In a sense, the impact of this starless and moonless sky with only a scar on Duncan was even greater than the "sun" imprisoned by the rune ring.

Because no matter how abnormal the sun is, it only shines on the heaven and earth under Duncan's feet, and in Duncan's cognition as an earthling, the so-called "sun" is nothing more than one of hundreds of millions of celestial bodies.

All distorted visions are confined to the sunlight, and beyond the sunlight, there can be stars with infinite possibilities - although for a creature trapped in gravity, the sunlight is equivalent to the entire world, but at least, Duncan can understand and accept the scale of the vision.

However, at this moment in the night sky, Duncan did not see any celestial objects that could be called "stars", no stars, no moons, no distant stars.

It was just a torn scar, covering the sky in some kind of incomprehensible gesture of light and shadow, and a pale mist of light continued to escape outward.

The entire infinite sea was shrouded in the pale of snowy night.

Farther than the sun is a distant nothingness, and a greater vision.

Duncan didn't say anything, just stared at the sky, countless questions and conjectures swirling in his mind.

Where are the other planets? Did it not exist in the first place? Or is it ...... The world beneath your feet is a celestial body in a cosmic vacuum, so far away from the other stars that the night sky here is pitch black and starless? What are the pale scars that stretch across the sky? Is it a tearing rift in space? Is it a touchable celestial structure? Or is it just an illusion, floating over this treacherous expanse of the sea?

"Captain?"

Finally, a voice woke Duncan from the silence, and the puppet Alice looked at the ghost captain who suddenly stopped a little nervously, and she saw that the other party's face suddenly became more gloomy and serious than before, which frightened her: "Are you okay?" Could it be that the heavens are about to change? Is there a big storm? I've heard this ...... from the seafarers outside the box."

“…… Nothing. ”

Duncan whispered, then suddenly withdrew his gaze from the sky, looked at Alice with a flat face, as if in reply, and repeated as if to himself: "Nothing." ”

"Then we ......"

Duncan stepped forward, his expression calm as if nothing had happened: "Let's go, I'll take you to the cabin—you can wash up there later, if you need to wash up." ”

Once again, the world has shown its strange grotesques to the Gentiles, and this weirdness seems to be far from ending.

Duncan had realized that he didn't know how many shocking visions were waiting for him in the future, and if he made a fuss every time, he would probably only be left with fuss in his life.

If there is anything he has learned from his life experience on Earth over the past few decades, it is one that is most useful today:

If a problem does exist, then find a way to solve it, and the problem will not disappear by itself because of his own denial, just as the grotesque sky in front of him will not become a starry state because of his doubts.

There must be a reason for the world to present such a posture, since everything can exist here, then this is an irrefutable fact, no matter how absurd and strange the phenomenon is, it is also an objective fact - I can't understand it for a while, that's my own problem, not the world's problem.

As the current captain of the Lost Land, Duncan felt that he might have a long time to learn about the world.

Alice didn't know what the captain's silence was all about, she only knew that the atmosphere around Duncan had suddenly become a little oppressive, but after arriving at the target cabin, the oppressive feeling suddenly disappeared.

Duncan took the Doll Lady to a bathing place, a bathroom for the upper seamen - for a classical sailing ship, such a bath was some kind of "luxury", which under normal circumstances would certainly not be intended for ordinary sailors.

The conditions of the ancient sailing ships were quite harsh when they were sailing on the oceans, with limited fresh water, rotten food, poor medical care, and psychological problems caused by long voyages that plagued every explorer who challenged the seas, many of which were not fully solved even in the early industrial age.

As far as Duncan knew, the early sailing ocean-going ships on Earth did not even have toilets for ordinary sailors, and the personal problems of the average sailor were usually solved on the grille facing the sea (and the wind direction should be taken care of in this process), and bathing was a difficult problem - using a spare sail as a bathtub and washing the body with seawater was the solution for many unsophisticated sailors, while many sailing seafarers simply chose not to bathe for weeks or even months.

After all, a little hygiene is the least important compared to scurvy, plague, and mass hysteria caused by great stress.

But I don't know if it's ironic, in a ghost ship that everyone fears, these terrible existential problems are solved instead.

The fresh water tank on the Lost Land replenishes itself, the food in the warehouse shows no signs of spoilage, Captain Ghost doesn't get sick, and Alice's cervical spine problems aren't due to sailing.

In addition to the fact that I often feel my blood pressure rise when I get along with the goat's head, the ship is actually quite livable......

"The pipe next to the bathtub leads to the fresh water tank, just take the water directly, the plug of the bathtub hangs over there, don't lose it - the conditions are limited at the moment, there is no hot water on board, but you shouldn't mind that."

Duncan introduces Alice to the facilities in the cabin, the mundane experiences he has been exploring over the past few days.

"It's okay to rinse your body, it's really uncomfortable for the joints to get into the salt water," Alice was not picky at all, she looked at the various things in the cabin with a little curiosity and excitement, and nodded while listening to Duncan's introduction, "I'm just a puppet, and I don't have much to do with hot baths." ”

Duncan nodded, but then his expression was a little weird, he glanced at Alice, and his tone was slightly hesitant: "Speaking of which, do you know how to take a bath?" Do you have this ...... 'life experience'? ”

Alice was really stunned for a moment, and then said very seriously while thinking, "It should be...... Okay, right? It's to remove the joints, rinse and rinse, and put them back after washing......"

Duncan: "......? ”

He looked at Alice, and Alice looked at him innocently.

"Have you ever thought about how to put it back on your own after you remove it?" Duncan knew that his casual question was really a reminder, and the puppet in front of him who had never left the box really had no experience in this area, "I can't help you." ”

Alice: "...... It seems to be the same. ”

"And I strongly discourage you from disassembling your joints too often," Duncan reminded him earnestly, "even if your body structure allows it." ”

Alice was a little confused: "Why?" ”

"It's easy to dismantle too much," Duncan finally got helpless, he didn't expect that there would be so many "detail problems" in a boat with a cursed puppet, which was never mentioned in novels, movies and TV series, "I don't want you to walk on the deck one day and suddenly fall apart in front of me, no one on the boat knows how to maintain the joints of the puppet." ”

Speaking of this, he paused and added: "Your cervical spine problem is serious enough." ”

Alice imagined that scene for a moment, and suddenly shrunk her neck: "Ah, okay, okay, I understand...... I figured out what to do......"

"It would be better," Duncan said, glancing at the little uneasy puppet before turning to leave, "I have a lot of work to do—don't get too much trouble." ”

"Yes Captain, thank you, Captain," Alice said pleasantly, but just as Duncan was about to step out of the cabin, she suddenly spoke again, "Ah, Captain......"

Duncan stopped and tilted his head slightly: "What else?" ”

"Captain...... I suddenly don't think you're that terrible," Alice looked at Duncan's back and carefully considered the words, "that goat-head says you're the most terrible captain on the endless seas, the most unpredictable scourge of all the way, but ......"

"But what?"

"But I think you're pretty talkative, and a bit like a worried parent......"

Duncan didn't look back, just was silent for two seconds and then suddenly asked, "Where did you come from, the concept of your family...... Do you have family? ”

Alice hesitated for a moment, and slowly shook her head: "It doesn't seem to be." ”

"Then don't talk about any parents, stay on the ship honestly, and I'll arrange your life on this ship."

"Oh, good captain."