Deep Sea Embers

"I don't think you should call me going to Frost Cathedral every Friday to collect the salary of the cemetery guard as a 'subspace invasion'. This is somewhat imprecise..."

On the Lost Home, which was sailing in the shallow depths of the spiritual world, Duncan said to Vanna in his heart while inspecting the large wooden box that Ai had just sent from Pland.

"It is precisely because of strictness that I say this," Vanna's reply was serious, and it was even difficult for Duncan to judge whether the inquisitor lady was joking. Then she paused again and her tone became more serious. "And to be honest, I have never quite understood why you insist on using your avatar to collect that 'salary' yourself - you know, the 'Agatha' of Frost is willing to assign a team of guards to you Mr. Tirian has always wanted to give your 'incarnation' a better place over there, but you still insist on guarding those cemeteries..."

Duncan stopped what he was doing. In a moment of silence, he recalled that cold northern city-the place where it always snowed, the cemetery in winter, the calm streets, the little girl named Anne, And the old guard.

"...I quite like that place," Duncan said slowly in his heart. "Doing ordinary things in a place I like is my hobby."

Vanna was quiet for a moment, seeming to be lost in thought under the touch. A sound of brisk footsteps reached her ears from a short distance away. Duncan raised his head and saw Alice walking happily from the other side of the deck—— She is always so happy.

"Captain! Are we almost at Qingfeng Port? I see the ship starting to 'float'..."

The puppet suddenly discovered the large box on the deck.

"What is this?" She came over in surprise, looked left and right next to the box, and noticed various objects in the box. "It's for me to sleep on... I guess not? What are these?"

"This is a very important thing, the original construction record of the Lost Home," Duncan explained casually, and reached out to pick up the piece of wood, "but the most important thing is this."

Alice came over curiously: "What is this?"

Duncan was silent for a long time, and then he spoke softly under Alice's curious and confused gaze: "Maybe... it's an 'interface'."

He raised his head and looked at the sea in the distance.

The chaotic darkness in the sky is gradually fading away, and the black "hair" in the sea is also dissipating at a speed visible to the naked eye. The hazy and illusory shadows on the sea first turned into thin mist, and then continued to become stronger sunlight. The medium speed is quickly fading and melting, and the speed of the Lost Home is slowing down - with the control of the goat head, it is gradually rising from the spiritual world to reality.

"The Homeless Ship has arrived at Qingfeng Port, what is the situation in the city now?"

Morris's voice immediately responded: "It's still very chaotic, but some guards and sheriffs have successfully arrived in the neighborhood. Controllers are organizing residents to save themselves. It doesn't seem to be getting worse at the moment - but no one knows what the situation will be like tonight." I can’t guarantee it.”

Duncan said "hmm" softly, and then focused on the sea again.

The Lost Home has completed its refloating, and the bright sunshine from the real world is shining on the deck and mast. The sea outside the ship's side is slowly rising and falling in the breeze, and the broken waves are shining with ripples.

There is nothing as far as the eye can see.

Duncan blinked, feeling something was wrong.

Alice blinked too, feeling that something was wrong even with this solid-headed doll.

A hazy shadow squirmed and stood up from the deck, looking into the distance for a long time. After a long time, Agatha finally broke the silence on the deck: "Where is Qingfeng Port?!"

What about Qingfeng Port? ! So what about the big Qingfeng Harbor? !

Duncan looked into the distance for a long time, then turned to look in other directions - he looked around on the sea, and then finally found something familiar.

A huge irregular luminous geometric body is floating quietly on the sea in the distance.

It was the "falling object" "anchored" near Qingfeng Port. However, except for the huge luminous geometry, nothing could be seen on the nearby sea.

Duncan immediately called through the mental connection: "First officer, confirm our position."

The goat head responded immediately: "Yes, Captain, I have noticed it... There is no problem with the location of the Lost Home. The chart shows that we are near Qingfeng Port. The 'luminous geometry' can be used as a position reference... but Qingfeng The harbor is gone.”

A gust of sea breeze blew across the deck, and the bright sunshine from the southern sea reflected on the sea, so bright that it was hard to open your eyes.

The mark established by the spiritual fire shone in a distant and unobservable place, and Duncan heard Nina's voice coming from the depths of his consciousness: "Uncle Duncan, have you arrived yet?"

"I'm here," Duncan took a breath, thinking about how to explain the current situation to the other party, "but Qingfeng Harbor is missing."

Nina: "...Huh?"

after a while.

The Lost Home arrived at the sea area where the huge luminous geometric body was located, and finally found some "traces" within the coverage of this geometric body that could prove that Qingfeng Port once existed.

Duncan found the research station used to study the "stone ball" at the center of the geometry - it was still in the real world, but the station was empty.

Judging from the remaining traces of the research station, the scholars stationed here had disappeared at least before dawn - the stove for cooking breakfast showed no trace of being used, and the few blessing oil lamps that needed to be lit at night were always burning. The internal fuel was almost exhausted, which showed that no one tried to extinguish them after dawn.

After some investigation, the Lost Home left the "light body" range of the luminous geometry, returned to the sea area where Qingfeng Port was theoretically located, and slowly wandered in place.

"...The research facility near the stone ball is still there, perhaps because the 'sunlight' released by the luminous geometric object counteracted the power of the Nameless Man's Dream, but the personnel on duty in the facility are gone... It seems that the 'sunshine' It was not able to completely withstand the power of Silantis.”

In the captain's cabin of the Lost Home, Duncan is analyzing the current situation, and in the oval mirror not far from him, Agatha is also looking serious and thinking.

"This looks a lot like the phenomenon where the residents of Breeze Harbor disappeared when the Dream of the Nameless One broke out, but this time... the power of the dream has increased to an incredible level," Agatha said while thinking, "Even one Entire cities with physical entities disappeared.”

Alice stood next to Duncan. This doll, who had always been very generous, finally showed a nervous and even a little scared look. She subconsciously grabbed Duncan's arm and said hesitantly: "Then...then stay Everyone in the city..."

"They are fine now, and I can still contact them," Duncan comforted the doll. "According to the rules shown before by the Dream of the Nameless One, as long as this dream dissipates, what once disappeared due to the dream will return to its original state."

After listening to the captain's words, Alice felt a little relieved, although she still felt something was wrong.

But Duncan knew that he had not finished speaking——

The biggest question now is whether the dream of the Nameless One will dissipate this time as it did before, and whether this will be Silantis's "last dream".

Ted Leal The news from the depths of the Nameless One's Dream is dire.

Silantis has gone crazy - from an "ancient obsession" that was originally in a sleepy state, to a powerful existence with clear ability to act and out of control, and the goal of this powerful existence is very clear, that is Taking root and growing again in the real world - after waking up and being in a state of madness, will Selendis still unconsciously let the dream of the Nameless One end peacefully like he did several times before? Or... the "disappearance" of Qingfeng Port is her first step into the real world?

Time is running out.

Duncan thought quickly. He placed the "keel sample" found from the city-state of Pland on the navigation table in front of him. At the same time, he was thinking about how to use this "wood" to establish contact with Silantis. , how should we truly reach the deepest part of the nameless man's dream, and understand what kind of truth is hidden in the core curtain of that dream.

The Sea Mist and the Brilliant Star have mutated due to the "curse", the original keel of the Lost Home has disappeared into the subspace, and the remaining "branches" from that year have also been reduced to ashes in the shipyard fire. , this is probably the last piece of "Sylantis Wood" left in the world, and there may only be one chance.

And just when some ideas began to emerge in Duncan's mind, Alice on the side suddenly exclaimed: "Thread!"

Duncan turned back in surprise: "Thread? Did you see the thread here?"

"Threads... there are threads everywhere!" Alice opened her eyes wide and answered quickly while raising her hands to gesture in the air, "Those that suddenly floated out, they were everywhere in the air... floating from below the deck of!"

"Below the deck?" Duncan was stunned for a moment, but he reacted instantly. He immediately grabbed Alice's arm, dragged the doll and ran towards the captain's room, "Follow me!"

Alice didn't react for a moment, and ran outside with the captain while shouting: "Hey...hey? Captain, where are you taking me? Slow down, slow down, I'm holding my head..."

Alice's exclamations stopped abruptly after stepping out of the captain's cabin door.

She stood on the deck, staring out at the boundless sea.

The sun was gradually sinking, and in the brilliant glow that filled the air, she saw something she had never seen before, densely packed... lines floating and rising from the entire sea like hair.

Those lines didn't float "below the decks" of the Lost Home - they floated up from the sea where Breeze Harbor once stood.

(Book recommendation time, "Children of the Stars" from Luo Sanguan.CS. The author himself is also a reader of mine. When he was on a business trip in Guangdong, he was blocked offline... In fact, his last book was sucked to death. Yes, this time I also gave birth to a baby.

It is said that the new book is about hardcore science fiction, so everyone can support it. )