The captain's cabin fell into silence.

Duncan still stared at the huge and strange eyeball on the draft paper.

It is painted with almost crazy and messy brushstrokes, but it is incredibly accurate and vivid, so that anyone can understand the meaning of every line on the picture at a glance, as if its true information has been woven into every element that makes up the picture.

In the crazy and messy brushstrokes, the pupil of the huge eyeball is deep, and the structure of the surrounding blood vessels and nerve plexus is vaguely discernible; the outside of the eyeball is obviously covered with a layer of dark substance. Taran El used many fine lines to depict the layer covering the eyeball, as if trying hard to restore what it is. The only information Duncan received from the picture was that it was a "shell with a complex structure."

It was an eye enclosed in a gem-like shell.

A creaking sound came from the side, and the goat's head on the edge of the chart table was turning its head very nervously, as if it wanted to take a look at the contents of the paper, but was hesitant.

After a long while, it hesitantly said, "Captain...what is it like?"

"It's an eye." Duncan was silent for a few seconds, then began to explain the contents of the draft paper to the Goat-Headed Man while considering the details. "The structure looks very similar to a human eye. You can see the blood vessels and nerve plexus. It is encapsulated in a spherical shell, but the spherical shell looks very much like a man-made object..."

Listening to Duncan's description, Goat Head was so quiet for the first time in its history.

After a long time, it began to creak and groan, making an extremely uneasy sound: "This is really... a terrifying scene... The true appearance of Anomaly 001 is such a huge eyeball?! Then... Then weren't there many people during the time when the sun went out..."

"I'm afraid not many people actually saw this scene," Duncan shook his head slowly. "When the sun went out, we looked up at the sky, and all we saw was a sphere completely plunged into darkness. The details of the sphere could not be directly observed - this picture also shows that the eyeball was 'encapsulated' in a huge container.

"At that time, Taran El relied on the special observation equipment of the Academy of Truth to see the true appearance of the sphere. There is no need to worry that ordinary people in other places will casually see this crazy 'truth'."

Hearing Duncan's words, Goat Head seemed to be relieved, but then he became worried again: "Not many, but it is possible that there are some - not everyone has the same reaction as Taran El, who can seal and tamper with the contents of his own records by instinct when his mind is out of control. And according to Taran El's subsequent actions, people who see this eyeball seem to unconsciously want to spread its appearance..."

Duncan listened to Goat-Head's uneasy words but said nothing. He just remained silent with a gloomy face, as if he was lost in thought.

Goat Head kept talking for a long time, but when he saw that the captain didn't respond at all, he couldn't help but remind him: "Captain, do you think we should remind him..."

"Prande and Frost don't have similar 'observation' devices. The lens set is an asset of the Academy of Truth. It is precise and rare." Duncan finally raised his head. "Outside Breeze Harbor, even if someone observed the surface of Anomaly 001 during the period when the sun went out, they would not be able to see these 'truths'."

"If Plande and Frost don't have it, then other city-states might have it!" The goat-headed man shouted immediately, "Who knows what those reckless fools will do! Mortals are not a reliable race!"

"...Other city-states will not see the extinguished sun." Duncan said suddenly.

The excited Goat Head suddenly calmed down.

"Have you forgotten?" Duncan reminded calmly, "Only three city-states and the 'Lost Homeland Fleet' saw the world where the sun went out. The entire Infinite Ocean did not experience those twelve hours of darkness."

The goat-headed creature shook its head slightly from side to side, and finally uttered an incomprehensible sigh: "Oh... uh..."

Duncan said nothing more, but looked down at the sketch of the core structure of Anomaly 001. Gradually, another scene emerged in his mind.

The brilliantly burning corona, the twisted and tangled flesh and blood beneath the corona, and the dying giant eyeball surrounded by countless pale flesh and blood.

Creeping Sun Disc - Black Sun.

Duncan's brows furrowed a little bit. A vague sense of familiarity could not be ignored. He quickly compared the scene in his mind with the sketch on the paper in front of him, and some bold ideas gradually emerged in his mind.

"...very similar to the eyes of the 'real Sun God'." He suddenly whispered to himself.

"Ah?" The goat-head was startled. "What terrible things are you talking about?!"

"This eyeball is very similar to a part of the structure of the 'Creeping Sun Disc'," Duncan said thoughtfully. As he recalled the details in his mind, his judgment became more and more certain. "Yes, it is very similar - if you take out this 'eyeball' structure and look at it alone, it is almost exactly the same."

With a click, the goat head's neck seemed to be stuck at a certain angle, and it froze on the chart table, not making a sound.

Even as a chatterbox as it is, this was the first time it couldn't utter a word.

Duncan exhaled softly, folded the piece of draft paper, and put it carefully against his body.

Fortunately, Lucrecia was cautious enough and did not leave the paper to ordinary scholars of the Academy of Truth, otherwise who knows how big a mess would have happened - although the Academy of Truth did not have his convenient "Spirit Fire" to remove the seal on the paper, they had all kinds of wonderful research methods, and maybe they could really restore the real pattern on the draft paper.

At this moment, a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the captain's room interrupted Duncan's thoughts, followed by a knock on the door and Morris' voice: "Captain, I have something to report to you!"

Duncan immediately adjusted his expression and looked towards the door: "Come in."

The door of the captain's room opened, and Morris walked into the room quickly, pulling out a letter from his bosom as he walked: "Captain, Heidi suddenly brought a letter, and the letter mentioned...something unusual, and I need to report it to you."

A letter from Heidi?

Duncan was stunned for a moment, then reached out to take the letter. He didn't expect that the psychiatrist would contact him so soon after they had established contact and told him the truth. But at the same time, he was a little confused: "Why didn't she go directly to the antique shop to find me? Why did she send the letter to you?"

Ai would travel back and forth between the Lost Homeland and Plande every day. In addition to transporting some necessary supplies, he would also do routine letter sending and receiving in places like the cathedral, Morris's house, and the Governor's Mansion. It was normal for Heidi to send letters through these channels, but if she wanted to contact the captain of the Lost Homeland, then going directly to the antique shop would obviously be a more convenient option.

"…She is still a little nervous and fearful," Morris explained with a slightly awkward tone, "Perhaps after knowing the truth, she doesn't dare to meet your incarnation directly."

"... unnecessarily nervous. She even bought a vase in my store last week." Duncan muttered, opened the letter casually, and scanned the lines of words that were obviously written in a hurry. His eyes suddenly changed slightly.

The next moment, Duncan quickly put away the relaxed expression on his face, and his expression turned serious, and then gradually became a little solemn. He quickly browsed the contents of the letter, and then was silent for a few seconds before looking up at Morris: "She met the End Preacher..."

"Yes, and according to the description in the letter, he seems to be rational," Morris nodded, "although the 'rationality' of the uninvited guest is questionable. He was talking in a daze from beginning to end and couldn't even speak clearly..."

Obviously, this old gentleman, who has taught many students throughout his life and whose principle is "imparting knowledge in a concise, direct and easy-to-understand manner", is extremely dissatisfied with the riddle-like cultist mentioned in the letter and has a lot of resentment towards him.

"He may not explain it clearly due to some kind of restriction. The key is that he is willing to communicate. This is the most significant difference between the two types of End of Days preachers." Duncan said quickly, then lowered his head to look at the letter, and all the information mentioned in the letter came into his eyes.

The fourth long night... the promised ark... the sun turning "mild" and approaching dusk, and... the "void" that appeared with a certain "variable" and is gradually expanding...

In her letter, Heidi recounted as faithfully as possible the various weird remarks she had heard from the preacher of the end of the world, without making any "additional processing" on them based on her own guesswork.

And this information itself was enough to make Duncan have countless speculations and associations.

"The End Preacher's mind doesn't seem to be very clear, and he appears in the daytime instead of at night like other 'normal' preachers," Morris said. "He mentioned the Fourth Long Night and many 'phenomena' before the Fourth Long Night begins. It seems that the fact that he can appear in the daytime is also a 'harbinger' of the so-called 'Fourth Long Night' about to begin..."

The Fourth Long Night...

Duncan couldn't help but recall the description he had seen in the "blasphemous book":

〖There are three times of creation, namely the "three long nights". The King of Pale Giants died in the first long night, the King of Dreams died in the second long night, and the King of Creepers finally succeeded in shaping all things in the third long night. He and the Cretan clan jointly lit up the current "sun", ending the night. However, he himself was exiled by other ancient kings because of his unauthorized modification of the blueprint, and could no longer return to the throne...〗

Duncan slowly got up from behind the navigation table and walked to the window.

The sun is about to set below the sea level.

Bound by the magnificent double rune ring, the dazzling and warm ball of light was gradually sinking into the sea, with brilliant afterglow.

Duncan stared at it, imagining that he was actually looking at an eyeball that was larger than any city-state and had been overlooking the world for ten thousand years.

This "eye" that rose into the sky during the ancient Cretan Kingdom is now in decline.

The warm and peaceful curtain woven by light seems to be falling because of the dying sun. After this curtain disappears, after the arrival of the "fourth long night" described by the preacher of the end of the world... what will the "dusk" of this world look like?