Chapter 258: Revive, My Lucy!

"Xiangyang is a nice name; I look forward to the day she becomes Widely Known." Edward nodded and praised.

"Widely Known or whatever, let's just forget about that." Hearing this, Yun Mu gave a dry laugh and waved her hand with some helplessness.

"Just a passing remark, don't mind it." Edward smiled silently: "Luo—no, since the Xiangyang has been gifted to you, it is your ship."

"Whether you become famous or not is something you will have to consider. After all, some people don't even have the ability to become famous even if they want to."

"And then there are others." Edward looked at Yun Mu and chuckled: "Even if they don't want to be famous, they will eventually become Widely Known sooner or later."

Without waiting for Yun Mu to reply, he sighed as if feeling somewhat melancholy: "You must cherish her well."

"I let her sleep on the seabed for so many years; for this matter, she is still willing to respond to me..."

"Wait, does the Luo—the Xiangyang actually possess self-awareness?" Hearing Edward say this, Yun Mu was suddenly somewhat surprised.

"It does." Leinuode, who was to the side, spoke up at this moment.

"There is a legend circulating on the great seas—every ship, after its first launch, receives the blessing of the creatures in the sea, thereby generating Spirituality."

"As the ship's sailing time increases, this Spirituality will grow stronger and stronger."

"The former cannot be proven because there is no evidence, but the latter has been verified by Scholars."

"It is said that this is the power of Samir, Lord of the Deep Sea, who, along with the King of the Sun and Lutak, God of Nature, is one of the three great main gods."

"Samir, Lord of the Deep Sea..." Yun Mu certainly knew this name; after all, she had read no shortage of books these days.

"The incarnation of the storm, the ruler of the ocean, Samir, Lord of the Deep Sea, was born from the last drop of rain that extinguished the burning stars."

This was the original text from the book; setting aside its credibility, just looking at the description, one could clearly understand the status this deity held.

However, compared to the King of the Sun's feat of creating the stars, and the two events where Lutak, God of Nature created the Elven Ancient Tree, thereby allowing the Elf race to appear on the world stage.

Samir, Lord of the Deep Sea appeared somewhat low-key.

Although he would respond to the calls of believers, he had never once taken the initiative to send down any divine oracles.

Even the Ocean Sect, which worshipped him, had very little understanding of him.

"Wouldn't it be very troublesome if a ship has self-awareness, like dropping the ball at a critical moment or something?" Yun Mu asked with some confusion.

"It won't. That is only simple Spirituality and will not affect your control—though..." Edward smiled meaningfully:

"If the ship's Spirituality is in a bad mood, some unlucky things will probably happen, such as the sail ropes suddenly snapping for no reason, or supplies that were properly secured rolling around in the warehouse inexplicably."

"Correspondingly, if you maintain the ship well in daily life, keeping the Spirituality in a relatively happy state..."

"The ship will perform at its theoretically most perfect level, or even exceed the theoretical level?" Before he could finish his sentence, Yun Mu interrupted him.

Isn't this just a machine spirit? She felt she already understood.

"Ah, that is correct." Edward, having his words interrupted by Yun Mu, was slightly stunned for a moment before nodding.

After a good while, he suddenly stood up: "We've chatted for so long, do you want to go and see the Xiangyang with your own eyes?"

"This... I was previously at the pier..." Yun Mu had not finished speaking before she was interrupted by Edward.

"I mean, go and see the Xiangyang's Spirituality and get to know her."

"Mm."

Yun Mu took back the words she had left half-finished, stood up, and nodded: "Then let's go and take a look!"

"I won't be going." Mira stood up at this moment and walked toward the door.

Before pushing open the door of the Sisilaiya Cafe, she suddenly turned her head to look at Yun Mu: "Have a safe journey, Miss Yun... Hehe."

With a light chuckle, Mira left only a silhouette behind and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.

"... I won't be going either." After Mira left, Leinuode picked up his Guard Hall hat from the table and put it on: "I still have work to handle; coming here was just on the way to visit the Captain."

"Oh right." Before leaving, Leinuode suddenly remembered something and looked at Edward: "Captain, you've promoted to Champion, to be able to defeat that God of Swords... Congratulations."

"It's nothing big, just a phantom image." Edward waved his hand indifferently.

"Heh." Watching him act like this, Leinuode couldn't help but chuckle: "Did you not arrive late this time?"

"Ah, that's right." Edward glanced not far away at Lita, who was chatting with Yun Mu and Brenna, the corners of his mouth curling upward: "I finally didn't arrive late this time."

"Wow, is this the Sunset?"

The group arrived at the shore of the Frostfall City pier, and Lita, seeing the appearance of the Sunset for the first time, was somewhat excited.

"It's the Xiangyang." Edward corrected his daughter's slip of the tongue, then led everyone onto the deck of the Xiangyang.

"I really can't tell that these are wooden planks that have been soaking on the seabed for twenty years..." Brenna tapped the wood on the edge of the deck with her finger in disbelief.

"Is this a Ghost Ship?"

Yun Mu looked around curiously. Although she had seen the full view at the pier earlier, this was her first time boarding the ship to look closely.

Thinking about it carefully, whether before or after transmigrating, she seemingly had never been on a ship—hiss, she wouldn't get seasick, would she?

No, no, no, how could a Transcendental get seasick?

What's more, she was a traveler of the Cat Path; her control over her body's center of gravity and her agility were both much stronger than an ordinary person's.

It is absolutely impossible to get seasick!

Thinking this way, Yun Mu couldn't help but feel much more relaxed.

"The condition isn't very good." Edward walked around on the deck, and after looking around, he judged.

"Do you need to find someone to repair and maintain it?" Brenna heard his words and turned to ask him.

"Finding someone to repair it isn't necessary—just transport materials like wood and metal onto the ship; the Ghost Ship can absorb these materials to perform self-repair."

"Self-repair?" Hearing Edward say this, Brenna's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Can new facilities be added to the ship, or can some slight changes be made?" She immediately asked.

"Yes, as long as you eliminate the Spirituality of the part that needs to be modified, and once the modification is finished, cover it with Spirituality again; this is an ability all Ghost Ships have."

Although he didn't know why Brenna was so interested, Edward still answered seriously.

"Are there no restrictions?" She continued to ask.

"Of course there are." Edward lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "The matter that the ship's Spirituality can cover is limited, so theoretically, it cannot be covered without limit."

"Well," he stroked the beard on his chin, "but the Xiangyang currently has plenty of unused Spirituality; after covering the entire hull, I estimate there will still be about a quarter of its capacity left for material."

"That's great!"

Brenna jumped up from the deck in excitement.

If things were truly as Edward said, couldn't she move her Laboratory into the cabin of the Xiangyang?

As long as she made good use of this automatic repair ability, the progress of many experiments would surely advance by leaps and bounds! As for the issue of the ship's stability, it didn't matter; she would think of other ways. Compared to experimental equipment that could repair itself, these things were nothing.

Moreover, she actually had an even bolder idea: "Mr. Edward, if I were to make a weapon rack, cover it with the Ghost Ship's Spirituality, then take away the weapons on it, and let the ship consume metal and wood to repair itself, would the weapons on the rack reappear?"

"Hmm??"

Edward understood Brenna's meaning almost instantly, and at the same time, he guessed the reason for her excitement earlier.

It was just that this was... a bit too advanced.

"Theoretically speaking, it should be feasible, Princess," he pondered for a moment and replied.

"No, it is absolutely feasible." As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to think of something else and said with great certainty.

"Has the Princess heard of the great Pirate Brafin Sarocachis?"

"Hmm?" Brenna hadn't expected to talk about this person again on the same day, so she was slightly stunned before nodding: "I know of him."

"Then that makes it easy to explain."

Edward revealed a confident expression: "The Princess should also know that there has always been a puzzling mystery surrounding the great Pirate Brafin Sarocachis."

"That is, where exactly he got the weapons and equipment he bestowed upon his subordinates."

"You must know, the biggest gap between Pirates and official organizations lies in equipment and logistics; after all, Pirates cannot engage in production..."

"However, Brafin was different. Not only were his subordinates all well-equipped, but he even had surplus weapons to Sell, and besides that, there were Sea Snake Coins... Up until now, no one has discovered any factory that mints Sea Snake Coins, which is truly strange."

"A very big coincidence is that the great Pirate Brafin Sarocachis did indeed have a Ghost Ship named the Ghost Prison under his command..."

"Are you trying to say that his weapons and Sea Snake Coins were all produced in this way?" Brenna understood Edward's meaning, yet there was a major problem here.

"With just one Ghost Ship, is it really possible to supply such a massive army?"

"Perhaps it has some special ability. I remember the Ghost Prison's ability was spatial jumping; if that's the case, it's not impossible that a huge factory was hidden inside the cabin." Edward spread his hands.

"... You're right." In the end, Brenna also felt that what he said made sense.

"An ability related to space, huh... Could the Great Treasure also be hidden in some special space?" Yun Mu arrived beside the two at some point.

She had heard the entire conversation just now, and even when Brenna was asking Edward about the details of the Ghost Ship's self-repair ability, she had already guessed what she was thinking.

However, her own thought at the time was mass-producing mechs... It felt like it would be very interesting.

Although producing mechs privately was definitely a criminal act in the Frost Kingdom, the one producing the mechs was the Third Princess Brenna, so how could that be considered private production! "Your idea has naturally been proposed by others, but if it were in an alternate space, wouldn't it be even harder to find?" Brenna pretended to be helpless and spread her hands: "So, it's more comforting to believe that the Great Treasure doesn't exist at all."

"Don't we have that Gold Sea Snake?" Yun Mu was still unwilling to give up: "If there's a chance in the future, let's go look for it."

"The Great Treasure?" Lita appeared beside the two at this moment: "Just hearing the name makes me excited!"

"Right, right." Yun Mu nodded in agreement and grabbed Lita's palm: "Only Lita-chan understands me."

"Chan?" Lita tilted her head in confusion.

"I, I didn't say we couldn't look!" Seeing this, Brenna suddenly became a bit anxious.

"Hahaha, it's good to be young." Listening to the conversation between the three, Edward couldn't help but chuckle.

"Whoosh, whoosh." A sound of ropes swaying suddenly came from the sails of the Xiangyang, sounding like some strange laughter.

How eerie. "Alright, let's end the small talk here." Noticing the sound of the swaying sails, Edward said sternly.

"Follow me."

He led Yun Mu, Brenna, and Lita to the second level of the deck; the helm of the Xiangyang was here, and behind the helm was a staircase leading downward.

"This is the Captain's quarters," Edward said while pushing open the door to the Captain's quarters.

Creak.

The door to the Captain's quarters was pushed open, yet there was nothing here.

"Everything was washed away by the seawater, but those things aren't important anyway," Edward explained, then squatted in the corner of the Captain's quarters.

Taking a small knife from his bosom, he pried open a floorboard beneath him, revealing a hidden compartment inside.

"This is the ship contract of the Xiangyang. Ever since it became a Ghost Ship, this thing has also become a Supernatural Item. You sign it, and this ship belongs to you."

"Woo woo woo..."

The sound of flowing water suddenly came from inside the Captain's quarters, and Edward stroked the wall with some helplessness.

"You all leave first; I'll chat with the Sunset for a while longer."

"As for this wooden box, it contains a Meteor Fragment. This thing is of no use to me; you can discuss how to handle it yourselves."

"Oh, oh..." Yun Mu blankly took the ship contract and the wooden box from Edward's hand, then she and Brenna exchanged a look and glanced at Lita.

The three left the Captain's quarters in tacit agreement, leaving Edward alone to talk with the Ship Spirit of the Sunset.

Calling it a conversation, it was actually Edward feeling the emotions of the Ship Spirit while talking to himself.

At least to outsiders, that was how it appeared.

After a good while, Edward finally left the Captain's quarters.

He informed them that the Ship Spirit of the Xiangyang had been pacified, and the next thing to do was simply to maintain the Xiangyang from the inside out.

Besides that, they also had to prepare for setting sail.

Purchasing supplies, recruiting sailors, and so on... all of these were taken on by Brenna alone.

By the time she finally finished and returned home, it was already near evening.

"Ah, finally back."

Yun Mu lay on the bed in her room and let out a long breath.

Next, it was time for Dungeon Exploration... my ass.

Almost forgot, she still hadn't let Lucy return to her body.

"Resurrect, my love—no, wait, Lucy!"

Communicating through Spirituality with the Divine Blood Pendant hanging from her earlobe, Yun Mu took out the stone coffin containing Lucy's body.

Next, it was time to summon. PS: Edward once accidentally chopped down the mast while practicing swordplay on the deck and was locked inside the Captain's cabin by the Sunset for a full twelve hours.

Because of this, he missed his date with Karin.

By the way, the reason he was let out was also because Karin came looking for him.

As for why you ask why he didn't just chop down the door to the Captain's cabin?

I can only say, those who know, know.

(End of this chapter)