The shouts coming from the street outside made Lucrecia and Taran El startled at the same time, and then their eyes suddenly turned towards the window.

There was still warm and bright "sunlight" pouring in from the window, so much so that in the first few seconds, Lucrecia and Taran El did not notice anything unusual in the environment, but soon they noticed that the "sunlight" pouring in from the window seemed a little out of place compared to before, and the overall brightness of the skylight outside the window had decreased.

Lucrecia's eyes fixed, and the next second they turned into countless flying colored pieces of paper with a "bang", circling and rushing out of the window. The flying pieces of paper flew onto the roof like a whirlwind, and condensed into the figure of the sea witch on a platform again - Lucrecia raised her head and looked in the direction where the sun should be hanging high at this moment.

A huge dark sphere was quietly floating in the sky, and the two rune rings on the edge of the sphere released a dazzling golden glow. There were frequent dim breakpoints between the two circles of light, as if there was a poor contact between the lamps, as if they would go out completely at any time.

As the main luminous body had fallen into darkness, the brightness of the entire sun was now only reflected by the two rune rings - in theory, the entire city-state should now have fallen into darkness as if night was approaching.

But there was still sunlight shining on Breeze Harbor, and this light came from the sea not far away - the glowing geometric body like a hill was still floating quietly on the sea. The light golden "sunlight" diffused from that direction prevented the city from falling into darkness, and this was the source of the "sunlight" that Lucrecia and Taran El had seen in the room before.

The sound of clothes rubbing against the building and heavy breathing reached her ears. Lucrecia lowered her head and saw a middle-aged elf with messy short golden hair climbing up the drainage pipe with difficulty. Master Taran El climbed to the platform despite a century of frozen shoulder and cervical spondylosis.

The talent of the elves is awe-inspiring.

"Hoo... Hoo... Ms. Lucrecia, you are right... Hoo... I may need a little physical exercise. Just paying attention to diet and nutrition is not enough... Hoo... to ensure strength..."

"I don't think you pay attention to your diet. The function of the 'vital sign maintenance meal' is just to maintain your vital signs," Lucrecia said expressionlessly, but her eyes were still fixed on the dark sphere hanging high in the sky. "For now, let's take a look at the sky first. This is a bigger problem."

Taran El took a deep breath and looked up in that direction.

Against the backdrop of the light golden light that was slanting in from the sea, the dark sphere hanging high in the sky looked even more bizarre - the Phantom 001 - the sun, which had protected the world for ten thousand years, looked so terrifying after it went out.

It was like a terrifying hole leading to the end of all things, or a rotting and dying eyeball, quietly overlooking the world in the sky.

"...Oh, it looks like we're in big trouble..." Taran El finally uttered a few words from his throat. His eyes, which were bloodshot from working late at night for a long time, slowly narrowed, as if he wanted to focus and see more details on the surface of the dark sphere. "The worst thing..."

"The City Guard has begun to maintain order. It seems that the day-to-day mechanized training is still useful." Lucrecia lowered her head and looked at the street below. Steam walkers and tactical teams with the City Guard and Truth Academy logos had appeared at the intersection, and the panicked citizens were struggling to restore calm under guidance - but even so, the overall chaos in the neighborhood continued, and no one knew how it would develop.

Everyone in this world is always prepared for "strange disasters", but no matter what, the impact of "the sun going out" on ordinary people obviously exceeds all training and plans.

"I need to go back to the Brilliant Star to confirm the situation," Lucrecia suddenly withdrew her gaze from the street and turned to Taran El and said quickly, "That ship is near the Falling Light Body. Maybe we can collect useful data there."

Taran El opened his mouth when he heard this, but before he could say anything, the "Sea Witch" in front of him had once again transformed into countless flying colorful pieces of paper. In the blink of an eye, she circled out of the roof platform and flew towards the distant port.

The elf scholar was thrown on the roof like this. He was stunned for a while, then lowered his head to look in the direction he had just climbed up.

"At least send me down..."

He muttered dejectedly, slowly stood up, and prepared to walk along the drainpipe back to the balcony on the second floor, but at this moment, the corner of his eye suddenly noticed another place.

It was a nearby building, the "Tower of Flowing Clouds" located at the City-State University - it was the property of the Academy of Truth, and most elves simply called it the "Tower".

The top of the tower is equipped with various observation devices for monitoring the weather and observing the sky. Its special filters and telescope sets can also be used to observe the sun and other distant objects.

"...It's not a wise idea to observe the sun at this time..."

The elf scholar grunted, then casually took out the amulet symbolizing the god of wisdom, Lahm, from his personal place, placed it on his forehead and prayed briefly, asking for protection from stupidity.

"Okay, now I'm a fool."

As Taran El said this, he put away the amulet, took a deep breath, and then simply judged the distance and relative position of several nearby rooftops. He accelerated towards one of the directions he thought was most reliable and jumped.

In the two seconds when he briefly broke free from gravity, felt the wind blowing across his cheeks, and his body passed over the roof, a very valuable question suddenly emerged in the mind of this elf scholar -

“Why don’t I ask my students to help?”

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The whole world fell into darkness, and a strange sky light that seemed like dusk, but even gloomier than dusk, enveloped the boundless sea.

The huge extinguished sphere hung in the sky like a terrifying hole. It had not moved since it went out. The two circles of rune structures around the sphere emitted the only remaining "afterglow". With the sun extinguished, the two circles of light even seemed a little dazzling.

However, the "dazzling" light projected into the mortal world can only barely dispel the darkness of the entire world.

Duncan came to the deck, raised his head with an extremely solemn expression, and stared at the dark sphere without saying a word.

Everyone ran out of the room and gathered on the deck, looking at the strange sky. Vanna was praying in a low voice, Maurice frowned, Shirley hugged Agou tightly and hid behind Duncan, and Nina hugged Duncan's arm, her face full of nervousness and panic.

There was already a faint golden glow in the latter's eyes.

Only Alice showed incredible "calmness" at this moment - she just held her head with one hand and looked up curiously at the extinguished sun, as if she had suddenly seen something new and strange, and did not look scared at all.

Lacking common sense, she seemed unable to fully understand what was happening at the moment.

A swaying shadow suddenly appeared in the air near Duncan, and the shadow quickly expanded and condensed to form the outline of Agatha.

"The spirit world is fine, Captain," she said quickly to Duncan, "and the rest of the ship is fine, too."

Duncan nodded slightly.

As a mirror image, Agatha can travel through the mirror world and check every cabin on the Lost Homeland in an instant. At the same time, she has "eyes" that can see through the spiritual world and can confirm the status of the "deep world" around the Lost Homeland at any time. In many cases, the information she "observes" is even more comprehensive than what Duncan "perceives".

"Captain," Shirley held Agou's head and looked up at Duncan. Her usually cheerful face was now filled with fear and panic. "What's going on... Is this what you warned me about before?"

Duncan did not answer Shirley for a moment. Instead, he frowned and observed the sky carefully. After a long time, he whispered to himself: "The Creation of the World did not appear."

"The Creation of the World?" Morris was stunned when he heard it, and then he reacted and looked up at the sky, "Indeed, the Creation of the World is still hidden, which means..."

"The sun is still in effect," Duncan nodded gently, "but the 'glow' function has been turned off for some reason, but its suppressive effect on the Creation of the World is still there."

"Will the sun shine again?" Alice suddenly turned her head and asked curiously.

Duncan had no answer.

But he still nodded slightly: "It should be possible - this huge anomaly has been running stably for 10,000 years. Even if there is a problem, it will not suddenly collapse completely. At least... it shouldn't happen today."

Alice felt relieved and smiled happily: "Oh, that's good, my quilt hasn't been dried yet."

Listening to what this heartless puppet said, Duncan couldn't help but laugh softly. Then he lowered his head and ruffled Nina's hair.

Nina raised her head, pale golden flames burning in her pupils, and the light of the stars brewing in the flames.

She nodded slightly, then released her hands from around Duncan's arms.

A moment later, a blinding light suddenly rose from the deck - Nina turned into an arc of flame in an instant. The shrunken prominence circled around Duncan twice, then jumped lightly onto the mast, flew into the sky, and finally hung high on the top of the tallest mast of the Lost Homeland - hovering stably dozens of meters higher than the mast.

Arc-shaped flames swirled there, and the firelight condensed into a small sun, and the "sunshine" once again illuminated the Lost Hometown and a small area of ​​sea around it.

In the distant sky, Anomaly 001 remained extinguished, but at least within the range of the "Sun Fragment", the reassuring warmth and light once again enveloped everyone.

Duncan breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that light was the best way to calm people's hearts in this situation.

"Okay, now I should go check on the situation in other places."