A Sailor's Temporary Stay

After Duncan opened his eyes, everyone immediately crowded around him.

The translucent, ghostly green spirit flames still burned quietly among the folds of the shroud. Duncan blinked and extinguished them before they could truly burn the shroud to ashes. Then, after taking a moment to collect himself, he sorted through the information he had just seen and turned his gaze toward the "sailor."

The mummified corpse stood a little farther away, keeping its distance while unable to resist craning its neck to look over here. It seemed hesitant and uncertain.

"Uncle Duncan, what did you see?" Nina came over, tugged at Duncan's arm, and looked up at him with worry and curiosity.

"...Captain Karani's memories," Duncan said with a soft breath, not beating around the bush. "They recorded what Sea Song experienced after getting lost, as well as its journey home..."

The "sailor" immediately pricked up his ears and unconsciously shuffled a few small steps closer.

Without concealing anything, Duncan recounted everything he had seen in that vision.

Once he finished speaking, everyone's eyes immediately fell upon the "sailor," who had already inched over to the tea table.

Anomaly 077 had been listening with its ears stretched out just moments ago. Then it suddenly heard that Captain Karani had entrusted it with the route to the outer barrier. Its expression instantly froze. Noticing everyone staring at it, it immediately took half a step back, waved its hands frantically, and widened its eyes. "Hey, don't look at me! I don't know anything about a route! What route? I'm confused too!"

"You don't know?" Helena frowned, looking at it with obvious suspicion. "Captain Karani said she gave that route to you... You don't remember anything at all?"

"I don't!" The mummified corpse spread its hands, looking even more bewildered than when Ai