Eternal Night Kingdom Born from Nothing

Just like that,

accompanied by an intense opening.

This latest Azure, released during the New Year season, shifted time into a longer passage of scenes amid gentler, grander background music:

In the time that followed,

the Fifth Builder of the oceangoing vessel and Eternal Night exchanged further knowledge.

At first,

both sides kept a certain distance and remained wary due to their unfamiliarity with each other.

But as time passed, that sense of estrangement was gradually replaced by warmth and curiosity.

As their exchanges deepened, the crew members were invited to tour this unique town.

Here, steampunk elements blended perfectly with the mystery of a civilization of night, presenting a strange sight from after the first industrial revolution of the Middle Ages.

Towering chimneys periodically belched out billowing steam, powering all manner of mechanical devices.

From enormous steam lanterns for illumination to steam railcars transporting goods, everything displayed the residents' unique understanding and application of technology and nature.

Even more astonishingly,

the crew learned from the residents that their ancestors had also been victims of the "drifting phenomenon."

To escape an unknown disaster or seek a new place to survive,

their forebears had likewise crossed the boundless ocean aboard enormous ships, eventually settling in this forgotten land.

After generations of reproduction and development,

they had not only adapted to the environment of Eternal Night, but had also created a civilization of their own here—

a medieval industrial town where steampunk, lamplight, and everlasting night merged.

It could no longer quite be called a small town.

Perhaps,

the term kingdom was more fitting.

Thus, beneath the endless night, this realm woven from steam and steel quietly welcomed its most unusual visitors at last.

After the shipwreck,

more and more residents of the Eternal Night Kingdom learned that an unexpected wave had