Himfast's soldiers knocked on the doors of residents whose babies were registered, but they usually got the results before they even knocked on the door.
If it is quiet inside, it is likely that the couple behind the door escaped by chance. If there are cries from inside, it means that a nightmare has come.
This is not absolute, but it is the case for most.
Those babies who died during the Silence will be buried in Himfast Cathedral, and the priests specially set aside an open space in the northwest corner of the cemetery.
It is known as the "resting place", and it is said that nearby residents occasionally hear the laughter of children playing from the "resting place". This once attracted the attention of the exorcist, but after investigation, nothing was found.
"They never left us, they just accompanied us in another way. Everyone will remember these lovely lives..."
In front of more than two dozen sad and sobbing couples, the priest and the nun prayed in unison.
Compared with previous days, there were far fewer people attending the funeral because the number of dead babies was decreasing day by day.
But that's not because people have found a way, it's because there are fewer and fewer babies.
The cemetery was almost packed with parents who attended the funeral a few days ago. Cold drizzle fell from the sky, as if the gods were also weeping.
"How many more babies do we have?"
On the outskirts of the cemetery, a metallic voice echoed under the armor.
"Less than two hundred." Another soldier answered him.
"It's a lie... there are millions of people in Shim now." The soldier didn't believe it.
"No, it's true. I heard the conversation of the city hall staff when I was on duty this morning." The sigh hit his helmet coldly. "Can you believe it? When they said this, they were actually rejoicing...rejoicing that they still have a hundred
Multiple babies alive."
"It's not too few, right? The Hour of Silence has come a dozen times, and now everyone left is...lucky..." The soldier's words became dull and intermittent. "My wife has been pregnant for five years.
It’s been a month…”
"That's too bad..."
Another soldier raised his hand and patted his companion on the shoulder, and the two pieces of metal made an uncomfortable friction sound.
"There will be a solution. Those scholars are working on a solution."
…
"Is this what you came up with?"
City Hall, Deputy Mayor's Office, O'Connor looked at the scholars across the desk with a sneer: "Use an adult dose of anesthetic to put the baby to sleep every day before the time of silence comes?"
As if he couldn't vent his anger by asking questions, O'Connor slammed the table hard: "Even if I am a politician, I know how much damage this will cause to the baby!"
Jason, professor of medicine at Portsmouth University, said helplessly: "We have no other option. Apart from anesthesia, there is no way we can make the baby fall asleep within ten seconds, and it must last stably for more than ten minutes."
"Just think about it," O'Connor yelled. It sounded unreasonable, but that's what politicians do.
The scholars looked at each other, but in the end Jason stood up and said: "In fact, there is another way, but the people may not be able to accept it..."
"Why not-" Deputy Mayor O'Connor, who was about to get angry, suddenly thought of something and suppressed his emotions: "Tell me what it is first."
"It was brought up by those from the Exorcist Alliance. They wanted to use monsters... weird powers to make babies fall asleep."
Not only is it unacceptable, but if it had been mentioned when the Time of Silence had just arrived, the angry people full of hatred for weirdness might even have smashed up the Exorcist Joint Organization stronghold next door.
But now, maybe people who have experienced grief can accept this?
But obviously, borrowing strange powers is the last resort to find hope.
“…Are there any good solutions in other cities?”
Scholar Herbert Nagy replied: "It's all like this... I heard that in some places, the baby's mouth and nose are covered to suffocate him... IMHO, this is more dangerous. Compared with anesthesia, although the baby may not be able to sleep for a long time
Or damage the brain and cause intellectual problems, but——"
O'Connor waved his hand to signal him to stop talking nonsense and asked his assistant to come over and call the exorcist next door.
"Are you really planning to do that?" Professor Jason couldn't help but say.
"Why not?" The always tough deputy mayor showed a soft side. "We are not the parents who lost their children. We should not stop them from doing everything for their children. By the way -"
O'Connor stopped the assistant who was about to leave: "Don't forget to inform those nobles, they might also be interested in it because they are afraid of death."
That way he will face much less resistance when issuing orders.
In fact, far more residents died in the Silence than babies, maybe ten or twenty times more.
There are always some unlucky people or poor people who accidentally make a noise when the time of silence arrives, and then disappear worthlessly into the air.
But people obviously care more about the latter than the poor baby.
After all, babies also represent hope.
The world is bad enough, and they cannot let their last hope disappear.
…
The next afternoon, Anna came to the basement.
"I hope you came up with the answer this time."
After becoming relatively familiar with each other, Celica Dallaire is no longer afraid of Anna.
Anna nodded gently. After thinking and reading all night, she came up with the answer: "I want to touch him."
"That's it?"
"That's just it."
Anna answered the incomprehensible Celica Dallaire: "I am a wraith, with no body or touch, and my emotions are like dry pools that cannot be replenished. Only possession can give everything temporarily."
"So you will possess me..." Celica Dallaire suddenly understood, and finally understood why Anna wanted the man she loved to get out of safety. "The feeling of reappearing makes you unable to restrain your emotions for him...
is that so?"
Anna nodded in response.
"Maybe it won't be so troublesome..."
Celica Dallaire looked into Anna's ruby red eyes and asked tentatively: "Why don't you take me there? Then he doesn't need to risk-"
The sound stopped suddenly, and coldness suddenly enveloped Celica Dallaire. She seemed to have fallen into biting ice water, and a suffocating feeling that made it difficult to breathe surrounded her.
Anna, who had experienced hundreds of deceptions and lies in the memories of many people, stared at her coldly.
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It is impossible for Anna to take Celica Dallaire to Wanghai Cliff. Then Remi might notice something, and Celica Dallaire as a new resident will be a hidden danger - she cannot control her all the time.
"I just... want to help you..." Celica Dallaire said with difficulty.
"Then don't pay attention there." Anna replied coldly, dissipating the aura directed at her.
Celica Dallaire took a deep breath as if she came to life, wrapped the blanket tightly around her body, and was still shaking. She stopped mentioning the matter and said instead: "Do you have a better idea?"
