Hearing Jamie’s response, Charles felt a bit puzzled. How could so many people get involved and still allow the enemy to escape?
Before Charles could ask, Jamie’s expression grew heavy as he said, “It’s not that simple. Many people have already realized that there are still enemies within Genosha.”
As he led Charles toward the chemical plant, he continued, “Earlier tonight, many people died in the security office. It seems the enemies are acting very quickly and decisively!”
Charles didn’t respond, he was staring blankly at the battlefield after the fight had ended.
The massive chemical plant had almost been reduced to rubble, completely devastated. Everywhere he looked, there were shattered buildings, and many areas were engulfed in fierce flames, accompanied by piercing alarm sounds. Black smoke merged with the night sky.
Amidst the ruins, many people were busy at work. Charles noticed that a temporary medical tent had already been set up in a relatively flat area nearby.
“What happened to those children?” Charles asked as he stood still, his voice filled with concern.
Jamie sighed and slowly replied, “There are only twenty-six children left alive, the others…”
Silence followed.
A gust of wind swept by, stirring up the dust on the ground. Jamie turned and led Charles to an underground entrance, and they both walked inside.
Compared to the devastation above ground, the underground structure remained intact.
Before long, under Jamie’s guidance, Charles arrived at the room where the children were being held.
The white walls were stained with dried blood, with countless scratch marks left by the young children, remnants of their fear and pain.
“Don’t look anymore. Let’s go, up ahead is where they keep the most important things.” Jamie said softly.
Charles did not respond, he continued to stare at the wall. After a while, he took a heavy step forward and approached the wall.
In the corner at the bottom of the wall, a few blurred bloodstains formed some words. The handwriting was crooked, and it read, “Mom, I want to go home.”
Charles crouched down. He could imagine that after experiencing unimaginable suffering.
There had once been a young child curled up in the corner, repeatedly calling for their mother, using bloodied fingers to slowly write these words in despair and defiance.
He reached out, wanting to touch the words, but then paused his fingers in mid-air.
He spoke, “How many children survived in this room?”
Jamie fell silent, not answering.
Charles knew that among the children in this room, not a single one was still alive, they had all been drained of their blood.
“Well, it couldn’t be helped. We discovered this too late. Charles, luckily you found it in time, otherwise, these twenty-six children would…” Jamie’s words trailed off.
Charles stood up, his expression emotionless as he continued deeper inside.
Deeper underground, there were various strange instruments and devices. Jamie stood behind Charles and said, “It’s a shame, we lost an eighth-level Beast Master, and he took what he was refining with him.”
Charles wasn’t concerned about that, he was more worried about something else and asked, “Where are the bodies of the deceased children?”
“Charles, that’s enough. Don’t look anymore. Let’s go back up.” Jamie urged, not wanting Charles to see any more. Those images were something even the warriors on the battlefield could hardly bear, and he was worried about Charles.
Just then, footsteps and voices came from behind them.
“Father, why did you bring me here?” Zachary’s voice rang out.
Mason replied calmly, “I brought you to see this. I never expected that what you did to help Charles would be so important.”
The voices grew closer, and after a few seconds,
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“Charles, you’re here too?” Zachary said as he entered. His father hadn’t yet shown him around properly, and Zachary seemed relatively composed.
Charles nodded expressionlessly, he wasn’t concerned with anything else, only wanting to see the bodies of the children once more.
“Director, I want to see.” Charles said to Jamie with unwavering determination.
Jamie glanced at Mason and then at Zachary beside him.
Mason sensed the scrutiny and calmly said, “It’s fine. Let them see it together, young people need to understand this world if they want to go further.”
“Are you serious? Aren’t you worried this kid will be traumatized?” Jamie voiced his concerns, looking at the bewildered Zachary.
“It’s okay, it’s a good opportunity for him to toughen up. I think he can handle it.” Mason replied, his gaze fixed on Charles.
As the General of Genosha, Mason was very perceptive and could sense the immense killing intent and anger hidden beneath Charles’s seemingly calm demeanor!
He wondered if Charles would explode after witnessing the hellish scene, losing his sanity in the process.
Thus, under Jamie’s guidance, Charles and Zachary slowly made their way deeper underground.
Zachary felt nervous, he wasn’t naive and could guess what he was about to see.
A white door appeared before them.
Jamie stopped, turning to Charles and Zachary, saying, “Go ahead. Push open the door, and you will see the evils committed by those people.”
Zachary felt a bit anxious, his legs felt heavy, and he struggled to take a step forward.
However, Charles showed no hesitation and directly pushed open the white door, walking inside.
Zachary took a deep breath and followed him, but within ten seconds, he was trembling as he ran back out.
“Devils! Devils! Those people are simply devils! How can they be so cruel?” Zachary’s eyes were bloodshot.
He forced himself not to think about the images he had just witnessed, but those hellish scenes kept surfacing in his mind.
In the pure white room, there were bodies of children everywhere, carelessly discarded like trash.
The bodies had been drained of their blood, resembling dried branches, their skin wrinkled, clinging to their bones, almost like skeletons!
Each corpse had its eyes wide open, filled with pain and fear, contorted into various bizarre positions due to the unbearable agony they endured before death.
Zachary could only take a glance before he could no longer bear it, he leaned against the wall and vomited.
“I told you, Zachary is still young, he can’t handle it.” Jamie sighed, speaking to Mason beside him.
Mason pulled out a pack of cigarettes, lit one, and took a deep drag before saying, “He’s doing quite well, at least he didn’t break down on the spot.”
Time passed slowly,
and Charles’s figure still hadn’t appeared, he was still inside.
Jamie and Mason exchanged worried glances, quickly moving to the door to see what was happening.
“Could it be that Charles couldn’t take it and has collapsed?” Jamie suggested.
Mason shook his head, disagreeing with that notion. The emotions he sensed from Charles earlier were real, he shouldn’t be in that state.
Before they could enter, Charles slowly walked out of the room, he said nothing as he walked towards the exit.
Jamie and Mason were unsure of what had transpired. They entered the white room and took a look,
staring at each other in shock, unable to speak for a long time.
All the bodies had originally been wide-eyed, unable to close their eyes in death, but Charles had gone one by one, closing their eyes to make them look more peaceful, less in pain.
After a long time, Jamie turned back to look at Charles’s retreating figure with a complex expression and slowly said, “Did you expect him to do that?”
“I didn’t see it coming. It’s not a good thing, he’s still too young. I’m worried that if he can’t express his emotions, he will get trapped in them.” Mason replied.
Jamie gradually closed the door, his movements very careful. He didn’t say anything else and walked outside.
After returning to the surface, Charles made his way to the temporary medical tent.
All the surviving children were asleep, not because they were too tired, but because the doctors had to use tranquilizers to temporarily put these traumatized kids into slumber.
Even in sleep, many of the children would occasionally tremble, their faces that should have been filled with innocent smiles now twisted with uncontrollable fear and terror.
“What happened to them?” Charles asked softly.
A doctor pulled out a cigarette from his pocket and led Charles outside the tent. He responded, “The physical injuries are easy to treat. The key issue is that this painful memory will haunt them for the rest of their lives.”
Charles watched as Zachary approached, along with Jamie and Mason.
He didn’t speak, but Jamie came over, patted Charles on the shoulder, and said, “Charles, don’t think too much. You saved these children, you’ve done enough.”
Charles didn’t care for those words, instead, he asked, “Director, do you know who did all this?”
Jamie actually didn’t want Charles to know, but when he saw the determination in Charles’s eyes, he changed his mind.
In Charles’s eyes, Jamie sensed an unusually strong resolve and determination. Even if he didn’t say anything, Charles’s intelligence would soon lead him to the truth.
“It was Constellation. They attempted to use the forbidden miracle drug to incite chaos and war, corrupting the Beast Master’s mind.” Jamie revealed the truth.
Charles asked again, “What’s their purpose? Why are they doing this?”
Jamie shook his head, “I don’t know either. They are too mysterious, and there’s very little information available.”
Constellation!
Charles was not unfamiliar with this organization, this was the third time he had encountered them, and there would surely be more interactions in the future. For now, he did not have the strength to get involved.
Not lingering any longer, Charles headed directly toward the academy, the situation had been resolved.
To his surprise, when Charles arrived near Cyber Academy, the surrounding darkness suddenly thickened even further!