To be honest, I still feel a little uneasy about escaping from the cleaning house. Because although it seems that no one is monitoring and managing me, I always have a little uneasy thought in my heart, although I can't tell why. But there is really no future for me if I stay here. I don’t know how old I am when I reach a position like the director where I can freely enter and leave the island. By then, no one in the country will remember me. Then I will return to China. What's the point? Therefore, in order to see my parents and my sister who will be born as soon as possible, I must return to China as soon as possible.

Half a month after arriving on the island, I finally made up my mind to sneak out of the cleaning house. One morning, I took off the Dream Bridge and went to the cafeteria. I deliberately ate slowly in the cafeteria. When everyone had left, I quietly slipped to the back of the building and thought about where to go next. Conduct terrain surveys. After thinking for a long time, I decided that it would be unwise to run away on the road we came from, because not only were there guards and vehicles patrolling the road, but the terrain there was open and it was difficult to hide. So I decided to walk around the forest near the cleaning station first, thinking about an escape route while walking around.

In fact, wandering around in the forest is really not a good idea, but considering that I really don't have a clear escape plan, I can only do this. Entering the forest, a familiar feeling hit me. I participated in many outdoor adventure activities in the youth group, so forest exploration was not a problem for me. What's special is that I'm not very good at judging the north-south direction, because this is near the equator, and the method of judging north-south through tree rings and leaf density doesn't work, and I don't have a thin needle, so I can't make a simple compass. The most important thing is that I know that the north-south direction has no meaning at all. Starting from this small island near the equator, it is completely random where the ocean currents will send me. So, I gave up judging the north-south direction and looked for a path in the forest to the coast. So I wandered around for a whole day without any direction. Fortunately, I returned to the vicinity of the research institute before nightfall. After a quick meal, I returned to the mental hospital and stayed in front of the computer to quickly complete today's tasks. In this way, I successfully completed my first escape attempt.

Over the next few weeks I slipped out occasionally to survey the terrain. I discovered that the research institute is located in a forest on this small island. Outside the forest is an open space with a fortified road leading to the only pier on this small island. For this kind of terrain, I feel that escaping during the day is basically impossible, because the view from the edge of the island is so wide that it is difficult to escape from the sight of the guards. Therefore, I could only choose to escape at night.

Although my plan to escape at night was clear, it was still difficult for me to make up my mind to take this step. Strangely enough, I didn't need to make a lot of mental preparations before each exploration, but this time, I hesitated for a long time. In addition to my own reasons, there are other factors that interfere with my determination.

First of all, the director who had not seen us for a long time suddenly appeared. He expressed condolences to everyone in our office, and he expressed condolences to everyone one by one.

The director walked up to me and said to me,

"Have you been homesick lately?"

I had to tell the truth: "A little bit."

Then he smiled at me and stopped talking. This made me feel very uneasy. After all, he might have discovered my actions. I pretended to be calm and did not show a panicked expression, thinking in my mind that if I didn't act, I might be arrested.

Also, there are documents in my study materials that make me very uneasy. These study documents all talk about the fate of those who tried to escape from the island. Without exception, they all died miserably. After reading these things, I felt that the institute might have detected something, but I had no possibility of verifying it, so I became anxious and uneasy, not knowing whether I should really make the decision to escape.

Faced with triple pressure, I kept asking myself whether I should sit back and wait for death or give it a try. My family and friends are still waiting for me in China, but my own life is also important. Just when I was about to have a nervous breakdown, I thought of Bibi. He was also a child without a home, and was deprived of the opportunity to return home by Lausanne. Thinking of this, my heart gradually calmed down. I live not only for my family, friends, and myself, but also for those poor children like Bibi who have no home. After I escape, I will definitely find Bibi's whereabouts, and I will also represent all those who have lost their complete families and are persecuted by the country, resist the government and the emperor!

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So, after coming to the island for a month and a half, I finally decided to escape at night.

Tonight, I decided to do the opposite. I planned to sneak from the fortified road to the pier and find a lone unmanned boat to cross the sea and leave. In order not to attract attention, I only brought a little necessary food and water, but it only lasted about two or three days. To be honest, I don't have any experience in drifting at sea. This escape will probably end with my sudden death in the ocean.

Finally, I climbed all the way along the road, bypassing the sight of countless guards, and arrived at the dock.

Under the moonlight, I saw a familiar figure from behind. When I got close to him, he turned around - it was the director!

"Climbed here?"

The director said with a smile.

I can't answer this question because I feel like everything about me has already been seen through. Now I can only stand there, unable to say a word.

The director saw that I was silent and continued to talk with a smile.

"If you are homesick, you can be forgiven. But for some ridiculous ideals, I absolutely cannot let you go."

Hearing this, I couldn't help it,

"how do you know?......"

The director didn't speak, he just looked at me with a sharp look.

I felt like my body was gradually turning from cold to hot - if the director knew about my reactionary thoughts and wanted to stop me, then I would have no choice but to kill him!

However, the director's next words left me standing there, unable to move.

"Killing me? It won't solve any problems, it will only make you regret it."

After saying that, he slowly walked towards me.

Watching him walking over, the fear in my heart rose sharply. I felt like he was a demon who could see into all the weaknesses in my heart. Just when he walked up to me, I seemed to suddenly realize something, and then, a sentence blurted out:

"Are you an occultist?!"

To my surprise, the director smiled slightly and said,

"That's right, kid, you're smart."

"But haven't all the occultists been purged?"

"Child, in fact, there are no occultists in this world. If you study hard, you will understand what I mean."

I quickly thought at high speed and recalled everything I had learned before. Suddenly, everything became reasonable, so I blurted out,

"Spiritual space can be artificially guided, and spiritual space is the source of mystical abilities! Therefore, artificial mystics can be created through the Dream Bridge!"

"Hahaha, artificial occultist, a very interesting word. Yes, I am an artificial occultist approved by the committee. My ability specializes in thought eavesdropping."

The director said with a cheerful smile.

"Thinking... eavesdropping?"

I couldn't believe what he said. It turned out that this was the reason why all my thoughts were revealed to him.

"So, you knew I would come here?"

I asked him next.

"No, I just came here on a whim."

The director replied very mysteriously.

To be honest, I don’t believe that the director didn’t know about my plan to escape, but if he knew that he could know my plan, why didn’t he be more honest? This puzzled me very much. Just when I was about to ask him, he said to me,

"My child, I know you still have many questions, but please don't ask them for the time being. It is a wonderful fate that you and I meet here. Are you willing to listen to what I have to say?"

Seeing his pleading expression, I had no choice but to nod.

"Good boy, I discovered that you are a very good prospect during the first screening. The wisdom, calmness, independence, and restraint you showed in the test are all the best among the people I have ever seen. Through my ability, I also found that you are a person with your own ideas. My child, it is good to have ideas, but it also depends on the environment. You have to know, no matter how much I like you, the committee found that your thoughts have committed a crime, I can't even protect you. When the time comes, you will really never be able to get ahead."

After saying that, I looked at his sincere face and couldn't tell whether I should believe him or punch him. But immediately, he went on to say,

"Child, I know you don't trust me, but as a director and a mentor to all researchers, I cherish every seedling in my hands. I don't want you to become a victim of politics. This is what I want the emperor to remind you. The reason for establishing an institute to accommodate children under the age of twelve. Because in my opinion, children are very malleable. As long as they are guided correctly, mistakes made can be made up for. My child, you are one of the few I have ever seen. I hope you can follow me back to the institute to undergo transformation and study. Don’t insist on going your own way and ruin your life and future.”

This bunch of carrots and sticks speech really frightened me. I felt that the other party already knew my thoughts very well. Now it seems that the least calm thing I could do would be to knock down the old man in front of me and then go out to sea to drift. So, I reluctantly said,

"Okay, where are we going?"

"Second floor of cleaning station."