Deep Sea Embers

Like a floating light and shadow, the green spirit fire swept across the entire factory building in a few seconds. This disturbance from the supernatural power of the upper level was like a gust of wind, raising the curtain covering "reality". The real truth is presented in the eyes of Shirley and Duncan.

Ashes, ashes everywhere, human-shaped ashes, shapeless ashes, scorched walls, melted roofs, twisted and brittle machine shells after the fire licked, and almost invisible molten matter piled up together, the whole The factory area is like a fiery purgatory that has cooled down not long ago. The fire has been extinguished, but the power to melt everything still seems to remain in the air.

Shirley stood blankly in the center of the wreckage of the fire scene, her eyes were a little dazed, while Ah Gou came to the girl's side calmly, gently supporting her body with her bony back.

Soon, the dark green spiritual fire faded away, and everything in the factory returned to its original state.

Duncan looked at his hands with some regret - after all, this is just an "ordinary" body, which cannot be compared with the main body, and the fire of the spirit body that can be called is also very limited. Can last for a while.

But even such a brief "reappearance" is enough to reveal crucial truths.

"Sure enough, there was a big fire... I knew I remembered it correctly..." Shirley murmured, "I've been looking for it for eleven years, so it's here..."

"But this fire has been erased," Agou said in a low voice, "Some kind of power has woven a curtain in the real world, filtering out all traces related to 'fire'... This curtain can even block the dark The sight of the devil..."

"Is it the sun shards? Or the guy who brought the sun shards to the city-state?" Shirley frowned, and then she suddenly noticed that Duncan had been silent since just now, so she couldn't help casting her gaze, "Why do you Look at this..."

"This place is still not the same as the fire scene in my memory," Duncan shook his head before Shirley finished speaking. His eyes slowly swept across the facilities in the factory, recalling what happened here in the moment when the curtain was lifted briefly. The details presented, and at the same time recalling the scene of the fire in my memory, recalling the details of the building and the surrounding environment when "I" took Nina to escape the fire, and finally confirmed that my judgment was correct, " Not here."

"Ah?" Shirley was taken aback for a moment, "The fire in your memory... isn't here?"

"There are too many discrepancies in the details," Duncan said in a deep voice, and at the same time slowly walked towards the outside of the factory building. His eyes looked through the fallen gate and looked at the dilapidated street in the distance. "Or more strictly speaking, the whole The scenery in the six blocks...doesn't seem quite right."

Shirley and Agou looked at each other subconsciously, and asked in a low voice, "What do you think is going on?"

"I didn't know, I'm just a dog," Agou shook his head, "and I was even more confused than you eleven years ago."

Duncan heard Shirley and Agou talking in the back, and he turned his head slightly: "Is this factory the only suspicious place?"

"Maybe... right..." Shirley said uncertainly, "Anyway, according to what I found out, this factory was the center of the chaos eleven years ago."

Duncan was noncommittal, and in the next two hours, he, Shirley and the dark hound checked all the accessible areas of the abandoned factory.

Strangely, they found no trace of any otherworldly powers or otherworldly objects, other than the "veil" that covered reality.

"This is not quite right..." After a rough inspection of the last building, Agou finally expressed his doubts, "The 'curtain' covering the fire must have been created by extraordinary powers, but let's find I have searched the entire factory area, but have not found the 'source' of the curtain... this is unreasonable."

"Must there be a source?" Shirley's tone was a little curious.

Duncan was also very curious, but he didn't show it. He just kept his face sullen, and at the same time waited calmly for Agou to explain——

No one would have guessed that the only extraordinary expert among the three "people" at the scene turned out to be a dog...

Agou himself didn't think too much about it. As a deep demon, knowledge in many extraordinary fields is common sense to him, so he explained casually: "It is obviously a continuous power that covers up the traces of the fire. This power There must be a source to maintain it until now, and just now... the curtain closed again after Mr. Duncan's flame faded, which also shows that there is something behind this curtain supporting it... It may be a powerful abnormal object , or it may be a powerful transcendent, anyway, no matter what it is, it must exist somewhere in the city-state..."

While speaking, the deep hound raised its head, and its empty eye sockets scanned the streets in the distance and the city beyond.

"We haven't found the source of the curtain within the factory, which means that the things supporting the curtain are projecting power here from a distance, or... the scale of this curtain is beyond imagination, and we have only opened one of it so far. Xiaojiao, if it's the second case..."

As Agou said, he suddenly lowered his voice nervously: "If it is the second case, then this matter may not be easy to handle. It is impossible for ordinary 'abnormalities' to have such a large coverage area! Vision, an unknown vision..."

"Sun fragments are definitely not an ordinary 'abnormal object'. After all, according to those cultists, the fragments are the corpse of the sun god," Xue Li said suddenly, "This may be a means for the sun fragments to hide themselves."

"...Is it a high-ranking anomaly with a tendency to think? In order to prevent being controlled by others, he took the initiative to create a curtain to erase the traces of his own existence, and hide somewhere behind the curtain?" Agou said thoughtfully, "It is true that this possibility cannot be ruled out. If it is really the corpse of a god, it is also possible that it had the ability to think before it woke up."

Shirley pinched her chin and thought about it seriously, then she seemed to think of something suddenly, and looked at Agou in surprise: "So you are so knowledgeable, Agou? You obviously don't even know the words..."

"I am Youyou Demon! I am the shadow derived from the flesh and blood of the Lord Youyou! This knowledge has been imprinted in my memory since I was born, okay?" Agou shook the chain impatiently, "And when it comes to denying Words... you have the nerve to say me?!"

Duncan watched Shirley interacting with her dark hound with great interest. There are many secrets in this strange combination, which made him very interested, but before he could ask, Shirley seemed to suddenly think of something Yes, she nervously looked up at the sky, and saw that the sun was slowly approaching the highest point in the sky, and she exclaimed: "Oh! It's already noon!"

Duncan raised his eyebrows: "Do you have other arrangements?"

"I..." Shirley said nervously, "I have to go home before noon!"

Duncan looked at the girl quietly: "Didn't you say that your parents are gone? Who will lecture you when you come home late?"

"It's not preaching...it's an appointment with someone else!" Shirley quickly waved her hand, as if she was a little more courageous in front of Duncan because of the experience of exploring in the factory together, "I...how about we next time continue?"

Duncan glanced at the deep hound next to him, who immediately shrank his neck: "You have the final say, if you want to continue exploring, Shirley and I..."

"No need," Duncan shook his head. "Continuing to explore here won't yield much. We'll wait until we find new clues. Since you have other things to do, go ahead."

Xue Li suddenly showed surprise, as if she didn't expect the boss to let her go so happily, but she didn't dare to run away directly, so she carefully confirmed: "Then... Agou and I will leave first ? Then if you want to find us..."

Duncan just showed a slight smile and looked at her friendly: "We are destined, we will meet."

He looked at Shirley and Agou with a gentle smile, and in his field of vision, on the black chain connecting the deep hound, a little green spark was quietly smoldering.

This is the result of his deepening understanding of "spiritual body fire" after he accidentally established contact with Fan Na last time, and it can be regarded as a small attempt.

This imprint was released by him on his own initiative, and it was stronger than the flame left on Fan Na's body—but it was gentle and harmless.

Xue Li suddenly felt a chill hit - she felt like shivering even though the boss's smile was so gentle.

But in the end, she controlled her expression and said goodbye as politely as possible, and then left quickly with Agou.