Chapter 1074 Twelve. Agate Lake Camp

  The fall of the late night city makes the light of mankind extremely dim.

  While the Wiener Refuge Area hiding in the ground was dying, only the unreal place of light was left to support the very little sense of existence of human beings.

   In the evening, Lu Li, who was caught in a whirlpool of thoughts, woke up.

  Outside the window, the dim yellow veil from the depths of the clouds fell into the sky of the bright land.

   At dusk, it is also the time to wake up from the silent Onyx Lake camp.

  Lu Li sat up from the folded soft bed, put on his shoes and socks, took off the windbreaker from the hanger, draped it over his shoulders, and opened the patio door.

   The cool air was blowing in, and unlike the air of Wiener Freeze Harbor, the Late Night City, the old sewers, and everywhere, there was no lingering, ghostly silence in the Land of Light. The breath formed by the evaporation of sunlight on the surface of all things can make people connect all beautiful things together, just like the comfort of the afternoon.

  Because the importance of sunlight flows deep in everyone's blood.

   The residents who had already woken up gathered in the camp square in the distance, and they should be waiting for "breakfast".

  There was nothing to see on the terrace away from the hustle and bustle. Lu Li was about to leave the manor and patrol his territory as the twisted figure said.

   nodded to the twisted believers guarding outside the promenade, he left the manor and walked towards the gathering place of the crowd.

  Breakfast in the Land of Light consists of wheat paste and weird meat. The former is more precious than the latter - because it is the difference between a bowl and an unlimited amount.

Potter, Gail, and Mitra, the oldest of the residents, who have been friends with each other for many years, described the taste as somewhat like "oatmeal", while the residents under the age of 30 had no idea what oatmeal was. what.

   There are marked differences in the size of these inhabitants. Those who were well-proportioned, with muscular outlines and slightly darker skin were the first and second group to come to the Land of Light. The third group and the fourth group of residents who arrived more than ten days ago can clearly see the thinness and paleness caused by long-term malnutrition and lack of sunlight.

  Churches of Twisted and Vine also eat in the square, but they are separated from the human inhabitants by different recipes. Unlike the Terminus Society's Class II clean food for human inhabitants, the food of the devotees is rich in "pollution" that benefits them, but is like poison to humans.

   And no matter the true face or the murmur of the believers, it will reduce and pollute the fragile human sanity. Unless they want to join the Twisted and Vine Church, it is better to keep a distance.

   In addition to three meals a day, Mass and occasional events are held in this square. The twisted figure who was taking care of Lu Li's territory wanted to build an auditorium, but she found that the residents didn't like it: they panicked whenever they gathered too much in an enclosed space. This is in stark contrast to the wooden wall that surrounds the Onyx Lake camp, known as the "Kodak Wall".

  The land is not close, only looking at the square from a distance. He had better stay away from the residents until their "humanity" was restored.

  Because late last night, when Lu Li appeared in the land of light, many people were crawling on the ground like slaves, trying to lick his shoes.

   even made Lu Li feel horrified - that is definitely not what a human should look like.

   As Mateus said, the human spine has been broken.

  Lu Li walked towards the ugly shack where they lived, compared to the single-family two-story mansion by the Agate Lake. The twisted figure said that the residents were also reluctant to live there, that the complex structure and cramped corridors made them terrified, and that each mansion was too far apart, only the shacks built by themselves could give them peace of mind.

   These shacks are adjacent to each other, like densely built slums, but there is no cross-flow of sewage under the management of the twisted figure. Aside from being ugly, these shacks are a bit different from other shacks—they don't have chimneys, and they're glass-lined in every direction. This keeps the inhabitants from being swallowed by the darkness and shivering from the cold.

   Pass through the huts of the residents, and then proceed along the downward **** for two or three hundred meters, and Lu Li comes to the wooden wall surrounding the Agate Lake camp.

   This is the source of almost no construction in the Land of Light for three months - the Wall of Kodak, the Immortal Wall of Ploughland.

   From the name, it can be seen that the residents have high expectations for it, although this is only a simple wooden wall with a height of less than three meters, thin and full of holes-but the sense of security it brings to the residents of the Land of Light is unparalleled.

   Just as people always hide themselves under quilts when they are afraid, a meaningless but low wall surrounding their home is a guarantee that they can sleep peacefully.

   But it’s not meaningless either. Because the Agate Lake camp is at the highest point of Mount Sugard, retreating to the height of 100 meters from the Kodak Wall can let the line of sight jump over the wooden wall and see the scene outside the camp. Any weirdness that comes close will be spotted by the followers of the Church of Twists and Vines patrolling this distance. Unless the intruder is from the sky or underground, they always jump over the wooden wall.

   Along the Wall of Kodak back to the single-family mansion by the Onyx Lake. Tesla and his wife once lived in this building complex. Now it is deserted. Only the mansion near the middle of the camp is occupied by the Twisted and Vine Church.

  Two adjacent mansions were used as chapels for the Twisted, Vine Church, and the sculptures were moved from the old camp.

   The twisted figure is not in the church, it is time for it to patrol the camp, and the dreamer is going through a new long sleep.

  Lu Li approached a specially guarded warehouse for storing food and goods.

  The believers recognized Lu Li and let Lu Li enter this stable converted into a warehouse.

The Land of Light is quite generous with food, not only because the workers who don't eat can't work at all, but also because they are backed by a lord with infinite wealth - Lu Li's trade with Midnight City and the old sewers with the help of Wiener Freeze Harbor, Make worthless contribution points in the hands of merchants to be higher than shillings and lower than weird currencies, just trade points only.

In the three-month letter sent by Matteus, Lu Li found that the quality of the goods sent from the old sewers to the Wiener Antifreeze Port gradually deteriorated, and the food was mixed with carrion and could not be swallowed. The filth, the wreckage of the cargo, and even worse - strange things began to sneak into the Wiener Refuge with the cargo.

   Everything is gone because of Midnight City.

   It may not be long before the human shilling will no longer circulate as currency in the dark world.

The contribution points of the merchants can live a little longer, because the speed of the merchants transporting goods and the old sewers do not know much about the land of light. They do not know that the land of light is just a product, and Lu Li can only hide on the top of the territory— - The goods they deliver are still normal, not gradually deteriorating like the Wiener Refuge.

   But sooner or later they will discover everything.

  So the Land of Light is reclaiming farmland, so enough canned food is stored in the grounds of Baron Joseph's estate for three years for 500 inhabitants.

   But these are just the same as the frozen port of Wiener hiding in the ground, burning clothes to delay the time of darkness.

   (end of this chapter)