Two hundred and fifty-two. Evacuation, encounter, lost
The strange era has arrived, and neither the main continent nor the desolate land will have a good time.
The Cultivated Garden and the Lennon Islands are particularly miserable. The former, Yin Shi, who came as a monster, has long been trapped in the claws of the monster and turned into a paradise. The latter was shattered by powerful force, turning from dozens of islands into hundreds of broken islands.
And the people above.
Because at the beginning of the Strange Era, the Lennon Islands became a secluded paradise in the eyes of human beings, where there was no weirdness and no disputes. Looking back now, it is difficult to say whether it was some kind of scam to gather humans.
Among the people Lu Li was familiar with, Qiao Qiao and Aunt Mary once sailed to the Lennon Islands to settle.
Lu Li looked in the direction he came from. Indescribable things in the primitive darkness were encroaching. He had no possibility of turning back. If he continued to move forward, he might face the vast unknown sea.
Lu Li could only give up the humanity he held. Although he tended to consume his humanity in the land of light, he could not return and could only return his humanity to the world on a desolate island.
The weird and crazy humanity spreads invisible and contaminates the island under your feet.
The islands where plants grew due to the arrival of the mainland are full of life. Dew-covered buds poke out of the soil, and growing trees extend their tree canopies. The dark and moist soil produces mushrooms, moss and vines climbing along the trees like snakes, and the sharp tips of insects
The cry rang out from the lush grass, and as the young bird landed on the treetops, it fell into silence. The bushes were sparsely ringing, and unknown beasts were walking through them——
This is the true life that neither the breath of humanity nor the Treespeaker can bring.
Lu Li quietly looked down at the baby bird that had fallen on the branch and stared at him with its head tilted.
It is foreseeable that this place will become a fertile ground for life, but how long will the weirdness keep it pure?
The answer is very quickly.
Lu Li had already heard the distant and wild low-frequency tremors echoing. He left this island of life with his remaining humanity.
The darkness behind gradually eats away at the island
In any case, this dying world has received a little help.
Hiding in the other world, Lu Li, who only retains hundreds of human parts, no longer attracts the weird ones, at least not that much. He continues to move towards the remote broken island in the southeast direction, avoiding the chasing weird ones.
What can be expected is that the weirdness that comes with Lu Li will stay in the broken Lennon Islands for a long time, causing some trouble for the local weirdness.
Lu Li, who has escaped the pursuit, continues to drift along the Broken Island. When night falls, the black meat mountain will emerge from the sea like an island, spewing a strange mist.
There are fewer and fewer islands along the way, and the surface is becoming increasingly desolate and dilapidated.
Occasionally, Lu Li saw some simple buildings covering the surface of the island, most of which were deserted and a few were occupied by strange ethnic groups.
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The ecology of the Lennon Islands is similar to that of the two continents but different - the strange creatures nesting on the broken Lennon Islands are mostly amphibians. Their limbs have undegenerated flippers and fins similar to those of frogs and fish. Their gills,
Similar to the deep divers from Innsmouth, but not as strong, and their short and stooped body is like a poor parody.
It is hard to believe that these groups of people rolling in the mud and taking a nap on the shore can defeat a group of trained human soldiers.
On the dark and deep sea, the outline of an island emerged.
Lu Li settled here temporarily because he hadn't encountered a new island for a long time. He guessed that he should have arrived at the southernmost point of the broken Lennon Islands.
But what surprised Lu Li was that he recognized this place and had been here before——
[Plankaner Town: Facing a desolate land, you are no longer lonely; backed by rocky mountains, it is like a small Belfast; with a beautiful environment, you can enjoy the unique golden beach; with a refuge cave, you are no longer afraid of tsunami storms...]
The plaque buried in the gravel stands crookedly on the edge of the ruined town. The picture has completely faded, leaving only mottled writing.
He once came with the God of the Deep Sea to retrieve the power left here.
The strange-shaped mountain in the center of the island - like solidified dry flour cut open by a kitchen knife - is only half of the rocky mountain.
When you left last time, the island was splitting, and the other half was floating to nowhere?
Lu Li had no intention of looking for the other half of the island, but while wandering around the ruined town, he accidentally discovered a cellar, with dead bones and old things scattered in the darkness, and a stone slab placed next to his finger bones.
[The sun shines there, and everything jumps for life, and evil spirits dare not step in, just because there is eternal light]
This is a long poem about Paradise Valley.
What followed turned into twisted words carved into seals:
[Mia, I can’t hold it anymore, the secret room between No. 23 and No. 24 of the refuge cave, the thing I left you is there, you know what the key is - I love you]
The text at the back was erased with a sharp weapon.
It should have been left by the residents when the town of Plankaner still existed.
But had Paradise Valley been spread by then? Or had it always been a rumor, just placed in the Eternal Forest by people from weird times?
Lu Li swept through the scattered empty cans, left the cellar, continued to search the town, and found stone slabs in another cellar.
[She is surrounded by vast forests, far away from disputes. Animals gather here, plants are still growing, and honey-like rivers flow. People who escape the world migrate here, it is like paradise]
The other half of the poem "Paradise Valley" is engraved on it. Not surprisingly, the owner of the cellar should be "Mia".
However, there is no body here. "Mia" should have died somewhere else - it is impossible for there to be any survivors. Lu Li had already confirmed it when he came here last time.
On the other half of the island?
Lu Li continued to drift southeast along the broken traces, passing by a low island that seemed to be split off, and found another half of a broken mountain island not far away about a few nautical miles away.
The force of division lingered at the break. Lu Li entered the refuge cave from the other side, followed the faded numbers to find No. 23, and then passed through the rock wall between it and the unclear No. 24 in Mohu.
An oil lamp lit up in this secret room. The cramped and narrow space could only accommodate a single bed and a desk.
A skeleton in a long skirt lay on the bed, an empty can lay in the corner, and a notebook and a strange thing were gathering dust on the desk.
Lu Li picked up the note and opened it.
[When you hear the singing, close your eyes; when you see the shadow claw reaching for the light, step on it...]
[Ten children from the royal city are running around for food; one chokes to death and cannot be saved, leaving only nine out of ten. Nine children from the royal city...]
[At the foot of the back of the world, walking is an exorcist with black hair and black eyes...]
The songs you have heard and those you have not heard are recorded above.
Now that the Land of Light no longer needs these, Lu Li put the things back to their original places and left the secret room.
Arriving at the cave, Lu Li saw a pure black stone placed on the edge of the cliff, surging with familiar power.
As Lu Li approached it, the scene outside the cave gradually changed:
Just like clouds after a storm, the sky is covered with gloom, and on the leaden sea, countless ships are coming in and out of the harbor.
Thick smoke spewed from the steam engine rose from the chimney, and the giant cruise ship with its whistle slowly sailed through the crowded port and anchored in the bustling port with colorful flags flying and crowds of people.