The pendant’s guidance originates from the bloodline.
It is almost certain that the Vortex People before them is the "Elena" they are looking for.
Two situations simultaneously erge: The good news is they found Elena quite easily; the bad news is they hold no expectations for Elena’s recovery.
The distorted Aliens alongside the detestable form before them are like fluffy kittens compared to the unknown creatures from the deep sea.
Even for the world of absolute silence outside... the appearance of the Vortex People surpasses many limits of the bizarre.
Cooked at revived, stones turned into gold, deadwood sprouted anew... The legendary Divinity can do it, but can the Alien God?
Can the Twisted Shadow restore His sister?
From the street ca strange wailing as the wind whistled through the crevices. Elson, by the door, shut it, blocking out the eerie sounds and light.
"Elena" raised a deford tentacle, pulled open a drawer, picked up a notebook inside, and muttered as she handed it to Lu Li.
The exorcists maintained silence as Lu Li accepted the notebook, opening the title page where so semblance of writing appeared, showing that the writer tried hard to make them look like words, but only just so.
Lu Li quickly flipped through the pages, causing "Elena" to drop her tentacles in disappointnt. Soon, he reached the end, where the "writing" had already been twisted into unique vortex script.
If there were a counterclockwise spiral lens, it might be able to translate it into text.
"Pay attention to the street, I’ll now enter the dream and communicate with Elena."
Lu Li reminded Porter and the others, returned the notebook to "Elena," opened his satchel, took out two bottles of Sleeping Dream Potion, handed one to Elena, and after taking it, leaned against the wall, entering the dream realm.
After a mont’s wait, a mottled glow illuminated the chaotic, directionless space, as Lu Li entered Elena’s new dream realm.
"30 Shillings? No way! You gotta go lower!"
"I’m not feeling well lately..."
"I don’t care if you’re un... Oh damn, when did you start? Get away from !"
"Wait... 25... 20 Shillings! Sir, please don’t leave, I need this money for a doctor’s appointnt..."
n, won, pleas, hurried footsteps echoed in the bustling alley. Painted won standing by the shacks along the alley gazed numbly in their direction.
Lu Li ignored the nearby clamor, looking at Elena before him, with red lips and a skirt, holding a notebook.
She stared over there, suddenly tossed the notebook to Lu Li, turned, and slipped into the shack behind her, quickly returning with a rattling tin cookie box. Unused to high heels, she twisted her foot, kicked off the shoes, ran barefoot to the distraught woman, and shoved the cookie box into her arms: "Mary, these are for you, go see a doctor! Now!"
"Thank you, Elena... Thank you... You’re my best sister..."
Amid emotional gratitude, Lu Li’s gaze dropped to the notebook materialized in the dream realm, opening the title page—the symbols had turned into recognizable words.
[He left, taking my hope with him. I’m sorry, sister, I didn’t go back... disappointed and saddened you...]
[The Land of Vortex is growing bigger; the town is expanding. Is the outside expanding too? They should have left the library by now...]
[Without the pendant, it’s lost its suppression and thought. I’m wondering why I am okay, why I’m still conscious after so long. Maybe it’s because of my sister?]
[The tower rises higher each day; where do they want to reach? I tried to approach but failed. The vortex transformation was worse than I thought, becoming a new Vortex Person even beyond that... Perhaps it won’t be long before I beco that form too.]
[I’m starting to regret not choosing to leave with him... Then maybe it would have been in ti... looking at my abhorrent reflection in the vortex... what supports to live?]
[Should I be alive?]
The weeping woman clutched the cookie box containing all of Elena’s possessions, returned to the shack, and closed the door.
Her story temporarily concluded in the dream realm.
Elena kicked off the obstructing high heels, returned to Lu Li: "She is Mary... I rember after this happened, I never saw her again... Later, I heard from soone that a woman’s stripped body was found on Lemon Street... I guess she must have been urgently in need of money and went there to solicit, a territory of the Hyena Gang..."
Elena lanted the past she couldn’t let go of, then returned to the shack, erging again with a mirror in hand.
At twenty, the youthful appearance evoked her sentint: "I’ve almost forgotten what dreams look like, almost forgotten what I look like... Is this the power of the potion you had drink?"
"Philona commissioned to rescue you." Lu Li did not answer Elena, speaking directly.
"Sister... does she still rember ..."
Elena opened her palm, grasped, relaxed, lightly shook her head: "I can’t leave anymore... Tell my sister, I—"
"Sunshine once again graces Belfast."
As Lu Li’s words echoed, the clouds parted, and beams of light fell on the distant harbor where seagulls circled and ships docked.
Elena gazed in a daze at the light descending upon Belfast, listening to Lu Li’s calm recounting.
From the God of the Deep Sea allowing sunshine to grace the Land of Light, Philona forming an alliance with the Mother of the Marsh to establish a camp at Agate Lake, to the expanding Land of Vortex bordering the Ashes District, Philona at this juncture raises the Divine Fire to launch a counterattack—
"You’re not lying to ...?"
Elena’s gaze returned from the light to Lu Li.
Her mory still lingered months back. Then, aware of the surrounding oddities, the Twisted Vine Church occupying the True Library had just endured a harsh rainy season, still preparing supplies for the approaching winter, resisting bizarre invasions.
"Mm."
Elena cast aside doubt, hesitantly: "But can I leave? The vortex will swallow everything it touches..."
She hoped Lu Li could provide a reassuring answer, but he rely replied: "I don’t know, but staying here certainly can’t."
"I’ll leave with you."
The decision made Elena feel light enough to float, so she really levitated, asking in mid-air: "Who are those people with you?"
"Exorcists."
"Exorcists... is that your doing?"
Elena dropped down, incredulously asking.
"Mm."
Sparing ti, Lu Li didn’t extend the pleasant dream for Elena, awakening from it.
Elena then woke up, feelings sinking from facing the harsh reality again.
"Is it Elena?" Elson asked.
Lu Li nodded: "Return the sa way."
Elena, with no nostalgia, followed Lu Li out of the wooden house towards the outskirts of town.
Due to Elena’s presence, surrounding hostility and gazes diminished significantly, they smoothly reunited with Porter and the others, seamlessly leaving Vortex Town, and smoothly approached the edge of the dense fog, as if this rescue mission faced no obstacles—
Until Elena was blocked outside by the solid fog.
Everyone felt the disappointnt and sadness in Elena’s unrecognizable language.
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