The cart stopped at the feet of the banyan tree guard. Yurika straightened her aching waist and waited for the living tree to hang down the note. Like a child grabbing a piece of candy, five or six tons of bricks and rocks were piled next to it, waiting to be taken away together.
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"What are you counting?"
Next to him, Lance, who was preparing to take over for Eureka and was mastering the process, tried his best not to look up at the banyan tree guard and asked in a low voice.
"How many yuan did I transport, do you want to count?" Eureka shook her waist: "There are at least a dozen people doing the same job. How many yuan did we transport today? Thousands of yuan?"
Lance shook his head and his cheek muscles swayed: "No, I used to count 20 times a month, and 1 number meant I was hungry for a day."
Counting is a pain etched into Lance's soul.
Eureka said nothing, patted Lance on the shoulder, and took the cart back to the busy construction site.
"Aren't you going to go back and rest?" Lance found that Eureka had no intention of leaving.
"We'll go back after we've moved 100 yuan. It doesn't matter if we sleep a little later." Eureka chuckled nonchalantly and changed the subject: "Do you think we will have a chance to visit the temple after it is built?"
"Visit? You don't want your head anymore?"
Before Lance could speak, neighbor Yule, who was passing by carrying tools, shouted.
"You won't die if you are contaminated anyway."
The camp residents' rejection of believers is gradually decreasing, especially after the "Indelible Love" incident, and they have some expectations for the "rebirth" after the end of human life.
"But it must be for our own good that the temple is hidden from us." Yule walked away quickly without stopping.
"Lance, what do you think?"
Eureka tries to identify with the residents she just met.
But what he cares about is another aspect: "Can we still drink the water from Agate Lake..."
"I don't care, and the exorcist will find a way to solve the pollution." Eureka replied. He is not one of those aristocratic rich people. People with mysophobia must either adapt to it or die. There is no third option.
"I mean, will we be prohibited from using the water from Agate Lake? We can no longer use it for drinking and washing clothes as we do now..." Lance looked up at the top of the dark rock wall above his head, as if through a thick layer of rock.
See the temple built at the bottom of the deep agate lake.
"Come and move the rocks!"
A loud shout interrupted Eureka and Lance who were about to speak. They backed the cart to the new bricks and rocks, and worked together to push the polished bricks and rocks backed by logs onto the cart.
"I think absolutely not."
Eureka and Lance pushed the creaking cart together and said firmly: "The Exorcist will not do that, and neither will his allies."
Blindly trusting Lu Li is a "virtue" possessed by almost all humans, at least in the Main Continent. People in the desolate land may have slightly different views...
He said to the thinking Lance: "Stop guessing, we just need to do what we can do, and let the exorcist help us with other problems..."
"We can't always rely on exorcists..."
"So in addition to doing what we can do, we also study. I want to become a pharmacist...the ninety-fourth one!"
Thirty minutes later.
After moving the 100th block, Eureka and Lance said goodbye to the others and followed the scattered residents up the long steps.
When the stars returned to the surface, Eureka raised her head with her mouth slightly open, immersed in the magnificence and mystery of the vast galaxy with eagerness and concentration as usual.
The residents he passed by made him regain consciousness, and he followed the crowd to enjoy dinner in the square under the night.
There were chatter from people who had been busy all day. Eureka listened quietly, ate quietly, and then returned to her quiet home under the cover of night.
The dim light from the stars outside the window made the quiet room seem lonely. To a certain extent, Eureka preferred to have someone to talk to during the day and when he was working.
Resting on the silence and serenity of the night, an ordinary resident in the Agate Lake camp gradually fell asleep.
…
"April 14th..."
"Elena" who came to the hut on the island in the middle of the lake to listen to the plan was distracted by the time: "It was my sister's birthday..."
That day was Elena's birthday. At this moment, she had already been trapped in the whirlpool and became a part of it.
This coincidence is like a sad last word.
The first thing to be overwhelmed by sadness was the twisted figure. The outline of "Elena" gradually blurred, like a scene reflected in a broken mirror.
"Firolina..." Mother of the Swamp called to the twisted figure surrounded by pain: "Strong will, everything we do is to break the vortex and rescue your sister."
"Elena...may have died in the confrontation with the Ember Zone."
"You should be grateful for your trust in your sister..." The whisper of the Swamp Mother came from the Crown of Thorns: "She is waiting for us, she knows what to do..."
The twisted figure gradually calmed down under the comfort, and retracted its body like tentacles of breath.
"How long will it take for the temple to be completed?" Lu Li asked at this time.
"Maybe a week, maybe ten days."
"Just stones can't build a temple, you need craftsmen to help you turn bricks and rocks into buildings."
"Some of my followers were craftsmen and they knew how to do it..."
Believers will not forget their memories as humans, so they can also be regarded as humans who have gained power.
It seems that the construction of the temple does not require people on the ground to worry too much.
On the day when we started making plans, a new duty was added to the Agate Lake camp: observing the ruins of old Belfast, mainly the Whirlpool, Ember Zone, and other forbidden areas.
This position was given by Lu Li to a team of knights who had come to the Land of Light as "guards". After they arrived, they were thrown into the residential area as ordinary residents, and received labor and study arrangements like everyone else.
It is obviously a waste to treat these knights who abide by the commandments and are capable of fighting as ordinary residents.
Although it would be equally wasteful to have them just stay in camp and observe.
At noon the next day, the ten trainee exorcists returned to the camp peacefully.
They were treated like heroes, and Hades even gave everyone a kiss. They were a little uncomfortable, but they still accepted the closeness of this venerable exorcist, elder, and teacher.
After giving them a few days to rest, Lu Li was invited by the Mother of the Swamp to Princess Roland's Villa to attend the afternoon tea of the two gods.
The maid who led the way retreated, and the Swamp Mother approached Lu Li. Her beautiful silhouette shimmering with light was low due to her carapace, and her cheek was close to Lu Li's.
When the two faces were about to touch, Lu Li stepped back to avoid his kiss.
"This is a way to express closeness, why refuse me..." Swamp Mother was puzzled.
"I'm not used to being too close to others."
"Prudent Exorcist..." Swamp Mother regained her straight posture and looked down at the calm Lu Li who was standing there.
Then Crown of Thorns lowered its branches and gently touched Lu Li's face.