Chapter 406: Whose Memory?
“You’re going to lure away the new Gao Ming?!” Luo Dong was a bit worried since the man had handed the important raincoat to him.
“Don’t worry. The monster won’t hurt me. It still needs my wife and me to complete itself to replace our child.” The middle-aged man knew the risk. He showed no fear or trepidation for his child.
“Okay.” Luo Dong put the coat on. It felt sticky and stuffy. When he breathed, he’d get whiffs of blood. Luo Dong looked at the insides of the coat, and he shivered. Hair was stuck between his body and the inner lining of the raincoat. With a rustling sound, the faces of the dead appeared inside the raincoat. They stared at Luo Dong coolly. It was a frightening sight.
“They are all the victims of the taxi driver. As long as you don’t harm them, they will not hurt you. In fact, they will help you.” The man consoled Luo Dong. “After all, I’ve been wearing it, and I’m fine.”
After everything was done, the two opened the front door. The corridor was the same as before. It was dark with the occasional wind, causing the laundry to sway. This was just the beginning. It would be a lie to say that Luo Dong was not scared. Luo Dong tightened his fingers. He hesitates at the door. He turned back to say, “Gao Ming’s Dad, I’m also looking for my family. If I fail to return, I hope…”
“We’ll treat your children as our own. If we can get out of here, I will go and save you.” The two fathers resonated with each other. The man entered the dark to guide the way for Luo Dong.
The ubiquitous ticking of clocks was absent. This place felt like a prison forgotten by time. Luo Dong forgot the path he took, and he followed the man obediently.
“Normally, after the previous has been exposed, the next Gao Ming will immediately appear. This time, we’ll try our best to buy more time for you.” They hurried down the stairs. When they reached the first floor, the middle-aged man handed a school bag to Luo Dong, “We’ve compared all the Gao Ming’s diaries. These Gao Mings’ memories are stuck on the day their class went on the field trip. Follow this trail, and you should be able to find that tunnel.”
In real life, Gao Ming’s parents could never find the tunnel that changed Gao Ming’s fate. However, in this cage weaved by the future, Luo Dong’s appearance was a thread that linked the past, present and future together.