The green spiritual fire was like a floating light and shadow, sweeping across the entire factory building in a few seconds. This disturbance from the superior supernatural power was like a gust of wind, lifting the curtain covering "reality", so under those curtains The reality appears in the eyes of Shirley and Duncan.
Ashes, ashes everywhere, human-shaped ashes, shapeless ashes, charred walls, melted roofs, twisted and brittle machine shells after the fire licked them, and piles of molten material that had almost no outline, the whole The factory area seemed like a blazing purgatory that had cooled down not long ago. The fire had been extinguished, but the power that melted everything seemed to still remain in the air.
Shirley stood in the center of the fire scene with a daze in her eyes, while Agou quietly came to the girl's side and gently supported her body with his rugged back.
Soon, the green spiritual fire faded away, and everything in the factory returned to its original state.
Duncan looked at his hands with some regret - after all, this is just an "ordinary" body, which cannot be compared with the original body. The spiritual fire that can be called upon is also very limited. It can last for a little while.
But even such a brief "reappearance" is enough to reveal the crucial truth.
"Sure enough, there was a fire... I knew I remembered it correctly..." Shirley murmured to herself, "I have been looking for it for eleven years, and it turned out to be here..."
"But the fire was wiped away," Agou whispered. "There is some kind of power that weaves a curtain in the real world, filtering out all traces related to 'fire'... This curtain can even block the deep world." The sight of the devil..."
"Is it the sun fragment? Or is it the guy who brought the sun fragment to the city-state?" Shirley frowned, and then she suddenly noticed that Duncan had been unusually silent from just now, and couldn't help but cast her gaze, "What's wrong with you?" Look at this..."
"This place is still not the same as the fire scene in my memory," Duncan shook his head before Shirley finished speaking. His eyes slowly swept across the facilities in the factory, recalling what happened here in the moment when the curtain was briefly lifted. The details presented also reminded me of the scene of the fire in my memory, recalling the details of the building and surrounding environment when "I" took Nina to escape the fire, and finally confirmed that my judgment was correct, " Not here."
"Ah?" Shirley was stunned for a moment, "The fire in your memory...isn't here?"
"There are too many discrepancies in the details," Duncan said solemnly, while slowly walking towards the outside of the factory. His eyes looked through the fallen door at the dilapidated streets in the distance, "Or more strictly speaking, the entire first The scenery in Block 6… doesn’t seem right.”
Shirley looked at Agou subconsciously and asked in a low voice, "What do you think is going on?"
"I didn't know, I'm just a dog," Agou shook his head, "And eleven years ago I was even more confused than you were."
Duncan heard the conversation between Shirley and Agou behind him, and he turned his head slightly: "Is this factory the only suspicious location?"
"Maybe... right..." Shirley said uncertainly, "Anyway, according to what I heard, this factory was the center of the chaos eleven years ago."
Duncan was noncommittal, and in the next two hours, he, Shirley and the ghost hound checked all the accessible areas of the abandoned factory.
Strangely, apart from the "veil" covering reality, they found no traces of extraordinary powers or extraordinary objects.
"This is not quite right..." After completing a rough inspection of the last building, Agou finally expressed his suspicions, "The 'curtain' covering the fire scene must be the work of extraordinary power, but we are looking for I searched the entire factory area, but couldn't find the 'source' of the curtain... This is unreasonable."
"There must be a source?" Shirley's tone was a little curious.
Duncan was also very curious, but he didn't show it. He just maintained a sullen expression and waited calmly for Agou to explain——
No one would have imagined that the only extraordinary expert among the three "people" present was actually a dog...
Agou himself didn’t think much about it. As a profound demon, many extraordinary knowledge is common sense to it. It explained casually: “What covered up the traces of the fire was obviously a continuous force. This force There must be a source to maintain it to this day, and just now... the curtain closed again after Mr. Duncan's flames faded away, which also shows that there is something behind this curtain supporting it... it may be a powerful abnormal object. , or it may be a powerful transcendent. Anyway, no matter what it is, it must exist somewhere in the city-state..."
As he spoke, the profound hound raised its head, its empty eyes scanning the distant streets and the city beyond.
"We have not found the source of the curtain within the factory. This means that the thing supporting the curtain is projecting power from a distance, or... the scale of this curtain is beyond imagination, and we have only opened one of it so far. Xiaojiao, if it’s the second situation…”
Agou said, and suddenly lowered his voice nervously: "If it is the second situation, then this matter may not be easy to handle. It is impossible for ordinary 'abnormalities' to have such a large coverage! I'm afraid it's a A vision, an unknown vision..."
"The sun fragment is definitely not an ordinary 'abnormal object'. After all, according to the cultists, the fragment is the body of the sun god," Shirley said suddenly, "This may be a way for the sun fragment to hide itself."
"...A superior abnormality with the tendency to think? In order to prevent being controlled by others, he took the initiative to create a curtain to erase the traces of his existence and hide it somewhere behind the curtain?" Agou said thoughtfully, "This possibility cannot be ruled out. If it is really the remains of a god's body, it is possible that it had the ability to think before it woke up."
Shirley held her chin and thought very seriously. Then she seemed to suddenly think of something and glanced at Agou in surprise: "So Agou, are you so knowledgeable? You obviously don't even know the words..."
"I am the Netherworld Demon! I am the shadow derived from the flesh and blood of the Netherworld Holy Lord! This knowledge has been imprinted in my memory since birth, okay?" Agou shook the chain impatiently, "And he said he doesn't recognize it. Words...you have the nerve to talk about me?!"
Duncan watched with great interest the interaction between Shirley and her ghost hound. There were many secrets about this strange pair, which aroused his keen interest. But before he could ask any questions, Shirley seemed to suddenly remember something. Yes, she looked up at the sky nervously, and when she saw the sun slowly moving towards the highest point in the sky, she suddenly exclaimed: "Oh! It's already noon!"
Duncan raised his eyebrows: "Do you have other plans?"
"I..." Shirley said nervously, "I have to go home before noon!"
Duncan looked at the girl quietly: "Didn't you say that your parents are no longer here? Will you be lectured by someone if you come home late?"
"I'm not preaching... I made an appointment with someone else!" Shirley waved her hands quickly, as if she was a little bolder in front of Duncan because they had experienced the exploration in the factory together, "I... How about we next time Continue?"
Duncan glanced at the Deep Hound next to him, who immediately shrank his neck: "You have the final say. If you want to continue exploring, Shirley and I..."
"No need," Duncan shook his head, "There will be nothing gained from continuing to explore here. We will wait until we find new clues. Since you have other things to do, go ahead."
Shirley's face suddenly showed surprise, as if she didn't expect that the boss would let her go so happily, but she didn't dare to run away directly, so she carefully confirmed: "Then...Agou and I will leave first. ?Then if you want to find us in the future..."
Duncan just smiled and looked at her friendly: "We are destined to meet each other."
He looked at Shirley and Agou with a gentle smile, and in his field of vision, on the dark chain connecting the deep hound, a little green spark was quietly smoldering.
This was the result of his deepening understanding of "Spirit Fire" after his unexpected connection with Fanna last time. It was considered a small attempt.
This mark was released by him on his own initiative. It was stronger than the flame left on Vanna's body - but gentle and harmless.
Shirley suddenly felt a chill coming over her - the boss's smile was so gentle, but she felt like trembling.
But she finally controlled her expression, said goodbye as politely as possible, and then left quickly with Agou.
