Deep Sea Embers.

Chapter 545

There was silence in the captain's room.

Duncan was still staring at the huge and weird eyeball on the draft paper——

It is painted with crazy messy brushstrokes, but it is so accurate and vivid that anyone can understand the meaning of every line on the picture with just a glance, as if its true message has been woven in every frame of the picture. inside an element.

In the crazy and messy brush strokes, the pupil of the huge eyeball is deep, and the structure of the surrounding blood vessels and nerve plexus is faintly discernible; the eyeball is obviously covered with a layer of dim material. Taran Al used a lot of fine details Lines are used to describe the layer covering the eyeball, as if trying to restore what it is, and the only information Duncan received from the picture is that it is a "shell with a complex structure".

It was an eye enclosed in a jewel-like shell.

There was a creaking sound coming from the side, and the goat's head on the edge of the chart table was turning its head extremely restlessly. It seemed that it wanted to take a look at the contents of the paper, but hesitated.

After a long time, it hesitated to speak: "Captain... what is that like?"

"It's an eye." Duncan was silent for a few seconds, and began to explain the contents of the draft paper to the goat's head while deliberating, "From the structure, it looks very similar to a human eye. You can see blood vessels and nerve plexuses. It is encapsulated in a spherical shell, but the spherical shell is very artificial..."

Listening to Duncan's description, the goat's head was so quiet for the first time in history.

After a long time, it rattled and moved, making an extremely uneasy sound: "This is really... a frightening scene... The real appearance of vision 001 is such a huge eyeball?! Then...didn't there be many people during the time when the sun went out..."

"I'm afraid not many people really saw this scene," Duncan slowly shook his head, "We also looked up at the sky when the sun was extinguished, and all we saw was a sphere completely plunged into darkness, the details of which cannot be seen directly. Observed - also drawn on this picture, the eyeball is 'encapsulated' in a huge container.

"At that time, Taran Ayer was able to see the real appearance of the sphere clearly with the help of the special observation device of the Academy of Truth, but there is no need to worry that ordinary people in other places will see this crazy 'truth' casually."

Hearing Duncan's words, the goat's head seemed to be relieved, but then he became worried again: "Not many, there may be—not everyone has the reaction of Taran Ayer, who can lose control of his mind. In this state, I instinctively sealed and tampered with the content I recorded, and according to Taran Ayer's own follow-up actions, it seems that people who see this eyeball will unconsciously want to spread its appearance..."

Duncan listened to the uneasy words of the goat's head, but didn't say anything, just remained silent with a sinking face, as if he was lost in thought.

The goat's head babbled for a long time, seeing that the captain didn't respond at all, and finally couldn't help reminding: "Captain, do you think we should remind..."

"Prand and Frost don't have similar 'observation' devices. The lens group is an asset of the Academy of Truth. It is sophisticated and rare." Duncan finally raised his head. You will not see these 'truths' if you look beyond the surface of Vision 001."

"Pulland and Frost don't have it, so other city-states might have it!" Goat's head shouted immediately, "Who knows what those reckless fools will do! Mortals are not a reliable race!"

"...other city-states will not see the extinguished sun." Duncan said suddenly.

The goat's head, who was still agitated, quieted down instantly.

"Did you forget?" Duncan reminded lightly, "Only the three city-states and the 'Lost Fleet' saw the world where the sun went out, and the entire Boundless Sea has never experienced those twelve hours dark."

The goat's head shook slightly from side to side, and finally let out an exclamation of unknown meaning: "Oh...uh..."

Duncan didn't say anything, but looked down at the sketch depicting the core structure of Vision 001. Gradually, another scene appeared in his mind——

The glorious burning corona, the twisted and twisted flesh and blood limbs under the corona, and the huge dying eyeball surrounded by countless pale flesh and blood limbs.

Creeping sun disc - black sun.

Duncan frowned a little bit. After the vague familiarity appeared, he couldn't ignore it. The scene in his mind was quickly compared with the sketch on the paper in front of him, and some bold ideas gradually began to emerge in his mind.

"...It's very similar to the eyes of the 'real Sun God'." He suddenly whispered to himself.

"Ah?" The goat's head was startled, "What terrible things are you talking about!?"

"This eyeball is very similar to a part of the 'creeping sun disc'," Duncan said thoughtfully, and as he recalled the details in his mind, his judgment became more and more certain, "No Wrong, very similar - if you take out the 'eyeball' structure alone, it is almost exactly the same."

With a click, the goat's head's neck seemed to be stuck at a certain angle, and it froze on the chart table, silent.

Even if he is as talkative as it is, it is the first time that he can't speak a word.

Duncan exhaled lightly, folded the draft paper, and put it close to his body properly.

Luckily, Lucrezia was cautious enough not to leave this piece of paper to the ordinary scholars of the Academy of Truth, otherwise I really don’t know what kind of trouble will happen—although the Academy of Truth does not have his convenient "spiritual body fire" that can Unseal the seal on the paper, but they have all kinds of wonderful research methods, maybe they can really restore the real pattern on the draft paper.

But at this moment, Duncan's thinking was interrupted by a sudden rush of footsteps from outside the captain's room, followed by a knock on the door and Morris' voice from outside: "Captain, I have something to report to you !"

Duncan straightened his expression immediately, and looked up at the door: "Come in."

The door of the captain's room was opened, and Morris walked into the room quickly, and took out a letter from his arms as he walked: "Captain, Heidi suddenly sent a letter, which mentioned... something unusual , need to report to you."

A letter from Heidi?

Duncan froze for a moment, and reached out to take the letter. He didn't expect that the lady psychiatrist would contact here in such a short time after establishing contact and telling the truth, but at the same time he was a little puzzled: "Why didn't she go directly to Antique The store is looking for me? And delivered the letter to you?"

Ai travels back and forth between the Lost Home and Plant every day. In addition to delivering some necessary supplies, he also does some routine mail sending and receiving in places such as the cathedral, Morris’s house, and the residence of the consul. It is normal for Dee to send messages through these channels, but if she wants to contact the captain of the Lost Home, it is obviously a more convenient option to go directly to the antique shop.

"...She is still a little nervous and afraid," Morris explained with a slightly embarrassed tone, "probably because she is afraid to meet your avatar directly after knowing the truth."

"...Excessive nervousness, she bought a vase in my store last week." Duncan muttered, opened the letter casually, glanced at the lines of words written in a hurry, and his eyes suddenly changed slightly .

The next moment, Duncan quickly put away the relaxed expression on his face, turned to seriousness, and gradually became a little dignified. He quickly glanced at the contents of the letter, and then fell silent for a few seconds before raising his head to look at Morris: "She met the final missionary..."

"Yes, and according to the description in the letter, it seems to be a sane one," Morris nodded, "although the 'senseness' of the uninvited guest is suspicious, and he babbled from beginning to end, without even explaining what he said... ..."

Obviously, this old gentleman who has taught many students all his life, with the principle of "transmitting knowledge should be concise, straightforward and easy to understand", is extremely dissatisfied with the cultist like the riddle man mentioned in the letter, and has a lot of resentment.

"I don't know why it may be due to certain restrictions. The key is that he is willing to communicate. This is the most significant difference between the two end-of-life missionaries." Duncan said quickly, and then looked down at the letter. All kinds of information came into his eyes.

The fourth long night...the Ark of Promise...the "mild" sun and the approaching dusk, and...the "hole" that appeared with a certain "variable" and was gradually expanding...

Heidi reproduced in the letter as much as possible the various nagging words she had heard from the final missionary, and did not make any "additional processing" to those things based on her own guesses.

And the information itself is enough to make countless guesses and associations emerge in Duncan's mind.

"The final preacher doesn't seem to be very clear-headed, and he appears during the day, not at night like other 'normal' preachers," Morris said aside, "He mentioned the fourth long night, He also mentioned many 'phenomena' before the beginning of the fourth long night, it seems that he can appear in the daytime itself, which is also the so-called 'harbinger' of the upcoming 'fourth long night'..."

The Fourth Long Night...

Duncan couldn't help recalling the description he saw in the "Book of Blasphemy" in his mind:
There are three times in Genesis, which are called "three long nights". The king of pale giants died in the first long night, the king of dreams died in the second long night, and the creeping king finally succeeded in shaping all things in the third long night, and he and Kerry The Te clan jointly lighted up the current "sun" and ended the night, but he himself was exiled by other ancient kings because he changed the blueprint without authorization, and could no longer return to the throne...

Duncan slowly got up from behind the nautical table and came to the window.

The sun was almost setting below the sea level.

Bound by the magnificent double rune circle, the dazzling and warm ball of light is gradually sinking into the sea surface, and the afterglow is brilliant.

Duncan stared at it, imagining that he was actually looking at an eyeball that was bigger than any city-state and had been overlooking the world for 1 years.

This "eye" that rose to the sky in the ancient kingdom of Crete is now dying.

The veil of warmth and tranquility woven by light seems to be about to fall due to the dying sun. After this veil disappears, after the arrival of the "fourth long night" described by the last preacher... What does "Twilight" look like?
(End of this chapter)