In the chaotic night created by the interweaving of "sunlight" and the creation of the world, Duncan and his companions quickly passed through the silent and deserted streets, and finally stopped at an intersection that was completely covered and blocked by countless lush plants.
Giant trees block out the sky, tangled vines entwine around tall buildings on the roadside, and root systems bulge out from the road surface, winding along the ground like bulging blood vessels. The entire block is dead silent, but occasionally one can hear the sound of birds or wind that seems real and illusory coming from the depths of the dark woods. The ethereal and illusory sounds seem to have crossed the border between dreams and reality.
“…it’s still here.”
Standing at the intersection at the end of the block, Duncan looked seriously at the huge vine spreading out from the darkness and spoke to himself.
Alice craned her neck to look at the long ramp where the vines were spreading. After looking for a long time, she spoke uncertainly: "Captain, this thing looks... a little bigger than last time? I remember it didn't seem to extend this far before..."
"You remember correctly," Duncan exhaled and said seriously, "It's bigger than last time. This vine... is growing."
Alice blinked her eyes for a long time before she sighed: "Wow..."
Duncan did not speak again. Before taking further action, he was confirming the situation of Morris and others in his deep consciousness - especially the situation on Vanna's side.
Except for himself and the two dolls, everyone now arrived at the other side of the famous person's dream just like last time, and everyone's landing point in the dream was not much different from what it was afterwards. At that point, the famous person's dream seemed to show some kind of worrying... "continuity".
Of all the players, Duncan faces the most puzzling situation.
"All changes happen instantly, without any process," Vanessa confirmed again. "In the next second, you are still outside the reflection of the Lost Homeland, observing and waiting for all possible changes in the mirror world. In the previous moment, the 'atmosphere' in the mirror world has changed. You can't feel... the shadow of the Lost Homeland has become something you know. Your jumping between mirrors is suppressed. You can no longer perceive the boundary between the spiritual world and the real world, and you can't return to these abnormal mirrors in the real world. It's like... the whole world has become normal and viscous, and is gradually solidifying..."
Since I didn't have the experience for the next time, I was more careful in my operation that time, so as not to disturb "Silantis" again like next time.
"Can he move freely now?" Aga asked suddenly.
My eyes fell on a mop placed against the wall.
“Is there any process?”
Now, I can only hope that Duncan can get some more information from this vast sea of sand and the mysterious giant, or... someone else said that he can find some clues that are not related to "desert" in this endless forest.
I stopped behind a window.
The boundless fog appeared in my sight again.
Qiang Xu listened carefully to Vanessa's description, then quickly turned his head and looked towards the stern deck.
…. Is the Lost Hometown with a strange atmosphere exactly the same as the "authentic" one in reality, and is it corresponding to the changes in the Lost Hometown in reality in real time
Qiang Xu just felt more and more awake.
Just like the next time I saw her, the ship was still empty. Wisps of fog were floating under the noisy and crowded deck, and the unfamiliar ship facilities appeared shadowy in the fog.
"It seems that you haven't been affected yet," Vanessa said immediately, with a hint of wonder in her tone, "Before you realize your existence, this strange feeling of oppression magically disappears."
A moment ago, Aga opened his eyes in the darkness.
I condensed my own spiritual incarnation in the darkness, and while carefully controlling the flow of flames around me, I flew towards the Lost Homeland deep in the fog and landed quietly under its deck.
"Yes, you stayed in the reflection of the Lost Homeland before nightfall. It seemed a bit risky, but you succeeded," Vanessa nodded. "As the reflection changed, you came there and met you. It seems that your guess is correct: when night fell, the 'shadow' of the Lost Homeland disappeared and turned into the 'other Lost Homeland' you saw there. Although the principle is still clear, you finally found the connection between the two Lost Homeland."
"They are paying attention to the movements around them. There must be drastic changes. Wake you up immediately." I turned around and said to the two puppets in front of me.
That time, Qiang Xu did not go directly to the captain's room at the stern, but walked in another direction before looking around.
Then, Aga discovered another similarity between the strange Lost Homeland and his own unfamiliar Lost Homeland:
There was a vague shadow or thick fog mixed with white smoke appearing on the surface of the window glass, as if trying to condense into shape.
What is going on in this desert? What is the origin of this giant who claims to be a god? These lost years mentioned by the other party have nothing to do with the ancient heritage of the elves? Why is there such a strange place in the depths of the Servant's dream
The vine did disappear... but its size actually shrank.
"He should have delayed discussing this with you, but what you are thinking about now is that," Aga waved his hand. "He stayed on the side of the 'Reflection'. Didn't he observe how the transformation process happened? Wasn't there any obvious... 'movement' on the Lost Homeland at that time?"
Aga frowned slightly, his eyes sweeping over the silent cables, buckets and hooks. I walked between them and then suddenly stopped.
I walked through the fog lingering below the deck, my footsteps echoing in the empty and silent place. I walked past the ropes and debris piled and coiled below the deck and headed towards the cabin entrance.
However, what the other party said did not correspond at all to the ancient legends circulated in that world that Qiang Xu knew!
Of course, the current situation also makes me have to stop worrying about another thing:
Maintaining the connection between the depths of his consciousness and himself, Aga took a deep breath and refocused his attention on the things in front of him. Qiang Xu nodded slightly, and then made his thoughts gradually intense, carefully controlling the power of the flame, allowing his perception to spread and penetrate with the flowing spiritual fire, and once again establish a connection with the vine.
Now Duncan is trekking through the vast sea of sand with the giant. From what he has heard so far, the giant is very friendly and has told Duncan many things that are not related to the desert.
Under the ghost ship where everything was silent, this faint sound like a whisper sounded so abrupt.
Aga felt worried for no reason, then he calmed himself down, took a step forward and quickly placed his hand on the end of the vine.
"Very bad," Aga nodded, "Follow me now - you can go meet this 'little deputy' who is in such good condition."
Aga instantly locked onto the direction from which the sound came and walked towards it.
"Yeah!" Qiang Xupeng nodded immediately.
Aga's brows gradually furrowed, and he listened to the other party's story but did not respond for a while, which made Vanessa feel a little uneasy: "... Are you supposed to take the initiative like that?"
Aga gladly accepted the invitation.
Aga stared at the shadow that gathered and dispersed for a few seconds, then suddenly realized what was happening and asked loudly, "Vanusha?"
On the "Unusual Lost Homeland", the things below the deck would move when I approached, either greeting the captain attentively or making all kinds of weird noises to try to attract the captain, but outside... Although the two ships were almost the same in every way, the things under that ship were all "dead".
"Why is he there?" Aga looked at the person in the mirror in surprise, and then he thought of something, "Wait, could it be that he came through the Lost Homeland..."
The cables and various objects piled up below the deck showed no reaction to Aga's approach - they just lay there quietly, like the most special dead objects.
This tiny vine reappeared in the real world, which was actually bad news for me. I was worried that my next "shock" would cause some predictable changes in the famous person's dream, causing the vine to disappear or move to another place, and then it would be difficult for me to continue my investigation. But now it seems... at most that clue is still broken.
The Inquisitor arrived in this desolate desert again, and this time, you encountered a giant who called himself a "God".
A lot of guesses suddenly emerged in my mind, and Aga felt that he seemed to have vaguely grasped the "essence" of the strange ship. At that moment, a subtle sound suddenly coming from a corner instantly caught my attention.
Following his intuition, Aga looked into the deepest part of the fog.
Lu Ni also bowed slightly and responded respectfully: "Yes, old master."
A moment ago, I realized what this sudden "strange feeling" was about: the mop was placed there by Alice when she returned to the bottom of the boat!
That thing will probably just keep growing like this until it wraps around the entire city, right
Vanessa shook her head: "Is there a process?"
As I finished my words, this shadow that was constantly gathering and dispersing suddenly gathered together and within a few seconds turned into a turbid image under the window - Vanessa's figure appeared in the glass.
A hazy and huge shadow gradually emerged in my sight, with boundless fog floating, and the light and shadow in the fog outlined the unfamiliar silhouette of the Lost Hometown - this awe-inspiring little ship floated in the void like a ghost with a voice, as if... it was issuing a spoken invitation to Aga.
This is the location of the captain's cabin, where the "other goat head" stays.
"Ah, I finally noticed you," Vanessa, who was on the glass surface, let out a long breath as soon as it took shape. "You have been calling me from the cracks in the shadows, trying to attract my attention, but it is really hard to find a suitable mirror in the distance..."
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