Duncan was still staring at the huge and strange eyeball on the draft paper——
It is painted with almost crazy messy brushstrokes, but it is incredibly accurate and expressive, so that anyone can understand the meaning of every line on the picture with just one glance, as if its true information has been woven into every element that makes up the picture.
inside an element.
In the crazy and messy brushstrokes, the huge eyeball has a deep pupil, and the structure of the surrounding blood vessels and nerve plexus can be vaguely discerned; the outside of the eyeball is obviously covered with a layer of dim material, and Taran Eyre used a lot of fine brushstrokes.
Lines are used to describe the layer of things covering the eyeballs, as if trying hard to restore what it is, and the only information Duncan received from the picture is that it is a "shell with a complex structure."
It was an eye encapsulated in a shell that looked like a gem.
A creaking sound came from the side, and the goat head on the edge of the chart table was turning its head very uneasily. It seemed to want to take a look at the contents of the paper, but was hesitant.
After a long while, it finally said hesitantly: "Captain...what does that look like?"
"It's an eye." Duncan was silent for a few seconds and began to explain the contents on the scratch paper to the goat head while thinking about it. "The structure looks very similar to a human eye. You can see blood vessels and nerve plexuses. It
It is encapsulated in a spherical shell, but the spherical shell looks very much like a man-made object..."
Listening to Duncan's description, Goat Head was so quiet for the first time in its history.
After a long time, it started to move and made an extremely uneasy sound: "This is really... a terrifying scene... the true appearance of Vision 001 is such a huge eyeball?!
Then...then when the sun goes out, aren't there many people..."
"I'm afraid not many people have actually seen this scene," Duncan slowly shook his head. "When the sun went out, we also looked up at the sky. All we saw was a sphere that was completely plunged into darkness. The details of it cannot be directly
What was observed - also shown in this picture, is that the eyeball is 'encapsulated' in a huge container.
"At that time, Taran El was able to see clearly the true appearance of the sphere with the help of the special observation device of the Academy of Truth. There was no need to worry that ordinary people elsewhere would casually see this crazy 'truth'."
Hearing Duncan's words, the goat head seemed to be relieved, but then he became worried again: "Not many, that might be some - not everyone has the reaction like Taran El, who can lose control of his mind.
In this state, he instinctively sealed and tampered with the contents of his records, and based on Taran El's own subsequent actions, people who saw this eyeball seemed to unconsciously want to spread its appearance..."
Duncan listened to the uneasy words of the goat head, but said nothing. He just remained silent with a sinking face, seeming to be deep in thought.
The goat head kept mumbling for a long time. When he saw that the captain had no reaction at all, he finally couldn't help but remind him: "Captain, do you think we should remind you..."
"Plande and Frost don't have similar 'observation' devices. The lens group is an asset of the Academy of Truth. It is sophisticated and rare." Duncan finally raised his head, "Outside of Breeze Harbor, even if someone observes it while the sun is extinguished.
Even if you look at the surface of Vision 001, you won’t see these ‘truths’.”
"Plande and Hanshuang don't have it, but other city-states may have it!" Goat Head shouted immediately, "Who knows what those reckless fools will do! Mortals are not a reliable race!"
"...Other city-states will not see that extinguished sun." Duncan said suddenly.
The goat head, which was agitated for a while, suddenly became quiet.
"Have you forgotten?" Duncan reminded lightly, "Only the three city-states and the 'Homeless Fleet' have seen the world where the sun goes out. Other than that, the entire Infinite Sea has not experienced those twelve hours.
dark."
The goat-headed head shook slightly from side to side, and finally uttered a meaningless exclamation: "Oh... um..."
Duncan said nothing more, but looked down at the sketch depicting the core structure of Vision 001. Gradually, another scene emerged in his mind——
The brilliantly burning corona, the flesh and blood limbs twisted and twisted under the corona, and the huge dying eyeball surrounded by countless pale flesh and blood limbs.
Creeping Sun Disk - Black Sun.
Duncan's brows wrinkled little by little. After the vague feeling of familiarity appeared, he couldn't ignore it. The scene in his mind was quickly compared with the sketch on the paper in front of him, and some bold ideas gradually began to emerge in his mind.
"...It's very similar to the eyes of the 'Real Sun God'." He suddenly whispered to himself softly.
"Ah?" The goat head was suddenly startled, "What terrible thing are you talking about!?"
"This eyeball is very similar to part of the structure of the 'Creeping Sun Disk'," Duncan said thoughtfully, and as he completed the recall of details in his mind, his judgment became more and more certain, "No
No, it's very similar - if you take out the 'eyeball' structure alone and look at it, it's almost exactly the same."
There was a click, and the neck of the goat's head seemed to be stuck at a certain angle. It stood stiffly on the chart table and became silent.
Even if he is as talkative as he is, this is the first time he can't say a single word.
Duncan exhaled softly, folded the scrap paper, and placed it securely close to his body.
Fortunately, Lucretia was cautious enough and did not leave this piece of paper to the ordinary scholars of the Academy of Truth. Otherwise, I really don’t know what would happen - although the Academy of Truth does not have his convenient "spiritual fire".
The seal on the paper was released, but they had all kinds of wonderful research methods, and maybe they could actually restore the true pattern on the draft paper.
At this moment, a sudden rush of footsteps from outside the captain's room interrupted Duncan's thinking. Then, there was a knock on the door and Morris's voice came from outside: "Captain, I have something to report to you.
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Duncan immediately adjusted his expression and looked up at the door: "Come in."
The door to the captain's cabin opened, and Morris walked quickly into the room. As he walked, he took out a letter from his arms: "Captain, Heidi suddenly sent a letter, and the letter mentioned... unusual things.
, need to report to you."
A letter from Heidi?
Duncan was stunned for a moment, and reached out to take the letter. He didn't expect that the psychiatrist lady would contact us so soon after just establishing contact and telling the truth. But at the same time, he was a little confused: "Why didn't she just go to Antiques?"
The store came to see me? And the letter was delivered to you?"
Ay goes back and forth between the Lost Home and Prand every day. In addition to transporting some necessary supplies, he also does routine mail sending and receiving at places such as the cathedral, Morris's house, and the consul's residence.
It was normal for Dee to send a message through these channels, but if she wanted to contact the captain of the Lost Home, then going directly to the antique store would obviously be a more convenient option.
"...She is still a little nervous and fearful," Morris explained with a hint of embarrassment in his tone, "probably because she didn't dare to meet your incarnation directly after knowing the truth."
"...Excessive nervousness, she bought a vase in my store last week." Duncan muttered, opened the letter casually, and glanced at the lines of words above that were obviously written in a hurry, and his eyes suddenly changed slightly.
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The next moment, Duncan quickly put away the relaxed expression on his face, his expression turned serious, and then gradually became a little dignified. He quickly browsed the contents of the letter, and then was silent for a few seconds before raising his head to look at Morris:
"She met the final preacher..."
"Yes, and according to the description in the letter, he seems to be the kind of person who has reason," Morris nodded, "although the 'reason' of the uninvited guest is very questionable. He kept mumbling from beginning to end and couldn't even explain what he said...
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Obviously, this old gentleman who has taught many students throughout his life and whose principle is "to teach knowledge in a concise, straightforward and easy-to-understand way" is extremely dissatisfied with the Riddler-like cultist mentioned in the letter and has a lot of resentment.
"The reason why he didn't explain it clearly may be due to some restrictions. The key is that he is willing to communicate. This is the most significant difference between the two kinds of final evangelists." Duncan said quickly, and then looked down at the letter, which mentioned in the letter.
All kinds of information came into his eyes.
The fourth long night...the ark of promise...the sun becoming "gentle" and the approaching dusk, and...the "hole" that appears with a certain "variable" and is gradually expanding...
Heidi relayed in the letter as faithfully as possible the various rambling remarks she heard from the final evangelist, without any "additional processing" of those things based on her own guesses.
The information itself was enough to make countless speculations and associations emerge in Duncan's mind.
"The final preacher didn't seem to be thinking very clearly, and he appeared during the day instead of at night like other 'normal' preachers," Morris said from the side. "He mentioned the fourth long night,
He also mentioned many 'phenomena' before the beginning of the fourth long night. It seems that the fact that he can appear during the day is also a 'harbinger' that the so-called 'fourth long night' is about to begin..."
The fourth long night...
Duncan couldn't help but recall the description he saw in the "Book of Blasphemy":
There are three times of creation, which are called "Three Long Nights". The King of Pale Giants died in the first long night, the King of Dreams died in the second long night, and the Creeping King finally succeeded in shaping all things in the third long night and cooperated with Cree.
The Te clan jointly lit up the current 'sun' and ended the night. However, he himself was exiled by other ancient kings for tampering with the blueprint and could no longer return to the throne...
Duncan slowly got up from behind the navigation table and came to the window.
The sun is about to set below the sea level.
Bound by the magnificent double rune rings, the dazzling and warm ball of light is gradually sinking into the sea, with a brilliant afterglow.
Duncan stared at it, imagining that he was actually looking at an eyeball that was larger than any other city-state and had been overlooking the world for ten thousand years.
This "eye" that rose into the sky during the ancient kingdom of Crete has now fallen into obscurity.
The curtain of warmth and tranquility woven by light seems to be about to fall due to the dying sun. After this curtain disappears, after the "fourth long night" described by the evangelist of the end comes... the world's