This world has experienced amazing historical changes. With the "Great Annihilation" as the node, the entire world and even its basic laws have undergone earth-shaking changes. So much so that the Deep Sea Age after the Great Annihilation and the Era of Order before the Great Annihilation can almost be seen.
Create two completely different "worlds".
But even so, there are still people who are persisting in sorting out the historical data passed down since the Great Annihilation, and trying to sort out the true appearance of history from the fragmented and even contradictory archives of various city-states.
Unfortunately, perhaps because the inheritance was cut off too completely, or perhaps because the contradictions in the records of various city-states were too confusing, people have not been able to find more complete and credible historical records before the Great Annihilation.
No one knows what the world was like during the Era of Order.
But fortunately, the world since the ancient kingdom of Crete has a relatively clear historical heritage. Although city-states rise and fall on the endless sea, at least the continuation of civilization itself has never been interrupted.
, the memories of the ancient kingdom are either left in books, or engraved on huge stones, or passed down from generation to generation in ancient and secret families and associations. There are always many lost, but some connections remain.
Scholars believe that more than half of the credit for the civilization inheritance of the Deep Sea Age being able to continue to this day under extremely unfavorable conditions should be attributed to the miracle that illuminates the world:
Vision 001, the sun.
This is the anomaly with the largest scope and power known to mankind - in fact, because its scale is so large and its existence is so "natural", many scholars are debating whether the sun itself is an anomaly or not.
It is a natural phenomenon, but the first batch of recorders after the fall of the ancient kingdom of Crete, that is, the survivors of the ancient kingdom, simply called it Vision 001. This ancient number has been passed down like this, and it has not changed to this day.
Obviously, not all visions are scary and harmful. Vision 001 has brought safety to the world half of the time. In the daytime under the sun, almost all the pollution from the deep layers of the world will be suppressed below the sea level.
, and it is precisely with the existence of such stable daylight that the civilizations of various city-states have been able to develop to this day.
According to the information left by the ancient kingdom of Crete, after the opening of the Deep Sea Age and before the appearance of Vision 001, for a full century, the entire world was shrouded in night - the creation of the world was cold and dim.
The radiance shone on the boundless sea for a hundred years.
That's why the people of the ancient kingdom called their country "Eternal Night" and even called the era they lived in this way.
Duncan stood in front of the narrow window, looking thoughtfully at the world illuminated by the sun.
What was the world before the Great Annihilation like?
Before that terrible hundred years of eternal night came, did the sun ever shine on everything in this world?
I guess there is, because no matter how many gaps and inconsistencies each city-state has in ancient records, there is one thing in common: the Era of Order was a bright, safe and prosperous era.
But no matter what, that prosperous and bright era has passed. Today, the boundless sea is illuminated by Vision 001. Everyone knows this and is grateful for the daylight brought by Vision 001.
Therefore, in this era, the group of cultists who worship the ancient "true sun" and even use it to attack the current sun in the sky and call it the "false sun" will appear particularly paranoid and twisted, and are known to the world.
Not tolerated.
What they are attacking is not just the sun in the sky, they are attacking the reliance on which human civilization has struggled to survive in the deep-sea era until today.
But Duncan knew that the sun worshiped by the cultists... was most likely the true form of the sun that existed before the Great Annihilation.
From a certain perspective, those cultists have mastered a part of the real history - unfortunately, that real history has become the source of their distortion in this era.
Duncan does not believe that the ambitions of the cultists can be realized, nor does he believe that they can really create a burning fusion star by sacrificing human beings. The distortion of this world is far beyond imagination, and the Deep Sea Age shows this look.
, it can’t be explained by just losing stars.
There is not even a single star in the night sky here.
Duncan returned to the room, closed the door, waved to the cabinet next to him, and called down Ai, who was grinding his mouth shells on the top of the cabinet.
The pigeon landed on his shoulder and tilted its head: "Who is calling the fleet?"
Duncan ignored the bird, but walked to the bed and found the sun emblem that he had hidden in the corner of the bed. Then he thought about it and went to the cabinet again. After opening the door, he found the drawer where the spirits were stored.
Take out two bottles of spirits from inside.
There seemed to be something stuck on the wine bottle. Duncan turned the bottle curiously and saw that it was a small note with Nina's handwriting on it: "Drink less wine."
The note seemed to have been posted a long time ago.
There is one sticker on every bottle of wine, and each one has had no effect.
Duncan smiled, closed the drawers and cabinets, returned to the bed with two bottles of wine and the sun emblem, and poked Ai again to make it see what he had taken.
"Try to take them aboard the Lost Home if you can."
The pigeon immediately flapped its wings and made a proud voice: "Dear, SF Express offers free shipping!"
Duncan nodded, let himself lie down in a comfortable position, and began to prepare for the shuttle.
He has been away from the Lost Home for too long. Although nothing will happen to the ship without him watching, he, the captain, cannot keep himself locked in his room.
Nina has to go to school in the afternoon. She has some other things to do after the class. She will be very late after finishing her work. Duncan has already discussed with her to let her stay in the school dormitory for one more night today and come back after school tomorrow afternoon.
During this period of time, Duncan happened to study the details of traveling through the spirit world, and at the same time, according to his previous idea, he tested whether he could control the physical activities of both sides at the same time without completely cutting off the soul projection.
Based on my perception of the Lost Home Number when I was "here", this should be feasible.
When occupying this "fresh" body, the connection between himself and the real body of the Lost Home was obviously stronger and more stable, which gave him confidence and inspiration.
The plan in his mind slowly settled, Duncan exhaled softly, and a little green flame burned on his shoulder. Amidst the crackling sound, the pigeon Ai turned into the form of an undead bird in the blink of an eye, with the tattoo on his chest
The brass compass also clicked open.
Boundless darkness, luminous lines, twinkling stars - familiar feelings came flooding in, and the trajectory back to the Lost Home was the brightest "route" in this darkness.
Duncan's consciousness traveled quickly along this route, and in the blink of an eye he felt that his main consciousness had awakened in the captain's quarters of the Lost Home.
But before completely escaping from that dark space, he relied on his control over the spiritual fire and his own soul to force a "brake" in an attempt to retain the connection between himself and the "antique shop"...
Homeless, in the captain's quarters, Duncan slowly opened his eyes.
He looked down at his hands, then looked around. What he saw were familiar furnishings, and what he heard was the familiar sound of the waves.
He slowly stood up from the chair, and deep in his consciousness, the touch of another body came clearly!
A smile slowly appeared on Duncan's face, and then according to his own understanding, he began to try to perceive and control his other body in the antique shop through that remote connection.
He tried several times.
In the city-state of Puland, on the second floor of Duncan's Antique Shop, the "Antique Shop Manager" who was lying quietly on the bed suddenly opened his eyes!
The next second, the body lying on the bed turned its head little by little with a stiff expression, looking around the room like a zombie, and then slowly moved its hands and feet, as if it was forcibly controlling a rusty machine.
, let your limbs start to move.
If this scene were seen by outsiders, they would probably be so frightened on the spot that they would report to the nearby sheriff, saying that someone here was possessed by an evil spirit.
Looking at it from another angle, there seems to be nothing wrong with reporting like this?
Duncan, who was in the captain's cabin of the Lost Home, was running these strange thoughts in his mind while using an unfamiliar "remote perspective" to remotely control the body and begin to move slowly.
This is very difficult. It is more difficult for a novice to control a puppet with twenty-eight joints when the consciousness is not in the body and only relies on some remote connections to direct the body's movements.
But after many attempts, he still succeeded in making the body in the city-state of Puland sit up from the bed!
The next second, the remote picture in his mind suddenly started to spin.
The body fell to the floor...
Duncan sighed: "Well, it seems I have to practice for a long time."
(It’s time to recommend a book. The title of the book "I Kidnapped the Timeline" comes from the sci-fi category of "I Knapped the Timeline". Rewrite the timeline to avoid the future doomsday! If you are interested, you can check it out~)