Deep Sea Embers

Duncan returned to the cabin with a rich catch.

With a heavy muffled sound, he threw a big fish that was almost as tall as an adult on the ground, and several smaller ugly fish were also thrown beside the big fish.

"These fish struggled really hard today. Fortunately, I am better in terms of strength," Duncan said with a proud and happy tone, while raising his hand to wipe his face - in fact, he didn't sweat at all, but as a A fisherman who came back with a bunch of big fish to show off, wiping his hair at this time is the most basic respect for cats, "Come and take a look, this is a specialty of the depths of the boundless sea, don't look a bit ugly. , actually it tastes pretty good...why do you all have such expressions?"

Duncan finally moved his eyes away from his prey and looked up to find Shirley, Morris and the dog hiding far away in the boat. Except for Agou's expression, which was more difficult to figure out, Morris and Shirley's There was obviously something wrong with his face.

Only Nina ran over and greeted as usual: "Duncan, save me!" Then she looked curiously at the fish thrown on the floor.

It was really a fish, ugly as it was—but it was exactly the kind Uncle Duncan had brought home before.

"It's really ugly..." Nina exclaimed in surprise, "Did the fish look even uglier before they were made into dried fish? And how did they become like this...

"Why do they look like this?" Duncan couldn't help asking as he looked across the cabin at Shirley and Morris who looked like they were seeing ghosts.

"They were frightened by your uncle's movements while catching fish," Nina replied immediately. Then Ruo seemed to think about it for a moment, with a slightly embarrassed expression on her face, "Actually, I was also frightened... You The movements when catching fish are really big..."

"Did I make a lot of noise catching fish?" Duncan frowned in confusion, as if he vaguely noticed something, and raised his head to Morris, who was sitting far away, "Did something happen just now?"

Only then did Morris cautiously get up from the chair, and then cautiously came to the ugly strange fish. After he lowered his head and looked over again to confirm that these things had really turned into fish, he hesitantly said: "Mr. Duncan , do you... have a bad relationship with Yan Shenhai and Zipeng, so much so that you want to twist them into this...?

Duncan was startled when he received it, and finally realized what was going on with this sense of discord from beginning to end. He slowly turned his head to look at Ni Lian, and said thoughtfully: "...In your opinion, I Isn’t that what you caught?”

"Yes now, but not just now," Nina stuck out her tongue and replied in a low voice, "Just now we saw you fighting a very huge thing, it was like this...

Nina opened her hands vigorously, trying to picture the huge sea beast that could never appear in human reason, and then described the scene she had just seen on the deck, and as she told it, Duncan's expression looked a little serious, and then he fell into thinking again.

"That's almost it," Niyu finally finished. She turned to look at the strange fish again, with a tone of disbelief in her voice, "But we didn't expect that thing to actually turn into... a fish."

Duncan fell into silence for a while, and after a long time, he whispered thoughtfully: "That sounds like a very huge octopus.

Shirley, who had been hiding aside and not talking, finally came over in full clothes at this time. Wen Dang couldn't help being curious: "Octopus? What is that?"

"It's actually edible," Duncan explained. "It looks scary, but it tastes good."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions on Shirley and Morris's faces became wonderful again.

Duncan didn't care about their reactions at the moment. He just looked at his cat and fell into deep thought.

It turns out that the "fish" I arranged... wasn't actually a fish in the first place.

The children of the deep sea, the terrifying "monsters" in the sea, the sea monsters that frightened the captain and sailors - they turned into fish after they were "fished" by him,

Why did this change happen?

Duncan first felt a sense of disagreement and confusion, but in the end, these surprises and confusion merged into a more fundamental problem.

Can I still eat this fish?

Duncan was a little confused for a moment, but after struggling for a few seconds, he came up with the answer - it's not like he's never eaten them before. Apart from being a bit ugly, these ones still taste good.

This is the Wudui Sea, and there are countless weird things in the Wudui Sea. Compared with the truly indescribable horrors, what's the fuss about the deep-sea monsters turning into ugly fish after they come ashore? Although the words "heirs of the deep sea" sound quite impressive, I think a little more liberally. Isn't Deep Sea Zipeng a kind of sea monster? Looking at human civilization, how many things that were once regarded as terrifying behemoths have finally been put on the table?

Duncan believes that the essence of this whole thing is actually that one kind of ingredient is installed into another kind of material on the Lost Home...

The words "Anyway, I've eaten it" dispelled all the doubts and entanglements in Duncan's mind. He decided not to worry about it and just treated it as revealing the secret behind the delicious taste of the ingredients. If he was really worried, the worst he could do was to turn around and ask Alice. Cook a little longer.

Shirley and Morris just watched as the expression on Duncan's face became happy again, and heard the other party's arrangement; "I don't want to think so much anymore, I will send these fish to the kitchen first."

Shirley no longer cared about caution at this time: "Do you really want to eat it?!"

"It's not like you haven't eaten before," Duncan glanced at the girl with a strange expression, "Didn't you enjoy the food last time?"

Shirley: "..."

Regardless of the mentality of the several visitors, this special dinner on the Lost Home was finally served to the table.

For Duncan, today is destined to be a special day.

After being deserted for so long, the Lost Home finally ushered in what could be considered a "lively" day. In the dining room located in the middle of the deck, the long-closed dining room was reopened, and the bright oil lamp drove away the darkness in the cabin. , the long table was polished and shiny, and on it was the most sumptuous meal that could be provided on this ship today——

Freshly baked bread, vegetable soup, pea stew, fruit and mashed potatoes, two light wines and one strong wine, and fish.

And, of course, Ayin’s fries and ketchup.

Duncan sat at one end of the long table, Nina sat next to him, and on the other side was Alice who came to join in the numbers. The two workers at the long table were Shirley, Dog Morris, and Ai Yin.

To be fair, compared with this large restaurant and long tables, the number of people in front of you can't actually be called "lively", and strictly speaking, except for Morris, there is not even a real "ordinary human being" here. "But even so, this will be the most interesting meal since Duncan came to this ship.

After all, he usually eats next to either a goat head or Alice, and there are only two human eaters on the entire ship. Finally, there is Ai Yin, and the only food is French fries...

For the "visitors" who boarded the ship today, it seems that this will be the most unbelievable and impressive meal in their lives. Morris looked at the dinner plate in front of him. The grilled fish cut by Alice herself was placed in the middle. After cooking and processing, it was no longer possible to see any weird and terrifying elements in the flesh and blood of this heir - it was just like Real food tastes just like it, and even has an alluring aroma.

Sitting on the Lost Home, living with the shadows of the subspace, eating the flesh and blood of the children of the deep sea.

Morris even couldn't help but want to recite the holy name of Lachhao, the god of wisdom, in a low voice - but he was afraid that the god would really send him a blessing, causing him to accidentally see things he shouldn't have seen.

The Qi Cheng at the dining table seemed a bit reserved, and Duncan also noticed this, so he was the first to raise a toast: "First of all, welcome everyone again - although the process was a bit unexpected, you are all now members of the Lost Home. As a member, let’s use this glass of wine as a welcome ceremony.”

The entanglement and tension in his heart quickly gave way, and Morris hurriedly raised his glass and stood up, followed closely by Shirley and the imitative Ni Huan - but Duncan quickly glanced at the two girls: "You two can just drink juice. ”

"I'm almost an adult!" Shirley said subconsciously.

"I... I'll just sip a little," Nina whispered to Ruo, "Fruit wine is fine too..."

...Then you two are only allowed to drink a little," Duncan said with a serious look on his face.

, "I'll let Alice keep an eye on it."

"Hey! Okay uncle\\/Okay Mr. Duncan!"

Morris looked at the exchange between Shirley, Nina and Duncan with a little surprise. This scene that seemed a bit too down-to-earth suddenly made his tense nerves relax a little.

It wasn't just Morris's nerves that relaxed a bit.

When Nina happily took a sip of the fruit wine but still choked and coughed repeatedly, the atmosphere in the entire restaurant seemed to relax.

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Duncan feels that now he can talk about his next thoughts and peace of mind.

"After dinner, I will arrange for Ai Yin to take you back to the city." He looked around the dining table and said in a relaxed and calm tone, "Mr. Morris, you can go home directly. Shirley and Agou are still here." With Nina, you can return to the Guge Shop.

Nina was recovering from the cough caused by a mouthful of fruit wine, when she heard Duncan's words and suddenly thought of something; "Ahem...Uncle...Ahem, then you..."

"Of course I will wait for you over there," Duncan laughed, and his eyes fell on Shirley, "Actually, it has always been like this - I am both here and in the city-state."

"Um..." Shirley was in a daze, and she blinked suddenly after being stunned for a few seconds, "I thought... that after solving the Bolander issue, you would no longer pay attention to that city-state, so... As the story goes, the captain went on an adventure..."

"Of course the captain will continue to embark on adventures, and the Lost Home is still sailing in the boundless sea," Duncan looked at Shirley with a half-smile, "but the captain is still paying attention to the civilized world, and the crew of the Lost Home... you will Return to the land life you are familiar with, but do not rule out re-boarding the ship when the situation calls for it.

"...We still have to come back?!" Shirley was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to her senses.

Nina also reacted: "Can we come back!?"

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