Time seemed to suddenly become very slow. In the darkness and the approaching heat, Nina felt that her mind was spinning uncontrollably——
She seemed to recall her childhood. She recalled running up and down the antique shop with her uncle to "help", but made everything into a mess. She recalled her uncle explaining the stories behind those "antiques" to her.
In the end, it was all made up. I recalled the first time I went to school, the first time I saw a steam engine in a textbook, the first time I got praise from the teacher, the first time I made friends... and the first time I lost friends.
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She felt like her mind was in a mess, and her consciousness was becoming more and more confused.
Smoke has begun to seep into the room little by little, affecting breathing and thoughts.
And those disturbing memories all ended up being swallowed up by flames.
A fire...a fire that only existed in her memory seemed to be burning in front of her eyes again.
Nina stared blankly at the ground not far away, as if the ground would suddenly burst into flames in the next second, but at this moment, she suddenly felt a cold hand touching her forehead.
"Are you okay?" Shirley looked at her "friend" a little worriedly, "Suddenly her eyes froze...
She kept mumbling something." "I...I'm fine," Nina quickly shook her head and grabbed Shirley's arm, "Thank you...it was just sudden.
I think of my family." "My family..." Shirley was startled when she heard these words, and then seemed to casually/p)
Who is in your family?"
"There is only one uncle... My parents passed away many years ago, and I grew up with my uncle," Nina thought for a while, then slowly buried her head in her knees, "I promised him to go home early today...
"
"You...you should have a good relationship with your uncle, right?" Shirley seemed a little uncomfortable with this kind of topic, and didn't know how to comfort her friend. She said as if she had nothing to say, "What does he do?
"
"He is just an ordinary person. Our family opened an antique store in Xiacheng District, and he manages it alone..." Nina said slowly, and after noticing Shirley's surprised expression, she quickly waved her hand, "It's not you.
The kind of fancy antique store I thought of, without any real items.
"That sounds awesome!" Shirley quickly complimented, "Manager! You have a store of your own. How can I
I'm afraid it's in Xiacheng District... Then your family's life should be pretty good, right?"
"Actually, it's very average," Nina continued waving her hands, "Uncle was not in very good health a few years ago, and the students in the store
I’m not very happy, and I haven’t saved much money... But I think my uncle is really good. He can even chat with Mr. Morris for a long time! He knows a lot of things, and Mr. Morris said that he is a knowledgeable person..."
After listening to Nina's story, Shirley pretended to be serious and nodded: "Then I must get to know your uncle after we go out...
Nina laughed. Just as she was about to open her mouth to say something, she suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the direction of the door.
-The next second, the door of the water room, which was not very strong, was kicked open by someone from the outside, and it fell down with a clang.
Come!
The moment she saw this scene, Nina's first reaction was that the fire in the corridor outside would explode because the door was broken and sweep in. This was the knowledge she learned in school, but the next second, she only saw
I saw a familiar figure stepping into the door - the expected flames did not appear.
Shirley was also startled by the loud bang of the door breaking. She looked back in shock, and her whole body froze when she saw the figure at the door.
She saw the shadow incarnation of the subspace standing quietly at the door, and in the corner of her eye, the last flame was crawling and retreating at the feet of the figure. She stood up in shock, and wanted to retreat with a hint of fear -
-For a hundredth of a second, she even considered sending Nina, her new "friend" away, but before she could take any action, Nina had already stood up behind her.
"Uncle Duncan?!" Nina looked at the figure appearing at the door in surprise. At this moment, it seemed that all the fear and depression disappeared with the appearance of that figure.
"Nina?" Duncan also looked at the girl with some surprise - he actually found this place by following the "mark" left on Shirley. He originally planned to find Shirley as a helper and then continue to search the remaining items in the museum together.
Part of me didn't expect to see Nina directly here.
The next second, his eyes fell on Shirley.
Let's put it this way... According to what I heard through the "imprint" before, the person talking to Shirley was Nina... The "classmate" that Nina said she wanted to go with before was Shirley?!
His mind quickly turned around, and Duncan already understood. Then he noticed the rapidly changing expression on Shirley's face. Before the summoner who had a "fate" with him spoke, he took a step forward.
, looked around: "It looks like you are all fine."
The next second, he noticed that there was a third person in the room: a young lady in a long skirt who was in a coma.
He fell to the ground, but seemed to be still alive.
At this time, Shirley finally recovered her ability to think. She suddenly recalled what Nina had just said to her. After a while, her neck was stiff and she slowly turned her head, with a ghostly look on her face: "Nina...he
Is it...your uncle?"
"Yes!" Nina said happily, and then she threw herself on Duncan in a few steps, "Uncle, why are you here?! The fire outside has been put out?!"
"Not yet, but the fire is under control." Duncan said casually. He knew that this vague statement must have seemed suspicious under normal circumstances, but now Nina was obviously in chaos. The frightened girl just held on with all her strength.
His arms kept chanting: "Great, I thought today was going to..."
"Okay, let's talk about it when we go out. This is not the place to talk," Duncan interrupted Nina, and then glanced at Shirley and the lady who fell on the ground, "We have to take this lady with us.
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"Ah...Okay!" Nina reacted belatedly and hurried over to pull the lady up. Shirley also immediately ran to help - but due to the height difference, this was not easy for them.
, so Duncan took a few steps forward, preparing to do it himself.
It was an amethyst pendant that looked familiar.
Duncan was stunned for a moment, and slowly recalled Mr. Morris's previous home visit, as well as some of the things revealed in the other party's conversation.
"Uncle?" Nina's voice came from the side, interrupting Duncan's thinking.
Duncan shook his head slightly, glanced at Nina, and then glanced at Shirley casually, smiling slightly: "The world is such a small place.
After saying that, he picked up the lady and then carried her on his back with the help of two girls.
The group of people left the water room. No flames could be seen in the corridor outside the water room. Even the thick smoke had mostly dissipated due to "unknown reasons". Shirley looked at the dark passage ahead and hesitated before speaking:
"Which direction to go
?”
Duncan raised his head and was about to point out the direction, but suddenly he sensed something through the "fire power" that had filled the museum. With a thought in his mind, he changed his original direction and walked quickly towards another exit next to him:
This way."
Under the active retreat and guidance of the flames, they quickly left the place, and shortly after they left, a group of figures suddenly walked around the corner of the corridor in front and appeared near the water room.
That was the team of defenders of the Church of the Deep that rushed into the fire scene before.
This team was disgraced, but the blessing of the ocean had not dissipated on everyone - they had already embraced death.
He rushed in with determination, but was unharmed because the fire in the museum suddenly subsided quickly.
"The fire here has also been extinguished... The pastor who led the team frowned slightly and muttered while observing the surrounding environment, "Even the smoke has dissipated."
"It's a good thing the fire is out." One of the guards whispered.
"It is indeed a good thing, but under normal circumstances a fire of this scale will not be extinguished so easily." The pastor said in a deep voice. Suddenly, he noticed the violently damaged door of the water room next to it.
"Someone has been here..." A guard immediately stepped forward to check, after confirming the traces near the gate.
He skillfully took out the incense burner and prayer book, and put a special set of lenses on his head.
The lens group looks like a half-helmet made of copper pipes, cranks and a series of lenses. Complex runes can be seen etched on the edges of some of the lenses.
The guard placed an incense burner on the ground, then adjusted the lens group on his head and began to observe the surrounding area.
All remaining clues.
"There is no extraordinary power left... They are a few ordinary people. The exact number cannot be determined, and the aura is very chaotic," the guard quickly reported, "They should be the tourists who were trapped before... The door was damaged inwards, it seems that someone is there
They broke the door outside and rescued the people."
Do you think you don’t have extraordinary powers?"