Chapter 72 - 71: The Truth! Belia’s Role-Playing
Chen Lili was sitting at the dining table with a solemn expression, her brows tightly furrowed.
To be precise, her name was not Chen Lili. The people here usually called her Belia, and she was the City Lord of the City of No Night in Spring City’s Inner City District.
A week before Disaster Day, Belia received a bizarre memory while she was sleeping soundly. At first, she simply dismissed it as a dream. However, when Disaster Day arrived, she realized that the monsters from her dream had appeared out of nowhere in Spring City’s Outer District. To say their appearances were similar would be an understatement; they were completely identical.
So, was the man from the dream real too? Taking advantage of the brief period after the disaster began, she spared no expense, using all her manpower and resources to finally locate the boy through her informant in the Outer District—in the home of a female spy.
In reality, he lacked the arrogance and wild spirit from the dream. He simply lay motionless in bed, where he remained in a deep sleep for an entire year.
Belia had many questions for him. But after a year had passed and Chen Pingchuan finally awoke, she found that not only were her questions unanswered, but she had even more. To make matters worse, the boy who was supposed to resolve all her confusion had lost his memory.
This cliché, dramatic scenario unfolded unexpectedly before Belia’s very eyes. It was for this reason that she disguised herself as Chen Lili—to figure out whether Chen Pingchuan’s amnesia was real or just an act. After several days of careful observation, she concluded that his amnesia was genuine. One of her genetic abilities was telepathy, which allowed her to perceive a person’s true inner emotions.
"City Lord, I sent people to investigate the matter you instructed. We currently have three pieces of information," the man at the dining table reported, snapping Belia out of her daze.
"First, the boy went to the commercial district in the city center this afternoon. He didn’t take the bus, which means he either ran the whole way or someone picked him up.
"Second, we received a report from the school. His mock test results were a failure, with a power attribute equivalent to just 0.8. This indicates his personal strength is extremely low, consistent with the level of the poor residents in the Outer District.