There was silence in the captain's room.

Duncan was still staring at the huge, strange eyeball on the scratch paper—

It is painted in almost insanely messy brushstrokes, but it is so incredibly accurate and expressive that anyone can understand the meaning of every line on the picture at a glance, as if its true message has been woven into every element that makes up the picture.

In the crazy and messy brushstrokes, the pupils of the huge eyeballs are deep, and the structures of the surrounding blood vessels and plexus are faintly discernible; Taran El used a lot of fine lines to depict the eyeball, as if trying to restore what it was, and the only information Duncan received from the picture was that it was a "shell with a complex structure".

It was an eye encased in a jewel-like shell.

There was a creaking sound from the side, and the goat's head on the edge of the chart table was turning its head in great uneasiness, as if it wanted to glance at the contents of the paper, but hesitated.

After a long time, it hesitated to speak: "Captain...... What does that look like, exactly? ”

"It's an eye," Duncan was silent for a few seconds, and began to explain the contents of the scratch paper to the goat's head as he pondered, "structurally it looks like a human eye, you can see blood vessels and plexuses, it's encased in a spherical shell, but the spherical shell looks like an artificial ......"

Listening to Duncan's description, Goathead was so quiet for the first time ever.

It was a long time before it rattled and rattled, and made a very disturbed voice: "This is really ...... A frightening scene...... The real appearance of Vision 001 is such a huge eyeball?! That...... And when the sun is extinguished, will there not be many ......?"

"I'm afraid not many people have actually seen this," Duncan shook his head slowly, "When the sun went out, we also looked up at the sky, and all we saw was a sphere that was completely darkened, and the details of it could not be directly observed—it was also drawn on this picture, and the eyeball was 'encapsulated' in a huge container.

"At that time, Taran El was able to see the true appearance of the sphere with the help of a special observation device from the Truth Academy, but he didn't have to worry that ordinary people in other places would casually see this crazy 'truth'."

Hearing Duncan's words, Goathead seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, but then he became worried again: "Not much, then there may be - not everyone has the same reaction as Taran El, who can instinctively seal and tamper with the content of his own record in a state of mental uncontrol, and according to Taran El's own follow-up actions, the person who sees this eyeball seems to unconsciously want to spread its appearance......"

Duncan listened to the goat's uneasy words, but said nothing, but his face was silent as water, as if he was in thought.

The goat's head chattered for a long time, and when he saw that the captain didn't react at all, he finally couldn't help but remind: "Captain, do you think we should remind ......?"

"Plant and Frost don't have similar 'observation' devices, the lenses are the assets of the Academy of Truth, sophisticated and scarce," Duncan finally looked up, "Outside of Winhaven, even if someone had observed the surface of Vision 001 while the sun was out, they would not have seen these 'truths'. ”

"If Perland and Frost don't have it, then other city-states may have!" The goat's head suddenly exclaimed, "Who knows what those reckless fools will do!" Mortals are not a reliable race! ”

“…… The other city-states won't see the extinguished sun. Duncan said suddenly.

The goat's head, which was agitated, fell silent for a moment.

"Have you forgotten?" Duncan reminded faintly, "Only three city-states and the 'Lost Fleet' have seen the world where the sun goes out, and the entire infinite sea has not experienced those twelve hours of darkness. ”

The goat's head shook slightly from side to side, and finally let out an exclamation of unknown meaning: "Oh...... Forehead ......"

Duncan didn't say anything more, but looked down at the sketch depicting the core structure of Vision 001, and gradually, another scene came to his mind—

The glorious burning corona, the twisted flesh and blood limbs beneath the corona, and the huge dying eyeballs surrounded by countless pale flesh limbs.

Creep Sun Wheel – Black Sun.

Duncan's brow furrowed slightly, and the vague familiarity could not be ignored after it appeared, and 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 appear in his mind.

“…… Much like the eyes of the 'real sun god'. He suddenly whispered to himself.

"Huh?" The goat's head was startled, "What terrible thing are you talking about!?" ”

"This eyeball is very similar to part of the structure of the 'Creep Sun Wheel,'" Duncan said thoughtfully, and his judgment became more and more certain as the details of his mind were filled in, "yes, very much like it—almost exactly the same when taken out of this 'eyeball' structure alone." ”

With a click, the goat's neck seemed to be stuck at an angle, and it stiffened on the chart table, silent.

Even if it's a chatter like it, it's the first time that you can't say a word.

Duncan exhaled softly, folded the scratch paper, and placed it securely against his body.

Fortunately, Lucrecia was careful enough not to leave this piece of paper to the ordinary scholars of the Truth Academy, otherwise I really don't know how much would have happened - although the Truth Academy did not have his convenient "spirit fire" to break the seal on the paper, they had all kinds of wonderful research methods, and maybe they could really restore the real pattern on the scratch paper.

At that moment, Duncan's thoughts were interrupted by a sudden rush of footsteps from outside the captain's room, followed by a knock on the door and Morris's voice: "Captain, I have something to report to you!" ”

Duncan immediately straightened his expression and looked up at the door: "Come in." ”

The door to the captain's room opened, and Maurice walked briskly into the room, and as he went, he took out a letter from his bosom: "Captain, Heidi suddenly brought a letter, and it mentioned ...... Something unusual, needs to be reported to you. ”

A letter from Heidi?

Duncan was stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand to take the letter, he didn't expect that the psychiatrist lady would contact this side in such a short time after establishing contact and telling the truth, but at the same time he was a little puzzled: "Why didn't she go to the antique store to find me directly?" And the letter was delivered to you? ”

Ay travels back and forth between the Lost and Purand every day, and in addition to delivering some necessary supplies, she also does some routine letters in places like the Cathedral, Maurice's house, and the Archon's Mansion, and it is normal for Heidi to carry letters through these channels, but if she wants to contact the captain of the Lost Land, it is obviously more convenient to go directly to the antique shop.

“…… She's still a little nervous and afraid," Morris explained in a slightly embarrassed tone, "probably because she didn't dare to meet your avatar directly after knowing the truth." ”

“…… Extra nervous, she bought a vase in my store last week. Duncan muttered, opened the letter casually, and his eyes swept over the lines of the words that were obviously written in a hurry, and his eyes suddenly changed slightly.

The next moment, Duncan quickly put away the relaxed expression on his face, his expression turned serious, and gradually became a little solemn, he quickly skimmed through the contents of the letter, and then was silent for a few seconds before raising his head to look at Morris: "She met the Last Missionary......"

"Yes, and according to the description in the letter, it still seems to be the sane kind," Morris nodded, "although the 'sanity' of the uninvited guest is very suspicious, and he does not even explain it from beginning to end......

Obviously, this old gentleman, who had taught many students all his life, and whose principle was that "knowledge should be concise and straightforward and easy to understand" was extremely dissatisfied with the enriddler-like cultist mentioned in the letter.

"The lack of clarity may be due to some kind of limitation, but the key is his willingness to communicate, and this is the most striking difference between the two types of final preachers." Duncan said quickly, then glanced down at the letter, and the information contained in the letter caught his eye.

The Fourth Long Night...... The Ark of Promise...... The "mild" sun and the approaching dusk, and...... A "void" that appears with a certain "variable" and is gradually expanding......

Heidi relayed as accurately as possible in her letter the various divine remarks she had heard from the last preacher, without any "extra-processing" of those things based on her own speculation.

And this information itself is enough to make Duncan's mind countless speculations and associations.

"The last preacher does not seem to be very lucid in his mind, and he appears during the day, and not at night like other 'normal' preachers," said Morris, "and he mentions the fourth long night, and the many 'phenomena' that precede the beginning of the fourth long night, as if the very fact that he was able to appear during the day was a 'harbinger......' of the imminent beginning of the so-called 'fourth long night.'"

The Fourth Long Night......

Duncan's mind could not help but recall the description he had seen in the "Book of Blasphemy":

There are three times in the Book of Genesis, the "Three Long Nights", the King of the Pale Giants died in the first long night, the King of Dreams died in the second long night, and the King of Creeping finally succeeded in shaping all things in the third long night, and together with the Cretan clan, he lit up the current 'sun' and ended the night, but he himself was exiled by the other ancient kings for changing the blueprint without permission, and could not return to the throne......

Duncan slowly got up from behind the sailing table and made his way to the window.

The sun is about to set at sea level.

Bound by the magnificent double rune rings, the dazzling and warm ball of light was gradually sinking into the sea, and the afterglow was brilliant.

Duncan stared at it, imagining that he was actually staring at an eyeball that was larger than any other city-state and had overlooked the world for 10,000 years.

This "eye", which rose into the sky in the days of the Old Kingdom of Crete, is now in its twilight.

The curtain of warmth and tranquility woven by the light seemed to be about to fall by the dying of the sun, after the curtain had disappeared, after the coming of what the Last Preacher described as the "fourth long night...... What is the "twilight" of this world?

(End of chapter)