"Happy birthday, Sister Lily!"
The crowd's voices echoed in the lobby on the first floor, causing some children on the second floor to secretly observe the first floor from the spiral staircase.
"Thank you...thank you everyone...oooh, thank you everyone."
After all, Lily couldn't hold back and wiped away her tears. She really didn't expect that these children would suddenly bless her, and it seemed that these children had already discussed it at some point, and Ander must be the "culprit" No doubt.
Camille, who was the biggest, even pulled out a sign from nowhere and raised it above his head. It read in large words in colorful paint: Lily's 15th Coming of Age Ceremony.
After Lily finished crying and thanked everyone, she pulled Andre aside and complained softly:
"You just want to see me cry, right?"
"How could it be? I just told everyone that it was your birthday today, and they spontaneously organized this ceremony without me raising any objections."
Lily rolled her eyes at him, "Only a ghost will believe what you say."
"I'm leaving. Don't play on the computer until late at night by yourself. Boys' hair will fall out and their memory will become worse if they stay up late. Brother John is a lesson to you!"
Lily warned her brother, who was quite heart-warming to her.
"Yeah!" Ender nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice. Lily looked amused, and she didn't know whether this guy really listened or was just perfunctory.
Tucking a strand of broken hair behind her ears, Lily finally arranged for Ander to cooperate with Sister Xiu in managing the orphanage, especially those little pricks, so she turned around and went to the basement to find the person she expected. "Weapon".
But unfortunately, she couldn't find a suitable "weapon" in the basement. Even if the object was only one centimeter longer than 25 centimeters, she would find it an eyesore... and if it was too short, she would also find it inappropriate.
"I won't become a paranoid..." Lily was a little shocked and returned to the lobby on the first floor.
At this time, other members of the team had almost prepared their own supplies and equipment. Seeing this, Lily hurriedly ran upstairs to change into light and easy-to-movement clothes, a pair of overalls with leggings and a half-sleeved vest for the upper body. In order to protect against the night temperature As they descended, Lily also took a coat for herself.
Lily tied up her hair in front of the mirror and looked at herself in the mirror:
Lily's eyes were still a little red from crying just now, but her light blue eyes were no longer so calm. Instead, they revealed the vitality that a girl should have. The light freckles made Lily's outfit look youthful and dynamic.
Exhaling a breath, Lily quickly went downstairs, took her backpack from Aiden, walked to the front of the team, turned around and looked at the crowd and said:
"Our main exploration purposes this time are two. First, to find the missing John and his team members. Second, to find out whether anything has changed within the 'wall' where we are."
"I think Aiden has equipped everyone with supplies that can meet our food needs for three days. In other words, we can have up to three days to explore outside."
"This is a hell-difficulty search operation. I learned from John's diary that there is a chance that he will suddenly change the original 'screening patrol' target. Therefore, we are likely to choose John's completely opposite direction to explore."
"I don't believe in the existence of gods, but I hope that gods can protect us and make this operation go smoothly."
"We will definitely be able to find John and return safely."
Lily took a deep breath for the last time and said in a deep voice:
"Set off!"
After saying that, Lily took the lead to walk to one side of the double doors of the orphanage and reached out to hold the door handle. Aiden also quickly ran to the other side of the door and reached out to hold the door handle. After making eye contact, Lily and Aiden Pushing hard at the same time, the two of them pushed open the orphanage door.
Although this is not the first time Lily has come outside the orphanage, the difference from that time is that she is no longer a follower, she is the captain, and she will lead her team through the eternal feeling of [2] Click on the fog].
Standing in the vestibule of the orphanage, looking through the tall and simple fence gate of the orphanage at the fog rolling but almost unchanged 24 meters away, Lily was still unavoidably panicked, but she couldn't show any timidity now. , she must be more courageous and calm than everyone in the team.
Cooperating with Aiden again to push open the orphanage's gate, after taking a few steps, Lily couldn't help but look back at the church-style St. Lance Orphanage.
I saw Xiu bringing Ariel to the entrance of the orphanage hall at some point. When she saw Lily turning around, she immediately smiled and waved goodbye to Lily. Ariel also waved her little hand to Dunn in the team. Signed to Sandra.
After looking at it for two seconds, Lily's whole demeanor changed, she turned her head and said calmly:
"Let's go."
Lily led the team to the east side of the orphanage. This was the direction John's "screening patrol" team set out that day, and it was also the direction Lily made up her mind to explore all the way to the end. Before she could confirm John's specific destination, she could only I can gamble.
When everyone was completely deep into the fog and could no longer see the outline of the orphanage, Stephenson and Sandra, who came to the "Two Point Four Mist" for the first time, finally understood what was introduced in the "Two Point Four Mist". The really scary part is the statement that the visibility is only twenty-four meters.
When the children in the orphanage are generally only around ten years old, it is difficult to make the children clearly realize what a distance of 24 meters means.
Most children will think that it is a long distance, so even if the visibility is only 24 meters in the fog, it is still a very wide space and there is nothing to be afraid of.
"I feel like if I were the only one walking in this fog, I would go crazy very quickly."
This is Sandra's evaluation of this "cage".
Lily nodded, she also felt that this was a "cage", a cage for both the body and the soul.
The limitation of vision will bring psychological oppression to people, and the psychological oppression will be fed back to the body. This is equivalent to superimposing this negative effect over and over again, until in the end, both mind and body are haggard, and they can no longer be in this fog. Endure nothing.
As everyone continues to move forward, Stephenson and others have mixed feelings about the strange scene where the once bustling streets of London have become deserted.
Camille also participated in the original exploration team of the orphanage, and went on the "screening patrol" with John last month, so she is used to the discomfort caused by this gap.
Only Dunn's expression in the team was changing little by little, becoming more and more solemn.
