"The orphanage has stood up..."
Li Lin spoke hurriedly over the phone. As an elite operative—though perhaps not a particularly senior one yet—the young man could always keep his cool, but at least this time, what he was facing had clearly exceeded everything covered by his training and field experience.
"Strictly speaking, it's those two buildings. They're 'growing,' as if they're turning into some kind of plant. They're making an enormous noise as they twist together—we've requested backup from our superiors, and we're retreating beyond the wall now. The nearby blocks are being evacuated, and just now, something underground also..."
The voice on the phone suddenly began cutting in and out, as if it were under intense interference. Then Yu Sheng heard a baby crying, along with a shrill noise like an alarm going off. At first, he thought the sounds were still coming from inside his own head, but the next second, he realized they were coming through the phone's receiver—
The baby's cries from the other end of the call overlapped with the noise in his head, making him feel dizzy.
He only snapped back to reality when Eileen's loud fussing finally roused him. "Hey! Yu Sheng, Yu Sheng! What's going on? What happened? What is it?!"
"Ankaela... The orphanage is the Dark Angel's vessel!" Yu Sheng sucked in a sharp breath and raised a hand, summoning a gate leading into the distance. "Huli, Eileen, come with me!"
But right afterward, he suddenly thought of something, and his motion to open the gate stopped.
He raised his head and looked around at the camp cabins. Through the connection established by the blood, he could sense that almost every child had fallen asleep, and some of them had even entered the Shelter Wasteland by then.
"Eileen." Yu Sheng turned