Chapter 13: Time Eclipse
Stephenson, Sandra felt a chill in his back after hearing this, and now he only felt that there would be many pairs of big and small eyes staring at him.
Dunn and Lily didn't say this just now, but it was actually okay, except that the vision limit of the fog was a bit depressing, and they didn't think there was much of a problem.
But now it's different, and Sang Zhuo even wonders if a giant spider will suddenly rush out of a collapsed convenience store next to him, then he will not hesitate to go back to the orphanage, and vow never to come out again - Sang Zhuo has a strong arachnophobia.
"Is it too late for us to go back now?" Stephenson asked weakly.
Camille glanced at Stephenson angrily, I'm not afraid of a girl, why are you guys like this one by one?
What's more, Sister Lily is also here, with Sister Lily here, what is there to be afraid of?
Little did Lily know that Camille was the only two of her big fans in the orphanage, and the other big fan was John...... It's just that he's missing now.
"It's definitely not going to work if you go back." Lily walked at the end of the line and replied briefly.
"Hahaha...... Haha, I just said it casually. Stephenson scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Alright, let's move on." Lily didn't pick up.
As the group explored, they discovered something even more strange, as if the further east they went, the worse the situation of the street and the various objects and shops became.
The number of collapsed buildings gradually increased, the cars on the road began to become rusty, and the street lights on both sides of the road also bent and fell to the ground.
Even the Millennium Green of Waterloo has become bare, and I don't know if it's because of the lack of sunlight for a long time, or something else.
"That's the other side...... Is it a hospital? Looking at the half-collapsed five-story building across Millennium Park, Stephenson said with some uncertainty.
"Hmm." Aiden nodded.
Lily now has a question in her mind:
That is, if the city has changed so much, why didn't John mention it in every routine report? Or did he not think there was anything wrong with it and didn't mention it?
"Camille, the last time you and John went out to 'sift around', has the city become like this?"
Lily was going to ask about the situation first.
"No, before we came out, the streets of the city were not so dilapidated at all." Camille looked around and replied earnestly.
"In other words, this change is a recent and sudden change......" Dunn thought.
"And...... The farther away from ...... Orphanage...... the more ...... Severe. Aiden added.
"Team John has suddenly disappeared, and this strange time eclipse has occurred in the city...... Well, let's call it a time eclipse. Dunn improvised a phrase, and he continued:
"It's hard for me not to wonder what John's disappearance had to do with this strange eclipse."
Lily and the others all nodded after listening, although Dunn was talkative, but his brain did turn quickly, and his analysis was also very reasonable.
"Looks like we're going to need to figure it out as well...... The cause of the time eclipse phenomenon. Lily sighed.
This is not an ordinary difficulty.
"That's a last resort, and it's really unlikely that we'll be able to figure out exactly what causes the eclipse in just one exploration." Dunn comforted Lily.
"It sounds like a protracted battle." Sang Zhuo snapped his knuckles.
"Further on, it's Waterloo Station, let's think about how to get across the Thames." Dunn suggested to the crowd.
He didn't think it made sense for people to focus on the eclipse, because it didn't lead to any conclusions or answers in time.
"How do I get to the other side of the Thames......." Lily rummaged through the map of her backpack.
Aiden, however, had already unfolded a map of the city of Dunlun, pointing to one place and looking at Dunn:
Dunn looked at it, and said in a faster voice:
"We can take the Waterloo Bridge next to the Southbank Theatre, or we can take the train track between Embankment Station and Waterloo Station, and we should be able to see Big Ben very quickly from Embankment Station."
"John may have walked across the Thames from either side, but we can't tell which way he went." Lily looked at the map with a little distress.
"Theoretically, that's true, but based on what John has reported each time, he goes to the embankment station far more often than from the Southbank Theatre." Dunn replied without pause, and could tell that these were questions he had already thought about.
"Do you have any suggestions, Aiden?" Lily asked, looking at Aiden's calm face.
"My ...... Suggestion ...... "Aiden looked at a loss, isn't this just 2 to choose 1, where to go is a 50% probability, just choose a way to go."
Lily looked at Aiden, who was a little dazed, and suddenly figured it out herself.
With a blushing face, Lily quickly wiped the head of Sandra beside her and took out the queen's head coin from before.
Except for Aiden, the others widened their eyes in amazement at how Lily had found a coin from Sandro's head.
Saddened, Sandror turned his head and scratched at his crimson curls, trying to find another coin to come out.
"Zheng!" Lily flicked the coin in her hand into the air, then easily took it into her palm, looked down, and said, "Let's go to the direction of Big Ben." ”
It's a simple and straightforward way to decide.
So, the crowd began to move towards Waterloo Station.
As you approach Waterloo Station, you can clearly feel that the streets along the way are starting to widen, and the magnificence of the buildings is increasing.
The street lamps on the street began to have a decent decoration, the respective door numbers of the shops also had a strong sense of design, and floor-to-ceiling windows or large advertising posters could be seen everywhere, and they were all of good quality, without major damage or breakage.
Aiden even found a dozen canned food and a box of water in a convenience store warehouse near the station, which indirectly replenished Lily and the others' resources.
Standing at the largest intersection next to the station, Lily couldn't help but sigh when she looked at the surrounding architectural patterns and the integrity of the road surface:
Even under the strange time eclipse phenomenon, there is still no way to hide the splendor and scenery of these buildings and streets, should it be said that it is one of the famous large railway stations in Dunlun City?