Lacking the protection of gods, Wei Na's ice-free port faces the reality of the world.
Like the weird fog that shrouds the city.
The streets were filled with mist, and the street lamps emitted a dim yellow haze. The streets soon became deserted, with only the guards guarding the city lord's palace remaining.
"I don't like the nights here." Caterina let go of the curtains and returned to the fireplace.
Fog is extremely dangerous to people in the wilderness, but it is everywhere here, and even the rooms seem to be covered in mist.
And whether in Midnight City or Tangge Town, the nights under the protection of gods are equally lively.
"That's how humans were in the old days." Pusius replied, "They had no gods to protect them."
"What about going forward? The city is not like this when there are no weird things."
Catalina said that this city made her feel cold. Gray, fog, light rain, steel, steam, and pipes were everywhere.
Mayor Mateusz Knox came to visit soon after. He changed into casual clothes, and his assistant was not with him. It seemed that he was just a private guest.
"Some MPs complained to me that you ignored their party invitations," Mateusz Knox and Lu Li said.
The subordinates brought news that there were dozens of parties tonight, but none of the guests were welcomed.
"I have no intention of getting involved in politics." Lu Li, who was sitting on the sofa in front of the fireplace, raised his head and closed the "Illustrated Book of Weird Colonies".
"...I can tell, but they won't give up."
Mayor Mateusz Knox sat across from Lu Li.
Not only did he stop by late at night, he also wanted to inquire about Lu Li's political leanings, but he didn't expect to get the answer straight away.
"What does Weiner Freeze Port rely on to block weirdness?" Lu Li asked.
Facing Lu Li, Mayor Mateusz Knox had no intention of hiding anything: "Those inscribed weapons. And the most important thing: powerful weirdos are not interested in this place."
Weiner Freeze Port has never been "favored" by weirdos. At the beginning of the weird era, various human gathering places were attacked by weirdos. The Lennon Islands were broken into countless pieces, and only this place was relatively peaceful.
"What's the reason?"
"I don't know. Maybe there are existences that we don't know about protecting this place. Maybe they want to repeat the Lennon Islands tragedy again."
The investigation on the former has been ongoing and has been concealed and only spread among the upper echelons. After all, in the eyes of the people, the Vina Freeze Port is the "old glory", and the nobles also want the Vina Freeze Port to remain independent and not be assimilated by Midnight City.
Although each noble family hired strange power holders from the deserted land.
Mayor Mateusz Knox did not stay long, the city hall was leaking like a honeycomb.
Before leaving, the hesitant mayor left a message.
"It's no less dirty here than anywhere else."
After saying that, Mayor Mateusz Knox opened the door and walked out of the room with his former mayor's dignity restored.
Bang.
The fire in the fireplace became stable again.
"Mr. Mayor, what do you mean by this?" Pusius, who was crawling at Luli's feet, raised his head and asked in confusion.
"Don't be deceived by the glamorous appearance." Catalina poured herself a glass of red wine. "Tour Lange said something similar to me."
They didn't dwell on the mayor's words for too long. After a while, Catalina, who was slightly tipsy, asked Lu Li nonchalantly: "What happened?"
Lu Li raised his black eyes and looked calmly.
"The feeling you gave me has changed a lot since you came back... hiccup." Catalina, who had hiccups, paused for more than ten seconds: "Your breath..."
"I feel the same way." Pusius quickly agreed. "I feel more comfortable staying with Mr. Lu Li."
Lu Li briefly talked about his experience in the plant habitat. During this period, the merchant finished the transaction and returned to the room. After listening silently, he added thousands of contribution points to Lu Li.
"So human nature is similar to the soul..." Pusius was even more worried about another point: "That's why Mr. Lu Li will be targeted by weirdos even more!"
"Um."
This cannot be avoided.
Catalina, who was a light drinker, soon became drunk and began to wonder about the appearance of the businessman behind his scarf.
Before she rushed over and pulled off the scarf, the merchant left the main world and returned to his home in the other world.
Lu Li, who remembered the seeds because of the story, opened the wooden box containing the carrion and fed the eyes to the black crow that flew over during the day. He filled the wooden box with some soil and buried the seeds in the wooden box.
Eleven servings of humanity are enough to speed up the growth of plants around you.
As Mayor Mateusz Knox said, weirdos are not welcome in Lennon Freeze Harbor. Even the weirdos in the weird fog are not willing to set foot here, let alone the area surrounded by light sources.
Catalina went back to the next room to sleep. Lu Li picked up the wine bottle scattered on the carpet. The label was blurred. It was a bottle of wine brewed before the weird era.
Plant disasters rob many familiar things and people themselves.
Pusius was sleeping soundly on the sofa, and Lu Li on the bed also fell asleep amidst the drizzle and the crackling of matches.
"Lu Li... Lu Li..."
A faint and soft call sounded in his ears. Drowsiness captured Lu Li's consciousness and dragged him into the abyss called sleep, as if he would sink and never wake up...
In the depths of nothingness, a little light suddenly lights up and spreads, covering the void of the film.
Lu Li woke up in the dazzling light.
The first thing that became clear was the sound. Pusius was barking and yelling like crazy, and the guard outside the door was banging on the door hastily. Then there was the perception, the breath hitting something, and the cold bounce back.
Opening his eyes, a ferocious face hung above his forehead.
Lu Li rolled over and rolled out of bed, and the head of the elder sister who was standing on his chest and confronting him was thrown off.
It was the outline of a human figure protruding from the wooden board, like falling into a gauze curtain, stretching the ceiling to a height of only half a meter away from the bed, motionless.
bang
The guards opened the door, and the horror above the bed made them horrified.
"Take Mr. Lu Li away first!"
Lu Li grabbed the head of the eldest sister who rushed towards him, and the guards surrounded him and he left the room with Pusius.
Catalina in the next room was also awakened. Soon, the disheveled Mayor Mateusz Knox came from the depths of the corridor.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that Lu Li was fine, looked at the corridor surrounded by guards, and told Lu Li that someone with strange powers was on the way.
"I am an exorcist." Lu Li said.
"But the only one."
Mayor Mateusz Knox cannot afford for anything to happen to Lu Li.
The person with strange power soon arrived. She was an old woman, holding on to the spine of an inhuman creature, with skulls strung like a necklace hanging on her body, making a rattling sound as she walked.
She fits every expectation people have of a witch.
There is still some time before dawn.
There is only some time left before the being in the ceiling touches Lu Li.
"Exorcist...are you okay?" The old woman stopped as she passed Lu Li, her cloudy eyes falling on him.
The white light that woke Lu Li may have originated from the lighthouse.
And this experience really reminded Lu Li of his past.