My Eyes

The light-cloud that shrouded the entire dome gradually grew dim on this day.

According to the popular science Feng Zi provided to Li Wei, the great scientists of the Atmospheric Bureau believed that the underground city of Sun City had reached the most suitable time for the rainy season.

In the next two months, there would be continuous rainy days.

Sure enough, on the very afternoon Feng Zi finished her explanation, the heavy rain poured down, carrying the gray haze unique to the air of Yuguang and washing over the filthy ground.

It was on such a rainy evening, when Nanny Cheng finished the day's training course, that she called over the five people who had been rewarded two days ago for participating in the Twilight Blessing.

"A missionary priest is giving a sermon on the doctrine tonight. If you all have time, you can come along and listen."

Her voice sounded strange; the tone was as cold and calm as ever, but if one listened closely, it seemed to be trembling.

However, Li Wei and the others had no reason to refuse, especially since the Church had said that day that they should have more contact with the doctrines of the Twilight.

After dinner, Nanny Cheng led them to an independent small prayer hall near the back mountain of the Church.

There were only five rows of benches in the prayer hall, with a stove burning hot water in the middle. The light and heat emitted by the charcoal fire dispelled the cold and dampness brought by the rainy day, making one feel noticeably comfortable.

Yet, when Li Wei and the others arrived, the room was empty.

"The priests are still dining. You wait here for a while; you won't have to wait too long."

After saying this, Nanny Cheng turned and left the prayer hall, leaving the five Choir children behind.

Feng Zi sat beside Li Wei, resting her chin on her hand, staring blankly at the rain outside the window, lost in thought.

Li Wei, meanwhile, kept his hand hidden in the wide sleeve of his church uniform, gripping a cold, hard object.

The other three children sat around the stove. They all knew that Li Wei and Feng Zi were a small group; the two always kept to themselves, and the others felt out of place and unable to integrate with them.

About ten minutes passed like this, and the rain outside showed signs of getting heavier, yet no one had come to the prayer hall.

The three children gathered around the stove seemed happy with this; they kept chatting, maintaining a clear boundary of silence between them and the pair of Li Wei and Feng Zi.

Feng Zi was still dazed, her brows slightly furrowed, as if she had thought of some bad, major event.

But in truth, anyone who knew her well enough could guess that she was surely recalling some troublesome experiment or a frustrating matter, like losing two coins at some point in time.

Suddenly, Li Wei stood up from the bench.

Feng Zi noticed his movement and snapped out of her daze.

"What's wrong?"

"Did you hear anything?"

Their conversation caught the attention of the other three children, and the entire prayer hall fell completely silent at that moment.

Yet, apart from the sound of dense raindrops hitting the roof outside, none of them heard the slightest abnormality.

Li Wei, however, frowned deeply at this moment.

The others didn't hear it, but he could hear it with extreme clarity: amidst the noisy rain, there was a faint, desperate, and sorrowful cry!

"Did you mishear? There's no sound at all."

One child said with a look of dissatisfaction, feeling that Li Wei was making a fuss out of nothing and deliberately trying to draw everyone's attention.

Just as he was about to return to the topic the three of them were discussing, Li Wei had already walked to the door of the prayer hall.

He pushed the door with his hand, but it wouldn't budge.

The door had been locked from the outside!

From the moment Li Wei said there was a sound, the expression on Feng Zi's face had turned grave.

She had always trusted Li Wei unconditionally; even in front of elders with close relationships like Feng Yanyi, she prioritized defending Li Wei.

Therefore, if Li Wei said there was an abnormal sound, then there was definitely an abnormality.

Both of them had reached the door. Feng Zi took a deep breath; her heart was beating faster for no reason, and although she hadn't heard anything, she also had a bad premonition.

"What should we do now?"

"They chose to strike today?" Li Wei said calmly.

"Who?" Feng Zi's face was full of confusion.

"Either the murderer behind the serial killings or the person who stole the corpses from the entire cemetery. Of course, it's also possible that the same group is doing both."

Feng Zi couldn't help but widen her eyes.

"How do you know that?"

Li Wei didn't say how he knew.

He couldn't possibly explain that because this was a game, he was the only player in the game, and all the events experienced here would inevitably end up being related to the player—that kind of deductive method.

He simply pulled Feng Zi back a step, then suddenly kicked the door that had been locked from the outside!

"Bang!"

The sound of the door being kicked open startled the three children who had sat back down by the stove, thinking Li Wei was just talking nonsense.

"What are you doing? Nanny Cheng told us to wait here honestly!"

Li Wei, however, had no intention of paying any attention to those three. He touched the object hidden in his sleeve and then walked out into the rainy night.

The rain was pouring down heavily, and apart from the prayer hall where they stood, not a single light shone in the backyard of The Church.

The entire world was pitch black, so dark that one could not even see their own fingers.

Li Wei did not need to use his eyes; he simply used his ears to discern the source of the sobbing and find his direction.

It was not that he wanted to meddle in other people's business, but the situation was now quite clear: they had become the targets of the mastermind behind everything that had occurred recently.

Feng Zi clutched the corner of his coat, following closely behind him.

The heavy rain had soaked through their Choir uniforms, and the cold water lashing against their faces stung.

After walking for only a few minutes, a small shack with a dim, yellowish light appeared in their field of vision.

This was the northwest corner of the entire Church grounds; there was nothing here but an abandoned shed, and even the police officers investigating the Empty Grave Case within The Church would not come to such a place.

Upon seeing the abandoned shed, Li Wei slowed his pace, but the person inside seemed to have already heard the unusual commotion, and a black shadow suddenly lunged out!

Her speed was immense, far faster than that of a normal person, and even in this pitch-black environment, it was difficult for Li Wei to see her face clearly.

The black shadow seemed to be in a state of extreme panic upon being discovered, possessing only the thought of escape with no intention of lingering!

Given Li Wei's reflexes and physical fitness, he had the opportunity to grab her with his bare hands, yet before he could even reach out, a familiar voice caused his body to suddenly stiffen.

"...My... my eyes."

In that very second he stood stunned, the black shadow had already darted away completely, vanishing into the rainy night.

Li Wei did not bother with the person who had fled; instead, he walked slowly into the dilapidated shed, which leaked from all four sides.

Under the flickering light of a kerosene lamp swaying in the wind, a boy lay on the blood-soaked ground, weeping, where his eyes should have been, there remained only a pair of bloody, hollow sockets!

"...Eyes... Auntie... my eyes."