"What do you think is going on with Plande now?"

After a long silence, Shirley finally couldn't help but looked up at the old scholar in front of her, then looked at Miss Alice who seemed to be very familiar with Mr. Duncan, and asked hesitantly.

"...I don't know, but I think Mr. Duncan may have solved this problem - although I can't imagine how he solved it." Morris rubbed his forehead and said while thinking, "Compared to this, I am more concerned about this now..."

He raised his head and looked around, his eyes fell on the spiritual sails that were fluttering in the air above him, and his expression became a little strange.

"This ship reminds me of the legend, the legend of the Lost Homeland..."

"Yes," Morris had just finished speaking when Alice's voice came from the side, with a proud smile on her face, "This is the Lost Homeland - welcome aboard."

Morris stopped rubbing his forehead and widened his eyes in shock: "Is this really the Lost Hometown?! Then what about Mr. Duncan's identity..."

"Captain, you're too slow to react," Shirley on the other side curled her lips. After being nervous for such a long time, she finally felt a little happy because she knew some information that others didn't know, which made her feel a lot more relaxed. "His name is Duncan, didn't you think of it?"

"You knew about this a long time ago?" Morris looked at the girl in disbelief. "I thought you were on this ship for the first time like me..."

"This is my first time here - but it's not the first time I've seen Captain Duncan's true appearance," Shirley puffed out her chest proudly, "Agou and I have known Captain Duncan for a long time...at least earlier than you!"

Morris didn't pay attention to what Shirley said in the second half of the sentence. When he heard the other party mention "the captain's true appearance", he couldn't help but feel his forehead jump. Then he muttered with a strange expression: "...If possible, I would rather not know what 'true appearance' means..."

Shirley was startled: "Ah? What did you say, old man?"

"Nothing... Some things should not be discussed too often, it's good for your physical and mental health."

"Tsk, whether you want to say it or not, you scholars always like to be so mysterious," Shirley curled her lips, but she didn't stay quiet for two seconds. She couldn't help but look at the end of the deck of the big ship again, "You say... Is Nina okay? She suddenly disappeared from our sight, but Mr. Duncan said she was just away for a while..."

Alice's soft and confident voice sounded from the side, comforting the worried Shirley: "Don't worry, everything will be fine."

Shirley raised her eyes. She was not familiar with Alice, but she knew that this extremely beautiful and mysterious lady seemed to have been following "Captain Duncan" earlier. She must know some inside information that others did not know. She could not help but ask curiously: "Why do you say that? You know Nina's situation..."

"Because the Captain said so," Alice smiled. "He said there was nothing to worry about."

Shirley couldn't say the rest of the words.

For some reason, she suddenly felt that this exceptionally beautiful lady in front of her seemed... not very smart...

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At the same time, on the rear deck of the Lost Homeland, Duncan was looking at the bright arc of flame floating in the air opposite him.

Now, he was 100% sure that, at least in terms of form, this arc of flame was an erupting solar prominence - and it kept repeating the process from erupting to falling, which gave people the feeling... as if a solar prominence was "intercepted" directly from a sun, not only its existence, but also its cyclic state over a period of time.

Now, this "intercepted" solar prominence is quietly floating on the Lost Homeland, and it looks like it is only as tall as a person.

But that doesn't mean it's just that... "small and harmless".

Duncan could feel the amazing energy contained within it, although he could only feel a small part of it. The destructive heat and terrifying power from the star were still enough to suffocate him. This feeling even exceeded the feeling he had when he peeked at the "Creeping Sun Disc" through the golden mask before, and it made him more convinced that this stream of flames really came from the "Sun".

It came from a real sun that was beyond the knowledge of those sun believers and had been alienated and disintegrated in some ancient era.

The prominence now appears small and harmless only because it is still under control.

Duncan couldn't understand. In the knowledge system he mastered, there was no way to explain why part of the sun became like this, and he had no way of guessing what had happened to the real star that this prominence once belonged to.

Just like he couldn't understand this world, couldn't understand what kind of great annihilation could create the current strange and dangerous "deep sea era".

But he finally shook his head.

None of these things matter for now.

Duncan took a deep breath, focused his mind again, and then tentatively extended his right hand towards the "solar prominence".

The fatal high temperature appeared in his perception, but the next second, the high temperature dissipated like an illusion. He saw a cluster of green flames jumping on his fingertips, and inside the solar prominence, there were also wisps of green flames quietly wandering, as if in resonance.

Not long ago, it was this trace of "pollution" that was implanted in advance that terminated and tore apart the birth process of the dark sun above Plande, and also preserved Nina's "humanity".

"Nina, try again," Duncan said, "Recall the feeling of that moment of transformation and bring yourself back. We were very close to success just now."

The flame jumped a few times in the air, and then the surface swelled up, and golden flames rose and entangled. In a short time, a figure gradually condensed in the leaping flames. This vague figure could be seen as a young girl, but the outline of the facial features was unclear.

She lowered her head and seemed to look at her body curiously, but the next second, the flame that had just condensed shattered again, and she turned into a gushing flame again.

"Don't be discouraged, let's try again." Duncan was not impatient at all, but continued to guide gently, "I will 'support' you. Since you can recover to this extent, it means that this idea is feasible..."

The flame arc swelled up again, and crackling sounds came from the golden flame. Then, Nina's figure emerged from the flame again.

Duncan watched this scene nervously - similar attempts had been made countless times, but each time they would fail halfway. Although according to the feedback from the spiritual fire implanted in the sun fragments, this process should indeed be controllable, but obviously this huge and unfamiliar power is not so easy to master.

The golden flames crackled, and Duncan was ready to fail again.

But after the next breath, the flames and arcs in front of his eyes disappeared instantly.

A familiar figure jumped out from the last ray of jumping fire.

A gentle sea breeze blew across the deck, bringing with it moisture and chill. The tips of Nina's hair lifted slightly in the sea breeze. The bright sunlight slanted through the clouds and passed through her windblown hair. Among the fluttering hair, the sunlight jumped and danced like a flame.

And in the next moment, the sunlight flames dancing between the hair disappeared like phantoms.

Nina smiled, looking at the "Uncle Duncan" in front of her, who was completely different from her impression, but unmistakable: "Uncle, I'm back!"

It was not until this moment that Duncan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and along with his sigh of relief, the entire Homeless responded - the ship seemed to have been tense just now, with all the ropes, masts and sails tense, but now, crackling sounds came from all directions, mixed with whirring and clicking sounds from under the deck.

It was as if the entire ship was cheering and celebrating with the captain.

"Quiet," Duncan turned around and said, and the whole ship immediately quieted down. Then he turned his gaze back and looked at Nina with some curiosity, "You can still recognize me?"

"Of course, you are Uncle Duncan," Nina said as a matter of course, but then she scratched her face - this was her habitual action to cover up her embarrassment and helplessness, "But... I don't know how I recognized you, anyway, I felt it was you, when you called me down when I was floating in the sky before, I recognized you directly..."

She hesitated and stopped, looking up and down at Duncan in front of her, then narrowed her eyes slightly, as if she wanted to carefully distinguish some details about her "uncle".

Not at all, and bears almost no resemblance to Uncle Duncan in the antique shop.

But clear cognition is directly mapped in one's mind.

It was as if I recognized the person in front of me not through my eyes, but directly by "reading the facts".

Nina didn't know how to explain how she felt at the moment, so she could only smile foolishly until Duncan came up and ruffled her hair as usual.

"That's good," Duncan exhaled softly, "I was struggling with how to explain this ship and my other appearance to you."

Nina dodged the hand on her head. The Uncle Duncan in front of her was much taller than she remembered. His palms were also wider and rougher. His calloused fingers rubbed across her forehead, making her feel itchy.

After a while, when the other party withdrew his hand, she suddenly raised her head and looked straight into Duncan's eyes.

"I actually have two 'uncles'...right?"

She said suddenly.

Duncan did not avoid his gaze. Although this moment was indeed sudden, he was not too surprised.

It seemed as if he had known for a long time that this moment would come sooner or later.

If there is any force in this world that can resist the power of "Captain Duncan", it is the "Sun"... no matter which sun it is, it is an expected option.

He met Nina's gaze quietly.

"You noticed?"

"……Um."