Once again, the sun went out before the eyes of Duncan and the others.

It was all of a sudden, with a strange muffled noise, the surface of the sun, which was about to descend from the horizon, suddenly lost all its brilliance and became a terrifying black hole, while the two rune rings around the sun seemed to be still shining in the sunlight, and became two dazzling bright edges around the black hole—the limited light diffused from the edge of the extinguished sun, leaving a layer of chaotic and dim light between the sky and the sea, and the sky was even more terrifying and eerie.

As the sun went out, the distant expanse of the sea had been plunged into darkness, and only the "glowing geometry" near the breezehaven still emitted the same "sunshine", maintaining basic illumination in the limited sea - the light escaping along the sea was the only reassuring thing in the eerie "night".

Shirley was stunned, staring into the distance for a long time and couldn't hold back the second sentence, but Nina next to her had already reacted, reached out and patted her friend's shoulder: "Don't panic, it's definitely not for you to say ...... death."

"Nonsense! Of course I do! Shirley almost jumped up, and then immediately fell on Duncan, who was not far away, "Captain, what should I do?" ”

"Breeze's still there, and so ......is the Ark of Pilgrimage," Duncan didn't answer Shirley, but immediately looked in the direction of Breeze, shrouded in the glow of the glowing geometry, he carefully discerned the scene on the sea in the distance - from here he could clearly see the coastline of Breezehaven and the outline of the Storm Cathedral docked near the city-state, while the other three Pilgrimage Arks were incomplete due to their perspective, but it was clear that they were all stuck in place.

“…… That's 'the sun goes out,' ......" Luan muttered to himself, and after an initial shock, he finally reacted, "This really happened......

Banst stared at the terrifying black hole hovering above the sea in the distance, and his voice was low and gloomy: "The breath of the spirit world began to stir, but the creation of the world did not appear in advance. ”

Duncan looked at the popes, "I remember you mentioned that the last time the sun went out, the four Pilgrimage Arks didn't notice it?" ”

"Yes," Luan nodded, "according to you, we were stuck in that 12 hours of 'vanishing' with the whole world, and in doing so, we directly 'skipped' the event of the sun going out - if it weren't for the reports we received later on from Breezehaven, Frost, and Purland, we wouldn't have known what happened. ”

Duncan nodded slowly, his eyes still looking at the city in the distance: "But now you see it, your Ark of Pilgrimage is also there, and everyone sees it." ”

"What's the principle behind this?" Luan thought subconsciously, he looked at the huge glowing geometry on the surface of the sea nearby, and gradually thought, "Is it because the four Arks of Pilgrimage are now also under the protection of 'that thing'?" ”

"It may have something to do with that weird glowing geometry - Purland, Frost and Breeze, each city-state that maintains its 'existence' during the sun goes out has its own peculiarities, and the most important feature of Breeze is that it is always bathed in this weird 'sun'," Duncan nodded, "but now is not the time to discuss this, you better check the situation of the four arks - and, Lucy, can you contact the city now?" ”

"There's a radio on the Bright Star, and we've been in contact with Winnie Harbor now," Lucrecia nodded immediately, "The city-state has sounded the emergency alarm, and the sheriff's forces and knowledge guards are starting to maintain order, so there shouldn't be any worries in the near future." ”

"I don't have to worry about order, but panic is definitely inevitable - and this panic will be different from the last time," Fanna couldn't help but mutter, "After all, not long after the last time the sun went out, it was the outbreak of the 'Dream of the Nameless'......"

Her words silenced the deck, and everyone looked at each other in the dim light with a subtle, serious, or uneasy look on their faces.

The four popes quickly took action, they quickly contacted their respective Arks of Pilgrimage, and confirmed the situation on the Ark, while remotely directing the priests who remained on the Ark to maintain order, monitor and collect information, and at the same time ordered their respective Arks to send some priests into the Breezeport to help control the security of the city and calm the tension of the residents.

Meanwhile, Duncan and his party made their way to the Central Deck and found the Bishops, who were in some confusion.

The bishops, who had been scheduled to leave early after the meeting, had memories of the past few minutes - they had managed to adapt to the bizarre and strange environment on the Lost Land, to the various harmonious "creatures" and suspicious "rules" of the ship, and after the meeting, they had a snack on the deck to blow the sea breeze to relax their nerves, but they had just relaxed for a while—pop, the sun went out.

No one told them.

Thanks to the urgent "training" they received before boarding the ship and the "common sense teaching" they heard after boarding the ship, at least half of the bishops subconsciously wondered if this was also a "natural phenomenon" that could be observed on the Lost Country after seeing the sun go out, and when Duncan arrived at the Central Deck with a large group of people, several bishops were still there to discuss it - the main topic of discussion was that it was really dark on the Lost Land.

Thankfully, after a lot of scrambling communication and explanations, everyone realized what was going on and quickly restored order from the initial chaos.

Under the dim canopy of the sky and the faint "sunshine" that filled the distance, the Lost Country and the Bright Star picked up speed again, heading towards the shoreline of Breeze.

……

On the semi-permanent floating island research station next to the glowing geometry, Ted Lear and several scholars are standing in the observation room on the upper level of the facility, solemnly guarding a radio device that is updated on the city-state.

The extinguishing of the sun caused a brief panic in the city, and then the sheriff's forces and guards quickly took order, and now all the major districts of the city were under martial law, the main roads were blocked, the shelters were all open, the gas lights were turned on early, and the bells of the academy were floating over the city.

For the time being, no extraordinary pollution has been found to have invaded the urban area, and no reports of mental contamination or mental transformation have been received from various places.

The good news is that this is not the first time that the "sun goes out" has been faced in the light of the wind, and people are no longer as unprepared as last time, causing many unnecessary losses in the chaos.

The bad news is that the terrible Dream of the Nameless Dream event that followed the last "sun goes out" is still haunting the city-state, and although order has quickly stabilized in the city, the panic and fear are growing in the hearts of the people - everyone is worried about what will happen after the sun goes out this time.

Ted Lille knows that this widespread fear is the most intractable thing, uncontrollable and unignorant, and it can develop like an undercurrent until the crisis ends, or it becomes another big problem.

But there's more to it than that.

Ted Lear frowned, staring at a machine at the end of the room.

A recorder creaked, delicate gears and connecting rods drove the steel needles rapidly from side to side on the slide, and a long paper tape was constantly being spit out of the recorder, the black lines on the paper tape shaking, outlining information beyond human comprehension.

The send cycle is twelve seconds, repeated three times at an interval of thirty seconds, and then reappears.

Connected to the recorder was a complex optical instrument located in front of the viewing window at the end of the room.

"The light signal emitted by the luminous body is still ongoing, and it is significantly stronger at the moment when the sun goes out - it is now above the highest value in the history record," said one scholar next to Ted Lear. ”

“…… It's obviously a whole system, the sun, and the glowing geometry that fell into the earth, and there's still some connection between them," another scholar couldn't help but say, "even though on the surface they seem to be separated......"

"There is still no progress in deciphering it, and it would be nice if some new information could appear in these signals, at least it could be used for cross-comparison."

"Just now there is news from the towers in the city, it has been confirmed that the sun is no longer moving, it is still near sea level, and it has not continued to set for the past half hour......

"Isn't there going to be anyone from the tower to observe the sun?!"

"No, it's automatically recorded by the instrument, and the data is read indirectly by personnel - since the last incident, the academy has strictly forbidden anyone to observe the sun under such circumstances......"

Ted Lille listened to the discussion around him, his brows furrowed and he was silent, and after a long thought, he suddenly raised his head: "I have to return to the city-state." ”

“…… Indeed, you need to go back and maintain order," one scholar said at once, "and leave it to us here, no matter what happens, the observatory will continue to operate and we won't miss any data." ”

Ted Lille glanced at these highly respected and trusted scholars in their professional fields, nodded silently, and then opened his book of miracles, which contained many spells and knowledge.

He opened the part of the book that said "door" and tapped his finger on the page.

An illusory door then emerged from the book and quickly took shape in the air in front of him, silently opening.

He took a breath and stepped through the door.

A boundless darkness and chaos overshadowed his perception—

He did not arrive at Breeze.

(End of chapter)