After being extinguished for a full twelve hours, the dark sphere hanging high and stationary in the sky once again became the "sun" that brought warmth and light to the world and resumed movement.
In Puland, in Frost, and in Qingfeng Harbor, everyone who has witnessed the sun go out has seen the scene of Vision 001 being restored again.
However, the panic caused by the sun going out did not subside so easily - the residents of the city-state were still uneasy, and the scholars and priests looked at the relit sun as confused and nervous as when they saw it go out before.
, city managers are still trying to confirm the situation in other cities, and everyone is eager to know - what happened?
The flying colored paper rolled across the deck like a gust of wind, passed through the window, and fell into the captain's cabin. Lucretia's figure condensed out of the paper. She stepped to her crystal ball and activated it slightly.
Waiting anxiously for the reply from the other party.
As soon as Tirian's figure appeared, she quickly spoke: "I see that the sun has lit up again, how is the situation over there?"
"Of course it's the same here. At least for now, we are still seeing the same sun." Tirian's eyes were a little tired, but he seemed to be in good spirits. "It may take me some time to relax the atmosphere in the city-state."
It has come down, and now everyone is worried whether the sky above will fall into darkness again..."
"...The sun is a symbol of security, protecting our daylight for thousands of years. In other words, as long as it goes out once, the most basic and stable 'security' in everyone's mind will be severely damaged.
Lucretia sighed and said her thoughts casually, "No one is worried about this, even me."
"Did you collect any useful information while the sun went out?" Tirian asked, "You have all kinds of equipment over there..."
Lucretia nodded immediately: "Yes, after the sun went out, a set of observation devices I set up on the Brilliant Star received a strange signal from the 'luminous geometry'. I will sort out the information later.
Give you a copy and see if the scholars over there have any clues. Later I will go to Qingfeng Port again to see if the monitoring devices set up by the Institute of Truth in various parts of the city have discovered anything...
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"Okay, I'll wait for your news."
Lucretia hummed, then she hesitated for a few seconds before hesitantly said: "How is the situation with father? When the sun went out, he was still at sea..."
"I have been in contact with him before. Everything on the Lost Home is normal, even...maybe better than the situation in the city," Tirian breathed out, "I will contact him again later, don't worry, if I notice
If something is wrong... I will tell you as soon as possible."
Lucretia nodded slightly, and after saying goodbye to her brother, she extinguished the crystal ball in front of her.
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The Lost Home, in the captain's cabin, the figure of Captain Lawrence of the White Oak appeared in the oval mirror in front of Duncan, who was reporting on the latest situation:
"The sea area around the White Oak has returned to normal, and the strange phenomena before have no longer occurred. It seems that as the sun lights up again, everything is getting back on track..."
"How's the navigation going?"
"You can already see the 'starry sky' again in the stargazing room," Lawrence nodded immediately and said, "But it will take some time for the spiritual lens to be recalibrated. At present, it is generally judged that the White Oak has not deviated too far from its course."
"Okay, please report to me in time if there is any subsequent situation."
The illusory spiritual flames on the edge of the mirror expanded and contracted, and Lawrence's figure in the mirror gradually disappeared. However, Duncan still stood in front of the mirror that had returned to normal, frowning and lost in thought.
The sun has recovered, and the situation is actually pretty much what he expected at the beginning - although Vision 001 is indeed having problems, this huge and ancient "device" will not completely collapse in a short time, and it may continue to malfunction.
and persisting in restoration for a long time, today's extinguishing is only temporary - but correspondingly, its rekindling is also temporary.
Compared with the brief extinguishing of the sun, what Duncan is more concerned about at the moment is actually something else: the strange phenomena that occur after the sun goes out.
The first strange phenomenon is the interruption of communications in other city-states except Purander, Qingfeng Port and Frost.
If it is true that all communications in the boundless sea are interrupted, it will not be troublesome. However, there are three city-states that have no problems. If Purander and Hanshuang have the ability because they have become "anomalies"
Some kind of specialness, so what is going on in Qingfeng Port?
The second strange phenomenon is even more puzzling than the "communication interruption" - what is going on with the "boundary" observed by the White Oak?
The burning cloth balls thrown into the sea from the ship will theoretically continue to drift in the opposite direction to the ship's course due to the movement of the ship. However, when the sun goes out, the cloth balls will all "stagnate" after drifting a few hundred meters.
"Near a certain "border"...
According to Lawrence's report just now, after the sun lit up again, this strange phenomenon disappeared - the mummy "sailor" conducted several more tests to confirm this.
Duncan frowned.
The phenomenon observed by the White Oak is actually very small in scale. Compared with the "disconnection" of all the city-states on the entire infinite sea, the "border" is only limited to one ship, but what is hidden behind the phenomenon...
...but it seems far beyond imagination.
Duncan vaguely felt that he seemed to have touched a very crucial "secret" in this boundless sea. The "real side" of this entire world seemed to be hidden in the twelve hours after the sun went out.
At this moment, a call from afar suddenly interrupted his thinking.
Duncan came back to his senses immediately and glanced at the mirror in front of him.
The next second, the illusory and transparent spiritual fire enveloped the mirror again, and the depths of the mirror quickly became dark, with Tirian's figure emerging from it.
"Father, where are you..."
"Everything is fine here, the sun has returned, right?" Duncan spoke proactively before the other party finished speaking, "How is the situation with the frost?"
"Everything is fine here in Frostbite," Tirian replied immediately. "You are 'looking after' the cemetery, which has greatly reduced the pressure on the church and city hall. At present, order in all parts of the city has been controlled, but
The panic of the citizens probably needs to be calmed down slowly. I will convene a meeting later to discuss how to explain the sun extinguishing to ordinary people..."
Duncan noticed that Tirian seemed to be secretly looking at this place while he was speaking, as if he was... carefully observing the changes in his expression.
He immediately figured out why.
"Don't worry, I'm still me. I haven't been replaced by something in the subspace because of the brief extinguishing of the sun." Duncan laughed and said the truth calmly, "If you don't believe it, go to the cemetery.
Confirm with my 'incarnation' in person?"
"Ah, no, I don't mean anything else!" Tirian explained hurriedly, "It's just... Lucy is a little worried about you..."
"I know," Duncan interrupted and waved his hand nonchalantly, "but you can rest assured that my mental health is very good - rather than worrying about me, let's talk about the situation in the city. Communication with other city-states
Has it recovered?"
"We can now receive signals from Cold Harbor, and psychic communications with other distant city-states have also been restored," Tirian nodded and said, "I have arranged for people to inquire about the situation of various city-states, and they should be there soon..."
He suddenly stopped when he said this, and then turned his eyes elsewhere.
It seemed that someone had walked into the dome office and was reporting something to him.
Duncan did not speak, and immediately withdrew his "gaze", while concealing the connection between the mirrors - this was to avoid scaring the "ordinary people" over there.
After a few minutes, the flames on the edge of the mirror burned again. Duncan heard Tirian's call and looked at the mirror again.
Tirian's figure appeared in the mirror again, and this time there was an obviously stunned expression on his face.
Duncan noticed the change in the other person's expression and frowned slightly: "What happened?"
"We... just established contact with Cold Harbor and asked about the situation of their city-state when the sun went out," Tirian hesitated, as if he was trying to think of how to express every word, "The result was that they were surprised - they were completely
I don’t know about the sun going out!”
Duncan's expression suddenly condensed.
After more than ten seconds, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and broke the silence very seriously: "Let's make it clear, is it because the people over at Cold Harbor have never observed the phenomenon of the sun extinguishing, or that they have never experienced the twelve events before?
Hours?"
Tirian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and quickly understood the meaning of Duncan's words.
"You mean..."
"Let's check again and see if there is any record of the interruption of communication with Hanshuang in Lenggang. If in their eyes the whole world is always business as usual, and the communication with Hanshuang has never been interrupted... then this matter is serious.
It's more complicated than we thought."
"Yes, I will confirm immediately," Tirian said quickly, "There are other city-states, and I will confirm them one by one!"
Duncan nodded and waved his hand to disperse the flames floating around the mirror, but just when he was about to think about this matter, a goat-headed voice suddenly came from not far away: "Captain! The situation is not good.
Yes! Come and look at the chart!"
Chart?
Duncan was confused and quickly turned around to the navigation table, his eyes scanning the strange chart surrounded by fog.
The next second, he saw the projection of the Lost Home on the chart, and... the city-state mark slowly emerged next to the projection.