Chapter 51 Double-line operation
The world has suffered astonishing historical changes, with the "Great Annihilation" as the node, the whole world and even the basic laws have ushered in a earth-shaking upheaval, so that the deep-sea era after the Great Annihilation and the era of order before the Great Annihilation can almost be regarded as two completely different "worlds".
But even so, there are still people who have persistently sorted out the historical materials that have been passed down since the annihilation, and try to sort out the true history from the fragmented and even contradictory archives of the various city-states.
Unfortunately, perhaps because the lineage was too completely severed, or perhaps because the contradictions in the records of the various city-states were too confusing, no more complete and credible historical record of the time before the Great Annihilation has been found.
No one knows what the world was like during the Age of Order.
But fortunately, the world since the ancient kingdom of Crete has a relatively clear historical heritage - although the city-states rise and fall on the boundless sea, divided and merged, at least the continuity of civilization itself has never been broken, and the memory of the ancient kingdom is either left in books, or carved on boulders, or passed down from generation to generation in ancient hidden families and associations.
Scholars believe that more than half of the reason why the civilization inheritance of the deep sea age has been able to continue to this day under extremely unfavorable conditions should be attributed to the miracle that shines on the world:
Vision 001, the Sun.
This is the most powerful anomaly known to mankind - in fact, because of its size and its existence is so "natural", many scholars are debating whether the sun itself is a vision or a natural phenomenon, but the first recorders after the fall of the Old Kingdom of Crete, that is, the survivors of the Old Kingdom, called it Vision 001, and this ancient number has been passed down and has not changed to this day.
Obviously, not all visions are terrifying and harmful, Vision 001 brings security to this world for half the time, and during the daytime under the sun, almost all pollution from the depths of the world will be suppressed below sea level, and it is with this stable daylight existence that it is possible for the city-state civilization to develop to this day.
According to the information left by the Old Kingdom of Crete, after the beginning of the Deep Sea Age, before the appearance of Vision 001, for a whole century, the whole world was shrouded in night—the cold and dim glow of the Creation of the World shone on the infinite sea for a hundred years.
That's why the people of the Old Kingdom called their kingdom "Eternal Night", and even the era in which they lived.
Duncan stood in front of the narrow window, looking thoughtfully at the sunlit world.
The world before the Great Annihilation...... What exactly is it like?
Before that terrible hundred years of eternal night fell, was there a sun shining on all things in this world?
I think there is, because no matter how many gaps and contradictions there are in the ancient records of the various city-states, there is one thing in common: the Age of Order is an era of light, security, and prosperity.
Either way, that prosperous and bright era has passed, and now the infinite sea is illuminated by Vision 001, and the world knows this, and is grateful for the daylight that Vision 001 brings.
Therefore, against the background of such an era, the group of cultists who worship the ancient "real sun" and even use it to attack the sun like the one on today and call it the "pseudo-sun" will appear to be extremely paranoid and distorted, and the world will not tolerate it.
They are not only attacking the sun in the sky, they are attacking the dependence of human civilization in the deep-sea era to survive to this day.
But Duncan knew that the sun that the cultists worshipped was ...... Most likely, it was really the true appearance of the sun that existed before the Great Annihilation.
In a way, the cultists have a part of the real history – which, sadly, has become a source of distortion in this era.
Duncan didn't think that the cultists' ambitions could be realized, nor did they think that they could actually create a flaming fusion star by sacrificing the living, the world was far more distorted than imagined, and the appearance of the Deep Sea Age could not be explained by the loss of the star.
There isn't even a star in the night sky here.
Duncan returned to his room, closed the door, and beckoned to the cabinet next to him, beckoning Aye down as he was grinding his shell with 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 emblem of the sun that he had hidden in the corner of the bed, and then he thought about it, and went to the cabinet again, and when he opened the door, he found the drawer where the spirits were stored, and took out two bottles of spirits from it.
Something seemed to be taped to the bottle, and Duncan turned the bottle curiously to see that it was a small note with Nina's handwriting on it: "Drink less." ”
The note seems to have been posted a long time ago.
There was one on each bottle, and each one didn't work.
Duncan smiled, closed the drawers and cabinets, returned to bed with two bottles of wine and the Sun Emblem, and poked Ay again to make it see what he was holding.
"If you can, try to bring them to the Lost Country."
The pigeon immediately flapped its wings and made a proud voice: "Dear, SF Express free shipping!" ”
Duncan nodded, allowed himself to lie down in a comfortable position, and began to prepare for the shuttle.
He'd been away from the Lost for too long, and while the ship wouldn't have been able to happen without his own view, he couldn't keep himself in his room all the time.
Nina was going to school in the afternoon, and there were some other things to do after the class, and it would be late when she was busy, and Duncan had already discussed with her that she would stay in the school dormitory for another night today and come back after school tomorrow afternoon.
During this time, Duncan happened to study the details of the spiritual world shuttle, and at the same time, according to his previous idea, to test whether he could control the physical activity of both sides at the same time without completely cutting off the soul projection.
Based on how you perceive the Lost Country when you're "here", this should be feasible.
While occupying this "fresh" shell, the connection between himself and the Lost Country itself is obviously stronger and more stable, which gives him confidence and inspiration.
The plan slowly settled, Duncan exhaled softly, a dark green flame burned on his shoulder, and in the crackling crackling sound, the pigeon Ay turned into the form of an undead bird in the blink of an eye, and the brass compass on his chest also "snapped" open.
Boundless darkness, glowing lines, twinkling stars—familiar sensations flood in, and the return to the Lost is the brightest "route" in this darkness.
Duncan's consciousness raced along the route, and in the blink of an eye, he felt his main consciousness awaken in the captain's quarters of the Lost Land.
But before completely escaping from that dark space, he forced a "brake" with his control over the spirit fire and his own soul in an attempt to preserve the connection between himself and the "antique shop......
In the captain's bedroom, Duncan slowly opened his eyes.
He looked down at his hands, then looked around, and saw familiar furnishings everywhere, and heard the familiar sound of the waves in his ears.
He slowly got up from his chair, and in the depths of 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 store through that little distant connection.
He tried several times.
In the city-state of Plande, on the second floor of Duncan's antique store, the "antique store manager" who was lying quietly on the bed suddenly opened his eyes!
In the next second, the body lying on the bed turned its head slightly with a stiff expression, looking left and right around the room like a zombie, and then slowly moved its hands and feet, as if it was forcibly controlling a rusty machine, and let its limbs start to move.
If this scene is seen by outsiders, I am afraid that they will be frightened to report it to the nearby sheriff, saying that someone here is possessed by evil spirits.
Looking at it from another angle, it seems that there is nothing wrong with such a report?
Duncan, in the captain's room, swirled these strange thoughts in his mind, and at the same time used a kind of "remote perspective" to remotely control the body and began to move slowly.
It's tough, and it's harder to direct physical activity with just some remote contact when the consciousness is not in the body, than having a novice manipulate a puppet with twenty-eight joints.
But after many attempts, he managed to get the body in the city-state of Plande to sit up from the bed!
In the next second, the image that came from a distance in his mind suddenly swirled.
The body fell to the floor......
Duncan sighed, "Well, it looks like I'm going to have to practice for quite a while. ”
(It's time to push the book, the title of the book "I kidnapped the timeline", from a slash, science fiction classification, rewrite the timeline, and avoid the end of the future!) If you are interested, you can take a look~)