The person she was holding coughed violently and gasped, "Still...still alive."
Gu Li's blindfold finally revealed a slight smile.
“If you really die, Anneville will never forgive herself. Her father was devoured not far away, and she didn’t even realize it…”
She carried Hagrid back, and because of his height, Hagrid's legs dragged on the ground, making a screeching sound.
"What are you planning to make her think?"
Hagrid suddenly struggled in her hand for a moment, but quickly gave up after failing to do so.
Hagrid: "I just wanted to... protect her..."
"&*……Gurgle&*￥……"
Gu Li arrived at the tavern, pushed the door open, and threw him inside. The door was then closed behind them: "Too arrogant. Aren't we partners?"
“It’s not a good habit to abandon your allies like this.”
Hagrid had completely lost his voice when he heard another set of footsteps approaching nearby; he lay on the ground, making his voice extremely soft.
“Annie, I’m so glad… you still came to see me.”
Anneville looked at Hagrid on the ground, his armor tattered and riddled with countless wounds, and sobbed loudly.
This made Hagrid on the ground freeze for a moment.
"I should be saying that! It's Father who has no intention of coming back to see me!"
After saying this, Anneville, under Gu Li's watchful gaze, slowly embraced Hagrid, who was slumped on the ground.
"Father, nothing is more important than you being here."
Gu Li tied her headband back and went upstairs first, not intending to disturb the father and daughter's conversation.
Her gaze fell on the mirror in the room, where a pale-faced girl stared back at her with an equally expressionless expression.
Moreover, she has more important things to do now.
Gu Li tentatively opened a crack in the curtains that were drawn tightly shut in the room, and the pale moonlight fell on her. The voice echoed in her mind again.
"*&&……@child#￥&* came to……*#my side..."
"Whoosh!"
After the curtains were drawn, the voice in my mind paused for a moment, then kept uttering meaningless whispers.
"Whoosh!"
She opened the curtains again, and as the moonlight fell upon her, that compassionate voice, filled with countless emotions, echoed in her mind once more.
"&*#@￥% Back to...&my embrace@#￥%..."
Gu Li frowned deeply. She simply sat on the windowsill with her back to the moon, bathing herself in the moonlight.
She fiddled with the ring on her finger and suddenly said, "Shut up, you're so noisy."
The voice continued, intensifying its calls in Gu Li's mind.
Gu Li, expressionless, reached out and pulled the curtains shut: "Do you know how impolite it is to talk in someone else's head? If you're going to act any more out of line, get out."
The voice actually stopped, and just before the curtains were about to close, it quickly uttered a sentence in human language.
"...Come find me where the moon sets!"
Then there was no more sound.
Gu Li twirled the ring on his finger that reflected light, lying on the bed quietly pondering the meaning of that voice—was it a trap or a hint?
Where the moonlight falls...
The topographical map of Bellamy that I had written down before setting off appeared in my mind. It was a large city backed by mountains, with endless mountains on one side and a vast plain on the other.
If the moonlight truly falls on a certain place, it must be the plain bordering the east of the city.
East of the city...
She remembered that day when she followed the monsters from the room at the end of the second floor to the east of the city, where most of the residents had become puppets of the mysterious church.
But why do they allow those people to maintain their human form during the day?
Is the goal to maintain stability in the city before the plan unfolds?
Gu Li thought for a moment and rejected this option.
The city has clearly fallen completely under the control of the mysterious church. Even if they make a big show of it, there is no force in the city that can stand up to them.
It wasn't out of the need for the plan, nor was there any need to make this move.
Is there anything special about those people?
The next morning, as the eerie moon set completely, an eerie silence returned to the city.
All the survivors huddled in the shadows, trembling, while the monsters who had been transformed into different species the night before, Gu Li, stood on the roof of the tavern, his senses radiating outwards.
It's gone.
She opened her eyes, and the strange creatures that had appeared on the street the night before were gone.
"Crunch."
The door of the small building opposite the tavern was opened. Gu Li had heard the sounds coming from the building across the street, but the person appeared in front of her unharmed.
Her gaze swept over the man, and apart from his slightly stiff gait, she could not detect any signs of anything amiss.
Ten minutes later, the rescue and search operation officially began.
Gu Li's eyes swept over the crowd: "This operation is mainly for rescue and reconnaissance. Before rescuing people, we will cut open their skin to confirm their identities. If we find any clues about the mysterious church, we will retreat immediately and send out a signal."
Don't be reckless.
"I hope we can all return safely to the Federation after this mission is over!"
Everyone was fully prepared, their eyes fixed intently on Gu Li: "Yes!"
The group quickly dispersed, but Hagrid, once again fully encased in his armor, called out to her in a deep voice, "Wait, Miss Gu Li."
He was assigned by Gu Li to protect the stronghold, and by this time he and Wang Li had already completed their work assignments.
"Ms. Gu Li, thank you for yesterday."
He hesitated for a moment before saying, "When I escaped from the presidential palace last night amidst the chaos, I seemed to see two Mr. Steves."
"I don't know if this will help, but I hope it will. Mr. Steve, who is having dinner in the annex, seems to have some disagreements with the one in the main building."
Gu Li nodded: "Thank you, this is indeed very useful."
After everyone else set off, she went to the east of the city alone, and along the way she felt countless gazes cast from the dark windows.
But they didn't see a single alien species.
When they were just one street away from the east side of the city, Gu Li suddenly heard a noisy crowd, as if she had stumbled into some kind of illusion.
The street that appeared before us was too ordinary; it even had small stalls, and residents from the east of the city moved about freely among them.
The moment Gu Li appeared, all eyes turned to this side, then looked away.
She stood at the end of the street, with a desolate city behind her and a vibrant street in front of her.
Everything was eerie.
Suddenly a ball hit her calf.
She looked in the direction of the sound and met the gaze of a chubby-cheeked child.
He nervously hugged his little ball, then suddenly grinned and said, "Sister, you've been chosen by me."
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