Deep Sea Embers

The violent falling feeling came suddenly, and Duncan's spirit was quickly separated from the scorching sun. He felt as if he was dragged by a strong gravity through a deep and long tunnel. The burning corona and those supporting the corona The flesh and blood quickly moved away from his sight. Within a second, he felt a solid touch on his back.

It was the back of his seat.

Duncan opened his eyes suddenly and gasped for air. He felt that his heart had never been beating so powerfully, and in his retinas, it seemed that the dazzling light cast by the burning star still remained. The flesh-and-blood truth under the sea of ​​fire was even more intensely imprinted in his mind.

After a few more seconds, these strong impressions finally subsided in his mind, and finally only the vague words were left, still echoing in the depths of his memory - "Fire-carrier, extinguish me, please." Please…"

Duncan frowned slightly, and he was sure that he really heard this sentence.

Is this what the "sun" conveyed to him? That thing noticed his prying, and then sent a "help" signal to himself? Duncan rubbed his forehead, while guessing the truth behind the "help" signal , and once again recalled all the details of that round of scorching sun.

There is no doubt that that is what the followers of the "Ancient True Sun" worship, the "real sun" in their mouth.

To be honest, at the brief moment when he saw it, Duncan really felt a surge of excitement in his heart. He was so shocked by the scorching sun and sea of ​​fire that he thought he really saw the "sun" in his memory and recognition. , thinking that what he saw was the star seen on the earth

How excited he was at that time, and how stunned and confused he felt when he saw the truth behind the sun.

The front of the sun is indeed exactly the same as the "real sun" and is completely consistent with the things described by Sun Cultists, but that scene is just the outer shell of the sun, and inside it... is a bunch of indescribable things. Duncan recalled the pale, dull flesh and the withering and dying state of the tentacles surrounding his eyes.

The "creature" wrapped in the sun's shell doesn't seem to be in good condition.

In fact, Duncan even thought that it was actually "dead" - the feeling of losing its vitality was so strong that even if you just peeked from a distance, you could feel the breath of "death" coming from the depths of your soul. It was just the burning corpse of an ancient god.

And the corpse of the ancient god was begging him for help, hoping that someone could extinguish the flames on his body.

The corpse is asking for help. This is a contradictory and shocking situation. It is weird and outrageous, but it conforms to the abnormal "logic" of this world.

Duncan sorted out his chaotic mind bit by bit, recalling that during that brief peek, there was one very concerning point, and that was what the "sun" called him - he called himself "The Fire Usurper" ". Is that indescribable mass of flesh and blood really greeting me? Did he really feel the approach of his uninvited guest, so he made a sound? Isn't he just shouting randomly in a state of confusion?

If that plea for help was really meant for myself, then this is a very clear title, Fire Usurper.

Duncan lowered his head, gently rubbed his fingertips, and watched a cluster of flames burning quietly at his fingertips.

The green spiritual fire waited obediently for his command, waiting to contaminate other flames and usurp other abnormal powers.

The next second, Duncan dispersed the spiritual fire in his hand.

No matter whether that "sun" is really speaking to him or not, no matter what the "Gud Fire One" mentioned by the other party means, this is not something he can take care of now - the group of cultists in the city-state of Cyland Until now, he is still hiding in the dark. He has neither the ability nor the position to deal with the "Sun God" behind those cultists.

not to mention. How does he know how to "help" the burning sun? How can he overthrow that big dragon thing with his own spiritual fire? He is too exhausted to burn it! Besides, the other party is just asking for help from him. It's just a rescue, it doesn't mean that) thing is "one of our own" - God knows what will happen if the sun is extinguished. If the fire brand is a seal, the indescribable thing in the sun will come alive after it is extinguished. Come here and kill everyone? At that time, will a still miss his "favor" for helping to "put out the flames"?

It is not wise to deal with a god-like thing casually.

Duncan shook his head and sighed in his heart - the so-called "Sun God" was indeed not the sun he was familiar with.

Perhaps, he will never see real "sunshine" again in this world.

The golden mask shaped like the sun was still sitting quietly on the table. The luster on its surface was somewhat dim, and it seemed that the energy inside it had been exhausted. Duncan reached out to pick up the mask, but the moment his fingertips touched the mask, a slight cracking sound came into his ears.

This originally very strong iron (copper-plated) mask seemed to have experienced millions of years of weathering and corrosion. In the next second, it turned into dust in his hands and dispersed in the wind. Ai ran over jumping up and down, spread her wings in front of Duncan and made the famous gesture: "Happy, pop, gone!"

Duncan didn't pay attention to this bird's behavior of asking for a beating, and he had a vague understanding in his heart——

After all, this mask is just a counterfeit "mass-produced sacred object". What those Sun Cultists seem to be best at is using various consciousnesses to create such fakes with limited effectiveness. These fakes have some power of the real ones, but their lifespan is ultimately worrying. .

The function of the sun mask should be to serve as some kind of communication channel. Low-level priests use this thing to contact the gods they believe in or the "children" of the gods. Just now, he used the fire of the spiritual body to forcefully open this. The full power of the mask gave it the effect of a "genuine" one for a short time, and allowed a glimpse of the Sun God in the passage - directly exhausting the "life" of the mask in a few seconds.

"Perhaps we have to find a way to make it real in the future..." Looking at the ashes floating in the air, Duncan said thoughtfully, "This thing can't help but burn in three seconds."

He didn't intend to really "save" any sun god, but he was still very interested in the secrets kept by the Sun Cultists, and was also curious about the history before the Great Annihilation. He felt that he would continue to research in the extraordinary field;

Go down, those cultists have

The wool has to die when it needs to be married.

But as his research deepened, he had to find ways to make some high-quality wool. After taking a short rest to regain his energy, Duncan left his dormitory.

The goat head who was in a daze at the navigation table immediately turned his head when he heard the movement. He first checked whether the pigeons came out together, and found that only Duncan himself was relieved: "Ah, great captain, your loyal following I am working hard to steer the ship for you. I wonder if your 'far trip' went well? I sense that your soul has gone to a very far place again, but this time it doesn't seem to be a human city-state? If you want to go on a far journey next time, in fact, You can mention…”

"How much do you know about the 'real sun god' that those sun believers believe in?" Duncan waved his hand and asked directly.

After getting along with this goat-head for a while, he has become more and more familiar with the other person's temperament, and has become more confident in his "captain identity". He is no longer as timid and cautious as he was at first when talking and asking questions. There are some questions that have nothing to do with the nature of Lost Home, so it’s okay to ask them casually.

This can also test how much this weird goat-head knows about the extraordinary realm.

"The real Sun God?" The goat head was startled for a moment, and then said hesitantly, "To be honest, I really don't know. I only know that those believers who follow the Sun God are crazy and stupid, but I don't know them. Who is the god behind it? But the 'blessing' of the Sun God does exist. Those believers who are devout in their beliefs to a certain extent will gain some strange powers. This is also the reason why this cult can gradually develop...

-As he spoke, the goat head gradually came to his senses: "Ah, why did you suddenly mention this? Did you just..."

"I'm just thinking, if a so-called 'god' is roasted on the fire by his followers, and Hu's followers don't know anything about it, they work overtime every day to add firewood to the fire, and mistakenly If you think that the 'corpse oil' roasted from the gods is a blessing from the gods... then this is a bit ironic," Duncan said with a long sigh, "It would even seem too hellish to put in a joke from hell. "

There was some silence in the chart room. Goat Head didn't even take up the conversation, which made Duncan look at him in surprise: "Why don't you talk? You don't usually talk a lot?" Goat Head said in a dull voice: "The topic is too topical. Niu Tong, I don’t dare to say, I don’t dare to ask, I can only say that the captain has a good opinion...

Duncan suddenly became happy.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but he gradually began to feel that even the goat-head in front of him was not as evil and dangerous as it was at the beginning. The air quality on this ship... seemed to be slowly getting better?