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Chapter 649 The Growing Abnormality

But if the girl doesn't know her 'parents'.

Why is there the term "ancestor"?

Su Wen asked this question the moment he reacted:

"Since you have no concept of parents, how do you know the concept of ancestors?"

“It was Miss Sister who taught us.

I heard her say:
Although the ancestors died a long time ago, they were all very powerful. "

The girl puffed out her chest and continued confidently:
"and so,
I wanted to dig it up only after I read from a picture book that their coffins were buried in quicksand.

Mr. Kevin, you have so many delicious foods, you must be an ancestor too."

Hearing her strange logic, Su Wen couldn't help laughing.

"Your ancestors are probably lying there, but I am still alive."

"That's right."

The miner girl nodded subconsciously.

The 'church institutions' that socialize and raise children and the 'nuns' that pass on incomplete knowledge.

Su Wen seemed to have grasped the key point. When he met Joyce, he had already determined that this border or the other side was abnormal:

"Would it be convenient for you to take me to see your church?"

But at this moment,
Joyce seemed to have glimpsed something from a distance, and a rare hint of paleness appeared on her cheerful, gray face:
"Go in quickly, the Gray Umbrella Messengers are coming.

If they knew I just sneaked out.

He will most likely be arrested.”

Su Wen followed her gaze and saw a convoy approaching in the distance of the town.

But the appearance of those fleets was shiny silver-white, which seemed to form a sharp contrast with the entire steam town of backward times.

Unfortunately,
The target was too far away, too small, and even moving quickly, so Su Wen's identification perspective could not completely lock it.

He was pulled into the house by the girl.

The girl's home is located in the shadow of the pipes in the steampunk town, and the interior looks shabby and depressing.

From the walls to the floor, from the ceiling to the corners, everything is filled with all kinds of debris.

On the walls of the cabin, intricate steam pipes were like ancient vines, entwined and intertwined, covering almost every inch of the wall.

These pipes are rusty, as if telling the vicissitudes of time and exuding a heavy sense of depression.

The pipes were hung with all kinds of strange-shaped gears and clocks, which flickered coldly under the dim light, adding a bit of eeriness and depression.

On the ground, various steampunk-style debris were piled up like mountains.

Those were the discarded steam locomotive parts, rusty toolboxes, scattered drawings and parts that the girl had carefully collected... These items were piled together in a disorderly manner, with almost no place to put them.

But in Miss Joyce's proud introduction,
Su Wen could tell how precious these things were to her, so he didn't show any disdain.

He understands:
Anything that looks cheap may be of inestimable value to its owner.

So the handsome scholar just found an empty wooden bench and sat down.

In the center of the cabin is a bed surrounded by debris and covered with heavy cloth, but in this depressing environment, it is the only thing that can still show a warm atmosphere.

In the corner of the hut, there are some mineral specimens carefully collected by the girl. Although these minerals are beautiful, they have lost their former glory in such a depressing environment.

The edges of the ore were filled with dust and debris, like treasures forgotten in a corner that no one cared about.

However, although this small home is full of depression and chaos, the girl makes up for it with her optimism and tenacity.

It seemed as if these miscellaneous items were her most precious treasures.

Just ten minutes later.

The convoy coming from afar also drove into the town with a huge roar and disappeared in just a moment. Su Wen found a stool in the corner and sat down, then looked at the only source of light in the girl's house:

A very small and rusty iron window.

Even so, the window is still sealed with iron bars.
It's as if:
Like a prison.

As for the sky outside the small window, there was no obvious sun.

Gray,

It was just like the daytime he had experienced in the Faroe Islands of Jupiter in the Lost Sea or the First Route Super Trade Port [Star Meteoric Transport].

He did not have much doubt about this, but just kept it in mind, and then asked Joyce about the news of the Gray Umbrella Messengers:

"Who are they?"

Until now, Miss Joyce has been keeping her fists clenched tightly and in a very tense state.
It wasn't until the group's convoy passed by that he relaxed a little and began to answer Su Wen's questions:
"I don't know.
The Gray Umbrella's messengers usually come here to check on the ore harvest.

Luckily they didn't find out.
correct,

Today is my day off, so I can be excused from work."

The girl heaved a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but show off to Su Wen:
"You can rest four days a month.

Isn't that great?

I heard that some towns can only rest for two days a month."

"I can only say that he is more evil-hearted than most capitalists I know."

Su Wen couldn't help but complain,

He increasingly felt the strong sense of distortion and separation brought to him by the border of the Lost Sea, or the other side of the Secret Sea where he was currently.

That feeling of incorrectness reminds me all the time:

How closed a border must be to foster such a depressing environment.

Even the handsome scholar couldn't help but sigh:
"Joyce, it is really admirable that you have grown up to be so optimistic and cheerful."

"right."

The girl knew he was praising her, so she smiled brightly.

"hey-hey,
Others say I am an optimist. ”

Looking at her smile, Su Wen fell into deeper contemplation:
Although the Great Library does not interfere with the development of civilization, it will only choose to "continue" when a civilization is on the verge of extinction, or simply preserve the traces of its existence.

But it's impossible that even if this situation existed, Director Yu or Dean Constance would choose not to inform me in advance.

If this is how Breeze City treats border residents or descendants of pioneers,
Su Wen believes:

There is probably no point in going to Lawrence Riel next.

But in his heart, the probability of another possibility happening might be higher.

That is:
Even Lawrence Riel probably didn't notice what was happening here.

For this,

Su Wen did not change his next game style: [Exploration]

As the lead player,

He deeply understood that "the advancement of the game requires the support of constantly unfolding clues and hints."

The place where he was most likely to obtain clues was probably the "church" mentioned by the miner lady. He must go there to take a look, even if it meant sneaking in secretly.

Even at the same time, he still needed to understand what the 'sister lady' knew:
"Joyce,

Can you take me to your church in the evening?"

(End of this chapter)