Let you simulate life, but you change fate every time?!-Chapter 35: Pigeon Cage, Mysterious Photo

On the other side.

Lu Yuan had long left the rooftop.

His figure, like an eagle, swiftly traversed the night, and familiar with the route, he arrived at a block of low-cost housing.

Speaking of houses.

In fact, to maximize the utilization of building space, the room sizes were almost like pigeon coops.

The smallest single rooms were no larger than two square meters.

They could barely fit a single bed, where at night, one had to curl up and couldn't stretch their legs straight.

Thus, these single rooms were jokingly referred to by ordinary people as coffin rooms.

But fortunately, they were free.

As long as you were an orphan under eighteen, you could apply for one for free.

If a single adult wanted to rent such a single room.

The rent alone would cost five thousand yuan a month!

And the other type of room.

Was a one-bedroom with a living room, only ten square meters in size.

No air conditioning, no water heater, no washing machine.

The kitchen, bathroom, and shower were all shared.

A family squeezing into this cramped room like sardines in a can.

Even so.

The monthly rent could be around ten thousand yuan!

And they only rented to families with children!

Single people didn't even have the qualification to rent!

Moreover, according to Empire law.

If you were a multi-child family, a portion of the rent could be waived.

If you had three or more children, not only was the rent waived, but there were additional housing subsidies.

Therefore.

In the low-cost housing.

You often saw a peculiar phenomenon.

The poorer the family, the more enthusiastic they were about having children. frёewebηovel.cѳm

Because as long as one child became a Simulator, the entire family's fate could change!

Looking at the familiar environment and everything.

A trace of reminiscence appeared in Lu Yuan's eyes.

Eight years ago, he fled from Coastal City to here and finally had a place to settle down.

Even if it was just a small coffin room, it was better than drifting around.

Due to the manpower shortage of the Public Security Bureau.

This area of low-cost housing, with a population of over five thousand, had no Simulators stationed.

Ordinary people could only cover themselves with thick blankets, curling up in bed, gritting their teeth to endure the invasion and torment of the darkness.

Only when the law enforcers of the Public Security Bureau passed by.

They could feel a moment of warmth.

But when Lu Yuan arrived.

Many people noticed something unusual.

Tonight seemed much warmer than usual?

Lu Yuan climbed up the stairs to the fifth floor, then walked toward the innermost room on the left side.

Standing in front of the door.

He took out a key.

Skillfully unlocked the door.

"Squeak!"

The door opened.

The sound wasn't loud.

But in the quiet darkness, it seemed particularly harsh.

In this apocalypse where anomalies were rampant.

Ordinary people dared not sleep too soundly and were usually in a half-asleep, half-awake state.

Upon hearing a sound.

The residents of this floor immediately woke up and quietly pulled out cleavers or weapons from under their beds.

Until they saw Lu Yuan's familiar figure through the window seam, only then did they breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time.

Some astute people immediately thought of one thing.

After nightfall.

Only Simulators could move freely at night.

And with Lu Yuan returning late at night, unscathed by the dark invasion and threats.

This meant.

He had successfully passed the life simulation and became a full-fledged Simulator!

At the thought of this possibility, everyone's heart beat fiercely!

Then.

One after another, candle lights started to illuminate.

Because the Outer City had no Spiritual Track Array to protect it, many basic infrastructures were unusable at night.

Only expensive specially made candles could illuminate the darkness.

"Haven't seen you for days, Xiaoyuan is getting more and more handsome, no wonder my daughter always thinks of you."

"Xiaofeng, come over and say hello to your brother Lu Yuan."

A middle-aged man holding a candle furiously signaled to his daughter.

But in his eagerness to nurture his daughter into a socialite, he completely forgot.

Three years ago.

His daughter merely said a few more words to Lu Yuan and was locked up at home for three days, unable to go out.

"Ah Yuan, back so late? Hungry? How about Aunt Wang cooks you some supper?"

"Aunt Wang may have been wrong in some ways before, don't take it to heart."

A middle-aged woman with a face full of flesh stood at the door, speaking nervously.

Lu Yuan looked at her calmly.

During last year's Spring Festival.

He passed by their door on his way home from school, just because he accidentally smelled the scent of meat drifting from the kitchen.

He was scolded for over half a month by her.

But the same fierce shrew.

Now wore a cramped and ingratiating smile, warmly inviting Lu Yuan to her home for dinner.

If it were the old Lu Yuan.

Perhaps a scene of a triumphant return and revenge would play out.

But now.

With decades of simulation experience, he had long lost interest in such low-grade thrills.

For these bullies who yield to force but bully the weak, who are arrogant and then humble.

The best solution is to ignore them.

Lu Yuan opened the door.

In the dimly lit, cramped room.

There was only a bed, no other furniture.

Lu Yuan crouched down.

He retrieved a metal box from under the bed.

Inside were over two thousand pieces of paper money, some award certificates, and a yellowed photograph.

In the yellowed photo.

More than thirty children stood at the entrance of an old building, their faces beaming with wide smiles.

On the building's plaque, five large characters were engraved.

Dawn Welfare Institute.

But at the moment Lu Yuan touched the photo.

The whole photo seemed to ignite, suddenly burning violently, emitting billowing black smoke.

The seemingly ordinary photo, now in his hand, felt like a hot iron.

Lu Yuan's hand shook, and he instinctively tossed the photo onto the ground.

But the fire, though dramatic in appearance, couldn't cause any real damage to its surroundings.

After a few seconds.

Everything returned to normal.

When Lu Yuan looked at the photo again, he couldn't help but shiver.

A chill rose from his tailbone, rushing straight to his head.

In the photo, besides himself.

All the children's faces slowly disappeared, leaving only a group of eerie faceless figures!

"What the hell is happening?"

"Why did their faces vanish?"

Lu Yuan stared at the photo, feeling a bone-chilling cold.

He had crossed into this world eight years ago.

Additionally.

For reasons unknown, he remembered very little from before he was ten years old.

Among the jumbled fragments of memory.

He vaguely remembered that one day, Dawn Welfare Institute was suddenly engulfed by a fire.

Flames soared into the sky, and thick smoke billowed.

As people scattered in panic.

The kindly old director suddenly shoved this photo into his hands.

And told him.

This photo was very important.

No matter what circumstances arose, he must always keep this photo with him.

The seriousness of his tone, the resolve in his gaze, as if entrusting a mission to save the world.

Made it a lasting memory for Lu Yuan.

For all these years.

Whenever Lu Yuan fled or moved, he always took this photo with him.

This time, he had just finished a simulation and returned to his old low-cost housing precisely for this reason.

But what Lu Yuan didn't expect was.

This seemingly ordinary group photo would undergo such a cataclysmic change!