Chapter 21: A jar of chocolate
The name "Fog Capital" originated from the early 20th century, when most of the Dunlun people used coal as household fuel, which created the prosperity of Dun Lun City and the magnificent scenery of chimneys, but also produced a large amount of smoke, which was affected by the climate of Dun Lun City for a long time, resulting in the "famous" smoke of Dun Lun City, known as Don Lon Fog (Don Lun Fog).
As a result, Lily would later hear adults sometimes refer to Dunlun as "The Smoke", from which he got his name "The Smoke Capital".
Although this is already a matter of the last century, even today in the 21st century, the weather in Dunlun City will remain gray most of the time, and Lily heard adults say that it is called smog, and she must wear a mask when she goes out.
So the few times Lily took the train past this section of the railway, she could only see the Thames under the gray shroud, but this was not much different from what it looked like now under the shroud of [Two Points of Fog].
"Isn't it Stephenson, have you seen the black baboon in your history books?" Dunn quipped.
Aiden didn't say anything, and continued to walk in silence, observing the movement around him.
Camille let out a puff of laughter, not on purpose, but she couldn't hold back. The corners of Lily's mouth were also hooked, but then she regained her composure, this girl is a lady, and she can't smile too undecently.
Stephenson's face flushed, but he didn't refute it, he was really a little dark, and he had read a lot of the history of other countries, but rarely read the history of his own country. Suddenly, a silent Stephenson stopped, stared at an area under the bridge for a few seconds, and then stopped the crowd who had not yet noticed his movement.
"About 3 o'clock under the bridge, there's something strange?" Stephenson tried to describe the "things" he saw.
"Three o'clock...... Three o'clock...... Let me see. Dunn muttered as he looked in the direction Stephenson said from near the railroad bridge's guardrail, but couldn't find anything.
Aiden also tried to observe for a while, but to no avail, and couldn't help but look at Stephenson with some confusion.
"There, that's there!!" Stephenson desperately pointed at an area that was nothing but air and a faint fog in Aiden's and Dunn's eyes.
Aiden shook his head, he really couldn't see anything.
"Stephenson, can you try to describe what you saw?" Lily had already quietly activated the observation boost that her gloves had brought her, and when she looked over there, she really didn't see anything, so she turned her head and asked Stephenson.
"It's ............" Stephenson froze, but he quickly adjusted: "It's just that there are very subtle fluctuations like water ripples in that place, and the color of that area will change regularly, and it is changing now." ”
"It seems to be true." Sandro, who has quite good dynamic vision, finally gave a conclusive conclusion.
After a two-second silence, Lily decided not to care about any problems or effects in such an area, since they could pass the railway bridge, then go and complete the search and rescue mission first, Lily was afraid that if she rashly disturbed that strange area, it would bring some bad changes.
"Don't worry about it yet." Lily shook her head and continued to lead the group forward.
Finally, the team crossed the railway bridge and came to the embankment station, where they simply replenished water and energy.
There is a small episode that Dunn found a jar of chocolate balls in the station, which was well packaged, and he was happy not to want it, and when he took it apart, the chocolate inside had dried into powder, and there was no way to eat it, which can be said to have made Dunn experience a cliff-like experience of joy and sorrow.
"Ugh......" Dunn sighed again, the third time Dunn had sighed since they left the embankment station.
"Isn't it just a jar of chocolate?" Camille complained helplessly.
Dunn didn't respond, was it a jar of chocolate? Is it a simple matter of a jar of chocolate?
"Ah......" Dunn sighed again.
Aiden couldn't take it anymore and pulled out a piece of candy from his backpack and handed it to Dunn.
"What does it smell like?" Dunn took the candy and began to unpack, asking as he unpacked.
"Durian." Aiden replied without looking back.
“............”
Looking at the unpacked sugar in his hand, Dunn was entangled, and finally swallowed the sugar in his mouth, and his expression distorted...... Who invented durian-flavored fruit candy? I'm going to fight him!
"Alright, when we get to Piccadilly Circus, we'll split up and search carefully, remember, it's not just strangers that we need to be on the lookout for, but all kinds of animals, especially indoors." Lily reminded everyone.
Because John's "sifting patrol" team would be conducting a diffuse search along the railroad station in a point-and-area manner, Lily and the others would follow this method, trying to search for traces left by John's team or anything else as quickly and quietly as possible.
"That's right! How did I forget? Lily suddenly remembered something, and turned to look at Aiden on the right side of the group:
"Aiden, when Camille and I went back to the station, I observed a problem, the dust at the station......"
"There's no trace of anyone going there, right?" Dunn didn't wait for Lily to finish before adding directly.
"You've observed! When did you notice it? What do you think? ”
"First, Brother John has never told us about the accelerated passage of time in Dunlun, and Camille can testify to that."
"Second, if this was something that had happened before John's team set off, as long as they were on this route, there should have been at least some traces of them passing through Waterloo Station, but I looked closely, and there was none." Dunn confidently continued.
"Thirdly, the farther away from the orphanage, the greater the impact of the passage of time, which is intuitively reflected in the fact that the degree of deterioration of these buildings around us now is not the same level as the degree of deterioration when we first left the orphanage." Dunn gave a conclusion.
Aiden nodded, he thought the same thing.
"When you say that, it seems to be true......" Sandra tried to think back to the extent of the damage to the buildings on the road when she came, only to realize that it was indeed as Dunn said, why didn't she think of this all the way?
Stephenson nodded, he felt that Dunn's judgment should be eight or nine.
"But what if I say that this eclipse has formed the desolation we have seen in less than a week?" Lily made her conclusion about being inside Waterloo Station.