He pushed the door open,
The luxurious dormitory assigned to the two of them had actually been set at a crossroads—and not just any crossroads, but a three-way junction.
There were no signs, no landmarks, and no way to determine their exact location. Taking the wrong direction could waste a great deal of time. If they failed to reach the canteen within fifteen minutes, they would be assigned to clean the sewers.
However,
Yi Chen was intimately familiar with the dark-gray, cold, enclosed passageway structure before him. He could even close his eyes and recall running through the corridors.
He had mentally gone over every junction, every staircase, and every shortcut more than a hundred times.
"If Duke based everything on my memories and didn't change the routes too much, I can find the canteen entrance directly... Even if he altered the routes slightly, it'll be fine as long as the overall layout remains unchanged.
Follow me."
Yi Chen led the way, with Yuehen close behind.
The closer they got to the canteen, the more people they encountered moving through the corridors. Unlike the two of them, the other orphans carried more or less some "items or equipment" on them.
All those things had been purchased from the Small Store.
Earning a hundred Points in the Orphanage without spending a single cent was impossible in anyone's eyes. Only by making an investment could one earn more Points. To most people, the Orphanage's Small Store was a harbor of hope.
When they passed through the final stretch of crossroads, they finally saw an arrow sign at the intersection. It clearly read "Internal Canteen," stirring uneasy memories in Yi Chen's mind.
Outside the corridor was a huge circular hall.
All the orphans under eighteen stood in a ring-shaped line here. After