Qiao Qiao in front of the alley blinked a few times and looked at Lu Li who was coming back: "Is it all over?"
She had already seen the slowly turning street lights on the street and the light in the windows of the buildings.
It has returned to an ordinary dark alley.
"it's over."
Lu Li picked up the psychic gun in the water and put it back in the holster. He turned back to look at Anna, who was drifting towards him, and said, "Are you okay?"
"It's not good... Her memory and emotions are just crazy..." Anna's brows were furrowed, and the distorted consciousness in her mind had not yet dissipated. It would take time for them to disappear.
Anna floated back to Lu Li: "What about you? Are you okay?"
Anna and Qiaoqiao did not see the previous scene.
"I'm fine."
Lu Li glanced at her silently, then turned to Qiao Qiao: "What about you?"
Qiaoqiao sighed and said sadly: "I'm fine too, but the food is gone..."
"It's not too late to buy it now."
Qiaoqiao rushed to say: "I'll go!"
"Let's go together."
Anna hid in the other world, while Lu Li and Qiao Qiao walked to Huntley's Delicious Fried Steak Restaurant.
On the way, Qiao Qiao thanked Lu Li and then asked him how he found her: "Did you see the newspaper I left behind?"
"Um."
Qiao Qiao looked happy when she heard this.
Back at the restaurant, Qiao Qiao ordered another meal that was the same as before. For Aunt Mary's sake, little Huntley, who was hanging a closure sign on the window, made an exception and prepared food for them, as well as a 10% discount.
Half an hour later, Lu Li and Qiao Qiao returned to Aunt Mary's house with food in hand.
Aunt Mary was worried that Anna and Lu Li hadn't come back for so long. Seeing them return intact, she breathed a sigh of relief.
But what made her disappointed was that Anna and Lu Li would be leaving soon.
After agreeing to resolve the missing contact incident in Shadow Town, they would confirm the Lennon Islands situation. Lu Li and Qiao Qiao returned to the carriage.
Aunt Mary stood at the door to say goodbye, quietly watching the carriage drive slowly into the rain.
…
The carriage drove west of Himfast.
The fragrant food is spread out in the carriage, with the day's newspapers underneath.
On the slightly swaying carriage, they sat cross-legged in front of the spread food and enjoyed their dinner as if on a picnic.
Dozens of minutes later, the carriage left Himfast, and the outside world once again turned into a thick darkness that could not be dispelled. Joe packed up the remaining food and filled the oil lamp hanging outside the carriage with kerosene.
After doing this, she huddled in the corner of the carriage and wrapped herself in her coat.
"When will we arrive at Rose Town?" Qiao Qiao asked.
"If we don't have to take a detour, we'll arrive tomorrow morning."
Qiao Qiao glanced at the alarm clock, it was still ten minutes before nine o'clock.
But it's already time to go to bed.
"I'm going to bed first, good night." Qiao Qiao said, pulling up her coat and covering her head.
When Qiaoqiao fell asleep, Anna appeared next to Lu Li.
She didn't look good. Her scarlet eyes were like dark red lava, with varying brightness.
"Did you see what happened to her?"
Anna organized her words to describe: "And her emotions... are as chaotic as eating colorful poisonous mushrooms..."
These messy and distorted residual memories constantly impact Anna's consciousness, which does not cause her pain, but makes her feel uncomfortable like seasickness.
"This is for you."
Lu Li took out the romance novel that Qiao Qiao had read from his backpack and handed it to Anna.
"Find something to do to distract yourself."
Lu Li was not worried that Anna would not be able to bear the memory of the resentful spirit. As a projection of the soul, the meaning of shadow was to occupy the body and consciousness of other beings. This was the only way for her to pass.
What he was worried about was the consequences of doing so - the more mental projections occupied her mind, the more experiences of others she had in her mind.
This is a bit like the man who extended his dream indefinitely, but it is different. No matter what identity he plays in the dream, that person knows that "he is himself".
But Anna can't. All memories belong to others. Once Anna can't clearly maintain herself and the memories occupied by her take advantage of it, she will be assimilated by these memories.
If Lu Li hadn't broken up the outline, interrupted Anna's possession, and devoured all the memories of the resentful spirit, Anna's temperament would have changed drastically. Until then, Anna would still be Anna...and the same woman.
"I see."
Anna answered gently, took the book from Lu Li, sat down next to Lu Li, turned to the last page and read quietly.
Lu Li wiped away the water-stained mud from Sequences 2 to 4 one by one with a handkerchief, replaced them with new silver-plated bullets, put them in the holster, and put them into the suitcase.
After pushing the suitcase back into the car, Lu Li took off the holster and grabbed the holster to clean the stains from Sequence 1 bit by bit.
The second rose of the psychic gun bloomed quietly for a small part.
The scene changing in the alley let Lu Li know the ability of the first rose in Sequence 1: Death Recall.
It stimulates the deepest memories of the souls killed by it, and the effect Lu Li and the dissipated resentful spirits have witnessed not long ago.
Each rose on the psychic gun will have an ability attached to it, and the ability attached to the rose bloom is relatively random - it is usually related to the weird one that was killed by it.
However, this ability is of little use. Death retrospection will only take effect when Weird is about to die. In other words, its only function is to let Lu Li know the cause of the existence killed by it.
After wiping the psychic gun, Lu Li silently hung the holster back on his waist, lifted up his shirt, and checked the wound on his lower abdomen.
There was no cracking or bleeding, and the itching caused by moisture and scabs was ignored by Lu Li.
After checking the wound, Lu Li, who was not about to rest, unfolded the map again and checked the route again with the dim light of the oil lamp amidst the slight bumps.
The routes chosen are all the main roads on the Allen Peninsula. Although they are not paved with bluestone roads like those in the city, paving them with stones and compacting them can avoid the dilemma of getting stuck in the mud.
A group of black particles with the noise of snowflakes appeared on the map. They were like schools of fish in the ocean. They dispersed and gathered in groups, wandered around the map for a while, and gradually faded out of sight.
It was just an illusion caused by low sanity. Now Lu Li was almost used to the illusions that would suddenly appear. For example, a malicious gaze flashed across the stairs, the sound of countless crawling limbs coming from under the sofa, or the sudden sound of a ghost walking across the stairs.
Huge silhouette ahead of the road.
They have almost become a part of Lu Li's life.
After confirming the route, Lu Li put away the map and prepared to rest.
With a blanket behind him, Lu Li leaned against the carriage and closed his eyes.
The slightly shaking carriage became quiet, with only the sound of the storm coming from outside the carriage.
"Thank you for saving me."
At a certain moment, Anna, who was quietly lowering her head to read a book, suddenly whispered.
"What." Lu Li opened his dark eyes.
"What?" Anna raised her head in confusion and looked at Lu Li.
