Chapter 818 The Journey Is Coming to an End

Homeless and Shining Star sail against a uniform gray-white background.

This long journey to the end of the world seemed to be coming to an end - even if Duncan didn't mention it, everyone on the ship was vaguely aware that the end was approaching.

Now, everyone gathered around the long table in the cabin of the Lost Home. Even Lucretia temporarily handed over her ship to the control of the puppet Luni and Rabbit.

The "sea witch" sat on Duncan's side, while the little doll Neelu, who had just recently become the official crew member of the Brilliant Star, sat obediently on the hostess's shoulder. The latter appeared here for the first time and was cautiously sitting on her side at the moment. He grabbed Lucrecia's hair and looked around curiously.

Shirley looked at the gorgeous three-dimensional doll wearing an exquisite dress with great interest. When the latter turned to look over, she suddenly raised her hand and made a threatening voice: "Hey haha——"

Nelu suddenly exclaimed softly and grabbed a handful of Lucretia's hair.

The witch girl was startled and raised her hand to pat the little doll's arm. Nilu then lowered her head in grievance and muttered in a low voice: "Mistress, she is scaring me."

Shirley immediately shrugged and turned her head to pretend that she was listening carefully to the captain.

Duncan didn't pay attention to the movement coming from the long table. He just glanced at Shirley casually and continued to talk about the current situation within the boundless sea:

"...The undead are active together with the living in the city. No one can remember the original functions of the cemetery and the crematorium. The dead are confused, and more and more living people are falling into a trance. No one is dying anymore. At the same time, No more newborns are born... In the eyes of onlookers, the distortion of the world has become unimaginable. However, no one notices these anomalies. All violations are subconsciously 'explained' or 'ignored', and this is The current 'status' of the entire world.

"The situation on the Deep Sea Church...is similar to today's Death Church. The core part of their respective doctrines has now become an unknowable 'blasphemous prototype', although people are still maintaining their 'daily life' in ignorance, But this 'world correction' may not last long."

Everyone on both sides of the long table was silent. Even Shirley, who had been secretly playing with the doll just now, fell silent after imagining the weird and terrifying scene in the city.

Duncan's eyes fell on Vanna not far away.

"Are you okay?" he asked softly.

"Cognitive reconstruction... is not that simple." Fanna's face was not very good. She frowned slightly. After hearing the captain's words, she smiled bitterly and shook her head. "I almost forgot about the 'wave'. Things, you suddenly summoned us just now, which made me think of all this again, which made me feel...as if the whole world had been 'torn apart.'

Miss Inquisitor took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly. She seemed to be still struggling to adjust her state. At the same time, she continued with a complicated expression: "Now two completely different 'cognitive systems' are still in my mind. During the fierce confrontation, I clearly knew that a certain 'thing' actually existed, but another perception told me that it was an incomprehensible thing that had never existed. I knew that the previous perception was correct, but I can’t deny the second knowledge... They have taken root in my heart, just like..."

She pursed her lips, but in the end she seemed unable to find a suitable way to describe it.

"It's like hydrophobia, right?" Duncan asked calmly.

"Is 'water poisonous'..." Fanna thought for a while, nodded with a wry smile, "Probably. Compared with all kinds of physical blasphemy, problems based on cognitive level are always so difficult to deal with."

"...I have also hesitated whether it is necessary to re-strengthen and stabilize your 'cognition'," Duncan said slowly, his eyes swept around, and wherever he looked, green flames It was burning quietly throughout the cabin, and the firelight shone on everyone, and even seemed to be soaking into their souls, soaking into their minds, and stabilizing their "cognition" on the "Captain" side, "But Considering my future plans, I must use fire to 'strengthen' you, because only in this way can you become my strongest 'anchor'."

After hearing Duncan's words, the expression on Lucretia's face obviously changed slightly. She seemed to want to say something, but in the end she didn't speak, and just stared at her father steadily.

"...Next, we will arrive at Bartok's 'node'," Duncan continued to say calmly, seeming to ignore the glances that fell on him that contained various emotions. "This will be composed of four gods. The last node on the 'outer barrier', after completing the final mark, the Lost Home will return to the starting point of this 'tour'... the Leviathan Islands.

"Once there, your journey to the border will be over."

Duncan spread his hands and said in a low voice. His eyes looked around both sides of the long table, moving between the familiar faces. Finally, his eyes fell on Nina.

The first "human" he knew in this world, his first official "contact" with this civilization trapped in the asylum, his... "anchor of humanity."

Nina sat beside him. This sensible girl always seemed to be able to detect "Uncle Duncan's" thoughts one step ahead. Even at this moment, she did not show much surprise. She just raised her head after a moment of silence: "The next thing, do you want to do it alone?"

Duncan met the girl's gaze: "...Yes."

"Is it dangerous? Is it far away?" Nina asked again.

"It's hard to describe it as 'dangerous' or not. It's something...only I can do it, but you can't understand its process," Duncan thought for a while and explained seriously, "I will go to a farther place-further than the end of the world, so far that even the gods can't reach it, and all the scales in the world can't measure it...Yes, very far, very far."

"Then are you going home?" Nina still stared at her Uncle Duncan steadily-she asked a question she had asked before.

This time, Duncan didn't hesitate at all: "Yes, go home."

His response was so sure and quick that even Nina seemed a little surprised.

"You're not lying?" She frowned and asked doubtfully, as if she had not expected such a positive answer.

"Yes, I'm sure - but if you asked me earlier, I might have hesitated," Duncan said seriously, "and now, I can be sure that if one day in the future, you are really waiting for me to go home, then I will definitely go home."

Nina frowned, and just as she was thinking, Morris's voice came from the side again: "What do you need us to do?"

"After the Lost Homeland leaves, you will return with the Brilliant Star," Duncan looked at the old man across the table and nodded slightly, "Agatha will take the Lost Homeland with you. The "reflection" of the "Sea Song" will be connected to the "Brilliant Star", and the sailors will go to the helm - in this way, you can activate the "route" left by the Sea Song and return to the Infinite Sea from the node of the Storm Goddess.

"After returning to the Infinite Sea, you will go to the city-states of Frost, Plande and Light Wind Port respectively, and together with Lawrence who is currently staying in the western border of Faerun, I am equivalent to having "eyes" that can watch the whole world - you have to wait, wait for my order, when I have completed the preparations outside the world, something... big will happen."

"A big thing?" Vanna frowned subconsciously.

"...The end of the world," Duncan said calmly, "I will "end" this world in an orderly manner, and before this "mathematical machine" completely collapses, I will first recover all its data. "

He knew that no one at the scene would understand what he was saying, even Morris would not understand what "information of everything" and "mathematical machine" were, but he still said these words bluntly.

The people present may not know what a mathematical machine is, but they at least understand what "the end of the world" means.

After a moment of silence, Shirley was the first to break the silence: "... Mom..."

But except for her, the reactions of others were unexpectedly calm.

"It seems that you all trust me." Duncan looked around and suddenly a smile appeared on his face.

"After experiencing the events of Plande, Frost and Breeze Harbor together, what else do we not trust you?" Vanna suddenly laughed, "You have countless ways to easily set off destruction, but you finally choose to save everything as much as possible-until now, even if you say you want to kill me, I am afraid that the first time I think that my way of life is wrong..."

"If Ge Mona hears you, she will be sad," Duncan laughed helplessly, "You jumped over when we first met. "

Fanna: "...You said you wouldn't mention it."

Duncan smiled and shook his head, waved his hand, and looked at the others.

"The 'end' of the world is a necessary step to ensure the birth of the new world and to ensure long-term peace after the birth of the new world. I have found a way to preserve everything in this world while the old world ends. You can rest assured about this."

"Then...what happens after that?" Shirley finally couldn't help but speak. Although she didn't understand most of the content of the topic, she could still keenly perceive that the captain had not finished speaking, "After the end of the world...where are we? Where are you? When will the 'new world' you mentioned come?"

Duncan smiled and looked at Shirley's curious eyes.

"Blink."

Shirley blinked curiously.

"For you, the new world came after that."

Duncan said softly.