The news that the main gate had opened quickly spread throughout the valley. The children were drawn over, then excitedly went in and out of the new portal. Before long, though, the younger children were dragged back to the "town" by the ears by their "parents." After all, the orphanage was still a ruin, with construction machinery everywhere. For children who had yet to master their abilities—or who had not awakened any abilities at all—playing there was genuinely quite dangerous.
Snow White and the others were moving through the ruins with several older children, rummaging around wherever they could without interfering with the cleanup crews.
Although the entire orphanage had been flattened, and the two main buildings had undergone tremendous distortion while transforming into a "umbilical cord," they could still occasionally find objects that had remained intact amid the ruins. They were not necessarily useful, but to the members of the "fairy tale," they were all objects filled with memories.
Dorothy discovered something in the distance. "Long Hair! I found a few novels. See if they're yours! There are also two smashed figurines lying beside them..."
Long Hair immediately let out a shriek and ran over.
Snow White then directed the Thunder Titans to move aside the chunks of concrete that had seemingly melted and hardened together. Beneath the ruins, they found part of the activity room—a graffiti board and a wooden chest for storing indoor toys.
Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood stood some distance away, silently watching the situation in the ruins. After a while, Yu Sheng spoke quietly. "Aren't you going to look? You might find some of your things."
"The important things were already taken out." Little Red Riding Hood shook her head, but after a brief silence, she still looked toward Li Lin, who