One hundred and thirty-eight. He has reason and humanity
The Allen Peninsula shelter has been spared its previous troubles.
When the deep sea stone loses its barrier significance, it withdraws from the refuge and builds a new gathering place deeper underground; when it loses contact with the surface, residents go to the lookout to observe the outside world to avoid panic; long-term underground life affects the psychology, making the residents realize that the surface is full of weird things
Only the shelter is safe; check tools regularly to keep the number of intact tools stored above a certain number; establish a guard group to guard against strange intrusions.
The coveted crown of tranquility that has worn the Arran peninsula refuge for more than two decades has made the only trouble that has arisen worse: the food crisis.
The shelter that once housed 300 people now has 723 residents.
What's worse is not only the uncontrollable population, but also the reduced food. In the past five years, the food they harvested every year has been 4% to 7% less than the previous year. This may not sound like much, but including the risk of cultivating the farmland of the old shelter,
Their current planting area is 1.3 times that of five years ago, but their harvest has dropped by 30%.
Scholars suspect that there is a problem with the soil and the seeds. The former is relatively easy to solve. They only need to continue to cultivate new land to expand planting, and they only need to solve the lighting and derivative problems that may cause strange sensations. But if the latter is the case, they have no choice but to obtain new seeds.
Law.
Seeds can only be obtained from the surface.
And Erin had the misfortune of becoming a supervisor at the beginning of the food crisis.
The results obtained so far are that both problems exist... there is a problem with the seeds, and also with the farmland.
Disaster is approaching the crowned sanctuary.
Under the crisis, shelter managers are divided into supporters and opponents.
The supporters believe that in order to continue the sanctuary, it is necessary to obtain seeds and other scarce resources from the surface. The opponents believe that the bloodline must be kept pure, even at the cost of reducing the number of residents in the sanctuary.
Eileen, who has a direct personality, obviously belongs to the support camp. Her response to the opposition is simple: the decrease in the number of residents in the shelter starts with them and their heirs.
To Irene, they are just a bunch of blindfolded idiots. The seeds will deteriorate from generation to generation until they degenerate into weeds.
"I thought the shelter would be 'cleaner'."
The last bit of goodwill Katarina had towards the shelter was gone.
"These are the places where you have power. Some smart people and people who think they are smart make stupid answers one after another in order to weigh their interests."
Irene rubbed the corners of her eyes with fine lines, feeling equally tired. If it weren't for Lulu, she wouldn't be a supervisor or sit in her position and hang all those who oppose her.
The appearance of Lu Li is a good opportunity for the supporters. He comes from the surface, he is an exorcist, and more importantly, he is trustworthy.
But Irene didn't expect that the outside was so bad that there wasn't even a human town on the Allen Peninsula, and the only city was actually the Vina Ice-free Port, a commercial port that only became prosperous in winter.
"Can you find a way to hire a caravan to transport supplies?" Eileen asked.
This was not difficult for Lu Li.
Just ask Andrea to go to the ice-free port of Vina to load a cargo.
"Have you decided not to hide the shelter anymore?" Katarina suddenly asked.
"The shelter cannot be exposed to the public. The fewer people know about it, the better." Erin replied. "But we have ways to solve this problem."
"What can I do?"
"A homologue that can erase memories." Erin whispered meaningfully.
This is an important item to keep your shelter undetected.
Catalina nodded and suddenly looked at Irene warily: "You have erased our memories, right?"
"Discovered? It seems like it's time to do it again... Lulu." Irene raised her eyebrows slightly and tilted her head to signal Lulu.
squeak
Catalina stood up suddenly and knocked away the wooden chair. She covered her eyes and stared at Irene coldly: "You erased our memories?"
"She's lying to you."
Lu Li said calmly, cutting the steak with his knife.
"Sit down quickly..." Pusius covered his eyes with one paw.
However, Catalina, who had experienced countless deaths, didn't mind this trivial embarrassment. She picked up the chair and sat down again, as if nothing had happened.
"I thought these years would make you change." Erin took a sip of wine with her red lips and raised her glass to Lu Li.
"Where's Tesla?" Lu Li did not talk about Irene's reminiscing about the past.
"...He defected from the shelter and ran back to the surface twenty years ago. We don't know any more about where he went than you do."
"Why did he leave?"
"The shelter lost contact with the outside world. How did you do it three months after the newspaper that you almost bought no longer arrived?"
"Businessman. Is the newspaper still there?"
Those newspapers recorded Adangfuya's 'letters', which may contain the whereabouts of her and Remi brother and sister.
"I'll have someone look for me later, businessman..."
Erin murmured and fell into thought.
Businessmen are trustworthy.
Vaults once shielded merchants because they wanted to remain closed. The situation is different now. Vaults cannot continue to exist without external help.
"If we can get merchants to send supplies, we won't have to hire caravans," Eileen said.
"Yes, but it will take some time." Lu Li nodded. "He is the last businessman."
"Just like you?" Erin held her chin, stirring the mashed potatoes with the silver spoon into spirals that made Catalina frown.
Lulu next to her suddenly put down her fork. Irene tilted her head slightly and maintained a listening posture. The life together from childhood to adulthood made her know that Lulu had something to say.
"A few years ago, residents found the body of a businessman nearby."
"Where is it."
The person who asked was not Lu Li but the merchant.
Lulu gently but quickly wiped away the food residue from the corner of her mouth and left her seat: "I'm going to get the relevant report."
Erin, who was holding her chin, followed Lulu away with her eyes, and her narrow eyes returned to Lu Li: "You can't come to the shelter just to see us. Tell me, what happened?"
"Anna and I were separated."
Lu Li told Irene that he was looking for Anna.
"Did she show up at the shelter?"
"No wonder she's not with you..." Erin nodded lightly. "No, except for today, the last weird invasion of the shelter was a few years ago."
Lu Li seemed to be still calm: "...ruins, abyss, cultists, trees, brown cars, what do these remind you of?"
"Are they related?" Erin asked with a frown.
"A prophecy about Anna's trace."
"Prophecy? Is there anything else you haven't said?"
So Lu Li recounted what happened after returning to Belfast.
"The ruins...the abyss...the cultists...I can't think of it, unless I put them together forcefully." Ellie shook her head and answered, looking at Lu Li with lowered black eyes, she added: "Maybe the answer lies in the riddle, here is
