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"It's hard to say. We probably won't be able to escape. This isn't an orphanage, but more of a training center that the Empire allows. As long as we don't escape the Empire, we'll be recaptured."

"Unless I can take him out of the empire and escape to a country founded by another race. But it's hard to say what attitude other races will have towards humans, whether they will kill humans on sight."

The system was spinning in panic. [Escape is not a good option, and staying is not a good option. What are you going to do?]

Yu Tong took a deep drag on his cigarette. "I plan to stay in the orphanage and help Brother Chen clear this broken place. Brother Chen is not someone who is easy to control. He now particularly hates the nun and the mastermind behind the orphanage."

"When the fucking empire releases us and treats us like treasures, I'll fucking kill those stupid royal family and stupid nobles and start my own business."

Yu Tong was filled with murderous intent. He crossed his legs and exhaled a puff of smoke fiercely.

Looking at the host, who was delicate and soft, but not at all difficult to push down, the system fell into deep thought.

How could Yu Tong, who was full of evil intentions and seemed to be a good fighter, be stabbed to death so easily by Chen Qing?

Judging from the death video, when Yu Tong was attacked, he behaved like an ordinary person who had never encountered danger.

After being stabbed by Chen Qing for the first time, the fried chicken in his hand fell to the ground and his eyes widened in disbelief.

After being stabbed a second time, he stood there in a daze, as if he had gone completely crazy.

He didn't react even after being stabbed twice in a row. He just stood there stupidly, letting Chen Qing continue stabbing him.

For ordinary people, this reaction is very normal.

But Yu Tong is not an ordinary person. His poor family's business is human trafficking.

While other children helped their parents with housework, he helped his parents bury the bodies.

Even if this kind of person is too badly injured to fight back, they will still give the murderer a couple of slaps before they die. Any less than a slap would be considered a disgrace to their character.

Why did Yu Tong react so slowly and his IQ dropped so low at the critical moment of his life?

The more the system thought about it, the more it felt something was wrong.

It suddenly thought of something. Yu Tong's information clearly stated that he died suddenly.

Yu Tong had previously mentioned that his world was technologically advanced. Holographic gaming consoles were commonplace, accessible to every household.

Could it be that the death video records not the real scene, but the scene in the game?

Yu Tong wasn't stabbed to death; he died suddenly from playing games late at night. His slow reaction before death was probably due to poor internet quality and a game freeze.

The system felt that it had discovered the truth and told the host excitedly, wanting him to praise its intelligence.

Yu Tong was still sorting through the materials when he absentmindedly praised her, "Wow, you're really good."

Feeling the perfunctory attitude overflowing the screen and looking at the host's calm expression, the system suddenly realized that Yu Tong had probably already thought of this possibility.

I just felt there was a logical problem, so I didn't share it.

The system sighed.

It misses the days when it was tied to the silly and sweet girl, at least they still had something in common.

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Chen Xi waited in the utility room for more than ten minutes, but the little yellow chicken didn't come back.

According to the records in Lily's illustrated guide, the crying little mouse would go to the cafeteria to find food during the day and would only come back at night.

But a lot of children died this morning, and there was much more leftover food in the cafeteria than usual.

Chen Xi was worried that the little mouse would eat too much early and return to the storage room before dark.

After quickly looking through Lily's monster encyclopedia that Xiaoji had given him and making sure that no other monsters would appear in the dormitory within an hour, Chen Xi walked out of the utility room.

The walls of the corridor were covered in blood, and he was the only living person on the empty second floor.

The old and thin walls were not soundproof, and Chen Xi could vaguely hear the sound of hurried running on the first floor.

Then came the little mushroom's short scream.

Chen Xi frowned slightly.

The little mushroom was hiding in the bathroom and making such a terrified cry. Was it the swamp god who liked to stay there that came back?

No, there is a stipulation in the rules this afternoon.

'There is no specific time period. You can move freely within the orphanage, but you cannot enter any door.'

The Marsh God will only stay in the same building with its believers. During the theology class, the Marsh God is not in the bathroom, and its believers go out to attend class as usual.

Returning to the dormitory is equivalent to entering the dormitory building gate, which is equivalent to violating the rules.

If believers break the rules, the Swamp God will definitely fight with the monsters, and it will be impossible for it to be so quiet down there.

What is that little mushroom making?

Chen Xi tightly grasped the remote-controlled flying chicken handle hidden in his pocket, walked around the corpse on the ground, and went downstairs quietly.

Near the bathroom on the first floor, there were two children, a boy and a girl, standing there. They were Mushroom and Lily.

Little Mushroom obviously didn't realize that the Marsh God, who was sticking with his believers, would not return to the bathroom in the dormitory building before 9 o'clock tonight.

As soon as the theology class ended, he ran out of his hiding place in a panic, fearing that the Marsh God would suddenly appear in the bathroom.

At this moment, he was leaning against the wooden door of the bathroom, looking vigilantly at Lily opposite him.

Lily held a steel knife in one hand and a teddy bear in the other. Both she and the bear were covered in blood, and a boy's right hand was stuck in the knife.

The little mushroom took a deep breath and asked in a trembling voice: "Where is the little coal ball?"

Lily smiled sweetly at him, shaking her severed hand on the tip of the knife. "He had a demon inside him. The little bear warrior and I killed him together. Strange, why isn't your brother here?"

Just as Little Mushroom was about to answer, Lily suddenly turned to look at Chen Xi who was standing at the stairs. "So you're here? Did you go upstairs? Warrior Bear was right. Warrior Chicken will protect you."

Looking at the teddy bear who turned its head at the same time as the girl, Chen Xi pursed his lips and gripped the handle again.

Xiao Mushroom had just hurt Chen Xi, so he didn't dare get close to him. Lily kept talking nonsense, and he didn't know her well.