Two hundred and thirty. Letters from the newspaper
The next morning, Jimmy was relieved of his duties as a digger.
The depths of the now expanded cave are as wide as a hall. Although the space will be much smaller after filling with deep sea stones, it will not be as narrow as before. After placing the bed, wardrobe, and desk, there will be no other place to place things.
The rock walls of the cave are covered with dense scratches like wolf claws, as if this place had once been a wolf den.
Anna cleared away the rubble, swept the strong winds to disperse the dust in the cave, and smoothed the rock walls covered with claw marks.
All that's left is to place the deep sea stones against the rock wall and glue the gaps.
The deep sea stones will negate Anna's strength, and she can't lift them. So she still needs Jimmy's help.
"I feel so bad just thinking about it..."
"Is it so serious?" Remi thought that Deep Sea Stone's suppression of her brother was more serious.
Jimmy nodded seriously: "Yes, I am so tired that I can't breathe just thinking about moving them all to the cave."
Remi rolled her eyes at Jimmy: "We have to help Lu Li get a safe house."
"I know, I'm just sighing." Jimmy said, looking back at the monster's shortened claws as it went downhill to carry thousands of pounds of deep-sea rocks.
He also took the time to help Lu Li smash some of the rocks from the evacuation site and fill them with water to plug the gaps between the rocks in the deep sea.
Two hours later, the safe house deep in the cave was completed.
The safe house is about the same size as Erin's bedroom, and even the bed, desk, and bookshelf were moved from there——
Unfortunately, there is still no door, but we can wait for the merchants to arrive in a few days and commission them to make it.
A few extra pieces of deep-sea rocks are piled on both sides of the entrance, which can more or less reduce the hidden danger of not having a door to block it.
The safe house extends two meters further than it did during the shelter period, which makes it less cramped and dark inside. At least the foot of the bed is not next to the closet, and the head of the bed is not next to the desk.
It's just that the fireplace is much smaller, and no matter how strong the fire is, the safe house won't feel stuffy.
If the weather gets colder in the future, the cave temperature may drop below normal temperature.
They need a new fireplace.
"When I'm hunting, I'll go to Eileen's estate and take one down," Anna said.
"You can buy it from the merchant." Lu Li replied.
"I'm going hunting anyway." Anna said softly.
The reason is a bit far-fetched. You don't need to go that far to hunt, and buying goods from merchants is free.
After watching Anna calmly for a few seconds, Lu Li acquiesced, opened the drawer and added a line at the end of the letter to Irene: [There is also a fireplace]
The short content at the front contains words such as desk, tableware, bookshelf, food stored in the basement, etc.
A conversation came from the entrance of the cave. Remi and Adangfuya took the children to visit the renovated shelter, but Remi preferred its new name: safe house.
"I feel a little out of breath." Adangfuya covered her chest and stood at the door of the safe house, frowning and saying.
She is just a ghost, feeling uncomfortable in a safe house built of one hundred cubic meters of deep sea stone.
I didn't notice that the children were hiding outside the door out of fear and didn't dare to come in.
On the contrary, Remy liked this feeling very much.
The oppression was like weight, making Remi feel like a human being.
"Jimmy." Remi called to her brother as if calling a servant. "Bring the tables and chairs over here!"
After a while, Jimmy walked into the cave carrying the table and chairs and placed them outside the safe house.
Adangfuya endured the discomfort and took a tour before exiting. She liked the safe house very much. The color of the deep sea stone is simple and mysterious, consistent with Lu Li, and the ground is flat, not as uneven as before. I heard that Anna intends to stay on it.
Lay out a blanket. Not to mention these pieces of art-like furniture brought from the baron's estate.
Remi asked Lu Li for a collection of several one-cubic-centimeter deep-sea rocks. If she could cash them in, she would become a rich man.
In the afternoon, Anna made a meal of mashed potatoes in broth.
After Lu Li finished lunch, he and Anna walked around the cliff top to accumulate favor with the elms and then returned to the cliff top. Anna left again to go hunting in the ruins of Belfast.
Ampere is lying outside the safe house. He likes it here. It has nothing to do with the deep sea stone, because the cave outside the safe house has also been expanded. For Ampere, this place is not as narrow as before, and it is also very warm.
It's tea time now, and Remi and Adangfuya are reading at the desk outside the safe house. Jimmy is also there, because Adangfuya tells him the stories in the book like an elder coaxing a child.
Jimmy didn't feel ashamed at all, after all, he was not yet 19 when he died.
Remi read for a while and then walked into the safe house to find Lu Li.
Lu Li was also reading a book. Remi looked at the title of the book and saw that it was no longer "The Sound of Misery".
"There are still a lot of deep sea stones left, why not pile the stored stones around the top of the cliff?" Remi asked.
There is an obvious truth. The more deep sea stones there are, the stronger the suppression force is.
Hundreds of cubic meters of deep-sea rock are enough to keep many weirdos from setting foot in it.
"It would be too obvious." Lu Li said calmly.
"What's the meaning?"
"Weirdos can feel the abyssal stone."
Remi suddenly understood what Lu Li was trying to express in his short words.
The deep sea stone will suppress the power of weirdness. But it obviously does not have a "disgusting" attribute, and will not allow weirdness to perceive it and then stay away in disgust.
Its function is to block and weaken weird things, not to drive them away.
If a layer of deep-sea stone were really laid on the top of the cliff, it would be as conspicuous as an oil lamp in the middle of the night.
Moreover, it is difficult for deep sea stones to suppress the weirdness at the level of evil spirits, otherwise the rope of divine subjugation would not become the warden.
"Then the walls of the refuge...safe house can be thickened to two meters or even three meters." The stored deep-sea rocks were enough to support Lu Li in doing so.
"The cave won't be able to hold it," Lu Li said.
He didn't know the mechanics of building, but it was clear that the fewer supports, the easier it was to collapse.
Although the rocky mountain where the cave is located is low, only a dozen meters high, like a mound.
We are now close to the limit. Maybe we can put down another meter of wall, but the price is that the cave will become precarious.
Remi, who wanted to understand this, stopped making any suggestions. After a moment of silence, she revealed her true intention of looking for Lu Li.
"Actually, I feel very guilty."
The illusory face that maintained the image of a girl appeared and sighed: "We can't help with anything. You are the only one who is thinking of ways to protect everyone, make the top of the cliff safer, and help Jimmy catch food..."
Lu Li shook his head: "Me too."
Even Lu Li is not as good as Remi and others.
Their strength is limited, but they are not weak. Being weird, they are usually not targeted by other weird people.
Lu Li...is different.
He is a weak human being.
Humans are the best prey for weirdness.
Even the most powerful and knowledgeable human beings need tools to fight against weirdness.
But Lu Li also possesses a huge humanity that makes Weird covet him.
Without Anna to cover his aura, he couldn't even leave the top of the cliff.
