Chapter 246: Something’s gone terribly wrong

Chapter 246 Something went terribly wrong

Duncan fell silent in his thoughts.

This was the first time Goathead had told himself so much about the secrets of subspace, and it was also the most open and honest exchange between him and Goathead.

Before today, this goat head has always shown great resistance to subspace, on the related topics also can avoid avoid, never positively answer his own side questions, and its attitude at that time seems not only worried about the stability of the lost country ship, but also worried about the stability of “Captain Duncan”.

But today, his attitude loosened – after the captain ran to subspace, closed the door, and came back as if nothing had happened.

It seemed to have finally let go and dared to tell what it knew.

The goat head said that it didn’t know much and didn’t guarantee the authenticity of a series of information, but to Duncan, even the things it said now were enough for him to ponder for quite a while – not only had it exceeded his current knowledge of subspace, but it might even have exceeded the research of the scholars of the civilized world. Depth.

After pondering for a long time, Duncan raised his head and looked thoughtfully into the goat head’s eyes, “…… You know so much.”

“More or less know some of it …… but I by no means intend to hide it from you,” Goathead’s voice sounded surprisingly a bit nervous, “The less you know about things related to subspace, the better, because very often, knowledge itself is pollution, but it seems obvious now that the great Captain Duncan need not worry about that ……”

“Consider that a sincere compliment,” Duncan said casually, then looked the goathead up and down again and asked reluctantly, “Is that really all you know? Are there any more details? Like the identity of that pale Cyclops or something ……”

“This is really difficult for you to do for me,” Goathead was a bit helpless, “I won’t hide it from you, my memory …… actually had a bit of a problem, and a lot of things have been forgotten ‘over there ‘ and now all I have left are these rough impressions.”

Duncan silently gazed into Goathead’s eyes, and after a long time, he withdrew his gaze.

Goathead had indirectly admitted something else – it really wasn’t a “crew member” of the ship to begin with, but from the “other side”, from subspace!
Did the Lost Country ship “bring” something out of subspace when it detached from it, and then that something turned into a goat head? Or did the goathead consciously hitch a ride and escape from subspace? Was it a trade?

For some reason, Duncan’s mind drifted back to the pale giant that had died on the edge of the celestial fragment.

Subspace was crowded with the wreckage of the old world after it had shattered, but those seemed to be more than just wreckage …… The goat head seemed to have come from subspace, and it had reason, could think, and could even communicate, so was there anything else similar to it in subspace? Or is it …… that if it returns to subspace, the goat head will turn into another appearance, becoming …… something similar to that pale giant? That’s why it’s so resistant to “going back”?
Duncan had a lot of questions, but in the end he didn’t ask them directly.

Because he knew that the other party would never answer questions that directly pointed to the goat head itself, as well as questions that might point to “Captain Duncan” – this involves the stability of the Lost Country in the reality dimension.

So he exhaled softly and stood up, signaling the end of this topic for the time being.

Bright sunlight shone through the windows, shining on the rustic and elegant furnishings in the captain’s room, creating a hazy sheen in the light dust.

“I missed the sunrise today,” Duncan said suddenly, “did the sun come up as usual today?”

“Yes, the sun rose right on time at sunrise,” Goathead replied immediately, “It looks like the previous delayed sunrise was just an accident, and Vision 001 is still functioning normally.”

“…… For a being like Vision 001, all it takes is one time for something to go wrong and the fear is forever imprinted on the mind, and those who noticed the ’15 minutes’ will never again greet the sunrise with the same ease as before, I’m afraid , “Duncan gently shook his head, and then seemed to suddenly remember something, “Wait, do you remember what time the sunset was yesterday?”

“Sunset?” Goathead recalled for a moment and spoke with less certainty, “The sunset should have been on time and not affected, what’s wrong with that …… ah!”

“You responded,” Duncan retracted his gaze from the window, “Yesterday’s sun delayed sunrise by fifteen minutes, yet it set on time, which means one thing.”

“…… It cruised the sky yesterday at a faster rate than usual,” Goathead said as an afterthought, “and Vision 001 …… was able to consciously adjust the way it operates?”

Duncan spoke in a hushed voice, “At least it made a conscious acceleration yesterday to ensure that it executed ‘sunset’ at the correct time.”

Goathead’s tone was a bit hesitant, “So this …… is a good thing? It shows that Vision 001 has some self-repairing capabilities, and even if something goes a little wrong, it’s consciously making sure that the world can run smoothly ……”

Duncan, however, did not speak again.

Goathead’s attitude seemed optimistic, but he didn’t feel relaxed because of Vision 001’s “self-adjustment”, but felt even more nervous after confirming that the sun had voluntarily accelerated for a day.

Because he knew one thing – when a large, ancient and unmonitored system suddenly began to use its own reserves to repair itself, it often does not mean that the problem will be solved, but is a sign that the problem has piled up to a dangerous threshold!
Duncan couldn’t help but make his way to the window and push it open completely, probing up at the huge body of light in the sky that was illuminating the world, and the two rings of runes that surrounded that body of light.

The light emanating from Vision 001 was bright, but not blinding, and Duncan could even barely look straight at it. But suddenly, Duncan’s gaze froze.

He stared dead at the sun, at the runes on the edge of the ancient vision, and he carefully distinguished them, finally confirming that he hadn’t been mistaken.

On the outer ring band of that double rune, hidden by the light, there was a spot that was slightly darker, and when you looked closely, it looked as if there was a vague …… gap there.

……

Pland, in the antique store, is sitting behind the counter to supervise Shirley, Alice and Dog copying letters of Duncan suddenly raised his head, and then in the three “students” under the astonished gaze quickly walked out of the store door, to the antique store in front of the open space to look up at the sky.

After a while, until this fragile human body feel a little dizzy, Duncan only closed his eyes and lowered his head.

Nina, who was originally helping to tutor Sherry and the others in word recognition, ran out worriedly, “Uncle Duncan, what’s wrong with you?”

Duncan raised his head and gently rubbed Nina’s hair.

“Nothing, just came out to check the weather.”

“Checking the weather?” Nina looked up suspiciously at the clear sky, “Isn’t it just a matter of looking out the window at the store, such a clear day …… ah, isn’t something going to happen again?”

Nina said, suddenly lowered her voice, Te mysteriously came over and grabbed Duncan’s sleeve: “Is it that you thought of something on the ship? Are we going on an adventure?”

“…… Adventure adventure, which has so many risks to take?” Duncan cried and laughed and looked at this since he knew that the Lost Country ship things since the girl is always remembering “thrilling new life”, “Don’t just want to see the world in chaos, the world peace is not good.”

Nina spat out her tongue in embarrassment, while Shirley, who had slipped over to see what was going on in front of the store out of curiosity, was a bit dumbfounded after hearing Duncan’s words, and she froze for a while before she turned her head and muttered to Dog, who was hiding in the shadows, “The captain says he likes world peace.”

Dog didn’t respond.

Sherry frowned and repeated herself, then tugged at the chain fused to her arm at an angle blocked by the door frame, “Dog didn’t you hear me?”

Dog’s voice finally came from the shadows, “Trying to memorize the alphabet, don’t bother me studying.”

Shirley: “…… You’re really learning it, huh?!”

“Nonsense, Mr. Duncan is turning around to check his homework …… Miss Alice is more serious than you!”

Shirley froze, “Homework? What homework?”

Yet Dog didn’t answer her.

For Duncan had led Nina back to the door, and Shirley’s last mutter fell right on the former’s ears.

“Homework is the stuff I get angrier at if you don’t write it,” Duncan smirked at the suddenly stiff Shirley, “Go back and copy the alphabet ten times.”

Shirley was on the verge of tears, “Well …… then why don’t you beat me up ……”

“Really?”

Shirley stirred for a moment, “No, no, no, I’m going to copy the alphabet!”

Duncan shook his head, then tentatively arranged for Shirley, Dog and Alice to go and study on their own, and instructed Nina to supervise while he himself took one last look at the sky outside again, then stood in front of the window and fell into thought.

The vision 001 …… is really a big problem.

(End of this chapter)