Deep Sea Embers

An entire continent was hanging upside down and slowly moving overhead. Its huge and gloomy shadow was enough to cover four-fifths of the field of vision. The pressure brought by this scene was amazing - so much so that even Duncan had a panic attack at this moment. The suffocating feeling made me want to look away.

But he forcibly controlled the urge to look away, and instead forced himself to raise his head and further carefully observe the upside-down star fragment.

He didn't know what was going on here, how he came here, and how to get back - but precisely for this reason, he had to observe all suspicious scenes and collect all information that might come in handy.

Does that upside-down celestial body debris actually exist? Or just a scary vision? Is it the bones left behind after a world was shattered? Or is it just a distorted projection of the warp's chaotic space-time?

The upside-down land slowly drifted over in an inclined trajectory, getting closer and closer to the Lost Home. Duncan suddenly became nervous because he found that the moving direction of the ship under his feet seemed to be right against the edge of the "continent". The two may collide!

But just when the continent was getting closer and closer, and the stern of the Lost Home was about to touch a broken mountain peak on the edge of the continent, Duncan suddenly felt a vibration on the deck under his feet.

Immediately afterwards, he seemed to hear illusory shouts coming from nowhere, and heard harsh creaking sounds coming from all over the dilapidated ancient ghost ship. These sounds broke the silence on the Lost Home. , the next second, the small hull on his feet stopped and turned slightly - at a dangerous and dangerous distance, the lower structure of the Lost Home missed this complete mountain peak.

Duncan looked at the movement under the boat in amazement, and listened to the fictitious shouts and creaking noises that gradually turned into noise. But suddenly, the corner of my eye seemed to catch something, so I suddenly raised my head and looked towards This complete mountain peak is located on the edge of an upside-down continent.

The Homeless Ship had not gradually crossed the center line of the mountain peak at this moment, and the old mast almost rubbed against the dark and hazy peak of the former. Now, Hong Jin saw the scene behind the mountain peak.

He saw a cliff, a rugged cliff that seemed to be torn apart by brute force, and a huge humanoid creature was leaning on the cliff - "he" was almost as tall as the entire mountain, with long, thin and pale limbs, and a head that was The deformed, swollen, pitted face was inlaid with a huge one-eye, which was half-open and half-closed, with filthy liquid flowing out of it and solidifying into amber-like droplets in mid-air.

Duncan's mind was filled with thoughts for a while, then he shook his head and walked towards the hatch leading to the upper deck in front.

Or...it's actually me who is the "Phantom"?

But it is broken.

Here is a fragmented cabin, with a faint light floating in the cabin.

He also went to find the cabin where Alice lived. Of course, it was equally empty outside - for some reason, this made him feel relieved. He closed his eyes slightly and tried to communicate with the ship - just like he communicated with the intact Lost Home in the real world, to understand this ghost ship floating in the subspace.

As he crossed the middle level of the warehouse, he stood briefly in front of the stairs leading deeper for two minutes.

The moment his perception spread, he "felt" that the ship under his feet had disappeared. There were no decks, masts or cabins at all. He even felt that he was floating alone in the vast chaos, and with it came a huge sense of fulfillment and joy. The misalignment of perception directly interrupted his state of concentration.

The bottom of the ship in the real dimension is torn apart, but the bottom of the ship here is so broken?

And through the crack in the door, he could vaguely see the scene on the other side.

He climbed up the steps and entered the empty cabin on the upper deck.

Then, the lightning that lasted for a long time finally stopped moving forward. It crossed from the middle of the continent, and then gradually dissipated from the center. In Yan Jin's field of vision, the rolled-up land gradually returned.

A dark, open cabin appeared in his field of vision.

The stairs lead to the bilge of the Lost Home, a shattered place.

Duncan finally withdrew his gaze and looked around anxiously, looking at the vast chaos beyond the side of the ship.

He couldn't feel the ship - was there a way to communicate, but couldn't feel it at all?

The ship exists!

Duncan didn't take it too seriously, he just silently withdrew his gaze, holding the flaming sword tightly in one hand and slowly pushing open the door with the other. Duncan felt a strange feeling in his heart and continued to walk forward. After a few steps, he suddenly stopped. Duncan stood in front of the stairs and took a breath, stepping up.

This is the cabin with "inverse light and shadow" - in the real dimension, this cabin is full of oil lamps, but the light emitted by the oil lamps and the darkness in the corners of the cabin show an inverse state of light. The more light there is, the more light there is. The darker the place, the brighter the darkened corner.

No matter what is going on with this ship, no matter why it presents a state of "non-existence" in one's own perception, at least it is indeed carrying itself now, and has not shown any expulsion of itself as the "captain" and hostility, which gave Duncan the motivation and confidence to continue exploring.

The dark continent with its colors faded, and the pale Cyclops dead on the cliff at the edge of the continent. In the chaotic and dim subspace, illuminated by this long "lightning", the black and white scenery was deeply imprinted on In Duncan's mind.

Duncan suddenly turned around and looked at where he was.

He had explored these areas on the Lost Home in the real dimension, and knew that during this exploration, he was carrying a lantern.

There is no warning left for future generations, and no instructions to guide the way forward. This is just an ordinary wooden door, slightly open, as if to welcome visitors into it.

A door appeared at the end of the stairs.

There was nothing on the door frame.

The ancient and dilapidated cabin was dark and dusty, and had been abandoned for an unknown period of time - just like the scene he saw in the crack of this door when he and Yan Jinxiu explored the bilge of the Lost Home.

Duncan just raised the sword in his hand and lightly drew his fingers over the sword. A faint green flame burned on the sword, bringing limited illumination.

Duncan glanced at the surrounding ship structures in astonishment, and then raised his foot to step on the deck, as if he suspected that the ship carrying him in front of him was actually just an phantom.

Rather than seeing the people or things he planted there, he wanted them to appear in that weird and terrifying place.

Duncan felt his heartbeat suddenly slow down for half a beat, and then he walked forward slowly, and the appearance of the door came into his eyes dimly.

After leaving Yan Jinxiu's room, Duncan passed directly through the crew area and dining room area, heading deeper into the cabin.

From time to time, turbulent flows of light and shadow emerge, and from time to time, dim flashes of light pierce the darkness. In the bright and chaotic void, these flashes and turbulent flows of light and shadow will reflect something, all large and small, indescribable. shadow.

"...This place is much more normal."

Using his sword as a lamp, he climbed up the stairs and moved forward quickly.

Duncan came to the door and noticed at first glance that the door was slightly open and opened a crack inward.

Duncan subconsciously raised his head and looked at the doorframe of this door. He still remembered that there was a sentence written on that door, indicating that it was the last small door in the bilge.

When Duncan stepped into this place, he immediately noticed the intact bulkhead structure all around - although it was dilapidated, there was not even a single gap in the bulkhead there, so naturally he could not see the scene inside the bulkhead.

The situation there has changed a lot compared to the real dimension. Even if he finds this lantern, it may not still work in the cabin above. Moreover, the main ability of this lantern is to expand his perception - but in his perception , this ship does not exist at all, so what is the point of expanding the perception several times?

It was "opposite the door" and Duncan looked around.

Deep in the hazy and dim cabin ahead, an ancient and outdated door stood out of thin air.

Duncan took a gentle breath and looked down at the ship under his feet - this ship was completely different from the one he was familiar with, showing a sense of dilapidation in every aspect.

There is no light and shadow inversion here, there is just a uniform chaos and darkness. The spiritual flames burning on the sword blade do not trigger any light and shadow inversion mechanism, but illuminate the surroundings abnormally.

But he still raised his head, knowing that this continent was not completely far away yet.

Go, its last bit of structure was still slowly floating over the Lost Home, and he seemed to be able to hear the low roar of this huge thing slowly pressing down on his head - even though he knew that this was just his illusion, this roar The illusion still echoed in his mind, as if it were the last lament left in the subspace of a world that had not yet died.

Duncan couldn't help but mutter softly, and then cautiously crossed the empty place and continued walking forward until another staircase appeared in his field of vision.

It is exactly the same as the door at the bottom of the ship in the real dimension!

Duncan finally confirmed his suspicion

But there he did not find the lantern.

Opening several cabins in succession, they all had the same old and dilapidated scene, with suspicious black stains covering the walls and roofs, and all the rooms were empty - some rooms were clearly full in Duncan's memory. A warehouse for things, but now there are only tattered walls and pillars.

Opposite the door is an equally dark place, an old and dilapidated cabin.

But the next second, he suddenly opened his eyes.

The Cyclops had obviously been dead for an unknown number of years, but the remaining body of "it" still seemed to exude some kind of breathtaking coercion and power. There were no obvious scars on "it", and it seemed that it died of exhaustion, and Until the moment of death, "its" hands were firmly pressed against the cliff behind it, and its fingers were deeply pierced into the rocks of the cliff.

He decided to continue with his previous exploration plan.

This lantern can help him expand his perception and reveal the safe corners of the twisted and mutated cabin in advance.

But after a moment of determination, Duncan decided to move on.