There weren't many pedestrians on the streets. In recent years, Earth's death rate had been terrifyingly high, but the birth rate was pathetically low. Most human cities didn't have many people.
However, the population of this city was clearly abnormally low. In such a large city, one or two people would occasionally pass by in a hurry.
Li Xuan was very disappointed. "I originally thought that the headquarters of the Federation Freedom Investigation Bureau was in Xinde City. This should be a rather bustling city, but I never expected it to be so desolate."
"It's indeed a little abnormal. Before coming, I read the news online. Xinde City has a population of three to four million. It's impossible for there to be so few people. I wonder what happened." Zhou Wen was also somewhat puzzled.
"Why don't we just ask?" When Li Xuan saw a pedestrian pass by on the street in front of him, he flashed to the person's side and took out a huge bill. He extended his hand and waved it in front of the person. "Why are there so few people in Xinde City? Tell me what happened here and this is yours."
The person was immediately delighted as he reached out to grab the money in Li Xuan's hand.
"Let's talk about it first." Li Xuan retracted his hand, making the person miss.
"Most people moved to New Horse City. Now, the number of people left in Xinde City isn't even a tenth of its original number," the person said as he stared at the bill in Li Xuan's hand.
"Why did they move away?" Li Xuan continued asking.
"It's all because of the rumors." The person said something that surprised Zhou Wen and Li Xuan. This matter had something to do with Pandora's Demon Palace.
In the myths and legends of the West District, Pandora was a beautiful woman created by God and given to humans as a gift.
At the same time, the gods gave Pandora a Pandora box. Every deity left a gift in the Pandora box.
After Pandora came to the human world, she was driven by curiosity and opened the Pandora box. However, there wasn't any real gift from the Pandora box. Instead, curses such as disasters, plagues, and war flew out.
Pandora was alarmed as she hurriedly closed the Pandora box, but she closed the "hope" that the Goddess of Wisdom Athena had left in the box.
From then on, the human world was filled with all sorts of disasters. Disasters, plagues, diseases, and wars constantly broke out. There was no longer a moment of peace.
Pandora's Demon Palace was said to be Pandora's residence, but until now, no one had seen what Pandora looked like.
But recently, someone had spread the news that Pandora had appeared and would soon open the Pandora's Box. The surrounding area would probably become a dead zone.
Therefore, many people in Xin De City who had the ability to move to other human cities, most of them went to the nearby Xin Ma City, choosing to observe from there.
After saying that, the man reached out and snatched the money, turned around and ran. As he ran, he said, "You guys should leave too. It's only a few days before Pandora opens the box."
"I want to see what that Pandora looks like. I heard that the mythical Pandora is an extremely beautiful woman," Li Xuan said with a smile.
However, Zhou Wen said with a bitter smile, "Don't mess around. From the myths and legends, Pandora might very well be a Calamity-grade existence. Otherwise, there wouldn't be all sorts of legends about disasters."
Zhou Wen was rather cautious in reality. Even if he now had the strength to fight a Calamity, a Calamity still had the possibility of killing him. It wasn't worth risking his life.
He originally wanted to enter Pandora's Demon Palace to take a look, but since there was such a thing, Zhou Wen gave up on the idea. After all, nine out of ten times he entered dimensional zones in real life, something would happen.
Under such circumstances, Zhou Wen didn't dare enter.
Now, Zhou Wen planned on heading outside Pandora's Demon Palace to take a look. If he could find the tiny palm symbol, he would download a dungeon. If he couldn't, he didn't plan on entering. After all, there were dimensional creatures that were suspected to have the attribute of misfortune elsewhere. There was no need to be hung up on one tree.
Li Xuan was just saying it. If Zhou Wen didn't enter, he didn't really want to take the risk.
Zhou Wen held Ya 'er's hand as the three of them arrived near the Demon Palace. They saw a program crew filming at the entrance of the Demon Palace.
"It's Su Yi!" Li Xuan's eyes lit up when he saw the host.
Zhou Wen traced his gaze and saw the female host he often saw on television and the Internet. Zhou Wen knew her from her face, but he didn't know her name.
She looked even prettier in real life than on television. She had long brown hair and fair skin. Her facial features were well-defined and angular, making her look very flirtatious. She had the style of having fiery red lips. She couldn't be described as quiet at all.
As the program crew was at the entrance, Zhou Wen and company didn't go over. They wanted to wait for them to leave before heading over to avoid trouble.
For a media outlet like the Federation Freedom Investigation Bureau, they were very well-informed. Zhou Wen had previously been in the limelight on the Rubik's Cube rankings. If they saw him, they would definitely come over to take photos.
"It's not convenient for you to go over. I'll go take a look first. After all, I'm not a celebrity." Li Xuan greeted Zhou Wen and walked towards the program crew.
Zhou Wen looked around and saw that the Demon Palace was built between two mountains. Only the door was exposed, and the rest was in the valley.
After observing from afar for a while, he discovered a tiny palm symbol on the stone wall beside the door.
There really is one. Zhou Wen was delighted. He planned on downloading the dungeon after the program crew left. Then, he would figure out the situation of the Demon Palace in-game before deciding if he wanted to enter.
Zhou Wen turned to look at Li Xuan and saw that he was chatting passionately with Su Yi. He didn't know how they had managed to strike up a conversation.
After a while, Li Xuan walked over to him with Su Yi.
"Old Zhou, let me introduce you. This is the hottest female host in the Federation, Su Yi … Su Yi … This is my best friend …"
Before Li Xuan could finish his sentence, Su Yi took the initiative to say, "There shouldn't be anyone in the Federation who doesn't know Mr. Zhou, right? What's more, people like us who do news. Nice to meet you, Mr. Zhou. You are the pride of us humans. "
"Just call me Zhou Wen." Zhou Wen glanced at Li Xuan and blamed him for being a busybody. Why did he bring Su Yi over for no reason?
"Old Zhou, it's like this. I heard from Su Yi that the matter of Pandora opening the Pandora's Box is just a rumor. They are now doing a program to refute it," Li Xuan said.
"Rumor? Are you sure? " Zhou Wen was somewhat surprised. If it was just a rumor, wasn't the power of this rumor a little too strong for it to cause almost everyone in Xinde City to leave?
Su Yi said, "Although I can't be 100% sure and I don't know who spread the rumor, there are clearly traces of a mastermind and hype. It's not news that spread through normal channels. Furthermore, we haven't found the source of the news until now. Previously, we had companions enter the Demon Palace to record the situation, but they didn't discover anything abnormal in the Demon Palace. "
"That's strange. What benefits does creating such a rumor benefit the mastermind?" Zhou Wen frowned in thought.
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