Lu Li got out of the cave, and the night was about to cover this farmland far away from civilization.
Before returning to the carriage, Lu Li collected some wood and coal from the abandoned village, dipped it in kerosene and rags to make torches, and piled them in the carriage.
Before the strange fog spread to the land and disaster struck, Lu Li drove to the last destination of his trip, Cape Wang.
The night meant that the journey was difficult, but only the journey was difficult. The slower speed allowed Kate to have a good sleep and also allowed them to arrive at Cape Wang just in time for dawn.
The moist sea fog rolled over Wanghaijiao, blowing against the lonely carriage. Lu Li looked at the smoke rising in the distance, moved his stiff and cold body, and retrieved the doomsday apocalypse that was placed on the horse as he got closer and closer to the small town of Wanghaijiao.
The horse neighed, its front hooves went limp, and it almost fell.
But now it can take a good rest.
"Are we there?"
The shaking woke Kate up, and her face was frighteningly pale. The bad road did not eliminate the sleepiness and fatigue from the night before.
When the sea fog was about to dissipate, the carriage slowly drove into this small town built on the coast.
This place is more like a desolate village than a town. Low, simple thatched wooden houses are spread out scatteredly, and poor people wander on the muddy dirt roads.
The arrival of Lu Li and Kate attracted the attention of the locals.
They are xenophobic, or wary of outsiders. This direct gaze makes Kate feel uncomfortable.
"Strangers, why are you here?"
"The 'Mother' of Bay Town asked us to come here." Lu Li answered the local old man's inquiry, "We are looking for a spiritual sculpture."
The old man, who seemed to be the mayor, simply replied: "There is nothing here..."
The locals did not stop Lu Li and Kate from entering Wanghaijiao.
After tying the carriage outside Wanghaiya Town, Lu Li and Kate stepped inside. There was no strange atmosphere or suspicious figures, but more curiosity and following.
Follow the trodden road deep into the town, and as you approach, the reason why this town was changed to Wanghai Cliff Town is a low, gentle cliff facing the sea.
The deep and unknown ocean stretches endlessly, but you are not alone on the cliff overlooking the sea.
A longhouse schoolhouse was built on the edge of the mountain promontory. Children were studying inside. When Lu Li arrived, chants symbolizing hope could be heard from inside.
The time is wrong.
The breeze coming from the dark Dead Sea blew the ends of his hair and the corners of his clothes, and Lu Li suddenly realized.
"Mother"'s prophecy about Heim and the Spiritual Sculpture, the Ghoul King's commission is about the future, and the present is a farmland where nothing has happened yet.
The question once again returns to what Lu Li was thinking about before: the pure black stone allowed him to return to the time before the destruction of the Lennon Islands, so what did he want to do when he allowed himself to return to the past of the Farmland Garden?
"Where are you from?"
Childish curiosity arose, and a little girl with braided braids looked up at Lu Li and Kate.
"Lennon Islands." Kate replied. To her surprise, the little girl replied that she knew there.
"You know?"
The little girl nodded: "Many big ships come from there."
If there were no weirdness, Heim would also integrate into civilization over time.
Lu Li asked about the local rumors in Wanghaiya. The little girl thought for a while and said, "Mom said that if you go out at night, you will be eaten by monsters."
All parents scare their children like this.
In addition, there are some specious legends that are also spread in the Main Continent and the Desolate Land.
There are no clues in Wanghai Cliff.
On the way back to the town from the cliff, Lu Li felt some hidden gazes and following him. He deliberately took Kate into an alley and blocked them at the entrance.
They were all local residents, and they seemed to be neither cultists nor gangsters.
But no one will write their identity on their face.
"Why are you following us?"
"You shouldn't have appeared...you are a variable."
Lu Li happily accepted their appearance - when there are no clues, any change can become a new clue.
"What do you know?"
"Get out of here...don't force us."
Lu Li wanted to ask something else, but they turned and ran away.
"We'll follow."
Lu Li followed closely behind, slowing down after they entered the alley, keeping some distance from the alley and walking around to the front.
A crooked, dark and empty alley appeared.
"They're gone." Kate gasped, holding her belly.
Lu Li looked around the alley, then suddenly walked towards a pile of door panels piled in the corner, reached out and opened them.
A few silent eyes with suppressed gasps looked from under the door panel.
…
"Please forgive them, they are just a group of poor people..."
"They said my appearance was a change." Lu Li calmly looked at the mayor with a wry smile.
The captured villagers were chasing and rolling around in the yard outside the window.
"Because no outsiders have been here for a long time..."
The mayor proved that the villagers were really just a bunch of stupid people.
Kate felt nothing, but Lu Li, who came from a strange era, smelled conspiracy and terror and was forcibly imprisoned under the illusion of beautiful appearance.
Someone has to lie. Either Mayor Wanghaiya, or this time.
"Where do we go next?"
"Return to the Immortal Giant."
Lu Li looked around at the peaceful Wanghai Cliff.
From where he appeared, he should find the answer from there.
Kate needed a real rest, and so did the horse. The latter Wanghaiya kindly helped them change to a pony, but the former didn't want to stay, so he endured his fatigue and set off with Lu Li.
Lu Li passed by the abandoned village again. The desolate village remained the same as when they left, but unexpected changes occurred in the cave.
The dead villager who has not transformed into a ghoul is still transforming into a ghoul... His fingers and teeth are longer than before, and his skin is ulcerated over more areas, but his open belly remains the same.
With some uneasiness, Kate and Lu Li quickly left the abandoned village.
Before evening, they returned to Bay Town.
The people in the town rescued the victims. Ninety-four people... This is the number of survivors after more than 2,000 passengers and crew members stayed in the strange fog for a night.
Many people, including Kate, were sad because so many people had disappeared, but the number of Lu Li's accidental deaths was far less than imagined.
Although nearly half of them survived because of Lu Li.
They were like prey eating discarded leftovers, surviving only to be rescued after dawn.
But this disaster that frightened and saddened everyone was just the beginning. The deaths of thousands of people soon became insignificant...
Now that signs have begun to emerge, the anxious survivors found that the farmland could not contact the outside world.
The townspeople are relatively calm because they don't care if the farmland is lost, and they don't know what's waiting ahead.
Before returning to the beach, Lu Li visited his "mother" again and briefly told her and the guard captain what he knew about the future "not long after".
They were a little uneasy, but more confused, and frequently looked at their mother.
Not wanting to know what Bay Town would do next, Lu Li walked out of the round house and came to Kate, who was pale and lying next to the horse.
"You can stay here."
"No……"
Kate rejected the suggestion.
Lu Li didn't say anything else and set off again while it was still daytime.
