The goat's head creaked slightly under its head, its neck slowly turning on its base, and it silently watched Duncan as he returned to the captain's room, its gaze following the captain's movements.

Duncan came to the chart table, sat on the high-backed chair, his hands on the table, the chart mist on the table surged, the hazy fog shrouded everything, it seemed that in this "sea area" that had long crossed the border, even this incredible chart had lost its reference meaning.

But Duncan's attention was clearly not on the foggy chart—his eyes were focused on a more distant place, as if peering through the tables and floors into the vast expanse of nothingness beyond the Lost Country.

After a long while, the goathead finally spoke cautiously: "I just noticed...... The 'environment' around the Lost has changed a lot, is that what you did? ”

Perhaps due to the atmosphere, the noisy first mate didn't say much nonsense this time.

"I've done some testing," Duncan whispered, "I've verified the conjecture that information is immortal, and I've confirmed that the information in this 'sea of ashes' can still support things, in ...... After a short period of testing, ripples of change did reappear in this cooled ash. ”

"But it didn't last, did it?" The goathead hesitated and said, "I just felt it...... Although I don't understand the principle and process of the emergence and fading of the 'ripples' you mentioned, I can feel that there seems to be something missing behind those changes. ”

"The first impulse, the 'excitation' process that can instantly reset and fully restart the entire 'mathematical machine'," Duncan did not conceal the "knowledge" he touched in the brief "ripples" just now, "To put it simply, it is useless to assign a part of the 'raw materials' in this sea of ashes in a short period of time, and the overall 'entropy' of the sea of ashes is causing all changes to be zeroed, so if you want to really transform the 'raw materials' here into a new world, you need to reset the entire system- As for how to 'import' the old world save data during the process of resetting the system, it may be a relatively simple matter. ”

The goat's head was silent for a long time, and after thinking for a long time, it slowly raised its head: "I'm not sure what you mean by 'entropy', but it sounds like you're still thinking about some very bad options, with all due respect, Captain...... Miss Nina will be sad, you have an appointment with her. ”

Duncan didn't speak, just silently looked at the goat's head on the table.

"You think you're the right 'number one driver,' don't you?" The goat's head didn't seem to notice the captain's gaze, and continued, "Resetting the whole 'math machine' sounds like it takes a lot of energy and 'information', and you 'yourself' have both......"

"So, I'm thinking about if there's an alternative." Duncan interrupted the goat's head with a sudden and calm voice.

The goat's neck creaked, and it was visibly stunned: "...... I thought you were planning something self-sacrificing......"

"Yes, I planned, but Bartók reminded me of one thing before leaving," Duncan said with a calm expression, "Don't use sacrifice to lay the foundation for the new world - sacrifice can always be the last and most helpless choice, and should not be used as the first option, too easy sacrifice is an insult to the 'sacrifice' itself - not to mention, I promised Nina and Lucy to go home." ”

He breathed a sigh of relief as he spoke.

"Of course, if there is really no choice in the end, I am not stingy to die, but now...... I think I should have done more to find a better solution. ”

"Do you have an idea?" The goathead suddenly asked curiously, "Do you have any alternative ways to 'start' this process?" ”

"Theoretically, all I need is information and energy, and the 'information' part can actually be completed by post-assignment, so all I need is energy, the energy used to restart the math machine and let the 'information' start running," Duncan said slowly in his thoughts, "I now have a vague idea of how to solve this problem, but whether it can be achieved ......?"

He stopped suddenly, staring as if he were looking at something that didn't exist in a certain direction, and after a moment's thought, he continued, "I think I need to talk to someone I have made an appointment. ”

As he spoke, he casually asked, "What is Alice doing now?" ”

The goat's head was stunned for a moment, and after confirming the situation on the ship a little, a subtle expression of humanity appeared on the hard wooden face: "...... She's pulling that Frost Queen to do something very wicked......"

Even the goat's head feels the evil door - that can only be said to be really evil.

On the spacious middle deck, Alice was pulling Ree Nora to admire the trick she had recently learned—Miss Doll was so happy that she dragged the unknown Frost Queen to a barrel and pointed to her head: "This is what I learned recently!" It took a long time to practice with Luni and succeed! ”

Then, before Ray Nora could react, the doll grabbed her head and pulled it up, only to hear a "pop", and the head was thrown into the air by herself.

She then moved her body from side to side below, using her neck joint to aim at her head, which was falling in the air......

It was only then that Ray Nora finally understood what the puppet was trying to do—but she thought she might as well not understand.

And to make matters worse, the doll hasn't caught it yet.

Her head tumbled and fell, right above her head down—the skull slammed into her neck with a "thump", and then tumbled to the ground, rolling all the way to Ray Nora's feet, looking up and winking innocently: "...... Slightly, mistakes...... I missed a small ...... Xiaoxia, help pick it up...... Get up ......"

Ray Nora watched this scene twitching out of the corner of her eyes, Rao was the Frost Queen who had presided over the Abyss Project and had never blinked an eye in the face of the rebels, and her expression seemed to be a little tense at this time.

Duncan saw this when he came to the deck.

He felt the shock – but probably less than the impact Ray Nora felt.

Then he quickly took a few steps forward, grabbed Alice's head and pressed her on the neck joint, and then looked back at Rey Nora, who was still in a daze, with a subtle and apologetic expression on his face: "Sorry, Alice sometimes thinks differently than ordinary people......"

Ray Nora seemed to have just woken up from the impact at this time, glanced at Duncan in a daze, and only spoke for a while: "...... This is the first time I've seen this scene from a third perspective. ”

Duncan: "......"

But what he didn't expect was the second sentence of the Frost Queen: "Frankly, it's quite interesting." ”

Duncan was stunned for a moment, and held back for a long time before he said, "...... You have such a big heart. ”

"I was chatting with Alice and heard her mention that her neck joints always loosen easily, so I asked her curiously what the situation was," Ree Nora spread her hands, her expression much calmer than before, "Of course, her presentation was a little more exciting than I thought......"

What can Duncan say? The corners of his mouth twitched, and he turned his head to look at the puppet who was walking over while holding his head to adjust the angle—the latter didn't realize that the atmosphere was a little delicate after coming over, and directly bent down and put his neck in front of Duncan: "Captain, the hair is in the joint, help me get it out." ”

Duncan's eyes twitched, and he looked up and smiled awkwardly at Ray Nora as he helped Alice with the hair in her neck joint with a subtle expression.

Ray Nora didn't seem to care, she just looked at the scene in front of her with great interest, no matter how she looked at it, it was not related to the "simple and normal life scene", but for some reason it was extraordinarily peaceful, and after a while she smiled and said: "It seems that she is indeed living a happy life." ”

"It would be nice if you didn't always be so heartless," Duncan sighed helplessly, "Seriously, are you alright?" Just that scene...... I thought you would have a psychological shadow......"

"It's okay," Ray Nora exhaled, "I didn't see it myself when I cut it down - the association thing can be overcome." ”

Duncan thought about it, and felt that this "Frost Queen" obviously had a very strong heart—and peripheral nerves that were stronger than that.

At this time, Alice also seemed to react to something, and turned her head to look at Duncan: "Captain, are you here to find me?" ”

"Well," Duncan nodded, carefully untying the last strand of Alice's hair from the joints, "we've arrived here, and there's still a pact...... It's time to go to the appointment. ”

Alice blinked, and finally remembered something: "Ah, that ball of meat that is on fire hanging from my door......"

Duncan was a little surprised, surprised that the puppet could remember the incident accurately, but he was even more impressed by Alice's fresh and unconventional description......

Ray Nora watched inexplicably, not knowing what the two were talking about, and then couldn't help but ask curiously: "Go to the appointment?" Where are we going next? ”

"It's me and Alice going to the appointment," Duncan laughed, "rest assured, we won't leave this ship, just a short trip to another dimension and back soon." ”

"Yes, the captain is going to wind me!" Alice also said happily, and waved her hand to Lei Nora, "You go back to the room first, I'll go to play with you when the clockwork is over!" ”

Ray Nora was even more confused when she listened: "Winding? ”

But the puppet apparently didn't mean to continue to explain, and by this time it had already dragged the captain in the direction of the back deck, and the two quickly walked away.

Only the "Frost Queen" with a blank face was left standing in place, full of question marks.

(End of chapter)