Chapter 744: Alice's Hash Browns
The second luminous geometry that crashed into the Infinite Sea, still has a "Lost Star" at its core, but unlike the first fragment - this "Lost Star" is a compressed gaseous planet.
After preliminary measurements by scholars, the diameter of this gaseous planet as the core is still ten meters, which is exactly the same as the first "moon" to fall into the body of light.
And Duncan was more concerned about one more thing: he didn't know the planet.
At least he was certain that it wasn't a gas giant like Saturn or Jupiter, which had once belonged to the "solar system"—its silver, gray, and blue metallic colors and the characteristic storm vortex on its surface were all unfamiliar to him.
Duncan stood beside the compressed gas giant, carefully observing the cloud bands and swirls on its surface, as his mind fluctuated.
The core of the first luminous geometry was the "moon" of his homeland, so when this second falling object appeared, he subconsciously thought that he would see another familiar solar system object, but now it seems that ...... The "raw materials" used in the rune rings around the sun are not limited to the "solar system" of their homeland, and the "lost stars" that make up the rings are all from more distant deep space, and may even come from different universes.
Celestial bodies from different worlds are compressed, distorted, and transformed into rings around the sun to maintain the operation of the observer effect anchor, and the "sun" as the main body is essentially an eyeball encased in a crystalline spherical shell...... The eyeball symbolizes the eye of the observer...... This device ensures that the wreckage of the incompatible worlds after the Great Annihilation can collapse into a single reality......
It seems that this is the principle of Vision 001.
After pondering for a long time, Duncan shook his head slightly.
He knew that it was useless for him to think about the principle of Vision 001 now, this stabilizer that had seriously overdue its service had now reached the end of its life, and its collapse and extinguishing was a doomed thing, even if he accepted the "continuation plan" of Pilot 1, he could only replace Vision 001 with his own flame, so that the world ushered in the "Age of Fire" after the "Deep Sea Age" - in any case, the disintegration of the observer effect anchor itself was an irreversible process.
But even so, the mechanism of the effectiveness of Anomaly 001 still brought him some inspiration - after rejecting the plan of Pilot One, he had to find another way to continue the civilization of the Deep Sea Age, and he vaguely had an idea, and the principle of Amorph 001 was very useful for him to refine his thinking.
Tiriam and Aiden stood on the beach, looking at Duncan not far away with a little nervousness and confusion, they didn't know what their father (the old captain) was doing, and they didn't dare to rush forward to disturb him, but it was clear that they noticed the sometimes thoughtful and sometimes abrupt expression on Duncan's face.
Aiden looked left and right to make sure that the unrelated personnel had retreated, so he leaned over to Tyrien's side, lowered his voice and said, "What did you say the old captain was studying?" ”
"How do I know," Tirion lowered his voice as well, "I can't understand what Lucy usually studied, let alone my father's train of thought—maybe he's talking to that thing?" ”
Aiden thought for a moment and nodded, "...... I think you're right. ”
Duncan actually heard a small muttering from not far away, but he didn't pay attention to it, but after thinking for a moment, he suddenly said in his heart: "Alice." ”
Almost immediately, Miss Doll's voice responded, "Huh? Captain? ”
"Come here, there's something for you to see—Aye has already gone to pick you up."
Alice froze for a moment: "Ah, wait for me a while, my hash browns will be out of the pot soon—do you want to eat them?" Shall I send you a copy to the captain's room? ”
Duncan: "...... No, I'm not hungry over there. Come over as soon as you're done. ”
Then he stood there and waited patiently, and after a few more minutes, a faint green flame suddenly rose beside him—the flame turned into a revolving door, and the bone bird flew out of the door, followed by Alice's figure.
Miss Doll held a steaming paper bag in her hand, and when she saw Duncan, she looked happy and sent the bag forward: "Captain! Hash browns! I've got you here! ”
Duncan turned his head and silently looked at the Hanhan puppet in front of him, and he didn't know what the expression was on his bandage-covered face, but his eyes were very helpless.
Alice reacted, and this time it was smooth to react: "...... Ah, I forgot that your body doesn't usually need to eat......"
"You can drink tea once in a while, but you really don't need to eat," Duncan said lightly, but still took the paper bag from Alice's hand, "but thank you." ”
Alice laughed happily for a moment, and then noticed Tiriam and Aiden, who were standing not far away, looking at each other, and immediately beckoned to them, "You're there too!" ”
Tirien hesitated for a moment, then walked over with Aiden, and at the same time looked at the doll in front of him with a subtle expression that was exactly the same as the Frost Queen - no matter how many times he saw it, the indescribable sense of disobedience would involuntarily come out every time he saw this face, especially when the puppet spoke......
Alice didn't seem to notice the subtle expressions of Tiriam and Aiden at all, she just felt happy to see her acquaintance, so she raised her hand and pointed to the paper bag in Duncan's hand: "Do you want to eat hash browns?" Just done! It is also poured with a compound spice that is a specialty of the Light Wind Harbor! ”
The puppet's voice fell, and before Tirien could speak, Duncan suddenly reacted: "Wait a minute, you say...... Breeze's specialty spices? ”
Alice held her head and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, when I was in the city-state before, Luni bought it from outside, saying that it could open the eyes of northerners...... The taste is a little weird, but the feel is quite interesting......"
Duncan finally knew what was going on with the strange smell that kept wafting out of the paper bag.
He silently looked up and glanced at Tirien, "Taste one." ”
Tyrion didn't know what was going to happen - he didn't care about the food, and he didn't know much about the food legends of Breeze, so he didn't have any thoughts about his father's invitation, but was a little happy, and reached out and took a piece of hash browns from the bag and stuffed it into his mouth......
Then he stood still.
"Looks like your spice is authentic—it will probably take him a while to come to his senses," Duncan retracted his gaze and nodded to Alice, before turning around and gesturing to the "compressed planet" floating on the beach, "Let's take a look at this first." ”
"Oh." Alice agreed, a little curious as to why Tirion had burst into tears, but focused her attention on the "Lost Star" with its magnificent appearance and a slight buzzing sound.
Of course she knew what it was—before she set off, she knew that the captain was investigating the "Falling Object No. 2" in the north, and the strange-looking but beautiful orb in front of her was apparently the centerpiece of the No. 2 falling object.
"What is it 'saying'?" Duncan asked curiously.
He can share Alice's vision, and can see "threads" or messages from Vision 001 through Alice's eyes, but he can't understand those things instinctively like Alice does—an ability unique to Pilot-3.
And now, he was curious about what the puppet could read from the "Falling Object No. 2".
Alice frowned slightly, and after a while, she slowly spoke: "A lot of information...... Various errors, host communication failures, protocol conflicts, and refactoring of the runtime environment...... It's messy, it's much more confusing than the last time I saw the error message......"
Duncan: "What about the other than that?" Is there something like a countdown to a system reboot? ”
"No," Alice shook her head, "it's all glitches, and some gibble of information, some of which I can't understand." ”
Listening to Alice's report, Duncan just sighed softly and nodded slightly.
It was bad, but he was somewhat anticipatory.
Aiden, who was on the side, watched this scene dumbfounded, and only then did he suddenly react, and immediately touched Tirian's arm: "If nothing else, Miss Alice can really communicate with this thing!" ”
Tyrion suddenly woke up as if he had been awakened from a fast-paced nightmare, and he trembled visibly, then bent down and began to cough and retch.
This startled Aiden, and the bald man hurriedly grabbed Tirian's arm, patting the other man on the back and hurriedly asking, "What's wrong with you?" ”
Tirion finally recovered from the extremely spicy and pungent sour smell, he didn't understand why a piece of hash browns gave him such a "thrilling" impression, and when he looked up, it seemed to be surrounded by layers of phantoms, and in the shadows, he even saw his father's gentle and smiling expression.
He reacted, realizing that his father seemed to be there.
"This ...... It's too exciting...... "Cough," Tyrion finally gasped for breath and looked at the remaining half of the hash browns in his hand with a strange expression, "How the hell is this thing made?" ”
"The key is the spices that are produced in Breeze—it's enough to awaken a sense of awe for food," Duncan said lightly, "We've been in the South all this time, and the food in Breezeville is what I remember the most about it." ”
Tirien looked at the paper bag in his father's hand in a daze, and understood from the bottom of his heart what the awe of the food meant.
Very awe—almost terrifying.
And at this moment, a whistling wind suddenly came from not far away, interrupting the communication of several people at the scene.
Duncan subconsciously followed the prestige, and in the faint golden light that filled the entire harbor, he saw a wind carrying gray dust quickly sweeping the sky—the gray wind hovered over the beach for a few seconds, and then came straight to him.
The gray wind condensed, and Agatha, who was wearing a black goddess robe and skirt and had a cold temperament, walked out of the wind.
(End of chapter)