Deep Sea Embers

Chapter 244: A corner of the veil

Duncan approached the door and cautiously checked its status again.

This "subspace door" was really closed - I had indeed reached the opposite side of the door before, and that easy pass had indeed completely sealed this door that was difficult to shake in the real dimension.

He exhaled softly and looked up at the door.

The mysterious ancient text is still clearly printed on the door frame: "This door leads to the Lost Home."

"To the Lost Home..." Duncan couldn't help but recall the situation on the other side of the door, recalling the Lost Home that sailed in the subspace and seemed to have been abandoned and decayed for an unknown number of years. He suddenly faced the door frame. There was a glimmer of understanding in this sentence.

The words on this door are real, and the opposite side of the door really leads to the Lost Home, another Lost Home - a distorted projection of the Lost Home in the real dimension in the subspace.

Duncan grabbed the lantern, turned around and left the hold, without stopping, passed through the cargo hold and superstructure where the light and shadow were reversed, and returned to the captain's cabin.

"Ah! Captain, you are back!" The goat head was still here in confusion. The first thing he did when he saw Duncan coming back was to mumble, "Why did you leave so suddenly? Just now you said you went to subspace? This is not possible Just kidding! You..."

"I closed the subspace door at the bottom of the ship," Duncan said casually as he put the lantern away. "I just went down and checked from this side."

The goat head was immediately choked by his words, and there was another "bang" sound between his head and the table.

"Where...?" The goat head was stunned for a moment, and his tone instantly changed from the initial shock to extremely serious, "Please tell me, what is going on?"

The goat head kept his words and listened to Duncan's story very carefully.

Then it said that it didn’t know what was going on...

The goat head did not pay attention to the teasing in the captain's tone. It did not hide its astonishment at all: "You closed this door!? You mean, you closed the door from the subspace?"

The goat head was speechless for a moment.

"According to your description, this is indeed subspace," the goat head said frankly, "but I have never heard of a situation like that. You directly...'entered there in your sleep, and then came back safe and sound. You know... you must know that although the threat of subspace to the real dimension is very serious, that does not mean that it is an easy place to reach. Its danger is more reflected in the fact that its contamination is difficult to prevent.

"This... is a relative concept," Goat Head explained with some embarrassment, "It is very safe to fall from the real dimension, but even the Lost Home will not fall, fall, fall easily. "It's easy to fall" and "it's difficult to fall" are not the same concept, and... How can I explain it to you? Generally speaking, victims who unfortunately fall into subspace...their process and feelings of entering subspace are completely different from yours. Likewise, it is an extremely frightening and terrifying process, and it is often difficult to simply end in death..."

Duncan was even a little shocked - for the first time in history, he didn't say anything else about this topic, he just sighed! "It's just an insignificant link," Goat Head said in a deep voice, "The broken truth of the Great Annihilation has not been buried in the long river of time, and it is meaningless to piece together its full picture.

Duncan was stunned, and suddenly thought of something: "Is that the truth about the Great Annihilation?

"You...are you because of this?" The goat head was actually a little coherent at this time, "You entered the subspace and returned to the real dimension just to close the door from the opposite side? This...this is not a warehouse or The ordinary wooden door of the utility room, you just... closed it?"

Duncan blinked, and then suddenly reacted: "You mean, everything in the current reality dimension..."

Duncan told the goat head about the fact that he entered the subspace as soon as he opened his eyes after a deep sleep - of course, he concealed the details of the exploration in that dark space and focused on the door at the bottom of the ship. , and the various scenes seen when looking out at the chaos from the deck.

Duncan knew that he hadn't explained things clearly yet, causing Goat Head to have some misunderstandings - but he didn't mainly want to see that.

The way the goods are talking is about being the first person to share the happiness of the boundless sea.

"Otherwise?" Duncan asked, "Isn't this door closed from this side?" How about you go to all this trouble?

He just looked at the goat head happily, watching this guy who was so nagging and making people's brains boil when he talked about it, actually fell into a coherent state. Looking at this guy, it was like he had turned on the vibration mode. He kept swaying here "Gaba Gaba", his expression was quite calm, and he was almost overjoyed in his heart.

"I know what else he wants to ask, but unfortunately, this is all I know, and I can't guarantee that they are all true - I do know some things related to subspace, but even the so-called 'truth' "It may not necessarily be distorted into something after being affected by the subspace. Causal logic and time sequence are meaningless here, and my fragmented knowledge... I don't even know how much of it is there. The real memories are partly the shadows left behind in the process of leaving the subspace. "The remnants of the world," said the Goathead, "all that are alive today are twisted shadows in the warp in the ancient past.

Duncan said thoughtfully: "I have always seen him worried about the Homeless Ship falling into subspace again. He thought it would be difficult to fall in..."

Goat Head: "You are worthy of the name of a moving natural disaster on the boundless sea..."

After hearing this, Duncan thought carefully and shook his head; "I really didn't feel it..."

Having said this, it paused for a moment, then turned its head, looking directly at Duncan with its empty, dark eyes: "Captain, you really weren't affected at all over there? You really... didn't feel anything lingering in your head. what?"

But Duncan finally spoke. After all, it was about subspace. Only by explaining some things clearly can we avoid future risks. Moreover, the goat head knew a lot about secret knowledge, and its knowledge might be able to help: "I know you are in a hurry. But don't worry, listen to me - I did close the door, but entering the subspace this time was an accident, and I just need to hear your opinion. "

It's all flat reading, without any emotion, and it's like muscle memory to say a sentence.

"...Yes, what's left after it falls off," the goat head said softly, "a tiny bit of residue, with a few stubborn bacterial colonies remaining on it."

Duncan's mood brightened.

"In your words, there is a "horizon limit" here, and all information is in an unknowable and unobservable state, unless there is some truly omniscient and omnipotent great being who can instantly see from subspace to the deep sea to the spiritual world and the All the secrets of the real dimension, and pushing them back ten thousand years, can we know what happened during the Great Annihilation - but even so, what's the point?

After all, apart from his "real name" and "origin", he doesn't have much to hide from Goat Head now, and hiding his real name and origin is not more because of how important this secret is - -Purely because the stability of the Lost Home must be based on the "anchor" of "Captain Duncan".

The goat head held it in for a long time and sighed.

In addition to being happy, the slight sense of depression caused by exploring the "Broken Home" and this dark space has also weakened a lot.

The goat head fell silent again, seeming to be expecting and weighing something, but in the end, it raised its head slightly: "Do you think the Infinite Sea is vast? Do you think... our current real world is still narrow?"

Duncan thought for a moment and said seriously: "Should you act more relaxed?"

"The loopholes in the soul, the shaking of faith, and accurate sacrifices may all lead to the penetration of subspace power, but 'penetration, and going in like you...' to explore, Ichiban, are completely different concepts."

"No," Duncan spread his hands with a calm face, "Do you think I look like I'm delirious? I'm very normal. "Then let's not discuss this issue," Duncan waved his hand upon seeing this and said directly Changing the subject, “What are these giant shadows I see in the subspace? What are these intact lands, the wreckage, and the pale Cyclops? "

Duncan was startled for a moment, then repeated in a deep voice: "The wreckage of the world?"

"Just wreckage?" Duncan frowned, "That's not really an answer. What kind of wreckage? Where did it come from? When did it come from? These..."

Duncan couldn't help but glance at it: "Take it easy, don't make the same mistake as Alice."

The goat head suddenly fell silent. After nearly half a minute, it spoke quickly: "...As you can see, it's just a wreckage."