Carefully, holding her breath.
Kiana, in an extremely cautious posture, stuck to the wall and slowly approached the corner.
Then, she poked her head out at the speed of light and retracted it just as quickly.
The instant observation made it clear to her that there was no enemy ahead.
"Strange, there are no zombies or face-huggers rushing at the corner, and there is no waiting Five Dogs - God Killing Formation in the blind spot area. What's going on? This game experience is extremely boring. If it continues like this, I will complain!"
Kiana muttered in confusion but still walked carefully against the wall.
Her dream experience told her that when she thought the road ahead was safe, it was often accompanied by crisis.
"I understand! Are you playing psychological tactics? You can't fool me!"
Kiana praised her own wit.
But the fact that she had no weapon still made her feel uneasy.
You know, in the real world, she had gradually gotten used to sleeping with a gun under her pillow, but being unarmed in the dangerous dream world made her panic.
However, unexpected things always surprise people.
For example, Kiana really didn't encounter an enemy along the way. Her big blue eyes, like those of a purebred Siberian Husky, stared around, almost becoming bloodshot, but she still couldn't find any traps or hidden enemies.
"Is it really not a battle dream? Has it been changed to an exploration and puzzle dream?"
"Then again, this place looks like a high-tech secret base, but why is there no one?"
Kiana touched her chin and tried to use her smart little head.
Click!
Her train of thought was interrupted, and her optimistic instinct came online.
"Well, it's just a dream anyway, so I'll just wander around!"
Kiana gave up her tired thinking and vigilance and happily jumped up and down, strolling around the huge high-tech base full of various electronic devices.
"Wow, there are so many computer screens. How cool would it be to use this stuff to play games!"
"Oh, this closed room and operating table - could it be the legendary human experiment?"
"Yeah, there's also fresh breakfast. Wow, this little cake looks super delicious..."
Kiana swallowed the cake in her mouth, her little face suddenly wrinkling into a funny ball as she stuck out her tongue and said:
"Why does it taste like potato chips and instant noodles?"
After strolling leisurely for a while, Kiana found that this area seemed to be a huge ring.
The long corridor connected various mysterious high-tech rooms, and there was a lot of different suspected surgical equipment everywhere, which made people feel a little weird and ominous.
Kiana's mood gradually became dull. On the one hand, she was bored because she couldn't see anyone, and on the other hand, she felt depressed for no reason.
"I always feel like I've seen these places somewhere..."
"Is it an illusion?"
Kiana scratched her head, confused.
She suddenly stopped and looked even more puzzled.
Before she knew it, she had walked to a new area. This was no longer a laboratory with high-tech equipment, but more like a—
"Prison?"
The crystal-like blue eyes blinked slowly, and Kiana gradually frowned. Her optimistic expression was replaced by an inexplicable solemnity.
Guided by intuition, Kiana walked to an open prison door and entered a solid steel cage. There were two rows of small beds inside. It seemed that many children lived there.
Kiana's mood grew heavier. She couldn't help but pull at her collar, feeling a little breathless.
She stopped beside a small bed against the wall. Upon closer inspection, there seemed to be something carved on the corner of the wall at the head of the bed.
Kiana squatted down and reached out to touch the letters.
"Aurora..."
"Agata..."
"Galina..."
"Bella..."
Kiana read out the names carved on the wall one by one.
Although she confirmed that she had never known anyone with these names, she seemed to vaguely see something.
Then Kiana paused her finger and stopped at a deep cross.
In fact, every name had a cross behind it.
"It must be that the children quarreled and wanted to express their intention to break up?"
Kiana pulled the corner of her mouth, trying to smile, but she couldn't do it at all.
"Bella...Where is Bella? She didn't come back last night? Will she come back today?"
The weak and frightened childish voice came into Kiana's ears.
This was not an illusion. Kiana turned around and really saw a thin girl with purple hair, holding the iron bars of the cage and asking questions to the man in the lab coat with an impatient face.
The man opened the door and grabbed her slender wrist when she subconsciously tried to dodge.
"What Bella? If you're talking about the girl taken for the experiment yesterday, she's dead. Haven't you gotten used to it by now? Those who didn't come back are dead. What's there to ask? Okay, it's your turn today, No. 1. I hope you can stick it out and give us more gains!"
"Dead... Bella is also... dead..."
"She is dead! However, this is to explore a more efficient form of stigmata, enhance the power of the Valkyrie, and better protect the world. Don't worry, your sacrifice is valuable, hahaha!"
"No, no, I don't want..."
The little girl resisted almost deliriously, but her young and thin body could not resist the power of the adults and was forcibly pulled out of the cage.
Kiana didn't know why she could hear those whispers clearly. She only knew that the scene in front of her was absolutely not in line with Kaslana's chivalry!
"Stop right there! What do you want to do to her? Bastard!"
Kiana rushed out and punched the experimenter in the face.
"Eh!?"
With a cry of surprise, Kiana's punch went into the air and she staggered forward two steps, but she passed through the experimenter and the little girl without any obstruction and touched nothing.
"It's an illusion!"
Kiana exclaimed.
Sure enough, the two of them didn't seem to notice anything. The experimenter walked forward without looking back. The little girl trembled all over to resist but was taken away in vain.
"Where is this!?"
Kiana gritted her teeth, her face changed, and finally followed.
She saw the little girl was forcibly pressed on the operating table, and the special material of the restraints completely imprisoned the girl's body.
She saw the girl's clothes being stripped open, and then some strange glowing liquid was injected into the girl's body, and there were unknown needles and wires connected to the trembling young body.
She saw purple glowing lines spreading on the girl's body.
She saw the girl screaming extremely sharply and piercingly, and the originally timid, delicate and cute little face was twisted into a terrifying appearance that was unbearable to look at.
She saw the girl shaking and struggling violently on the operating table, and the ping-pong sound echoed along with the screams.
Finally, the girl collapsed limply in the restraints, her eyes rolled up, tears, saliva, snot and more shameful liquids flowed wantonly, dripping on the floor.
"Really? I told you to put a towel or something! Now I have to clean it up again. It's quite disgusting!"
"Okay, okay, she can still be used. Take her back! I'll see if the data is useful first."
The experimenters communicated as if nothing had happened. They seemed accustomed to the girl's experience. They were so indifferent that they seemed blind, as if they weren't treating it a human being.
Kiana took a step back.
Then she fell to the ground with a plop.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?"
"Beast!"
"You are a scumbag who has no father or mother, a lowly person who gave birth to a son without an asshole! @＃￥%*****!"
Kiana used up all the dirty words she could remember from her wandering life.
She was confused, she was afraid, and at the same time, she had countless anger, like a fire, burning her whole body and soul.
"No, I have to stop them! I have to protect these children!"
Kiana got up in a panic, thought about it, and then anxiously tried to find some words to figure out the location of this place.
Although she didn't understand what her dream was about, and didn't know whether everything in front of her was a simple dream or a corresponding reality, Kiana didn't dare to gamble. As long as she found a little clue, she would find it out after she got out.
If it's true, if it's true... Kiana will smash all these people to pieces!
"Crack!"
"Bang!!!"
As if glass was breaking, a crisp sound of shattering echoed.
The world in front of her suddenly disappeared.
Kiana was stunned for a moment, and when she looked up, she saw herself with silver hair fluttering, floating in the air, with a pair of cold golden eyes, looking at her with anger and murderous intent.
"You are..."
"Get out of my memory, you dirty and stupid bug!"
Countless spears descended from the sky, piercing and crushing Kiana's body, and ending her dream.
The Herrscher of the Void, Angel, sighed with mixed feelings at the place where Kiana disappeared.
"Alas!"
"Kiana, I can change the future that was once predetermined. I can block most of the sadness and pain that should not happen for you, but I can't smoothen everything for you."
"This is your origin, and it is also the memory that should belong to you. Witness it, accept it, and become a better person that the past. Come on, Kiana." Angel murmured.
Theoretically, as long as the arrangement is proper, Angel may be able to completely separate these pasts from Kiana, so that Kiana will always be just a silly and optimistic Kaslana.
But in the end, Angel decided to give these pasts to Kiana.
She was not qualified to erase the mark that should belong to Kiana, and Kiana certainly did not need this protection.
Kiana can get through this, Angel was nervous, but she firmly believed it.
After that, Angel slowly landed on the ground, walked towards the purple-haired little girl squatting on the ground, trembling and crying, and slowly hugged her with a distressed and pitying expression.
"Don't be afraid, it doesn't hurt anymore. I will protect you, Sister."
...
"Huh? What are you talking about in the middle of the night?"
Sirin looked confused at Tachibana Yuki who suddenly kissed her collarbone and said indescribable words.
Tachibana Yuki raised a gentle arc at the corner of her mouth, raised her head, and gently pecked Sirin's crystal pink lips.
"I mean, I love you, Sister."
"...It's so noisy! Go to sleep!"
Sirin shouted with a fierce face, pulled up the quilt, and hugged Tachibana Yuki's petite body tightly in her arms, and then closed her eyes.
However, the blushing cheeks and the corners of her mouth that couldn't help but curl up exuded a reassuring warmth in the dim bedroom.