The fire of the spiritual body gathered up and immersed itself into the fragments of flesh and blood.
The fire-stained wreckage climbed up shakily, then climbed faster and faster, disappearing at the end of the street.
This mass of flesh and blood that has no longer thought about it is on its way home - but can it really return to a certain "body", or will it exhaust its vitality and dissipate on its own halfway, or will it be intercepted by something? Purification, then even Duncan wouldn't be sure.
He just tried his best to avoid all hidden dangers within his own ability.
After Shirley started fighting with the weird black shadow, he quickly analyzed the origin of the "attacker" who appeared in the nightmare, and at the same time guessed the opponent's abilities. After seeing that thing facing the spirit body After Huo's reaction, he further determined that this attacker who appeared out of nowhere was probably just a "Pathfinder" that had split off.
The attacker had no will to fight after encountering the spiritual fire. The first reaction was to break up and break out in all directions. This may be interpreted as a hasty escape, but it can also be interpreted as a "pathfinder" trying to send the intelligence away. ——If this huge dream is really spun by someone behind the scenes, then the appearance of himself as an "intruder" is undoubtedly important information.
Duncan looked thoughtfully at the direction in which the debris disappeared. After climbing out a certain distance, the other party disappeared out of thin air in a cloud of rising smoke, which further confirmed his suspicion:
The attacker who suddenly appeared was more familiar with this dreamland than he and Shirley. The attacker had a more convenient way to move here and also knew some invisible "passages", so the figure holding an umbrella just now could not be noticed by him. suddenly appeared nearby.
In comparison, "explorers" like him, Shirley, and Agou who were visiting for the first time were like headless flies in the dream, and it was not easy to find those who were hiding.
But it doesn't matter, the fire has been spread out, and a vague connection is still looming in his perception. Duncan believes that the flames he spread out will have some harvest. As long as that little bit of spiritual fire starts to spread, there will be something. With a clearer perception established, sooner or later he will find someone hidden in the spreading fire - and then Nina and Shirley will no longer have to have nightmares.
"Mr. Duncan??" Shirley looked at Duncan who was suddenly silent with a little fear. After hesitating for a long time, she boldly said, "Do you know what that?? was?"
She was referring to the attacker with the black umbrella.
"I can't tell," Duncan thought for a moment and shook his head, but then he looked at the burned streets around him and said thoughtfully, "But you still remember the way back from the museum? , is that the figure standing on the edge of the square that I mentioned?"
"Is it the one that only you can see?" Shirley recalled immediately, "Ah, the one who attacked us just now is the one you saw??"
"I'm not sure it's the same one," Duncan shook his head, "but it's definitely the same species, and I suspect it's related to the group of cultists who believe in the sun god - they both appeared in scenes related to fire. This is very suspicious."
"Is it related to those cultists??" Shirley blinked and quickly reacted, "Is it the 'son of the sun' that those cultists call him?!"
"Let's doubt it for now. Although there is no evidence," Duncan exhaled softly, "but rather than the identity of the attacker, I care more about why this thing appeared in you and Nina's "dream"...the museum scene and
What’s the connection between your dreams?”
As he spoke, he raised his head and glanced at the tall tower.
At the top of the tower, Nina was still nowhere to be seen—but Duncan was almost certain that this was the place Nina had seen in her dream.
"Is this really Nina's dream?" Shirley was also looking around curiously, with a look of disbelief on her face, "How did you know?"
"She told me about this dream, and in the dream, she was standing on the tallest distillation tower, overlooking the burned city-state," Duncan said while raising his finger and pointing to the nearby tower. "This location is so far away
The cabin in your nightmare is about two blocks away, and although we don't know why, your dreams are clearly connected on a deeper level."
Shirley was surprised. She seemed to want to ask something else, but suddenly, Agou next to her seemed to have discovered something: "Hey Shirley, look, the umbrella that guy was holding just now seems to be still there!"
Shirley and Duncan looked at the direction Agou pointed at the same time, and sure enough they saw a big black umbrella lying quietly on the side of the street!
Just now, their attention was focused on the attacker. After the latter's body split, the umbrella was left on the roadside, and no one noticed its existence for a while.
Duncan stepped over and finally had the opportunity to observe the big black umbrella up close, but after seeing the appearance of the inner layer of the umbrella, he couldn't help but let out a "huh" sound.
He imagined what this umbrella that was always held by the attacker would look like - it might be an extraordinary item engraved with runes, or it might be an ordinary umbrella that looks ordinary but actually has many properties.
An abnormal object, but no matter what, considering the weird and terrifying ability and form of the attacker, the style of this umbrella should definitely develop in an evil direction.
However, what was underneath the umbrella was completely different from what he had imagined——
He saw an extremely complex man-made structure, with hexagonal exquisite lattices densely arranged on the skeleton, forming a form like some kind of solar panel. And between the deep purple lattice gaps, he saw tiny
There are pipes and wire harnesses, and at the center of the umbrella, there is an exquisite device like some kind of control center that connects the umbrella handle and the surrounding lattice array. Its precision and complexity far exceed those in the city-state of Pland.
Any kind of steam engine.
Duncan gaped at the thing.
His first reaction was the sense of technology!
This thing is by no means an extraordinary item, and its style of painting is completely different from some "abnormalities". It is not an instrument made by the current city-state civilization. This umbrella is an extremely sophisticated and complex technological creation.
It??comes from a civilization that modern city-states cannot understand!
"What is this?" Shirley looked at the internal structure of the umbrella in shock and confusion. She couldn't understand what it was at all, and lacked Duncan's knowledge from another world. She only felt that this thing
It was a hundred times more complicated than she imagined, and even looked a little dazzling. She subconsciously stretched out her hand, "It looks like..."
"Don't touch it!" Agou suddenly interrupted Shirley, "This looks like some kind of blasphemous prototype."
Shirley was stunned: "Desecrate the prototype? What the hell?"
"Creations from certain taboo histories, things that should not appear in the real world, but are forcibly detained in the real world," Agou whispered seriously, "I don't know how to explain it to you...because I
I don’t know what the principle behind this is. Anyway, just remember that some history in this world has been locked, and the things that have been born in these taboo histories are blasphemous prototypes. Usually,
, their existence itself is harmful to living things in the real world? Don’t touch them if you see them!”
Shirley immediately put away her hands nervously, while Duncan glanced at Agou thoughtfully: "This is also the innate knowledge of the deep demon,?"
"That's right," Agou shook his head, "Not all Netherworld Demons know this, but I was born closer to the head of Netherworld Holy Lord, so I have more knowledge in my head."
Duncan hummed noncommittally, his gaze resting on the weird black umbrella. But at this moment, as if it had lost some kind of "support", the umbrella suddenly began to rapidly disintegrate and disintegrate in front of his eyes.
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The delicate lattice structure gradually became transparent, and the skeleton and wire bundles faded and turned into gray-white debris that flew away in the wind. The complex device at the core also melted and flowed down like heated wax. Before this thing completely melted, something appeared in the corner of Duncan's eyes.
Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed small words printed on a certain part of the device.
It was not the lingua franca used in today's city-states, nor was it any other language he was familiar with - but the meaning of the words still came to his mind:
"K-22 spectral filter core."
The next second, the entire umbrella, including the last part, was blown away by the wind.
Duncan stood up slowly, and at this moment, Shirley, who was standing next to him, suddenly exclaimed in a low voice: "Ah! What's wrong with my hand??"
Duncan looked at Shirley's arm and found that not only his arm, but his entire body was gradually becoming transparent and blurry.
Shirley was immediately shocked: "Help, help, help??"
"Help!" Agou interrupted Shirley directly, "You are about to wake up! This is the first time you have woken up from this dream normally - why don't you thank Mr. Duncan quickly?"
Only then did Shirley react and quickly looked at Duncan, only to see that the other man's figure was gradually disappearing in the dream.
Duncan smiled and waved to the girl in front of him: "Good night, and good morning - don't forget to wake Nina up for breakfast later."