that she wants to realize, but you have always been quiet and never expressed an opinion when we discussed the new world. "

Alice testified and seemed to be thinking about the captain's question seriously, but after a while, she still shook her head: "Because I really don't have any objections."

Duncan frowned slightly.

"Because I'm not dissatisfied with anything, everything is good," Alice said seriously, "and I don't know what the new world should be. Everything I saw on the day of 'waking up' is all here. , these are all there, nothing else. And it’s good to be a doll, I like it now. "

Speaking of this, she suddenly paused and quickly added: "Ah, if I have to say it, I will stay with you in the new world - I can't get used to living in a city-state."

Duncan testified, and his face finally changed from accident and mistake to a helpless and gentle smile.

'Okay,' he nodded slightly and reached out to press Alice's hair, 'I will take you with me, but this is just the basics - if you really don't know what you want, leave it to me. , I help you think and realize it. "

'okay! Alice nodded happily, moved on the bed and turned around, but suddenly she seemed to remember something, and turned her head happily, "Ah, by the way, I want a new pan, a smaller one, okay?" The kind that makes small sweet pancakes, you add this. "

"Okay, I've written it down," Duncan confirmed,

A gentle smile gradually appeared on her face, and she nodded solemnly, "In the new world, Alice wants a new pan."

"The kind you use to make sweet pancakes!"

"Yeah, the kind used to make sweet pancakes."

The clockwork key slid into the keyhole, and with a click, the key rotated on its own in the doll's keyhole. The light and shadow changed one by one, and the five senses were reset. Duncan opened his eyes and saw that he had returned to the place he was when he left Alice's mansion. Location.

The host lobby of Pilot 3.

Dim lights fall from high in the sky, and in the center of the dim hall stands a "tree" composed of cables, pipes and metal branch structures. On the edge of the platform where the roots of the tree are located, there is a puppet holding a drawing board. She was slowly opening her eyes - like a robot that was gradually turned on after being powered on. She woke up little by little, and then a smile appeared on her face.

"Captain! We're coming in again!"

Duncan nodded, walked over and helped the doll, who was a little uncomfortable because he had just woken up, to stand up.

"Captain, what are we going to do next? Do you want to say hello to the black sun at the door? Do you want to find the next route you mentioned?"

Duncan looked down at the "drawing board" in Alice's hand.

This so-called "drawing board" is essentially the remaining "functional interface" of Pilot 3.

"I want you to search for something," he said.

"Searching for something? Searching for what?"

"New Hope's escape pod - it's left in the ashes."

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