Looking at the dragon bone extending forward in the darkness, Duncan seemed to have determined its origin and the "transaction" that took place deep in the warp a century ago.

But he always felt that he seemed to have overlooked something, and always felt that this was not the message that the Lost Hometown wanted to convey to him - at least not all of the information.

He raised the lantern in his hand, and the flame lit by the spiritual fire became a little brighter. The long light illuminated the surroundings, making the details on the surface of the dragon bone more obvious. The firelight also reflected on the empty areas outside the dragon bone and spread in the dark mist.

There were vague shadows in the fog, as if many things were hidden.

Agatha's shadow followed. She stood up in the mist and stood beside him in a daze: "Could this...spine come from the great demon god Sasloka in the elf legend?"

"It's very likely," Duncan nodded gently, "and I'm afraid only a god-level being can possess such a spine."

"Goat heads..." Agatha hesitated. She seemed to be in a state of confusion. It took her a long time to sort out the right words. "I mean all the goat heads, including those on the Lost Homeland, in this dream world, in the hands of the cultists, and the 'goat heads' that may still be unknown. What do you think is the relationship between them and Sasloka?"

She paused, and continued, "That confused goat-head said that Sasloka died a long time ago, and it is not Sasloka. But now it seems that 'they' are inextricably linked to the elves' 'Original Dream'. Now we have found this 'keel' on the bottom of the Lost Homeland... You don't remember how you got this keel in the warp, right?"

Of course, Agatha didn't know that the current Duncan was not the original "captain" of the Lost Homeland, and naturally thought that it was Duncan who reached an agreement and signed a contract with Goat-Head in the warp a hundred years ago. The latter often mentioned that he had lost a lot of memories in the process of regaining his humanity, so she naturally thought that this dragon bone was also one of the memories that Duncan had lost.

Duncan did not answer directly, but nodded slightly. Then he pondered for a few seconds before speaking thoughtfully: "Perhaps, all goat heads are part of Sasloka."

Agatha was stunned for a moment, but soon realized: "So, Miss Lucrecia was right to call the 'goat heads' in the hands of the Annihilation Cultists 'Ancient God Fragments'... and these Ancient God Fragments are in different states and cannot recognize themselves... Some of them still remember some things related to Sasloka or Silantis, while others seem to have completely lost their thoughts and reason..."

Duncan remained silent, looking at the spine of astonishing size in his field of vision and fell into deep thought. After a long while, he suddenly spoke: "Let's make a bolder guess. The 'goat head' may just be a form of the Ancient God fragment. The spine in front of us is obviously another form of the 'Ancient God fragment'. And we cannot rule out the existence of other forms of Ancient God fragments: a tree, a person, a stone, a corpse... They may all be the parts left behind by Sasloka.

"After all, according to the description of the elves in ancient mythology, Sasloka has countless forms - this can also explain why the goat head suspected to be a fragment of the ancient god is small enough to be placed on a navigation table, while the same 'fragment', this spine can support the entire Lost Homeland."

Duncan spoke of this possibility in a calm tone, and the picture described by this possibility was horrifying - even as the former "gatekeeper", Agatha felt a chill when she tried to imagine the state of the great demon.

She couldn't help but ask, "What kind of power... could make a 'god' become like this? Into this... torn apart state?"

She spoke subconsciously, not expecting to get any answer from the captain.

However, after a moment of silence, Duncan spoke, as if talking to himself, he slowly said -

"…But the second blueprint also failed, so the King of Dreams was torn apart during the second long night of Genesis, and a part of Him floated to the border of the real world…"

Agatha was stunned for a moment. Her shadow swayed slightly in the light, and the edge of the shadow seemed a little blurry. Soon, she recalled the origin of these sentences: "This is what is recorded in the 'Book of Blasphemy'..."

Duncan nodded gently. "Yes, the 'creation myth' of the Annihilation Cult, the story before the opening of the Deep Sea Age. The King of Dreams created the world with His authority, but it was torn apart in the long night."

"Sasloka is one of the Lost Kings!" Agatha reacted, "This 'Great Demon' in the ancient elves' legend is the 'Dream King' who tried to reshape the world in the Second Long Night?!"

"I actually had this association a long time ago. After all, their powers are so similar," Duncan said, "but for a long time, the ancient legends of the elves have lacked empirical support. Moreover, as a belief element unique to the elves, many of Sasloka's legends and miracles are contrary to the records and facts of other city-states on the vast sea.

"Besides that, there is another very important point - the elves have the most complete mythology system and historical records of all races, but in their own records, there has never been any record of 'the King of Dreams trying to reshape the world during the Second Long Night', nor any description of the great demon being torn apart at the end of the Long Night - there is not even any seemingly plausible unofficial history.

"These contradictions have prevented me from confirming that the 'Great Demon God Sasloka' in the elven legend and the 'Lord of Dreams' in the Second Long Night are the same god, until now... I have seen with my own eyes the fragments left by this shattered ancient god."

Perhaps because she was in shock and thought, Agatha did not speak for a long time. Duncan walked forward slowly. Holding the lantern in his hand, he carefully stepped on a connection point of the "Ancient God's Spine". Then he bent down and touched its rough and weathered bones with his hand. It seemed as if it had been beaten and worn away for countless years, but it was still tough and reliable.

This spine brought the Lost Homeland, which had fallen into the depths of the Warp and had been almost completely swallowed and erased by the Warp, back to the real world, reshaped the entity of the ship, and then carried it for a whole century.

His movements suddenly stopped.

A question that he had never thought of before and had been ignored for a long time inevitably drilled into his mind. After seeing the "dragon bone" made of the ancient god's spine in front of him, and after more clearly and intuitively understanding the amazing structure of the bottom layer of a giant ship, Duncan finally thought of this question.

What was the keel of the original Lost Hometown made of? !

He stood up suddenly and looked around the dark and vast space.

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The bottom frame of the ship supported by the keel and ribs was immersed in the endless fog, while in the distance one could vaguely see the broken and fractured hull plates and the upper supporting structures.

Built on the spine of an ancient god, this structure is vast, complex, and awe-inspiring.

But this wasn’t the original Lost Hometown, not entirely.

The original Homelander had long been swallowed up by the warp, and when Goat Head saw it, all that was left of the ship was a faint phantom and the obsession of Duncan Abnomar himself.

The "Lost Homeland" that Duncan is familiar with now is the result of the re-materialization of the phantom. Its original keel was replaced by the spine of the ancient god, which enabled it to achieve the "miracle" of returning from the subspace.

So where is the original keel of the ship?

Duncan was not an expert in the field of shipbuilding, but after living in this world for such a long time, he had learned a lot of common sense about ships. He knew how sailing ships were built a hundred years ago. He knew that only a strictly selected and extremely tough complete piece of wood could support the burden of the "keel", and the strength and size of this piece of wood limited the maximum size of each sailing ship.

However, the Lost Homeland far exceeded this size - not just a little bit, but doubled.

The Lost Homeland was the largest sailing ship ever seen in the world. Since then, there has never been a larger sailing ship than it. Judging from the current structure of the cabin bottom, the keel part of the Lost Homeland did not use riveting or splicing techniques.

Duncan frowned slowly.

The keel is the most basic part of a ship, and its construction method directly determines the subsequent structure of the entire ship. Therefore, the "Ancient God Spine" in front of us should only replace the original keel of the Lost Homeland, rather than making large-scale changes to its basic structure. Therefore, the Lost Homeland should be the same as other sailing ships of that era, using a single and complete keel.

But there can't be such big trees in the city-state.

Even if there is, the strength of wood itself has an upper limit - by the size of the Lost Homeland, it has far exceeded the load-bearing limit of traditional wooden keels.

Unless, from the very beginning, the keel of this ship was not made of ordinary wood, but something... even more incredible.

Over the past century, the Lost Homeland has been one of the biggest taboos on the vast ocean, and many things related to it have become taboo topics. Although the ship was built in the city-state of Plande, almost no one would discuss its construction process in public.

But now Duncan could imagine what an event it must have been over a hundred years ago, when construction on this amazing expedition ship had just begun.

The fog was flowing slowly in all directions, and the faint green light from the lanterns was softly soaking into the fog, as if outlining many shadowy outlines.

Duncan looked at the lingering fog around him, and his brows gradually relaxed.

"It seems that this is what you want to tell me..."