Deep Sea Embers

This is an incredible ship - an incredible captain, an incredible first mate, and an incredible dove.

There is an equally incredible doll on the boat that looks exactly like him.

Leigh Nora felt that this place was completely different from what she had imagined - but better.

After walking around the upper area, Duncan took the "Frost Queen" back to the deck.

"This ship is very big, and there are layers of cabins below the deck. If you really want to visit it in detail, I might not be able to see it all in one day," he said with a smile. "Let's get down to business first."

Hearing what the captain said, Leigh Nora's thoughts instantly came back from her feelings about the ship. She immediately straightened her expression and looked solemnly towards the side of the Lost Home.

The seemingly ordinary, thin and soft mist flowed outside the ship's side, quiet and harmless.

But that's not fog. There is no "fog" at all there - in the entire space outside the Lost Home, there is only the ultimate void that cannot be cognitively described. That layer of "fog" that seems to exist is actually It's just a weak illusion produced by the extremely limited perception ability of mortals when they vaguely perceive "the existence of something".

But the "Captain" said that hidden in this ultimate void is the cornerstone of a new world.

Leigh Nora's eyes couldn't help but fall on Duncan. She knew that there was another real existence hidden inside this tall and majestic body. The "thousand-faced starlight" was looking into the distance with a serious expression through this body. It was as if I was sensing and searching for something in the flowing mist.

Duncan Zhou Ming stepped towards the edge of the deck, his perception permeated the entire ship, and using the ship as a carrier, he carefully "touched" the invisible "sea of ​​ashes" outside the ship. Between the moving mist, he carefully observed the detritus left behind after the world's annihilation.

After a moment, he stretched out his hand over the side of the ship, and wisps of flames covered his fingertips, and the flames were quietly immersed in the color of starlight.

He heard a vague noise and tremor coming from the depths of the Lost Home. The poles and cables were creaking. These sounds seemed to be mixed with some kind of uneasiness.

"Don't worry," Duncan said softly, as if talking to himself, "I'm still your captain."

Those unsettling creaks and vibrating noises subsided slightly.

Duncan's fingers touched the "area" outside the ship's side for the first time.

A sound of flapping wings came from the air almost at the same time. Ai flew down from the comb pole with a lot of movement and landed on Duncan's shoulder. It flapped its wings vigorously and made bursts of sharp and weird sounds. Female voice: "Kunjin, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot.

Then the pigeon jumped off Duncan's shoulder again, and it was unclear whether it was anxious or excited, flapping its wings and scurrying all the way around on the deck, flapping and shouting something that no one except Duncan Zhou Ming could understand. Le Nora next to him was stunned.

"What is this pigeon talking about?" Le Nora finally couldn't help but touch the doll next to her. Although it felt extremely weird to talk to a doll that looked exactly like her, she couldn't find anyone else here. Ask about the situation, "What are you perming?"

"Oh, Ai has his own way of speaking," Alice waved her hands matter-of-factly, "It's conveying something very important to the captain."

Leigh Nora suddenly felt comfortable and looked at the puppet in surprise: "Can you understand?"

Alice was more confident than before: "I don't understand."

Ley Nora fell into silence after hearing this: "

Alice noticed that there was suddenly no movement around her, and turned to look at the "Frost Queen" curiously: "Hey? Why didn't you speak?"

"I wish I had your good attitude back then," Le Nora sighed, her thoughts seeming to go back to the past, "I used to live very tiredly.

"Then just try to live a more relaxed life from now on." Alice suddenly laughed and reached out to pat Le Nora's arm. "Anyway, the tiring days are over."

Leigh Nora suddenly felt that the seemingly innocent doll in front of her might actually have a different wisdom in life.

Duncan heard the conversation behind him, but he ignored it - most of his attention was now on "the world" beyond the side of the ship, in the ash depths.

Slowly retracting his hand, Zhou Ming opened his eyes toward the layer of mist. The eternal starlight extended in his field of vision. Wherever his eyes went, he saw those basic information elements that had not been assigned any value. They were shining in the starlight. Changes occur under the infiltration.

After thinking for a while, he opened his hands in a certain direction.

The conversation between Leigh Nora and Alice stopped immediately - when the sound of wind and mountain spring came from that direction, their eyes widened in confusion.

In that hazy fog, something appeared, an entity was suddenly outlined, and a huge gray mountain range without color or detail emerged out of thin air between the clouds and mist, and then the mountain changed rapidly like some kind of living thing. , ravines began to appear on its surface, and it was gradually dyed with various colors. Various sounds also came from that direction, sometimes far and sometimes near, sometimes real and sometimes illusory.

Duncan Zhou Ming stood at the edge of the deck, information was reorganized in front of his eyes, and was re-assigned in his thinking. He raised his hand and adjusted it slightly to the side as if plucking the strings of a guitar. The "mountain" that was quickly gaining a sense of reality suddenly split in the middle, and a magnificent waterfall poured down from the mountain, flowing into a river. Second by second, the river rushed, and a wide plain emerged on both sides of the river. A piece of land that was wider than any city-state in Lenora's cognition grew and spread in the mist. The mist dissipated and condensed into clouds and blue sky. This new everything was still expanding rapidly, and finally spread to the surroundings of the Lost Homeland. The river was poured into a vast lake here. The Lost Homeland floated on the open lake like a mirror. A few seconds later, the "wind" was generated and merged into this scene, and ripples began to appear on the lake. Ray Nora looked at this scene in confusion. She finally couldn't help but come to the edge of the deck, looking at the green land, blue sky, lake and mountains that had spread to the end of her sight, as if the whole world had been shaped. She smelled the fresh air, heard the sound of wind and water, and a strong feeling appeared in her heart-this place is real, everything here is real and "effective". At this moment, if a person comes to this lively lake, then he can survive here! He can breathe here, the water here is drinkable, crops can grow in the land, birds and beasts can reproduce on the mountains and plains, there will be rain here, clouds will gather and disperse in the wind, plants will wither and flourish, and life will rotate-her face almost broke into a happy smile. But before that smile appeared, Duncan Zhou Ming had put down his hands. So everything around the Lost Hometown collapsed and dissipated silently-the mountains and plains turned into mist again in the blink of an eye, all the colors and contours returned to chaos, and those sounds and the breeze blowing across the cheeks seemed to have never appeared. Lei Nora looked at this scene in confusion, and seemed to be unable to react immediately. It took a long time before she looked up in the direction of the captain.

"This is just a test, and a very basic one," Duncan walked towards Lenoir, his voice low, "It is only used to verify whether the 'materials' here can be reactivated again. Genesis is not like this."

Lenoir heard that the captain's tone was a bit complicated, and she couldn't help but get nervous: "The result of the test

"Good news and bad news," Duncan exhaled softly and spoke slowly, "The good news is that my previous judgment was correct, the information will not disappear, they just lost their original 'definition', and re-assignment can make this mathematical machine run again."

Lenoir said hurriedly: "What about the bad news?"

The bad news is that my other previous judgment was also correct-the existing conditions cannot support the 'self-sustaining operation' of this restarted mathematical machine. As you just saw, once my observation and definition are lost, everything here will instantly return to the initial state.

'So it is meaningless to simply re-assign them. Everything must return to the 'singularity'. I need a big bang at the beginning, and the big bang requires harsh conditions. "

Lei Nora tried to follow the captain's thoughts. The knowledge she had gained in the "nest" started running again in her mind. After a moment of thinking, she gradually reacted: "You know the conditions it requires, right?"

Duncan was silent for a moment and nodded: "-Yes. "

"Can you do it? Is it difficult, or impossible to achieve it? "

Duncan did not answer her question this time. After a long period of contemplation, he just shook his head gently: "I still need to think about it carefully. "

After speaking, he waved to Lei Nora and Alice.

"I have to go back to the room to plan what to do next," he exhaled, turned and walked to the stern, "There are still many empty rooms under the deck, Alice can take you to rest. "

Duncan walked away. Lenora blinked and turned to look at the puppet beside her: "He looks worried. Is the 'captain' always so humane?"

She thought for a long time before finding the right word "humane". She didn't dare to say it in front of Duncan just now. "Yes," Alice nodded without thinking much, "Shirley said that the captain is very humane!"

Lei Nora:

?

Is this how the word "humane" is used? !

But before the Frost Queen could speak, Alice quickly changed the subject: "I'll take you to the room on the ship to rest. By the way, do you want fish soup?"

Lei Nora didn't know how the topic suddenly jumped to this point. She was stunned for a moment before she said: "Uh, no."

Alice was still full of enthusiasm: "The fish soup is delicious! It's a famous dish on this ship!"

"Thank you, but I may not be lucky enough to enjoy it.""

"You don't like fish? What about sweet pancakes? The Captain loves sweet pancakes the most! "

Lennora looked embarrassed:

"But I'm a ghost now. ""