Shirley cautiously followed Duncan's side, and instead of relaxing her, the temporary silence made her feel more and more a kind of depression and fear frozen in silence—she knew that this fear did not come entirely from herself, but more from "Ah Dog".

The dog is feeling scared, and its emotions are spreading through the shackles of symbiosis.

In order to alleviate the depression in this silence, she muttered quietly: "Actually, I would never have been caught evading fares before...... Dog, help me hide it......" "You mean that the 'disguise' that the ghost hound gave you?" Duncan raised an eyebrow, he remembered that Shirley had infiltrated the cult den with the help of a dog's "disguise" power, and that disguise seemed to be a cognitive confusion, but he quickly shook his head, "It doesn't feel reliable at all, I was seen last time, and I was caught by the conductor this time." ”

As soon as Shirley heard this, she immediately held back her stomach full of resentment - where was there something wrong with Ah Dog's disguise! Isn't it because it's been erased by the gaze of some terrible being? Is it appropriate that such a big man has to play such a joke on himself......

But she didn't dare to say this resentment, so she had to hold it for a long time and then turned into a dry laugh: "Ahaha...... You're right, you're right......"

Duncan shook his head, he didn't care what was going on in Shirley's head, just a little curious about what the girl was investigating: "Why did you pay attention to that 'accident' eleven years ago?"

Shirley fell silent for a moment, as if she instinctively didn't want to respond to this question, but then pursed her lips again, as if realizing that there was no point in hiding this kind of thing in front of an almost subspace shadow existence, so she whispered: "Actually, it's nothing, I just want to find out...... My parents' thing ......"

After finishing speaking, she hurriedly added: "An existence like you must find this kind of thing boring, I know, our mortal family obsession is in your eyes......"

"No, I understand," Duncan interrupted the girl before she could say anything casually, for he could guess what she was in Shirley's eyes, and that she was going to say at least twenty pounds of sand, "and that is indeed a very important reason. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Shirley, and there was more seriousness in his eyes: "Your parents were involved in that 'leak' accident eleven years ago?" Or was it attacked by a cultist?"

Shirley looked at Duncan with some surprise, she didn't quite understand why this big man who didn't eat people and didn't do anything at first glance cared so much about this kind of thing, but she still nodded honestly: "They...... It was eleven years ago that he disappeared...... Well, the disappearance is a bit hypocritical, that is, dead, but their death is unknown...... And then I'm going to live with a dog......"

The girl's voice was a little low, these memories were not pleasant to her, and Duncan did not let her continue: "How did you and Ah Dog meet?" Those Suncultists say that you are a follower of some Annihilation Sect, and that only Annihilation believers can summon Nether Demons, but you don't seem to admit it. "Baidu search 74 Literature Network to see the latest chapter of Deep Sea Embers." I don't believe in any 'sect'! I only believe in myself!" Shirley subconsciously shouted, but then quickly put away her voice, trying to pretend to be very cultured and polite, "I'm with a dog...... I met eleven years ago. ”

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Duncan suddenly stopped and looked into Shirley's eyes: "Eleven years ago? So ......"

"Even after that so-called 'factory leak'," Shirley also quickly stopped, bowed her head and explained, "I can't remember the specifics, and Ah Dog also said that he can't remember...... It may have been summoned by some of the Annihilation Cultists, but the person who summoned it must have been killed by the guardians of the Deep Sea Church, and then it was somehow 'tied' to me......"

Shirley hides a lot of things, and too many details are skipped in her vaguely short narration.

Duncan could sense the girl's concealment and evasion, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

This is a very normal kind of self-protection, even in the face of a powerful existence that cannot be resisted, she is instinctively avoiding all her details from being exposed.

He may be able to threaten Shirley to confide more, but this may not lead to the full truth, and on the other hand, there is a lack of basic trust between him and the girl, so this topic can be left here for the time being.

Duncan shook his head, looked at the slightly dilapidated streets on both sides, and the passers-by who were noticeably more idle, slower-paced than the other neighborhoods, and said with a slight sigh: ...... I hardly saw any children, and there were either old people or middle-aged people on the road, and there were not even many young people. ”

"This kind of old town is like this," Shirley took it for granted, she seemed to understand very well, "Those who have the ability have moved to the cross block, and those who can't move away are either old people or fools, plus there can be no community schools in this kind of neighborhood, and the children will naturally not stay, they must all follow the adults......"

Listening to Shirley's thoughtful analysis, Duncan just hummed noncommittally.

He could imagine the tendency of the old town to age, but even so, the gloomy atmosphere on the streets was a little too much to worry about.

In his thoughts, Duncan's eyes noticed a gray-haired old man sitting in front of the shop on the street, who seemed to be basking in the sun, but noticed the stranger appearing on the street, and was now casting a somewhat dazed and confused gaze.

Duncan took Shirley and walked straight over.

"Good morning," Duncan said hello to the old man basking in the sun at the door, "we're from the fourth block and want to inquire...... How do I get to the church?"

He didn't really care where the church was, he just found a random excuse to talk to the locals.

"Church? The church is not open for a while, and God knows where the nun has gone," the old man basking in the sun sobered up a little from his laziness, sat up and looked curiously at the stranger in front of him, "It's strange, we don't usually have outsiders willing to come...... What are you doing here?"

"Visiting friends," Duncan said casually, "not many people usually want to come?" Why?"

"It's not the damn factory yet," the old man grumbled indignantly, as if he wasn't quite happy with the desolation of the neighborhood, "how many years! The area around the factory is still in a dilapidated state, and everyone says that the leaked chemicals have not been cleaned up at all, and even people in the nearby neighborhood walk around when they pass by, and who dares to approach this place......

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Duncan and Shirley looked at each other, then said, "I saw an old newspaper that said the area around the factory had been cleaned up...... "The newspaper said...... There are so many good things in the newspapers! The newspaper also said that the new consul will revitalize the Xicheng Industrial Zone!" The old man spat to the side, "What about the result?" Xicheng is getting worse day by day, and our old factory here is still in ruins...... I'm telling you, it was a good place when the factory was still around, and there was a sixth block in the affluent neighborhoods of Downtown, and now look what the hell this looks like......"

As soon as the old man complained, he chattered, and finally a stranger listened to him, so that the laziness of the sun just now disappeared without a trace, Duncan saw this and quickly interrupted: "By the way, I just noticed that there are no children in this place...... There aren't many young people, and they've all moved away?"

"Move? No one has moved here, and there are everyone's old houses in this place, and the rent in other neighborhoods is easily affordable?" The old man shook his head, "There are not many young people, that's because young people are old, children...... Sigh ......"

The old man sighed suddenly.

"There hasn't been a child born in this place for eleven years!"

"No newborns in eleven years?!" Duncan's eyes finally widened slightly, "Really?"

"Can this still be fake? I've lived here for most of my life," the old man rolled his eyes, "and if you want me to say, it's all the factory that makes trouble...... The nearby land, all polluted......"

Duncan didn't speak, but slowly straightened up, looking to the end of the block, to the location of the abandoned factory he had found on the map.

Beside him, Shirley was still curiously talking to the old man, asking about the factory, about the residents of the Sixth Block, about how many people had moved out of it in the past eleven years.

However, the old man seemed to have run out of patience, and he waved his hands irritably, muttering something complaining, and most of Shirley's questions were perfunctory. "Let's go," Duncan said abruptly to Shirley, distracting the grumpy girl before she had a seizure, then he looked at the old man who had resumed basking in the sun, and nodded slightly, "Thank you." ”

"Oh, you're welcome," the old man waved his hand, "go slowly." ”