Chapter 80: Corruption

Just as he was lost in thought, the scene outside the prison changed again.

…

This time, it was a dark corridor. A little girl who looked to be only three or four years old sat on a bench in the corridor, holding a faded teddy bear.

The doll seemed very old, but it was washed very clean.

The little girl kept her head down, sitting obediently, her small face filled with confusion and fear.

At this time, in a room not far from her, the door was ajar. Inside was an office.

“According to the regulations, only children whose parents both have proof of special difficulties or for health reasons can be sent to our orphanage. And they must be sent by both parents together. Ms. Zhao, your situation clearly does not meet the requirements…”

“Director… Director, please listen to me.” The woman’s voice was filled with anxiety and unease. She said urgently, “She can’t stay with me. She will die. She will definitely die…”

“This…”

“Please, she’s very obedient. She won’t cause you any trouble.”

The director saw the woman’s panic and frowned. “Ms. Zhao, I’m sorry…”

“Ah!!”

The woman’s calm face began to tremble. She suddenly screamed hysterically, tore at her hair, ripped open her collar, and, like a madwoman, picked up the vase on the table and smashed it on her own head.

Bang~ Crash!

The scene suddenly changed. Soon, security guards and teachers rushed into the office, trying to stop the crazed woman.

The little girl sat quietly on the bench in the corridor, her head bowed low. People came and went in the corridor. The noise and screams seemed to be blocked out by her.

After an unknown amount of time, the room gradually quieted down.

Creak~

The door opened, and a woman with disheveled hair walked out. She stood at the doorway for a moment. She seemed to glance at the little girl, or maybe she didn’t.

She just stood there for a while.

Then, she turned and walked towards the light in the distance.

The sunlight stretched the woman’s shadow longer and longer, but the woman’s figure happened to block the sunlight in the distance, making the corridor even darker.

“Zhao Enqi, your mother is a lunatic!”

“We’re not like you. You were abandoned by your mother…”

“Your mother injured the principal. She’s definitely going to be shot.”

At some point, several children of the same age appeared beside the girl. They pointed at her and laughed, one after another.

“Zhao Enqi, why are you so naughty?!”

The fierce-looking teachers from the orphanage also appeared beside her.

“Who taught you to lie? You’ve been a liar since you were little. What will you become when you grow up?!”

“Zhao Enqi! Why did you sneak out again?!”

“Zhao Enqi, why are you just like your mother? Are you a lunatic too?!”

…

“Can you help me?”

In the blink of an eye, the children and teachers in the corridor disappeared.

He was back in the black prison, with the little girl sitting on the bench opposite him.

This time, there were three girls in the prison.

Lin Xian knew that these were KIKI from three different periods.

The little girl kept her head down, her two hands nervously fiddling with the teddy bear in her hands.

But she wasn’t crying, just silently playing with the doll.

It was as if she was just sitting for a while, and someone would come to pick her up soon.

“Help you with what?” Lin Xian suddenly changed his question, no longer asking if she knew him.

The little girl raised her hand, just like before, waiting for Lin Xian to give her something.

Lin Xian frowned, finally realizing that something was wrong.

His expression changed from calm to solemn. He suddenly said loudly, “Do you want to kill the principal, or those classmates, or… do you want to kill your mother?”

The little girl didn’t speak.

“No, KIKI.”

Lin Xian’s expression was serious, and his mood became a little anxious. “Listen to me. Those people before deserved to be killed, they deserved to die. But the classmates and teachers at the orphanage, they were just…”

Lin Xian’s words faltered.

His lips were dry. He felt like he was trapped in some kind of logical dilemma. After thinking for a long time, he finally said, “They were just annoying people… but you don’t need to kill them.”

All of this seemed to be just fragments of KIKI’s memory, but for some reason, Lin Xian had a very strong feeling at this moment.

If he killed all these children, teachers, and her mother, then there would be no KIKI anymore.

Because he thought of a word.

Abhorrence.

Why was he seeing these images?

Was something happening to KIKI?

“Whether it’s announced by the Phoenix Society or spread among the wanderers, almost all abilities are inseparable from three things: one is a certain item, the second is a certain change in body and mind, and the last is a certain specific condition.”

Thinking of this, Lin Xian suddenly felt a chill run through his body, a bone-chilling sensation instantly spreading from his spine to the top of his head!

He remembered a word KIKI had mentioned from the “Angel Project.”

“Corruption.”

“According to the statistics from some of the cases collected, evolution is not inevitable or has a certain specific result. It is also possible… to evolve incorrectly!”

“KIKI is in a near-death state right now. Could it be… that her ability is undergoing some kind of change?”

“Emotions… spirit…”

“Incorrect evolution…”

“What is corrupting her?”

Lin Xian frowned and took a few steps back.

He remembered the white monster he had just seen, and the black ink in KIKI’s eyes. A chill instantly ran down his spine.

But why did Lin Xian suddenly see that white monster?

“Is it because of that strange antenna?”

“It must be.”

“If that’s the case, then that thing has been by KIKI’s side all along, but no one could see it?”

Hiss…

Lin Xian stood in the black prison, his figure solitary, sucking in a cold breath. At this moment, his eyes were wide with shock, as if he had caught a glimpse of a forbidden thing in the darkness.

Perhaps there was a possibility that those strange things had been by their side all along!

Not long ago, Lin Xian and Dalou were talking in the car, feeling that the monsters in the night were not attracted by sound, but by living people.

Whether it was the giant white monster or the three-faced spider, they always appeared strangely near Lin Xian, as if… the anomaly was already there!

The moment this thought appeared, his hair stood on end. He immediately got up and took a few steps back. At this moment, his eyes caught sight of a huge black shadow standing in the shadows behind the three girls.

In this black prison, besides him and the three girls, there was another existence!

His gaze trembled, and he stared intently at the black shadow.

And that black shadow seemed to be staring at Lin Xian as well. It stood in the shadows of the corner, slowly moving forward. A pale, terrifying face appeared in his line of sight.

It opened its bloody maw, as if it was devouring something.

And the three KIKIs from different periods, from oldest to youngest, began to have their skin shrivel and their faces become terrifying, as if all their life force had been taken away!

As expected!

At this moment, KIKI, due to the collapse of her mental strength, was on the verge of corruption