This robe is indeed Chen Yan's.
Since eight years ago, a very small and shabby opera troupe came to District Three and set up a small stage in the wilderness to perform two plays.
Chen Yan, only seven years old at the time, became fascinated by it.
In this world, theatrical culture is not popular.
The troupe worked hard to set up the stage for two days, but only five people showed up...
Chen Ling and Chen Yan, who were temporarily attracted while playing in the wilderness, a passing porter who was pulled in to be an audience member, a beggar who came to beg from the troupe...
And one, a teacher from District Two who came because of his genuine interest in theatrical culture.
Among the five, only Chen Yan and the teacher listened attentively to the entire play.
Chen Ling fell asleep halfway through, the porter hurriedly left at the beginning, and the beggar went up to beg for food during intermission, only to be kicked off the stage by a martial character and left grumbling.
But Chen Ling saw that his brother's eyes looking at the stage were full of light.
After that day, Chen Yan began to study drama on his own.
He found two books from somewhere, got up early every day to practice singing in the house, transcribed scripts, and even learned sewing to make costumes.
The robe on Chen Ling's body was sewn by Chen Yan himself, with a very small blue flower left at the corner where he sewed.
"Here, it's for you.”
After washing the robe, Chen Ling handed it to Chen Yan, who looked at his reflection in the water, with most of the wounds and bloodstains gone.
The two walked carefully along the path to the edge of Frost Street, looking towards home.
Around the dilapidated house, the area had been completely sealed off by a cordon, with several law enforcers in black and red uniforms patrolling.
On two stretchers at the entrance, lay two bodies covered in white cloth.
"How's the situation?" "No chance of survival.”
A law enforcer looked regretfully at the white cloth, "They were ordered by Mong to track this couple, but they must have encountered a stronger force inside and sacrificed themselves in the struggle.”
"What about the couple? Are they dead too?" "No.”
The law enforcer's gaze shifted to the entrance, where a man and a woman were being helped out of the house by other law enforcers, their eyes vacant, faces pale, trembling uncontrollably as if they had lost their souls.
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"They survived.”
"Weren't they the first to be attacked by the disaster? Why did they survive?" "We speculate that although they were the first to be attacked, they did not resist.
The two law enforcers angered the disaster by shooting, which led to their deaths...”
"So, you mean, the disaster was playing with them at the time?" "That's the idea.”
"Any other clues?" "Almost none...
the abilities of that disaster are very strange, it tore apart most of the house, leaving no valuable information behind.
We can't even determine from which direction it entered.”
"Frost Street is so big, yet it happened to break into this household.
Is it a coincidence?" "Hard to say, Frost Street is already on the outermost edge of District Three, behind the street is the back mountain, then the chaotic burial mound at the intersection of the Grey Realm, and then District Two...
in terms of the path, if that disaster crawled out of the Grey Realm, went on a rampage in District Two, then fled into the back mountain, and then rushed to this section of Frost Street, it would make sense.”
"The location of the District Two murder is also near the back mountain?" "Yes, these locations are not far apart and all on the same line.”
The law enforcer nodded slightly.
Before they could say more, a sharp, piercing roar came from nearby.
"Disaster!! Disaster!!"Li Xiuchun suddenly broke free from the enforcers beside her, as if she had seen something extremely terrifying.
While staring at them fiercely, she crawled back, "You will not harm me!! You will not harm me!!" As she continued to retreat, she suddenly bumped into the people behind who were supporting Chen Tan.
This collision directly caused Chen Tan's pupils to shrink suddenly.
He immediately curled up, holding his head in his hands, muttering meaningless characters in his mouth, his eyes also full of fear.
The enforcers beside each other glanced at each other, a hint of helplessness flashing across their faces...
They were not too surprised by this, but skillfully tied them up with ropes, stuffed white cloth into their mouths to prevent disturbing the public, and then walked straight to the headquarters of Zone Three.
Seeing this scene, Chen Ling breathed a sigh of relief.
Dr.
Lin had said that among the survivors of encounters with the Gray World convergence or disaster attacks, eighty percent would experience mental disorders, and most of them would never be cured.
Now it seems that this symptom has also appeared in Li Xiuchun and Chen Tan.
For Chen Ling, this was fortunate because she had only seen four people turn into disasters with her own eyes.
Two enforcers had already been killed by the "audience," and once Li Xiuchun and Chen Tan revealed everything, she would immediately be wanted.
Fortunately, Li Xiuchun and Chen Tan are both insane now, so her identity will not be exposed, and she can still walk the streets openly as Chen Ling.
Of course, this is under the premise that the enforcers do not find him later.
"It's still not safe...
It's best to find a way to completely block their investigation...”
Chen Ling did not like taking risks, and he did not like having his fate controlled by others.
His brain was running at high speed, trying to find the most secure method.
Just then, a figure rushed out from beside him! "Mom! Dad!" Chen Yan exclaimed, running towards the two figures being taken away, his haggard face full of anxiety.
Chen Yan did not know what had happened, he was just a fifteen-year-old boy, and now seeing his parents being brought out of the ruins was like the sky falling.
Chen Ling's gaze slightly condensed, subconsciously wanting to grab Chen Yan, but after hesitating for a moment, he quickly followed behind Chen Yan, also calling out for his parents.
Hearing their calls, the enforcers all turned around, only to see two teenagers running towards them in a hurry, then bowing their heads to read the documents.
"This couple has two children, one is eighteen and the other is fifteen.”
"I didn't find any bodies in the house just now, I was about to send someone to look for them, but I didn't expect them to show up on their own...”
"Ah, poor children.”
"...
" Several enforcers whispered to each other.
Chen Yan rushed to Li Xiuchun, about to say something, but Li Xiuchun's pupils suddenly contracted.
She somehow spat out the white cloth, staring ahead and shouting loudly, "Disaster!! You are also a disaster!! Do you want to kill me too?!" Chen Yan instantly froze in place.