A water curtain forms at the entrance of the cave, and moist water vapor blows into the cave. The color of the ground and rock walls near the entrance of the cave is darker than deep inside.
"I thought you wouldn't find it here."
Lu Li put on his woolen coat and walked out of the room, looking calmly at the businessman standing at the edge of the cave entrance.
The merchant would appear here unexpectedly, but to a certain extent this is a good thing.
At least Lu Li can get in touch with merchants even if he doesn't go near the city.
Lu Li had nothing to buy. After asking about the price of the Deep Sea Stone at this time, he sold the story of Shadow of the Thread to the merchant as information.
This brought Lu Li a reward of 350 investigation points, and an answer: the story was indeed one of a series of stories called "Nightmare".
Although the businessman's source is a mystery, there is no reason for him to lie.
After the transaction was over, Lu Li watched the merchant disappear outside the cave entrance, then looked back at Anna: "We are ready to leave."
It was not time to hide in an evacuation point for a long time. During the period before the disaster came, he wanted to collect as much supplies as possible.
Anna floated out of the cave and said goodbye to Annie. Lu Li made the bed and poured the remaining warm boiling water from the iron can in front of the fireplace into the fireplace.
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The red-hot charcoal cools quickly, and steam mixed with smoke drifts out
After extinguishing the fireplace, Lu Li took the radio and Anna's unread novel, untied the horse and left the cave.
Driving down the cliff top, the emotions pervading the forest became unfamiliar again, lingering around us.
The muddy mountain road was difficult to walk on. If Anna wasn't there, Lu Li might have to wait on the cliff until the storm passed before he could leave.
The carriage drove quietly through the twisted and withered elm forest. At a certain moment, Anna suddenly turned her head and looked deep into the woods.
"It gave me a very uncomfortable feeling there."
Lu Li looked along her line of sight. The forest shadows were dim under the rain curtain. There was no strange presence or strange aura.
"How far away from us?" Lu Li asked.
"It seems far away, but it's in the elm forest."
Lu Li recalled the map of Elm Forest drawn by Lame Barton.
"That direction is Silent Hill." Lu Li said. "It's about seven miles away from here."
Anna's unknown may come from Silent Hill, where no one dared to go near because of some terrifying rumors before everything went bad.
"The Elm Forest is our place." Anna narrowed her cold scarlet eyes.
"Not now."
Lu Li replied that the weather was too bad, and anyone with some sense would not investigate in such an environment.
Anna nodded and resisted the urge to clean up the territory.
It was already two hours after the carriage entered Elm Street. It took nearly an hour to return to the dealership, return the carriage, and return to the detective agency.
The "sailor" sitting behind the door of the longhouse quickly opened the door for Lu Li.
This occupation usually appears in the townhouses built after the rainy season. These can be traced back to the age of the townhouses built by the first colonists. Even if they are constantly renovated, it is difficult to keep up with the speed of their aging. During storms, long-term damage will occur.
It's not uncommon for it to rain heavily in a house. No one, not even a homeless person, would live in a house where their property and safety are difficult to protect.
Therefore, responsible landlords will select suitable candidates from the longhouse residents as "sailors" when the rainy season arrives, and they will be responsible for taking care of the longhouses for leaks and other problems. As a reward, the rent of the "sailors" will be reduced accordingly.
The "sailor" in the longhouse is a lean, middle-aged man. When you get close, you can smell the lingering smell of fish. He may be a real sailor.
"Sailor" told Lu Li that a noble carriage had delivered several wooden boxes earlier, and those wooden boxes were moved to the corridor outside the detective agency by the residents.
He also said that the detective agency’s phone had been ringing non-stop since morning.
Lu Li refused "Sailor"'s help and took out the key to open the door. "Sailor" was dumbfounded as he picked up the stacked wooden boxes and walked into the detective agency.
Squeak——
The door is closed.
Lu Li immediately let go of his hand and walked towards the desk.
The wooden box floated in the air, drifted towards the corner and fell.
Lu Li on the other side sat down behind the desk and picked up the phone to contact the telephone department. Surprisingly, it was not just one person who came to Lu Li yesterday.
There are three numbers to call Jin Luli.
They are from Tesla, Jojo and Marcus respectively.
Lu Li first called Tesla, and the person who answered was his servant. The servant said that Tesla was at the base and would inform Tesla for him later.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Li called Qiao Qiao again.
The call was connected, but it was still not him. But soon Qiaoqiao's anxious voice sounded on the other end of the phone: "Lu Li! Is my brother at your place?"
"No, what's wrong with him?"
Qiaoqiao shouted: "My brother is missing!"
Lu Li asked calmly: "Who told you the news?"
"The head of the caravan, he came to me yesterday afternoon and said that his brother had escaped with his goods. I know that although Oliver is timid and greedy, he is definitely not that kind of person. Something must have happened!"
"Where was he last seen?"
"I don't know. Some people said that they saw him beside the convoy when loading, but disappeared with the convoy in the afternoon."
Lu Li's intuition told Lu Li that Oliver's disappearance was probably related to weirdness, but it was not absolute.
Oliver's job is to wait for the convoy coming from the interior outside Shadow Town, Shadow Marsh, and then act as a guide to accompany the convoy to Belfast.
It is not surprising that something unexpected happened during the nearly three hundred miles journey.
"Go to the police station to report the crime first," Lu Li told Qiao Qiao.
"I will, thank you!"
Qiao Qiao hurriedly hung up the phone.
The handset was put back on the phone, and the ringing tone rang again.
The call was from Tesla, and he brought news about Richard: they found Richard three days ago, but he escaped, probably back to the Allen Peninsula."
"Just in case, please pay attention to your surroundings recently. He is a madman, and he will probably attack you again, especially if you have marks on your body."
Although the bloody tentacles disappeared after drilling into the center of Lu Li's eyebrows.
The person on the other end of the phone hung up hastily.
Like something happened to Tesla.
Putting the phone back, Lu Li frowned.
There is still no news about the "Gate", it seems that everyone has forgotten about it.
Lu Li thought about it and didn't rush to dial the third number.
But soon, the phone rang again in the detective agency.
As Lu Li picked up the phone, a familiar voice came out.
"Hi Lu Li! You must be busy, right? I can't find a more dedicated exorcist in Belfast than you! I heard that you solved Baron Joseph's trouble? That's great, congratulations to you, and congratulations too
Myself, after all, we agreed at the beginning, you nine and one me, I think you must still remember it, right? Hahahahaha——"
This was the reason why Lu Li hesitated.
He had already spent the fifty thousand shillings.