Chapter 785 The Key to the End of the World

That's all.

The hourglass was gently turned over, and the few quicksands left were retained in the container - and the part that had passed away had dissipated like the life that had passed away.

Duncan's figure disappeared in this wonderful "spirit world gap". The water pool hall made of black, white and gray became quiet. Queen Leviathan's huge body lay quietly on the shore, and the figure wearing white The young woman in robe and skirt and the two warriors stood aside silently.

The time has come to return to sleep, but there is still a little time. Not much life leaks out of the hourglass, but it is enough to exchange a few words with friends who have not spoken to each other for a long time.

"Lillian...I haven't seen you for a long time..."

A low and gentle tremor echoed in the hall, and the pale limbs swayed slightly by the pool, making a nostalgic sound.

The woman in the white gown smiled and slowly sat down by the pool, leaning against Queen Leviathan's tentacles: "Yes, Gemona, we haven't seen each other for a long time - but Lance and I Lot and others are always by your side.”

"...Do you remember those days when the waves were caressing and the sun was shining brightly?"

"I still remember, it seemed not long ago... I also remember the first time I met you, you broke into my sleep and said that you were tired of the life in the temple and wanted to run away from home for a few days... We went to many places together, including Lancelot, Owen, and Parno who is now standing outside the temple, as well as the rest of the brigade. We took you to see deserts, volcanoes, and snowfields as you wished— Finally, I sent you, your Majesty the Queen, who had run away from home, back to the temple, and we became your bodyguards by the way... It was always lively at that time. "

"...Yes, it was always lively and lively at that time. It has been so long, but the memories are still very good. We even planned to secretly open a small shop at the starting point of the pilgrimage route," said Queen Leviathan herself Selling souvenirs to pilgrims sounds like an interesting idea..."

"That was your idea alone," the taller of the two warriors suddenly broke the silence, "Owen, Lillian, and I never agreed."

"...We should have agreed at that time," the woman in the white dress called Lilian suddenly said softly, "This sounds like an interesting idea..."

It became quiet by the pool. After a while, the low and gentle tremor broke the silence again: "I don't want to sleep."

"But it's time for you to sleep, Gemona," Lilian said softly. She raised her head and gently rubbed Queen Leviathan's tentacles with her hair. "You have to sleep here, and then in the timeline outside the temple Wake up...the other three 'kings' are still waiting for news from you, they must be very anxious. "

"But you are not there outside the temple...I miss you."

"We will meet again, one day in the distant future. Do you still remember what Pilot 2 said? It calculated the ending of the shelter countless times. Although the conclusion it got every time was the death of all things, the conclusion every time It's not completely '100 percent', there is always an unmeasurable offset, and at the end of the countless zeros after the decimal point, there is always a ghostly difference..." Lillian said softly, her voice getting louder and louder. The lighter it is, it seems like you are about to fall asleep——

"At the same time as the 'ending' of the annihilation of all things appears, there is something hidden at the end of time. That may be a distant hope. We will meet again there... When the time comes, we will travel together and open another restaurant. Selling souvenirs..."

The sound stopped, and the deceased who had been briefly "resurrected" returned to sleep. After an unknown amount of time, the gentle trembling sounded again from the edge of the pool: "Good night, Lilian, good night..."

The colors of the real dimension returned to his field of vision, and the hall composed of black and white and gray returned to its original state. Duncan's sight once again saw a pool of light blue light and black stone bricks mixed with dark green, and Queen Leviathan's tentacles. It resumed its lifeless posture and lay quietly by the pool.

And next to the tentacle, there were scattered bone fragments.

Duncan lowered his head and glanced at the hourglass in his hand - less than a fifth of the fine sand remained in the container, emitting a subtle golden light and shining in the darkness.

Everyone else gathered in an instant, and Shirley squeezed to the front by virtue of her size advantage: "Captain, Captain! What happened? Just now you suddenly turned into a shadow standing there, looking scary..."

Duncan didn't answer for a while, but carefully placed the hourglass on the altar, and then raised his head: "I met Queen Leviathan and talked about some things with her."

After hearing this, Fanna immediately stepped forward: "Did you talk to the goddess? What exactly is here..."

Before she could finish speaking, Duncan waved his hand and said proactively: "This 'temple' divides the timeline here into two parts."

As soon as this sentence came out, the others immediately looked at each other, and Morris looked like he was thinking for a moment. While thinking, he muttered: "The timeline is divided into two parts?"

Duncan thought for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and talked about the information he had just learned, including some conjectures, "If I understand correctly, the timeline outside the temple belongs to the 'Deep Sea Era'. As one of the four gods of the Infinite Sea, Gemona guards the 'External Barrier' outside this temple. There, she is in a 'half-alive and half-dead' state to respond to the call of believers and ensure the order of the Infinite Sea - that is the 'Storm Goddess' that Vanna is familiar with.

"Inside the temple is the part that was stripped away from the Deep Sea Era - Leviathan Queen Gemona isolated her 'death' and 'corruption' in the timeline inside the temple, as well as the memory of the Great Annihilation and a lot of information related to the essence of the world... She imprisoned all of this in the temple to prevent these 'things' from contaminating the shelter. "

Speaking of this, Duncan paused, and looked back at the lifeless tentacle beside the pool, as well as the scattered bones.

"That's why after entering the temple, Vanna couldn't hear the voice of the goddess of storms at all, and we could only see a completely dead body in front of us - because Gemona had "locked" her own "death" here, and when we stepped in here, she was indeed dead. "

Lucretia gradually reacted, and her eyes fell on the hourglass on the altar: "So, this hourglass is..."

"A 'dialogue window' left for me," Duncan nodded, "It comes from Bartok, the god of death left a gap between life and death here, flipping the hourglass, I can talk to Gemona, who has temporarily recovered her vitality - but there is not much vitality left in it. "

The pool became quiet. The huge amount of information made everyone here think. Morris looked at the hourglass and the pool. After a while, he broke the silence with undisguised amazement in his tone: "... Incredible... So, the God of Death and the Goddess of Storms jointly created this place?"

Duncan shook his head gently: "More than that. "

His thoughts were fluctuating in his mind, and he gradually understood the concept of this "temple" and the so-called "external barrier" with this temple as the "node".

The power of the hourglass comes from Bartok, the god of death. The method of imprisoning "information" by cutting the timeline seems to be related to the god of wisdom. The recorded information and the "memories" of the Great Annihilation are the embodiment of the ever-burning fire. The entire external barrier is located at the end of the sea, outside the world of order. There is a calm water surface as the "carrier" of the barrier... This is obviously the power of the goddess of storms/the girl of the quiet sea.

The entire external barrier is the result of the cooperation of the four gods. They anchored the real border of the world here-and then, the king of the pale giants, the king of dreams and the king of crawling had the opportunity to "create the world" again and again in the shelter.

The thoughts in his mind gradually became clear, and Duncan was very interested in this. The "understanding" of the world also became clear, and with the establishment of "cognition" of the external barrier, he seemed to feel that his "essence" had a little bit of... "looseness".

He vaguely realized that he seemed to have understood how to "interfere" with the operation of this world, how to start from the external barrier and infiltrate his power into the entire infinite sea - the "cognition" of the world was rapidly turning into useful "knowledge", and this "knowledge"...

can be used to "complete" the end of the world.

Duncan suddenly stopped thinking further, and the dark color was slightly solemn.

Now, he knows how to "destroy" the external barrier and everything inside the barrier - perhaps this is the "information" that Ge Mona really wants to give him.

Alice seemed to feel something, she came to Duncan, and grabbed the corner of his clothes with some worry: "Captain? The expression on your face is a bit scary..."

Duncan finally woke up from his meditation. He saw the face of the doll in front of him, and there was concern in the beautiful purple eyes. His slightly impetuous thoughts gradually calmed down. He exhaled gently and reached out to touch Alice's hair.

"Don't worry," he said slowly, "I just suddenly figured out something..."

As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at Gemona's "corpse" again.

"If I'm not mistaken, there should be similar arrangements on the other side of the 'three gods' - they all imprisoned their 'death' and 'corruption' on the other side of the hourglass to delay the decay of the whole world. "

Nina raised her head, looked at Uncle Duncan, and then looked at the hourglass not far away, and finally broke the silence: "So, what should we do next? "

"...Yes, we will go find them. "

Duncan nodded gently.

He already knew what to do next.

He was going to visit every major node on the outer barrier - to prepare for the end of the world.