Now, everyone who remains here has finally come to know the owner of the Lost Land – at least in the sense of "greater understanding and dialogue", which is half the result.

It's a pity that the atmosphere became awkward after the "enhanced understanding".

An eerie silence lingered in the hall, and the popes, including Helena, seemed to be at a loss for a moment whether to continue the conversation, Vana and Morris looked a little nervous, Shirley was calming the restless dog, and Nina looked at Duncan with some curiosity—the sudden starlight had no effect on her.

Lucrecia looked at everyone in the hall with a smirk, and for some reason there was some schadenfreude in her smile.

Only Alice, Miss Doll, still maintained a consistent fugue outside the world, and at this time she was still in a state of distraction, and she turned off her brain when Luan began to use the concept of "collection" to explain the world just now, and after a while, she seemed to suddenly react, looking around in surprise and confusion: "Is it over?" Ready for dinner? ”

Miss Doll's absent words finally broke the embarrassment and silence of the scene, Banst raised his head, his gaze fell on Duncan, and it took several seconds before he couldn't help but speak: "...... What exactly was that? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Frem, who was closest to him, instantly walked a few steps to the side.

“…… I'll just ask. Banster glanced at Helena and Rune, who were also retreating to the side, and shook his head helplessly.

"I have a lot of secrets and some ...... I don't even know much about myself," Duncan didn't mind, just shook his head helplessly, and then he looked at Luan who was standing across from him, his expression serious, "But I appreciate the conjectures you and Morris just raised...... Your train of thought has cleared me up a little bit of confusion. ”

“…… Then I hope you'll say it ahead of time when you're unraveling your confusion," Luan said helplessly, "though it seems a bit impersonal. ”

Duncan laughed, "...... I did my best. ”

The dangerous topic was finally over, but the thoughts of Lune's "set model" still lingered in the minds of many, and Duncan returned to his place, touching his pocket, and his fingers touching the folded piece of paper again—

Primordial ashes, the "intersection" of the laws of the world, the conflict between compatibility and incompatibility, the observer's perspective within the scope of the subset, and......

He took his hand out of his pocket and exhaled softly.

Lucrecia couldn't help but look at Duncan.

A palpitation for no reason suddenly appeared, making her heart pound a few times suddenly, she subconsciously looked at her father, but felt that at a certain moment just now, at a certain moment when her eyes turned to a certain moment, her father seemed to ...... It's not there anymore.

He went far, far away, far away to be out of this world, in that brief moment...... Lucretia felt as if she had felt the same feeling she had a century ago when she saw the Lost Land enter the thick fog of the border.

But it was only a fleeting illusion, and when she blinked again, Duncan's figure was still sitting there, as if it hadn't moved since the beginning.

"So what's next?" Duncan looked up at Helena and Lunn, who had also just reseated across the table.

Alice scratched her hair and sat back down next to Duncan, "Oh, it's not over yet." ”

On the other side, Lune glanced at Alice with a somewhat subtle gaze, and then collected his thoughts a little, but just as he was about to say something, he suddenly stopped.

He frowned slightly, as if he was listening to a voice from afar, and seeing this, Helena next to him immediately reacted: "There is news coming?" ”

"Psionic communication from Breeze, Ted Learle is contacting me," Rune looked up, his expression already a little solemn, "he said that the research facility set up near that 'glowing geometry' suddenly received some signals released from the light body......

As he spoke, his gaze fell on Lucrecia.

"It's exactly the same signal that Bright Star received during the previous period when the sun went out."

Lucretia stood up instantly.

It's dusk – the sun hasn't quite set yet.

Vision 001 was approaching the sea level, and about a third of the two brilliant glowing rune rings had touched the sea in the distance, and the sunlight created a magnificent sunset between the sky and the sea, and the glow made the entire sea sprinkled with a layer of fine gold.

In the other direction, in the offshore waters of Light Wind Harbor, the huge "luminous geometry" still floats quietly on the surface of the sea, and another pale golden "sunshine" is evenly sprinkled on the surrounding sea with the geometry as the center, creating a unique scenery of "two different types of sunlight intertwined between the sky and the sea".

The "sunlight" emitted from that glowing geometry was warm and calm, and it looked like it had never been any different.

However, according to the records of highly sensitive observation instruments, some specific spectra in the "sunlight" are periodically "vibrating" in an extremely complex pattern, constantly releasing incomprehensible waveform signals outward.

Duncan and the others made their way to the aft deck and looked at the huge "glowing geometry" near Lightwind Harbor in the glow.

Frem looked at Rune and said in a deep voice, "Is the signal still continuing?" ”

"It's going on, the signal is sent for twelve seconds, repeated three times and then thirty seconds apart, and then reappears," Luan nodded, "Ted Lille has arrived at the research station, and he's personally monitoring the equipment there......"

"The sending cycle and repetition pattern are exactly the same as last time."

Lucrecia spoke quickly, glancing up at the nearby sea: her "Bright Star" was quietly docked next to the Lost Land, and at this moment some special structure on the top of the ship's bridge was slowly spinning—

A chamber shaped like a mechanical bud is pointing one of its faces at the distant sea, and the shelter at the front of the chamber is opened, and the delicate optical lens hidden inside it glistens in the sunlight.

"I'm ordering the minions left on the ship to open the optical lenses on the Bright Star," Lucretia explained to Duncan beside her, noticing the movement on her ship, "I was the first to observe the strange light signal when the sun went out, and then Lighthaven built a similar device and installed it on the research facility...... Theoretically, if that signal is observed at the research station, we should be able to observe it here. ”

"Isn't it affected from such a distance?" Nina on the side couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Light will decay and be disturbed, but the distance is not a problem - the key now is what this strange signal means," Lucretia frowned, and her tone was not without concern, "The last time the signal appeared, it was after the sun went out, but this time the signal appeared, and the sun didn't seem to be ...... anything wrong."

"Let's get closer to the Breeze Harbor first to make sure there are no problems on the city-state's side." Duncan said, and as his words fell, the Lost had begun to turn its bow and slowly accelerate in the direction of Breeze.

The Bright Star next to it also reacted in the same way after receiving an order from Lucrecia after a brief delay.

Luan looked at the flexible movements of the Bright Star with some amazement, as well as the "synchronous response" made by the strange "experimental cabin" on the upper part of the bridge during the adjustment of the hull attitude, and couldn't help but sigh with some emotion: "What a wonderful design...... Lady Lucrecia, did you do it all by yourself? ”

"I've spent a hundred years designing a 'Vanguard Exploration Ship' that can accomplish frontier missions in any situation, and there's a lot I'm proud of about this ship," Lucretia said casually, "but are you still in the mood to analyze the engineering applied to the Bright Star?" ”

"There's nothing else we can do anyway," Luan shrugged, not looking panicked, "I'm a little looking forward at the moment - an incredible phenomenon has appeared, and this is a field I've never touched, and if we can really crack the secrets of the signal emitted by that glowing geometry, maybe we'll have a chance to really understand what's going on with the 'sun' above us, and that's a good thing." ”

Lucrecia was silent, she had already shifted most of her energy to the Bright Star, to the "minions" who remained on the ship.

The minions were all made by her own hands—each one had a fragment of her soul in its body, and each minion, even the entire ship, was an extension of her body.

She cautiously gave orders to get the intricate and sophisticated observation equipment on the Bright Star in motion.

“…… The signal strength is stronger than the last time I observed," she suddenly looked up at the pale golden sunlight that filled the sea, "it doesn't seem to be the same as last time......

Duncan looked in the other direction - the "sun" that was slowly sinking, and a third of the structure had already fallen below sea level, Vision 001.

"The sun went out last time...... "Shirley's nervous voice came from the side, she looked quite uneasy, "this time anyway, the sun doesn't seem to have changed much......

She was only halfway through her words.

A low humming sound suddenly seemed to sound in everyone's heart.

A strange sense of unease interrupted everyone's conversation.

The sky in the distance suddenly darkened.

Shirley looked up with a dull expression and looked in the direction of the darkening sky.

A dark chaotic, hollow-like sphere, and two rings of "bright edges" that seemed to be scorching steel, were silently standing on the edge of the sky.

The sun went out again.

“…… Grass. ”

(End of chapter)