After the last long talk with Tirian, Duncan told Nina, Shirley and others about the Abyss Project, but at that time he did not mention what the next sailing plan of the Lost Homeland was. Until now, a letter from an old friend received by Morris finally led to this journey to the north.
"We are currently following the route of the Sea Mist and heading north. We are expected to reach the edge of the Frigid Sea in a few days. The scenery there will be completely different from that in the central sea area," Duncan said. "You can spend this time on the ship. Alice has prepared rooms for you. Of course, if you have difficulty adapting to life at sea, you can return to the city-state - I can summon you temporarily when necessary."
"I... I'll stay on the boat," Shirley raised her hand immediately, "I can help Miss Alice with some work..."
"You need to do your homework on the ship as well," Duncan glanced at her calmly, "I'll supervise it personally here."
Shirley shrank her neck immediately: "Ah,
Then I…”
"You also need to do your homework in the city-state, and I will supervise it personally."
Shirley said with a sad face: "Then... ...then I'd better stay on the boat, just for a change of environment."
"I want to be on the boat, too." Nina looked at Shirley and then at Duncan, her eyes sparkling, her tone full of eagerness. "I haven't adapted to life on the boat yet. I didn't even make it through the night last time..."
Duncan nodded. "Well, you can go back later and bring the bedding you are used to in case you can't sleep in an unfamiliar environment."
"Yeah," Nina nodded repeatedly, and then seemed to remember something, and asked with a little firmness, "Then can I take the holiday homework and textbooks left by the school to the ship? I'm afraid I can't finish it before school starts..."
As Nina finished speaking, Agou couldn't help but hold his head with his paws: "We are riding the most terrifying ghost ship in history to solve an extraordinary incident, but it sounds more and more like a holiday trip...
It must have been under the witness of Captain Duncan, on the Lost Homeland in this extremely ordinary environment, that he took the initiative to read and seduce the evil spirit... What would happen
Alice was shocked. I have been pursuing academic goals for most of my life, but this is the first time I have heard such a crazy and fantastic thing. However, the next second, she realized from Shirley's eyes that this "Ghost Captain" was serious.
Shirley turned two more pages and looked up: "Why haven't they come yet?"
After the initial astonishment, a strange sense of excitement and anticipation emerged from the depths of the old scholar's heart.
Shirley didn't pay attention to Agou's mumbling. She thought for a moment and said to Nina uncertainly, "Captain Duncan's spelling book can be brought on board, but your textbooks and homework may be dangerous. Reading books on the vast sea is like reading in a city-state after dark. It is easy to attract the kindness of some shadows.
Goat head: "."
Shirley: “…?”
"Nina wants to do her winter vacation homework on the boat," Shirley said to the goat head seriously, "I'm sure you have a way to attract those 'invaders' he just mentioned. You attract them over and I have something to discuss with them."
“I think your judgment is very reasonable.”
"Generally speaking, shadows attracted by reading have the characteristic of pursuing knowledge, which determines that they are a little bit dumber than ordinary invaders," the goat-headed man finally spoke smoothly, but his tone was still very strange. "Stupid means that they have a certain degree of judgment. Even the shadows of the chaotic abyss and the spirit world know how to seek benefits and avoid harm in the process of pursuing knowledge, and will not rashly appear in front of you..."
Shirley did not respond to Goat-Head's flattery, but continued to immerse herself in the book in her hand. She slowly turned the slightly smooth pages, her eyes slowly wandering through the folk records of the southern city-states that were either thrilling or mysterious, allowing her mind to relax and immerse herself little by little.
Waiting for the invaders who are chasing knowledge to smell the sweet bait and invade the undefended dimension of reality.
Anyway, Uncle Duncan is invincible, and if anything causes trouble, just let Uncle Duncan beat it up - Nina's thinking is very clear, complex and rough.
She had to admit that she herself suddenly felt a little curious.
"I see," Shirley nodded.
He glanced at the words in the book and said casually, "That is to say, those who dare to run to the Lost Homeland are not unknown people or fools, but powerful invaders who are confident in themselves and have weighed the pros and cons. This is actually a good thing, which means that I only need to beat them once or twice to make the weak ones among them quickly recognize the situation, and I don't have to worry about the endless harassment from the fools."
Shirley thought about it and decided it was a good idea.
"Actually... ..I think you still have to stick to this matter. There are so many taboos in the Infinite Sea. Not being able to read is just..."
Nina was stunned for a moment, then calmly analyzed the situation and thought for a while, then suddenly raised a very constructive question that no one else had considered: "Then something must have escaped from the shadows, can't you just beat it up?"
"Nina has winter homework to do," Shirley said irritably, "and I take this very seriously."
The goat-head's thoughts were a little tangled again. This time, it hesitated for a longer time before finally speaking: "I think you may need more tests for a while."
Goat Head was startled by the sudden noise: "Captain... of the ship?"
Of course, Nina was not bound by traditional thinking - because on the first day she came into contact with the supernatural realm, she saw her uncle Duncan stepping on the city-state and tearing the sun apart with his hands. The top supernatural pollution in the world was presented to her in the form of being pinned to the ground and beaten...
"I haven't thought about this at all." Shirley was stunned for several seconds before finally saying with a strange expression, I don't deny that I fell into a blind spot in thinking from the moment I heard Goat-Head talk about the "Taboo of Reading at Sea". I just habitually regarded this as a rule like other people, but did not consider other possibilities. But now it seems... ... On the contrary, Nina, who has only been exposed to the extraordinary field for a short time, has shown incredible open-mindedness.
She came straight to the captain's cabin carrying a large book and plopped it down in front of the goat's head.
However, no intruders appeared.
"I need a trap to attract these intruders who are chasing knowledge," Shirley came to Alice and placed the folk book in the old scholar's hand. "You read the book and make yourself look like an unguarded learner. Lure an evil spirit chasing knowledge onto the ship. I want to communicate with this intruder and find out what this intruder is."
It is indeed an action that only a Warp Shadow as powerful as myself would dare to seriously consider.
The goat-head was startled, and spoke subconsciously: "Ah, this is obvious. Reading on the vast sea will usually attract the attention of certain wills in the depths of the world, such as invaders from the spiritual world, demon projections from the abyss, and even whispers from the subspace will take advantage of this process. They will extend their projections to the real world when the reader relaxes his vigilance, and... What are you doing?"
"How do you plan to discuss this with them?"
Goat Head felt his thoughts getting tangled, but he continued to speak subconsciously while tying up the knots: "Generally speaking, they should come as soon as the reading begins, very quickly."
"Beat them, keep beating them until they promise not to disturb Nina's studies," Shirley said, and then thought for a moment, and added cautiously, "Of course, this is just an idea of mine, and I'm not sure if it's feasible. Maybe you're more professional than me in this area?"
Alice took up the book.
So she went straight back to the restaurant with the book - everyone was still waiting there. Nina and Duncan were whispering to each other about what Shirley was doing, while Maurice and Agou were checking each other's memorized words. Alice closed her eyes and only opened them when she heard Shirley come in.
"It doesn't seem to work," Shirley raised her head and looked quietly at the edge of the table.
Jing's goat head said, "Is there any other way?"
"I need to confirm something." Shantouyang said suddenly, then got up and left the restaurant.
Then he directly opened the big book about the folk culture of various city-states that he brought from Plande City-State, and said without looking up while flipping through the contents: "So when will these invaders he mentioned come?"
Shirley: “
Agou and Duncan: That’s right!”
"What are the usual consequences of reading books on the vast ocean?" Shirley asked bluntly.
"You might want to ask someone else to read, like Mr. Morris. Leaders of the God of Wisdom are better at controlling their minds, which is useful when protecting themselves or setting traps," the goat-headed man said immediately. "Most of these invaders are afraid to show up because they smelled your scent, but setting a trap should be enough."
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