Sweet

An Ying nodded. "I understand. Now let's think about where to go tonight."

Qin Rang helplessly, "... Are you really listening to what we're saying?"

After dinner, at Lin Yi and Qin Rang's insistence, the group postponed their planned meeting time before returning to their respective rest areas.

It wasn't too late, so Lin Yi first went back to his original room, grabbed his meager clothes and toothbrush, got out of his bed in Area D, and went to Area F.

His score is no longer high enough to stay in Area D. If the supervisor finds out he hasn't changed his bed in time, he'll also lose points.

Unlike the small rooms in Area D eight people shared, Area F had large communal sleeping areas. With over 30 people in one room, even the quietest rooms felt extremely crowded and noisy due to the limited space.

Lin Yi chose a rusty iron bed that looked fairly sturdy. As he climbed the stairs to the three-tiered bunk bed, the entire space was filled with the creaking sound of the iron frame rubbing against each other.

Only after he actually lay down did the room return to silence.

"Come and eat something delicious."

Lin Nieran came to his side and was about to offer him some food, but Lin Yi refused.

There are too many people here. If he takes out the food and someone smells it, it will definitely cause trouble.

"It's okay, I'll break off a piece for you." Lin Nieran knew his worries, so she secretly broke off a small piece of the Chocolate he brought and slipped it to him.

Lin Yi stared in astonishment at the Chocolate that had appeared out of thin air in his hand. His body reacted faster than his brain, and he swallowed it in one gulp.

The sweet taste spread across Lin Yi's tongue, and for the first time, he experienced the blissful feeling of "sweetness."

He had also eaten the Chocolates given out at the Orphanage, but those Chocolates were extremely bitter and tasted awful.

Some of them said it didn't taste good, Disciplinarian Director said they didn't deserve to eat such good food.

They said that only rich people eat Chocolate, and they especially love its bitter taste.

But why is the Chocolate my brother gave me sweet?

"How was it?" Lin Nieran asked with a smile.

Lin Yi nodded vigorously, his eyes sparkling as if he wanted more.

After feeding him three or four times, Lin Yi shook his head to indicate that it was enough.

Lin Yi: Why is your Chocolate so delicious and sweet? It makes me feel happy after eating it.

Lin Nieran looked at him as if she were looking at the future Lin Yi, whose eyes were filled with coldness. "Because this is a delicious Chocolate I specially found for you."

Lin Yi nodded, somewhat bewildered. So Chocolate comes in different kinds, some delicious and some not.

I have plenty more here; I'll give it to you after you get up.

"Alright, go to sleep." Lin Nieran stretched. "I can see you're tired after a long day of work."

Lin Yi nodded, carefully covered himself with the thin blanket, and closed his eyes.

It was still early, so Lin Nieran and 007 wandered around the area. They couldn't get too far away from Lin Yi, but they could still walk around on this floor.

Their accommodation area was above the Dining Hall, on the second floor of the main building of the Orphanage.

The second floor has five areas: Area F, Area D, Area C, Area B, and Area A, each corresponding to a room for children of five different levels.

This floor is very large, with A and B-Rank children occupying most of the living space, while the S-Rank above are not here, and S-Rank children are rarely seen.

Lin Nieran walked, the lights in the Corridor suddenly went out. He glanced at the time; it was exactly nine o'clock.

"Lights out so early."

007 jumped from the window to Lin Nieran's side: [Host, look! Those running down there look like Wang Ding and An Ying!]

Lin Nieran as instructed and went to the window to look outside. The lights had just been turned off when the sky outside darkened by two shades.

There was no moon in the sky, and only the Cross on the Church emitted a faint red glow.

Through the faint red glow, two people could be seen lurking furtively behind a pillar downstairs.

[Didn't they say they were going to rest under the bed? Why are they still outside after the lights are off?] 007 looked out the window, puzzled.

"Will they actually rest properly? I doubt the others will lie in bed properly either." Lin Nieran.

[It's just a few hours of rest; I thought they would at least get some sleep to recharge.]

"Normally they might be able to, but now they have people to save, how could they possibly sleep?"

In the darkness, Wang Ding was relatively alright, An Ying stood out conspicuously, her white hair appearing as if she had a precise location setting in the dark.

I wonder if his disguise has worn off.

The two searched everywhere outside, meticulously examining even the most obscure corners with their Weird Objects. Lin Nieran was wondering if they could find anything useful, something suddenly flashed past in his peripheral vision.

He squinted and looked around the Corridor, carefully scanning the windows and the ground, but found nothing.

The more this is the case, the more something seems wrong.

007 followed its host's gaze and looked around, then asked, puzzled, "[Host, what are you looking at?]"

Lin Nieran said with certainty, "Something is coming."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a sizzling, wriggling sound suddenly came from the depths of the Corridor.

007 immediately transformed into System Ball and floated on Lin Nieran's head, its eyes scanning around warily.

Lin Nieran glanced into the darkness, then looked out the window; thin black lines were wriggling along the edge of the windowsill.

These black lines are thin and fragile, like strands of human hair, spreading upwards along the wall and then crawling into the Corridor through the not-quite-closed windows.

[What kind of weird thing is this? It's disgusting, it looks like an insect.]

Lin Nieran used the system's scanning ability and frowned in disgust as he looked at the description on the interface. "It's not an insect. This thing is the Disciplinarian Director's bizarre True Form, something that can regenerate repeatedly."

"His ability is disgusting, he's quite difficult to kill, and he's even S-Class Aberration."

[This is S-Class Aberration? Could this be the final boss?]

007 was puzzled; it remembered that according to the intelligence, the Orphanage's level of strangeness wasn't this high.

"Of course not." Lin Nieran retreated to Lin Yi's room, leaning against the door and watching the commotion outside, and said, "You forgot, the Orphanage Director is now SS-Rank. The energy intensity in this Instance wasn't low to begin with, so it's probably already a high-level S-Rank Instance."

"If this thing comes in later, go and call Lin Yi. If he answers, tell him to get up quickly; if he doesn't answer, let him continue sleeping."

[Okay, host!]

Before long, the Corridor was covered with a dense array of black lines, which then slipped through the cracks in the doors into the various rooms.

007 whispered to Lin Yi, whose black lines had already spread to the child on the first bed in the room, lingering by his bedside for a moment.