One hundred and twenty. Waking up from a long sleep
The breakup of the shortcut did not exacerbate the unease.
Even Lu Li couldn't climb hundreds of meters back to Wanghai Cliff. This was not their retreat.
The towering lighthouse deep in the reef area showed its huge outline in the mist. They hid the broken hemp rope behind the rocks in the reef area and approached the street along the coast.
There are some non-human footprints on the brown beach. The sea breeze will smooth out the traces. Most of these footprints were left recently. Maybe they exist in the fog, or maybe they are the wandering weirdness of the ruins of Belfast.
Taking advantage of the morning mist, they moved deeper along the edge of the coastline and arrived at the end of the thick wall, with the coastal streets above.
Now was not the time to enter the city. They had to stick to the wall at the edge of the beach and head south until they were close to the bottom of the Andres Brothers maintenance station. The mist and the wall would help them hide their figures.
There were many footprints lingering in front of the deep sewer entrances, as if something strange was inhabiting this place. He passed several sewer entrances quickly and silently, and Lu Li suddenly stopped in front of a sewer with faded graffiti on the way.
There are also lingering footprints here, covered in mud washed away by rain.
Catalina and Pusius, who had already passed by, turned back and waited for Lu Li to come over. Catalina did not say anything and looked at Lu Li asking questions.
"The children lived here."
Get far enough away from the sewer, Lu Li whispered.
"It can't be them. Wanghai Cliff is safer than the city." Catalina said.
Pusius pestered Lu Li to tell him about the residents of Wanghai Cliff last night, including the poor children.
Before the mist dissipated, they approached the bridge leading to Rodster Harbor. The strong wooden bridge, which had been corroded by the sea wind for twenty-four years and had not been repaired for twenty-four years, was still standing, but it could not hide its dilapidation, with loopholes and holes everywhere, like moth-eaten ones.
Arriving under the wooden bridge, before passing through, there were bursts of rustling sounds on the bridge.
The departure of Evil Fall caused them to lose their sense of weirdness, so they could only stay quiet and look up at the bridge.
Shadowy silhouettes passed by the bridge and squirmed towards Rodster Harbor. Their silhouettes resembled human figures, draped in gauze-like black robes and stepping on creaking wooden boards.
Many unknown entities are approaching the Port of Rodster.
I wonder if the backbone of the giant beast that Pusius saw yesterday has anything to do with them.
Lu Li and others suppressed their breathing and waited for them to cross the wooden bridge.
If Lu Li still maintains his humanity, they will definitely be discovered under the bridge...
Gulu...
A silhouette stopped squirming, made an unspeakable sound, and lowered its cloak.
Its silhouette became shorter and shorter, lying silently on the bridge, and its bloodshot eyes under the gauze robe appeared between the gaps in the wooden boards.
There are only messy footprints under the bridge.
…
A few dozen meters away from the wooden bridge, Lu Li and others were walking quietly.
The waves and gravel covered their footsteps, and the mist hid the outline of the bridge and them.
"I was almost discovered..." Pusius breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his eldest sister was there.
Its perception is not as good as Evil Fall, but it is sharper than humans like Lu Li and others.
After passing the wooden bridge, they were not far from their destination.
Before the mist was about to dissipate, they climbed onto the street and quickly rushed into the Andres Brothers maintenance station that had lost its sign.
It's dark, damp, and dilapidated. Collapsed empty containers block the road. The curtains in the back of the store have long since disappeared, revealing a cloaked man whose face is hidden in the darkness, and a black goshawk standing on his arm. The darkness is like an unknown figure waiting for uninvited guests to step in.
figure.
At least Pusius was startled by it.
"Is this the investigator base you're talking about?"
Catalina frowned.
Cha—cha—
The oil lamp slowly lights up, casting mottled and chaotic shadows.
"It's underground." Lu Li stepped over the collapsed shelves and walked towards the depths of the store.
"That's different from what I thought..."
Caterina lifted the back of Psius's neck.
"I know. The investigator base is very low-key and doesn't like to be exposed to the public." Katarina mentioned the Pusius tree.
After walking past these wooden frames that were like high walls to Psius, and arriving in front of the severely faded murals, Caterina put him down.
"Then what?"
She asked Lu Li, who was standing in front of the mural.
Lu Li handed the oil lamp to Catalina, squatted in front of the mural and lifted up the blanket.
The shadow faded, and a three-eyed black raven badge appeared under the blanket. The empty eye sockets with missing eyeballs stared at the intruder.
"What is this?" Katerina asked.
Lu Li picked it up and put it into the mouth of the black crow on the mural.
Click——
There was the sound of a machine behind the mural.
"Spare keys, prepared for the unexpected."
Lu Li watched as a gap appeared in the mural, which slowly opened in an obscure and stiff manner.
"Why are you hiding under the blanket?"
"A bad taste."
Just like hiding the investigator's base under a store, no one would expect the entrance key to be hidden under a blanket.
The sound of the gears turning suddenly stopped, and the mural that opened the gap no longer opened.
There is a problem with the agency.
Corrosion in coastal areas makes it difficult to avoid even investigator bases.
Lu Li could barely pass through the opened gap. Lu Li took back the oil lamp and reached into the darkness behind the mural.
The elevator at the bottom also does not rise, and a rough cable leads to the depths.
After retrieving the Eyeless Black Crow badge, Lu Li bit the handle of the oil lamp. Katarina let Pusius hold her ankles, and she and Lu Li landed on the top of the cage elevator along the cable.
"Sister-in-law."
"It's very clean here." The eldest sister responded.
Lu Li opened the skylight at the top of the cage elevator and jumped into the elevator.
Bang--
The loud noise echoed in the empty investigator base, and the shaking dust enveloped the outline like mist.
Catalina followed closely behind, suppressing her coughs and walking out of the dusty area with Lu Li.
"I'd rather walk outside..."
The oil lamp illuminated the surroundings to a limited extent, and more areas were shrouded in nihilistic darkness, with the loud noises that had fallen previously echoing everywhere.
The entire underground base will be aware of their arrival.
Walking out of the passage, you arrive at the former investigator's hall. There is a layer of standing water under your feet, which comes from the windows on the wall disguised as roadside sewers.
The deserted dim light from the street penetrated into the hall, bringing a sense of security to Lu Li and others in the darkness.
Following the location in his memory, Lu Li walked through the hall and headed for the secret passage leading to the real library.
At the entrance of the secret passage, at the edge of the oil lamp, a mass of darkness was revealed.
It turned to stare at the intruder, with a ferocious piece of meat in its mouth.
"dumb!"
The black crow let out a hoarse cry, ignored them, and continued to tear apart the meat at its feet, holding a ball of twisted rotten meat in front of the feeding door.
Sensing the outsider, the rotten flesh suddenly squirmed, and a slightly closed eye badge squeezed out from the depths of the rotten flesh.
That's the badge of the Night's Watch.
Catalina and Pusius were puzzled, but Lu Li guessed something.
"I am senior investigator Lu Li." he said.
Rotten Meat didn’t respond.
Lu Li took out the Black Crow Badge again, and the rotten flesh that had regained its composure suddenly began to squirm more and more. The behavior that seemed like a precursor to an attack alerted Catalina to Lu Li.
The rotten meat intensified its peristalsis, and countless bubbles rose up like boiling. Within ten seconds, it melted into a pool of sludge and sewage, and evaporated and dissipated.
