Chapter 9: Orphanage IV

The other three looked into the classroom, and they finally understood what Chen Xiao was searching for.

He was searching for bodies... numerous, one stacked atop another, filling the classroom like a disarrayed pile of debris.

Chen Xiao gazed at the mountainous piles of mummified corpses and smiled cheerfully.

Then, he excitedly lunged forward, rummaging through the heap of bodies like a child scavenging for a toy, intermittently emitting a "heh heh heh" laugh.

The people outside were stunned, feeling chills run down their spines.

"Uh, should we... go help him?" Jia Renliang asked, trembling.

Liu Yi swallowed hard, "Better not, I think he's enjoying himself, let's not disturb him."

At that moment, a severed head rolled out, "clunk clunk," and gently bumped into Bai Xiong's shoe, stopping there.

Bai Xiong looked down, faced with the shriveled, hollow eye sockets of the head, and his mouth twitched.

"He's on our side, right?" Bai Xiong whispered in a very soft voice.

The other two remained silent, just staring blankly at Chen Xiao, who was at that moment pulling on an arm, trying hard to drag it out from the pile of corpses.

"Let's hope so..."

After a long time, Chen Xiao finally walked out of the classroom, hands pocketed, satisfied.

"...how did it go?" Liu Yi tried not to sound panicked.

Chen Xiao, habitually licking his lips, said, "I've pretty much figured it out..."

Next, Chen Xiao, feeling quite exhausted from handling the bodies, simply sat down on the ground to rest, and began to describe the general situation of the place.

As everyone knew, the atmosphere in this orphanage was not very pleasant, which I will not describe in detail here. One day, a student named Xiao Ming suddenly acquired supernatural powers. According to Chen Xiao's estimation, they were of two types.

The first type: he could move objects through the air. Initially, it was only simple objects like seesaws, but later, he could manipulate larger objects, even people.

The second type: he could absorb people's bodily fluids, which he used to power his "telekinesis."

However, these powers had a drawback: they couldn't be used in the light. Not only could Xiao Ming not be in the light himself, but there also couldn't be any light where his powers were exerted. Otherwise, places like windows that let light through would have been sealed with boards long ago.

The people outside were, as previously mentioned, from an agency specializing in Anomalous Phenomenon. They discovered the orphanage's unusual events two weeks ago and immediately came over. Initially, a fully-armed squad of guards stormed in and was instantly killed by Xiao Ming using his powerful abilities.

After that, the group got scared

So, they thought of another plan, to use a group of death row inmates as "lab rats" to determine Xiao Ming's abilities and his weaknesses.

And as everyone guessed, they brought in that group of three men and one woman from three or four days ago!

At that time, Xiao Ming, having just confronted a batch of guards, was left with little power. He could only slowly absorb more from the guards to recover, so the previous group did not meet an instant tragic fate. They explored part of the first and second floors, thus deducing that Xiao Ming feared light and would isolate the orphanage after dark. Of course, once Xiao Ming recovered, they still couldn't escape death.

Here, it should be noted, although Xiao Ming's powers were strong, and killing was like playing a game to him, he was still just a child, lonely from his long stay at the orphanage or perhaps guilty about having killed so many teachers and classmates. Hence, he created a classroom where "everyone was still in class" to comfort himself. However, he did not want those "evil" teachers in this "beautiful" classroom.

Conveniently, the woman from the previous group was chosen by Xiao Ming, and he could finally complete this "beautiful classroom" that had been missing for nearly half a year. He was so happy that he didn't wait for his powers to recover and promptly placed the "female teacher" in the classroom by hand. That's why her clothes were wrinkled and had drag marks. As the final piece of his classroom puzzle, Xiao Ming cherished this "female teacher" greatly.

So, what was Chen Xiao searching for among these piles of bodies?

He was searching for two things, guns and people!

Indeed, there were no guns on the first and second floors of the orphanage; the first batch of guards wouldn't have come without guns, right?

And the bodies of the three remaining people from the last group had not been found.

That is to say, although Xiao Ming was powerful, his body was still ordinary, so he feared guns! Also, the process of absorbing bodily fluids to recover his strength must not be a quick one; he was still very weak. Otherwise, he could have easily swung around ten or eight desks from afar and crushed Chen Xiao and his group outright! Then, the remaining three people, the guns, and Xiao Ming must still be on the third floor of this building.

Hearing all this, the three of them nodded. Even though many aspects were just speculation and lacked definitive evidence, it still made sense.

"Hmm... just like Brother Chen Xiao said, this explanation is very likely!" Bai Xiong said.

"If that's the case, then let's rush up and handle him quickly, before he fully absorbs those three people and recovers his strength, then it will be troublesome!" Liu Yi said excitedly, as he saw a glimmer of hope.