Deep Sea Embers

Not long after the journey to the end of the world began, Duncan made an agreement with the black sun - when he arrived at the frontier of order and confirmed the cornerstone of the new world, he would respond to the other party's wish to build a new world in the new world. Obtain a request for a location, and at that time, the Black Sun will also show him a "clue" related to the new world.

Now, the Lost Home has arrived in this sea of ​​ashes, and the time has come for the appointment.

Deep in the captain's cabin, Alice sat on the bed with her back to Duncan. The navigation key clicked and slid into the keyhole of the doll.

And it rotated on its own with a slight friction sound - after the familiar slight dizziness and reset of perception, Duncan's side had transformed into the spacious and gorgeous, but particularly eerie hall of Alice Mansion.

The mansion door, which was dark in color and covered with complicated lines, stood quietly at the end of the carpet. There seemed to be faint sunlight floating in the gap between the door, and the projection of the black sun should still be waiting outside the door.

However, Duncan did not go directly to the door to attend the appointment. Instead, he turned around and walked deep into the mansion. He found Alice in the navigation cabin holding a drawing board in a daze, and then returned to the hall with the doll and arrived. In front of that door.

For some reason, he hoped that everything he would experience in this "End of the World" would be witnessed by this doll.

Alice didn't think too much. She was just happy, as happy as she was every day. She seemed to be looking forward to meeting that "big ball of flesh on fire". As a "high-ranking anomaly" who had not lived much in human society, she seemed to be both He was not afraid of the black sun, nor did he show any resistance to the dangerous "ancient god".

Duncan came to the front door of the mansion, and just like last time, he effortlessly pushed open the ajar door - accompanied by the creaking sound of the door shaft, the door seemed heavy but actually seemed weightless. He opened the door, and the dazzling but not burning false sunlight rushed towards his face, filling his vision with splendor and splendor.

In a shell of bright flames, the pale and deformed accumulations of flesh and blood slowly expanded and squirmed. The huge eyes were half-open and half-closed, as if casting a gaze in sleep: "Ah, the usurper of fire, you have appeared. Are you here to respond to me? "

Duncan faced the sunshine that hit his face: "I have now reached the end of all things and confirmed things about the cornerstone of the new world. Now as agreed, I will come to meet you."

The flesh and blood tissue inside the Black Sun seems to be a little more active. The flames on its outer shell slowly rise, and low and cascading tremors come from the countless tentacles and swellings: "Ah, it sounds like you have made great progress. So about me Initial request, location in the new world

Can. "Duncan responded briefly before the other party finished speaking. Maybe it was because the answer came too quickly. Black Sun seemed to be stunned for a moment, and its flesh and blood squirmed and trembled. It paused for a few seconds before he hesitated. He spoke again: "Are you sure?

"Yes, the new world is big enough to leave a place for you and the 'home' in your memory," Duncan said with a serious expression, "but the premise is that the new world can be completed as planned. "

"Aren't you worried about me becoming a 'danger factor' in the new world?" "Black Sun became confused at this time, "My tribe and I have been exiled in this sanctuary for ten thousand years, and you want to take me and other tribes in the sanctuary to the new world. Don't you worry about this? Become a hidden danger? "

'I said, the new world is very big,' Duncan said calmly, and emphasized again, 'It's very big - your civilization is not an immortal species, and the "hidden dangers" you talk about will occur on a vast spatial scale. And the accompanying time scale of being neutralized for a safe enough period that your civilization won't have the chance to come into contact with others. As for yourself

Duncan paused after saying this, and a smile appeared in his eyes.

"As one of the 'ancient kings' when Sanctuary was founded, you are familiar with the original blueprint of the Infinite Sea and all the system loopholes. Based on your current understanding of 'Sanctuary', I guess this world is actually fundamentally There is no ability to 'exile' you, or in other words - if you want to return to the Infinite Sea, you will come back as early as the day when the ancient kingdom of Crete raised Vision 001 into the sky."

He raised his head and stared quietly at the huge eye in the center of the Creeping Sun Disk. "In the process of building this shelter, there was no record of war between the ancient kings. Everything was the result of negotiation - you are You were voluntarily exiled, but the heirs and remnants that spawned from you made things get out of control. "

Black Sun was silent for a moment, and finally spoke slowly: "The establishment of a shelter is very extreme." At that time, there was no trace of extra resources and time to waste. Long Ye failed twice, and we must succeed the third time. no choice. "

'Thank you for your rationality, so please save yourself the meaningless temptations and assumptions. I have my own arrangements for the new world - now it's your turn to fulfill your promise." Duncan's tone changed and his expression became serious. "You said you had evidence of a new world,"

What exactly is that? "

The black sun did not speak, but slowly expanded its small tentacles on the edge of the sun. On the edge of the burning false corona, a limb suddenly extended out - something seemed to be rolled at the end of the limb, and it spanned the long The spatial distance was accurately delivered to Duncan.

Alice, who had been wandering around for a long time, was startled and immediately came up curiously: "What is this?"

"A letter." The trembling voice of Black Sun echoed in this void space, and then the "tiny" tentacles slowly expanded, and an object appeared in Duncan's eyes.

It was just a silver-gray cube, like a metal ingot, with a side length of only about ten centimeters. There seemed to be some lines engraved on the surface. Although the shape was somewhat curious, it was not what Duncan thought at first. "Something awesome."

He looked at the small metal cube in confusion, and noticed that the surface of the cube had a vague, translucent texture. Considering that what came here was just the projection of the black sun, it was obvious that the cube it displayed was just a projection.

The body of this block should be with the Black Sun, somewhere outside the dimension of reality.

Duncan frowned suddenly, and he noticed some lines on the surface of the cube.

Black Sun seemed to have expected it. When Duncan's vision changed, it thoughtfully sent the projection of the cube in front of Duncan, and slowly rotated, showing every surface of it.

Duncan saw the outline of a human figure standing on a coordinate map with many markings and reference points.

On the second surface he saw a series of circles, arranged from small to large.

On the third surface, he saw intersecting lines, and the intersections of the lines seemed to show some kind of mathematical law.

On the surface, the fourth one looks like a crooked picture like a child's graffiti. The immature brushstrokes are incompatible with the previous several seemingly precise and seemingly profound patterns.

On the fifth surface, there are countless concave points that seem to be randomly distributed, which seem to represent a "star map" of constellations or similar celestial systems?

Duncan's eyes fell on the sixth surface.

It's full of distorted symbols!

They originally seemed to be many different words, but under the influence of some kind of force, all the words, or the information represented by the words, were distorted into something that was completely unrecognizable. Duncan even felt that those distorted symbols were alive. , when he stared at them, each of their lines was shaking and reorganizing themselves, making it impossible for him to distinguish their true outlines.

Duncan subconsciously stretched out his hand towards the cube, but his fingers directly penetrated the phantom.

The voice of the Black Sun reached his ears: "Its 'entity' is not here, but I can describe its state to you -

- This is a metal ingot with the hardness of steel, but surprisingly light; it is hollow inside, and there is a powerful energy source hidden within it, and I cannot peek inside it without damaging its integrity. Specific structure; it seems to have some kind of powerful mechanism that releases information to the outside world," but this mechanism is also hidden inside it. "There is also the last point: it seems to originally carry more intelligence, including your attention. The words that can no longer be read are reached, but these "informations" cannot be read.

'It even made a sound at the beginning, but it was just chaotic noise. It kept releasing some kind of 'signal', but even I couldn't understand what it was. And now, its release process It has basically stopped. I can't tell whether it is because of a malfunction or because the energy is exhausted, but it should have nothing to do with energy, because until now, the energy reaction inside it is still very strong. "

Listening to Black Sun's story, Duncan didn't speak for a long time. He just stared at the constantly rotating cube quietly.

It took a long time before he finally broke the silence: "So, this is a letter, a letter sent from the 'New World' to the Old World' - is that what you mean?"

"Yes."

"But how are you sure?" Duncan couldn't help but ask, "How are you sure it's not another 'relic' from the Great Annihilation?" Like those other twisted pieces. "

“Because it comes from a place where there theoretically cannot be any ‘fragments’. "Black Sun said calmly.

Duncan suddenly frowned: "A place where there can't be any fragments?"

"The Creation of the World."

There was silence for a moment.

Duncan opened his eyes slightly and mistakenly looked at the projection of the cube, at its every surface that tried hard to convey various information, and at the erased words.

This is a letter.

But who sent this letter?

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