Chapter 178 Dinner

 (The titles of parents, mother, and father in this chapter are all temporary definitions between virtual games. They have no blood relationship with the protagonist and are not human species, but an imaginary monster.)

 Click!

 The bedroom door opens.

　　The middle-aged woman with blond wavy hair stood at the door, motionless, with a smile that a 'mother' should have on her face.

With his smile unchanged and his lips still, gentle sounds came from deep in his throat:

 “William, have you seen Sherry?”

“No, Mom! I went upstairs to read after breakfast. Isn’t Sherry downstairs?”

Yi Chen sat in front of the desk, with his back to the door, flipping through the book with one hand and ready to reach for the hand ax under the table at any time.

The mother did not pursue the question about Sherry, but changed the subject, "Do you know why the mailbox at our door was opened?"

“Huh? Has someone opened our mailbox?”

“It seems like you don’t know about this. Don’t worry, mom will investigate clearly... Once we find out who did this, he will definitely be punished as he deserves.

 Now you can come down and eat. Tonight we have your favorite beef stew. "

 “Okay, Mom.”

After confirming that the 'mother' had left, Yi Chen stood up, straightened his clothes, and put the hand ax and firearm in the appropriate position.

When I came to the first floor with brisk steps,

 The neat dining table has been placed with tableware for three people, and the middle-aged couple have already taken their seats.

Looking at the brand new stove that has not been used at all, I wonder how the ‘red beef stew’ my mother calls it will appear.

takeout? Or is it cooked quickly in an unknown place?

Father held the newspaper in one hand and the morning cup of coffee in the other hand, which was still steaming.

 Mother straightened her body, placed her palms flat between her knees, kept smiling and looked ahead, completely motionless like a wooden figure.

Yi Chen also had a smile on his face, sitting upright with his hands folded on the table like a good kid listening to a class, completely integrated into such a weird atmosphere, without any sense of disobedience.

Quiet,

I could only hear the swing of the pendulum and the sound of my father turning the pages of the newspaper.

Hum buzz~

This state did not last long, and Yi Chen unexpectedly heard the long-lost sound of flies. This kind of sound has been rarely heard since Yi Chen traveled through time, and there is not a single fly in Zion City.

 When I glanced around with my peripheral vision, there was no trace of any flies.

It wasn’t until I cast my peripheral vision on my mother that I noticed a green fly lying in the nostrils, spreading its wings at high speed, but it was tightly entangled in the nose hairs and could not escape.

 Look carefully, there is even a second and third one...

 When Yi Chen wanted to take a closer look,

 Ding dong! The doorbell rang, and my mother quickly stood up and ran to open the door.

There was a metal cauldron at the door that was smoking hot and fragrant. It was obviously the 'red beef stew' that my mother called... and the person who delivered the food was a strong man dressed as a chef and was walking quickly back to the 'food delivery truck' on the roadside. .

ˆ To be precise, it is a large truck that contains the ‘red goulash’ for each household.

 Hold the metal cauldron with one hand and place it on the table easily.

 Give everyone a piece of fragrant red beef stew, with large pieces of completely stewed beef occupying the main part.

 After inspection, there was nothing wrong with the food. Even the ingredients were very fresh. It was indeed real beef and not the unsettling meat quality as expected.

 The meal is over,

Just when Yi Chen was about to get up, bang! His mother's palm fell instantly, pressing down on his shoulder.

“Wasting food is a bad behavior. You should eat all the food like dad did.”

 Looking towards his father,

　　One hand is still holding the coffee, and the other hand is holding the dinner plate in front of him. His broad and fat tongue is carefully licking along the plate. The plate that has been completely licked clean does not even need to be washed.

Yi Chen remained silent, turned his head a little stiffly and asked his 'mother', "Does it have to be like this?"

 “That’s right.”

 “What if I don’t do this?”

 “Then it must be punished accordingly.”

 When the mother said this sentence, her mouth also opened.

Hum buzz! The dense sound of flies immediately came from inside.

The oral mucosa is full of holes, and dense swarms of flies are inhabiting them.

  The beef stew that I just ate still has several lumps stuck in the mouth for these flies to eat... If you look closely, you will find that these flies are a little different. They have sharp teeth that can easily bite the meat.

This image once again aroused deep memories.

　　The [three meals a day] in the orphanage is not so easy to eat.

 Sometimes we just eat normally in the canteen,

  Sometimes you need to fight for food in a room full of mice.

 Sometimes we will provide random food for everyone during special events in the canteen.

 Once encountering some food that is difficult to swallow, some students will always be unable to eat, or even cause vomiting and soil the canteen.

These actions will be regarded as ‘waste of food’.

 Once it appears more than three times, it will be sent to a special area and can never come back.

Yichen was able to swallow the food every time because he knew the fundamental purpose of the orphanage very well. Although it treats everyone taken in here cruelly, the orphanage will not directly prepare food that is harmful to the body.

As long as you think about this clearly and hold on to the idea of ​​​​surviving, you can swallow it no matter what.

But during a certain cafeteria riot, Yi Chen accidentally knocked over his own plate and was regarded as a waste of food, so he got an opportunity to visit by chance.

 He was taken to an underground passage specially designed to deal with "sewage".

Orphans who had disappeared due to food problems are all concentrated here. Due to special drug injections and the effects of the environment, they have combined with flies and evolved partial insect limb structures. Some have even completely degenerated into 'saprophytes'.

 …

As for the father in front of Yi Chen, it also corresponds to the punishment mechanism of an orphanage.

 For orphans who have wasted water resources many times, they will be asked to carry a full glass of water and then live a normal life for a day, participating in various activities. After one day, the remaining amount of water in their glasses will be checked.

　　The same amount of concentrated acid needs to be force-fed according to the amount of acid that was spilled.

 If all the water in the cup is gone, it will be taken to a special area and will no longer be able to appear in the orphanage.

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Yichen took a deep breath to suppress the negative thoughts that kept coming out. The present is just the beginning, and there is no need to completely release the true nature in the body.

 “Sorry, Mom! I’ll eat it right away.”

Yi Chen immediately changed his face and turned into a good boy, looking like he was ready to be licked.

Mother also stared at this process with wide eyes.

 The moment Yi Chen raised his dinner plate and was about to take a bite.

The wrist exerted force instantly, and the joints even made a crisp sound... click! The dinner plate flew toward the middle-aged woman at high speed, completely covering her face.

 While throwing the dinner plate,

Yichen held the seat with one hand and contracted the core of his waist to exert force! He directly gave an upper kick and the dining table was kicked up.

 The ‘hot coffee’ in his father’s hand was poured on his own face.

　　Hiss~ The strong acid burned his father's face directly, revealing the horrifying white bone structure. Before he could react... a silver light flashed through.

Snapped! The head that was being corroded by strong acid just fell into the dinner plate that he licked clean.

At the same time,

 The thrown dinner plate hit my mother's face hard... Dang!

As the metal dinner plate slid down, when the woman's view was no longer blocked, the black muzzle of the shotgun was already hovering in front of her eyes.

 “Good night, Mommy!”

"ah!"

When the mother opens her mouth as wide as possible and screams to exhale the predatory flies inside.

　　Bang!

 The kitchen stove behind was splashed with black, hole-filled debris.

 The headless bodies of the middle-aged couple leaned forward almost simultaneously and fell heavily on the table.

Yi Chen still kept smiling,

 The shotgun spun in the palm of his hand and then was inserted back into his waist.

After wiping off the blood on the surface of the ax blade with a tablecloth, Yi Chen stood up, straightened his clothes, and whispered softly:

“To qualify for the orphanage, you have to become an ‘orphan’ first, right? That’s all right... It’s a pity that my memory has no information about my parents, so there’s no sense of immersion in this opening.

　　Since I can remember, I have been in the orphanage. "

 (End of this chapter)