Duncan had always wondered how special and dangerous the goth doll, who called herself "Alice", so nervous that the sailors who escorted her were so nervous that she could occupy the name of Anomaly 099 in a world full of dangerous and strange things.

It is true that a doll that can move on its own and has reason is indeed very evil in itself, and the picture of her occasionally running around with her head or acting separately is really terrifying, but in Duncan's opinion, this evil point is far from the standard of "obtaining a superior number", and the simplest comparison is a piece of information he learned from Nina:

Anomaly 196-Blood, a dangerous anomaly contained and sealed in the underground sanctuary of the Plain Church, is the equivalent of the blood of an adult male, the anomaly has certain mental characteristics, will flow and spread on its own, and will actively attempt to replace the blood in the body of a nearby eligible "host" and occupy the shell to escape, stopping its flow and spread by storing it in twenty-two blood tanks and keeping it frozen - if someone bleeds within ten meters of the storage site, the seal will be invalidated, The blood in the blooded person's body is replaced by Anomaly 196, and the host's sanity is taken over.

The anomaly ignores the following countermeasures from the Saints, and will unconditionally kill the host that meets the requirements.

As one of the most dangerous anomalies managed by the city-state of Plain, information on Anomaly 196-Blood is always available to the public to ensure that if the anomaly leaks into the city, authorities can quickly locate and take action to deal with it.

Duncan didn't know what the concept of "saint" was, but by the name, he knew that it should correspond to some kind of rather powerful transcendent level, maybe the inquisitor Vanna who appeared in the newspaper was a saint - and how many saints like her who might fight against Anomaly 196 in the entire city-state of Plander?

And that's just Anomaly 196, and it's nearly two hundred things outside of a hundred—Alice's number, which is Anomaly 099.

Within 100 digits.

Although there is some uncertainty in the numbering of anomalies and anomalies according to Nina, and there is not always a clear contrast between the strengths and weaknesses of different anomalies and anomalies, in general, the top-ranked anomalies and anomalies usually have more dangerous or more bizarre and uncontrollable "characteristics", or they have caused amazing damage or contributed to special historical events, and firmly occupy the unique superior number in the form of historical names.

In any case, a number of digits or less means an extremely intractable and dangerous level of danger for the civilized world, or some amazing work in history, but this cursed doll named Alice ......

Duncan glanced back at Alice, who was honestly following behind him, who noticed the captain's gaze, immediately raised his head, and returned a harmless and somewhat cowardly smile: "Hehe......"

It's unlikely that the creature will find out how dangerous it is - he'll have to look through the historical archives of the city-state of Purland.

But how can an antique store manager in downtown get his hands on this "confidential information"? The "antiques industry connections" left by the cultist Ron were obviously impossible, and most of the things in that shop were no older than last week......

Duncan pondered quietly, and at the same time did not stop, the faint green spirit fire burned quietly in the lantern in his hand, gradually diffusing to the deeper part of the cabin, and the ambient light that was in an "inverted" state due to the strange environment of the bilge was mixed with the light of the lantern, presenting a strange and even a little dizzying, psychedelic and chaotic light and shadow state.

To outsiders, this scene may be an extremely treacherous and terrifying picture.

However, Duncan's heart felt a faint peace, his power soaked in the light of the lantern, like a trickle of water penetrating into the depths of this cabin that had been closed for an unknown number of years, and this bilge structure, which was completely unknown to him before, was becoming clear in his mind little by little, and a subtle "touch" was transmitted-

The last area of the Lost Homeland, which was out of the captain's control, was back on track, and Duncan could feel more and more clearly that the faint "restlessness" of the things in the cabin around him was gradually subsiding as he explored.

Indeed, as the goat's head said, the bilge of the Lost Land was slightly "abnormal" because of the long-term immersion in the endless sea, but as long as the captain himself came down to appease him, the order on the ship would gradually calm down.

"You're really afraid of the bottom of the sea, even if you're afraid of being in a cabin below sea level," Duncan said suddenly to Alice, who was following him, "and why do you have to come with you?" ”

"I ...... I didn't expect so much at the time! Alice forced her composure, "I was thinking about how to go, it was on the boat...... How can I have the concept of a 'cabin below the waterline'! I'm just a puppet! ”

"You don't even have a digestive tract, and you're still studying cooking—don't use dolls as an excuse," Duncan said casually, "and you'll need to make up for your knowledge on the ship later." ”

Alice let out a frustrated sigh, and Duncan was silent for a moment before asking curiously, "Why are you so afraid of the deep sea?" Or rather...... Why are you so afraid of being in the sea? I know that the deep sea is dangerous, and many people are afraid of the deep sea, and you said that reason, but now it seems that ...... You're more nervous than I thought, to the point where even standing in a cabin below the waterline makes you nervous just thinking about the sea outside...... Don't pull that lace on your clothes, there are no replacement clothes for you on the Lost Country now, and you can sew them yourself. ”

"Oh," Alice quickly loosened her hand a little, but then unconsciously pulled the button, "I...... I haven't thought about this question at all, I'm just afraid, can't I be afraid? ”

Listening to Miss Doll's nervous tone, Duncan was noncommittal, and he looked to the end of the hallway, and saw that a staircase sloping down had come into view.

It was deeper, probably up to the bilge, where the ship had the deepest contact with the endless sea.

Duncan and Alice stood at the top of the stairs and looked down, and by the light of the Spiritual Flame lantern, they didn't see the cabin structure below, but a door stood in the darkness.

Duncan couldn't help but frown when he saw the door.

The structure here is actually not normal, first of all, the road to the bilge is too long - the stairs between the upper cabins are actually continuous, and you can quickly reach the cabins on each level, but on this level, the staircase leading to the depths is located at the end of the corridor, and you need to pass through almost the entire storehouse area to get there, which will undoubtedly affect the efficiency of the passage in the ship.

Secondly, there was an additional door under the staircase.

Duncan hesitated, picked up the lantern and walked down slowly.

Alice was even more hesitant, but in the end she honestly followed - it would never be enough to let her return to the upper level by herself now, and it would be a little safe to follow the captain.

Soon Duncan was in front of the door, and he held up the lantern to illuminate the surroundings, trying to see if there was any writing around the door - and then a line of letters on the door frame appeared in his sight:

"The Last Door in the Bilge"

"What does that mean?" Alice looked curiously at the letters on the door frame, "The last door in the bilge...... Isn't the function of the room supposed to be written on the door plate under normal circumstances? ”

"Obviously a reminder," Duncan thoughtfully withdrew his gaze to the doorframe, one of his hands resting on the doorknob, reminding the puppet next to him before pushing the door open, "if you go in and find that there are other doors, don't touch them." ”

Alice nodded nervously, and then saw Duncan push open the "last door in the bilge".

A strange pale glimmer greeted him.

They stepped forward, into an open field.

After seeing the situation on the other side of the door clearly, Alice's eyes widened instantly: "This...... This ......"

She "this" for a long time before she finally held back a sentence: "Boat...... Captain! The bottom of the ship is broken! It's broken! ”

She shouted, but Duncan didn't respond for a moment, as the latter was also watching the surroundings in amazement.

The deepest part of the Lost Place, the bilge structure soaked in the endless sea—shattered!

Hundreds of cabin fragments are scattered and floating in space, maintaining a certain "fragmented order", maintaining the contours and structure of the bilge.

And beyond the huge crack between the countless fragments, Duncan could clearly see the "scenery" beyond the bilge -

It was not the deep, dark and infinite sea he imagined, but a pale and obscure nothingness, and countless dim and unclear lights and shadows that flew through the nothingness.