What's the problem? This is a big problem!!

Duncan stared at the old man in front of him, and soon he realized that Morris did not understand the meaning of the gushing flames he saw - this scholar did not know about the solar fragments, and he might have mistaken Nina for another "supernatural being", such as Duncan's follower, or something that also ran out of the subspace.

Morris did think so. The moment he saw the gushing flames, he regarded his "student" as a being similar to Duncan. As for why this "subspace family" looked like a giant and a flame, he didn't think much about it - things in the subspace were normal to be weird. Anyway, there were no living people in that place, and the big guys looked random...

However, seeing Duncan's reaction now, Morris finally vaguely realized that the situation might be different from what he had guessed.

"Nina... " the old man spoke hesitantly. After experiencing the fear and shock just now, he actually felt a little worried at this moment - worry about his students.

He even felt that this worry was a bit ridiculous, because that gushing stream of flames... no matter what its true form was, it was obviously powerful to an unbelievable degree. Such a powerful existence could not possibly be his fragile and ordinary student.

Duncan shook his head.

"Nina and I are different - she is an ordinary person, always has been," he said slowly, his expression very serious, "She doesn't know what's special about her. As for the flame flow you mentioned... that may be 'something else'."

"I... don't quite understand."

Duncan looked at Morris for a long time, but in the end he did not directly mention the matter of the sun fragments. Instead, he suddenly changed the subject: "Do you know anything about the so-called 'real sun god' worshiped by the sun believers?"

"The real sun god?" Morris frowned, not knowing why the other party suddenly brought up the topic, but he quickly replied, "Of course I know a little bit about it. After all, those cultists have existed for a long time, and many of their sacrificial activities are actually part of historical research.

"The True Sun God is what they call their own god, but believers of the True God usually don't call him that - we call him the 'Black Sun' or the 'Dark Sun God', and in some older texts, some ancient scholars also called him the 'Creeping Sun Disc'."

"Creeping Sun?" Duncan raised his eyebrows. He had heard of the Black Sun, but this was the first time he heard the name "Creeping Sun". The name immediately reminded him of the scene he had seen through the sun mask - the rotten limbs covered by the glorious corona, and the strange ancient god burning fiercely.

"Yes. Outside of the professional field, few people mention this name because it is a record handed down from the Old Kingdom. The original manuscript was written in Cretan, which makes the name of 'Creeping Sun Disc' mysterious. If it is spread too widely among ordinary people, it may have a bad influence."

Morris nodded and explained the details. When talking about academic matters, he seemed to have forgotten the terrible "truth" behind Duncan, and went back to the time when he visited this antique shop many days ago and had a good chat with the owner.

He even felt that the buzzing noise in his head had disappeared without him noticing.

"The Ancient Kingdom of Crete..." Duncan was quite surprised. "Those cultists who worship the sun god actually have such a long history?!"

"...Yes, although it is incredible, the heretics who worship the creeping sun disc can even be traced back to the heyday of the Old Kingdom. Considering the current Vision 001 - the sun rose from the sea after the collapse of the Old Kingdom of Crete..." Morris paused here, and seemed to be quite entangled for a few seconds before continuing, "In fact, the orthodox academic community and the Four Gods Church have never been willing to discuss this issue directly - considering the time when the Vision Sun rose, the belief in the Black Sun is actually older than Vision 001..."

Duncan was silent for a moment.

The history of the Black Sun is even longer than that of the Vision Sun. This is a very reasonable fact, but one that the Four Gods Church is reluctant to admit.

Because to admit this fact is to admit something else at the same time - that a statement made by the sun believers is true:

The "real sun god" was the real sun in ancient times, and the strange sun that came later was actually a "blasphemous creation" that stole the sun's authority.

"...So, what those sun believers said is true. Before the Deep Sea Age, it was their 'Lord' who illuminated the world." After half a minute of silence, Duncan suddenly spoke up. "If we go by the standard of 'whoever is ancient is orthodox', they are the orthodox ones."

"There are many factions in the academic world, and there are many different opinions. This is the most unorthodox of all the unorthodox opinions. It almost treads on the border of heresy," Morris sighed. "But the existence of many manuscripts from the Kingdom of Crete makes it impossible for us to avoid this issue."

"Let's assume that those cultists hold some truth," Duncan shook his head slightly, "but this cannot change the fact that their beliefs are now very dangerous to the world. After all, no matter what their Lord was like before the Deep Sea Era, His current state...tsk tsk."

Morris listened and suddenly realized.

He was awakened from the peaceful atmosphere of discussing academic issues with his acquaintances, and looked at Duncan in doubt: "Wait, what you mean... are you..."

"We just happened to meet," Duncan thought for a moment and felt that it was necessary to share some valuable information with the old gentleman. After all, he had already learned so much knowledge from this scholar for free, and it would be hard to keep taking advantage of him. "How should I put it... It's too miserable to watch, and there is no hope of recovery. I don't think the actions of those sun believers can save their Lord - instead, I think they are pushing their Lord towards a more crazy and twisted direction."

He paused and looked at the old man opposite him: "Do you want me to tell you what He looks like now? Maybe you can get some inspiration..."

Morris felt his head trembling when Duncan started talking just now. At this time, he finally seized the opportunity when the other party paused and exclaimed, "No need!"

Then he seemed to feel that this was a bit offensive, and he coughed twice, and said in a serious and respectful manner: "This is not knowledge I should be exposed to."

"...Oh, yes, sorry." Duncan was startled, then he reacted and quickly waved his hand, "Then let's not discuss this topic. Let's talk about the Black Sun faith in the real world. Those cultists have been trying every means to resurrect their Lord, but their simple and crude human sacrifices have never produced any results. So in history, have they achieved any 'results'?"

"The Sun Heretic caused a lot of damage, but when it comes to 'resurrecting the Sun', how can it be done by mortals?" Morris recalled and said slowly, "As far as I know, there are only a few records of the Black Sun's power appearing on a large scale in history.

"The earliest record was at the end of the Chaos Dynasty. Due to the long-term accumulation of a large number of historical problems after the collapse of the ancient Kingdom of Crete, several city-states continued to erupt in chaos and famine. The Sun Heretic took advantage of the situation and made a bloody sacrifice in a city-state called 'Charon'. Later, a huge living fireball was summoned. The fireball floated above Charon for five days before dissipating, and finally melted the entire city-state into a piece of glass.

"Another time it happened during the Classical City-State Era. The exact cause is unknown, but it resulted in several small city-states on the edge of the civilized world disappearing overnight. Eyewitness records show that a huge luminous crack appeared in the sky, with the sun rising in the crack. The city-states were pulled up from the sea by a huge gravitational force, torn into long and thin strips, and fell into it.

"The most recent one happened at the beginning of the New City-State Calendar. It was also the strangest one because there were no eyewitness reports or damage reports from that disaster. There was no evidence, no records, no one knew or remembered it, and even... it was hard to tell exactly in which year or where it happened..."

Duncan listened in astonishment, and finally couldn't help but speak out: "No one knows it happened? Then how can the power of the Black Sun appear on a large scale? People don't even know which city-state was attacked?"

"Yes, it is so strange. This is beyond the research field of ordinary scholars, but my identity in the Academy of Truth has allowed me to access some relevant information," Morris nodded and said seriously, "That incident did happen, because one morning, a line of words suddenly appeared on the most sacred 'Chronicle' of the Firebringer Church.

"That line of text mentioned a city-state that didn't exist at all. It only had one sentence:

"Wilhelm's final message: the black sun descended from history. We failed."