The gods live in a kingdom far away from the real world. The world believes that that special dimension is the cornerstone of the world. However, contrary to common sense, this "cornerstone" is not located at the bottom of the world, but at the apex of all dimensions.
The ancient kingdom of Crete described the structure of the world they recognized in the remaining scriptures:
The cornerstone of the world is at the top, protected by eternal truth and order. The Kingdom of God is within the cornerstone, and it exists forever;
From the Kingdom of God downwards, is the reality where all living beings live. At this level, all living beings can enjoy the afterglow of order and can survive in a relatively stable and prosperous real world;
From reality downwards, there is the spiritual world that gradually deviates from the knowledge of mortals. In the spiritual world, the blessings of the gods have become thinner, and twisted and grotesque forces have begun to gain the upper hand;
From the spiritual world downwards, there is the deep sea that is no longer suitable for biological survival and is dominated by strange forces. It can no longer be regarded as a part of the material world, but more like a reflection of nothingness;
Beyond the deep sea is the bottom of the world - the depth of subspace where the shadows of all things are entrenched. The extremely dangerous ancient gods and the entities of all kinds of sinister things are entrenched in the subspace.
In the records of the ancient kingdom of Crete, the gods made a contract in the cornerstone. This contract is the source and criterion of all the laws in the world. This order flows down, determines the laws of the world's operation, and infiltrates all things in the world.
, and as the "depth" continues to decrease, the power of order will begin to weaken, and will gradually be taken over by subspace - the "cornerstone" where the gods are located and the subspace are like the upper and lower endpoints of the world, "Order"
” then flows in one direction between these two endpoints.
This is an ancient gift left to the world by the glorious civilization that pioneered the deep sea era 10,000 years ago. Over the long years, countless scholars have studied this "layered structure" exhaustively, but they have not found this model.
Today, it has become the "world standard model" recognized by the world.
In this standard model, mortals in the world will fall into deeper places, but few people can return from the "deep" to the "shallow". Even if there are occasionally one or two lucky people who return to reality from the spiritual world, they will not return to reality.
I have never heard of any heaven-defying existence that can reach the "cornerstone" dimension where the gods live from reality.
It is precisely for this reason that the Homeless Ship returning to reality from subspace has become the most outrageous anomaly in the world - its return violates the world's understanding of the standard model of the world.
But on the other hand, the existence of the Lost Home is in line with the classic discussion about anomalies and anomalies: the law of permanent misalignment of anomalies and anomalies.
But no matter what, Bishop Valentine and Vanna don't think that the ghost captain has the ability to take revenge on the Storm Goddess - even if he has the heart, he can't do such a thing.
Because the "Cornerstone" and the real world are discontinuous, it is not like the relationship between reality and the spiritual world, the spiritual world and the deep sea, which has continuous falling and material interconnection. So far, no scholar has found the relationship between the "Cornerstone" and reality.
There is evidence that the world can be directly connected. Even gods can only indirectly reduce their influence through projections, metaphors and other methods. How can a ghost ship... how can it counterattack the kingdom of gods?
Since it is impossible to seek revenge from the Storm Goddess herself, the only option left is of course the goddess's followers in the world.
As the headquarters of the Church of the Deep Sea, the Cathedral of Storms is a "Pilgrimage Ark" that sails invisibly on the boundless sea. It comes and goes without a trace. The Pope who sits on the Ark has the power to control the storm on his behalf, which is not a good starting point.
Target.
Then the city-state of Purand, which is fixed on the sea, has a clear goal, and is open to the outside world, is naturally a better choice: 80% of the people in this city-state are believers of the Storm Goddess.
Vanna has already concluded that the ghost captain came for revenge - after all, the Homeless Ship fell into the subspace in a storm a hundred years ago. Apart from this, she can't think of any other reason to explain why it disappeared.
The Homeless Ship that has been missing for so many years will suddenly return to the real world and point its finger at the city-state of Plande.
But what exactly does the ghost captain plan to do?
Fanna frowned and slowly spoke in thought: "Bishop Valentine, do you think... the Lost Home is related to the recent changes in the city-state by the Sun Believers?"
After finishing speaking, she paused and added: "In my dream last night, I saw the burning sun and the Homeless Ship appearing together in Pland. The two disasters coming at the same time may be the omen given to me by the goddess...
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"But don't forget, in the underground sacrificial site, the contaminated 'sacrifice' killed the priest of the Dark Sun. It was a baptized 'messenger'." The bishop shook his head, "At least at that sacrificial site
, the positions of Homeless and Black Sun seem to be hostile.”
Vanna didn't speak for a while, just lost in thought because of the bishop's words. The old man opposite her continued after a brief silence: "As for those believers who worship the dark sun, I got some information from the city-state of Lensa this morning.
Tips..."
Fanna immediately raised her head: "Information report?"
"The Sun Heretics are not just resurrecting in Puland. They have recently made changes in many city-states. A large number of Sun Heretics have recently passed through the ports of Lunsa and Moko and are gathering in Puland. Some of them have been arrested," Old
The bishop nodded, "During the interrogation, the heretics mentioned 'shards of the sun'."
"Sun fragments...those fragments of the sun that peeled off after the 'real sun god' in the alien world disintegrated?" Fanna suddenly reacted, "Do they think there is a sun fragment hidden in Puland?"
"It seems like this at the moment. I don't know where the heretics got the information from, or it may be the 'revelation' they got in their madness. In short, they now firmly believe that some of the remains of their 'lord' are hidden in this city.
," Bishop Valentine said with a calm expression, "And they regard this as the hope for the revival of the Dark Sun."
"...Those lunatics," Vanna couldn't help but curse in a low voice, "in order to resurrect that dark and blasphemous sun, they have killed so many lives!"
"Dark Sun is our name. The sun god in their minds is bright and represents the truest order - you can't expect those irrational cultists to have any conscience when their hands are full of blood.
"Valentin shook his head, "They firmly believe that everything they say and do is justice. When dealing with them, there are only two languages that are most useful, one is caliber and the other is poundage."
Listening to the bishop's speech, which was quite like the deep-sea church, Fanna couldn't help but tremble at the corner of her mouth: "It seems that we will be very busy."
"The boundless sea is never peaceful, and the city-state is also in the boundless sea," Valentine said. "The captains have to face the storms in the ocean, and we have to face the storms brought by the fools of the world. Judge, be prepared,
The city-state of Puland may be facing a challenge."
"Two challenges," Fanna corrected seriously, "In addition to the followers of the Black Sun, there is also a mysterious and terrifying ghost captain - if the Homeless Ship and the Black Sun are really not the same, then our troubles start from one
It became two.”
Bishop Valentine pondered for a moment: "Perhaps there is another possibility - depending on the situation at the sacrificial ground in the sewer, the Homeless Ship might fight with the believers of the Black Sun?"
"...Those two troubles merged into one devastating trouble, Bishop Valentine." Vanna looked at the old man in front of her, who had obviously begun to think divergently. "The ghost ship returning from subspace and a group of people are fighting for each other."
The cultists of the Sun Fragment are fighting in the city-state of Pland, and there may be a descending of the Dark Sun in the process. I can't think of a worse situation than this."
Valentin sighed and admitted that Vanna was right.
"In short, let's work together with the security forces to arrest all the solar heretics who have infiltrated into the city-state, and eliminate the threat of the black sun before the situation becomes serious. This is a relatively easy goal to achieve," Fanna said, after lifting the
After the Lost Home disturbed her mentally and entered her field of expertise, her thinking became obviously active. "As for the ghost ship... we don't know its next actions. We have no way to start at the moment. We can only do it first."
To monitor the spiritual world and the sea areas surrounding the city-state..." New
Speaking of this, the young judge couldn't help but shook his head, with a serious and helpless expression: "Damn it, who knows what a ghost captain will want to do next..."
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"I'd like to add more ketchup..." Duncan waved to Nina across the table, "Just hand it over and I'll make it myself."
Nina immediately handed over the ketchup: "Okay Uncle Duncan."
It is now noon, and Duncan and Nina are eating lunch in the small kitchen on the second floor. The food in the antique shop is very simple - a kind of salty pancakes with local characteristics in Puland, served with tomato sauce or hot sauce, and vegetable soup.
The soup was not a delicious dish, but both Duncan and Nina ate it with gusto.
It's been a long time since Duncan had such a normal lunch, and it's been a long time since Nina had such a normal lunch.
Duncan felt like he was starting to like this place.