Chapter 7
In Su Ci's view, the corridor was actually not empty.
In a faint red mist, a thin, ragged figure huddled in the corner.
The blood-colored particles in the mist settled around the man, forming a red mist that was thicker than the surrounding area. Anyone who saw this scene would probably feel terrified, not to mention running away in fear. However, Su Ci was very calm.
He opened his mouth and asked the figure, "Why have you been following me?"
“Hungry…hungry…”
In the silent blood-red corridor, the child's creepy cries echoed again and again.
Want to eat? Su Ci raised an eyebrow. He himself didn't have enough.
"I suggest you go to the kitchen."
The young man's voice was gentle and pleasant, but his words were cold and indifferent.
Su Ci did not forget that he had seen the child outside the kitchen in the evening, so he should know that there was a cold storage of aspic ingredients in the kitchen, and 4586 had to prepare midnight snacks in the evening, so he should be there.
As he spoke, the child's voice fell silent, and then he turned his head very stiffly.
He seemed to have been in this position for a long time without moving, and his bones made a jerky clicking sound when they turned, as if his head would fall off his neck at any time.
As the child turned his head, one could see a dark red eye with bloodshot eyes underneath his long, thick bangs.
He looked at Su Ci quietly. In the faint blood-red mist, the scene seemed weird and terrifying.
But in Su Ci's eyes, this child was a little stupid.
Seeing that the child didn't respond for a long time, he huddled in the corner and looked at him quietly. Su Ci sighed and slowly walked over.
As he got closer, the high concentration of blood-red particles around the child were washed away, and Su Ci could barely see him more clearly.
He looked even younger than No. 5, about three or four years old. Apart from his small face which was obscured by his bangs and whose facial features were not clearly visible, his whole body was dirty.
It had been who knows how many years since he had taken a bath or changed his clothes. His shoulder-length black hair was tangled in clumps, and his clothes were so tattered that you couldn't even tell their original color.
Compared with this child, the other cubs Su Ci saw in the nursery, although they had no freedom, were at least raised to be fair, tender, clean and healthy.
"Are you also a cub from the nursery?"
He squatted down in front of the child and said, "Number six or seven? Invisibility? Is this your ability?"
It didn't look like them. He had seen Number 6 and Number 7 in the restaurant in the afternoon. Although he couldn't remember what they looked like, they definitely didn't look this miserable.
or……
"Are you number one?"
The child did not answer. Compared to No. 3's silence, he gave Su Ci a feeling of emptiness and deadness, just like... the earth today.
Su Ci, who originally didn't want to care about him, suddenly changed his mind.
He reached out and took the child's wrist.
There was an icy cold touch under his palm, like a real ghost, but Su Ci knew that the child in front of him was not a ghost. His thin bones were so fragile that they seemed to be broken with just a little force.
Until this moment, the child's empty expression finally showed a slight change.
His big, dark red eyes, which were a bit weird, blinked gently, then he lowered his head mechanically again, his gaze falling on Su Ci's hand holding his.
Slowly, his eyes widened.
He suddenly looked up, and there was surprise in his eyes when he looked at Su Ci. He opened his mouth with difficulty, as if he wanted to say something, but he could only utter meaningless syllables such as "Huh-huh-huh".
Su Ci was still looking down at his wrist.
The wrist looked thinner than his middle and index fingers put together. He wondered if he would tear the child's arm apart if he pulled him up.
So, in front of the child's shocked gaze, he let go of his wrists, then put his hands through his armpits, and hugged his back from top to bottom, not only picking him up, but even shaking him in mid-air.
The child subconsciously hugged his neck.
So light.
Su Ci weighed the child's body. Although he had never held other children, he knew that this child was abnormally thin.
The child stared at him blankly, the surprise in his expression making him look a lot more lively, finally a bit like a real little doll.
Su Ci carried the child into room 303.
After nightfall, the temperature dropped a lot and the heating in the room turned on automatically. As soon as I entered the room, I felt the warmth. The blood-red particles in the air, which were not concentrated to begin with, were also isolated outside by Su Ci.
He put the child on the ground, and then picked out a mixed vegetable flavor that he disliked the most from the remaining nutrient solution.
The taste of this mixed vegetable can be specifically described as the taste of carrots, green peppers, corn, cabbage and cucumbers mashed into a paste and mixed together.
Anyway, Su Ci didn't like it at all, luckily there were only three of this flavor.
Su Ci went to the kitchen to prepare the nutrient solution. The child standing by the coffee table followed him with his eyes.
When Su Ci poured the powder of the nutrient solution into the glass and looked up as if towards him, the child suddenly looked away and pretended nothing had happened.
He lowered his head and saw his wrist that had just been held by the new breeder. Then he looked at the palm of his hand.
Just now, when he was picked up and subconsciously hugged the man's neck, he touched his skin...
It's a warm feeling I've never had before.
The child raised his head, and his dark red eyes, the only ones exposed from under his thick bangs, looked around the bright and spacious room.
Those blood-red dots that always made him feel uncomfortable...
Not anymore.
At this time, Su Ci finally brewed the nutrient solution, walked back with it, placed the glass on the coffee table, and pushed it in front of the child.
The dark green nutrient solution has light smoke coming out of the surface and emits a faint fresh fragrance.
"Drink it." Su Ci said.
The child looked at the cup of dark green nutrient solution, then raised his head to look at him and shook his head slightly.
"What? Picky about food?"
Su Ci's tone is not good, this is not a good habit...
The child shook his head again, this time with a greater amplitude, and then stretched out his little hand to grab the glass on the coffee table. However, when he really grabbed it, he was stunned again, with extreme shock in his eyes.
Ah...I bumped into it.
This realization caused a great shock to the child. He let go of the cup of still hot nutrient solution and tentatively reached out to grab the edge of the coffee table with his little hand.
Then, he caught it!
The child couldn't help but look up at Su Ci. The joy in his eyes made him look a little cute even though he was in such a miserable and terrible look.
"Yes, you caught it."
Looking at the coffee table that disappeared into a corner after being caught by the child, Su Ci squatted down in front of the child again, looking at him with some caution in his eyes.
He was too familiar with the child's state, or rather, the state before he met him. Although he didn't sense it before, it was not too late now.
Su Ci stared at the child, "You are..."
"A newborn soul?"
Hearing Su Ci's question and seeing his serious expression, the joy in the child's eyes slowly faded.
The child stood there, withdrew his little hands that were grabbing the edge of the coffee table, and clasped them against his chest awkwardly.
Su Ci noticed the child's emotional changes. Although he couldn't see it on his face, he could sense the child's confusion and helplessness, and he couldn't help but feel a little more doubtful.
Is it because they are too young and their consciousness has just been born, so they know nothing?
He stared at the little boy in front of him.
The little boy also looked back at him, his dark red eyes still bloodshot, but because of his confused and helpless expression, he seemed less scary.
Slowly, Su Ci's tightly furrowed brows relaxed.
He curled up the corners of his mouth, revealing his first real smile since waking up.
Really... very interesting.
He was very curious about what could have given birth to such a weak spirit.
All things have spirits, but it is a million times more difficult for dead things to give birth to intelligence from chaos than for life forms that are born with intelligence. That is why the spirits of dead things are much stronger than those of ordinary living things from the day they are born.
Therefore, the weak spirit in front of him seemed very abnormal.
Because of the difficulties and dangers involved, the dead objects that can give birth to spirits are often not ordinary things, but he did not seem to sense anything powerful nearby.
Su Ci curled his lips. It was a pity that his strength was much weaker now and he couldn't sense the child's true form, but... it wasn't a big problem.
It’s just raising a child, it shouldn’t be difficult, right?
Yes, Su Ci decided to keep the child. After all, it was rare to come across a spirit with a life form similar to his, and he couldn't just let him live in such a miserable way.
The child didn't know what Su Ci was thinking. He was staring at Su Ci's smile in a daze.
He is a "non-existent" existence. No one can see him, no one can touch him, and he can hardly touch any person or object.
Before this, he had seen many smiles in the nursery, some beautiful, some ugly, but he had never seen a truly...
The smile she gave him.
The child looked into Su Ci's eyes and saw his own reflection in those beautiful curved black eyes. It was also the first time he saw himself so clearly.
At this time, Su Ci picked up the glass on the coffee table and put it in front of the child again, asking him to hold it.
"Drink it. It won't taste good if it's cold."
The child blinked his eyes, obediently stretched out his little hand and held the glass, but he was so small that it looked like he was almost holding the glass in his arms.
He felt the warmth coming from the nutrient solution in the cup.
This was a feeling he had almost never experienced in his life. The child couldn't help but hold the glass tighter. He didn't open his mouth immediately, but raised his eyes cautiously. After looking at Su Ci several times, he finally lowered his head.
He put his lips to the rim of the cup, and with difficulty lifted the glass with his small hands, allowing the solution in the cup to slowly move towards the rim.
He had seen many people do this at Base 24, and now he could finally do it too.
Su Ci observed him, doubting whether he would get the nutrient solution all over his face, but to his surprise, the child not only successfully drank the nutrient solution, but also drank it very politely.
After tasting the nutrient solution with mixed vegetable flavor, the child smacked his lips, showing no disgust on his face. Instead, he looked very enjoyable and liked it. Then he continued to hold up the glass and gulped down a big mouthful.
The way he was eating so fast showed that he had been hungry for a long time.
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