A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 1110

Chapter 1110: Chapter 760 Phantom_2 Chapter 1110: Chapter 760 Phantom_2 Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders, then walked toward the small town in front of him, while Medea and Alice Phil vanished through spiritualization; only Mash followed behind Duanmu Huai with shaky steps.

From the accident site to the town, there was still a distance, but luckily, by the time the two arrived at the entrance of the town, Mash had recuperated from the painful dizziness caused by motion sickness.

“Is this the town Miss Fiore mentioned? It really does look quite different.”

“Yeah, it does.”

Listening to Mash's remark, Duanmu Huai nodded. Generally speaking, some remote mountainous areas have been isolated from the world for a long time and are not very developed themselves. It's not uncommon for them to have maintained the same appearance for hundreds of years, but the town before him was somewhat unexpected. Although it was indeed located in a remote area, the town was quite lively with people coming and going.

How to put it … It reminded Duanmu Huai of the film and television cities he had visited back in his home country, which were constructed with ancient buildings for filming historical dramas, and most pedestrians were dressed in ancient costumes – it looked just like stepping back into ancient times. This town gave Duanmu Huai the same impression.

They seemed to have accidentally stumbled into a large historical drama set, where everyone around looked like actors from such dramas, and only the two of them seemed completely out of place, like tourists who had inadvertently walked in.

The reason was that after Duanmu Huai entered the town, almost no one paid him or Mash any attention, acting as if the two weren't anything special, just ordinary people, and no one even spared them curious glances, making Mash wonder if these people could see them at all.

However, thankfully, these people knew to make way for Duanmu Huai and Mash, proving they weren't blind.

“Where should we head next, MASTER?”

Mash came next to Duanmu Huai and asked quietly, while Duanmu Huai glanced around.

“First, let's follow Fiore's lead and go to that inn.”

The construction of the town itself was simple, with a main road shaped like a cross dividing the north, south, east, and west, and the houses were built along these four main roads. The inn was located at the central crossroad, and Duanmu Huai and Mash easily found it, after which Duanmu Huai pushed the door open and walked in.

The doorbell rang, but the clerk behind the counter had no spirit for service, simply dozing off. Duanmu Huai approached the counter, pressed the bell, and finally woke the clerk.

“Welcome…”

The awakened clerk yawned largely, stretching mightily, then gazed at Duanmu Huai and Mash. He was an old man, looking around sixty or seventy years old. His eyelids drooped, half-asleep, as if indifferent to Duanmu Huai's presence.

“May I help you?”

“Room.”

“How many rooms?”

“Two.”

“Alright, please register. The lodging fee is ten pence.”

Hearing the old man speak, Duanmu Huai arched an eyebrow, then pulled a banknote from his pocket, handing it over. The old man took the banknote, uninterestedly placing it in a drawer, then fished out some coins and a key, handing them to Duanmu Huai.

“The rooms are on the second floor, 201 and 202. Don't get lost.”

Having said this, the old man lay back down on the counter, completely exhausted, and fell into a deep sleep again.

“Is it really okay to run a business like this?”

Mash looked at the soundly sleeping old man with concern and couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark, while Duanmu Huai picked up the keys.

“Let's go.”

Upon reaching the rooms on the second floor, Duanmu Huai opened the room door. Inside, the decor was as ancient and shabby as the rest of the town, hardly a decent place to stay.

“This really is … Although Miss Fiore mentioned it, it's still beyond expectation.”

Looking at the oil lamp, old chair, and bed before her, Mash couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia, and at that moment, she turned her head and saw a little boy standing at the door, so she quickly greeted him.

“Hello there, are you the innkeeper's child?”

Faced with Mash's greeting, the boy silently shrank back and then swiftly turned and left. Seeing this, Mash was somewhat disheartened, but at the same time, Duanmu Huai looked over at her.

“What's wrong, Mash?”

“Oh, it's nothing…”

“Alright, close the door, let's have a quick meeting.”

“Okay.”

Once Mash had shut the door, Alice Phil and Medea appeared out of thin air and landed on the ground.

“What have both of you discovered?”

Duanmu Huai's observational abilities were average; in the world of Cthulhu, he relied on Ling'Nu to gather clues, and now all he could rely on were Alice Phil and Medea.

“Alice Phil?”

“To be honest, I can't really see these townspeople as either puppets controlled by someone or as Artificial Humans.”

Coming from a family authoritative on Artificial Humans, Alice Phil quickly responded.

“To me, their souls seem very stable, with a high compatibility with their bodies, which can be regarded as simply ordinary people… at least from my perspective.”

According to Alice Phil, the personalities of the Artificial Humans from the Einzbern family are very subtle, perhaps due to them being Artificial Humans. Only through years of cultivation could a few Artificial Humans develop a fixed personality, and the flaw brought by the Einzbern recognizing them as soulless blank bodies is also the reason they seek the Third Law Sky Cup– the materialization of the soul. With this ability, there would be no need to create the superficial existence of Artificial Humans.

So, from this angle, the souls inside the bodies of the people in this town are consistent with their bodies, which at least eliminates the possibility that they are Artificial Humans or that some magician has captured souls and inserted them into puppets.

At least that was how Alice Phil saw it.

“I didn't feel any magic in the air, but it seems like the people here have a very devout faith.”

Medea then looked out the window. In this small town, the only two tall buildings were an inn and a church, with its clock tower and cross standing tall. Moreover, as Duanmu Huai and Mash had noticed, each person they passed wore a cross–at least, that indicated they were believers.

Whether they were devout or not was another matter.

“So, from your perspective, this is just an ordinary town?”

“Yes, no wonder Miss Fiore didn't notice at first.”

Medea nodded.

“However, I do feel that something is a bit off, but I still need to investigate what exactly it is.”

“Let's do that then.”

Duanmu Huai said, sitting down on the bed.

“Next, let's replicate Miss Fiore's actions on that night she stayed at the inn. According to Fiore, she was attacked by the villagers on the night she checked in; I want to see if that's the case.”

Chapter end

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