The flames seeped into the crystals, spreading rapidly between the hair-thin, dazzlingly complex three-dimensional structures inside the crystals, and with the infusion of flames, Duncan's consciousness gradually began to sink.

He felt like he had entered an empty, silent, cold and silent place.

It was as if it were a corner of the forgotten endless years, an inexplicable sense of isolation and loneliness passed through the flames almost instantly, and then he felt a light appear in his field of vision—an intense, almost indiscernible light, cold light.

He opened his eyes and found himself standing on a huge black stone floating in the void, while a terrifying golden sun burned silently before his eyes, the flames on the surface of the scorching sun surged, and the amazing structure of the sun rose in the void and slowly fell, silent.

However, the scorching sun produced no heat—even when it was so close, Duncan did not feel the terrible heat that the sun should bring when it shone on his body, it just burned silently and coldly, as if it were simply recorded...... Image.

Is it the Black Sun? See Him Again?

Duncan frowned slightly, and subconsciously thought so, but then he realized that the golden sun without heat was different from the "black sun" he had seen before—there were no strange and terrifying tentacles deep in its shell, nor could it see the dying pale eyeball, and more importantly, ...... This round of "suns" did not try to cry out to themselves for help.

It's a real star's image record!

Duncan reacted quickly, and then, his eyes finally turned away from the icy sun, and began to notice the "black boulder" beneath his feet.

It's a huge artifact!

Its surface is flat, and you can see the notches of the gullies that are clearly artificially processed, and the seemingly stone-like material has a faint metallic luster, and some of the "nodes" of those ravines can also be seen in the convex structures of unknown purpose, as if they were made of strange crystals.

Duncan's gaze stretched outward along the edge of the boulder, and then at the vast dark void around the golden scorching sun—

He saw more "boulders"—countless huge black man-made objects like "stone tablets" floating around the golden sun, floating in the endless darkness, arranged in a neat array like a wall, and in this perspective, he finally saw more details on their side towards the sun - the surface of the precisely cut crystals reflected the sunlight on one side of the boulder, and there seemed to be intricate mechanisms underneath the crystals, which seemed to be used to adjust the angle of the crystal array, and the whole structure looked ...... It's like collecting the energy released by the sun?!

Duncan stared at the array of "boulders" floating around the sun, watching them form a large, loose spherical shell in the darkness, surrounding the star in the center, and then noticed the faint, distorted light like some kind of force field between each of the floating devices, and outside this amazing "spherical shell" structure, in the boundless darkness, there seemed to be more hazy shadows, but it was too far away and sunlight interference to see.

What is that?

Is it a distant planet? A habitation site in space? Giant spaceships? Or......

...... for the maintenance and control of this amazing Dyson ball Control the center?

It didn't take long for Duncan to withdraw his gaze from the massive spherical array of shells in space, and it took him a long time to realize what he was seeing.

…… In the crystal device left behind by the Sons of the Sun, what is stored is not some dark forbidden truth or the corrupted knowledge of the old gods, but ...... An ancient Dyson sphere structure.

Duncan's eyes narrowed slightly.

No, these are the dark forbidden truths and the corrupted knowledge of the ancient gods - for the deep sea age, for the wreckage left behind by other universes, for all things established under other mathematical systems, a Dyson sphere supported and created by the parameters of another universe is the ultimate corruption and pollution.

After recovering from his astonishment, Duncan strode to the edge of the black "boulder" beneath his feet, while recalling the "New Hope" he had seen and crashed into this world.

Has that ship also become the "pollution" of this world? After the fall...... What has become of it?

He stood on the edge of the stellar concentrating device, looking down.

The crag-like mechanical shell and the boundless darkness of the distance greeted him.

Duncan knew that there was no "up and down" here, and if he had to speak, the gravitational pull released by the star in the distance would point to the only "below" here, but his senses still told him that the black device under his feet was below, and he stood on the shell of this device, as if he was standing on the ground, he had a down-to-earth touch - neither falling into the endless cosmic space, nor being captured and sucked away by the gravitational pull of the sun.

This dislocation between what he knew intellectually and what he actually felt helped him to remind himself that this was just an illusion of an internal record of the "blasphemous archetype".

So what about deeper into this record? Is there anything else?

Duncan sensed his own flames, and he manipulated them to spread deeper into the crystal, allowing his consciousness to sink even further.

The glorious golden scorching sun and the amazing Dyson sphere structure are gone.

Boundless darkness filled his vision from all directions.

Contrary to his expectations, he didn't see the death of the civilization that created the Dyson sphere, nor did he see another world collision - he seemed to skip the process and enter the dark chaos that followed the extinction of all things.

And after staying in this dark chaos for an unknown amount of time, just when Duncan almost suspected that there was really no more information in this crystal, a little glimmer suddenly appeared in his field of vision!

Several rays of light appeared, and there seemed to be a faint shape in the shimmer, some were huge, some were weird, some were distorted and amorphous, he couldn't see the true outline of those shimmers at all, but he heard ...... "voice".

Those voices sounded directly in his head—

“…… The compatibility was seriously lower than expected, and the 'Dream King' failed...... We have to adjust the programme......"

"It's impossible for a shelter to save everyone...... Some entities are under too onerous conditions for their existence, and they need to be preserved while ensuring other entities...... The difficulty is too high. ”

“…… Draw up a list, and ...... outside the list"

"Who's going to make that decision? How are the criteria for the list developed? ”

“…… Compatibility thresholds are first determined and then simulated ...... LH-01 has worked out a scheme to create a stable anchor that can ensure maximum ...... But there is still a need to give up part of the ......"

This was followed by a chaotic noise, which seemed to be missing the corresponding record, and Duncan was dazed by the noise, but soon he heard a clear message from the noise—

“…… The entities on this part of the list cannot afford to convert, and the cost of preservation is prohibitive...... I had to give up. ”

“…… There's also three percent redundancy, which can be adjusted a little more......"

“…… They must survive in a specific stellar environment, and their sunlight is highly toxic to other entities...... The LH-01 scheme does not meet this requirement...... Time is running out.

“…… Give them up. ”

Rumble!

An illusory roar shattered all sounds, shattered the infinite darkness, and Duncan felt himself touch the lowest level of the message—no more information surfaced, and in the roar and vertigo, his consciousness quickly withdrew from the depths of the crystal.

He opened his eyes and saw the familiar cabin in front of him, the pale golden crystal lying in the palm of his hand, quickly turning into a pile of ashes under the scorching green flames.

The information contained in the crystal has been drained, and this "blasphemous archetype" that should not exist in the real dimension has lost its stability.

Duncan rubbed his hands together, and the last remaining ash in his palm immediately melted into the air.

He raised his head and met the goat's gaze.

"What do you see?" Goathead asked, a little nervously.

“…… The process of their abandonment is once again confirmed by the contents of the "Book of Blasphemy". ”

Duncan didn't hide it, he told the goathead in front of him all the information he saw and heard in the depths of the crystal.

Of course, he didn't elaborate on details such as the "Dyson sphere" – which is not something that will be explained in a moment.

After he finished speaking, there was a long silence in the captain's room.

After an unknown amount of time, the goat's head suddenly moved, and its tone was a little complicated: "...... In that Book of Blasphemy, it is recorded that during the third long night, a 'clan' was banished into darkness......"

Duncan nodded slightly, and of course he remembered this part of the description: "It also records that the clans banished to the darkness did not die—they gradually twisted and turned into ...... during the long exile Something even more dangerous. ”

The goathead thought for a while, and then suddenly asked, "What do you think about this?" Do you feel like those Sun Heirs are doing now...... Are there extenuating circumstances? ”

"There's no point in discussing right and wrong in such matters," Duncan shook his head, "The world is not made of justice—I don't know what the world was like after the Great Annihilation, before the beginning of the Deep Sea Age, I don't know how many plans and trade-offs the 'kings' who tried to build the shelter had in the first place, and it would be foolish and short-sighted to judge the trade-offs made by those who paved the way in the era of stability, especially with our current position...... Any form of 'sympathy' is neither justified nor necessary. ”

“…… You are right. The goathead was silent for a moment and whispered.

Duncan didn't say anything more, he just nodded slightly, and then his eyes fell on the small "sun" that Vanna had received from the giant.

(End of chapter)