The one who walked into this dormitory was indeed Fana, the little girl from the Nine Places who had only eaten with Chu Cheng during the day.

It's just that she was still wearing a white dress, like a blooming lotus. And now she has changed into a black, a gothic dress, white lace edges, revealing a girlish splendour, but at the same time mixed with a certain weird gloom.

Without saying a word, she went to Raya's bed and began to look through what had been left here.

Eight beds are crammed into a small single room, so you can imagine that everyone has a very limited footprint. Naturally, there are not many personal belongings in such a small space.

The girl rummaged through the shelves and found a thick book, a planting manual for seedling maintenance. She stretched out her hand and gently stroked the cover, carefully opened the book, and for a moment she was in a state of mind.

"We're in the process of building a library." Dean Zhai said on the side, "Of course, this is not easy, and there are huge problems in both procedures and funds.

But we all feel that this is necessary for children, and that books are the best way for them to get in touch with the outside world and enrich their spiritual world......"

"This book," Fana said, closing it softly, "I gave it to her." ”

Dean Zhai was stunned for a moment.

"Ah, I don't know. You and Raya ......"

"The only friend."

Fana stared at the book in her hand for a moment, then added.

"It used to be."

"Ah...... Well, I don't know. Dean Zhai said apologetically, "If I had known that Raya was your friend, I would have contacted you as soon as I had an accident." ”

"We used to be friends." She whispered, "It's been a long time since I've been in touch." ”

She carefully put the book back in its place.

"The Sheriff's Department is still investigating, and if there is any progress, I will contact you immediately."

"Thank you."

The two began to walk outside. Dean Zhai smiled like a kind elder and patted the girl on the shoulder.

"Hah, what's the politeness?" He smiled and said, "Although you are no longer here, you know, our doors are always open for you, and you are always welcome to return."

We are like your family......"

As the dean spoke, the two of them exited the hallway.

Batman secretly followed.

A string of melodious bells echoed in the empty courtyard, which was the sign of the beginning of dinner. The aunts brought the children's dinner to the classroom from the cafeteria.

It was a huge silver metal bucket full of sticky, whitish gruel with a few vegetable leaves floating on it.

Honestly, it's more like fodder than dinner.

Chu Cheng couldn't imagine how he could endure life in such a place, even if it wasn't really immersive, just through the screen, he seemed to be able to feel the lifelessness of this courtyard.

But it's not the fault of the infection.

Although he wanted to blame some source of infection for the lifeless coldness of this place, unfortunately, it was not the source of infection that made this place what it was, not some evil ancient being, but humanity itself.

It's been like this for a long time, long before the infection spread, like so many other forgotten corners of the world.

When he saw Fana here, he remembered that it seemed that she had indeed found in the girl's file last night that she had lived in an orphanage before joining the Secret Service No. 9, but the basic information did not specify in detail where and what orphanage was.

Now when he thinks of this problem, he manipulates Batman and connects to the system in nine places, and after checking it, he can be sure that this is the place in front of him.

Fana grew up in this orphanage. She didn't leave until she was discovered of the physique of a special person and joined the Secret Service No. 9.

She knew the missing girl named Raya.

Chu Cheng noticed a black sedan parked outside the door, which should be a car from the Ninth Special Service Department. Chu Cheng guessed that it might be the car and driver specially assigned to her by the nine places, which were counted as benefits for her and at the same time convenient for her to grasp her movements.

The girl said goodbye to the dean and walked out, the iron door closing behind her. The guards rattled as they locked the chains, and the steel gate was like a cold barrier that cut off this forgotten corner.

Fana stopped in front of the door, turned her head to look at the courtyard behind her for a moment, and then walked to the car waiting outside.

The driver started the engine early when he saw her, but the girl did not get into the car. She walked to the cab and leaned over to whisper something to the driver, who looked a little confused, but nodded anyway and turned off the engine again.

He continued to wait here while the girl turned and began to walk along the outer wall of the orphanage.

Chu Cheng also felt a little strange. The direction she was heading seemed to be to go somewhere behind the orphanage, but it was a remote location, and beyond that was an undeveloped wasteland. That direction is overgrown with weeds, and no one has taken care of it for many years, and it is already completely dominated by plants.

But she seemed to know something. Chu Cheng thought about it and operated Batman to continue to keep up.

The girl walked through the weeds and bushes one man tall, and she seemed to know exactly where she was going. After walking for an unknown amount of time, Chu Cheng finally saw the place she was looking for.

A natural cave.

She cautiously entered the grotto, groping her way down in the darkness where she couldn't reach her fingers. This environment just happened to provide excellent cover for Batman, who kept a certain distance behind him, almost blending in with the darkness.

The small entrance barely accommodates one person, and the experience of entering from here may not be much more pleasant, as it is narrow and cramped. But as the so-called recovering dozens of steps suddenly became clear, and after entering, I found that there was a hole in it.

Chu Cheng was a little surprised when he scanned its internal structure through the detective mode, he didn't expect that such a world was hidden in this overgrown place.

However, detective mode scans also revealed that they were not the only visitors to the cave.

Entering through the entrance was utterly dark at first, but Fana slid along the entrance for a while, and soon a light began to appear in front of her.

When she reached the bottom and landed on the uneven ground, the orange-red fire came to her face.

A large space of mixed stones and soil, with blue vines crawling all over the stone walls around the cave. Torches were bound to the hard stone wall by intricate vines, the firelight flickering and flickering, and the figures hitting the stone wall were projected like jagged ghosts.

A figure stepped out of the shadows in front of the cavern.

"You're finally back."

The girl in the shadows turned pale and looked lifeless in the flickering light of the torches.

Raya Hada, the girl who disappeared from the orphanage.

She looked at Fana with a strange smile that didn't seem to belong to her age at all.

"I guess it's not going to be easy to get this dirty corner back from such a pretty place."