The cooling temperature enveloped the earth before the strange fog and darkness.
The crackling and popping sound of the fireplace fire drowned out the whining wind in the flue.
It was like a strange ritual beside the fireplace, with damp firewood waiting to be dried neatly placed everywhere.
Catalina has experience in surviving in the wild, and she knows how to avoid being approached in the fog.
When the light seeping into the cave from the entrance was dim, she took out half of the redwood and rebuilt a bonfire outside the refuge.
The shadows were dispersed by the firelight, leaving only Catalina's narrow shadow.
"Go call Lu Li back." Catalina said, taking care of the new bonfire.
Psius let go of the firewood he was dragging and ran towards the entrance of the cave.
Before running out of the cave, Lu Li's tall figure appeared at the entrance of the cave.
Catalina looked up and frowned.
"What did you do?"
She suddenly couldn't feel Lu Li's breath anymore.
Lu Li no longer exuded a beautiful, sunny, and vital aura, and became the same as when she saw him in the abandoned shelter.
"I woke Annie."
Lu Li walked around the bonfire in front of the door frame.
In the glimmer of hope, he felt Anne's desire.
Longing for Lu Li to approach, longing for the continuation of life, longing for the vitality that would awaken it from eternal sleep.
After losing the humanity that symbolized beauty, Lu Li's temperament returned to mystery and depth, and was no longer special.
"That tree?" Catalina was stunned: "Did you send the fuel out?"
Of course she remembered what happened in the old sewer swamp.
"Um."
Lu Li broadcast the evil spirits of the strange era and placed a mottled conch on the wooden table.
"How many?"
"all."
Lu Li only has a basic share of humanity left. Without the increase from the Doomsday Apocalypse Book, it would only be half.
"...I can't understand." Catalina suppressed her anger.
Pusius didn't dare to speak, he could see that Caterina was angry.
"I won't stay at Wanghai Cliff and wait."
Lu Li just answered Catalina calmly, his black eyes reflecting the burning bonfire.
Awakening Anne from eternal sleep is not just because it is important to Lu Li. To Lu Li, human nature is a curse with greater side effects than a cursed title, like a delicious cake made of poison.
Indulging in the beauty brought by human nature will only lead to enjoying the poison together.
"But you know how difficult it is to get human nature. You can only get so much by killing our weird leader who is chasing us!"
"Humanity is harder to come by than you think."
"Do you have any idea?"
"Vina Freeze Harbor, Midnight City, everyone, they won't be stingy with their help."
It is foreseeable that once Lu Li learns about this ability, Weiner Freeze Port will become a meat grinder for monsters, capturing a large number of monsters and handing them over to Lu Li for death.
Catalina's expression became complicated: "I thought you would hide this power."
"It makes no sense."
Lu Li shook his head gently.
People in strange times need hope. Selfish hiding will only make the world fall into the abyss.
The reason Lu Li didn't say anything was simple: he didn't need more humanity for the time being, and Mayor Mateus would never allow him to leave the Vina Freeze Port if he knew he could gain humanity.
Catalina also realizes this.
"Staying in the ice-free port of Vina can only help the people here by adding humanity."
"Anna is more important to me."
Katarina fell into silence. She didn't care about anything, and the ignorance she had when she was young had long been lost in her career as a hunter who could die at any time. Joining Lu Li's team was her only "emotional" decision.
The same goes for Pusius, but the little guy with a delicate heart can understand.
For Lu Li, who is like the embodiment of reason, to care so much, that person must be the most important person to him.
"Can it survive in the dark?"
Katarina's stiff tone softened.
She felt that Lu Li had persuaded her.
More importantly, she couldn't argue with Lu Li.
"Annie is weird."
The 10 points of humanity reflected in Annie are more effective than Lu Li.
The weak consciousness is no longer as weak as a beam of light. Annie wakes up from a long sleep stronger than when she left 24 years ago, revealing her intimacy with Lu Li.
Over the next period of time, Annie will gradually recover and grow green leaves.
Even if Lu Li leaves for another twenty-four years, it will not die as it has enough fuel.
Although the cost is high, it all seems worth it.
Lu Li lost his resistance to pollution, but he also lost his attraction to weirdness.
And Lu Li, who seemed to be stripped away from the world, reintegrated into the world due to the familiar existence.
"Hopefully come the next day we won't see a fallen elm tree."
Caterina continued carrying firewood.
Without Lu Li's breath, he would fall into a nightmare again after falling asleep...
The last glimmer of light outside the cave disappeared, and the strange fog from the sea filled the cave and was driven away by the burning bonfire.
The glue of the team, Pusius quietly comforted Caterina and told her about the benefits of Anne waking up, such as protecting them in the cave.
"How do you plan to find the Church of Twisted Vine tomorrow?"
At night, as the cans beside the fireplace simmered, Caterina asked.
"Take a shortcut." Lu Li said.
Andres Brothers Repair Station.
Investigator base in the Belfast area.
There is a long underground passage leading to the real library, which is located in the Bauhinia District.
If the passage did not collapse or be blocked, or occupied by strange things, they could go straight to the location of the Twisted Vine Church.
Even if it's impassable, it's better to start from the coast than to go straight through half of the ruined city. Don't forget, a strange nest outside the Elm Street neighborhood is looking for them.
The fastest way to get to Wanghai Cliff is to climb down from the cliff. Hemp ropes are stored in the cellar. If they are wet, they can be twisted out of water stains but can still be used.
Setting off early in the morning when the strange fog dissipates, they can reach the coastline quietly before the mist dissipates.
"You have the final say."
When it was time to rest, Catalina asked Lu Li and Pusius to go to bed while she stayed vigil.
At midnight, the sleepy Caterina could no longer hold on, so she woke up Pusius to keep vigil, and fell into a dreamland that disgusted her.
There was still an hour before morning, when Pusius's screams woke them up.
"What's wrong?"
Pusius' fearful face was filled with fear, and he gasped: "I...I had a nightmare."
The fear gradually faded away, leaving only the unnatural look on his cheeks.
Before dawn, they connected the hemp ropes into a hundred-meter-long rope and left the cave after the strange fog dissipated.
Lu Li approached Annie to feel its condition, and Annie responded affectionately to Lu Li's touch.
"Is that a change brought about by human nature?" Catalina tied one end of the hemp rope and observed the green branches.
They hung Pusius down first, then Lu Li.
With the soles of his shoes stepping on the soft sand, Lu Li raised his head and looked at the figure climbing down from the edge of the cliff.
An accident occurred when it was almost to the bottom. The hemp rope suddenly broke and it twitched like a long snake and fell.
Catalina, who was still three or four meters above the ground, fell and was knocked out of the sand trap.
"How are you?"
Pusius rushed forward and asked.
Catalina didn't respond. She got up and picked up the broken hemp rope to check.
It shows traces of being worn away by the edges of the rock.
Catalina raised her head and looked at the silhouette of Wanghai Cliff.
