Doreen recalled carefully and shook her head gently: "I can't remember clearly, it seems like it was just an ordinary dream..."
The nightmares do not come one after another - at least in Doreen's first two nightmares, the appearance of dark figures was separated by several ordinary dreams.
Dom felt lucky but also a little disappointed. He left the bell to give his sister a few words and then left with worries.
At this time, someone should say "Your brother is so good to you" to appease Doreen, but neither Lu Li nor Anna would do that. Lu Li only stopped Doreen when she wanted to leave the bed: "You might fall asleep at any time.
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The room is not always silent, except for the crackling sound of wood burning in the fireplace and the occasional shouting from the square outside the window. Sometimes the maid outside the door will talk about something while passing by in the corridor.
"Those stupid nobles actually want the carriage to go in...how is this possible!"
"I actually saw blood when I was cleaning up Valentine's wastebasket..."
"Why let those nobles leave first? The scavengers are complaining that they are arrogant and greedy, and they even say bad things about Lord Valentine!"
"They have become everywhere again. I heard that a house in the safe zone was infected. The reason was that one was hidden in a woman's hair..." "Will Sir Valentine let us cut off our hair?"
?" "Who knows...but if Master Valentine promulgates it, I will definitely cut it off."
In addition to the few words from the maids, Dom would bring Valentine's arrangements and outside news to Lu Li from time to time, and visit Doreen by the way.
The construction of the "Shelter Corridor" at the other end of the secret passage has begun. This spectacular narrow passage, estimated to be thirteen miles long, is being divided into several parts, extending toward each other and beyond the dandelions at a speed of 60 meters every ten minutes. If it is night
In relative safety, they would be able to continue building at an uninterrupted pace and reach beyond the reach of the dandelions by the next morning.
But this is the best-case scenario - there's no reason to spare workers in the wilderness, and there's a chance the dandelions will drift eastward.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Doreen fell asleep again due to narcolepsy, but it was still just an ordinary dream, and she was awakened by Anna with a bell.
As evening approached, the area that Anna had cleared at noon was once again shrouded in dandelions. Lu Li accepted City Lord Valentine's request to clean up the dandelions again.
Bloody dandelions have no swarming consciousness and no strange smell, just like ordinary dandelions - the only difference is that their breeding ground is flesh and blood, not soil.
The prairie fire that ignited the darkened sky was more spectacular than it had been a few hours ago, and Valentine's broadcast, designed to build the confidence of citizens to watch from their windows, allowed more people to see this magnificent scene.
Perhaps this cannot change the status quo, but it is enough to give people a little peace of mind to get through this difficult night.
In addition to this flame show, which was more meaningful than useful, Valentine also commissioned Lu Li and Anna to follow a team of exorcists, scavengers, and workers to clean up the power plant on the outskirts of the city.
Lighted street lights cannot drive away dandelions, but they can drive away people's inner uneasiness and avoid some weirdness.
Anna's fire hurricane first cleared away most of the dandelions that occupied the power plant, the exorcists and scavengers spread out to clear them in the corners, and then the workers began to work.
As night fell, there was a roar from the power plant, and the street lights in the distance lit up with faint points of light, gradually getting stronger, and then radiating towards the crimson haze in the distance.
Lu Li and Anna completed their mission, but Valentine had not yet. When Lu Li came back, he was still sitting and busy in the city hall. The only difference from the daytime was that the lights were on in the city hall.
Of the dozen or so Exorcists in Lund, three were left at the power plant and three at the safety zone. The rest were all sent to the other end of the tunnel to protect the workers.
Scavengers are also working around the clock to clear more safe areas around the city hall and place citizens on the edge of the city there - the large amount of coal stored in the power plant is not suitable for dispersing dandelions, but it can be used to heat and protect residential buildings.
After returning, the city lord Valentine asked the maid to bring them dinner, and she brought three portions because of Doreen. Lu Li still ate Anna's portion? Doreen was a little surprised, but she didn't say anything.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Doreen fell asleep again? No one woke her up this time? Because it was still an ordinary dream, as if the nightmare caused by the black shadow in the dream gradually went away with the arrival of Lu Li and Anna.
Time passed quietly. It was approaching nine o'clock, and Dom knocked on the door again. After visiting Doreen who was sleeping, he told Lu Li that the security corridor on the other side of Anna's secret passage was going well.
Maybe the bloody dandelions blocked some weird prying eyes? The workers were not attacked by weird people, although the construction speed had to be slowed down because of darkness.
In addition, there is another piece of good news: the external observation post reported that due to changes in wind conditions, the edge of the dandelion group going south is becoming narrower? This means that the original 13 miles away from the dandelion-covered area may become 12 miles? Or even 11 miles. This
It will speed up their completion by several hours.
After finishing speaking, Dom, excited, left the guest room and the room became quiet again.
Anna withdrew her gaze from looking at the busy figures in the square outside the window. She picked up a piece of processed wood with her invisible hand and put it into the fireplace. Then she returned to Lu Li and knelt down next to him among the sparks. She asked softly, "Aren't you going to rest yet?"
"Go after reading it." Lu Li slightly turned the book sideways so that Anna could see the text on it through the light of the fireplace.
On it is written the story of the Swamp Mother: Putting aside the artistic processing itself, Princess Roland is indeed worthy of the love of the people. Helping the elderly and the poor? Fighting with bad people and being approachable? She will not hate a person because of her class, although sometimes she will be unreasonable because of her character.
Hate someone - even though Princess Roland in the story is still full of limitations and exaggerations of the times? But one thing is for sure? Princess Roland at that time was not a dark-hearted person.
It's hard to imagine that she is now living with the rotten and smelly mud and dead woods, forgetting all the memories of the past, including emotions and humanity.
Will I become like this one day?
Anna couldn't help but think.
She has no body, but feels a dull pain in her heart. Anna knows her future, becoming an evil spirit that loses humanity and emotions, and is more complete than the Swamp Mother, and that is already very close...
"Lu Li..."
Anna called Lu Li softly, not noticing that her voice was trembling.
Lu Li's eyes left the page.
"If one day I become an evil spirit, just like the Swamp Mother..."
Lu Li was silent for a moment and answered Anna: "I will personally free you."
He gently opened the wrinkled pages, as if he was just answering casually.
anyway……
Anna looked tenderly at the half of Lu Li's face that was not illuminated by the fire.