Vision 001, which rose from the sea of blood after the disappearance of the Old Kingdom of Crete, replaced the old sun and shone on the world of the Deep Sea Age.

For 10,000 years, this huge body of light has been running like an eternity, not only bringing light and heat to the world, but also bringing a stable order of daytime - without it, there would be no city-state civilization today, and even the entire world would be shrouded in the terrible eternal night, and the earthly beings who have lost the protection of the ancient kingdom of Crete may have disappeared quietly in some ancient years.

No one would have thought that Vision 001 would one day have a problem, just as no one had ever thought about whether the Infinite Sea would dry up one day.

However, it now seems that this "eternal" sun is not really eternal.

First the sunrise was delayed by fifteen minutes, and then the gap in the rune ring that was barely discernible to the naked eye...... All of this disturbing information says one thing: Vision 001's lifespan is actually limited!

Duncan stood by the shop window, silently watching the bright sky light illuminate the street, but the thoughts in his mind were surging like a storm.

You are not the only one who notices the change of the sun, there are many smart people in the world, and ordinary people may not pay attention to the changes overhead, but there must be people in the various city-states and churches who are always staring at the world's largest vision, and by now, there should have been people who have noticed the changes in the sun...... What will they think? How will they respond? Does anyone know what's going on?

He also thought of the crazy Suncultists, the cultists who worshipped the ancient true sun...... They spend their days babbling about the vision 001 in the sky as a "false sun" of sin, and that the sun will go down one day...... Do they know that something is really wrong with the sun?

Or is the change in Vision 001 really related to the group of Suncultists and the Sun Heirs behind them?

In all fairness, Duncan actually doesn't look down on those Suncultists, because whether they are ordinary cultists or slightly more powerful Sun Heirs, they are all similar in his eyes, and they belong to a little thing, but the fire in the city-state of Poland reminds him that ordinary cultists may be nothing, but the "creep sun wheel" behind them has a very high personality, plus there is a group of elusive Last-Minute Preachers who are muddying the waters, and such strange and unguardable evil things as historical pollution and reality overlayWho knows if those Suncultists really have the ability to influence the operation of Vision 001......

Duncan thought about it for a long time, and finally decided that he should contact Vanna if he had the opportunity - the other party was a high-ranking member of the church, and he should be very aware of the movements of the church, and he could discuss the matter of the sun with her.

By the way, you can also show your friendly attitude and concern for the security of the city-state.

Of course, remember to knock on the door the next time you pass by.

Duncan thought as he focused on the situation on the cathedral side, and then suddenly froze.

He sensed that Tirien had left the cathedral, and that ...... It is moving to the southern part of the upper city.

After roughly confirming the direction of Tirien's head, Duncan frowned slightly.

He thought of another thing in his plan.

After a moment's thought, he raised his head and looked in the direction of the counter.

Alice was lying next to Shirley, clutching a pencil and writing something very, very seriously on the white paper.

At this time, the sun shines through the glass windows of the antique store, shining into the store through the quaint furnishings on the shelves, and the sunlight shines on the shoulders of the blonde figures, as if gilding Alice's body with a warm and soft luster, and the sunlight falls on the counters and the tips of the dolls' pens, bringing an indescribable softness and mystery to the whole picture.

If this is an oil painting, then it should have a name - beautiful dolls writing quietly in the warm afternoon sun.

Even Duncan was a little stunned by the opportune light, and then stepped forward to take a look, and saw that Alice was seriously silently writing which letter she didn't know - God knows where she started to write it wrong, anyway, the whole paper was now covered in small circles that she had drawn......

Noticing that the captain was approaching, Alice suddenly stopped, and happily held up the blank paper to Duncan: "Mr. Duncan, you read what I wrote~"

Duncan: "......"

He held back for a long time, looking at Alice's simple and happy smile, with the impression of the oil painting just now in his mind, and finally he couldn't say the questioning words directly, so he could only nod reluctantly with a stiff face: "Yes...... Progressive. ”

Although it is completely impossible to see what is being written.

Alice was pleased, as if all she needed was a compliment, and then looked into Duncan's eyes curiously: "Do you have any orders?" ”

Duncan was stunned for a moment: "How do you know I have something for you to do?" ”

"That's what you do when you have something to say," Alice gestured at her face, as if trying to demonstrate Duncan's expression, but no one could understand her presentation, "what do you want me to do?" ”

"You go somewhere, go with Ae," Duncan sorted out his expression, looking at Alice's heartless smile, thinking about what he was going to do, his mood was unconsciously much lighter, "lure someone here." ”

"Citation...... To get here? Alice looked confused, "What is 'leading' here?" Need to be knocked out and tied up? ”

"Where did you learn this?!" Duncan glared at the puppet for a moment, "Follow me, I'll tell you how to do it......"

……

The city has indeed changed a lot compared to a hundred years ago.

Electrical wiring, new models of gas street lights, smoother and wider streets, taller buildings, and countless factories and pipelines – scholars and engineers have brought with them the forces that can move civilization forward, and this force has changed the city-state at a much faster rate than ever before, and this change ...... Even Tirion, who has seen a lot of ups and downs, has a kind of spontaneous amazement.

But in this city-state, there are also some things that are still vaguely what he remembers.

After getting out of the car and thanking and saying goodbye to the church staff who had accompanied him, Tirion walked down the street on the edge of Uptown Purand with the sailors he had brought with him from the Sea Mist, looking at the unfamiliar but somewhat familiar roads and shops on both sides, and he couldn't help but have a look of nostalgia on his face.

"Captain," one of the sailors looked at his boss curiously, "what are we looking for here?" ”

"A shop," Tirion said casually, his eyes searching among the buildings on the street in the style of the central city-state, "a doll shop with a sign with a bit of elf style. ”

"Dolls?" The sailor was a little surprised, "You still love this?" ”

Tirion silently glanced at his men, "I have my reasons. ”

Seeing this, another sailor next to him came over: "Captain, why don't you kill him first...... You don't have to worry about killing a few of us, and then we'll clean up when you're done shopping......"

“…… I kind of regret taking a few of you. ”

The sailors giggled, but as they laughed, their eyes kept scanning the nearby buildings, looking for the shop that matched the captain's description.

Tirion shook his head, looking at the men he had brought with him a little helplessly.

Outside of combat, he gets along with his men like this - it's hard to imagine that the legendary "Iron Admiral" would be such a peaceful person among his men, but Tirion himself knows why.

These men have been born and died with them for half a century—no friendship on earth can surpass this loyalty and trust that has lasted for half a century.

Just then, the voice of a sailor suddenly came from the side, interrupting Tirien's thoughts.

"Captain, do you see if it's the one? What kind of figure building is that across the street...... The name is quite personal. ”

Tirion glanced up, and immediately saw the familiar name in a pile of old shops on the street: the Rose Human-Shaped Pavilion.

The signboard has changed, the gate has changed, and even the decoration of the façade has changed, but the name of the store is the same as always-the old elves, even if they live in a rapidly changing human city-state, rarely change the name of their store easily.

Tyrion was suddenly in a trance, and yellowed memories floated in his mind, as if he had seen that long, long time ago, when his father went to the port on an errand, and he snuck his young sister out of the house, and the brother and sister wandered around the bustling city-state until they ran into the shop in a daze......

And then there she simply spent the change stolen from her father's cash box - the sister reaped the pleasure of the whole day, and ...... herself I can't seem to remember if I've been beaten.

Regardless, it was a rare slice of pure warmth in Tyrion's century-long cold memories.

"That's it," the pirate whispered, "'Human-shaped Pavilion' is an elven-style nomenclature, referring to the puppet shop. ”

With that, he walked towards the shop, which seemed to occupy a special corner in his memory.

(Push book time, this time it's from the dream of Jinghai Cangmeng's "Dragon Clan: Digging the Corner of Kassel Begins", the dragon family, enter a different dragon family, create a copy and the end of the world, and take the ship girl and the students to blow up this god and fate!) ）

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