Do not go gentle into that good night.”

An Zhe’s pen paused as he was taking notes. He looked out the bright window. Not far away, the twin towers were shining in the sunlight. The city slowly unfolded and the edge disappeared into the blue sky. He knew that the city hadn’t yet entered that good night and was trying not to enter it.

After a day of classes, Lin Zuo got off work and handed the children over to An Zhe and Colin. They were take the children to dinner with the life teacher and then gather in the dormitory to watch today’s news. In order to enhance their feelings with the children, An Zhe would answer any confusion they had about the news. They could only leave work after the news was released.

The well-fed children were mentally active and they argued and talked in the corridor. An Zhe felt like 10,000 mosquitoes were screaming in his ears but he tolerated these human children. Even in the Abyss, monsters would treat their children gently—but only their own.

It wasn’t until it was news time and the life teacher took out the grading sheet that the children became quiet. They spontaneously formed a circle around the big projection screen and sat in the middle.

He looked at the screen when he suddenly felt something touch his finger. He looked down and saw that it was the child called Bai Nan who sat beside him and grabbed An Zhe’s finger. An Zhe didn’t have too much physical contact with humans. He had a deep memory of when he bumped into Lu Feng and was hurt by the badge on his chest. However, the body of the child was soft and different from Lu Feng.

The human child stayed quietly beside him, just like the spore remained quietly in his body. An Zhe obtained a false peace through this illusion and touched Bai Nan’s head.

Then Bai Nan leaned against him and clung to his arm. At the same time, another child called Jisha leaned over. This child looked like a girl as she wriggled toward him. Colin was also receiving affection from several children. It seemed the nature of all biological children was to get close to adults.

Even so, there was still a lonely child sitting cross-legged in his own position, unmoved. An Zhe remembered that he was called Sinan. Sinan also never asked questions in class. He glanced at Sinan and smiled but Sinan just turned away back to the big screen.

The news had begun.

“After the combing of District 6, the number of monsters in the outer city has decreased significantly. The military’s second air formation took off at 6 a.m. this morning and landed in District 1 to support the outer city. Colonel Lu Feng of the Trial Court will direct the existing team to carry out the recovery operation of the dispersal centre…”