While walking on the road, Shirley looked a little angry: "Why didn't that old man answer my question? He didn't seem to hear me when I talked to him... Is he so short that he is not valued by others?
"I think the main reason is not that you are short, but that you keep chasing people to ask about the factory." Duncan glanced at the girl slightly, "And instead of wasting time on a local who is unwilling to cooperate, go there with your own eyes." Wouldn't it be better to take a look at that factory?
Shirley pursed her lips and said nothing more. In front of her and Duncan, at the end of the street, the factory that was abandoned +- years ago was already vaguely visible.
In Xiacheng District, many factories are located near residential areas, or even separated by a wall from residential areas. The limited city-state land and the blockade of the boundless sea have destined that city planners cannot free up enough land to house industrial facilities, and ensure stability. Almost everywhere on the ground is crowded with people, so naturally there is no such concept as "industrial zone relocation" or "suburban resettlement".
Most people in this world have no time to consider the health risks caused by industrial pollution. For the public, compared with the risks caused by factories, the improvement of city-state security brought about by the development of modern science and technology is obviously more important - Gas lamps , heavy firepower, steam network, pharmaceuticals and mechanical ships, these things have caused the population of the new city-state era to increase nearly three times compared with the old era. Anyone who understands the operating mechanism of a modern city-state can clearly recognize one fact: factories are The skeleton and flesh and blood of modern civilization can no longer be separated from the city-state.
In fact, according to the description in Nina's textbook, these factory facilities are not even concentrated in the lower city - although the city planners are trying their best to move those too dangerous facilities to the edges of the city-state, some things still have to be set up in the city. The hinterland is even set up next to the cathedral, such as the sacred bell tower, and the "central steam core" used to transport "sacred gas" to the whole city.
These things are essentially huge machines, containing terrifying energy and great risks, but they still have to be placed next to the heart of the city.
In Nina’s Engineering and Mechanical Textbook, the author of the textbook has a special explanation for this:
People must "give sanctity to the sacred steam" and "rely on the power of the cathedral to ensure the timing of the bell tower" - the machine is not just a machine, it is also a sacred and pure heart, supporting the operation of modern civilization. People must make these pure
Steel placed where the gods watch, lest the shadows of the Warp contaminate their oils and bolts.
Duncan recalled what he saw in Nina's textbook, and then looked up at the still abandoned factory standing in the city, with a strange sigh in his heart.
This weird and bizarre world... really stirs up his outlook on things at any time.
He and Shirley arrived in front of the factory. A thin wall with multiple collapses was the only boundary between the factory and the surrounding residential areas. Between the factory area and the nearby residential areas, another narrow circle could be seen. There is no grass growing on the barren land. Only many scattered masonry fragments and scrap metal fragments that have been rusted for an unknown period of time can be seen.
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[Deep Sea Embers] []
No matter how important factories are to the city, no matter how well people have adapted to living with factories day and night, factories are still factories. When these behemoths get out of control, they will still leave huge scars on the city.
But in this city-state where every inch of land is precious, a scar can remain for eleven years without being "repaired," which still makes Duncan a little strange.
....The land in the city-state should be very precious." He stood on the edge of the wasteland, looking at the abandoned factory in front, and said thoughtfully, "It doesn't make sense for this place to be so abandoned.
"Didn't the old man just say that pollution can't be cleaned up... Shirley didn't seem to think so much, "Some pollution can only wait for time for them to slowly subside. "
"Maybe...Duncan shook his head. His eyes moved between a series of pipes and storage tanks at the edge of the factory, trying to restore the "original appearance" of the accident that had occurred here. He saw several broken pipes. , and also saw the base of a storage tank
It had collapsed, and the entire tank fell down and was buried in the ruins of nearby buildings. It looked like the corpse of a huge beast.
Judging from these scenes alone, it seems that a leakage accident occurred here.
But Duncan still frowned slightly.
The old man basking in the sun said that there was residual pollution around the factory. The pollution had even caused no newborns to be born in the entire Sixth Street District in the past eleven years. However, there were no warning signs around the factory. There are no patrols or guards in sight.
Things are not reasonable. Although it is not a big abnormality, these slightly unreasonable situations still make people confused.
"Are we...really going in?" Shirley's voice sounded from the side. The expression on her face seemed a little nervous, "There might really be an affair here...
"Can't your dog give you some advice?" Duncan glanced at Shirley. "This place is deserted. You can also let the deep hound come out for some air. And I don't believe you are really afraid of the so-called ' pollute'
The nervousness in your eyes is a little too fake. '
Shirley avoided Duncan's gaze and raised her hand while agreeing:
Okay, okay...if Agou is not in very good condition...
As soon as the girl finished speaking, the crackling sound of flames suddenly sounded out of thin air beside her. Then, a dark flame spread along her arms and half of her body - the flames condensed into a chain, and the end of the chain In the thick smoke and black flames, the figure of the Ghost Chaser Hound emerged.
Duncan watched this process curiously. After Agou showed up, he smiled and nodded to the mysterious hound: "Long time no see, Agou - you ran very fast last time."
"I'm walking in a hurry, I'm walking in a hurry, don't be surprised," Agou clamped his tail as soon as he appeared. At this time, when he heard Duncan's voice, his whole body was visible to the naked eye, half an inch shorter. He - he was trying hard to shrink. He held his own limbs while carefully lowering his head.
"What do you want me to do? I'm good at many things. I can pick up a plate, sweep the floor, coax a child, etc...
Before the deep hound finished speaking, Shirley next to her had already covered half of her face, as if "I'm already timid enough and yet you can reach a new high", while Duncan couldn't help laughing. He stood up and pointed to the factory in front of him: "I don't have any instructions.
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[Deep Sea Embers] []
Just borrow your eyes - can't you see some things that ordinary people can't see? Take a look at that factory and tell me, something is wrong.
"Looking at what you said, you can still appreciate my eyes... Agou immediately began to flatter me humbly, but while flattering, he still turned his head to look in the direction of the factory, still muttering in his mouth ,'"I was observing this factory just now, and I didn't see it.
What...it looks the same now, just abandoned...
Agou's voice suddenly stopped, and then he suddenly lowered his body and let out a threatening growl in his throat. However, the next second, he suddenly shook his head and made a confused sound:...Huh?"
Shirley became a little nervous when she saw this situation: "What did you see, Agou!"
"...I don't know, for a moment just now, I seemed to see... It seemed like a big fire, rushing out of the factory like a huge wave... and it was gone in the blink of an eye...
Agou's voice was full of doubts, but Shirley suddenly became excited: "Are you sure you saw the fire! It's really a fire!"
Agou shook his huge skeletal head: "It's just a fleeting scene, maybe it's a hallucination. I'm a deep demon after all. It's normal to have hallucinations and mental disorders occasionally...
"But fire is different!" Shirley said urgently, "We have been searching for so long and finally found the traces of fire. That's right, Agou, it must be... right here...
Halfway through Shirley's excited words, she suddenly felt a big hand pressing on her shoulder. Her words came to a halt. In the belated tension, she turned her head with a stiff neck, only to see the terrifying " Mr. Duncan" was looking at him quietly.
"Why did you react so much to the fire?" Duncan asked slowly, looking into Shirley's eyes.
"...Shirley opened her mouth, "No...
"You are also looking for a fire eleven years ago, right?" Duncan did not pay attention to the girl's attempt to change the subject. He had suddenly thought of something in Shirley's abnormal reaction just now, "A fire that did not exist in In any official record, you
But I have experienced the fire myself, right?”
Shirley's body became a little stiff and she swallowed slowly: "You...how could you...
"I was looking for it too," Duncan smiled. "It seems like I found the right place."
