Lucrecia brought the paper tape copied from the "Luminous Research Station" to record the "strange signal", and found the original signal recorded by the Bright Star, Duncan stared at them for a few minutes, and soon came to a conclusion-

He didn't understand it......

Analysing a bunch of abstract signals to draw conclusions should be the work of real experts and scholars, and it is clear that even real scholars are now at a loss for these signals.

"They look like 'tremors' of random intensity," Morris said, standing in front of the light, spreading out a long strip of paper on the table, trying to find a pattern in the curves, frowning thoughtfully, "It is possible to convert the magnitude of each tremor into a different number or a 'breakpoint' of varying lengths, but it is like some kind of ciphertext...... Without a corresponding 'codebook', it would be impossible to understand the meaning of these tremors. ”

"From the first time they were received, scholars have tried to convert these signals into a variety of forms," Lucrecia said, "including sounds, which sound like some kind of persistent, muffled whimper or 'murmur' when converted into electrical signals and fed directly into the playback device, but which doesn't really mean anything." We're also trying to translate it into a picture, but there's been no progress in this direction yet. ”

Duncan listened as he spoke, and suddenly said, "Could this be the 'internal signal' used by that 'luminous geometry' to 'communicate' with the other structures of Anomaly 001?" ”

"I can't rule it out," Lucrecia nodded, "There's a high-sensitivity backup recording device at the research station, and that thing recently received a faint signal from the direction of the main structure of Anomaly 001, and we have reason to believe that the 'luminous geometry' currently staying off the coast of Light Wind Harbor still maintains contact with the main structure of Amuly 001......

"Both signals have to do with the sun going out," Morris also said in thought, "the first time is after the sun goes out, the second time is before the sun goes out, and the signal content is the same, which gives me the feeling...... It's a lot like some kind of 'warning' ......"

Duncan didn't speak, just came to the window and looked out thoughtfully.

The city is shrouded in an eerie, staggered "twilight".

The sun in the sky has been extinguished, but a certain "suppressive" power of Vision 001 seems to be still in effect, so the creation of the world did not appear because of this early arrival of "night", the sky is only dark at the moment, but at the same time there is a pale golden "sunshine" from the direction of the coast, through the high and low buildings in the city, forming a magnificent and strange light band over the block, the gas lights in the streets and alleys are lit in advance, but there are no pedestrians on the streets, Only occasionally patrolling squads of Guardians and steam walkers can be seen speeding through the intersection, their lights sweeping the empty road, vigilant and vigilant.

The city was quiet, and an oppressive tension permeated the darkness, so much so that any movement from outside could stir sensitive nerves.

There was a slight grinding sound coming from the side, and Alice curiously picked up the paper tapes that were stacked on the table, and looked upside down—she certainly didn't understand.

Shirley and Dog were lying in front of another window, their heads looking out of the window together, and Nina was standing behind them, muttering something.

"The situation with the Poor and the Frost is stable, and the last experience has brought order back to order very quickly, but the uneasiness caused by the second extinguishing of the sun is also spreading in the city," Duncan said suddenly, "and the other city-states have been cut off from all else...... Same as before. ”

"The only difference from last time is that this time there are four church ships docked next to the Breeze," Vanna said on the side, "They were affected by the 'glowing geometry' this time, and stayed on the 'side' after the sun went out, and now that order has been restored on the various church ships, His Majesty Lu En seems to have activated some observation and research facilities on the academy's ark to collect data on the real-world environmental changes after the sun went out......"

"Hopefully he'll find out," Duncan sighed, "but seriously, I'm not hopeful about it - Vision 001 has been hanging over this world for a full 10,000 years, and I'm afraid only the ancient kingdom of Crete or the legendary 'Third Long Night' of the Dark Lord knows ......what that thing is."

Before he could finish speaking, Alice's voice suddenly came from the side: "Captain, Captain! Captain help! Entangled! ”

Duncan turned his head to see that Alice had been wrapped in a large pile of paper tapes around her head and arms—this Han Han was looking innocently at this side in the middle of the pile of paper tapes, not daring to move, as if he was afraid of accidentally breaking the fragile paper tapes.

“…… How did you do that?! Duncan watched this scene dumbfounded, and walked over angrily and funny to free Alice from the bondage, "Can this also be entangled?" ”

"I don't know!" Alice was straightforward, "I just want to see how long this note is, but I don't know how I can't pull my head, and by the time I react, I'm already entangled in ......"

Duncan sighed: "Don't toss them, these tapes are useful." ”

"Oh......" Alice agreed with some frustration, watching Duncan put the "notes" back into the box like a cat that had been robbed of the ball of yarn, but soon she seemed to forget this little regret, and her face became happy again, and she smiled next to Duncan, "By the way, Captain, what is the 'Observer Effect Anchor'?" ”

Duncan, who was putting the large ball of paper in the box, stopped in an instant.

The whole living room suddenly fell silent.

This Han Han just said a string of words that she would never "create" by herself!

After two seconds of stasis, Duncan slowly turned his head, his eyes becoming extremely serious: "You just ...... Say what? ”

Alice was startled, thinking that she had messed up something again: "Observation...... Observer Effect Anchor...... Am I saying the wrong thing? ”

"Why did you mention this all of a sudden?" Duncan threw down the paper tape in his hand, walked over to Alice in two steps, and then slowed down after noticing the nervousness on the puppet's face, "Don't be afraid, you didn't do anything wrong, but you just mentioned a very ...... Unusual vocabulary. ”

Alice's eyes widened, relaxed a little in Duncan's gaze, and then looked left and right, as if observing something that others couldn't see, and said casually: "Observer Effect Anchor Failure, Fault Code E-C6-305, 'Star Crown' Damaged, Main System Restarting, Restart Time Unknown......"

Lucrecia, who was not far away, finally reacted, she instantly came to Alice and raised her hand to the tapes on the table: "You can see it from these tapes?!" Is this what they record? ”

"No," Alice shook her head innocently, "I don't know what the jumbled curves on these slips of paper mean, but there are hints of observer-effect anchor failures all around...... Ay? Can't you see? ”

The puppet seems to have finally realized something, and looks at the people around it with a look of surprise...... It was as if she first knew that "ordinary people" couldn't see the lines that were floating around.

Duncan stared at the doll, realizing something, and slowly raised his head to look out the window at the "sunlight" in the sky that had been obscured by the buildings.

These "sunlights" come from the huge luminous geometry on the surface of the sea, which is already faint here due to the obscuration of the buildings in the city and the distance caused by the distance.

But the information carried in the spectrum doesn't disappear with this degree of attenuation – it fills the air, permeates the entire city.

In Alice's eyes, they are everywhere.

"So, you can see the signal from that 'glowing geometry' directly," Duncan withdrew his gaze from the window, his gaze falling on Alice, "they ...... What is it like? ”

"I can't tell," Alice scratched her hair, "and I don't know if it's 'seen'...... I just thought there were things in the light, and then their meaning came straight into my head - oh, even though the goathead said I didn't have a brain......"

Morris also walked over, and he looked at the puppet in a daze: "Then why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

"You didn't ask!" Alice was more justified this time, "And I thought you could all see it!" ”

Everyone in the living room couldn't help but look at each other.

Apparently everyone thought of the "threads" in Alice's eyes—the same thing that Miss Doll thought "everyone could see" last time.

Duncan thinks of more than that.

He thought of the little puffin with black feathers that Lune had brought to the assembly hall—he thought of the mad bird.

He also thought of Alice's painting, and of the "thread" she insisted on adding to each of the people in the painting.

Alice seemed a little uneasy - after being right, she seemed to realize that she was different from others, she thought that she had done something wrong, and couldn't help but lean closer to Duncan, curling her neck: "I didn't know at first......"

"Different observers see different worlds, and for Alice...... The world has been different from us from the beginning, she takes this for granted, and it doesn't even occur to take the initiative to confirm with everyone what the world looks like," Duncan suddenly broke the silence, he turned his head and gently pressed Alice's hair, "Don't be nervous, you didn't do anything wrong, and you did a great job - Alice, you did a great job, you saw information that we couldn't see......"

He gently stroked the doll's hair to let her relax, and his gaze looked beyond the window, as if through the city's rows of buildings, to see the sun still on the sea.

Anomaly 001 - Anchor of the Observer Effect.

(End of chapter)