Since his last long conversation with Tirien, Duncan had told Nina and Shirley about the Abyss Project, but he didn't mention what the Lost had planned for the Lost Homeland's future voyage - until now, a letter from an old friend that Morris received eventually led to the trip north.

"We are currently heading north along the Sea Mist's course, and in a few days we are expected to enter the edge of the cold sea, where there must be a very different scenery than the central sea," Duncan said, "You can spend this time on the ship, Alice has prepared a room for you, and of course, if you have difficulty adjusting to life at sea, you can return to the city-state—I can summon you when necessary." ”

"I ...... I'll stay on the boat," Shirley immediately raised her hand, "I can do some work for Miss Alice or something......"

"Homework is also required on the ship," Duncan gave her a faint look, "I'll personally supervise here." ”

Shirley suddenly shrank her neck: "Ah, then I ......"

"In the city-state, you also need to do homework, or I personally supervise it."

Shirley cried with a sad face: "That...... Then I'd better stay on the ship, and just change the environment. ”

"I'm on the boat too," Nina looked at Shirley and then at Duncan, her eyes sparkling and her tone tinged with eagerness, "I haven't used to life on the ship yet, and I didn't make it to the ......overnight last time."

Duncan nodded: "Well, then you can go back first and bring the bedding you are used to here to prevent you from falling asleep in an unfamiliar environment." ”

"Uh-huh," Nina nodded repeatedly, and then asked with a little hesitation, as if remembering something, "then can I take the vacation homework and textbooks left by school to the boat?" I'm afraid I won't be able to finish writing before school starts......"

Nina's voice fell, and the dog on the side couldn't help but hold his head with his paws: "We are on the most terrifying ghost ship ever to solve an extraordinary event, but how does it sound more and more like a holiday trip......"

Duncan didn't care about the dog's muttering, he thought for a moment, and said to Nina uncertainly: "Shirley and Alice's spelling book can be brought on board, but your textbooks and homework may be dangerous—reading books on the endless sea is as easy as reading in the city-state after dark, and it is easy to attract some kind of evil in the shadows." ”

Nina was stunned, calmly analyzed, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked a very constructive question that even Duncan hadn't considered: "Then if something escapes from the shadows, why don't you just beat it?" ”

Duncan: "......? ”

Dog and Shirley: "...... That's right! ”

"I hadn't thought about it at all." Duncan was stunned for several seconds before finally speaking with a strange expression, admitting that he had fallen into a blind spot when he first heard Goathead say about "reading taboos at sea", and only habitually regarded this as a rule like everyone else, but did not consider other possibilities, and now it seems that he ...... On the contrary, Nina, who has only only been in contact with the transcendent realm for a short time, shows an incredible open-mindedness.

Nina was certainly not bound by conventional wisdom - because on the first day of this girl's exposure to the Otherworldly Realm, what she saw was the scene of her Uncle Duncan stepping on the city-state and tearing the sun with his hands, and the world's top transcendent pollution was presented to her in the form of being pressed to the ground and fattened......

Anyway, Uncle Duncan is invincible in the world, and if something makes trouble, just let Uncle Duncan beat it up - Nina's thinking is very clear and simple and rude.

"I need to make some confirmations." Duncan said suddenly, then got up and left the restaurant.

He carried a large book directly to the captain's room, and placed it in front of the goat's head with a "bang".

The goat's head was startled by the sudden movement: "Boat...... Captain? ”

"What are the usual consequences of reading books on the boundless sea?" Duncan asked bluntly.

The goat's head was stunned, and he subconsciously spoke: "Ah, this is obvious, reading on the boundless sea usually attracts the attention of certain wills in the deep world, such as the invaders of the spirit world, the demonic projection of the dark realm, and even the whispers of the subspace will also take advantage of this process, and they will take advantage of the reader's mind to relax their vigilance to extend their projection to the real world, and ...... What are you doing? ”

Duncan directly spread out the big book about the folk culture of the city-states brought from the city-state of Plain, and said without raising his head while flipping through the contents: "Then when will the 'invaders' you said come?" ”

The goat head felt that his thoughts were tying knots, but he still subconsciously said while tying the knots: "Tong ...... Normally, they should come when the reading begins, very quickly. ”

Duncan flipped through two more pages and looked up: "Then why haven't they come yet?" ”

Goathead: "......"

"Nina wants to do her winter vacation homework on the ship," Duncan said to the goathead with a serious face, "if you have a way to 'attract' the 'intruders' you just mentioned, attract them and I'll talk to them about something." ”

"You...... How are you going to talk to 'them'? ”

"Beat them, beat them until they promise not to disturb Nina's studies," Duncan said, then thought for a moment, then added cautiously, "Of course this is just an idea of mine, not sure if it is feasible, you may be more professional than me in this area?" ”

The goat's mind was a little knotted again, and this time it hesitated longer than it had been before it finally spoke: "I think you may need to 'test' a little longer. ”

Duncan: "......? ”

"Generally speaking, the shadows attracted by reading have the characteristic of chasing knowledge, which determines that they will be a little more 'smart' than the average 'intruder'," the goat's words finally smoothed out, but the tone was still very strange, "Being smart means having a certain amount of judgment, even if it is a chaotic and chaotic shadow of the spiritual world, in the process of chasing knowledge, they also know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and will not rashly appear in front of you......"

"I see," Duncan said casually, his gaze scanning the words in the book, "that is, it won't be nobodies or fools who dare to run to the Lost Land, but powerful intruders who have been confident in themselves and carefully weighed - that's actually a good thing, it means that I only need to beat them once or twice to get the powerful ones in 'them' to quickly see the situation without worrying about the endless harassment of the fools." ”

"I think your judgment is very reasonable."

Duncan did not respond to the goat's toution, but continued to immerse himself in the book at hand, he slowly turned the slightly rough pages, and slowly wandered through the horrific or mysterious folklore accounts of the southern city-states, allowing his mind to relax and immerse himself a little.

Waiting for the knowledge-chasing invaders to sniff the luscious bait and invade this unguarded dimension of reality.

However, no intruders appeared.

"It doesn't seem to work," said Duncan, looking up at the quiet goat's head at the edge of the table, "is there any other way?" ”

"Actually...... I don't think you can be obsessed with it, there are so many taboos on the infinite sea, and not being able to read it is just a ......"

"Nina has winter vacation homework," Duncan said softly, "and she takes it very seriously." ”

"You may want someone else to read a book, such as Mr. Morris, the followers of the god of wisdom are better at controlling their minds, both when protecting themselves and when setting traps," said Goathead at once, "Most of those intruders are afraid to show up because they smell you, but if you set a trap, you should be fine." ”

Duncan thought about it and thought it was a good idea.

So he went straight back to the dining room with his book - everyone was still waiting, Nina and Shirley were muttering about what Duncan was doing, Alice was checking each other's words with Dog, and Morris closed his eyes and opened his eyes when he heard Duncan walk in.

"I need a trap to attract the knowledge-seeking invaders," Duncan said straight to Morris and placed the folkloric book in the hands of the old scholar, "You come and read this book and make your mind look like an unsuspecting seeker who lures a powerful knowledge-seeking spirit into the ship, and I want to 'communicate' with the intruder, and by the way find out what this intruder is." ”

Morris was taken aback, it was the first time he had heard such a crazy and whimsical thing after most of his life on the academic path, but the next second, he realized from Duncan's eyes that this "ghost captain" was serious.

This is indeed an action that only a powerful subspace shadow like Him would dare to seriously consider.

And after the initial consternation, a strange sense of excitement and anticipation also surfaced from the depths of the old scholar's heart.

It must be admitted that he himself suddenly had a hint of curiosity.

If it is under the witness of Captain Duncan, on this very special environment of the Lost Land, take the initiative to read and seduce evil spirits...... What will happen?

Morris picked up the book.

(End of chapter)