Chapter 704 – Dolls and People Entertainment
Chapter 704 – Dolls and Mannequins for Entertainment
This is a place that has never appeared on any official charts, and at the same time is far away from any legitimate shipping lanes – the lights of the civilized world are no longer able to illuminate this sea covered with thin mist, and any ocean-going captain who retains his senses will not take the initiative to set foot in this place, and that magnificent curtain of mist that encircles the entire world already stands in front of him. The magnificent curtain of fog that surrounds the whole world stands in front, and even if the sun still shines on the sea, those who sail here will not feel the slightest comfort from that sunlight.
People have given this chilling place a name – the Border.
A large ship, almost in pieces, which should have sunk to the bottom of the sea according to common sense, is slowly traveling through the mist, as if it were a silent ghost sailing towards the walled “wall of mist” in the distance.
The green flame was like a silent phantom, rising and burning in all directions of this broken ship, the translucent spirit flame forced this ship, which should have been divided into four parts, to “maintain” together, and its half of the hull tore a horrifying mouth, and its internal huge and complicated mechanical structure was exposed like some kind of beast’s viscera, and was infiltrated with green flame, and that ghostly flame was like the inner organs of the beast. In the flame, the ghostly spirit fire spread outward from the hull of the ship, flowing and filling the nearby sea surface, where the flame flowed, the thin mist spread around also slowly faded away.
A fiery flame rose, and Duncan’s figure emerged on the deck – in translucent spirit form.
With the help of the “artificial beacons” left on the ship, he had arrived here, but this time he had not teleported all of his “body” here as he had done last time, but had only cast a phantom into this direction… -Most of his attention was still focused on the Lost Country.
Now that the various ships had not yet converged, he had to come over here first to check the situation.
The magnificent fog finally stood in front of him.
Duncan walked across the deck, stepping over the cracks and wrinkled, curled metal wreckage torn by the explosion, and stepped near the bow of the ship, quietly gazing out at the magnificent “view” in the distance.
That is a “wall” through the sky to the ground, thick and boundless fog almost condensed into a solid, connecting the sky and the sea, such as the end of the world stands in his field of vision, and there is constantly a magnificent as a waterfall of “cloud flow” from the top of the curtain collapsing, flowing The cloud flow, like a magnificent waterfall, fell from the top of the curtain and flowed down, falling noiselessly on the sea surface and turning into a mist that spread continuously, permeating the entire border sea area.
In front of this magnificent barrier, no matter if it was this big ship built by the cultists under their feet, or the Lost Country ship, or even those church arks, they would all seem as small as dust.
“This is the end of the world ……,” Duncan muttered softly as if to himself as he stood quietly in the bow of the ship, “Finally, I’m seeing it with my own eyes.”
He recalled the “border collapse” that he had experienced shortly after arriving in this world, and recalled the sudden sight of the collapsing mist that he had seen on the normal sea at that time – at that time, he found that scene magnificent to the extreme, and its awe-inspiring pressure was still clearly imprinted on him even to this day. Until today, it was still clearly imprinted in the bottom of his heart.
But after actually being here and seeing the boundless curtain of the “border” with his own eyes, he realized that compared to the real “border”, the “collapse” that took place inside the “sanctuary” was not the same as the real “border”. “collapse” was not worth mentioning.
…… But is there a “collapse” day in the boundless grandeur of the real “border” in front of us?
Duncan’s mind turned to this idea that would make everyone panic, quietly looked at the distant landscape for a while, and then reached out his hand in the air and gently waved.
Flames swirled around his fingertips and created an oval outline in the air, within which was a mirror-like scene, and in the next moment, Agatha’s figure appeared in the mirror, “I am.”
“What has changed in the spirit world here?” Duncan asked casually.
“Wait a moment, I’ll go down and take a look.” Agatha in the mirror nodded, and then her figure dissipated into the air.
Duncan waited patiently for a moment before Agatha’s figure reappeared in the conjured mirror – only her hair looked a little messier.
“The spirit world is darker and more chaotic, with indeterminate shadows sweeping across the sea – those shadows seem less friendly compared to the ‘civilized world within,'” Agatha reported as she straightened her hair Reporting as she did so, she then paused and added, “…… very unfriendly, downright berserk.”
“Beaten?” Duncan frowned, a little worried.
“Beat up all the guys who came over,” Agatha said, moving her arms and smiling a little – with the burden of the Gatekeeper’s memories off her shoulders and having spent a lot of time on the Lost Country, she seemed to be doing quite well after that. She also seemed to have adapted well to the atmosphere in the gang …… team, “It’s not hard to deal with, just more odd. Also ……”
“Also?”
“There is also a ‘curtain’ in the spirit world,” Agatha raised her hand and pointed to the distant curtain barrier that connected to the sky, “Just like the reflection of this curtain, it stands dark and gloomy in front of it, and it looks …… more dangerous and weird, there are many indeterminate outlines undulating and reorganizing in that black curtain, and it doesn’t give me a good feeling.”
Listening to Agatha’s description, Duncan frowned slightly. “That is to say, the option of ‘diving’ directly through the Eternal Curtain from the depths of the Spirit World is not feasible,” he mused, “This ‘border’ seems to to be encircling the entire world from all dimensions, and there are no safe ‘shortcuts’ ……”
“That’s to be expected,” Agatha nodded, “After all, if our world is a ‘shelter’, then the ‘walls’ of that shelter ‘ must be tight enough for us to have a safe environment to survive in the chaos that will follow the collision of worlds.”
Saying this she did a little thinking and continued, “In Mr. Morris’s recently perfected model, the ‘curtain’ structure of the border should not only block off both the reality and spirit worlds, but may even extend to the Profound Deep Sea, and not just from space… …from time, there should also exist a structure similar to the ‘Eternal Curtain’ to ensure the completeness of the entire ‘Shelter’ …… “
“The ‘border’ in the dimension of time …… was at Vision 004, and that Gravekeeper mentioned it to me,” Duncan said, shaking his head, ” Maurice would have gotten his cue from that as well.”
“Yes, he has been trying to construct a ‘model of the world’ that would explain the entire Boundless Sea, and even the entire Age of the Deep, and the truths we have recently found in the depths of the Dream of the Nameless One, as well as the information you have just brought out of the ‘Tomb of the Nameless King’ ‘ have brought forth information that has allowed him to make great strides lately,” Agatha nodded softly, a hint of admiration in her tone, “He has begun to try to explain the world we live in in terms of time and space… …He is the only scholar I know of who has gone this far.”
“Technically the only scholar to have gotten this far and still be alive,” Duncan’s tone was not without emotion, “Lately his research has been getting better at creating some …… extra commotion on the ship, and Nina’s reading the book as well is.”
“Scholars are always inevitably going to have to fight with the knowledge they’re working on,” Agatha said with an air of resignation, “Things have gotten much better on Ms. Nina’s end, she’s recently learned to calmly deal with the things that pop out of her books… …It probably has something to do with the fact that last time she accidentally burned the design she had drawn for three days and nights.”
Hearing Agatha’s words, Duncan’s mouth but subconsciously twitched a little.
Although he had already lived in this world for such a long time, he still couldn’t help but feel the urge to spit something out every time he heard such evil things.
But no matter what, Nina and Maurice’s movements while wrestling with knowledge were better than the two dolls who were currently playing joint games on the ship.
In the captain’s room of the Lost Country, Duncan, who was exchanging information about the border with Lucrecia, blinked and looked up somewhat helplessly.
A figure in a black and white maid’s dress staggered into the captain’s room, the large clockwork key behind her was clicking and spinning, and when she saw Duncan in the room, a smile slowly appeared on her face: ”The ship …… captain …… What …… is for dinner?”
Duncan held his tongue for two seconds before finally failing to tense up, “Alice, why is your head on Lunie’s body?”
Alice’s face suddenly showed a hint of surprise, “Ah, how did you …… find out?”
“It’s not like I’m blind! And not stupid!”. Duncan slapped his forehead, and then heard the constant thumping against the wall from outside the captain’s cabin,he got up helplessly from behind the chart table and stepped to the doorway, where he saw the body of Alice, who was on top of Luni’s head, banging on the wall one by one outside the door, and commanding Luni’s head as she did so: “Hit it hit it hit it …… a little to the left …… hey, left, reverse! Your side is right! Ah hit it again …… to the left again ah hit …… old master?”
Duncan looked expressionlessly at Luni (head) who had suddenly frozen out of surprise, and then immediately behind him came out Lucrecia, who was also expressionless.
The two of them just looked at this Luni + Alice combination together with slack-jawed faces, and watched as Alice’s body continued to move forward and slammed into the doorframe again in one fell swoop.
“Stop walking!” Lunie (head) hurriedly reminded, “The old master and mistress are coming out!”
As soon as she warned, she subconsciously controlled her body inside the captain’s room to walk out, and a loud “thud” came from the room immediately afterward.
Duncan lowered his head to see a long silver haired head rolling to his feet, Alice blinking innocently, “Captain …… help …… save… . save save ……”
At the same time the Luni + Alice combo next to her followed suit and fell with a thud near Lucrecia’s skirts, Luni’s head thudded to the ground and rolled while pleading for help in a panic, “Mistress! I fell too!!!”
The chaos of the moment was beyond words, and it took Duncan half a day of mental scratching to get the two dolls’ statuses straight, but he finally couldn’t help but speak in unison with Lucrecia, “You switch back!”
(End of chapter)