Deep Sea Embers

Duncan rubbed his slightly sore forehead, recalling his experience in the "mansion" while putting away the keys, recalling the message conveyed to him by the ancient god's wrist in the garden, and appearing next to the hollow inside the mansion. The piece of "Invading Foreign Object".

Alice quickly noticed the captain's "return". She pulled up the clothes on her back and turned her head curiously: "The captain is back! Have you found the answer you want?"

"I got more information, but there are only more questions," Duncan exhaled softly, seeing Alice's bright and carefree expression, he calmed down the chaotic thoughts in his mind for the time being, and a smile appeared on his face. With a smile, "But I have made great progress—at least I have a new goal in the near future."

Alice tilted her head slightly: "New target?"

Duncan thought for a while, and said calmly: "Try to catch a few Annihilation Cultists first."

Why did the "garbage" that I threw out from the bachelor apartment float to Alice's mansion? Why did those things turn into breeding shadows in the eyes of the mansion servants? What happened to the missing gardener at the mansion? What is the essence of the cleaner? There seems to be no answer to this series of questions at present, and there is no suitable breakthrough in the short term, but in another direction, the suggestion given to him by "Sacred Lord of the Deep" is worth a try.

About the state of vision 001, about the meaning behind those short noises, about the ancient kings, about the truth about the great annihilation and several long nights, and the meaning of the so-called end of the cycle... About all of these, the person who is entrenched in the deep The ancient god of the deep sea obviously knew many inside stories, and he was willing to reveal these inside stories to himself, the "fire usurper".

Then finding a way to establish a connection with the deep sea has become the only path with a clear goal at present, just like the suggestion made by the Lord Youshen himself-try to catch a few Annihilation Cultists.

It's just that every time he thinks of this "suggestion", Duncan can't help but feel a little weird...

Alice didn't think so much, she was just happy that the captain had a new plan, although she couldn't figure out why, she still had a look of expectation on her face: "Okay, okay, then when shall we catch it? Where should I catch it?"

"...Cultists are not jellyfish in the sea. You can catch them if you say you can catch them," Duncan rubbed his forehead. "Let's rest today. I will discuss this matter with Fanna and Morris tomorrow."

"...Oh," Alice nodded, but soon another question arose, "What is a jellyfish?"

"It's something that lives... probably in the sea," Duncan explained with a twitch of muscles on his face, "It looks translucent, some are poisonous, and some are edible."

"Can it be eaten?" Duncan just explained casually, but Alice's eyes lit up instantly, "Is that delicious?"

Duncan's expression was strange: "...you don't even have a digestive system, why do you care?"

"I can make it for you!" Alice said happily, "Captain, let's catch jellyfish together when we have time!"

This topic quickly turned into an evil one, and Duncan almost couldn't maintain his expression. He quickly waved his hands and dismissed the question: "Okay, okay, I promise you, I have a chance to catch and eat..."

So Alice left happily and contentedly.

Duncan exhaled lightly, shook his head helplessly, and strolled to the window.

In terms of time, it is already nightfall—Phenomenon 001 has fallen below the surface of the sea a few hours ago, its power has also faded from the world, and the "crack" of the world's creation appears in the sky, cold Overlook the whole city.

But at the same time, there is still "sunlight" in the sky - the sunlight comes from the "luminous geometry" on the sea near the city-state. After the area, there are only trivial beams of light sweeping across the sky at high places - just like the light and shadow cast by the shutters, the irregular beams of light sweep across the sky above the city, forming a strange "scenery" like an alienated dusk .

And under the "cutting" of the sunlight, the creation of the world in the sky also presents a discontinuous posture of light and shadow: it no longer runs across the sky coherently, because where the sunlight sweeps, the creation of the world is invisible. The state, and only in places where the sun cannot shine, can you see those cold and pale cracks that are divided into sections in the sky.

Duncan frowned suddenly. He realized a detail he had overlooked before, and began to observe the thought-provoking "spectacle" in the sky with increasing curiosity.

Of course, it is impossible for the luminous geometry falling on the sea to project light as high as the creation of the world——Lucrecia and the scholars of Qingfeng Harbor have determined its luminous range, and this range can only cover It is impossible for a city-state and a part of the surrounding sea to touch the sky.

But what he saw now was that where the "sunlight beam" over the city swept across, the creation of the world appeared invisible.

So... sunlight doesn't directly act on the creation of the world, but acts on the eyes of the "observer"?

Anomaly 001-The real function of the sun is not to suppress the creation of the world, but to make the intelligent creatures in the world "unable to observe the creation of the world" by covering or filtering? !

Vaguely, Duncan suddenly felt as if he had touched a very critical mechanism related to Vision 001.

However, just when Duncan was about to continue thinking along this line of thought, something strange suddenly appeared from the corner of his eyes, which interrupted his train of thought.

He immediately took a step forward, pushed open the window and poked his head out, looking in a certain direction outside the window.

It was another street next to the Crown Block—he still clearly remembered that there were rows of roofs and tall buildings there, and there was an iconic steeple located in the deepest part of the block.

But now, a lush jungle shrouded in dusk appeared in his vision.

Towering towering giant trees suddenly rise from the city. The original buildings and spiers in the block have turned into forests at some point, and there are also tall and raised structures that look like huge vines spreading out of the forest. Some even extend to the extent of Crown Street!

Illuminated by the "sunshine" and "creation of the world" intertwined with light and shadow, those dark-colored vines meander and grow on the street, entwining the buildings facing the street, and climbing up the buildings and high walls little by little, entangled on the street. The street lamp next to it, like tentacles extending from a nightmare, pierced into the real world little by little...

Duncan blinked, and found that the "abnormality" in his field of vision still existed, and under the illumination of interlaced sunlight and the creation of the world, it seemed a little more real than before.

However, the city is still silent, whether it is other blocks in the distance, or the buildings that are already entangled in vines in front of you... all of them have not made a sound.

No one seemed to notice the huge abnormality. Even if the lights were still on in a few nearby houses, it was obvious that someone was awake and active in the house just a second ago.

Duncan withdrew his gaze from the window, turned around and walked quickly to the door, but before he could open the door, there was already a hurried footstep sounding from the corridor outside, and the door was suddenly pushed open.

Alice, who had just left for a short time, ran back in a hurry, her face was obviously panicked: "Boat...captain! Outside! You see outside..."

"I see," Duncan interrupted the puppet who was stuttering nervously, "it may be some kind of foreign land or illusion with a wide coverage, but it hasn't affected our house yet—don't panic, go Get the others together and we have to figure out what's going on."

When Alice finally calmed down a little, she nodded quickly, and then said quickly as she turned and went out, "Oh... oh yes! Just wait, I'll go find someone else!"

The puppet trotted away, and soon disappeared into the corridor outside. Duncan turned his head and glanced at the "miracle scene" on the street outside.

The "forest" covering a large block still exists, lush and lush in the night, like a rising shadow, but the vines spreading from the forest seem to have stopped growing-many vines of various thicknesses have stayed on the crown On the edge of the street, there is no sign of further extension to this side.

But this is only what he can observe here, but he can't be sure what is on the other side of the "forest".

Just when Duncan began to worry about whether there were also changes in other parts of the city, the sound of Alice's hurried footsteps appeared in the corridor again, and her nervous voice reached Duncan's ears at the same time: "Captain, captain, captain! It's... ...everyone else is gone!"

This time Duncan was finally taken aback: "The others are gone?"

"It's gone." Alice ran over quickly, nodded quickly, and put her hands on her head in a hurry, as if she was afraid of losing it. "I went to Nina and Shirley's room just now, and they are not here. Miss Lucrezia was not there, there was no answer to knocks on the doors of the other rooms, and there were only the clockwork servants in the living room—they all stood still and looked too frightening!"

Duncan's eyes were solemn for a moment, but he still calmed down the nervous Alice first, and then he narrowed his eyes slightly, gradually spreading out his perception

He looked for the "imprint" on Fanna, Morris and others, trying to confirm their situation.

The imprint is still there, but in a... weird state.

"Let's go downstairs." Duncan opened his eyes, and waved to the cabinet next to him, letting Ai, who was dozing on top of the cabinet, fall on his shoulders, and then nodded to Alice, "Follow me closely, Don't run around."

Alice nodded immediately: "Okay... good captain!"