A place where weirdness will not intrude, a warm and dry safe house, neighbors who symbolize that you are not alone, enough food and abundant water, and books to occupy yourself with.
Life on the cliff top of the Elm Forest meets all the expectations of people.
But these are just false illusions, just like the brilliant sky when the night is coming, the calm before the storm on the sea, suddenly falling from the hustle and bustle into the tranquil forest.
The veil called illusion covers reality.
"Inscribed bullets are more powerful against incorporeal monsters."
The businessman held a copper-colored bullet on his heavily worn thick leather glove and took the initiative to introduce new products for the first time.
The inscriptions are engraved all over the surface of the bullet, making it look like a work of art. This corresponds to a higher price than the silver-plated bullet: 20 investigation points.
According to the price before everything happened, this bullet was worth 300 pounds of black bread.
But it can also give an exorcist faced with the weird a better chance of surviving.
Lu Li bought 25 bullets with inscriptions and asked: "I need daily newspapers from various places. Allen Peninsula, Main Continent, Desolate Land, Lennon Islands... and Farmland Garden."
The latter is a small test for businessmen.
The businessman paused to think, or was listening to something, and replied to Lu Li: "There is no newspaper office in the Farmland Garden. Others require an additional fee of 10 investigation points."
At this time, it can be considered to be of high quality and low price to a certain extent.
After ordering the day's newspaper to be delivered two to three times a week, the businessman who finished the transaction left the top of the cliff, and his tall silhouette disappeared into the shadow of the trees.
Watching the businessman leave, Lu Li raised his head. More green buds were hidden under the dead branches, like trees awakening from dormancy due to the warm spring breeze after the cold winter.
It won't be long before Anne regains her vitality.
However, the weather is getting colder day by day, and the Time Giant has just entered autumn... This worries Remi that if the weather continues to cool down, it will no longer be suitable for crop growth.
Anna returned from hunting in the afternoon and accompanied Lu Li for a walk outside the cliff top as usual to visit the tree neighbors. It would take time to change their moods, but Lu Li had a lot of free time anyway, and walking around would prevent his body from getting rusty.
In addition to bringing food to Jimmy, Ampere and the children, Anna also found neglected black tea from the corner of the grocery store that had been ransacked by the survivors. So the residents had afternoon tea time.
The time varies, but it is usually the time when Anna or Remi has made the black tea.
They would gather in front of the cave at dawn or in the cave after dark, talking and reading together.
Although only Lu Li and Jimmy could enjoy the fragrant black tea.
Three days later, in the early morning, the businessman who arrived at the top of the cliff brought four newspapers for today: one each for Allen Peninsula, Mainland, Deserted Land, and Lennon Islands.
Allen Peninsula Newspaper, "Allen Peninsula Enquirer" focuses on Himfast: [The strange fog that crossed the Sugard Mountains arrived five miles away from Himfast last night!]
The content exaggerates the atmosphere as if it is not worried about causing panic, and reveals without any concealment the strange phenomena that occurred when Himfast sent soldiers to investigate the strange fog, such as church bells ringing in the fog, and the sound of people walking through the thick fog stirring.
The figures and the strange sound of the chains shaking were as if they had seen them with their own eyes.
At the end of the news they said Himfast was fully prepared.
Almost half of the newspaper's page is devoted to things related to Himfast. After all, to a certain extent, Himfast is the only city on the Allen Peninsula today.
Also because the newspaper office is right there.
Construction in Himfast is coming to an end, and although the people who flocked to seek refuge have to crowd into longhouses, at least no one will be sleeping on the streets.
Himfast, which has a population that is about to exceed that of Belfast, is facing a food crisis, but newspapers tell people not to worry. The city hall has established a fishing port in the bay fifty miles to the south, and fresh fish is constantly being delivered.
City.
But there are some strangely deformed fish among them, such as fish with long hind limbs, rotten scales, or fish with multiple eyes squeezed into their sockets.
The newspaper said that exorcists had examined them and that, other than being twisted, ugly, disgusting, and frightening, there seemed to be no negative effects from eating them.
Of course, in order to avoid the influx of mutated fish into the market and cause panic among the public, they will be sent to canneries to be canned fish——
The Main Continent is no longer immersed in the pain of losing King Allen City and other cities. "Southern Daily" is thankful that the rain clouds that crossed the mountains have successfully caught up with the dandelions that are ravaging the peaceful plains, extinguishing them outside the city.
The content of the "Lie Daily" in the deserted land is similar to that of the "Ellen Peninsula Enquirer". Plant disasters have forced sparsely populated gathering places to move, either leaving the deserted land or going to former oasis cities or coastal cities.
Although it has not yet been completely invaded by strange things like the Allen Peninsula and the Main Continent, some people have already claimed to have discovered the strange fog spreading in the deep sea.
Coupled with the new disaster brewing there...the results in the desolate land are predictable.
If the first three places are shrouded in an atmosphere of depression and despair, the Lennon Islands have a completely different atmosphere... just like Belfast that has not yet appeared.
Their news is even still dominated by entertainment news and bragging.
[The Lennon Islands have become the most desirable area for people from all over the world, and there is no other place!]
It seems that there is no need to worry about the safety of Mary Poppins and Qiao Qiao, for the time being.
After reading four newspapers, Lu Li handed it to Jimmy. Jimmy and the monster clone walked with dull footsteps to find his sister and read it to him.
Anna came back from hunting, this time she brought back a small half bag of spices.
She always brings something new back to the top of the cliff.
Sometimes it was a few books found in the ruins of Belfast, sometimes it was decorations or toys for the children, and once she even moved a bookshelf——
The simple bookshelf was temporarily eliminated, but it is still placed next to the new bookshelf. The volume of books on the top of the cliff will soon require a second bookshelf.
In addition to new things, there is also new news.
New footprints were added to the beach every day, and Anna finally found the right word to describe those footprints: swirl.
The longer the footprints are left, the more curled they look like hair burned by fire. The toes and heels of the shoes are connected together to form a circle.
This is not the end of the changes, they are still curling inwards endlessly, forming vortex-like traces.
These conch-like whirlpools are densely distributed on the beach. If it were not for the gradual footprints, no one would be able to connect them with the footprints.
However, they could not affect the elm forest that was a city away. The atmosphere on the clifftop became more and more harmonious, and Anna, who was no longer cold to others, soon became friends with Remi and Adangfuya——
