"The clouds blocked the sky." Next to the entrance of the mine, Catalina raised her head and withdrew her gaze.
Lu Li walked out of the mine and raised his eyes. Clouds covered the sky, and a dim light shone on the dark land.
"The strange fog is gone?"
"No, it's the town of Jiangge that protects the surrounding area." Catalina pointed in the opposite direction of the town. "The strange fog is blocking the outside and can't get in. Let's go this way."
Catalina led the way out of the mine's above-ground facilities.
【Clariant Mine】
A vague wooden sign stands crookedly at the entrance of the mine, and the writing gradually fades away as you move away.
Catalina put away the fluorescent light after leaving the mine. Even people with polluted brains know how dangerous it is to carry a light source in the wilderness.
Although the dim light can only vaguely see the outline, it is enough to avoid being swallowed up by the lightless night.
About 2 miles away from the Clariant Mine, Catalina, who was observing her surroundings and walking cautiously, began to relax.
For example, her pace quickened, and she no longer minded making a clear sound when stepping on the gravel beach.
"The closer we are to the town, the safer it will be. There won't be any weird things around us." Catalina said to Lu Li who was falling behind.
"There won't be anything weird approaching?" Lu Li still walked forward slowly.
"No, I've never heard of it." Catalina was very sure of this. "The church in Tangge Town is in its prime. It is surrounded by a safe zone for 10 miles, and there is also a church. Hunters also sell their own
People clean up.”
"I am a hunter, but the one with the least status."
Without Lu Li, Katarina's future in the near future would be: becoming terminally ill with pollution, signing a contract with the town, spending all the money she got from selling herself, and then going to the wilderness to seek death.
"Young adults? Evil gods can also grow?"
"Don't call 'him' like that. The church knows that you will be dragged away as a sacrifice." Catalina warned Lu Li. "They don't age, but we usually use this word to describe towns with different styles."
"The town of young adults is determined and energetic, like an exorcist rejecting anything strange. Unless the god is dead, the surrounding town is absolutely safe."
"The word "infant" usually belongs to a newly established town. It is the same as the word we use to describe it. It is new, weak, and difficult to protect the surroundings of the town. It may even be so weak that even the town will be invaded by weird things."
"Middle-aged people mostly belong to cities. Just like middle-aged people will compromise on some annoying things, middle-aged towns are not as firm as young adult towns. They will allow weirdos to enter the safe zone and even enter the town, as long as they do not maliciously harm humans."
"The old town is the worst..."
Catalina's tone became deeper: "I have experienced the death of an old town. It could not block the weirdness at all, like a sieve. Those weird carnivals rushed into the town, killing everyone they could find, and the gods
Tear it into pieces and share it..."
"This is not the worst thing. In some old towns, the gods have received too many mixed beliefs and strange powers. It is no longer pure and becomes like those infected aliens...it will start to attack humans.
Eventually it went from our hangout to a weird hangout.”
According to Catalina, there are many small towns that have been converted into "weird nests".
It is easier to fall than to remain pure.
Catalina continued talking, while Lu Li listened quietly.
The predecessor of Tangge Town was established by the survivors of the "Weird Nest". They found a church in Midnight City that did not have a gathering point. Just as their god was about to be born, they cooperated and came to the edge of the Dark Wilderness to establish Tangge Town.
So strictly speaking, Catalina experienced an old town and a strange lair, and finally relied on Mango Town to survive.
After saying that, the atmosphere became as silent as the wilderness.
Catalina didn't want the topic to end just like that, so she couldn't help but ask: "Are you still angry?"
"Why are you angry?" Lu Li, who was following behind, replied.
"It's just that I thought you had too many problems in the shelter..." Catalina still remembered this. "Well... I thought you had too many problems before, so I didn't really bother you to talk, but you do have a lot of problems."
Catalina did not want to have a tense relationship with Lu Li - no matter whether Lu Li was an exorcist from the previous era or a pure human, his status after returning to human society was not comparable to that of a poor creature like her who was not even considered a resident.
In other words, she was trying to please Lu Li, but it was full of stiffness and awkwardness.
"I'm just thinking." Lu Li replied calmly and asked, "There is more than one church in a town?"
Relaxed Catalina quickly answered: "Yes. The newborn church will stay in the town and wait until the gods are about to hatch before leaving the town and looking for a place to establish a gathering point."
"What if it was hatched in the city?"
"It depends on their relationship." This hunter who has never been out of the Dark Wilderness, but is knowledgeable enough, replied. "Some towns are sister gods when they are established, but it seems that there are very few... There is only one twin town in the Dark Wilderness.
Two gods."
Lu Li and Catalina were getting closer and closer to Tangge Town, and they could already see the bright lights in the town five or six miles away.
This kind of light is completely different from the dangerous silence of the dark wilderness, and it is even more desirable.
Just like Catalina said, everyone hopes to obtain resident status and no longer have to set foot in the dangerous wilderness.
"What was the world like before?" Catalina asked with yearning and curiosity in her eyes.
Lu Li briefly described everything that happened before the invasion started.
A city with millions of residents, a bustling port, exorcists who travel around to solve incidents, and a peaceful life.
"Millions...? There are only a few thousand people in Jiangge Town..." Catalina couldn't even imagine how many people there were. She only knew a lot. "I know the port. I heard that the Weiner Freeze Port is the same as before the weird era.
bustling."
Lu Li was noncommittal.
It's unlikely that Vina's ice-free port will be as prosperous as it once was, but it's comforting to have a familiar city still standing on the land in strange times.
At least there were familiar things in this world to Lu Li.
As we approached Tangge Town, moving dim lights began to appear around the wilderness. Those were humans entering and leaving the town, some holding fluorite, and some holding oil lamps and torches.
Catalina did not contact them for a simple reason.
Humanity's enemies are not just weird, but themselves.
When you could vaguely see the figures walking around the town, the clouds covering the sky slowly dispersed.
Catalina stopped and stood with Lu Li in the wilderness, looking at the sky.
The rock wall stretching to the horizon replaces the sky, and the fluorite embedded in it is like stars, emitting a dim light. The rocks close together in the center of the dome, leaving a circle of moon-like holes.
Magma flows at the edge of the hole, forming a dark red ring of fire, and falls thickly into the wilderness.