The rupture of the shortcut did not intensify the unease.
Even Lu Li found it difficult to climb hundreds of meters back to Seaview Cliff. This wasn't their retreat path.
The towering lighthouse in the depths of the reef area revealed a massive silhouette in the fog. They hid the broken hemp rope behind the rocks in the reef area and approached the coastal street.
The brown beach bore some non-human footprints. The sea breeze would smooth over the traces, and most of these footprints were recent. Perhaps something existed in the fog, or perhaps it was the wandering anomalies from the Ruins of Belfast.
Taking advantage of the lingering morning fog, they approached the depths along the coastline's edge, reaching the thick wall at the end, with the coastal street above it.
It wasn't the time to enter the city; they needed to stick to the wall at the edge of the beach moving south until they got below the Anres Brothers Repair Station, where the fog and wall would help hide them.
