Deep Sea Embers

During her "leave" on the Lost Home, Alice's activity on the ship was slightly beyond Duncan's...expectations.

He always felt that this Gothic doll was an elegant and decent lady - although she turned around, surfed, and talked trash, she was really elegant and quiet under normal circumstances. She was cautious in everything she did on the boat. He is honest and responsible when he is in a strange environment. When he has nothing to do, he will even lie quietly in his box like an ordinary doll, highlighting his harmless style.

But now it seems that she is only so quiet when she is nearby?

The suddenly lowered atmosphere in the room made Alice feel a little nervous. She carefully glanced at the expressionless Duncan: "Captain, are you not angry? I can explain..."

"I know you're helping, but it's just an attempt." Duncan glanced at Miss Doll, his tone a little helpless, "But since you also know that many things on this ship are 'alive', what can you do the next time you want to do something?" Can’t you confirm it with me or my first mate?”

Alice immediately nodded repeatedly and agreed loudly: "Okay Captain, no problem Captain!"

Then she immediately turned to the goat head and whispered: "Is there such a thing as attempted help?"

The goat head said with rare conciseness: "Now there is."

"Okay, if you really want to help, go check the dried fish on the deck, or go to the kitchen to sort out the warehouse where the ingredients are stored and make some space. We may have the opportunity to replenish the Lost Home in the future. "The food on board," Duncan sighed, looked at Alice and said, "Don't follow the deck's wisdom. Those dangerous things will only react instinctively to external stimuli. If the ammunition depot thinks it has been damaged or invaded, then I can only use a broom and dustpan to rescue you."

When Alice heard this, she immediately shrank her neck, agreed repeatedly, turned around and left the captain's room.

But watching the puppet leave, Duncan couldn't help but smile.

This is indeed a very interesting guy - the little chaos is nothing, but this lifeless ghost ship does become lively because of her tossing up and down.

"It seems that you are in a good mood, Captain," the goat-headed voice came from the side, "Ah, you have something in your hand... What is that? Is it what you gained from this spiritual world walk? Just like the above That little knife?”

Duncan glanced at the sun emblem in his hand - he left the strong drink in the room, and the emblem was conveniently in his hand, ready to study when he was bored.

"It's a trophy," he nodded, "It's the same as the ceremonial knife from last time."

"Oh! As expected of the great Captain Duncan! You always come home with a full load, and it is also an extraordinary thing with wonderful power at first glance... Wait, is this a sun amulet?"

"Do you know this thing?" Duncan raised his eyebrows, "Yes, the Sun Amulet. A few daring cultists gave this thing to me - it's hard to refuse the kindness."

"I... know a little bit..." The goat head seemed to be observing the emblem carefully, with a slight hesitation in his voice, "The madmen who followed the ancient real sun regarded this object as a sacred object. They believed that the real sun was cast from metal. The power of the sun can be poured into the talisman by quenching it with human blood. Through this method, extraordinary objects with weak power can be produced in batches... This kind of talisman is for those who have a certain status among the followers of the sun. A symbol of identity and a tool they use to identify their compatriots and distinguish believers from heretics..."

"Distinguish between believers and heretics...it does have this function," Duncan understood, "although I personally feel that this function is useless."

"What happened to those bold cultists?" Goat Head seemed to hesitate when he said this. "They were mostly paranoid and ignorant fanatics. Even the lowest pirates are not willing to pursue ancient objects like this." If they dare to offend..."

"They are no longer in this world," Duncan said while observing the change in Goat Head's tone and controlling his expression. "It seems that you don't like these people who call themselves 'Sun Believers' either?"

After dealing with the goat head for such a long time, Duncan has actually roughly figured out the secrets of this strange "first mate". He is basically sure that as long as he, "Captain Duncan", is in charge of the ship properly, this goat head will There won't be any out-of-control movements. On this basis, he will become more courageous when talking to the other party.

Now, he can cautiously ask the other party for some information.

"Who would like those madmen who follow the ancient true sun? The 'light' and 'order' they yearn for are no longer tolerated by this world." Goat Head answered Duncan's question as usual, "Even the Lost Home , also bathed in the sunshine of this era, even the evil spirits wandering in the deep sea will not like the 'sun' before the deep sea era - probably only those cultists will think that the resurrection of the real sun is a good thing... …”

Speaking of this, the goat head paused and said with a hint of emotion: "But then again, 99% of those cultists are actually just a bunch of brainwashed idiots. They know what they are following and worshiping. They regard the so-called "sons of the sun" as prophets and saviors, and they yearn for the ancient world described by those heirs as the kingdom of heaven. But in my opinion, the heirs of the sun have no regard for it at all. Those fanatical believers treat them as subjects... They are no different from the descendants of the deep sea. "

Descendants of the Sun? What does it mean? And it sounds like there are any other descendants of the deep sea? What the hell is this? !

Duncan's heart moved, and a brand new unfamiliar term popped up on his face, bringing new confusion. He calmly fiddled with the sun emblem in his hand, as if he asked casually: "Children of the sun? I haven't met them." "

"It's normal. The children of the Sun don't dare to show up in the civilized world casually. Even if they disguise themselves as humans, the hyenas of the Holy See can smell the stink of heresy from their shadows in minutes - after all, After all, they are also a type of 'descendants'. As the remnants of ancient things, they should just stay in the gutter of history... Alas, among all kinds of 'descendants', they are the only ones who can do this."

Duncan suddenly discovered that Goat Head's habit of nagging from time to time is actually very beneficial - although nine thousand of its ten thousand sentences a day are nonsense, as long as it is lucky, it can also come up with useful ones. Information!

Since he had not fully grasped the details of this goat-headed man, Duncan could only make circumstantial inquiries and did not dare to ask too explicit questions. However, even in such circumstantial inquiries, he quickly grasped many of the things he had learned in Pulan before. The clue that Decheng State failed to grasp——

Descendants, this seems to be quite important information. There are some... creatures called "descendants" in this world, and without exception, they are not tolerated by the civilized world. The goat head calls them "ancient things" "residues";

Although there are a large number of believers who worship the "True Sun God", it seems that most of them are just insignificant pawns. They are all ignorant, blind and brainwashed "fanatics" who still have no status in their "church" structure. The real ruling class that is higher than them...are the guys called "sons of the sun";

Those descendants of the Sun do not often appear in the civilized world. They seem to have other secluded places unknown to the world. They influence the Sun God Sect in the world through remote control and secretly collect sacrifices and energy;

Finally, it is also the most important point for Duncan at present:

The goat head is full of contempt for those cultists and the "sons of the sun" who stand behind the cultists.

This shows that the Homeless Ship, or the "real Captain Duncan", and these guys called "Scions" are not in the same camp... and should even be regarded as hostile camps.

It seemed that telling the goat head about his dealings with the "Sun Cultists" during this spiritual world walk was the right decision - otherwise, he didn't know when this useful information would be known to him.

This kind of too secret knowledge is not written in Nina's textbook.

Duncan left the captain's cabin. He held the sun amulet and walked thoughtfully on the deck of the Lost Home.

There are many kinds of heirs, and according to the information revealed by Goat Head - the heirs are all the remnants of ancient things, plus the fact that Sun Believers follow the "ancient true sun" before the Great Annihilation, he has reasonable reasons to suspect that, These so-called heirs are most likely the products of the Great Annihilation, and their birth may be traced back to the "Era of Order" before the Great Annihilation.

There are "children of the sun" on the sea level, and there are "children of the deep sea" in the deep sea.

Duncan walked to the side of the ship unknowingly. He looked out at the deep blue sea and felt a little curious.

In the sea...it turns out there aren't only fish?