There was a moment of silence in the "lair", and even the seemingly never-ending tremor among the stars suddenly calmed down - Ray Nora saw that the humanoid entity in front of her seemed to be in a stagnation at the sound of her own words, and it was not until a long time before the stagnant starlight suddenly rose and fell again.

"Is there only one light? What else is around the lantern? Where is it? Zhou Ming stared at the Frost Queen's eyes and asked quickly.

"There was only one lantern, hanging from a broken plank, and nothing else—they floated out of thin air in the fog," said Ray Nora at once, "if the location is ...... Right next to your 'palace', very close, almost next to ......"

She paused abruptly, seemed to recall more details, organized her language and continued: "The lantern is not very bright, and it is supposed that it will not shine very far in the fog, but I saw it as soon as I came to this place, and I controlled my 'drifting house' to get closer to it, and it took me a long time to actually get here, and it felt like ...... The light of the lamp was not disturbed by distance or fog, and as long as it was lit in this place, its light could be seen anywhere in the fog. ”

Listening to the other party's description, Zhou Ming couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and Lei Nora then added: "Of course, these are my subjective conjectures - you should know that many things here are ...... 'not quite right', and I think it is difficult for me to judge whether what I see or feel is real or not." ”

"I understand." Zhou Ming said in a low voice, and then he seemed to remember something, and suddenly got up and walked to the desk not far away.

Ray Nora remained on the couch, unmoved by caution—in her eyes, the wriggling starlight entity suddenly extended in another direction, as if it had "moved" into the distance in a path and manner that was difficult for reason to judge, and then stopped there.

She didn't understand what the other person was doing.

Zhou Ming took out a piece of paper from the edge of the desk, picked up a pencil again, and sketched on the paper quickly—he drew a lantern, classical shape, made of brass, and tried to restore the one hanging in the captain's room of the Lost Country as much as possible in the details.

After a while, he returned to Ray Nora with the painting and showed the picture on the paper: "Is this a lantern?" ”

The humanoid starlight entity opened its limbs, and the countless eyes at the ends of the limbs focused on one place, and an illusory projection was reflected in front of the eyeball, in the shape of a lantern.

Ray Nora tensed for a moment, for in most cases, what a high-dimensional being casually showed to mortals would instantly kill reckless prying eyes, even a trained scholar—but she soon realized that she hadn't fallen into madness.

The focused eyeballs only showed a gentle gaze, friendly and patiently waiting for her reply - it seemed that she had completely "adjusted" to the starlight.

“…… It's very similar," Rei Nora paused, scrutinizing the illusory image, "I can't remember the details, but at least seven or eight points similar." ”

Hearing this answer, Zhou Ming exhaled lightly and confirmed the conjecture in his heart.

It was the lantern he left behind – Duncan Abnomar had arrived at this place during his final voyage in 1800 and had left behind a "mark" of light.

Thoughts were churning in his mind, Zhou Ming didn't speak for a long time, he fell into thinking, and gradually emerged many hazy associations.

Lights in the fog...... From a symbolic point of view, its meaning is not only "lighting", but more often the role is actually "guiding the way".

For ships lost in fog, the lights that pierce the fog represent the right course – at least, a course to safety and shelter.

His hut is located in the depths of the fog, which may be the frontier or more distant than the frontier, where the road to the world of order is hidden in chaos......

The lantern establishes a "link" here, from the place, it points to the boundless sea, to the lost land, and from the time...... It points to the day when the Lost Ship returns to the real world, and to the time when the Infinite Sea is coming to an end.

Zhou Ming pondered, his eyes flickering slightly in contemplation.

After going through many things, he has vaguely grasped many "deep laws" in this world, and one of the most important is the surprising role of "information" in the operation of all things.

Apparently, the "captain" who had reached the end of the world had also touched this realm - it seems that "he" had learned many truths during the final voyage of the Lost Land.

Zhou Ming turned his head and quietly stared at the door of the apartment.

As he watched, the door seemed to open, and a thick black fog swirled and undulated outside it—on the other side of the fog was the Lost Country, the Lost Ship's captain's quarters, and the wall next to the "Gate of the Lost Citizens."

It's the place where the lantern hangs.

It turned out that it was hanging at its door, and it had been hanging there ever since.

Zhou Ming blinked, the imaginary scene dissipated from his mind, and the door was still closed well, waiting for the master to open and return.

Ray Nora was cautiously silent, she couldn't make out the human expression from the starlight, but she could sense that the being was thinking very seriously—her thoughts were rippling through the chaos, a low, faint howl echoing in all directions, and she remembered her training as a child, trying not to hear, not to think, not to understand the sounds that echoed in her ears.

She wants to avoid her mind "melting" in the other person's thinking activities, and to avoid becoming a fleeting thought of the other party.

Thankfully, the fearful reflection was finally over—the low whistling around him had calmed down, and the starlight had once again gazed gently at him.

"I'm sorry, I'm a little distracted," Zhou Ming said politely, "Then let's talk about your other adventures now, I'm very interested in this." ”

Ray Nora breathed a sigh of relief—she found it easier to "say" herself than to "listen" to the voice of the being.

“…… After escaping from there, I didn't have much control over my 'drifthouse' for a while, so I went with the flow for a long time - in fact, I suspect I was going through it for a long time than you know, as I encountered a lot of timeline weirdness......"

This time, Zhou Ming did not interrupt the "Frost Queen" again, he listened patiently and interestedly, while Ray Nora told the story of many incredible things that she had experienced after she was freed.

Frankly speaking, most of those experiences on the journey were of little reference to the problems that Zhou Ming had to face and solve at the moment, and most of them were bizarre landscapes or strange phenomena that could be seen in the spirit world—except for Ray Nora, it was a surprising journey that she could not imagine or experience as the ruler of the Frost City-State.

Her Majesty became a traveler as she wished, witnessing countless landscapes during her long journey.

Then, Ray Nora finally brings up the last "turbulence" she encountered, and how she came to the thick fog.

“…… I was in turbulence after I broke out of the subspace, and I was carefully skimming through the depths of the deep sea, you know, the 'dome' with the starry sky," she recalled, "and then suddenly a shock erupted from the deep sea, as if it was coming at me, and 'pushed' me out." It was a long time after that, and I completely lost control of the 'drifting house', and by the time I finally managed to stop, I was there. ”

Zhou Ming was thoughtful.

“…… Could it be the Dark Lord? He frowned and whispered in thought, "That's not right...... There has to be a reason......"

"The Shadow Lord?" Ray Nora's eyes widened in shock when she heard this self-talk, "You mean, it was the Dark Lord who caused that shock and consciously sent me here?" ”

“…… It's just a rough conjecture," Zhou Ming shook his head, he knew that there was no answer for the time being, so he didn't continue to dwell on this question, "Let's not talk about this first, let's talk about this ...... 'fog'." Do you know what this place is? ”

Ray Nora fell silent when she heard this, and it was only after half a minute that she nodded lightly with a complicated expression.

"I didn't know it at first, but after being stuck in this fog for a while, I began to see some ...... 'phantoms' and knowledge appeared in my mind as if out of thin air," she said softly, "This is the end of the world, and I see it here...... The shadow of the end of all things. ”

"You should be glad that you found this place under the guidance of that lamp and stopped outside my hut," Zhou Ming said with a serious face, "Fortunately, you didn't continue to drift towards the depths of this thick fog—otherwise you probably won't come back again." ”

Even the bold "Frost Queen" couldn't help but feel a sense of fear at this moment.

She realized that for some time, she had been riding in a canoe that had lost power and was rushing to the end of the rapids, and was lucky to be stopped by the only "stone" in the rapids just before she was about to break out of the rapids and fall into the abyss.

Although she was almost crushed by this "stone".

However, after being quiet for a few seconds, she showed a hesitant look on her face again, and finally couldn't help muttering: "Actually...... I'm still a little bit over-headed......"

Zhou Ming was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't react for a while: "Huh? ”

“…… After following the 'light' to your palace, I tried to communicate with the large 'entity', but you didn't respond at the time - instead a shadow burst out of your 'palace', an indescribable mass that smashed into my 'drifting house', causing it to spiral out of control again, and I rushed deeper into the fog, but luckily it didn't get out of control this time......"

Zhou Ming's expression was suddenly a little subtle.

(End of chapter)