"I think you shouldn't call my visit to the Frost Cathedral every Friday to collect my salary as a cemetery guard 'subspace invasion'. It's a bit imprecise..."

On the Lost Homeland, which was sailing in the shallow layer of the spirit world, Duncan said to Vanna in his heart while checking the large wooden box that Ai had just sent from Plande.

"It is precisely because of rigor that I say this," Vanna replied seriously, and Duncan couldn't even tell whether the judge was joking. Then she paused and said more seriously, "And to be honest, I don't quite understand why you insist on using your avatar to collect the 'salary' in person - you know, Agatha of the Frost is willing to assign a team of guards to serve you, and Mr. Tirian has always wanted to find a better place for your 'avatar' over there, but you still insist on guarding those cemeteries..."

Duncan stopped what he was doing, and in a moment of silence, he recalled the cold northern city-the place where it always snowed, the winter cemetery, the quiet streets, the little girl named Anne, and the old guard.

"...I like that place very much," Duncan said slowly in his heart, "Doing ordinary people's things in a place I like is my hobby."

Vanna was quiet for a moment, as if she was lost in thought. Then, the sound of brisk footsteps came into Duncan's ears from not far away. He looked up and saw Alice walking towards him happily from the other end of the deck - she was always so happy.

"Captain! Are we close to Breeze Harbor? I see the ship is starting to 'float'..."

The puppet suddenly discovered the large box on the deck.

"What is this?" She came closer in surprise, looked around the box, and noticed the various items in the box. "Is it for me to sleep in... It seems not? What are these?"

"This is a very important item, the original construction record of the Lost Homeland," Duncan explained casually, reaching out to pick up the piece of wood, "but the most important thing is this."

Alice came over curiously: "What is this?"

Duncan was silent for a long time before he spoke softly under Alice's curious and puzzled gaze: "Maybe... it's an 'interface'."

He raised his head and looked at the sea in the distance.

The chaotic darkness in the sky is gradually fading away, and the black "hair" in the sea is also dissipating at a speed visible to the naked eye. The hazy and illusory shadows on the sea first turn into thin mist, and then quickly fade and melt in the increasingly strong sunlight. The speed of the Lost Homeland is slowing down - with the control of the goat head, it is gradually floating up from the spiritual world to the reality.

"The Lost Homeland has arrived near Breeze Harbor. What is the situation in the city now?"

Morris's voice responded immediately: "It's still chaotic, but some guards and sheriffs have successfully arrived in the neighborhood. The control personnel are organizing residents to save themselves. It doesn't look like the situation will get worse at the moment - but no one can guarantee what the situation will be tonight."

Duncan hummed softly, then turned his attention back to the sea.

The Lost Homeland completed its ascent. The bright sunshine from the real world was shining on the deck and mast. The sea outside the ship's side was slowly rising and falling in the breeze, and ripples were shining in the waves.

There is nothing as far as the eye can see.

Duncan blinked, feeling something was wrong.

Alice blinked as well. Even this solid-headed doll felt that something was wrong.

A hazy shadow crawled up from the deck and looked into the distance for a long time. After a long time, Agatha finally broke the silence on the deck: "Where is Breeze Harbor?!"

What about Breeze Harbor?! What about such a big Breeze Harbor?!

Duncan looked into the distance for a long time, then turned his head to look in other directions - he looked around the sea, and then finally found something familiar.

A huge irregular luminous geometric body is floating quietly on the sea in the distance.

It was the "fallen object" that was "anchored" near Breeze Harbor, but apart from the huge glowing geometric body, nothing could be seen on the nearby sea.

Duncan immediately called out in the mental connection: "First mate, confirm our position."

Goat Head responded immediately: "Yes, Captain, I have noticed... There is no problem with the location of the Lost Homeland. The nautical chart shows that we are near Breeze Harbor. The 'luminous geometric object' can be used as a reference for the location... But Breeze Harbor is gone."

A sea breeze blew across the deck, and the bright sunshine from the southern waters shone on the sea, so bright that it was difficult to open one's eyes.

The mark created by the fire of the spirit body shone in a distant and unobservable place. Duncan heard Nina's voice coming from the depths of his consciousness: "Uncle Duncan, have you arrived yet?"

"I'm here," Duncan took a deep breath, thinking about how to explain the current situation to the other party, "but Breeze Harbor is gone."

Nina: “…Ah?”

After some time.

The Lost Homeland arrived at the sea area where the huge glowing geometric body was located, and finally found some "traces" within the coverage of this geometric body that could prove that Breeze Harbor once existed.

Duncan found the research station used to study the "stone sphere" at the center of the geometric body - it still remained in the real world, but the station was empty.

Judging from the traces left at the research station, the scholars stationed here had disappeared at least before dawn - the stove for cooking breakfast showed no signs of having been used, and the few blessed oil lamps that needed to be lit at night were still burning, and the fuel inside was almost exhausted, which meant that no one went to extinguish them after dawn.

After some investigation, the Lost Homeland left the "light body" range of the luminous geometric object and returned to the sea area where the Light Breeze Port was theoretically located, slowly hovering in the same place.

"...The research facility near the stone ball is still there. Perhaps it's because the 'sunlight' released by the luminous geometric object offset the power of the Nameless One's Dream, but the guards in the facility are gone... It seems that the 'sunlight' was not able to completely resist Silantis's power."

On the Homeless, in the captain's cabin, Duncan was analyzing the current situation, and in the oval mirror not far from him, Agatha was also looking serious and thoughtful.

"This looks very similar to the disappearance of residents in Breeze Harbor when the Nameless Man's Dream erupted, but this time... the power of the dream has increased to an incredible level," Agatha said as she pondered, "even an entire city-state with a physical entity disappeared."

Alice stood beside Duncan. This usually broad-minded puppet finally showed a nervous and even scared look. She subconsciously grabbed Duncan's arm and said hesitantly: "Then...then everyone who stayed in the city..."

"They are fine now. I can still contact them," Duncan comforted the puppet. "According to the rules shown by the Nameless Man's Dream before, as long as this dream dissipates, everything that disappeared due to the dream will return to its original state."

After listening to the captain's words, Alice felt a little relieved, even though she still felt something was wrong.

But Duncan knew that he had not finished speaking——

The biggest question now is whether the dream of the nameless man will dissipate this time like before, and whether this will be Silandis’s “last dream”.

The news from Ted Lear, deep within the Nameless One's Dream, is grim.

Silantis has gone mad. From an "ancient obsession" that was originally in a confused and dormant state, she has become a powerful being with clear action capabilities and out of control. The goal of this powerful being is very clear, that is, to take root and grow again in the real world. Now that she has awakened and is in a state of madness, will Silantis let the dream of the nameless person end quietly in her unconsciousness as she did several times before? Or... is the "disappearance" of Breeze Harbor now her first step into the real world?

Time is running out.

Duncan thought quickly. He placed the "dragon bone sample" found in the Plande city-state on the navigation table in front of him. At the same time, he was thinking about how he should use this piece of "wood" to establish a connection with Silantis, how he should truly reach the deepest part of the nameless man's dream, and find out what truth is hidden in the core curtain of that dream.

The Sea Mist and Brilliant Star have mutated due to the "curse", the original keel of the Lost Homeland has disappeared in the subspace, and the remaining "branches" have turned to ashes in the shipyard fire. This is probably the last piece of "Silantis Wood" left in the world, and there may only be one chance.

Just as some ideas began to emerge in Duncan's mind, Alice beside him suddenly exclaimed: "Line!"

Duncan looked back in surprise: "Line? You see a line here?"

"Strings... strings are everywhere!" Alice opened her eyes wide and answered quickly while gesturing in the air with her hands. "They just floated out suddenly. They are everywhere in the air... They floated up from under the deck!"

"Below deck?" Duncan was stunned for a moment, but he reacted immediately. He immediately grabbed Alice's arm and dragged the doll towards the captain's room, "Follow me!"

Alice didn't react immediately. She followed the captain out while yelling, "Hey... Hey? Captain, where are you taking me? Slow down, slow down, I'll hold my head..."

Alice's exclamation stopped abruptly after she stepped out of the captain's room.

She stood on the deck, staring in amazement at the boundless ocean outside.

The sun was gradually setting, and in the brilliant glow of light that spread across the sky, she saw something she had never seen before, densely packed lines that seemed to be floating and rising from the entire sea like strands of hair.

Those lines were not floating up from "below decks" of the Lost Homeland—they were floating up from the sea where Breeze Harbor had once been.