Chapter 945: Chapter 138: He Possesses Reason, and Also Humanity
“Sothing happened.”
Lu Li had no intention of explaining further.
Aileen raised her chin thoughtfully: “No wonder I didn’t see Anna… By the way, tell about the process after you t Adolf, the manager who just brought you here.”
Lu Li briefly recounted the conversation when they arrived and the reason they found the refuge.
“So he made a choice too…” Aileen seed a bit pleased, tapping her fingers lightly on the table. “And it was quite a radical decision.”
Thud thud—
“There’s one more standing with us.”
Lulu descended the wooden stairs and stood behind Aileen, just like she had twenty years ago when she appeared with Baron Joseph in a dressing gown at the banquet.
Ti passed, yet nothing was taken from them except itself.
“Push over.”
Lulu grabbed the wheelchair and pushed Aileen around the desk. Aside from Lu Li, others saw that the blanket covering her lacked the contours of legs.
The wheelchair stopped in front of Lu Li, and Aileen smiled, extending her arms towards him: “It’s been over twenty years. Won’t you give an old friend a hug?”
Ophelia suddenly emitted a warm aura.
The malicious broadcast in Lulu’s palm crackled with noise.
“Are you the person in charge of the refuge now?” Lu Li noticed the refuge badge on Aileen’s chest.
“Pretty much, they still listen to .” Aileen spoke, slightly tilting her head: “Lulu, help lift my feeble arms until he agrees to hug .”
Unfortunately, standing opposite her was Lu Li, and Lulu didn’t help her lift her arms.
Aileen’s gaze paused slightly on Ophelia’s body, which radiated warmth like a fireplace, and she lowered her arms.
“Seeing you always reminds of the past…” She lanted, stating that life in the refuge was a kind of tornt, making past experiences on the surface the most treasured mories. She missed the food, the business, the annoying flattering smiles, the dancers… and the man she reunited with.
“And the strange people always around you… Can you tell about the outside?”
“Sure.”
Lu Li did not refuse. He ca for this.
“Call all managers to the Supervisor’s Cabin…” Halfway through instructing, Aileen stopped and asked Lu Li: “I rember you don’t like crowds?”
After receiving a nod from Lu Li, she waved her hand: “No need to call them, let’s consider it a family gathering. Just tell them the outsider is my friend from the surface, and don’t let them disturb . Make dinner the most sumptuous according to refuge standards.”
“It’s morning now.”
Ophelia, who had restrained her aura, said.
“Refuge ti is inverted from the surface.”
As Lulu left the small house, Aileen casually said, returning her gaze to Lu Li, pausing to think and then asking,
“The way you maintain your youth… Can it be shared with others?”
…
Dining room in the Supervisor’s Cabin.
Candlelight illuminated the steaming and abundant dinner on the long table.
Besides food, there was wine that had been stored for over twenty years and equally expensive grain liquor.
Soon after, Aileen and Lulu, changed into new clothing, arrived at the dining room. Seeing her, Katerina suddenly understood the source of her hostility.
Aileen had changed into a dark purple, fluffy noble gown interwoven with gold threads. A deep blue gemstone pendant, larger than the cork on a wine bottle, highlighted her fair chest, and her exquisite makeup made her resemble a noble girl prepared for her coming-of-age ceremony, with a fragrance much more pleasant than the cheap perfu Katerina slled on tavern prostitutes.
Even Lulu, who was pushing the wheelchair, was forcibly dressed up with shoulder-length short hair usually seen on young girls.
Clearly, Aileen had so deliberate thoughts for the dinner.
“But sothing’s missing.”
Aileen leaned lazily back into the armchair, gazing out the window.
The dark underground resembled perpetual night.
“Please allow to introduce myself. I am Aileen Joseph, the Supervisor of the Ailen Peninsula Refuge, and once a Baron and heir to the Joseph Family on the surface. She is Lulu, my family.”
When it was Lu Li’s side, after a brief silence, Katerina spoke first.
“Katerina, known as the ‘Bee Sting’ Hunter in the Barren Lands.”
“My na is Puxiu, a mber of Mr. Luli’s team!” Puxiu sitting crouched on a chair called out.
“I am Mr. Luli’s fiancée.” Ophelia spoke in a hoarse voice.
More importantly, she didn’t pause.
“My companion, forrly an employee of the Belfast Library.” Lu Li then calmly added.
“Still as damned charming to ghosts as ever?” Aileen’s red lips curved into a smile.
Only the rchant hadn’t introduced itself, but Aileen knew it.
“Tell what’s been happening outside.” Aileen raised a wine glass, more scarlet than her lips.
“From when should I start?”
“From when the refuge was sealed off…” Aileen’s eyes inquired of Lulu.
“The fourth year.”
“…Start. That year, we completely lost contact with the outside world.”
That was the era when the world had transford from the old human glory to a ti dominated by anomalies.
Lu Li wasn’t a witness, but after returning, he knew what happened during that period.
In Lu Li’s calmly narrated story, devoid of embellishnts, the external situation was quickly conveyed.
“It sounds like it’s not the right ti to go out…” Aileen’s eyes drooped slightly, whispering.
“So I think it’s best you continue hiding underground.” Hearing her soliloquy, Katerina reminded her: “Outside is more dangerous than you imagine.”
“The cold extinguishes the flas.” It was sothing Puxiu read in a book.
“Don’t underestimate the refuge.” Aileen wasn’t upset by Katerina’s offense. “We are not lacking in power to combat anomalies. For instance, the anomaly you helped us solve didn’t even make us sound the alarm.”
“But their approach was quite rough.”
Lu Li recalled the residents of the refuge confronting the anomalies with torches and Homogeneous Items.
No investigation, no keeping distances, like villagers rounding up wild beasts.
“After all, the last anomaly invasion was many years ago. Most residents born in the refuge have never seen an anomaly.” Aileen sighed helplessly. “Let tell you about the situation of the refuge… Don’t share it outside.”
The purpose of each refuge is to preserve the seeds of humanity.
In the plan once laid by the Exorcist Association, refuges would open when the tides recede, the clouds disperse, and dawn arrives. If unexpectedly the connection with the outside world is lost, the opening ti would be determined by the Supervisor and managers.
All refuges were planned to be sealed for more than fifty years, this is the duration the Exorcist Association estimated for anomalies to depart.
But the reality is that most refuges struggle to sustain stability for that long.
In a sealed environnt, psychological status, tool reserves, anomaly invasions, and food cultivation pose challenges for the subterranean residents.
Especially after the Deep Sea Stones lost their effect.
Just like the abandoned refuge Lu Li passed through after leaving the underground; it had been sealed for less than twenty years before it was forced open due to an anomaly invasion, and the surviving residents beca “purebred humans,” carried off as expensive commodities.
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