A roughly five-meter-long ladder leads to the top of the lighthouse. It should be the safest place, but only children and men might overcome their fear of heights to climb up there. Jojo can, too, but the remaining women and the elderly cannot.
Lu Li floated to the top of the lighthouse, where it is about the size of a living room, enough to hold the people here.
Besides, the plague and the infected will eventually spread to the lighthouse, and the staircase cannot stop them.
Lu Li gestured for Jojo to climb up, and Jojo understood, said something to Aunt Mary, and approached the ladder.
The caretaker still wanted to stop her, but Jojo refused: "You have no idea what's happening outside. I need to go up and see how far they are from us. You can come up, too."
"They?"
An elderly scholar exclaimed in surprise, and the whispers inside the lighthouse gradually subsided as people on the stairs looked at Jojo.
