Throne of Radiance

It took nearly three hours from the Beishan Cemetery to the eastern suburbs where the Happy Orphanage is located.

When Gong Fang arrived at the desolate forest near the former orphanage site, the sun had completely set, and night ruled over the land.

It was the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, and a round of full moon hung high in the sky like a bright pearl, and the radiant rays of radiance smudged into a layer of blurred brilliance above the night.

It was like a little hoarfrost sprinkled on the exposed gravel and mud on the surface of the dark wilderness, on the twisted and weird tree shadows like beast claws and tentacles, and on the faintly exposed gray-white building in the depths of the forest.

The rainy days over the past few days made the path covered with dead leaves very muddy. Gong Fang walked on the path in the forest with one foot deep and one foot shallow, making a slight sound on the ground with every step.

In the silence of the night, the sound was especially noticeable.

"This damn place!" He slipped and nearly fell, and hurriedly supported a tree next to him to stand firm, and couldn't help but curse.

For this remote place that had never been there before and had long been blurred in memory, if it weren't for accurate positioning and navigation, Gong Fang might never have come here in his life.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at the building surrounded by the blurred gray-white high wall at the end of his vision, searching for the few memories in his mind: "Is that right there..."

"Ugh-"

Suddenly, a strange sound floated out from the gray and white high wall, as if someone was crying.It was followed by another strange sound, as if someone was laughing.

The cries and laughter were mixed together, and were swept up by the wafting night wind from the end of the path, passed through the thick woods, mixed with the whimper of the night wind, and surrounded Gong Fang's ears.

Gong Fang's whole body trembled from top to bottom.

He remembered, he remembered what this place was!

"——That's the Seventh Hospital of Yuanyang City!"

——It is also a legendary mental hospital.

It is said that the Happy Orphanage and the Seventh Hospital next door were originally one. More than 60 years ago, this place belonged to a very prosperous large hospital, covering a very large area.

But the war that swept the world destroyed everything.

When the war subsided and Yao country got back on track, this land was completely barren and was divided into suburbs.

Since there are already more and better hospitals in other areas, it is not necessary to rebuild the suburban hospitals no matter how you look at it. The Yuanyang City Government simply used the original hospital garden here as the boundary to completely isolate it into two parts.

The building complex to the west of the garden was changed to the seventh hospital, which specially received patients with severe mental disorders.The remaining half of the building complex to the east of the garden became a place for war orphans, and was later changed into a happy orphanage.

The distance between the two is only 400 meters.

Thinking of this, the scene of being frightened by the lunatic who ran out of the mental hospital next door, the only time when he came to the orphanage back then, came back to his mind after many years, and Gong Fang's face suddenly became paler than the moonlight.

"... Back then, she accidentally saw a man doing volunteer work there. She thought he was hardworking and kind, so when this man pursued her in high profile at school, she agreed so quickly."

At this moment, he suddenly remembered what Yuan Yao said before.

Gong Fang didn't understand it at first, but at this moment, when he returned to his hometown, an experience from more than 20 years ago suddenly came out from the depths of his memory, which made him suddenly enlightened like a blessing in his heart.

——At that time, Gong Fang's goal was only a girl from a good family in the department. He heard that she was very caring and would volunteer in the orphanage on weekends. In order to win the favor of that girl, he would join them to do volunteer work.

However, in this only volunteer experience, a little lunatic who suddenly ran out of the mental hospital next door taught him a profound lesson—until now, Gong Fang dare not admit that he was actually raped by a man who looked only seven or eight years old. little girl is terrified.

This fear even made him give up his original pursuit plan and never set foot in the southern suburbs of the city again.

It was also not long after returning to school after finishing his volunteer work this time that he suddenly noticed that the girl with the most outstanding family background in the school seemed to regard him differently and had a good impression of him.

Even if the goodwill is not much, he doesn't know the origin of the goodwill, but this does not prevent Gong Fang from firmly grasping this opportunity and seizing the pie that fell from the sky!

"So that's how it is..."

It wasn't until this moment that he understood the reason for all this.

The gentle and beautiful face flashed in memory.

"Stupid..."

"Woo--" "Woo--" "Hee-hee--" "Oh!"

Horrible and weird sounds echoed in the night, and Gong Fang, who was immersed in memories, came back to his senses.

The phone in my pocket suddenly rang!

[As you wish, the third ring game has officially started!Please walk to the Happy Orphanage within 10 minutes. ]

Passing through this muddy path among the woods, the fork at the end of the path points to the left and right directions. On the right side is a group of gray-white buildings hidden in the night, and on the left side is a half-burned ruin, which is also the former site of the Happy Orphanage.

Collapsed buildings, the roots of the walls completely blackened by the smoke, the remains of unidentified burning objects between the collapsed bricks and stones, a large area of ​​scorched earth without a single weed...

When Gong Fang stepped over where the original gate was, this is what Gong Fang saw.

Perhaps the only ones that are still well preserved are the few small buildings on the westernmost side.Although it seems to have been burned in half, and it was blackened, but it seems that because the building materials themselves are relatively special, some of them still exist.

[—Welcome to the Happy Orphanage.Our short but meaningful journey has finally come to an end! ]

A voice was full of emotion, as if the voice of a tour guide suddenly came from behind Gong Fang, startling him.

"Who! Who?!"

He turned around only to find that on one side of the doorpost that had been mostly burned down, on a corner of the ruins not far away, and even on half of the wall farther away, speakers had been installed one after another at some point. The passionate voice came from the trumpet, echoing in all directions.

The other party is like a conscientious tour guide, introducing everything here to a first-time visitor.

[Happy Orphanage has an ordinary and happy name. 50 years ago, the chairman of Yuan's Group was blessed with a daughter.In order to do good deeds and collect blessings for his newborn daughter, he subsidized a hundred orphanages across the country at one time.Thanks to this ordinary and happy name, the Happy Orphanage stood out among several local orphanages and won the only local funding quota in Yuanyang City. ]

[His daughter did not fail to live up to all this. She grew up to be a gentle and kind person. When she grew up, she actively participated in her parents' charity work and always paid close attention to the development of the hundred orphanages.Especially the local Happiness Orphanage, she would come every year to talk closely with the children and satisfy each of their wishes. ]

[The Happiness Orphanage has become a veritable Happiness Orphanage.The angel in the fairy tale book has a shape in the hearts of the children.This is their paradise. ]

Although the sound quality of the speaker and the microphone of the mobile phone are slightly different, after a little identification, the voice clearly belongs to the man who calls himself "K".

The voice was low and gentle at first, with a dream-like bewitching aura, making people seem to fall into the sweet dream he wove unknowingly, but at the moment when you are about to sink completely, his tone suddenly changed .

How soft and dreamy it was before, but now this voice sounds so eerie and strange——

[But a fire five years ago turned heaven into purgatory.Howling and screaming, they were swallowed by the merciless fire, and turned into lonely ghosts in purgatory. ]

[They linger here, unwilling to leave. ]

[They are waiting for someone. ]

[——Now, this person has finally arrived! ]

Boom!

Accompanied by a sound like the background music of a horror movie, a gust of cold wind blows over Gong Fang's skin exposed from his sleeves, and the faint chill seems to crawl all over his body bit by bit along with the skin, making him shudder. a chill.

"Hee hee, it's you~"

There seemed to be a voice blowing past his scalp against the cool wind, Gong Fang turned around in a shudder, his eyes suddenly swept behind him, but there was nothing behind him.

At this moment, he was drenched in sweat.

He finally broke out: "Enough! Stop playing tricks! I've already done what you said, what do you want from me? It's none of my business! It's none of my business!"

At this moment, Gong Fang should have been full of anger, like a bull that would kill someone at any time, but combined with his sweaty reaction at this time, it revealed an indescribable guilt.

He looked around blankly on the ruins full of scorched earth, as if talking to a ghost hovering nearby: "Are you going to return Xiaotian to me? What about Xiaotian? You didn't do anything to him, did you? I want See Xiaotian!"

"Oh, can't help but start worrying about your son?"

The faint voice of the young man floated from the surroundings.

"Let me guess why you reacted like that."

"—because you know exactly what you've done."

"—you don't have the confidence to be forgiven again."

"—you start to worry that everything you have done will be retaliated against your son in the same way."

"—you're finally scared."

"Enough is enough! Stop talking!!"

Gong Fang smiled bitterly and surrendered: "What do you want me to do? As long as you don't hurt my son..."

"Within 5 minutes, enter the building 200 meters to the northwest, and you will see your son."

As soon as these words came out, Gong Fang stopped talking nonsense, glanced at the charred building not far away, and went straight away.

"Huh...huh..."

The 50-year-old body that had been pampered for many years made a panting sound under such tossing. He pushed open the deformed iron door while calming down his breathing.

In the house that was burned to the ground, the projection screen that suddenly appeared on the wall was particularly eye-catching.

A young man's voice came from it——

"Five years ago, this was the warehouse where the Xingfu Orphanage stored ingredients, and it was also the origin of the fire."

Gong Fang was startled suddenly, and subconsciously wanted to turn around and leave.Like a rabbit caught in a trap and running away in a hurry.

"father!"

A childish call from behind stopped him suddenly, making Gong Fang freeze in place.