The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle-Chapter 38 Affection Fills the Orphanage

"The pungent smell is so strong."

Su Qi hadn't even opened his eyes when a wave of stench hit his nose.

Mixed with the disinfectant of a toilet, the pungent smell of urine, and the foul stench of feces.

He opened his eyes.

And knew immediately that he was in a toilet.

He looked around, "This is a public restroom..."

Su Qi's voice suddenly stopped as he looked at his tender little hands and the cartoon-patterned clothes he was wearing.

He was somewhat baffled.

"It's not that I've become two-dimensional, but that I've become a child!"

Before he could understand his current situation, a prompt box appeared before his eyes.

[Please note, the CG and introductory storyline will now play.]

A deep voice, as if whispering in his ear, began to narrate slowly.

[This is an orphanage, and you were just sent here yesterday. You are unfamiliar with many things about the orphanage.]

[This orphanage has some strange rules and regulations. Breaking any of them will get you taken away, and you—have already broken the rule of not leaving the dormitory at night!]

This chilling voice, with its eerie undertone, was accompanied by strange background sounds.

[Listen, the footsteps are nearby.]

[Look, traps are hidden all around in the dark.]

[Sleep, the child who does not return at night is disobedient.]

[Eat, the child who is picky and wastes food is even more despised.]

[You can't escape.]

[You can never escape.]

[This is your prison...from which you cannot leave.]

The scene before his eyes, along with a few phrases of the abnormal nursery rhyme, suddenly turned into a hideous laugh, then slowly faded away.

And in the instant it disappeared...

Su Qi heard the footsteps outside, heavy, as if something was being dragged.

So soon?

He couldn't afford to contemplate the content from the CG, as the other party was now outside; if he remained standing here, it would be suicide.

He immediately looked at the three toilet stalls.

From the CG and the current atmosphere, whatever was outside was certainly very dangerous, now blocking the toilet door, expected to enter in just five seconds.

He couldn't leave; he only had the option to hide.

And the only places to hide were these three stalls.

He had only five seconds.

Su Qi had a premonition...choosing incorrectly would trigger a very dangerous event.

There were no additional prompts.

He had to rely on luck; after a brief hesitation, he quickly entered the third stall, and as soon as he did, he smelled an overpowering foul stench, yet Su Qi didn't make a sound.

At this moment.

A prolonged shadow appeared at the entrance to the restroom.

The shadow peeked through the gaps beneath the stalls, seemingly dragging something heavy, then slowly moved into the restroom.

Its movements were gentle, but the steps were significantly heavy.

What was this?

Su Qi squinted, even though the restroom was pitch black, not a single light inside.

However, he saw everything clearly.

The Black Shadow was carrying something wrapped in a black bag in its hand; after entering the restroom, it untied whatever was wrapped on the rope above...

And then.

A thick scent of blood suddenly assaulted his nostrils! A large amount of fresh blood began to leak from the edges of the bag!

Su Qi's eyebrows twitched.

Was this a corpse?

And not a complete one, it was clear that there were small chunks of flesh leaking from the bag.

The Black Shadow walked up to the front of the three stalls.

Su Qi held his breath, watching the Black Shadow's feet...he didn't know if his choice was right, but all he could do now was to gamble on his luck.

No wonder this was a Nightmare-level dungeon.

The game started by placing him in an extremely dangerous situation!

Without much hesitation, the figure reached out and slowly pushed open a partition door.

The turning of the door made a light sound in the silent environment, emitting a faint rust friction sound!

'Click!'

The partition door in front of Su Qi wasn't opened.

The shadow entered the one next to it, then dumped everything out of its pockets into the trough.

The sound of flushing roared!

Su Qi looked down and was sure that what was before him was not a human corpse, but a pile of animals... Judging from some characteristics, there were cats, dogs, wild chickens, and also pigs, cows, and sheep...

Each one was cut into fine chunks, with fresh blood mixed with water, filling the air with a turbid stench!

Su Qi pinched his nose and, looking at these things, his eyes actually revealed a bit of interest:

"This beef is cut a bit large, but it would be pretty good for stewing."

"If the mutton doesn't have a strong smell, making a bowl of mutton soup could warm my belly in this deep night..."

He thought about it and felt a bit of hunger in this dungeon.

Which was normal.

After all, it was late at night in the dungeon, and the little boy he had become might have been woken up by the need to urinate, then forgetting the nighttime curfew to go to the bathroom.

The figure, after disposing of the things, didn't immediately leave; it stepped out of the stall again.

Then.

It reached out to open another door.

Coincidentally, Su Qi wasn't revealed, as that other partition stored miscellaneous items.

It took out a mop from there and started to clean up the blood stains that had fallen on the floor.

After all this.

It stood still... sweeping a glance over the entire bathroom, seemingly confirming that nothing had been missed.

Only then did it slowly turn around and leave the bathroom.

Su Qi squinted his eyes and didn't rush to open the door and leave; if the other party doubled back or hadn't left immediately, he would be exposed.

"This orphanage... is very dangerous."

Not just because of this one figure disposing of bodies at night, but also because of the many strange rules.

"And from the brief introduction, if I don't immediately return to the dormitory, I'm likely to face danger again."

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The CG had shown some rules that he had seen on the day he had just arrived.

Su Qi knew... the time for the dormitory check was quickly approaching; he must hurry back.

While waiting.

Su Qi tried to open the Item Slot and the Skill Bar, but as expected, both were sealed and couldn't be accessed.

The character panel was indeed at level 1, Basic Attributes only at 5 points, after all, this was just a child's body.

However.

A faint red light flashed through his pupils.

Although everything was restricted, the Night Demon Gene was not among them.

He not only had a powerful night vision function, extremely fast Physical Strength restoration, but also gained 30 points of Strength and movement technique in the darkness.

Just now, if he had made a wrong choice, he would have had another way out, which was to directly fight!

His attributes of 30+5 were enough to pose a lethal threat to any adult.

"Only... it's still unclear what kind of dungeon this is."

"I also don't know the strength of the other party."

Recklessness would be unwise.

But with a backup, Su Qi slowly pushed open the door and started walking toward the outside of the bathroom.

Outside was just a dimly flickering street lamp and a corridor leading to the dormitory.

Su Qi moved quickly, his small body sprinting along, even the sound of his footsteps suppressed.

Fortunately, nothing happened along the way.

He followed the route shown on the screen and returned to his own dormitory.

The dormitory was a four-person room, with the other three already sound asleep.

Su Qi reached out to grasp the doorknob, slowly opening it.

And the moment the door was opened.

A figure stood at the door, staring intensely at Su Qi with a pair of green-glowing eyes.

"Where have you been!?"