Chapter 1: "The Wall"
"Hiss......"
Lily was forced to stop what she was doing, and she stabbed herself again.
There is no way, she is very restless now, and she can't concentrate on things at all.
It was already getting dark, but John's "Sift Patrol" team still hadn't been able to return to the largest orphanage in Dunlun, the British Empire, and hadn't even sent anyone back to inform them in advance that it would take a little longer.
Looking at the wound on her finger and seeing the blood oozing out, Lily pressed the eagerness in her heart, raised her voice and shouted downstairs: "Ender, Ender, are you there?" Is it okay to get a Band-Aid for me? ”
Lily then heard a child downstairs respond:
"Sister Lily, Ander should be in the common area on the third floor, I'll call him."
Then there was a clattering sound on the side of the spiral staircase.
Lily immediately reminded, "Will, stay safe!" Don't run on the stairs. ”
After a while, Lily heard the sound of running in the spiral stairwell, and a young man with short flaxen hair poked his head out of the staircase, threw a box of Band-Aids to Lily, and ran downstairs.
Lily couldn't help but cover her face, what is this guy doing?
"He's definitely playing with the computer again! At this time, he really felt this mood. Lily silently read two words to Ender.
Sighing softly, she looked sideways at the large round window beside her.
Lily herself was faintly reflected on the glass of the window, her long brown hair was tied up casually behind her, the bridge of her nose was slightly erect, and her pale blue eyes were so silent in this somewhat dim environment.
Her lips were slightly pursed, and the slight freckles on her face made Lily look childish, but the close-fitting scoop-neck women's shirt made Lily a little more mature.
Lily wasn't in the mood to look at herself, she was just trying to see beyond the window.
"Where the hell did Team John go?"
Lily muttered under her breath, but Lily was destined to have no answer, as the people at the orphanage had never conceived such a question, especially after they had almost confirmed that there was no one else within the "walls".
Thinking of the "wall", Lily couldn't help but close her eyes, because she really couldn't forget the scene she had seen with her own eyes before:
It's like a science fiction movie that the orphanage teacher showed the children has come to life...... No, that's the reality of science fiction - it's a "wall" of fog, and the reason why it can be judged to be fog is because the "wall" is surging and flowing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and this "wall" extends all the way to the height of the canopy, forming a very small hole, and the deepest part of the hole that Lily can see with the naked eye is a chaotic scene of black and purple intersecting.
"John didn't want to go inside the 'walls' out of the blue, right? Then the rest of his team should stop him......"
The more Lily thought about it, the more headache she felt, so she simply dropped the clothes in her hand and withdrew her gaze from the window, anyway, no matter how hard she tried, she could only see within 24 meters.
Clapping her hands and gently patting her cheeks, Lily took a small breath, tried to stand up with her legs closed, and then tapped her toes, soothing the slight soreness in her legs caused by sitting on her side for a long time, which made her expression rich and grinning a little.
She decided to go to Xiu and Aiden, it was not a way to wait, if John's "sieve patrol" team still didn't come back after the clock rang 6 o'clock today, she would have to go out with a team of children to find John.
As the saying goes, instead of hoping that the event will be completed, it is better to take the initiative to complete it yourself.
Lily's orphanage is a 'church-like' building with a Gothic exterior that resembles the 18th and 19th centuries, but the interior is a 'church-like' building with many floors and rooms in mind.
Therefore, it is said that in the early days of the orphanage, many wanderers would knock on the door of this building to seek help from the church, but unfortunately, the real church was in another urban area, which made the group of wanderers scold at the orphanage, and even throw stones and untie their belts to vent their filth.
This forced the first director of the orphanage to put another iron fence around the perimeter of the orphanage, and also hung a large eye-catching plaque at the gate of the fence, which read "Saint-Lance Orphanage".
The situation even improved when children and teachers from the orphanage regularly distributed a sketchy map at the door to inform them how to quickly reach the real church in another city. Of course, these are the stories of the orphanage in the last century.
The current orphanage, which was renovated once at the beginning of this century, looks retro and not lacking in modern urban atmosphere, and also provides quite a lot of contemporary conveniences for the children living in the orphanage, such as a simple elevator that leads directly to the attic, such as an electric plumber installed in the bathroom, etc.
It has to be said that the British Empire government is still very dedicated to the care of the largest and oldest orphanage in Saint-Lance.
Lily didn't choose to take that simple elevator because it could only go from the first floor to the roof, or vice versa.
Lily was planning to go to the common living area on the 3rd floor, Xiu and Aiden would always have someone there, and the orphanage was only on the fifth floor, so Lily didn't have to take the elevator.
As she slowly descended the stairs, Lily saw several children whispering something to each other at the railing on the fourth floor, and the children also saw Lily and waved to her.
Lily smiled and nodded in response, the children in the orphanage didn't know that John's team had left for a long time longer than expected, and they didn't have any nervousness, and the time every time John went out to do "screening patrols" was not fixed.
The communal living area on the third floor is large, with a capacity of nearly 70 people at a time, and there are many facilities in the living area, whether it is simple fitness equipment, a sponge building block playground for children to play in, or rows of computers similar to Internet cafes.
As Lily expected, she saw Ender in the computer area who was playing the game with a focused face, and Aiden who was standing next to Ender watching him play.
Ander wears headphones and fails to spot Lily's approach, but Aiden quickly notices Lily's arrival and sees Lily make a silent gesture to him.
Then, near Ender's computer, Lily quickly and skillfully pressed the power on and off button placed at the bottom right of the computer screen, and in Ender's "I haven't had time to save it!" Screaming, he dragged Aiden to a rest area in the common area.
"Aiden, I'm here to inform you of my decision, if John and his team don't come back before the clock rings at 6 o'clock today, I'm going to form a second team to find him."
"Okay, I'm ...... Go. Aiden replied succinctly, but not simply, saying only two words at a time, pausing when he had to say more than three.
Lily was a little overwhelmed for a while, because she imagined how many Aidens would refute her and stop her, but she didn't expect Aiden to accept Lily's proposal so easily, and even asked to take the initiative to follow.
"John, good man, I want to ...... Save him. After Aiden said this, he raised his hand to pin some of the yellowish hair back to his ears, pointed downward, and then made a backpack motion.
Lily's eyes were red directly, wiped the corners of her eyes, nodded and motioned for Aiden to go, Aiden's action meant to prepare the materials for this operation.
It seems that the only way to fix there is to cut first and then play...... Lily didn't hesitate to go to the various floors to find the right person for the second team she had already considered.
But Lily knew that she couldn't force any of the children to go out on an adventure with her, so she had to inform them of the dangers of the operation, and with that in mind, Lily decided to gather the children first, so that she could save time by explaining them one by one.