An entire continent was hanging upside down and slowly moving overhead. Its huge and gloomy shadow was enough to cover four-fifths of the field of vision. The pressure brought by this scene was amazing - so much so that even Duncan had a panic attack at this moment.
The suffocating feeling made me want to look away.
But he forcibly controlled the urge to look away, and instead forced himself to raise his head and further carefully observe the upside-down star fragment.
He didn't know what was going on here, he didn't know how he came, and he didn't know how to get back - but it was precisely for this reason that he had to observe all suspicious scenes and collect all information that might come in handy.
Is that upside-down celestial body wreckage... actually there? Or is it just a terrifying illusion? Is it the bones left behind after a world was shattered? Or is it just a distorted projection of the chaotic space and time of the subspace?
The upside-down land slowly drifted over in an inclined trajectory, getting closer and closer to the Lost Home. Duncan suddenly became nervous because he found that the moving direction of the ship under his feet seemed to be right against the edge of the "continent".
The two may collide!
But just as the continent was getting closer and closer, and the stern of the Lost Home was about to touch a broken mountain on the edge of the continent, Duncan suddenly felt a tremor on the deck beneath his feet.
Immediately afterwards, he seemed to hear illusory shouts coming from nowhere, and heard harsh creaking sounds coming from all over the dilapidated ancient ghost ship. These sounds broke the silence on the Lost Home.
, the next second, the huge hull under his feet began to turn slightly - at a dangerous and dangerous distance, the superstructure of the Lost Home missed the broken mountain peak.
Duncan looked at the movement on the ship in amazement, and listened to the illusory shouts and creaking noises gradually returning to silence. But suddenly, the corner of his eye seemed to catch something, so he suddenly raised his head and looked at the ship that was hanging upside down.
Broken peaks on the edge of the continent——
The Homeless Ship had gradually crossed the center line of the mountain, and its worn mast almost touched the dark and hazy peak of the latter. Now, Duncan could see the scene behind the mountain.
He saw a cliff, a rugged cliff that seemed to be torn apart by brute force, and a huge humanoid creature was leaning on the cliff - "he" was almost as tall as the entire mountain, with long, thin and pale limbs, and a head that was
The deformed, swollen, pitted face was inlaid with a huge one-eye. The one-eye was half-open and half-closed, with filthy liquid flowing out of it and solidifying into amber-like droplets in mid-air.
This cyclops has obviously been dead for an unknown number of years, but the remaining body of "his" still seems to exude some kind of breathtaking coercion and power. There are no obvious scars on "he", and it seems that he died of exhaustion.
Until the moment of death, "his" hands were firmly pressed against the cliff behind him, and his fingers were deeply pierced into the rocks of the cliff.
The dark continent with its colors faded, and the pale Cyclops dead on the cliff at the edge of the continent. In this chaotic and dim subspace, under the illumination of a long "lightning", this black and white scene is deeply imprinted on the world.
In Duncan's mind.
Then, the flash of light that lasted for a long time finally gradually faded away - it ran across the middle of the continent and gradually began to dissipate from the center. In Duncan's field of vision, the upside-down land gradually returned to darkness.
But he still raised his head. He knew that the continent had not completely gone away. The last bit of its structure was still slowly floating over the Lost Home. He seemed to be able to hear the heavy and huge thing slowly crushing above his head.
The low roar - even though he knew it was just his illusion, the roaring illusion still echoed in his mind, as if it was the last lament of a dead world left in the subspace.
Duncan finally withdrew his gaze and slowly looked around, looking at the vast chaos beyond the side of the ship.
From time to time, turbulent flows of light and shadow emerge, and from time to time, bright flashes of light pierce the darkness. In this dark and chaotic nothingness, those flashes of light and turbulent flow of light and shadow occasionally reflect something, all large and small lumps, indescribable shadows.
.
Duncan took a gentle breath and looked down at the ship under his feet - this ship was completely different from the one he was familiar with, showing a sense of dilapidation in every aspect.
He closed his eyes slightly, trying to communicate with the ship - just like he communicated with the intact Lost Home in the real world, to understand this ghost ship floating in the subspace.
But the next second, he suddenly opened his eyes.
He couldn't feel the ship - not that he couldn't communicate, but that he couldn't feel the existence of the ship at all!
The moment his perception spread, he "felt" that the ship under his feet had disappeared. There were no decks, masts or cabins at all. He even felt that he was floating alone in this vast chaos, and the huge feeling of emptiness and confusion that followed came with it.
The misalignment of perception directly interrupted his state of concentration.
Duncan glanced at the surrounding ship structures in astonishment, and then raised his foot to step on the deck, as if he didn't believe that the ship carrying him in front of him was actually just an phantom.
Or...it's actually me who is the "phantom"?
Duncan's mind was filled with thoughts for a while, then he shook his head and walked towards the hatch leading to the lower deck.
He decided to continue completing his previous exploration plan.
No matter what is going on with this ship, no matter why it presents a state of "non-existence" in one's own perception, at least it is indeed carrying itself now, and has not shown any expulsion of itself as the "captain"
and hostility, which gave Duncan the motivation and confidence to continue exploring.
He walked down the steps and entered the empty cabin below the deck.
Opening several cabins in succession, they all had the same old and dilapidated scene, with suspicious black stains covering the walls and roofs, and all the rooms were empty - some rooms were clearly full in Duncan's memory.
It was a warehouse for stuff, but now there are only tattered walls and pillars.
He also went to find the cabin where Alice lived, and of course it was equally empty - for some reason, this made him feel relieved.
Rather than seeing familiar people or objects here, he didn't want them to appear in this weird and terrifying place.
After leaving Alice's room, Duncan passed directly through the crew area and dining area, heading deeper into the cabin.
As he crossed the middle level of the warehouse, he hesitated briefly for two minutes before the stairs leading deeper.
On the Lost Home in the real dimension, he had explored those areas and knew that below was the cabin with inverted light and shadow, as well as the "broken bilge" deeper - but during that exploration, he brought a
A special lantern.
The lantern can help him expand his perception and reveal the dangerous corners of the cabin that are twisted and mutated in advance.
But here, he didn't find the lantern.
But after a moment of hesitation, Duncan decided to move on.
The situation here has changed a lot compared to the real dimension. Even if he finds the lantern, it may not still work in the cabin below, and the main ability of the lantern is to expand his perception - but in his perception
, this ship does not exist at all, so what is the point of expanding the perception several times?
Duncan just raised the sword in his hand and lightly drew his fingers over the blade. A faint green flame burned on the blade, bringing limited illumination.
Using his sword as a lamp, he climbed down the stairs and walked forward slowly.
A dark and open cabin appeared in his field of vision.
This is the cabin with "inverse light and shadow" - in the real dimension, this cabin is full of oil lamps, but the light emitted by the oil lamps and the darkness in the corners of the cabin show a state of inverse lighting. The more light there is, the more light there is.
The darker the place, the brighter the dark corner.
Duncan looked around.
There is no light and shadow inversion here, there is just a uniform chaos and darkness, and the spiritual flames burning on the sword blade do not trigger any light and shadow inversion mechanism, but illuminate the surroundings normally.
"...This place is much more normal."
Duncan couldn't help but mutter softly, and then cautiously walked through the empty place and continued walking forward until another staircase appeared in his field of vision.
This staircase leads to the bilge of the Lost Home, that shattered place.
Duncan stood in front of the stairs and took a deep breath before stepping down.
A door appears at the end of the stairs.
Duncan subconsciously raised his head and looked at the door frame - he still remembered that there was a sentence written on this door, indicating that it was the last door to the bilge.
There is nothing on the door frame.
There is no warning for future generations, and no instructions to guide the way forward. This is just an ordinary wooden door, slightly open, as if to welcome visitors into it.
Duncan was not too surprised, he just quietly retracted his gaze, holding the flaming sword tightly with one hand, and slowly pushed open the door with the other.
Opposite the door is an equally dark place, an old and dilapidated cabin.
But it is complete.
When Duncan stepped into this place, he immediately noticed the intact bulkhead structure all around - although it was dilapidated, there was not even a single gap in the bulkhead here, and naturally the scene outside the bulkhead could not be seen.
The bottom of the ship in the real dimension is torn apart, but the bottom of the ship here is so complete?
Duncan felt a strange feeling in his heart, and he continued to walk forward, but after taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped.
Deep in the dim and dim cabin ahead, an ancient and outdated door stood out of thin air.
Duncan felt his heartbeat suddenly beat half a beat faster, and then he walked forward quickly, and the appearance of the door came into his eyes clearly.
It’s exactly the same as the door at the bottom of the ship in the real dimension!
When Duncan came to the door, he noticed at first sight that the door was slightly open - a crack opened inward.
And through the crack in the door, he could vaguely see the scene on the other side.
There was a fragmented cabin, with a faint light floating in the cabin.
Duncan suddenly turned around and looked at where he was.
The ancient and dilapidated cabin was dark and dusty, and had been abandoned for who knows how long - just like the scene he saw in the crack of the door when he and Alice explored the bilge of the Lost Home.