The sun is back on the ground.

After a full twelve hours of extinguishment, the dark sphere that hung high in the sky and stood still once again became the "sun" that brought warmth and light to the world, and resumed its movement.

In Prand, in Frost, in Breezy Harbor, everyone who has ever seen the sun go out has seen Vision 001 restored again.

However, the panic caused by the extinguishing of the sun did not subside so easily—the inhabitants of the city-state were still uneasy, the scholars and priests were as confused and nervous as they had seen the sun go out, and the city's administrators were still trying to find out what was going on in other cities, and everyone was eager to know what was going on—what was going on?

Flying pieces of colored paper swept across the deck like a gust of wind, through the window, and into the captain's quarters, and Lucrecia's figure condensed from the paper, and she stepped to her crystal ball, activating it, slightly anxiously waiting for a reply from the other side.

As soon as Tirien's figure appeared, she quickly spoke, "I see that the sun has been lit again, how is it on your side?" ”

"Of course it's on my side, at least for now, we still see the same sun," Tirion looked tired, but seemed in good spirits, "It may take me a while to calm down the city-state, and now everyone is worried about whether the sky above them will fall into darkness again......"

“…… The sun is a symbol of security, and it shelters our daylight for thousands of years, so in other words, as long as it goes out once, the most basic and stable 'security' in everyone's mind has suffered a heavy blow," Lucrecia sighed and casually said what she thought in her heart, "No one is not worried about this, not even me. ”

"Did you gather any useful information over there during the sun out?" Tirion asked, "You have all kinds of equipment over there......"

Lucrecia nodded immediately: "Yes, after the sun went out, a group of observation devices I set up on the Bright Star received a strange signal from that 'luminous geometry', and then when I sorted out the information and gave you a copy, you can see if the scholars on the other side of the frost have any clues." I'm going to make another trip to Breezehaven later to see if any of the monitoring devices that the Truth Academy has set up around the city have found......"

"Okay, I'll wait for your news."

Lucretia snorted, and then she hesitated for a few seconds before she hesitated, "How's it going on Father's side?" When the sun went out, he was still at sea......"

"I've been in touch with him before, and everything is fine with the Lost Country, even ...... Probably better than in the city," Tirion exhaled, "I'll get back in touch with him later, don't worry, if I sense something is wrong...... I'll be the first to tell you. ”

Lucrecia nodded slightly, and after saying goodbye to her brother, she casually extinguished the crystal ball in front of her.

……

In the captain's room, Duncan's oval mirror in front of Duncan shows the figure of Lawrence, the captain of the White Oak, who is reporting on the current situation:

"The waters around the White Oak have returned to normal, and the strange phenomenon that existed before is no longer there, and it seems that everything is getting back on track as the sun lights up again......"

"How's the navigation going?"

"The starry sky can already be seen again in the stargazing room," Lawrence immediately nodded, "but it will take a little time for the Spirit Lens to recalibrate, and at the moment, it is generally judged that the White Oak has not deviated too far from course." ”

"Okay, report to me in time if there is any follow-up situation."

The illusory spirit flame at the edge of the mirror swelled and contracted, and the figure of Lawrence in the mirror gradually dissipated, but Duncan still stood in front of the mirror that had returned to normal, frowning and falling into thought.

The sun had recovered, and the situation was much the same as he had expected at the beginning - although Vision 001 was indeed failing, the massive ancient "device" would not completely collapse anytime soon, and it would probably continue to fail and repair for a long time, and today's extinguishment would only be temporary - but correspondingly, its rekindling would be temporary.

Duncan was more concerned than the brief extinguishment of the sun: the strange phenomena that happened after the sun went out.

The first strange phenomenon is the loss of communication in the city-states except for Prand, Lighthaven, and Frost.

If it was true that all communications in the Infinite Sea were cut off, it would not be bothering, but there were three city-states that were not problematic, and if Plant and Frost had some kind of peculiarity because they became "visions", then what about Lightwind Harbor?

The second strange phenomenon is even more puzzling than the "communication break" - what is the "boundary" that the White Oak observes?

The burning cloth is thrown from the ship into the sea, theoretically drifting in the opposite direction to the ship's course due to the ship's movement, but when the sun goes out, the cloth balls float out for a few hundred meters and then all "stagnate" near a certain "boundary......

According to Lawrence's report, after the sun came back on, this strange phenomenon disappeared - the dried corpse "sailor" did several more tests to confirm this.

Duncan frowned.

The phenomenon observed by the White Oak was actually very small in scale, compared to the "disconnection" of all the city-states in the entire infinite sea, that "border" was limited to one ship, but what was hidden behind that phenomenon...... But it seems to be far beyond imagination.

Duncan vaguely felt that he seemed to have touched on some extremely crucial "secret" in this endless sea, and the "real side" of this whole world seemed to be hidden in the twelve hours after the sun went out.

Just then, a call from afar suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

Duncan immediately came to his senses, his gaze scanning the mirror in front of him.

In the next second, the illusory and transparent spirit fire enveloped the mirror again, and the depths of the mirror quickly turned black, and Tirion's figure appeared in it.

"Father, ...... over there"

"I'm all right here, the sun is back, isn't it?" Duncan didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking before he took the initiative to speak, "How's the situation with Frost?" ”

"Everything is fine with Frost's side," Tirion replied immediately, "the cemetery is under your 'care', which greatly reduces the pressure on the church and the town hall, and the order in the city is now under control, but the panic of the citizens will probably need to be calmed down slowly, and I will call a meeting later to discuss how to explain to the common people how to explain the matter of the sun going out......"

Duncan noticed that Tirion seemed to be looking around as he spoke, as if he were ...... Watch carefully for the change in your expression.

He immediately understood why.

"Don't worry, I'm still me, and I haven't been replaced with something in subspace because of the short extinguishment of the sun," Duncan laughed, and said the truth calmly, "If you don't believe me, go to the cemetery and confirm with my 'avatar' in person?" ”

"Ah, no, I didn't mean anything else!" Tirion hurriedly explained, "It's just...... Lucy is a little worried about your ......"

"I know," Duncan interrupted, waving his hand nonchalantly, "but rest assured, I'm in good mental health—more about the city than about me." Has communication with other city-states been restored? ”

"We can now receive a signal from Cold Harbor, and psionic communication with other distant city-states has been restored," Tirion nodded, "I've arranged for someone to inquire about the situation in each city-state, and it should be ...... soon"

He stopped abruptly as he spoke, and then turned his gaze away.

It seemed as if 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 is to avoid scaring the "ordinary people" over there.

After a few minutes, the flames at the edge of the mirror rekindled, and Duncan heard Tirion's call and turned his gaze to the mirror again.

Tirion's figure reappeared in the mirror, and this time with a visibly stunned expression on his face.

Duncan noticed the change in the other party's expression, and frowned slightly: "What happened?" ”

"We ...... They had just made contact with Cold Harbor and asked about their city-state while the sun was extinguished," Tirion hesitated, as if every word was struggling to figure out how to phrase it, "and they were surprised - they had no idea about the sun going out!" ”

Duncan's expression froze instantly.

After more than ten seconds, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and broke the silence with great seriousness: "Tell me clearly, is it that the phenomenon of the sun going out has not been observed on the cold harbor side, or has they not experienced the previous twelve hours at all?" ”

Tyrion was stunned for a moment, and quickly understood what Duncan meant.

"You mean ......"

"Let's make sure there's no record of communication with Frost on the other side of Cold Harbor, if in their eyes the whole world is always business as usual, and communication with Frost has never been interrupted...... It's more complicated than we think. ”

"Yes, I'll confirm it right away," Tirion said quickly, "and there are other city-states, I'll check them all as well!" ”

Duncan nodded, waving his hand to disperse the flames floating around the mirror, but just as he was about to think about it, a goat's head suddenly exclaimed not far away: "Captain! Not quite right! Come and take a look at the charts! ”

Chart?

Puzzled, Duncan quickly turned to the nautical table, his gaze sweeping over the strange chart surrounded by mist.

In the next second, he saw the projection of the Lost Country on the chart, as well as ...... The city-state marker is slowly emerging next to this projection.

"We ...... Near Breeze? ”

(End of chapter)