As for Xiaochong’s home, there was a high chance that he had moved to Dajiang City and later moved to Tai City.
Upon hearing that the main goal was to find the home of Xiaochong’s grandparents, Shang Jianyao became excited as if he were playing hide and seek with Xiaochong.
The Old Task Force wandered around the village and entered different houses in search of possible clues.
Unfortunately, decades had passed, and it was common for the elements to strike this area. Many of the traces that should’ve been there had been wiped away by time.
When it was almost noon, Shang Jianyao—who had been walking in front of the team—pushed open the door to a house.
After entering the room, Jiang Baimian did a simple inspection and frowned. “Something’s not right here.”
“What’s wrong?” Long Yuehong didn’t discover any problems.
Jiang Baimian looked around and sai
no words at a glance…”
“Compared to the other houses in the village, there’s much less here. The ancestor-worshiping altar doesn’t have any tablets. The walls, coffee tables, and television cabinets don’t show any family photos or photos of the occupants like many families. Also, there are
She simply picked out several flaws.
The Old Task Force members immediately dispersed. In teams of two, they carefully searched the first and second floors of the house.
They couldn’t find anything to prove the owner’s identity like they did in the other houses in Linhe Village. They weren’t even sure how many people lived here.
After meeting in the living room on the first floor, Shang Jianyao stroked his chin and said, “Any abnormalities or clues just means that this is the home of Xiaochong’s grandparents.”
Jiang Baimian’s eyes darted around slightly. “Someone deliberately wiped away Xiaochong’s traces and prevented future generations from investigating such matters? That resembles the Eighth Research Institute’s way of doing things.”
At this point, compared to Xiaochong sending Heartless to bury the villagers, she was increasingly inclined to the guess she had made.
“Looks like it.” Long Yuehong and Bai Chen thought so too.
They then left and prepared to head to the surrounding houses.
When they circled to the side, Jiang Baimian and the others saw a drawing on the wall of the building from before.
This drawing was already very blurry from the elements. One could only vaguely tell that it was a sea and a bird. Its style was very childlike.
“A sea, a bird…” Jiang Baimian turned to look at Shang Jianyao.
She remembered that this was the content of Master Zhuang’s recent dream.
After leaving Linhe Village, they returned to their campsite.
Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and punched his left palm. “I’m going to the Mind Corridor.”
“Don’t explore Master Zhuang’s dream.” Jiang Baimian quickly stopped him.
Shang Jianyao shook his head. “I’m not; I just want to see if there are any changes there. Then, I’ll go to Xiaochong’s rift and attempt to wake him up.”
“How?” Jiang Baimian asked with a frown.
“How can you be sure that the one woken up will be Xiaochong?” Long Yuehong was inexplicably terrified.
Shang Jianyao smiled. “I plan on playing games by that rift!”