Deep Sea Embers.

Chapter 689 The message in Alice’s eyes
Lucretia brought the paper tape copied from the "Luminous Body Research Station" that recorded this "weird signal", and found the original signal recorded by the Brilliant Star. Duncan stared at them After studying for a few minutes, I quickly came to a conclusion——

He can't understand this stuff...

Analyzing conclusions from a bunch of abstract signals should be the job of real experts and scholars, but apparently even real scholars are now at a loss to draw conclusions from these signals.

"They just look like 'tremors' of random intensity," Morris said, standing in front of the light, spreading a long strip of paper on the table, trying to find the pattern of curve jumps, while frowning. He thought, "It is possible to convert the amplitude of each tremor into different numbers or 'breakpoints' of different lengths, but this is like some kind of cipher text... If there is no corresponding 'codebook', it is impossible to Understand the meaning in these tremors.”

“Since these signals were first received, scholars have tried to convert these signals into various forms,” Lucretia said on the side, “including sounds—in converting these tremors into After the electrical signal is directly input to the playback device, it sounds like some kind of continuous, low whimpering or 'whispering', but it actually has no meaning. We also try to translate it into pictures, but this direction is not yet available any progress."

Duncan was listening and suddenly said: "Is this the 'internal signal' used by the 'luminous geometry' to 'communicate' with other structures in Vision 001?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out," Lucretia nodded. "There is a set of highly sensitive backup recording devices at the research station. Not long ago, that device also received a weak signal from the direction of the main structure of Anomaly 001. We There is reason to believe that the 'luminous geometry' currently staying offshore of Qingfeng Port still maintains contact with the main structure of Anomaly 001...

"Both signals are related to the sun extinguishing," Morris said while thinking, "The first time it appeared after the sun went out, and the second time it appeared before the sun went out, and the content of the signals was the same, which gave me the feeling ...It's very much like some kind of 'warning'..."

Duncan didn't speak, he just came to the window and looked out thoughtfully.

The city is shrouded in a strange, staggered "twilight."

The sun in the sky has gone out, but some kind of "suppressive" power from Vision 001 seems to still be in effect. Therefore, the creation of the world did not appear due to this early "night". There is only darkness left in the sky at this moment, but at the same time, There is pale golden "sunshine" coming from the coast, passing through the scattered buildings in the city, forming magnificent and strange light strips over the streets. The gas lamps in the streets and alleys are lit in advance, but there are no pedestrians on the streets. , you can only occasionally see patrolling guard teams and steam walkers quickly passing through the intersection, sweeping the empty road with lights, full of vigilance and vigilance.

The city is very quiet, and a depressing and tense atmosphere permeates the darkness, so that any movement from outside can arouse people's sensitive nerves.

A slight rubbing sound came from the side. Alice curiously picked up the paper strips piled on the table and looked at them upside down - of course she couldn't understand.

Shirley and Agou were lying in front of another window, looking out the window together. Nina was standing behind them, muttering something.

"The situation in Pland and Frost is relatively stable. The last experience allowed people to quickly restore order, but the uneasiness caused by the second extinction of the sun is also spreading in the city," Duncan said suddenly, "In addition to them Outside of this, all connections with other city-states have been severed...just like before."

"The only difference from last time is that this time there are four church ships docked next to Qingfeng Port," Vanna said from the side. "This time they were affected by the 'luminous geometry' and stayed here after the sun went out. On the other hand, now that order has been restored on various church ships, His Majesty Lu En seems to have activated some observation and research facilities on the Academy Ark to collect data on environmental changes in the real world after the sun goes out..."

"I hope he can find something there," Duncan sighed, "but to be honest, I don't have any hope - Vision 001 has been hanging over this world for a full 1 years, and I'm afraid only the Kree of that year Only the Tegu Kingdom or the legendary Holy Lord Yousu who completed the 'Third Long Night' know what the origin of that thing is..."

Before he could finish his words, Alice's voice suddenly came from the side: "Captain, Captain! Captain, help! I'm trapped!"

Duncan turned around and saw that Alice's head and arms had been entangled in a pile of paper tapes - this idiot was blinking and looking here innocently in the middle of the pile of paper tapes, not daring to move. He stood there as if he were afraid of accidentally breaking the fragile paper ribbons.

"...How did you do it?!" Duncan looked at this scene dumbfounded, and walked over to rescue Alice from the restraints with anger and amusement, "Can this be entangled?"

"I don't know either!" Alice said confidently, "I just wanted to see how long the note was, but I couldn't pull it to the end. By the time I realized it, it was already entangled..."

Duncan sighed: "Don't mess with them, these paper tapes are useful."

"Oh..." Alice agreed with some frustration, watching Duncan put the "notes" back into the box like a cat that had been taken away from the ball of yarn, but soon she seemed to have forgotten this little thing. With a small regret, the expression on his face became happy again, and he smiled and walked next to Duncan, "By the way, Captain, what is the 'Observer Effect Anchor'?"

Duncan, who was putting the large wad of paper into the box, stopped instantly.

The whole living room suddenly became quiet.

This idiot just said a string of words that she could never "create" by herself!
After two seconds of silence, Duncan slowly turned his head and his eyes became extremely serious: "What did you just... say?" Alice was startled, thinking she had messed up something again: "Observe... observe The stabilizer effect is an anchor...did I say the wrong thing?"

"Why did you mention this all of a sudden?" Duncan dropped the paper tape in his hand and came to Alice in two steps. After noticing the nervousness on the doll's face, he softened his tone and said, "Don't be afraid, you did nothing wrong. thing, but you just mentioned a very...unusual word."

Alice stared wide-eyed, relaxed a little under Duncan's gaze, then looked left and right, as if observing something that others could not see, and said casually: "Observer effect anchor failure, fault code E- C6-305, 'Star Crown' is damaged, the main system is restarting, the restart time is unknown..."

Not far away, Lucretia finally reacted. She came to Alice in an instant and raised her hand to point to the recording tapes on the table: "Did you see from these tapes?! This is what they recorded. ?”

"No," Alice shook her head innocently, "I don't know what the messy curves on these notes mean, but there are hints of observer effect anchor failure everywhere... Huh? You can't see it. ?”

The doll seemed to have finally realized something, looking at the people around her with a surprised look. This surprise and surprise... was like the first time she knew that "ordinary people" couldn't see those threads floating around.

Duncan stared at the doll, and he gradually realized something. He slowly raised his head and looked at the "sunlight" in the sky outside the window that was blocked by buildings and attenuated a lot.

These "sunlights" come from the huge luminous geometry on the sea - after being blocked by the buildings in the city and attenuated by distance, they already appear very weak here.

But the information carried in the spectrum does not disappear because of this degree of attenuation - it permeates the air and pervades the entire city.

To Alice, they were everywhere.

"So, you can directly see the signal released by the 'luminous geometry'," Duncan retracted his gaze from the window and focused on Alice, "What...are they like?"

"I can't tell," Alice scratched her hair, "and I don't know if this is 'seeing'... I just feel that there are things in the light, and then their meanings appear directly in my mind. - Oh, even though Goat Head said I don’t have a brain..."

Morris also came over. He looked at the doll blankly: "Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"You didn't even ask!" Alice was more confident this time, "And I thought you could all see it!"

Everyone in the living room couldn't help but look at each other.

Obviously everyone thinks of those "threads" in Alice's eyes - that's what Miss Doll thought "everyone could see" last time.

But Duncan thought of more.

He thought of the little puffin with black feathers that Rune had brought to the fairgrounds—he thought of the crazy bird.

He also thought of the painting Alice had written, and of the "lines" she insisted on adding to every person in the painting.

Alice seemed a little uneasy - after she felt confident, she seemed to realize that she was different from others. She thought it was something she had done wrong. She couldn't help but leaned closer to Duncan and shrank her neck: "I... I didn’t know at first…”

"Different observers see different worlds, and for Alice... the world has looked different from ours from the beginning. She takes this for granted and never thinks of taking the initiative to confirm with everyone. What does the world look like in everyone's eyes?" Duncan suddenly broke the silence. He turned his head and gently pressed Alice's hair, "Don't be nervous, you did nothing wrong, and you did a good job - Alice , you have made great achievements, you have seen information that we cannot see..."

He gently stroked the doll's hair, letting her slowly relax. His eyes looked beyond the window, as if through the rows of buildings in the city, and saw the sun still standing on the sea.

Anomaly 001 - Observer Effect Anchor.

(End of this chapter)