Standing at the door, Jimmy exhaled. The chill on the dark cliff top made him shrink his neck, and he went back to the wooden house and closed the wooden door without even thinking about it.
"You will get sick... you will definitely get sick..." He was wrapped in a quilt and huddled next to the stove, rubbing his almost frozen nose.
"You are weird." Remi said helplessly as she was reading by the window. Being weird and afraid of the cold sounded like a bad joke.
"Weirds are not as afraid of the cold as your brother." Jimmy said shivering. Although he knew that he was certainly not human, Jimmy also liked to brag about this just like anyone who likes to brag.
"Then you continue to warm yourself by the stove, I'm going to find Adang Fuya."
Adang Fuya needed someone to accompany her, and it was impossible for Lu Li and Anna to do such a thing, so only Remi did it.
"Don't open the door -" Jimmy yelled. He spoke a step too late. His sister had already opened the wooden door. Cold wind poured in, and the flames in the heater swayed, causing Jimmy's shadow cast on the wall to sway.
Remi, who deliberately opened the door, let out a light laugh, closed the door and left, leaving only her brother shivering beside the stove, which had regained its stability.
At the door of the wooden house not far away, Remi knocked on the door: "Ms. Adangfuya, are you awake?"
Click——
The wooden door that had absorbed water vapor scraped open against the floor, and the sea breeze from the top of the cliff could not dissipate the smell of damp wood in the house.
Adangfuya also has a stove in her home. Of course she doesn't need a fire, the stove is just to keep the wooden house dry.
Although the damp cabin won't cause any trouble for the ghost, such as being sick or uncomfortable, it will look much more comfortable.
"Just call me Adangfuya." Adangfuya waited until Remi came in and opened the wooden door. "I rested well. Although I am no longer human, the stove still makes me feel at ease."
They chatted quietly for a while, and when it was no longer dark outside and the thick fog dispersed, they went to the cave together.
Adangfuya did not forget to add more firewood before leaving so that the heater would not go out if left unattended for a long time.
Wood is not valuable and is everywhere here. What is missing are working matches and lighters.
The former can be found occasionally in ruins, although it requires luck, but one box can be used for a long time. The latter has to be found in restaurants or noble kitchens, and the ones found are usually damaged and unusable.
Anna's search these days has only found an igniter and an oil lamp with its own igniter.
Of course, the merchant must have matches for sale.
"Good morning."
After greeting Lu Li and Anna, they lit the oil lamp and placed it on the newly built wooden table. They took out the books with bookmarks from the bookshelf and returned to the wooden table to read quietly.
After a while, Jimmy also came to the cave, and he, who was illiterate, started playing with the children.
Normally they would not gather here, or gather so early.
Today is Monday, the day the new issue of "Investigator Weekly" arrives.
As the aroma of the food cooking in front of the fireplace emanated, the light outside the cave was blocked by a figure.
The businessman walked into the cave, bringing new copies of the "Investigator's Weekly" and other newspapers, as well as a salary that was paid every Monday.
Lu Li picked up a piece of rough paper and a pen and gave it to the merchant. On it were written the names of canned goods, kerosene, coal, matches, dried meat and other daily necessities.
"Write down their prices," Lu Li said.
After the merchant picked up a pen that was much smaller than the palm of his hand and wrote down the price, Lu Li said that there was no need to trade for the time being and watched the merchant leave.
The merchant's price allows the residents on the clifftop, who have little information, to intuitively understand the outside world.
And it's free.
How can a businessman charge a fee for asking about prices?
The third scourge of the Desolate Land was only mentioned once in the new issue of "Investigator Weekly". Although grief was not far away from them, when everything was getting worse, standing still would only make the road ahead more difficult.
They predict that the "Time of Silence" will gradually envelope the human world within a month. The closest to it is the front reef of the Lennon Islands, expected in five days. Then it will be the guest island group of the Mainland, inland.
The Allen Peninsula is closer and is expected to arrive in ten days.
Four general newspapers published this information. They have repeatedly mentioned the information related to the "Hour of Silence" in the past few days, so the news did not cause much public unrest after it appeared.
In addition, "Investigator Weekly" recommends that people go to the coast or a town close enough to the river to settle and take shelter. Although coastal towns will be more vulnerable to attacks from the strange fog, they will not be troubled by food.
A city with a population of tens of thousands consumes a huge amount of food, and it is almost impossible for humans who have lost crops to obtain enough food inland.
The Allen Peninsula Enquirer also published the same content, but in a show-off way: Himfast is close enough to the seaside and far enough away that it will not be attacked by beings in the deep sea and fog due to getting too close.
They would not be in trouble because they were too far away and lacked food. They praised the city lord and the council for their visionary actions in establishing the port, as well as the nobles who invested.
This convinced the hesitant people to stay, and they even felt that Himfast was on par with the distant Lennon Islands.
The Lennon Islands are still praising their safety. Phrases such as "the place of God's refuge", "the place chosen by God", and "the queen protects us" are splashed out cheaply. Even if there are some voices of concern, they are all covered up.
In praise.
People's worries are not unfounded, but they are worthless. Regardless of whether the Lennon Islands are involved in the conspiracy of the weirdos, it is now the safest place.
While the towns in the Main Continent and the Desolate Lands were busy accepting refugees, expanding their cities, erecting walls, and hoarding supplies, everything on the Lennon Islands was no different from usual.
Except that the people there are really tired of eating the same fish meat over and over again, and even the poorest people can barely make ends meet by picking up shells and dead fish that wash up on the shore.
It is said that some shipping companies have re-sold tickets to the Lennon Islands. In order to avoid danger, they will not set foot in the deep sea, but use medium-sized sailing boats to sail along the coastline. The tickets are high, but they are still sold out quickly.
If the first sailing ship successfully arrives at the Lennon Islands, people will be more eager to grab tickets, and other shipping companies will also take action.
Trade and capital will always exist.
As the hunting time approached, Remi asked Anna to bring some rainproof cloth. It would be better if she could find tiles.
"I want to go to the beach again." Anna put away the gun holster given by Lu Li.
Lu Li raised his eyes and looked at her. He knew which beach Anna was referring to, the Ghost Prison.
"Belfast is too close to us, almost at our doorstep. We need to know the situation there." Anna answered Lu Li's gaze.
Lu Li thought silently for a moment and agreed to Anna's suggestion.