Deep Sea Embers

Even though he had already seen the "shrunk" moon, after seeing and touching this small ancient star with his own eyes, Duncan still found it unbelievable.

It was now in his hand, emitting a warm light, and the flames on its surface swept harmlessly across his fingers, leaving only a very slight touch, like a feather brushing against the skin.

But Duncan knew that in a long time ago, this small ball with bright light once illuminated the sky of the Senjin people and sheltered a civilization.

"...The followers of the Black Sun want to get this thing, and one of the 'scions' is even willing to risk his own life for this. What do you think they want to do with this 'sun'?" The eyes of the goat head reflected the reflection from the sun. Duncan asked curiously with the sunlight radiating from his palm.

"Whether they are the children of the sun or the remnants of the sun known as the 'remnants', their only goal is always to 'resurrect' their 'mother body', which is the dying black sun." Duncan carefully turned the sun in his hand. "Mini star," he said without raising his head, "This seemingly inconspicuous ball carries 'information' from before the Great Annihilation. For the black sun in poor condition... it may be some kind of 'Key material' for self-healing."

He paused for a moment, and then slowly said some of the thoughts that had gradually formed in his mind since just now——

"In that golden crystal, I saw the home they once lived in. They had a huge technological entity built around the star, and their entire civilization existed on the basis of that technological entity. When the Great Annihilation occurred, This huge structure must have been 'contaminated' by other worlds, thus distorting and mutating into its current form...

"I have a bold guess that the so-called 'black sun' may be some kind of 'hybrid' - the entire civilization that was born around the star 'collapsed' together with their star, and the distortion became what it is today, and this This kind of 'mixing'... has caused the Black Sun to be far more chaotic and chaotic than other ancient existences, and there are also more 'defects'."

He raised his hand and shook the "ancient star" in his hand.

"Those descendants of the sun may think that another ancient star can help them repair the 'defects' of the black sun. I don't understand the principle, but one thing is certain - if they really succeed, something big will happen. "

"...Fortunately they failed." Goat Head said sincerely.

Duncan nodded, and then looked thoughtfully at the ancient star in his hand.

At this moment, a sound of footsteps suddenly came from the captain's room, followed by a knock on the door. Nina's voice sounded outside the door: "Uncle Duncan! Are you in there?"

Duncan raised his eyebrows and immediately responded: "Come in."

The door to the captain's cabin opened, and Nina peeked inside, then walked in with a smile: "Dinner is ready! I'll tell you to eat!"

Duncan looked at Nina with a bright smile on her face, but his heart suddenly moved.

"You came just in time," he waved to the girl, "come here and take a look at this."

Nina immediately walked over obediently and noticed the "little sun" in Duncan's hand at first glance. She looked at the beautiful luminous ball with wide eyes and quickly realized: "This is not Miss Vanna." The 'sun' brought out of that desert?"

"Take it," Duncan casually handed the "little sun" to Nina, "How do you feel?"

Nina took the small ball, which was almost as big as her fist, with some confusion. She put it in front of her eyes and looked left and right, then seriously "feeled" it, and looked at Duncan in confusion: "There is no 'feeling'... …It just feels warm.”

"That's the only way?" Duncan frowned, subconsciously thinking about what tests he should ask Nina to do, and just when he was distracted, a crisp "click" sound suddenly reached his ears.

He raised his head in astonishment and saw Nina looking here with a stunned expression. A wisp of tiny flames and dots of debris were coming from the corner of her mouth, and the surface of the "ancient star" in her hand had already A small piece is missing, and obvious tooth marks can be seen on the missing edge.

Duncan: "...?!"

"I...I couldn't help it!" Nina finally reacted belatedly, almost jumping up and down and waving her hands repeatedly, "I just saw that the size of this thing was quite suitable, and...then...anyway, I subconsciously Bite..."

"Don't move around now." Duncan spoke quickly to interrupt Nina's somewhat panicked behavior, then stood up and grabbed the little sun in her hand - he was worried that Nina's bite would destroy the stability of this "star" Although we don’t know how powerful a star compressed to such a size would be if it lost control, it is obviously an extremely dangerous thing.

But nothing happened.

The bitten "star" neither collapsed nor exploded, and still emitted mild and harmless heat.

And when Duncan looked at its surface again, he discovered that the small gap had disappeared at some point.

Nina also came over curiously, blinking at the "little sun" that had turned into a complete sphere again, and it took a long time to say: "Is it grown?"

Duncan looked at the "little sun" in his hand strangely, and then looked up at the "little sun" on the Lost Home. Even though he was used to seeing all kinds of weird abnormalities and phenomena, he suddenly felt that his My brain seems a bit lacking.

After having countless outrageous and weird thoughts in his heart, he handed the mini "star" to Nina again: "...take another bite."

Nina obediently took the "little sun" over, put it to her mouth and chewed it again, then took a bite and made another crunching sound.

To be honest, Duncan was even a little bit greedy...

The next second, the "little sun" returned to its original state again under the gaze of Duncan and Nina.

Nina raised her head and looked at Duncan, then at the "little sun" in her hand, with a confused look on her face: "...Why?"

Duncan raised his hand and rubbed his forehead vigorously - how did he know? !

"I guess even the most outstanding scholars in the world can't answer your question," Duncan said while rubbing his head, and looked at the sparks shooting out of the corners of Nina's mouth with strange eyes. After holding it in for a long time, he finally couldn't help but speak. ,"……Is it tasty?"

"It's crunchy," Nina said honestly. "It feels good, but I don't know what it tastes like."

"...Do you still want to eat?"

Nina's eyes suddenly lit up (it was so bright that the captain's room was lit up): "Is it okay?!"

Duncan: "..."

The captain's cabin fell into silence for a while. Duncan tried his best to use all his life knowledge and all his imagination to try to explain what was going on. Nina curiously grabbed the "little sun" and looked at it over and over. He seems to be looking for the next place to bite.

After an unknown amount of time, Duncan decided to give up understanding this matter.

"You don't feel any discomfort yourself, right?" He shook his head, suddenly worried about whether Nina would have any physical problems after "swallowing stars".

"No, it's warm and comfortable to eat," Nina shook her head and said, "Uncle Duncan, can I have another bite?"

"...I suggest that you don't try again at least today," Duncan thought for a moment, then said in a serious tone, but with a somewhat uneasy expression, "If you still don't feel any discomfort tomorrow... feel free to do whatever you want."

After saying this, he paused and added: "Originally, I wanted to give it to you for safekeeping."

He was not lying. Before Nina came in just now, he had been thinking about the placement of this "little sun". For natural and obvious reasons, it seemed a logical thing to leave it to Nina for safekeeping - first of all, There is an essential connection between the two. Nina may be able to discover more secrets of the "Little Sun" by keeping it. Secondly, from a safety point of view, Nina, who is slapped at 6000°C, is also capable enough to ensure that there is no accident. Man can steal this "star".

But the eldest niece thinks that this "little sun" tastes good, so it is an accident...

Nina didn't think too much. After hearing Duncan's arrangement, she immediately became happy and nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

It looked like a puppy getting the bone it cherished so much.

Looking at Nina with a smile on her face, Duncan couldn't help but feel worried again in his heart——

Leave it to her...is it really okay?

Although it seems that this "little sun" will immediately return to its original state after being chewed, I don't know if there is an upper limit to this recovery. If it is left to Nina for "keeping"...will she one day take it away? Eat all the stuff...

"Uncle Duncan?"

The call from beside him woke Duncan up from his distraction. He quickly put aside the weird thoughts in his mind and turned to face Nina's sunny face.

"Are you going to eat?" Nina asked with a bright smile.

"..."

In the end, Duncan couldn't bear to take the "little sun" back.

At the same time, the huge Academy Ark had sailed to the coast of Qingfeng Port.

In the lounge on the upper level of the Ark, Rune was sitting on a chair, closing his eyes and relaxing.

Judging from the situation of the elves left behind on the Ark, the impact of the Dream of the Nameless One on the real world has indeed completely subsided. Even those elves who once completely disappeared have now returned to the real world.

After the pressure was suddenly relieved, fatigue quietly emerged. Rune had rested for a long time after returning to the Ark, and only now did he feel that his energy was slightly restored.

After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes and looked at his hands and the wrinkled skin that was no longer full of vitality.

"You are indeed getting older."

He muttered a sigh, then stood up from the chair and walked to the experimental table not far away.

"...It's time to chat with some old friends."