Duncan looked at the nervous dog and smiled as kindly as he could, he felt that there might be a misunderstanding between him and the other party, and it was better to solve the misunderstanding as soon as possible.

But just before he could speak, he suddenly saw the blood in the dog's eyes flickering - although he couldn't see any emotional changes in a bone head, he seemed to be able to feel the intense and turbulent mood of this dark hound for a moment.

The next second, he heard Ah Gou's stammering voice:

"You...... You're the 'Mr. Duncan' we've been dealing with for the past two days?" Duncan was stunned for a moment, and then glanced at Shirley next to him.

He didn't see any communication between Dog and Shirley, but it was clear that there was a convenient means of sharing information between the two chained individuals.

"It's me," Duncan said with a slight smile and a gentle tone,

"Is there anything else I need to explain? Or is there anything you guys want to know?"

"Nope!" The dog almost screamed, and his whole body was retreating,

"We don't need to know any 'knowledge' or 'truth', and we have no intention of prying into your mysteries!"

“…… I always feel that there is still some misunderstanding between me and you, but it seems that it is becoming more and more difficult to explain," Duncan sighed and shook his head helplessly,

"Forget it, let's let time slowly help us build mutual trust, as for now, I have something I want to know." A dog deaf pulls his head:

"You... Tell me. Duncan frowned, he was actually curious as to why his ghostly captain, who was famous in the real world, had such an influence among the ghosts and demons, because in his impression, the deep sea was extremely close to the subspace

"Places", the demons entrenched in the depths should be closer to those than mortals in the real world

The "Shadow of the Bottom", correspondingly, should be less fearful and resistant to the Lost Ship returning from subspace.

However, it now seems that those belong to humanity in their own right

He was puzzled that the demons of the "Dangerous Existence" were as afraid of the Lost Homeland as humans were. But before he figured it out, he first focused on the scene in front of him

"Nightmare" - A nightmare from the depths of Shirley's memory, most likely recreating the truth of eleven years ago.

"I want to know about this dream," he said, his gaze falling on Shirley,

"I know it's a painful memory for you, and if you don't want to say it, you can say no."

“…… There's nothing you don't want to say," Shirley just shook her head slightly,

"I should thank you for interrupting this nightmare, and I can suffer less... As you can see, that's what I was through. ”

"What's the fire?" Duncan nodded slightly, then looked at the dog,

"What I saw was the first 'encounter' between you and Shirley?" Don't turn your face to the dog:

"I was just a ghostly demon at the time."

"Then how did you suddenly get the 'heart'?" Duncan asked curiously,

"As far as I can see, you almost killed Shirley back then."

“…… I don't know," Ah Dog was silent for a few seconds, shaking his ugly head slightly,

"When I first became self-aware, I saw Shirley lying on the ground." Duncan took a deep look at the ghostly hound, then moved his gaze along the chains around the other's neck, seeing Shirley's pitch-black, twisted, symbiotic half of the body.

"After that, you're... Blended together?"

"Sort of," Shirley whispered, her head hanging and her eyes and expression hidden in the shadow of her hair.

"Actually, I don't remember exactly, after all, I was only six years old at the time, and I had a long time after that...... If you're really curious about how I got into this relationship with a ghostly demon who almost killed me, then you can get a psychiatrist and hypnotize me, maybe ......"

"Not necessarily." Shirley's words were abruptly interrupted, and then, in shock, she felt a large palm pressed against the top of her head.

The palm of the hand turned out to be warm.

"I'm sorry, I'm not trying to uncover your scars, I'm just trying to know the details of eleven years ago," Duncan gently stroked the girl's hair, knowing that his question was not pleasant for Shirley, who had just escaped the nightmare,

"You should know that in the events of eleven years ago, not only the sun fragments appeared, but also countless cultists were active, and the ghostly hounds ...... Theoretically, it should be a summon of the Annihilation Sect. Shirley looked up a little stunned, and she heard Duncan continue:

"A demonic creature from the deep sea suddenly gained human nature, which in itself is a kind of 'mutation', have you ever thought that this mutation may also be affected by a certain trigger back then?" Shirley blinked, and said a little sluggishly:

"Sun fragments?"

"I'm not sure...... No one knows what form the Sun Fragment is or what its power is, but in the teachings propagated by the Suncultists, the 'true Sun God' has no authority to 'humanize' or anything like it," Duncan shook his head,

"So what caused the dog to appear humane may be in addition to the sun fragments...... Something. ”

"You're saying that there may have been more than just fragments of the sun that appeared in the city-state of Plande eleven years ago?!" Shirley finally woke up, and her eyes widened suddenly.

"Just a little suspicion," Duncan patted Shirley lightly on the shoulder, then withdrew his hand,

"Because I've always felt that there is a big discord in this matter: the sun fragment is a 'holy object' pointing to the Suncultists, according to the description of the cultists, its power is actually very simple, and it is only related to the 'real sun god' in the occult, but in the chaos eleven years ago, the arrested cultists in the official documents alone have included the annihilation cultists and the last missionaries and other guys who have nothing to do with the 'real sun god'... What are they doing with it?

"Of course, it can also be explained that the power of the sun fragments is so powerful that even people who don't believe in the sun god are affected and make them go crazy on the same day, but this does not explain why there is such a strange ...... 'phenomenon' as Ah Dog - a demon with its own madness attribute suddenly gained reason in the event - what is going on?

"Even beyond that, there are a lot of suspicious places, including but not limited to the curtain that shrouds the 'fire', the memories that remain in your and Nina's minds, the strange phenomenon in the sixth block... We've always attributed all these things to the debris of the sun, but now that we think about it, is it really the power of the 'solar realm'? The so-called true sun god is too omnipotent. Duncan expressed the doubts in his heart, and some of them actually arose before today, and it was only after seeing the change of Ah Dog eleven years ago that he strengthened the doubts in his heart.

The fire eleven years ago may have been caused by solar fragments, but there was definitely something else that played a role in the whole event!

Shirley was still a little dazed, she was actually not very good at thinking about these complex things, and in a daze, she heard the voice of a dog in her head sounding rapidly:

"Shirley, are you alright? Did he release a curse by touching your head just now? Are you still sane? You ......"

"I'm fine," Shirley replied in her mind, a little crying and laughing,

"Dog, you're so nervous."

"Nonsense, can I not be nervous! You've come into direct contact with a pollution source that's enough to make ordinary people go crazy in an instant!" The dog's voice was panicked,

"And how do you feel?" Shirley thought for a moment and touched the top of her head uncertainly. The last time she could remember someone stroking her hair like this and comforting herself softly like a child was many, many years ago.

“……… Warm. She whispered in a trance. Ah Gou was taken aback:

"Shirley, are you really having something wrong with your brain?"

“……… Shut up!" Duncan didn't know what Ah Dog and Shirley had communicated in this brief moment, he just looked thoughtfully at the window that was filling the dim red light, and suddenly asked:

"What's out there?" Shirley was stunned:

"Huh?" Duncan raised his hand and pointed to the window:

"Outside the room, what's there?"

"I ...... I don't know," Shirley blinked, suddenly realizing that in this nightmare that was constantly haunting her, it seemed as if an impossible option had suddenly appeared at this moment,

"I've never thought about it, every time I dream, I'm trapped in this room......"

"But now you're out of the way," Duncan said softly as he walked to the door of the hut, turning back and whispering, like a lure in the dark, throwing a never-before-seen choice in front of Shirley and Dog,

"Do you want to try it, while sober...... Go and see what the edge of your dreams looks like?",