Deep Sea Embers.

Chapter 568 Night vision
Duncan rubbed his slightly sore forehead, recalling his experience in the "mansion" while putting away the keys, recalling the message conveyed to him by the ancient god's wrist in the garden, and appearing next to the hollow inside the mansion. That "invading foreign object".

Alice quickly noticed the captain's "return". She pulled up the clothes on her back and turned her head curiously: "The captain is back! Have you found the answer you want?"

"I got more information, but only more questions," Duncan breathed out softly. Looking at Alice's always carefree and bright expression, he temporarily stopped the chaotic thoughts in his mind, and the words appeared on his face. He smiled and said, "But I have made great progress - at least I have a new goal in the near future."

Alice tilted her head slightly: "New goal?"

Duncan thought for a while and said calmly: "First try to capture a few Annihilation Cultists."

Why did the "garbage" he threw out of his bachelor apartment float to the Alice Mansion?Why do those things become a breeding shadow in the eyes of the palace servants?What happened to the missing gardener in the mansion?What is the nature of the Cleaner?There seems to be no answer to this series of questions at present, and there is no suitable breakthrough in the short term, but in another direction, the suggestion given to him by "Sacred Lord of the Deep" is worth a try.

About the state of Vision 001, about the meaning behind those short noises, about the ancient kings, about the truth of the Great Annihilation and several long nights, and the meaning of the so-called end of the cycle... About all of this, the one who is entrenched in the deep. The ancient god of the deep sea obviously knows many inside stories, and he is willing to reveal these inside stories to himself, the "fire usurper".

Then finding a way to establish a connection with the Deep Sea has become the only path with a clear goal at present, just as the Holy Lord of the Deep Sea personally proposed - try to catch a few Annihilation cultists.

But whenever he thinks of this "suggestion", Duncan still can't help but feel a little strange...

Alice didn't think so much, she was just happy that the captain had a new plan, although she couldn't figure out why, she still had a look of expectation on her face: "Okay, okay, then when shall we catch it? Where should I catch it?”

"...Cultists are not jellyfish in the sea. They can be caught easily." Duncan rubbed his forehead. "Let's rest today. I will discuss this matter with Vanna and Morris tomorrow."

"...Oh," Alice nodded, but a question quickly popped up, "What is a jellyfish?"

"They are things that live...probably in the sea," Duncan's face muscles trembled and he explained in a very weird way, "They look translucent, some are poisonous, and some are edible."

"Can it be eaten?" Duncan just explained casually, but Alice's eyes suddenly lit up, "Is that delicious?"

Duncan looked strange: "...You don't even have a digestive system, why do you care?"

"I can cook it for you!" Alice looked happy, "Captain, let's go catch jellyfish together when we have time!"

The topic quickly became aroused, and Duncan almost couldn't maintain his expression. He quickly waved his hand and dismissed the question: "Okay, okay, I promise you, I'll catch it and eat it if I have the chance..."

So Alice left happily and contentedly.

Duncan exhaled softly, shook his head helplessly, and strolled to the window.

Judging from the time, it is now nightfall - Vision 001 has fallen under the sea a few hours ago, and its power has also faded from the world. The "crack" in the creation of the world then appeared in the sky, cold and cold. Overlooking the whole city.

But at the same time, there is still "sunshine" in the sky - that sunshine comes from the "luminous geometry" on the sea near the city-state. The diffuse light passes through the layers of buildings in the city and reaches this area near the city center. After the area, there are only a series of trivial light pillars sweeping across the sky at high altitudes - just like the light and shadow cast by blinds, irregular light pillars sweep across the sky above the city, forming a strange, alienated dusk-like "landscape" .

Under the "cutting" of those sunlight, the creation of the world in the sky also showed intermittent postures of light and shadow: it no longer stretches across the sky coherently, because where the sunlight sweeps, the creation of the world is invisible. state, and only in places where the sun cannot shine can you see those cold and pale cracks divided into sections in the sky.

Duncan frowned suddenly. He realized a detail that he had ignored before, and began to observe the thought-provoking "wonderful scene" in the sky with increasing curiosity.

Of course, it is impossible for the luminous geometric body falling on the sea to project light to a place as high as the creation of the world—Lucrecia and the scholars of Qingfeng Harbor have determined its luminous range, and this range can only cover It is impossible for a city-state and part of the surrounding sea area to touch the sky.

What he sees now is that where the "sunlight beam" sweeps over the city, the creation of the world appears invisible.

So...sunlight actually does not directly act on the creation of the world, but acts on the eyes of the "observer"?

Vision 001 - The real function of the sun is not to suppress the creation of the world, but to prevent the intelligent creatures in the world from observing the creation of the world by covering or filtering it? !Vaguely, Duncan suddenly felt as if he had touched a very key mechanism of Vision 001.

However, just when Duncan was about to continue thinking along this line of thinking, something strange suddenly appeared in the corner of his eye, interrupting his train of thought.

He immediately took a step forward, pushed open the window and stuck his head out, looking in a certain direction outside the window.

It was another street next to the Crown Block - he still clearly remembered that there were rows of rooftops and high-rise buildings there, and there was an iconic spire located at the deepest part of the block.

But now, a lush jungle shrouded in dusk appeared in his field of vision.

Towering giant trees rise abruptly from the city. The original buildings and spiers in the neighborhood have turned into forest-like structures at some point. There are also tall, bulging structures that look like giant vines spreading out from the forest. Some even extend as far as Crown Street!
Under the intertwined light and shadow of "sunshine" and "creation of the world", those dark-colored vines grow windingly on the street, wrapping around the buildings facing the street, and then gradually climb up the buildings and high walls, wrapping around the street. The street lights nearby are like tentacles extending from a nightmare, piercing into the real world bit by bit...

Duncan blinked and found that the "abnormality" in his field of vision still existed, and under the interlacing sunlight and the creation of the world, it seemed to be a little more real than before.

However, there was still silence in the city. No matter it was other blocks in the distance or the buildings that were close in front of us and had been entangled with vines... none of them made a sound.

No one seemed to notice the huge abnormality. Even if the lights were still on in a few nearby houses, it was obvious that someone was awake and active in the house just a second ago.

Duncan withdrew his gaze from the window, turned around and walked quickly to the door, but before he could open the door, there was already a hurried footstep sounding from the corridor outside, and the door was suddenly pushed open.

Alice, who had just left not long ago, hurried back with an obviously panicked expression on her face: "Ship... Captain! Outside! You see outside..."

"I saw it," Duncan interrupted the nervous puppet, who was stuttering. "It may be some kind of alien world or illusion that covers a wide range, but it has not affected our house yet - don't panic, go Get the others together and we have to figure out what's going on."

After hearing this, Alice finally calmed down a little, nodded quickly, and then turned around and went out, saying quickly: "Oh... Oh, right! Just wait, I'll go find someone else!"

The puppet trotted away and soon disappeared into the corridor outside. Duncan turned his head and took another look at the "strange scene" on the street outside.

The "forest" covering a large block still exists, lush and lush in the night, like a rising shadow, but the vines spreading from the forest seem to have stopped growing-many vines of various thicknesses have stayed on the crown On the edge of the street, there was no sign of further extension this way.

But this is only what he can observe here, but he cannot be sure what the scene is on the other side of the "forest".

Just when Duncan began to worry about whether there were also changes in other parts of the city, the sound of Alice's hurried footsteps appeared in the corridor again, and her nervous voice reached Duncan's ears at the same time: "Captain, captain, captain! It's... …Everyone else is gone!”

This time Duncan was finally startled: "Everyone else is missing?"

"There's no trace left." Alice ran over quickly, nodded quickly, and hurriedly held her head with her hands, as if she was afraid of losing the key, "I just went to Nina and Shirley's room, and they were not there. Miss Lucretia is not here either, and there is no response when knocking on the door from other rooms. There are only those clockwork servants in the living room - they all stay motionless, it looks so scary!"

Duncan's eyes suddenly became serious, but he still calmed the nervous Alice first, and then narrowed his eyes slightly and gradually spread out his perception.
He looked for "marks" on Vanna, Morris and others, trying to confirm their situation.

The imprint is still there, but in a... strange state.

"Let's go downstairs." Duncan opened his eyes, and waved to the cabinet next to him, letting Ai, who was dozing on top of the cabinet, fall on his shoulders, and then nodded to Alice, "Follow me closely, Don't run around."

Alice nodded immediately: "Okay... okay Captain!"

(End of this chapter)