Deep Sea Embers

The observation signal from Lucretia disappeared, and correspondingly, all the data about Breeze Harbor was imported the moment before the reset.

Zhou Ming calmly sensed the changes that had taken place in this sanctuary - he sensed the gradual collapse and melting of the borders, he sensed the disintegration of the boundless sea, he sensed the city-states disappearing into nothingness among the stars, he heard many voices , and countless confused, fearful, desperate, or hopeful thoughts, tens of thousands of minds speaking to him at the same moment, and then falling into silence at the same moment, and then the process repeats...

And his own mind seemed to have transcended in this process - the inverse singularity was slowly awakening, and he focused almost all of his attention on maintaining the stability and controllability of this process until an unknown amount of time passed. He finally had the energy to pay attention to the situation around him.

He still had his eyes closed, but he "saw" Alice. Miss Doll was still sitting not far away, looking here intently, seemingly not paying attention to anything happening outside the Lost Home.

He also "saw" the Lost Home. He saw the ship floating on the sea of ​​clouds, like a burning, pure phantom. Most of the ship had disappeared in the blazing burning, and the only remaining core was The bridge under his feet, and part of the structure of the stern deck - outside these structures, there is a "light mist" like astral eruptions, trailing a magnificent tail flame.

The humming sound of the goat head was still coming intermittently, and the amazing ancient god's spine was floating in the depths of the light mist, still undergoing its final burning.

Zhou Ming heard footsteps.

The "Door of the Homeless" standing on the stern deck suddenly opened, and Leigh Nora walked out of the door. The "Frost Queen" quietly looked at the sea of ​​clouds in the distance, watching the world change under the stars. After a while, she gradually disappeared, and after a while, she turned around and walked towards the bridge - she climbed the starlight-filled staircase and came to Zhou Ming, who was at the helm.

"I thought you had left," a smile appeared on Zhou Ming's face. "The constraints of the Lost Home have disappeared. Your 'drifting house' should be able to leave this place at any time."

"You can leave, but where can you go if you leave at this time - the whole world is gradually disappearing, and after leaving, it will probably be swallowed up by the starlight soon."

Leigh Nora said with a smile, then shook her head: "I thought about it and decided to stay here. This is the best seat to watch the end of the world. Such a scene...if you miss it, you will never see it again."

Zhou Ming said nothing more, just nodded slightly, continued to hold the steering wheel tightly in his hand, and sailed with the ship towards the distant sunlight in the darkness.

The sun slowly dimmed, then brightened again. In the diffuse light, he seemed to be able to see the magnificent corona and the ancient "god" under the corona.

And in his mind, distant voices would come from time to time - those were the "observation nodes" he left behind on the endless sea that gradually disintegrated and disappeared.

"...It's frost here, and the starlight is gradually coming from the direction of the permanently frozen sea," Tirian said to him, "The sea in the distance has disappeared, and there is an obvious fault in the clouds... It's spectacular. We are already here Get ready here.”

Then the voice of Agatha (shadow) came: "There are many survivors gathered in the cathedral. I am with another 'Agatha'. We are accompanying the children here... They don't know what happened. What, I told the children, this is a necessary process to welcome the 'dawn', and everything will be fine soon."

"Phaelon has also observed the starlight appearing over the western sea. It is approaching us quickly. There is some commotion in the city now, but the situation is not bad - it will only last for a while anyway," the sailor's voice said He went up and said carelessly, "Captain Lawrence and I are together. We are guarding the city wall, and there are other people on the White Oak. We just discussed it. When the starlight comes over, we will close our eyes together and wait for three. Open as soon as you count..."

"Here is Pland. Nothing is happening here now. You can just see the stars at the end of the sky." This is Morris's voice. "I am with my family. We can see the stars you left in the sky." The trajectory...that's spectacular, impressive."

Zhou Ming silently listened to these voices coming from afar, and at the same time used the "beacons" left in the boundless sea to sense the various changes that had taken place in the shelter. After a long time, he nodded lightly: "Thank you for your support. hold fast."

Everyone's response came through the mental connection - and then the signals from Tirian and Agatha disappeared.

Next came the sailors and Lawrence and others.

A few hours later, more than half of the city-states in the Infinite Sea had melted into the rising and closing curtain of stars. This shelter was established by the ancient kings and had been operating for ten thousand years after the end of the world. Now, Gradually it shrank to only one third of its size.

And it continues to shrink rapidly.

Purand, the last lights illuminated the night of the city-state. From the depths of the clouds and mists came the chaotic roars of those chaotic and blind things in the distance. Huge invisible shadows squirmed and grew between the roofs and towers of the city, like the last Like a carnival, they bared their teeth and claws towards the gathering curtain of stars in the distance.

Vanna and Heidi stood together on the high wall of the shelter in the upper city. When the stars rose from all directions like a giant ring-shaped curtain, Heidi couldn't help but sigh softly: "It's so beautiful..."

Fanna smiled and turned her head: "I just told you that the noises made by the captain are always spectacular - you still don't believe it."

Heidi spread her hands helplessly: "My 'Miss Knight,' don't forget that I have always stayed in the city-state, and I have not seen so much of the world outside like you."

"...The mental world of a mental patient is not enough for you to see the world?"

"...It's the end of the world, can we stop talking about work?" Heidi suddenly twitched her lips, "Speaking of which, I really hope that the psychiatrist in the 'New World' doesn't need to use a pistol to fight with the brains of mental patients. Fighting with delusions..."

The two long-time friends began to discuss the New World on the high wall. Morris stood not far behind them with a complicated expression. After a while, he lowered his voice and muttered to his wife beside him: "You said... ...Our daughter and Fanna usually go together a bit..."

"……impossible?"

"I thought it was impossible before, but the captain said it would work..."

Several hours later, the curtain of starlight finally filled the sea near Puland.

Shirley subconsciously grabbed Nina's hand next to her and looked nervously at the stars that almost covered the entire sky. Under the brilliant starlight, the endless roars and weird murmurs in the city seemed to disappear quickly. Gone, the whole world is becoming...exceptionally quiet.

Agou's voice came from the shadow at her feet: "Plande is located in the center of the entire boundless sea... The stars have gathered outside the coastline of the city-state, and now there is only this city left in the world."

"I didn't like this city very much before," Shirley couldn't help but murmured in a low voice, "the alleys that were always full of water and smelly, the houses that never got warm and the rumbling Factory, as a result, I’m still a little bit reluctant to let go.”

Nina didn't speak. She just patted Shirley's hand gently, then bent down, adjusted "Uncle Duncan's" collar, and pushed him toward the window.

She knew that Uncle Duncan could no longer observe the world with his own eyes, but she knew that Uncle Duncan still had the last and weakest connection with this incarnation. By doing this, she might be able to help Uncle Duncan, who was heading towards the end of the world. Feeling a little...soothed.

"Uncle Duncan, the lights on the edge of the city have disappeared. I just saw that the highest roof in the cross street has melted into the starlight. It seems that it will be our turn soon."

Nina raised her head and looked at the magnificent fire that was slowly passing through the sky behind the clouds - part of the flame had now entered the back of the creation of the world, and only the magnificent tail flame still released a breathtaking brilliance, reflecting In her eyes.

Soon, she heard the response from the bottom of her heart: "Yes, I'm almost there."

"Hmm...is it dark where you are?"

"It's very dark where there is no sunlight. The back side of the Creation of the World is pitch black. It doesn't emit pale light like what you see on the side of the Infinite Sea, but it will be very bright when the sun lights up. ——The black sun is ahead, I have seen it.”

"Well, then please be careful along the way, Shirley and I are waiting for you."

"good."

The voice in her mind disappeared. Nina squinted her eyes slightly, watching the magnificent flame in the sky gradually being blocked by the creation of the world. In the corner of her eye, there was another block quietly rising among the stars. Melt.

The stars are closing over Plande, and there are only a few buildings left in this world.

Shirley grabbed her hand again. This guy who usually looked carefree was surprisingly very timid.

Nina smiled and grabbed Shirley's hand, slowly squinted her eyes at the starry sky, as if talking to herself, and whispered softly——

"You go forward...don't worry, just keep moving forward..."

She turned back and looked into Shirley's eyes in the spreading starlight.

"Shirley, you can blink now."

Then, the starry sky finally closed completely over Pulande, and the last physical area in the boundless sea was quietly swallowed into the depths of the stars. All the sounds, all the materials, and all the things that had ever existed in this world. History, everything that has been born, destroyed, great, mediocre, noble, sinful... are all disappeared in this silence.

So, the world was destroyed.