It is no exaggeration to say that Duncan could clearly hear a crunch sound somewhere on the sailor's body - apparently a joint was out of place when the corpse was shivering.

Then Anomaly 077's Devil Cry Wolf howl exploded on the back deck: "Captain! Don't scare me, Captain! I am loyal, diligent, and honest! What was wrong with me, you said I would change it, don't scare me with this...... Why don't you stuff me in a cannon and shoot me out......"

The corpse's broken gong voice echoed over the entire aft deck, and he shouted and pulled himself up to the railing at the edge of the bridge, looking like he was going to jump off the place in the next second—in fact, he did jump over the railing, but the moment he was about to jump out, a cable flew out like an arrow, and dragged him back to the bridge with the car's feet and neck, and wrapped around him several times.

Duncan glanced at Anomaly 077, which was still struggling to crawl out, with a smirk, and then took two steps forward, watching quietly without speaking.

Anomaly 077's ghost crying wolf howl came to an abrupt end, and he visibly shivered again, shrunk his neck and stopped moving, and said for a long time: "If you're bored, stew me...... I'll show you a pot sit-up ......"

"There's not that big cauldron on the ship," Duncan said casually, then put away the smile on his face and said in a serious tone, "I'm serious—I need to do some testing"

Noticing the change in the captain's tone and expression, Anomaly 077 finally realized something, and he looked up at Duncan in a daze: "...... Test? ”

"Let him go." Duncan nodded casually - the lifelike cables immediately fell off Anomaly 077's body in circles, and retreated to the side with a rustling sound.

The sailor got up in disbelief, first grabbed his thigh hard and straightened the joint (now Duncan knew where the "rattle" sound on this guy came from), and then nervously followed the captain while looking around to see the movement of the cables around him - he came to the dark steering wheel, but still did not dare to reach out and touch it, and after hesitating for a long time, he couldn't help but speak: "Is it ...... you want to test?"

"Routes." Duncan said lightly.

The sailor's face changed slightly, and there was finally a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"I know you can't recall anything about the route—Lucrecia has already told me," Duncan turned his head to look the sailor in the eye, "but I believe the message that Captain Carani left in the logbook—strictly speaking, I think she left that logbook with you in mind about the changes that might occur when you return to the Infinite Sea, after all, she had confronted the gods, and she herself had undergone a fundamental change, and then 'recovered' from that change— She has 'knowledge' that ordinary people can't understand. ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at the sailor.

"So, I'm going to get to know 'you' now, and find out the truth hidden beneath your 'characteristics' as 'Anomaly 077', just as your shroud contains Captain Kalani's log, and I think you're also some kind of 'carrier' in your own right, and I'm going to test that ...... It's the most effective way to let you play your 'power'. ”

The sailor was stunned, thinking and looking down at his hands: "My strength ......"

"Anomaly 077 will attempt to 'take over' the ship closest to it when it is active, and cause the ship to teleport randomly within the boundless sea," Duncan said unhurriedly, referring to the out-of-control nature of Anomaly 077-Mariner as recorded by the Church, "and with each teleportation, the affected ship is swept into a storm - right now, this feature intrigues me." ”

The sailor seemed to understand what the captain meant, and he looked up at the dark steering wheel in front of him, which was slowly and automatically fine-tuning in the night, but he still hesitated: "But if I really touch the rudder......

"Rest assured, the Lost isn't really under your influence yet—I'm just here to see how your abilities work," Duncan said casually, "and even if 'teleportation' and 'storm' did occur, it wouldn't be a breeze for the ship." ”

"Well, that's not what I meant," the sailor quickly shook his head and looked around warily, "I mean the ship won't beat me...... I've observed before that there are so many things on this boat that can beat people, and I saw at least three fights in the first two hours of being on the boat......"

As soon as the words he muttered here fell, Alice on the side straightened her chest proudly.

The corners of Duncan's eyes twitched, and he looked at the inexplicable puppet: "What are you proud of!" ”

Alice tilted her head: "I won the fight with the bucket!" ”

Duncan: "......"

He forcibly ignored the puppet lady beside him, and his gaze fell on Anomaly 077: "I control everything about this ship, and now I allow you to take the helm temporarily, you don't have to worry about the consequences." Of course, if you're really resistant to this option, I have another 'research plan'. ”

The sailor's eyes suddenly lit up: "Is there another plan?" ”

Duncan didn't say a word, he silently raised his hand, and a bright flame jumped from his fingertips.

The sailor's eyes suddenly darkened: "I still like your first plan......"

Duncan casually dispersed the fingertip flame and gestured to the rudder next to him with his gaze: "Before I light the fire, do what you have to do." ”

The sailor finally sighed, he knew that he had no reason to hesitate now.

The shriveled chest puffed up, he inhaled hard in the night, feeling the cool air flow from his body, he gritted his teeth, came to the steering wheel, closed his eyes directly, and stretched out his hands.

Anomaly 077's claw-like hands gripped the steering wheel of the Lost Country—

The first mate of the Sea Song began to take the helm.

And almost as soon as the sailor touched the wheel, Duncan heard an illusory and distorted roar—a loud sound like the roar of a ship sliding from the shipyard into the sea, as if a thousand waves were rising around the Lost Place, and the sea was shaking and cracking outside the ship's side.

The Lost Country was affected by some ...... "force", and in an instant, Duncan caught this "touch" that was acting on the entire ship.

If an ordinary ship should have been swallowed by some dimensional rift by this "touch", and had been transported to some random place in the infinite sea, caught in a storm - but the Lost Country was still steadily sailing the sea, and under Duncan's conscious control, that unknown force could not really affect the ship's navigation.

Duncan slowly frowned, sensing the impact on the Lost Country, and then as if he suddenly sensed something, he turned his head to look to the side.

A hazy phantom appeared in the corner of the bridge almost simultaneously - Agatha, dressed as an explorer, emerged from the mirror world, and she staggered to the handrail next to her while looking at Duncan: "Captain? What happened!? This side of the spirit world ......"

Before Agatha could finish speaking, Duncan walked quickly towards her: "Agatha, I need to borrow your 'eyes'. ”

Agatha was stunned when she heard this, but immediately reacted, and reached out to her eyeballs: "Ah okay, wait a minute, I'll pick ......"

Duncan was taken aback and quickly interrupted: "Stop!" No need to pick it out! ”

Agatha's expression was a little confused: "Huh? ”

Duncan didn't have time to explain, so he directly ignited a dark green flame and pointed it on Agatha's forehead—

"Don't be nervous, it's harmless."

Before the words fell, the link to the flame was established.

The gatekeeper's vision was reflected in Duncan's eyes.

Everything in front of him seemed to "shake" rapidly and briefly, all the light and shadow were dislocated and recombined—Duncan felt his vision turn upside down several times, then stabilized, and then a very different experience from Alice's vision appeared.

He saw the black, white and gray world, saw the phantom of the Lost Country reflected in the "sky" of the sea, and there were invisible waves rising and falling in the boundary between the real and the unreal, and in all these intertwined and incredible landscapes, he saw the ...... of the sea in the distance Constantly collapsing and reorganizing!

In front of the Lost Country, the sea repeats the process of disintegration like a miscontact illusion, the waves suddenly appear and disappear, the entire sea disappears at a certain moment, becomes a pitch-black "hole", and then fills and reappears in the next moment, and the misplaced scenery continues to emerge in the distance, and every minute and second, this process is repeated, as if it were ...... A "process" that keeps restarting because it's stuck!

Duncan stood at the stern of the Reflection Lost Land, staring at the rapidly crumbling "landscape" in the distance, and then he suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of the rudder.

A hazy phantom stood there—clutching the steering wheel, but unable to see its face, the transparency almost dissipating, as if it were just a remnant, bound to the rudder.

Agatha stood beside Duncan, and in the mirror world, her figure seemed incomparably real.

Looking at the incredible sight on the sea in the distance, she finally couldn't help but ask, "Captain, what is that?" ”

“…… It's the route," Duncan said softly, "the right route from the 'border' to the 'outer barrier' made up of gods." ”

Agatha's eyes widened.

"As Captain Carani said in her logbook, she gave the route to her first mate - the route hasn't gone away," Duncan continued slowly, "Anomaly 077-Mariner, he's the ship itself. ”

The distant sea regrouped and collapsed again, and an illusory roar echoed across the sea, as if the whole world was resonating with it!

"This is the route, the so-called 'Anomaly 077 takes over and causes the ship to teleport randomly', but it's actually just some kind of navigation - it's the Seasong's first mate trying to guide the ship to his 'destination' in his memory, but this process can't be completed within the boundless sea, so it's ......"

He paused, then spoke softly.

"That's why we have those storms."

(End of chapter)