Lu Li looked at the quiet house behind her, entered the backyard and stood in front of the door.
"It's too quiet... It's over?" Anna leaned in front of the door to listen and muttered to herself doubtfully. Looking back at Lu Li, she opened the door and walked into the hut, with Lu Li following behind.
Crunch - creak -
The door behind him slowly closed, and the heart-wrenching sound was like a long, narrow scream, announcing the arrival of outsiders to those in the house.
The moment the door closed, a cold and malicious feeling climbed onto the bodies of Lu Li and Anna.
Anna tilted her head in confusion, and the aura of the other world, which was more obscure than the cold malice, came out, easily dispelling the malice.
"There are... less people..."
A severely burned face appeared on the edge of the darkness, and it let out a hoarse whisper of regret.
It suddenly realized that its body was controlled by an obscure force, and stared at Lu Li and Anna who attacked it in confusion: "Why...?"
"Where are the people in the room?" Lu Li sniffed gently, and the faint smell of blood floated down from the second floor of the room.
"Trap... cooperate with people..." Weird replied dully.
Lu Li nodded gently and opened the holster of Salvation.
Half a minute later, Anna collected the body, and Lu Li turned around and walked out to find the lady who seduced them.
…
"They're coming for me!"
The broom clattered to the ground, and Emma was pleasantly surprised to see her companion waving to her behind the window.
"Are you sure your companions are like us?"
York behind the counter grabbed the kitchen knife hidden under the menu and swallowed nervously: "They feel weird to me..."
The two figures outside the door were completely shrouded in gray robes, and their faces were hidden behind the large cloaks, making them mysterious and strange.
"I'm sure they are just like us." Emma revealed an almost fanatical excitement and confidence that no one else had seen before: "We have hunted several weirdos together, but we are not as relaxed as Mr. Lu Li."
"Maybe it's a way to disguise yourself." Jiminy Red said, looking at Emma and the two cloak outlines outside the door: "But I want to know...how do they know you are here."
"It's a mark." Emma walked towards the door and took out a handful of brown powder from her apron pocket: "We will sprinkle it wherever we pass. If someone is missing, others will go and rescue him."
After hesitating for a moment, Jiminy Red did not stop Emma's behavior. Frankly speaking, the thin glass and walls could not stop anything.
Emma unbolted the door and opened the door to let her companions in. The sounds on the long street became clear amidst the clattering of wind chimes until the wooden door closed again.
The wind chimes were ringing, and Jiminy Reid and the others observed the two men who looked like believers. The slight breathing sounds from behind the robes and the slightly puffed up cloaks made them feel a little relieved.
Emma first introduced the situation of Lu Li and others to her companions, and then sent an invitation to Red and others, hoping to join them in the church.
Jiminy Reid declined the invitation. This is Lu Li's team, and he doesn't plan to leave here until Lu Li comes back, even though the other party has more people.
"I have to go back..." Emma said regretfully.
"Of course, we won't restrict who wants to leave, and I think Lu Li does the same." Jiminy Reid glanced at the two silent guys in robes.
Although Emma's two companions who never spoke made the atmosphere a bit depressing, it was still harmonious. Emma left the address of the church and said that if Lu Li was interested, he could go to the church to find them when he came back. After saying goodbye to them, he left the clothing with his companions.
shop.
…
There was no sign of the woman who had lured them into the trap in the yard.
"She's missing?"
Anna followed Lu Li out, and the corpse had been fed to the withered claws that were everywhere in the city.
Maybe the woman's cooperation with Weird was not sincere, she just deceived someone who was willing to believe her to get in, whether it was Weird or a fool who believed it.
"Let's go."
She had probably been hiding for a long time. Lu Li had no intention of wasting time looking for this woman who had deceived them, so he went to Xiutes University to investigate.
The result was regrettable. The four survivors who stayed at Xiutes University all disappeared. Maybe they were hiding or escaping by passing the exam, but more likely they were killed by weirdness.
After Lu Li returned to the clothing store and told Jiminy Reid and others the bad news, they also told Lu Li something that they didn't know whether it was bad news or not.
"This is the address of the survivors."
After talking about Emma and her companions, Jiminy Reid handed the note to Lu Li.
[No. 8 Shopuskin Street, Echo Church]
"It's only ten minutes away from here, and it's faster to take a carriage." Jiminy Reid added.
"What do you think of them?" Lu Li had no contact with them and could not judge.
Jiminy Reid said: "Well... they are very mysterious, like religious believers, but they do things calmly and confidently."
At least being able to casually tell another group of survivors about their stronghold is something Jiminy Red wouldn't do.
"Cultists..."
This word reminded Lu Li of the group of survivors in the investigator base.
"I'll take a look." Lu Li put the note into his pocket and said, "After cleaning up the surrounding neighbourhoods."
"Isn't it necessary? If you want to bring survivors back, the clothing store can accommodate a lot of people." York felt that it would be safe enough for everyone to squeeze together.
"It has nothing to do with this."
Lu Li told them about the woman they met on the way to Xiutes University who cooperated with Weird. Whether it was forced or active, the role of "traitor" did exist.
If "traitors" are brought in, Lu Li's efforts will be in vain.
"I agree." Jiminy Reid said. Lu Li could distinguish between humans and weirdos, but he couldn't distinguish between humanity: "What do you want to do?"
"Clean several nearby houses and leave marks on the doors. I will ask the survivors to look for marked doors near the crow mark in the hotel, eliminate the marks and hide inside."
"Don't have contact with them. You are responsible for observation. If you find a survivor behaving abnormally, record it."
This prevents the "traitor" from being directed to the clothing store, and also isolates him from other newly found survivors.
"That's it."
However, they couldn't help with the task of cleaning up the houses. They could only watch Lu Li and Anna in front of the window as if they were the gods of death. They knocked on the door one after another, waited for the door to open, then walked into the house. After a while, they walked out and drew marks on the wooden door.
, go to the next room——
Lu Li cleared out a total of six houses, all of which were in the hotel row and could be easily seen behind the clothing store window.
When Anna came back, she dragged a sack, but it was not a corpse, but food and water found in the house. If the paradise did not end as soon as expected, these resources would be enough for them to survive for a while.
