The wet alleyway was finally finished.
I thought it would be a lively street, but I didn't expect that the so-called main street was just a few more places to set up stalls.
The place that sells burgers is a small window that was smashed open in a residential building. Black and sticky unknown objects were everywhere on the window sill. There were many discarded food residues on the floor, and many small bugs gathered there.
The boss had no expression on his face, and he was mechanically taking the bread, putting the chicken steak on it, covering it, and handing it out.
His hands were dirty, there was a lot of mud under his fingernails, and he was not wearing gloves.
"Dad, I want to eat this." The daughter pointed half of her arm towards the door of the burger shop.
Cheng Ye refused: "Let's eat something nutritious."
"Zhang Dalang, take your daughter out for a walk." The owner of the burger shop saw Cheng Ye for some reason and suddenly raised his voice and shouted at him.
Cheng Ye stood there and saw that everyone's eyes were focused on him, and he understood that Zhang Dalang was indeed him.
He stepped forward stiffly and showed a fake smile: "Yeah, it's not good to stay at home all the time."
"I'd rather be at home. People up here throw away garbage every day, and our air quality is as bad as poisonous gas." An old man who had just bought a burger next to him interjected.
"Dad took me out for a walk. I was so suffocated at home." The daughter suddenly spoke.
She took everything into herself.
The uncle looked over, with the same pity on his face as his neighbor in the morning, and his voice became much gentler: "It turns out she is a little princess. Come, I'll give you uncle's burger."
The daughter didn't answer. She always had that stiff smile on her face, staring at the uncle with one dark eye without white eyes: "Thank you, uncle, but dad will buy it for me."
"Xiaoxue is so good, uncle will cook it for you right now." The owner of the burger shop changed his decadent look and suddenly became energetic. He actually stood up from his chair and chose the largest piece of chicken steak to put on it.
Cheng Ye looked at the scene in front of him.
Something felt wrong.
The burger shop owner has met his daughter and is not surprised by her appearance.
What about the others? Do you know them all?
There are currently about ten people on this street, and everyone is minding their own business.
Occasionally, people look over, and it's just because the burger shop owner's voice is a little louder.
No one showed any strange expressions, no fear, no fear, only pity.
That kind of compassion is like being copied out one by one by a photocopier.
Everyone's face is exactly the same.
"Dad." Sensing Cheng Ye's absent-mindedness, her daughter suddenly came close to his face, and her empty eyes suddenly met.
Cheng Ye was unfazed, and he didn't know why. He only felt terrible about things that existed in his imagination.
But as long as it is an entity, he doesn't feel anything.
Is this "the unknown is the scariest thing"?
Cheng Ye's head was very close to his daughter's. He reached out and touched his daughter's soft hair: "Are uncles and aunts usually nice to you?"
"Very good. They all take good care of me." My daughter giggled again, but no matter whether she was happy or not, she always had a stiff smile on her face.
"That's good." Cheng Ye thought for a moment: "Are you going to school today?"
"Dad, today is a day off, and I won't go to school until tomorrow." The daughter said.
Cheng Ye nodded and looked at the expressions of the people around him again.
No one showed anything strange, and everyone was not surprised.
It was as if his daughter was no different from a normal person.
That--
Does it mean that there are many people like his daughter?
"Dalang, your burger is ready." The burger shop owner stretched out his dirty hand and handed over the burger.
Cheng Ye's thoughts were interrupted. After taking the burger, he said, "How much."
"They all belong to the neighbors." The owner of the burger shop waved his hand and smiled at Xiaoxue: "Just let Xiaoxue come over and play every day."
"this......"
Before I could say the words "I'm sorry," I was interrupted again by the owner of the burger shop: "Okay, okay, why don't you take Xiaoxue out for a walk? Let's go to the amusement park."
Cheng Ye nodded helplessly, hugged his daughter and left.
After leaving the main street, we were once again deserted.
The city is very big, but also very deserted.
It's like a city abandoned by humans.
Cheng Ye observed that starting from the tenth floor, there were basically no people living there. Green vines wrapped the entire building layer by layer, all the way up, endlessly.
I don’t know what is above the clouds.
"Dad, shall we go to the amusement park?" The daughter spoke again, her voice a little cautious, as if she was pleading.
Cheng Ye: "You really want to go?"
The daughter nodded: "Yes, I want to go."
"Dad can't remember many things. Can you help him show the way?"
"Yeah!" The daughter nodded happily, waving her half-broken arm in the air.
Cheng Ye followed his daughter's guidance and kept walking.
The brain is running at high speed.
He has two things to do now. The first is to find the secret of the city.
Judging from the clues given now, it should be the reason why the daughter became like this.
The second thing is to find Weishengan.
I agreed to take him to the dungeon, but now I can't even see a ghost.
"Dad, we're here." The daughter's voice became excited, but her expression remained unchanged.
Cheng Ye stopped.
In front of him was a simple store with a closed door.
Probably similar to a street facade in the real world.
The gate was painted with three big characters in red paint: Amusement Park.
There is a line of small words below: Children under 7 years old are welcome to play, and the ticket is 5 star coins.
Cheng Ye was a little confused and stepped forward and opened the door.
It's pitch black inside.
"Is this an amusement park?" Cheng Ye was very puzzled.
But the daughter was still very excited, her body beating up and down in Cheng Ye's arms: "Yes, yes, dad, go in, go in."
"They're all in there."
Cheng Ye carried his daughter and continued to walk forward. After passing through this aisle that was not too long, about 5 meters away, his eyes finally lit up.
It is a room of about thirty square meters, with a door on each side of the room.
There are many simple building blocks and worn-out toys on the ground.
At this time, a lady came out from the door on the right. She smiled and said to Cheng Ye, "Sir, are you bringing your daughter to play?"
Cheng Ye nodded.
The lady pointed to the door on the left: "It's movie time just now and they haven't come out yet. You can leave your daughter to me and pick her up after 6 o'clock."
amusement park?
Isn't this a nursery?
Cheng Ye didn't change his expression and took out his wallet from his pocket.
Hope there's money in it.
At this time, the door on the left opened, and the cheers of children came from inside.
Cheng Ye stopped what he was doing and looked over.
Suddenly, he looked shocked.
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