It is not easy to reach the land of light on the dangerous surface.
At least for nearly four months after the birth of the Land of Light, no human or alien entered the Land of Light, climbed Mount Sugard, approached the Agate Lake camp and said: I want to join here.
The only way for longing people to reach the land of light is Andrea.
When the sound of the whistle cut through the night came from the bay, it meant that Andrea had returned with the fifth batch of residents.
The Agate Lake camp then became noisy. Usually at this time, the residents would stop all the work they were doing and prepare to meet their "past selves".
"How do you let residents come to the camp?"
Lu Liwen followed Andrea's call and the twisted figure appeared next to him.
Looking at the distant bay under the night, Andrea's hull is hidden in the darkness.
"Your allies have opened a way for us..." He said.
The allies refer to the worms that are still active on the backside of Sugard Mountain. They can still come at any time if Lu Li needs them.
The Twisted Figure summoned her followers. A group of twelve Twisted Cultists and one Vine Cultist who could communicate entered the underground passage from the deep pit surrounded by a fence in the southwest of the camp and went to the other side to greet the new residents. She sat at the Agate Lake Camp. .
Lu Li will also stay, because even if he is attacked, he can't do much. But before setting off, he made a suggestion: let the welcoming team bring a resident.
This can ease the fears of new residents.
The vast stars gradually climb above the hollow, their pollution and malice have been purified, leaving only pure beauty.
The residents took out the furniture from the warehouse and moved it into the newly built shacks, brought the bedding and clothes to the square to pile them up, and boiled water from the Agate Lake so that the new residents could take a hot bath to avoid dirtying their new homes. Experience accumulated by batch of residents.
At midnight, Lu Li followed the twisted figure that sensed the return of the cultists to the underground passage.
"Don't expect anything in return..."
When the wet squirming sound echoed from the depths of the passage, the twisted figure beside him whispered.
Then, Lu Li saw the thirteen returning believers and the lost Mitra.
"What happened?"
Lu Li asked about the team that returned unchanged.
Mitra brought back bad news: all the fifth batch of residents on Andrea were dead, no one was spared, no one survived. Their corpses were piled in the belly or in the rooms, wrapped in thick layers like every part of the ship. Thick Black Mud What happened to Andrea on her way back?
"Take me there." Lu Li said, pushing open the fence door and heading towards the underground passage.
Thirteen believers followed, and Mitra also chose to follow for unknown reasons.
Moving along the dark tunnel that stretched downwards made by the worm, Lu Li found that the twisted figure was also following him.
"You should stay in the light place."
Lu Li didn't want to ruin the Agate Lake camp by leaving this time.
"Your existence is more important than the camp..." the twisted figure said.
"They don't know about my return, but they know about your departure. Maybe they are waiting for this moment."
It was never the shepherd dog that kept the wolves away from the lambs, but the hunter and his shotgun.
The twisted figure finally stayed in the camp, but another group of believers was sent to follow Lu Li.
After a boring and long hour, Lu Li arrived at the coast along the straight tunnel and boarded the port from the simple wooden ladder built by the fleeing sect.
The Twisted Believers dispersed, and Lu Li took away the oil lamp and saw Andrea on the dark sea, which was deeper and darker than the sea.
Andrea sounded the whistle for Lu Li's arrival. Whether it was an illusion or not, her whistle sounded sad.
"What is all this sludge?"
Lu Li stepped onto the deck and walked towards the cabin along the washed-out clean area.
Andrea couldn't tell what happened. Only the vine cultivator told Lu Li that it was some kind of inactivated biological slime.
Entering the cabin, black silt was pervasive in every corner of the walls, ceiling, and floor. A washed-up corpse lay nearby, as pale as if it had been soaked in sea water for more than ten hours.
Andrea may have passed through something, or been wrapped in something, and the sludge got into the cracks, killing everyone in the cabin.
Only Andrea was spared because she was the Man of Steel.
"Please help me wash away this sludge." Lu Li said to the twisted believers around him.
They dwarfed and saluted, came to the deck to start the ceremony, and manipulated the sea water to wash away the mud on Andrea's ship. After witnessing the power of the God of the Deep Sea, the twisted figures and his followers were inevitably affected by the aura of the ancient one, but
This is not a bad thing. Although the twisted figure belongs to the evil god, the power gap between him and the real evil gods in the town of gods is just like the power gap between Lu Li and it.
The influence of the ancient god's breath will change the power of him and his believers, and the "good news" is that the god of the deep sea has died, and he will not be twisted into a servant of the ancient god.
Twenty dozen twisted believers spent dozens of minutes cleaning Andrea, and finally washed the last mud into the sea that reflected the faint light.
And 79 corpses lay pale and pale on the deck, which was horrifying and sad.
Because they should have come to the shore alive, seen the stars and sunshine in the bright land, and fought for the future of mankind.
"We are all the Lord's people, and we will all return to the Lord's embrace..."
Mitra's whispered prayers came from beside her.
Old Belfast was not safe, and Lu Li could not bury them here, even at sea. He called the merchant Anthony to come to the deck, took the corpses to the Shadow Town Cemetery for burial, and sent a letter to the Swamp Mother along the way.
When the body disappears, Andrea rots, the deck is full of holes, and the corrosion and rust on the steel hull, parasitic black spots become obvious.
During five round trips in three months, the big ship did not avoid all dangers.
The vine believers approached Lu Li at this time and told him that strange things around him had noticed this place.
"Don't set sail for the time being. I will find a way to give you the power to resist."
Lu Li asked Andrea to stay in the bay to recover. Before leaving, he tried to give Andrea a little bit of humanity.
Nothing happened, the rust did not return, the rotten holes did not heal, nothing seemed to happen except the joy of Andrea's whistle, humanity did not heal or make Andrea stronger.
Maybe it was given too little humanity, but Lu Li could only wait to accumulate some humanity before trying again.
After saying goodbye to Andrea, Lu Li and the Twisted and Vine Cultists returned to the Agate Lake camp before the strange approach.
When Lu Li and the others returned to the Agate Lake camp, the warm atmosphere had long since disappeared. People who had already heard the bad news moved away and made arrangements, working sadly and quietly, no longer smiling.
The long-lost crisis once again reminds people of the terrible times we live in today.