The dark curtain outside the cave slowly opened, and a lighthouse with a faint fluorescent light at the top stood like a rock in the turbulent dark sea water.
The dirty waves kept beating against the foundation stone of the lighthouse. They were definitely not real waves.
The surging darkness became more violent as Lu Li arrived, but it only left filthy traces on the walls of the lighthouse in vain.
It should be the darkest time of the day now - there are still an hour or two before dawn.
But it does not mean that it will be safe during the day. The plague and the infected have no reason to fear light, and the light will in turn expose the survivors.
Amid the wails of the filthy dead, Lu Li returned to the lighthouse and relaxed because of the survivors relying on each other in front of the oil lamp.
Jojo, Aunt Mary, Aunt Roseanne and the survivors are safe and sound.
The plague cannot spread up to the heights of the lighthouse.
The breeze blew against them, Qiao Qiao frowned slightly and did not wake up. The one who was awakened was Aunt Mary, who was sleeping lightly next to her.
The unusual breeze blew against her cheeks, and Aunt Mary's pale and chapped lips moved slightly. She looked around the silent lighthouse and gently shook Qiao Qiao awake: "Is Lu Li back?"
The sleepy Qiao Qiao saw Lu Li and woke up a little from the chaos: "Are you back? Yes, Aunt Mary, Lu Li is back."
The lighthouse can't hide secrets. The sleepy refugees woke up due to whispers and looked at Qiaoqiao, who was whispering to himself.
The cloth wrapped around Qiaoqiao's wound made them uneasy, and talking to the air made them uneasy.
"Who are you talking to?" the old scholar couldn't help but ask her.
Qiao Qiao looked at Lu Li and understood what Lu Li meant without relying on the note: tell them.
"That's a friend of mine. He was once... a legendary exorcist. He had just solved the evil god on the Allen Peninsula and was given the title of "ringing the death knell of the evil god". But even he is bound to die...
He came to me, and the plague and the infected were what he told me.”
Qiao Qiao slightly exaggerated the facts to gain Lu Li more trust.
But not only did she not receive the trust she wanted, she actually made the refugees fearful.
Before the noise spread, a whimpering sound suddenly came from under the heavy trap door to the top floor, suppressing the panicked voices of the evacuees.
Pat-ta-ta-
The rhythmic percussion echoed in the silent top floor.
The adults covered the children's mouths, and the women sobbed silently.
After a few minutes, the sound of movement that frightened all the refugees faded away, and an old man stood up and pointed at Qiaoqiao, accusing Lu Li in an angry whisper that did not dare to make too much noise: "It's the ghost...it brought them!"
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"You pointed in the wrong direction." Qiao Qiao had to explain: "Lu Li is here to help us, he is an exorcist..."
"It's a murderer... it's a monster... it's with them..."
But the old man and the other refugees still resist - not because of the ghost, but because of... the exorcist.
"Because of prejudice...the Lennon Islanders believed that exorcists brought the devil."
The old scholar interrupted Qiaoqiao's defense and paid tribute to the invisible souls around her: "Whether it is truth or ignorance, you saved us, and I hope you can forgive their offense."
"Exorcists bring demons? Why do they think so?" Qiao Qiao asked for Lu Li.
The old scholar told Qiao Qiao that the prejudice originated from the royal family: the people of the Lennon Islands have believed in the ancient gods with two sides since they immigrated, so they believe that everything has two sides, such as light and darkness, good and evil, life and death.
Also like The Exorcist and the Devil.
They are entangled with each other and breed with each other.
Because one side exists, the other side must also exist.
Although the old scholar is a native of the Lenon Islands, because he was saved by an exorcist when he was young, his thoughts are not as deep-rooted as those of other Lenon Islanders.
So Lu Li didn't find any trace of the Exorcist organization on "Queen's Island", maybe it doesn't exist here.
Lu Li wanted to continue asking, but the shredded paper did not have the terms investigator and exorcist, so he could only ask Qiao Qiao to sprinkle the crumpled shredded paper and piece together the broken sentences.
【God, story, telling, me】
"Lu Li wants to know the story of that god." Qiao Qiao acted as a qualified translator.
So on the top of the lighthouse surrounded by filth, the old scholar slowly talked about the god believed by the Lennon Islanders.
It is said that she sleeps in the deep sea, and when she turns over, she creates tsunamis like mountain peaks, when she takes a nap, the islands tremble, when when she is angry, hurricanes ravage the oceans, when when she is sad, she causes torrential rains that last for several years.
Ignoring the so-called "Genesis" content fabricated by the clergy, the ancient deity did not disappear in vain. She did exist and once protected the Lenon Islands.
Another ancient one?
But from the narrative, Lu Li heard that the "double-faced god" once punished a group of villains and tore the island they were on into pieces.
But the real Lennon Islands were destroyed and shattered.
Lu Li still had some questions, but the shredded words couldn't fully express what he meant.
There is a way for Lu Li to deepen his connection with "reality" and be able to speak and even control objects - that is to accept the breath of the other world.
Lu Li's rationality told him that this was already doomed, and all the efforts he put in were like fortresses piled on the beach. But his meager sensibility reminded him that he could not just sit idly by.
Jojo, Aunt Mary, the survivors here need help.
What if pure black stone really has the power to change reality?
In the end, Lu Li embarked on the same path as Anna - after he no longer refused, the thin atmosphere of the other world infected his soul. As if shaping a body, Lu Li's soul appeared in the sight of everyone at the lighthouse.
Most people felt scared, only Jojo and Mary Poppins became relieved and sad.
Lu Li tried to close the connection with the other world, but there was still a weak pollution that continued to overflow into his soul.
An invisible hourglass begins to measure time.
Lu Li continued to ask the old scholar about the "two-faced god" and then asked him about the three major organizations.
The Night's Watch does not have a station on the Lennon Islands, but the Demon Slayer Association and the Investigator Base do exist. The old scholar told Lu Li a location where he could find the clues he wanted.
When investigating the truth behind the destruction of the archipelago, he will inevitably come into contact with the exorcist, so this clue will be needed. But in addition, Lu Li also has to help the lighthouse refugees leave.
Regardless of the countdown to the destruction of the Lennon Islands, or the spreading plague.
His time is running out.
"Lu Li...Sir, can you find rescue for us?"
Lu Li broke away from his thoughts and shook his head: "Without rescue, the entire archipelago is shrouded in crisis. The only way to survive is to go to sea and leave the Lennon Islands."
Waves of subtle whispers sounded on the top floor. They could not completely trust Lu Li, and were frightened into silence by the sound of movement under the trap door.
Looking out the window, the east is still dark and dark, with less than an hour until dawn.
"Lu Li, what happened to you and Anna..." Aunt Mary asked softly at this time.
