Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 579

[Chapter 577: Act individually]

Fanna’s words made everyone present feel stunned.

This even breaks down many of Duncan’s speculations about how “Dream of the Unknown” was just established.

Fanna didn’t even enter the “forest” at all – she didn’t even see a forest, but was trapped in a desert… What was that desert? !

After a moment of stunned silence, Duncan suddenly spoke: “Are there any traces of human activity in the desert? Are there any weird terrains worthy of attention or anything that impresses you?” “There are many strange-looking boulders, towering and twisted,

like Something that was moving suddenly solidified and formed. Continuous shadows can still be seen in very far away, but it is impossible to determine whether it is a stone beach or a group of buildings – it is too far,” Fanna recalled that she was on the “other side of the dream.” “In addition, the most concerning thing is that there is a faint red crack in the sky, which is very, very large.” “

Red crack?” Duncan’s eyes changed slightly in an instant, and his whole body They all cheered up, “What does it look like specifically? Apart from the red crack? What else did you see in the sky?” “I still remember what

it looks like…” Fanna said, getting up and walking away from the low table. He took the pen and paper and quickly sketched it on the paper, “Its color is dark red, the edges are blurry, like clouds and mist, and the depths are slightly glowing, and there are shadowy details inside…” Everyone

‘s His eyes were all focused on the tip of Fanna’s pen, and Duncan couldn’t help but lean forward and look at the “crack” composed of many messy lines outlined by the other party on the paper. As those lines gradually merged with the “crack” in his memory, “Red light” responded, and his expression became more solemn.

After a moment, Fanna stopped and pushed the paper forward: “That’s roughly it. My painting level is limited, so I have tried my best. Apart from this crack, I didn’t see anything else in the sky. “

Nothing else?” Duncan was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously asked, “Where is the sun? What does the sun look like?”

For him, this question must be asked – if Vanna saw the sun in that “desert”, then the “form” of that sun would be crucial!

However, Vanna still shook her head: “There is no sun – even though it seems to be daytime there, and the sky is filled with brilliance other than red light, I didn’t see the sun.” Everyone looked at each other, even Duncan was confused for a moment

. They were in a daze until Vanna’s voice sounded again, waking everyone up: “That’s all the information I have.”

Finally, everyone’s eyes finally focused on Duncan.

Nina blinked curiously: “Uncle Duncan, what did you see over there?” “

…Alice and I saw the distorted and mutated neighborhoods in the real world,” Duncan pondered for a moment and spoke slowly, “Tall trees and countless vines cover the streets, as if the forest from ‘The Dream of the Unknown’ has spread into reality, but we don’t see anything related to the ‘desert’. And in the deepest part of the mutated block, We found an extraordinarily huge vine…”

One more person means one more idea. Duncan did not hide what he saw when he tried to “explore” the vine – the strange Lost Home sailing in the dark fog, Lost Home The familiar but unfamiliar goat head on the ship, the changed charts, and a lot of information revealed by the goat head in a sleep-like state.

When he finished speaking, the room was even quieter than when Vanna finished speaking just now.

“Your… is even more incredible than the desert I saw…” Fanna couldn’t help but mutter.

Next to him, Agou also muttered: “How can I say… he is indeed the captain…”

Duncan glanced at the deep hound and did not pay attention to its emotion, but added: “That ‘goat head’ There was a mention of Selantis at the end, which really stuck with me.”

“If I remember correctly… this is the name of the ‘World Tree’ in the ancient legend of the elves.” Vanna nodded slightly. “It is also called the tree of life and the giant tree of origin. It is the belief of the elves. The first life created by the great demon ‘Saslokar’ in the world…”

Everyone at the scene fell into deep thought. Even Alice, who had always been unable to keep up with the rhythm, looked like she was thinking hard, and in a brief moment After a moment of silence, Lucretia finally raised her head. She looked at Duncan with a trace of hesitation in her expression: “Dad, regarding the ‘first mate’ of the Homeless Ship… you don’t seem to have told me in detail. I told you about its origin. Is that goat head…”

“It comes from subspace, I can only tell you so much,” Duncan said, and then changed the subject, “But this time… I might go Let’s use it to confirm some things.”

Now, all the clues were finally on the table, and everyone who was scattered to reality and dreams last night gathered the information they had in front of Duncan.

After sorting out his thoughts, Duncan exhaled softly, put aside the confusing questions in his mind for the time being, and glanced at everyone in the living room.

“Now, we can be sure of several things –

“First, the scale of the Dream of the Nameless One is expanding, its influence is increasing, and it has even developed to the point where it can interfere with the real world. It is not yet certain what the reason for this change is. , but most of it is related to the approach of the so-called “fourth long night” and the changes of the sun.

“Second, ordinary people in the city-state seem to be completely unaware of the influence of the nameless man’s dream. When a mutation occurs, people within the influence of the dream will disappear, and when the dream ends, they will return to the real world and maintain their Daily life. We are not yet sure where they went when the dream occurred, nor are we sure whether this phenomenon is limited to ‘elves’ – there are many merchants and adventurers of other races in Breeze Port. Next We need to find a way to confirm what happened to these people last night.

“Third, when a mutation occurs, we will be dispersed to different places – staying in the real world, entering the forest in dreams, or entering a mysterious “desert”. It is not yet certain what kind of Is ‘dispersion’ random or patterned?

“Fourth, the Annihilation Cult, the Sun Cult, and the Evangelist who provided information behind them. These cultists obviously know more information…” He

compiled the known information one by one, and finally raised his head and looked at Others: “Is there anything else you want to add?”

“I can’t think of it for the moment,” Lucretia shook her head. “What I care about now is whether the ‘mutation’ like last night will happen again. If It appears again, how should we deal with it.”

“It will probably appear again,” Morris sighed. “The influence of the Dream of the Nameless One is obviously still strengthening, and the mutations it causes will only increase, but in the past Thinking on the bright side – the more it reappears, the more opportunities we have to summarize more of its laws. Now we have many undetermined conjectures, and many of them can be solved as long as there is a second large-scale mutation. Answer.”

Listening to the old scholar’s analysis, Duncan nodded in agreement: “This is not blind optimism. We really need to summarize the rules of the Nameless Man’s Dream from more mutations.” “But the Nameless

Man’s Dream will Disperse us and cut off the connection between us and the captain,” Vanna added on the side, “This is a big problem.” “

I already have a general idea about this,” Duncan recalled last night His experience, especially after establishing contact with the huge vine, and some of the vague information he sensed after embarking on the strange “Lost Home”, he said thoughtfully, “If the nameless man’s dream Expanding again, I should have the opportunity to test this idea.”

Shirley raised her head and looked at Duncan, and then at the others around her: “Then… what about this period of time? What should we do next?” “The

Dream of the Unknown I don’t know when it will change again,” Duncan said, his eyes falling on Lucretia, “Now we need to determine whether other parts of the city-state were also affected last night. The fastest way is to contact Qingfeng Port The consul.”

“Leave it to me,” Lucretia said immediately, “I will go find Sarah Mel in a moment to see if he is aware of what happened last night.”

Duncan hummed, then looked at Morris and Vanna: “We also need to go to nearby neighborhoods to investigate to see if, in addition to the elves, other alien residents living around Crown Street were affected by dreams, and to see if they had any special behavior last night. Experience.”

“Understood,” Vanna immediately nodded in agreement, “This is something I am very good at.”

Morris also nodded: “I know some old friends at the Institute of Truth. I can ask them to help and provide convenience during the investigation. .”

Duncan’s eyes finally turned to Nina and Shirley.

“You two, please stay home for now,” Duncan said after thinking for a moment. “You don’t need to do anything for now, but if we find clues about the Sun Cultists or Annihilation Cultists, you may need your help.” Nina suddenly revealed her face

. He looked a little disappointed, but he still agreed honestly: “Oh…”

Shirley on the side asked curiously: “What about you?”

“I want to go back to the ship,” Duncan said, starting from He stood up from the sofa and said, “Let’s go now.”

Alice subconsciously stood up and said, “Then I’ll go too!”

Duncan stopped and glanced at the doll in confusion: “Why are you following?”

Alice thought for a moment. After thinking about it, he looked at the other people in the living room, raised his hand to scratch his hair, and said confidently: “I don’t know either!”

Duncan: “…”

After a brief silence, he suddenly smiled and sighed.

“Okay, if you want to follow, just come. I don’t feel comfortable leaving you in the city.”

Alice suddenly became happy: “Hey…”

After a while, everyone started taking action as planned.

(End of chapter)