The second glowing geometric body that fell into the vast ocean still had a "lost star" at its core, but unlike the first fragment - this "lost star" was a compressed gaseous planet.

After preliminary measurements by scholars, the diameter of this gaseous planet serving as the core is still ten meters, which is exactly the same as the "moon" in the first fallen light body.

But Duncan was more concerned about something else: he didn't recognize this planet.

At least he was sure that it was not a gas giant like Saturn or Jupiter that once belonged to the "solar system" - its silver, gray, and blue metallic colors and several characteristic storm whirlpools on the surface were all very unfamiliar to him.

Duncan stood beside the compressed gas giant, carefully observing the cloud bands and vortex structures on its surface, while his mind was full of thoughts.

The core of the first luminous geometric body was the "moon" of his hometown, so when the second falling object appeared, he subconsciously thought that he would see another familiar solar system body, but now it seems... the "raw materials" used in the rune rings around the sun are not limited to the "solar system" of his hometown. These "lost stars" that make up the rings all come from the more distant deep space, and most likely even from different universes.

Celestial bodies from different worlds are compressed and twisted and transformed into a halo around the sun to maintain the operation of the observer effect stabilization anchor. The "sun" as the main body is essentially an eyeball encapsulated in a crystal spherical shell... The eyeball symbolizes the observer's eyes... This device ensures that the incompatible world debris after the Great Annihilation can collapse into the same reality...

It seems that this is the principle of Anomaly 001.

After thinking for a long time, Duncan shook his head gently.

He knew that it was pointless for him to think about the principle of Anomaly 001 now. This stabilization device, which had seriously exceeded its service life, had now reached the end of its lifespan. Its collapse and extinction were inevitable. Even if he accepted the "continuation plan" of Navigator One, he could only use his own flame to replace Anomaly 001, allowing the world to usher in the "Fire Age" after the "Deep Sea Age" - in any case, the disintegration of the Observer Effect Stabilization Anchor itself was an irreversible process.

But even so, the effectiveness mechanism of Vision 001 still gave him some inspiration - after rejecting the plan of Navigator One, he had to find other ways to continue the civilization of the deep sea era. He had a vague idea, and the principle of Vision 001 was very useful for him to perfect his idea.

Tirian and Aiden stood on the beach, looking at Duncan not far away with a little nervousness and confusion. They didn't know what their father (the old captain) was doing, and they didn't dare to disturb him rashly, but it was obvious that they noticed the expression on Duncan's face that was sometimes thoughtful and sometimes sudden.

Aiden looked around and confirmed that all irrelevant personnel had retreated far away, then he moved closer to Tirian and said in a low voice: "What do you think the old captain is researching?"

"How would I know?" Tirian also lowered his voice. "I don't even understand what Lucy studies, let alone my father's thoughts - maybe he is communicating with that thing?"

Aiden thought about it and nodded: "...I think you are right."

Duncan actually heard the whispers coming from not far away, but he ignored them. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly said in his heart: "Alice."

Miss Doll's voice responded almost immediately: "Hey? Captain?"

"Come here, I have something for you to see - Ai has gone to pick you up."

Alice was stunned for a moment. "Ah, wait a moment, my potato pancakes will be out of the oven soon. Do you want some? I'll send one to the captain's room."

Duncan: "...No, I'm not hungry. Come over as soon as you're done."

Then, he stood there and waited patiently. After several minutes, a dark green flame suddenly rose up beside him. The flame turned into a rotating door, and a giant skeleton bird flew out of the door, followed by Alice.

The doll lady was holding a steaming paper bag in her hand. When she saw Duncan, she looked very happy and pushed the bag forward: "Captain! Potato pancakes! I'll bring it to you!"

Duncan turned his head and silently looked at the silly puppet in front of him. No one knew what expression was on the face covered with bandages, but his eyes showed helplessness.

Alice reacted for a moment, and this time she reacted smoothly: "...Ah, I forgot that this body of yours doesn't normally need to eat..."

"You can drink tea occasionally, but you really don't need to eat," Duncan said lightly, but still took the paper bag from Alice, "But thank you anyway."

Alice laughed happily, and then she noticed Tirian and Aiden standing not far away and looking at her. She immediately waved to them: "You are here too!"

Tirian hesitated for a moment before walking over with Aiden, looking at the puppet in front of him that looked exactly like the Frost Queen with a somewhat subtle expression. No matter how many times he had seen this face, he would always feel an indescribable sense of disobedience, especially when the puppet spoke...

Alice seemed to be completely oblivious to the subtle expressions of Tirian and Aiden. She was just happy to see someone she knew, so she pointed at the paper bag in Duncan's hand and said, "Do you want some potato pancakes? They're freshly made! They're spiced with the special compound spices from Breeze Harbor!"

The puppet finished speaking, and before Tirian could speak, Duncan suddenly responded: "Wait, you mean... the spices produced in Breeze Harbor?"

Alice held her head and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, Luni bought it from outside when we were in the city-state before. She said it could open the eyes of northerners... Although the taste is a bit strange, the texture is quite interesting..."

Duncan finally figured out what was going on with the strange smell that kept coming out of the paper bag.

He looked up silently and glanced at Tirian: "Try one."

Tirian didn't know what was going to happen. He didn't care much about food, and knew very little about the food legends of Breeze Harbor. At this time, facing his father's invitation, he didn't have any extra thoughts. Instead, he was a little happy. He reached out his hand and took a potato cake from the bag and stuffed it into his mouth...

Then he stood there motionless.

"It seems that your spices are very authentic - it will probably take him a while to wake up." Duncan retracted his gaze and nodded to Alice, then turned around and pointed to the "compressed planet" floating on the beach, "Let's take a look at this first."

"Oh." Alice agreed. Although she was a little curious about why Tirian suddenly shed tears, she still focused her attention on the "Lost Star" with a magnificent appearance and a slight humming sound.

Of course she knew what this thing was - before setting off, she knew that the captain was investigating the "Falling Object No. 2" in the north, and the strange but beautiful sphere in front of her was obviously the core of Falling Object No. 2.

"What is it 'saying'?" Duncan asked curiously.

He can share Alice's vision and can see the "line" or the information from Vision 001 through Alice's eyes, but he can't understand those things by instinct like Alice does - this is a unique ability of Navigator No. 3.

And now, he was very curious about what information this puppet could read from "Falling Object No. 2".

Alice frowned slightly, and after a while, she slowly spoke: "A lot of information... various errors, host communication failure, protocol conflict, error in reconstructing the operating environment... It's very messy, much more messy than the error messages I saw last time..."

Duncan: "Besides that? Is there something like a system restart countdown?"

"No," Alice shook her head. "It's all about various glitches and some messed up information. Some of it I can't understand."

Listening to Alice's report, Duncan just sighed softly and nodded slightly.

It was bad, but he had more or less expected it.

Aiden, who was standing by, was stunned at the scene. It was only then that he suddenly reacted and immediately touched Tirian's arm: "If nothing else, Miss Alice can really communicate with this thing!"

Tirian suddenly woke up with a start, as if he had been awakened from a sudden nightmare. He trembled visibly, then bent over and began to cough and retch violently.

This frightened Aiden. The bald man quickly supported Tirian's arm, patted his back and asked hurriedly: "What's wrong with you?"

Tirian finally recovered from the extremely spicy and pungent sour smell. He couldn't understand why a piece of potato cake gave him such a "thrilling" impression. When he looked up, he seemed to be surrounded by layers of phantoms. Among the phantoms, he even saw his father's gentle expression with a smile.

He reacted and realized that his father seemed to be really here.

"This... is too exciting... Ugh," Tirian finally took a breath and looked at the remaining half of the potato pancake in his hand with a strange expression, "How is this thing made?"

"The key lies in the spices of Breeze Harbor, which are enough to awaken a person's awe for food," Duncan said. "We have been in the South for a while, and the food in Breeze Harbor is what impressed me most."

Tirian stared at the paper bag in his father's hand, and understood from the bottom of his heart what it meant to be in awe of food.

Very awed—almost bordering on fear.

At this moment, a whistling sound of wind suddenly came from not far away, interrupting the communication between several people at the scene.

Duncan subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, and in the faint golden light that filled the entire port, he saw a gust of wind carrying gray dust quickly passing through the sky - the gray wind hovered over the beach for a few seconds, and then came straight in front of him.

A gray wind blew, and Agatha, wearing a black priestess robe and with a cool temperament, walked out of the wind.