Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 180 Teaching Diary

When the bright light suddenly appeared, Lin Feng couldn't help but close her eyes for several seconds before opening them again.

When she opened her eyes, she was stunned by the scene before her.

cellar.

It is a storage place used by almost every household in the village to store supplies. It is used to store various foods and daily necessities, but it can also be used as a temporary shelter from danger.

But at this moment, there was nothing in the cellar except for two skeletons whose flesh had rotted away to the point of being nothing but bare bones.

A female skeleton with a clearly large pelvis, indicating she had given birth, lay directly in front of Lin Feng. The gaps between the bones were filled with countless earthworm larvae and foul-smelling, greenish mucus.

The other skeleton's body had not yet completely decomposed.

The sight of half-covered in rotting flesh made Lin Feng purse her lips. She covered her mouth and nose with her hand and cautiously approached.

thump—

It was the sound of pebbles or other objects falling into the deep pit.

Lin Feng slipped and almost fell.

She looked down in horror, only to find a huge pit right at her feet, big enough for a person to fall into.

The edges of the pit were very smooth, and there was a lot of sticky mucus that had dripped from the earthworms as they crawled around. It was a large amount of thick mucus.

Very fishy.

Lin Feng felt nauseous. The overuse of her innate skills and the dizziness from landing on her head made her turn around and gag.

It took Lin Feng a while to recover from vomiting.

She looked up at the skeleton, which was not yet completely decomposed, and carefully avoided the huge pit as she walked toward it.

The skeleton, whose flesh had not yet completely decomposed, was also a woman. Her long hair was scattered to the side like withered grass, and it was also covered with many earthworm larvae and dust, like a simple black nest.

Lin Feng stopped looking at the hair and held her breath as she quickly rummaged around the skeleton... Just as she was about to give up, she finally saw the tattered backpack that the skeleton had placed behind its head.

"..."

Lin Feng couldn't help but take a deep breath, gagging as she apologized while reaching for the backpack behind the skull.

Fortunately, the backpack didn't rot; unfortunately, while Lin Feng was pulling the backpack, the skull's head fell off.

Lin Feng reacted quickly and hooked the skull's chin with her foot, stopping it from falling.

"Phew..." Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the skull and put it aside. Ignoring the putrid liquid on his hands, he lowered his head and opened his backpack.

It was a backpack full of books.

The backpack was filled with countless elementary school books, including some with notes written by the skeleton herself, showing that she had made thorough preparations before arriving in Changsheng Village.

Lin Feng silently opened the book and saw the female skeleton's name at the bottom of the first page.

Gong Nian.

Lin Feng silently read the two characters aloud, vaguely feeling that the name sounded somewhat familiar.

It seems like not long ago, someone mentioned this name to me...

Lin Feng didn't think for long. In order to prevent Liu Laosan from returning soon, she quickly flipped through all the books and made sure that there were only materials that Gong Nian had prepared for his teaching assignment. Then she rummaged through her schoolbag again.

This time, apart from some small gifts that Gong Nian seemed to have prepared (such as erasers, pencils, and pencil sharpeners), there was only one notebook that looked like it had been clutched for a long time.

The notebook cover was dirty, with dirt and bloodstains, as well as traces of dried, familiar earthy slime.

Without hesitation, Lin Feng opened the long-sealed notebook.

The sound of pages turning echoed in the dimly lit cellar, as if telling the story of a girl's sorrowful yet painful life.

[May 12, 2012, Sunny]

I had a fight with my dad and I regret it, but I also feel that there's no such thing as a lasting grudge between father and daughter. After all, my dad is the family I love the most in this world, and I am the family my dad loves the most.

It's okay. As long as I go back and have a good talk with my dad about the stories of the children in Changsheng Village, he will definitely understand what I did.

Today is my first day as a teacher in Changsheng Village... I'm actually a little nervous, but when I think of the children's longing eyes, I know I have to cheer myself up.

But strangely, why do the children only come to me for lessons late at night?

[May 13, 2012, Cloudy]

The weather isn't good today. The sun isn't out, and dark clouds are gathering, making it look like it's about to pour rain. Oh no, I didn't bring rain boots. The roads in Changsheng Village are just too difficult to walk on...

Fortunately, the village chief said he would have the children bring me a pair of old rain boots that night, as long as I didn't mind.

Of course I don't mind, but I'm a little worried that the children might fall while walking on the muddy road to school in the middle of the night without streetlights.

The village chief chuckled and said no. He told me that the children of Changsheng Village were already used to the muddy roads. The mud was like the mother that gave birth to them, and they would never fall.

I found the analogy strange, but I nodded anyway, waiting for the children to come and study with me late at night.

—The children have arrived.

One of the girls, named Yang Wan, told me to leave quickly, otherwise I wouldn't be able to leave.

I was puzzled and wanted to ask for clarification, but was interrupted by the village chief who suddenly arrived.

The village chief said Yang Wan came to bring me rain boots.

I looked down at Yang Wan in confusion. Yang Wan then took out a pair of rain boots from her bag and whispered to me that after I left the village, I should bring back some cooking seasonings for her grandmother.

I smiled and agreed.

Afterwards, when I finished class, I asked Yang Wan and the others why they could only come to class late at night. She stared at me for a long time, and then slowly told me that they had to work at home during the day and only had time at night.

It breaks my heart, but there's nothing I can do.

【…】

[May 18, 2012, light rain.]

I went out of Changsheng Village and brought back things for many people. Oh, and I also gave Yang Wan's grandmother a lot of seasonings.

Grandma Yang Wan looked very strange; she seemed to be blind. She thanked me when she took the spice bottle from my hand.

I asked her curiously where Yang Wan had gone. After a long pause, she told me that Yang Wan was sleeping in her room today because she didn't have to work on a rainy day.

That's great. It turns out that the children can rest on rainy days.

Suddenly, I don't dislike rainy days anymore.

Lin Feng paused for a few seconds, turned her head to look at the skull on the side, and sighed softly.

She could roughly guess what happened next based on the current situation.

Gong Nian, the girl who came to teach and give hope to the "children," eventually died in Changsheng Village.

Even the corpses could only stay in this small, filthy cellar.

June 28, 2012, heavy rain.

Changsheng Village seems a bit strange.

After teaching students for almost two months, I suddenly realized something.

I don't think I've ever seen the children in a photo with their grandparents... Am I overthinking it?