Walking on the road, Shirley looked a little angry: "Why didn't that old man answer my question!" When I talked to him, he didn't seem to hear... Is being short so unappreciated?

"I don't think it's because you're short, it's because you've been chasing people about the factory," Duncan glanced at the girl slightly, "and wouldn't it be better to see the factory for yourself than to waste time with a local who doesn't want to cooperate."

Shirley pursed her lips and didn't say anything more, and in front of her and Duncan, at the end of the street, the factory that had been abandoned +- years ago was already looming.

In the lower city, many factories are located near residential areas, or even separated by a wall from the residential areas - the limited land of the city-state and the blockade of the endless sea doomed the city planners to not have enough land to house industrial facilities, and the stable ground was almost everywhere crowded with people, so there was no such concept as "industrial relocation" and "suburban resettlement".

Most people in this world don't have time to think about the health risks of industrial pollution, and for the public, compared to the risks brought by factories, the safety of the city-state brought about by the development of modern technology is obviously more important - gas lamps, heavy firepower, steam networks, potions and mechanical ships, these things have increased the population of the new city-state era by nearly three times compared with the old era, and anyone who understands the operation mechanism of the modern city-state can clearly recognize the fact that the factory is the skeleton and flesh of modern civilization, It has long been impossible to separate from the city-state.

In fact, according to Nina's textbooks, these factory facilities are not even clustered in the lower city - and while city planners have tried their best to move those that are too dangerous to the periphery of the city-state, some things still have to be set up in the heart of the city, even next to the cathedral, such as the sacred bell tower and the "central steam core" used to deliver "sacred gases" throughout the city.

These things are essentially gigantic machines, containing terrifying energy and great risks, but they still need to be placed next to the heart of the city.

Engineering and mechanics textbooks in Nina. The compilers of the textbook have a special explanation for this:

People are to "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, the machine is also the heart of divine purity, supporting the operation of modern civilization

Steel is placed where the gods are looking, in case the shadows of the subspace contaminate their oil and bolts.

Duncan recalled what he had seen in Nina's textbooks, and looked up at the abandoned factory that stood in the middle of the city, and sighed strangely.

This strange and outrageous world.... It's really provoking his three views at any time.

He and Shirley arrived in front of the factory, where the thin, collapsing walls were the only boundary between the factory and the surrounding residential area, and between the factory and the nearby residential area, there was a narrow wasteland with no grass on it, except for scattered fragments of masonry and scrap metal that had been rusted for an unknown period of time.

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No matter how important the factory is to the city, no matter how accustomed people are to living with the factory, the factory is still a factory, and when these behemoths get out of control, they will still leave huge scars in the city.

But in this city-state, where the land was at a premium, the fact that the Dao scar could sit for eleven years without being "repaired" still made Duncan a little strange.

.... The land in the city-state should be precious," he said thoughtfully, standing on the edge of the wasteland, looking at the abandoned factory in front of him, "and this place is so deserted. Not very reasonable.

"Didn't the old man just say that the pollution is cleaned up. Clean.... Shirley didn't seem to think about it so much, "Some of the pollution can only wait for time for it to fade away." ”

"Perhaps.... Duncan shook his head, his gaze moving between a series of pipes and tanks at the edge of the plant, trying to recreate the "original appearance" of the accident that had erupted here, and he saw several broken sections of pipes and the base of one tank

It had collapsed, and the entire tank had collapsed, crushed into the ruins of a nearby building, looking like the remains of a massive giant beast.

Judging from these scenes alone, it is very similar to say that there was a spill here.

But Duncan still frowned slightly.

The old man basking in the sun said that there was pollution around the factory, and that the pollution had caused no newborns to be born in the entire sixth block for the past eleven years, but there were no warning signs around the factory, and there were no patrols or guards.

It's not reasonable, and it's not too much of an anomaly, but it's still a source of confusion.

"We.... Do you really want to go in" Shirley's voice sounded from the side, and the expression on her face seemed to be a little nervous, "There may really be a . Dye...

"Can't your dog give you some advice," Duncan glanced at Shirley, "it's deserted, you can let that greyhound out to breathe, and I don't believe you're really afraid of the so-called 'pollution' here

The nervousness in your eyes is a little too fake. ’

Shirley dodged Duncan's gaze and raised her hand in promise:

Well, well... If the dog is not in a very good state....

As soon as the girl finished speaking, the crackling sound of the flames suddenly sounded out of thin air beside her, and then a black flame spread along her arms and half of her body—the flames condensed into chains, and the figure of the Hound appeared in the smoke and black flames at the end of the chains.

Duncan watched the process curiously, and only after the dog showed up did he smile and nod to the ghostly hound: "Long time no see, Dog--you were running very fast last time."

"Hurry, hurry, don't be surprised," the dog clamped his tail as soon as he appeared, and at this time, Duncan's voice was even more visible to the naked eye, and its whole body was half an inch shorter, and it carefully lowered its head as it tried to contract its limbs

"What do you tell me to be good at, I can sweep the floor and coax a child or something....

Before the ghostly hound finished speaking, Shirley next to him had already covered half of his face, as if he was "I've been cowardly enough to make you reach new heights", Duncan couldn't help laughing, raised his hand and pointed to the factory in front of him: "I don't have any orders,

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Just borrow your eyes -- don't you see things that are invisible to ordinary people, take a look at the factory and tell me what's wrong.

"Look at what you said, you can still look at my eyes.... Ah Dog immediately flattered modestly, but while flattering, he turned his head to look in the direction of the factory, and his mouth was still muttering, "I was observing this factory just now, and I didn't see it

What... It looks the same now, it's an abandoned one...

The dog's voice stopped suddenly, and then it suddenly lowered its body, and let out a threatening low roar in its throat - but the next second, it suddenly shook its head again, and made a puzzled sound: Huh"

Shirley was a little nervous when she saw this: "Dog, what did you see!"

“.... I don't know, but for a moment, I seemed to see... It seemed to be a big fire, slamming out of the factory like a huge wave,... It's gone in the blink of an eye...

Ah Gou's voice was full of suspicion, but Shirley suddenly became excited: "You confirm that you see the fire!" It's really a fire!"

Ah Dog shook his huge skeletal head: "It's just a fleeting picture, maybe it's an illusion, I'm a ghostly demon, and it's normal to have a little hallucination occasionally and be mentally abnormal....

"But the fire is different!" Shirley's tone was hurried, "We've been looking for so long, and we've finally found the traces of the fire, yes, dog, it must be. Over here....

Shirley was halfway through her excited words, when she suddenly felt a large hand on her shoulder, and her words came to an abrupt halt, and in the belated tension, she turned her head stiffly, only to see that the terrible "Mr. Duncan" was quietly watching her.

"Why did you react so much to the 'fire'" Duncan asked slowly, looking into Shirley's eyes.

“..... Shirley opened her mouth, "No...

"You're also looking for a fire from eleven years ago, aren't you" Duncan didn't care about the girl's attempt to change the subject, he had already thought of something in Shirley's unusual reaction just now, "A fire doesn't exist in any official records, you."

But I've experienced the fire myself, right?"

Shirley's body stiffened a little, and she swallowed slowly: "You... How could you....

"I'm looking for it too," Duncan smiled, "Looks like I've found the right place." ”