Chapter 2: A Time of Despair
Under the light of the fire in the distance, the slightly rusty gate fell to the ground, and a strange figure appeared in front of the door, it began to take on a human form, more than two meters high, but its limbs were full of hideous muscles, and there were irregular cracks all over its body, especially the cracks in the heart were spiral-shaped, and there was a faint red light flashing under the cracks.
Cen Yu didn't look at the specific appearance of this monster much, but stared at what the monster was holding in his hand with bloodshot eyes, a broken shirt with mud stains on it, and under the shirt was an adult's mutilated upper body, his left arm was broken, his right forearm disappeared, and his face was distorted and painful.
Cen Yu thought that he could accept all this calmly, accept his death, accept the death of the dean, but when he saw the broken body with his own eyes, he found that he couldn't do it, he couldn't do it as freely as he imagined, and the infinite anger ignited the blood in his chest, but the reality was that he was powerless, he couldn't do it to kill the monster for the dean, and as a patient, all he could do was to gamble with his humble life on a chance to kill the monster.
When the figure of the monster in the pupil gradually enlarged, Cen Yu cut the rope hanging on the branch, and the simple hanging gasoline barrel was knocked over on the monster's head, the monster sniffled and didn't care, he was already half-full, he was not in a hurry to eat at the moment, the remaining consciousness told it that it wanted to see others being frightened, like an ant that can only be stepped on at any time, it could only tremble under its strength, it felt that this was more important than eating.
But to its disappointment, the prey in front of it did not sit there casually, looking at it with a crazy look that made it uncomfortable, and that look of unyielding pricked somewhere in its heart, and it opened its large mouth with bloodshot and made a sound like a windmill, "Weak... He who... Gall bladder... Afraid... Weak... Small"
Cen Yu was a little surprised at the moment, he didn't expect this monster to be able to speak simply, even if it was only a repetition of a few words. But at this moment, he didn't want to think about anything anymore, he knocked down the burning candle, and in an instant, the flame ignited the space around him two or three square meters along the oil stains on the ground, like a prison for punishment of sin, and the raging fire enveloped him and the monster.
The scorching heat made the monster's remaining consciousness disappear, and it wanted to run out of the cage made of flames, but it didn't take a few steps, but found that the prey hugged its thigh, it stretched out its hand and pinched the prey's arm, and the sound of tooth aches and bones sounded, but what made it angry was that the prey did not let go, and it was clear that he had already let go of this weakling.
In just a few seconds, the fire had burned down the gasoline on the monster's body into its rift, and the great pain made it roar, dragging the damned prey out of the fire, but no matter how it rolled on the ground, the burning gasoline that had penetrated into the rift could not be extinguished, and gradually it lost its movement and fell to the ground.
Cen Yu slowly moved into the distance with his already twisted arm, leaving the burning monster, the fierce fire scorched his wounds, and the bleeding stopped temporarily, because he was not contaminated with too much gasoline, and he hung on the monster's lap, and followed the monster to extinguish several small fires on his body, and at this moment he still had a vague breath.
He lay on his back not far from the monster, looking at the building of the orphanage, his charred face squeezing out a smile, he thought that he had probably fulfilled the director's instructions, and his younger siblings survived.
The stars in the sky flickered faintly under the monstrous firelight, Cen Yu felt the passage of life, at this moment he felt inexplicable peace of mind, it should only be an hour or two away from dawn, the fire has been controlled, and there are dense gunshots in the distance, the monsters should also be solved, as for the future, it is no longer in his consideration, he is only thinking about one thing now, how to explain to the dean that he is not with the children.
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Not far from the orphanage, in the dark alley, a panicked young man held a kitchen knife in his hand, and the kitchen knife was stained with a black blood-like liquid, he stumbled forward and ran hard, behind him was a monster that seemed to be in a rage.
The young man panicked and broke into a building where the iron gate collapsed, he saw the creature that was still burning and the suspected monster and a young man who was about to die, he screamed in despair, and just wanted to quit, but the monster behind him was about to catch up, he could only walk into the building hard, and the monster behind him was in hot pursuit, it seemed that the two had a common enmity.
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Cen Yu looked confused and saw the young man break into the courtyard, and he was still praying in his heart that he would get out quickly, so that he would not have an accident, and then he saw the damn guy scream and run into the orphanage, and in the next five or six seconds, a monster with a bone blade in his hand followed in.
How to describe Cen Yu's mood now, just like your wife who has been with you for decades, told you when you were dying, in fact, she has always had another lover, and the child is not yours, and you can only stare at it with an oxygen tube.
Cen Yu lay there, still with a glimmer of hope in his heart, but a moment later, a strange cry of despair came from the second floor, and then a few minutes later, a child's scream sounded...
The screams of small children...
The screams of small children...
Scream...
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Cen Yu trembled, at the moment he could only lie here and do nothing, except for closing his eyes and being forced to hear those familiar screams and cries, he couldn't do anything.
Just like when the dean went out alone, he could only stay and take care of his younger siblings, and he could only watch with his useless eyes and wait with his weak body, and he could do nothing.
What does despair feel like?
It's when you're about to have it, but you suddenly lose it, and you don't have a moment to remember.
I thought that if I closed my eyes, I could not see this absurd world.
I thought that if I blocked my ears, I would not hear the heart-rending cry.
If you think that you have stopped living, you can not care about the pain of the living.
But ah, this damn world is still like this, you can deceive yourself, but you can't deceive the world.
Cen Yu opened his eyes, his eyes slowly began to turn dark red, but his eyes were as calm as a lake of cool water, and there were turbulent waves hidden deep underneath.
A vast black mist emerged from the void, enveloping Cen Yu inside, like a cocoon about to break in the darkness.
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In the gray space full of black fog in the boundless boundless, a broken scepter trembled slightly, and at the top of the scepter was a broken azure round pupil, which was originally a little dim round pupil suddenly burst into a dazzling light at this moment, and instantly wrapped in a huge black mist and flowed towards a twenty-meter diameter hole, through the hole, and disappeared into a figure, and then, the scepter turned into black ashes and disappeared into the darkness.
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Under the faint canopy, next to the crooked neck tree of the orphanage, the monstrous black mist rolled into a body covered in scales like a whirlpool, a young man with black mist all over his body stood up, his face was nothing but a pair of pure black eyes without pupils, there were two tear stains under his eyes, he slowly walked towards a mass of black charcoal-like creatures that were constantly burning, stretched out his right hand, his distorted right hand turned into ashes under the gaze of his eyes and immediately appeared in its entirety, he leaned down and stopped his hand in a spiral-shaped place, The scorching fire burned his hand, but he didn't care at all, he naturally pressed down, the charred skin and flesh dissipated like dust, and a dark red beating heart leaked out naked, he picked up the heart, pressed his left hand on his chest, and a hole ten centimeters in diameter appeared, he put the heart in the hole, his eyes flashed with a ghostly light, and in a moment, his chest returned to its original state.
After doing all this, he shook his body, and spider web-like cracks appeared on his chest, and regular cracks appeared in his limbs, and a dark red glow shimmered under the cracks.
He turned around and walked slowly into the building, and with each step, the light under the crack shone brighter, and when he walked inside, the crack all over his body lit up with a dark red light, and his eyes were as calm as a lake.