Chapter 082 Chapter 82

Under normal circumstances, Xia Meng would not have such an association.

But strange illnesses have been happening too frequently lately.

So often that this was her first reaction.

Wang Xiangyi thought so too.

He asked, "If that's the case, what are you going to do?"

Xia Meng pondered.

Indeed, if it really is a strange disease, they will definitely take advantage of it.

Xia Meng asked Wang Xiangyi for the address of the laboratory.

Just about to send it to Li Zhou.

In the chat box between the two, Li Zhou suddenly sent her a location.

Then there was a voice message.

Before Xia Meng had time to click on the voice message, she found that the location was actually near the address sent by Wang Xiangyi, only one kilometer away.

Xia Meng was stunned for a moment. Why was Li Zhou there?

…

Ten minutes ago.

In the castle of Dreiser.

Herman's mental power spread out instantly.

Li Zhou was prepared and quickly withdrew his mental power.

The mental power was completely absorbed, without any trace left.

Herman searched the surroundings but did not find any unfamiliar mental power.

If it was an ordinary sentry, even if it was a Beyond Grade A, as long as it got close, it would leave a trace of mental power in the eyes of the S-grade.

But Hermann never expected that the person who came would be Li Zhou.

Li Zhou is very good at hiding.

He hid in the seclusion of the castle of Dreiser.

Within two minutes, he noticed several sentries leaving the castle quickly.

He stood upstairs and looked down, and saw Hermann and Lorenzo among the crowd of people hurriedly leaving.

Where are they going?

Are we going to the laboratory that Lorenzo mentioned?

Li Zhou didn't hesitate and followed.

We followed him all the way to the Milton district, seven kilometers away from Dreiser Castle.

This place is much more prosperous than the area around Dreiser Castle.

The streets were full of people.

Li Zhou watched them enter a courtyard.

He followed quietly, and when he reached the door, he looked up and was surprised to find that this was a children's welfare home.

Isn't it a laboratory?

Why go to the orphanage?

There was a strong smell of whistle in the yard.

This means that there are a large number of sentinels and guides living there.

Li Zhou pondered for a moment outside the courtyard wall, took out his cell phone and sent Xia Meng a location message, intending to go in and investigate first.

The location was sent out, and he climbed over the wall at the same time. The next second, a familiar breath of thunder and lightning hit his ears.

"Li Zhou, it's you!"

Xia Meng clicked on the voice message.

Instead of hearing Li Zhou's voice, I heard Herman's cold voice.

The voice message is only two seconds long.

It seemed that when Li Zhou was about to send a voice message, he was discovered by Herman.

She was suddenly startled.

Oh no, we’ve been discovered!

She stood up without hesitation and ran towards the orphanage.

…

Xia Meng took a taxi.

After I told the driver my destination, he asked curiously, “What are you going there for?”

The driver was a London native who had been driving in the area for many years and was very familiar with the area.

When the driver heard the name of this place, he felt a little strange.

That's a famous slum in the suburbs of London.

This Asian-looking girl doesn't look like she has no money. Why would she go to a place like that?

Xia Meng glanced at the driver and could tell he spoke with a pure London accent.

She blinked, quickly put on a harmless smile, and said in fluent English: "(I'm looking for someone. I heard that a distant relative of mine was there, so I came to look for him.)"

The driver asked in confusion: "(Going to the orphanage to find relatives?)"

Xia Meng nodded: "(Yeah, I just heard recently that something happened to his family and he was sent there, so I wanted to come and see if he is willing to live with me.)"

The driver understood.

He shook his head and sighed, "(It's probably difficult. I've never seen a child go in there, or be adopted.)"

Xia Meng asked unexpectedly: "(What do you mean?)"

The driver lowered his voice and said, "(Don't you know? That orphanage is very strange.)"

Xia Meng blinked blankly: "(What's weird?)"

The driver said, "I heard that all the children sent there are sentinels and guides. You know what a sentinel is? They're those peculiar people with special abilities. Your relative's child should be a sentinel too, right?"

Xia Meng nodded hesitantly: "(It seems so.)"

An orphanage full of sentinels?

It seems... quite normal.

Nowadays, there are various controversies about human beings in society.

There is still a large number of people who insist that whistleblowers are alien and abnormal, and are unwilling to accept them into society.

In such an environment, the living environment of underage sentinels is difficult.

Especially those children born in ordinary families who awaken unexpectedly and are abandoned by their parents because of their fear and disgust.

There are relatively few similar cases in China.

But in European and American countries with strong religious beliefs, whistles are regarded as evil aliens and pagans.

Sometimes, there is no need to wait until the child awakens. Once it is detected from birth that they have the sentinel gene and have the potential to awaken, they will most likely be abandoned by their religious parents.

Thus, similar whistle-blowing orphanages came into being.

Xia Meng sighed with emotion: "(So that's how it is. It doesn't matter. I don't have any prejudice against Shao Xiang. The Chinese team's prejudice against Shao Xiang is not big either. If possible, I still hope to bring him back to China to live.)"

The driver suddenly realized: "(So you are Chinese. And I heard the situation in China is much better.)"

He paused, shook his head, and said, "(But I don't think you can take anyone away.)"

Xia Meng was puzzled: "(Why? Aren't they a social welfare home?)"

The driver hesitated for a moment, then finally said, "(It's called an orphanage, but it's actually been funded by the Dreiser family. You know the Dreiser family, right? The famous Shaoxiang family. I heard that the children in that orphanage are basically young soldiers trained for the Dreiser family.)"

Xia Meng paused.

I didn’t expect that the Dreiser family’s fame has reached this level.

Even local taxi drivers can come up with it.

Xia Meng asked doubtfully: "(Young soldier?)"

Is the Dreiser family cultivating its own power?

What is it being trained for?

Xia Meng thought of the laboratory again.

She fell silent.

After a while, the taxi finally arrived at its destination.

The driver didn't dare to park the car directly in front of the orphanage's gate, so he stopped at the intersection diagonally opposite.

Xia Meng paid the fare and was about to get off the car when the driver called her.

The driver advised with some concern, "(The Dreiser family is very influential here. If you can't get through, don't get into trouble with them. After all, your own life is the most important thing.)"

Xia Meng thanked him.

She walked to the street corner.

His eyes followed the street and fell on the gate of the deserted welfare home not far away.

The welfare home seems to be quite old.

Both the gate and the building look old.

She looked around for a few seconds and then looked around.

It was indeed a well-known slum nearby. Looking along the road, there were many homeless people leaning against the wall.

When Xia Meng got off the bus, many homeless people looked up at her with shining eyes, and they seemed to be about to stand up and surround her.

Xia Meng frowned slightly, but didn't stop and walked straight towards the welfare home.

I don’t know if it was her illusion.

There are no homeless people near the streets adjacent to the welfare home.

As expected, when the homeless people saw her walking towards the welfare home, they all stopped.

Xia Meng breathed a sigh of relief.

But at the same time he took a deep breath.

She walked around to the side of the welfare home and looked inside quietly.

She closed her eyes and released her mental power inside.

She could feel that Li Zhou was inside.

She opened her eyes.

She went around to the alley, and while there was no one around, she stepped back a few meters, took a few running steps, and quickly jumped over the wall.

She climbed onto the wall and looked inside.

It was quiet in the welfare home.

There is a small playground for children in the yard, with swings, wooden horses, parallel bars and sand piles.

The building has five floors and covers a large area.

This place is a bit too quiet.

Xia Meng looked up at the sky.

At three or four in the afternoon, there was not a single child playing in the yard.

The people here seem to have disappeared from the face of the earth.

Xia Meng frowned slightly, feeling a little skeptical.

Did Li Zhou really come in here?

But she did feel the fluctuations of his mental power.

After the two of them had their minds imprinted, she could sense his location more keenly.

Without much hesitation, she immediately climbed over the wall and entered the yard.

She landed neatly on the ground.

When I stood up and looked up, I saw several black marks on the wall behind me, as if they had been struck by lightning.

It was very similar to the marks on Luo Xunfei's pillow at that time.

Xia Meng raised her hand and touched the wall with her fingers.

As expected, he sensed the presence of Li Zhou and Hermann.

It seems that the two had a conflict here before.

Now what?

Where are they?

Xia Meng turned around and walked inside without hesitation.

As she walked through the door, Xia Meng saw the mess inside at a glance.

Black scorch marks and traces of powerful blows were scattered all over the place.

There were even faint traces of blood on the ground.

Xia Meng followed the traces and sure enough, saw two people in the depths.

The two men were sitting against the walls on either side of the hall, with their heads down, seemingly unconscious.

Hermann seemed to be smashed into the wall, leaving spider-web-like cracks on the wall.

Li Zhou's situation was not much better. A huge spherical burn mark was clearly visible on the wall, and the entire wall was concave.

Xia Meng subconsciously ran towards Li Zhou.

But before she took two steps, she suddenly stopped.

She remembered what Lao Wang had said before.

Lost contact.

Strange disease.

At this moment, the two of them looked like they were dragged into someone's mental picture.

Whose?

Li Zhou's?

Or Hermann's?

Or... has this orphanage already been trapped in someone's mental picture?

what to do?

Is she going to contact the Black Tower headquarters for support now?

Xia Meng thought for a very short moment.

Then he walked towards Li Zhou without hesitation.

Can’t find the Black Tower headquarters.

The more people come, the more disadvantageous it will be for her and Li Zhou.

Besides, who knows what's going on inside?

She couldn't just leave Li Zhou alone.

I had no choice but to go in.

Moreover, he must be brought out of it as soon as possible.

She walked up to Li Zhou and knelt down.

She raised her hand and carefully wiped away the black marks on his cheek from the lightning.

Soon, the familiar thick fog came towards her.

Li Zhou's figure in front of her became blurred, and at the same time, she heard the sound of children playing and fighting in the distance.

A silver bell-like laughter came from afar.