Perhaps I was living in the desolate, so no one came to visit.

大概是我心里住了荒凉，所以不曾有人来访。

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To carry on the work would involve living in desolate lands.

要进行这项工作，他们就必须居住在荒天野地里。

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I've been to the desolate lands, wandered by those souls who still see the lands of the living but wear the cloak of the dead.

我曾经到过一个荒凉的大陆，困惑于那些虽已身披死亡的外衣却依旧守望着大陆上云云众生的那些亡魂。

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The area remains largely desolate, with most residents living elsewhere.

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