Deep Sea Embers

In the end, Duncan couldn't dig out any more memories from his mind.

Although the original owner of this body did care about Nina, and things related to Nina were indeed the most profound memories in his mind, years of illness, alcohol, and drug abuse have seriously damaged these things. When the cultist named Ron exhaled his last breath, there were not many tender memories of his family left in his numb mind.

The only thing that is certain is that there was indeed a fire eleven years ago, which happened in the downtown area - that fire took the lives of Nina's biological parents and permanently changed the trajectory of the child's life.

This may be a coincidence, but it is more likely that this matter is really related to the "sun fragments" that these Sun Cultists are looking for.

The accidental appearance of sun fragments caused a fire in the city, innocent citizens lost their lives, and a child became an orphan in the fire. A few years later, the child's only remaining relatives actually degenerated into evil spirits who followed the sun fragments. One of the believers...

Somehow, there seems to be an evil fate that revolves around the sun, as if it is trapped by gravity.

At this moment, someone from the surrounding believers suddenly spoke, interrupting Duncan's thoughts: "I have inquired about some information among the surrounding residents these days, and I have never heard that there was anything famous in Xiacheng District eleven years ago. The fire... Someone mentioned that there was a leak in a factory, and the poisonous gas leaked from the storage tank spread for several blocks, causing many people to hallucinate and go crazy. This incident was even reported in the newspapers at the time. "

Duncan looked up in surprise and saw that the person speaking was an ordinary-looking female cultist.

But before he could seriously think about what the other party said, he noticed that the cult leader's eyes turned to him: "Compatriot, you happen to be a local here. Do you know the situation in this regard?"

Duncan was startled, and suddenly realized that he had become the focus of the scene - for this group of out-of-town believers who were trying to collect information, he, a local who "lived in the Lower Town of Puland", was undoubtedly good information. source!

Noticing several glances coming from around him, he thought for a moment and came up with his words: "I didn't live here eleven years ago, so I don't know the specific situation, but I did hear people mention the leaks from the factory..."

While he was perfunctory like this, he looked at the female cultist who spoke just now: "Eleven years ago, was there really no fire in Xiacheng District?"

"At least that's what I heard," the believer nodded. "According to what I heard, there hasn't been a major fire in the lower town of Puland for at least twenty years...such as There are small fires such as kitchen fires, but that is obviously not considered.”

Duncan blinked and said nothing.

He clearly remembered that Nina's parents died in the fire eleven years ago! The memory fragments in his mind even include the image of "himself" rushing out of the fire with Nina!

What went wrong? Did something go wrong when this body inherited the memory? Or is it that the fire was not in Xiacheng District? Or... it's just because the cultist in front of him failed to find out the real situation...

There was a faint doubt in his heart, because the matter involved Nina and "himself", he subconsciously paid attention to this matter, and at this moment, he heard another voice coming from the opposite side, it was the man named Xue Li's girl: "The factory leak incident eleven years ago... was it the one that happened in Block 6?"

"Sixth Block? Hmm... It seems right," the female believer nodded. "It is said that this incident had a great impact at that time, because the chemical substances left many people with sequelae. Many residents of Xiacheng District still remember it today. Hold it."

Several believers nearby heard the words and nodded in agreement. It seemed that they had also heard about the same situation.

"Factory leak..." The leader in the center of the assembly hall suddenly broke the silence, and his deep and majestic voice also interrupted the conversation among the believers at the scene. "The production accident on the surface is most likely an extraordinary event disguised by the authorities. And it happened to be this point eleven years ago... This is a very important clue. Next, we will investigate in this direction to see if this so-called factory leak points to the sacred sun fragment."

The believers at the scene immediately nodded in agreement, and then, the masked leader said: "In addition, we must not only pay attention to the extraordinary events that happened in the lower city eleven years ago, but also pay attention to the recent events in the city-state of Puland. Something unusual.

"Although the sun fragment is still sleeping, its day of awakening is approaching, and its activity is increasing every day. Four years ago, our fellow church members tried to awaken the fragment in advance, although the attempt failed at that time, even due to The failure of the ritual led to the crazy strangulation of the Deep Sea Church, but the attempt at that time was not completely ineffective - the stimulation of the awakening ritual further deepened the connection between the sun fragment and the real world, which was enough for it to be destroyed in a short period of time before it was completely awakened. Having the power to interfere with reality may help us find it.

"Recently, pay more attention to the newspapers and rumors on the streets in the city-state. All seemingly unusual events may point to the sun fragments. Don't let go of any clues. Do you understand?"

The believers lowered their heads and respectfully accepted the order, while Duncan noticed another key point mentioned by the leader:

four years ago!

Four years ago, the Deep Sea Church of the city-state of Puland did destroy the largest solar heresy stronghold in the city in one fell swoop. It is said that the incident was extremely massive at the time, and it was also the battle for the current city-state judge "Fana" to establish his authority—— After that, the Sun Cultists in this city failed to recover until today.

All this time, Duncan had only known this part of the superficial information. Now it seems that the truth of this matter was because the Sun Cultists in the city wanted to wake up the sun fragments sleeping somewhere in advance? !

Unknowingly, a series of truths hidden in the past were revealed in front of Duncan. He quickly combined the known pieces of information in his mind, and at the same time thought about how to get more information from these cultists, but... At this moment, a strange smell suddenly penetrated his nostrils.

It smelled like burning sulfur, mixed with a sour and pungent smell like some kind of chemical.

The next second, the surrounding ordinary believers also smelled the pungent and obvious smell. Some of them looked at each other, as if looking for the source of the smell. The leader standing in the center of the assembly hall reacted instantly. He suddenly came from He took out a talisman imitating the sun from his arms - that talisman was exactly the same as the sun talisman carried by Duncan, and its surface was burning with illusory translucent flames!

The pungent smell came from the flames.

"Dirty impurities...the flame has been deceived!" The leader glanced at the burning sun amulet, and his voice was filled with shock and anger, "There is a heretic lurking among us!"

There was an uproar at the scene. Duncan's first reaction was that he had been exposed. Although he didn't know how he was exposed, the sun amulet carried by the leader seemed to have finally identified himself as a "heretic" who did not believe in the sun at all.

Thinking of this, he sighed slightly and was about to release the doves, but before he could make any move, he heard another sigh coming from the opposite side——

The sigh came from the girl in the black dress, a girl named Shirley. She shook her head regretfully: "I knew Agou was unreliable, and the disguise couldn't last three hours."

Before she finished speaking, a ball of pitch-black flame suddenly exploded next to the girl!

The flame came out of thin air, in the shape of fire, but as dark as a shadow. It ignited on the girl's arm, and spread to nearly one-third of her body in one second. The next moment, Shirley's right half They all seemed to have turned into black firewood. During the crackling sound, the flames flowed down, and the part in the air turned into a dark chain. The part that fell on the ground condensed into a jagged skeleton in the blink of an eye. Burning monster!

It was a pitch-black demon dog, a huge dog that was as tall as half a man. Its body seemed to be made up of countless twisted and stacked bones. The place that should have been flesh and blood was filled with burning black fire and squirming flesh. The shadow, its head is rugged and ferocious, and the places where the eyes should be are empty. There is only blood-red light mist inside, filled with boundless hunger and malice!

A dark chain extended from the giant dog's neck, all the way to "Shirley's" arm, and actually blended into the girl's body.

"The Nether Hound...the summoner of the Annihilation Sect?!" The leader in the center of the assembly hall was shocked and angry when he saw this scene. "What does this mean?! Are you guys who worship Netherworld going to war with the followers of the sun?!" "