Deep Sea Embers

After examining all the test items, Duncan gained a better understanding of Eye's transport capabilities and the nature of the items aboard the Lost Home.

Ai Yi can transport several different items at one time, and these items include organic matter, inorganic matter, extraordinary things, and ordinary things. The type of item will not affect the stability of its transportation process, and the transportation process will not affect the item. impact due to its own nature;

Some things on the Lost Home that are obviously "active" are themselves "sub-units" under a larger control consciousness. For example, artillery shells are sub-units of the ammunition system, and these sub-units will lose their activity after leaving the Lost Home. Nature becomes something ordinary;

The transportation process of Ai does not seem to consume much of its "energy". Whether it is carrying the ritual dagger at the beginning or carrying a bunch of things at once, the bird is still alive and kicking after returning. Of course, this may be the case so far. The total amount of "goods" it can transport is still too small, far from reaching its capacity bottleneck;

At present, only different types of items have been tested. It is not yet known whether Aiyi's transportation capacity has any restrictions on "weight" or "volume", which requires more testing.

Duncan summarized the currently known information one by one. After confirming that everything was thought through, he breathed a sigh of relief and slowly leaned back on the chair.

He knows that the tests he has done so far are still very imperfect, and there are still many possible variables that have not been carefully considered. Even from the perspective of "test species", the samples he has selected are too few and are not enough to accumulate a valid data.

In the future, he will at least choose more types of items, and at the same time use different item weights and item volumes to test the upper limit of Ai's transportation and the stability of multiple transportations. Only with enough control samples can the test data obtained be Reliable and trustworthy enough.

He is very cautious in this regard, and this caution is not without reason-because he has a very bold plan...or idea.

Since Ai can transport items intact between the land and the Homeless Ship, and there is no restriction on the type of items, then... can it be given away?

If it can be given away to others, can it be given to people who are not very human? For example...Alice?

Duncan knew that a person's ability was limited. If he only relied on his ability to walk in the spirit world to act as a link between the Lost Home and the land city-state, sooner or later he would encounter problems of insufficient manpower and insufficient consideration. At this time, if there were helpers , the situation will be much better.

The teleportation ability shown by Pigeon Ai gave him a good idea.

Of course, Alice is not a good candidate for help. Although this "Abnormal 099" with a high-ranking number is elegant and mysterious when she is quiet, her nature will be exposed as soon as she moves around. , but currently Duncan really has no other candidates.

Duncan couldn't help but sigh when he thought that the only available crew member under his command was a loser who could stew himself when cooking.

The positioning of the Homeless Ship as the enemy of the world really gave him a headache. He estimated that it would be impossible for him to find allies from the human world. If he had to find allies, he would probably only attract a group of second-rate villains, the kind who would just open his eyes every day. Just looking forward to the end of the world, I cut gas pipes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, perform devil sacrifices every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and fight guerrilla bad guys with the church defenders on Sundays...

That guy could quickly get into trouble with the Goathead. They could work together to plan which city-states to invade when they had nothing to do, but it was by no means the help Duncan wanted.

"...Well, at least Alice is honest and obedient," Duncan sighed and stood up, muttering to himself, "If you train her well, she can grow...probably."

Even if she couldn't be a helper, it would be better to let that doll see the world in the human world. After all, she had been locked in a coffin for so many years and didn't know what the outside world was like.

After sorting out his thoughts, Duncan began to pack up the large number of things he had brought - he would not return to the Lost Home yet, and many of these things could not be carried with him, so naturally they had to be kept in the store.

There are not many places to hide things on the second floor of the antique shop, and Nina will come up at any time to help clean up the room. Some things that obviously do not look like daily necessities will be particularly suspicious when placed in the room (such as cannonballs from a century ago), but in a short time After thinking about it, Duncan found a reasonable place for these things.

Just hide the sun talisman close to your body. The salted fish can be put directly into the kitchen, which seems reasonable. The cannonballs from a century ago and the sailor's dagger from a century ago are even simpler -

Duncan took those two things directly to the store on the first floor and placed them in an inconspicuous corner next to the counter - this was an antique store anyway, and there were as many messy things as he wanted, with daggers and cannonballs thrown everywhere. It's better to throw them into the pile of tattered fakes on the first floor and hide them...

As for the last thing, Duncan also found a good place for the cheese he took from the kitchen of the Lost Home.

In the trash can.

After dealing with all this, Duncan patted the non-existent dust on his hands and was very satisfied with his arrangement.

Then he glanced at the sky outside.

The "sun" blocked by double runes was hanging high in the sky, and it was just noon.

Before Nina would return home later today, he planned to go out and walk around to learn more about the city.

Anyway, it seems that this antique store has little business today.

The weather was a little cold, so Duncan put on a dark brown coat and tidied his messy and decadent hair before going out, trying his best to make his decadent and weak body that had been tortured by alcohol, drugs, and disease look... Feeling refreshed, I left the antique store.

As soon as he went out, a sound of flapping wings came from the second floor. The pigeon Ai flew out of the room and landed on his shoulder, shaking his head and cocking triumphantly. : "Go to Erxian Bridge and take Chenghua Avenue..."

Duncan immediately cast a sidelong glance at this guy. He originally planned to let the pigeon look after his house on the second floor. After all, having a pigeon on his body always looked too eye-catching and weird when he went out. Anyway, there was a spiritual fire connection between him and Ai Yi. It was really If you encounter a situation, you can use the spiritual flame to summon it to your side at any time, and you are not afraid of delaying things.

I just didn't expect that I forgot to explain it when I went out, and the bird just "got in the car" on its own.

Seeing the triumphant look of the bird spirit, Duncan finally smiled helplessly and sighed: "...Forget it, just follow if you want."

In this way, he carried the pigeon on his back and arrived at the main road opposite the antique shop. After walking not far along the main road, he heard a crisp sound of bells mixed with the sound of the steam engine running from far to near. Come, look up and see a double-decker bus with a brown background and blue stripes driving along the main road and gradually stopping at the station not far away.

It is a very common public transport in the city-state of Plane. It is driven by a steam engine. For a fare of six pesos, it can reach more than half of the lower city. According to the route map posted on the back of the carriage, there are The two stops will pass through the edge of Uptown, a place called the Cross Quarter.

Duncan had an image of the "Cross Block" in his mind. He knew that block and the surrounding area were regarded as the "junction" of the city-state of Pland, where there were more prosperous businesses and more decent residences. Many residents of the lower city would The Cross Street neighborhood is regarded as their goal and dream to improve their living standard, and many middle-class citizens who cannot afford the high consumption in the upper city but want to live a decent life also live there - there are also movie theaters, museums and several high-end restaurants there.

Nina's school is near Cross Street, and so is the museum she mentioned.

Duncan thought for a moment, walked quickly to the station, and got on the bus before it started.

There was no one on the bus, and more than half of the seats on the first floor were empty. Next to the driver's cab stood a conductor in a dark blue uniform. This young woman with shawl hair and simple makeup saw someone getting on the bus. First, he subconsciously reached for the wallet, but then he noticed the pigeon on Duncan's shoulder.

"Sorry, it's a rule that you can't bring pets in the car," the young woman said, raising her finger to point to the pigeons on Duncan's shoulder, "Including pigeons."

Duncan looked at Ai, who flapped her wings innocently and tilted her head to look at him.

"Go grab it on the roof of the car."

"Gugu, gugu."

Ai flapped his wings and flew out of the car, cursing "coo-coo-coo" as he flew.

The young conductor lady stared blankly at the man in front of her who was communicating with the pigeons, and the pigeons that seemed to be able to understand human speech. She didn't say anything for a while.

"Is it okay now?" Duncan had to remind the conductor who seemed to be in a daze, and raised his finger to point to the direction of the roof of the car, "You can't control the bird when it lands on the roof, right?"

Only then did the conductor react: "Ah... yes... the ticket price is six pesos, pass."

Duncan reached into his pocket and took out two coins in exchange for a blue ticket. Then he found a seat by the window and sat down quietly, preparing to enjoy his first bus ride in this world. .

The steam engine started, and along with the slight vibration and mechanical friction sound, the bell on the front of the bus also rang loudly. Then the bus shook slightly, and the scenery outside the window receded.

Duncan leaned back comfortably on the chair, feeling the vibration and acceleration of this mechanical engineering creation in operation.

Steam engines are a good thing, civilized society is a good thing, and scientific and technological progress is a good thing.

If he had the chance, he would definitely equip the Lost Home - even if it was just a boiler that could heat hot water. In the future, he would also be able to take hot showers on the ship.

As soon as his thoughts spread, he felt the car suddenly shake and the scenery outside the window slowly stopped.

The young conductor opened the window near the front of the car, looked out and shouted: "Get on the bus? There are seats! They are all big seats!"

Duncan was startled and laughed.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that this city-state that was still unfamiliar to him suddenly became full of life.