Mysterious recovery

go home

The dark red moon is like a huge and eerie gem, hanging low above the row upon row of high-rise buildings in the city, as if it is about to crush half of the sky. A dark black loop train, with rust mottled in many places on its body, is like a ghostly shadow. Under the bloody gaze of the red moon, it speeds through the entire city. Inside the carriage, passengers in various costumes, some are quietly reading newspapers, and the rustling sound of paper is particularly clear in the silence; some are dozing off slightly under the dim light, and their heads sway gently from time to time, as if immersed in an uneasy dream.

"Ding, Moon Terrace Station is here!"

Lu Xin was suddenly awakened from his drowsy sleep. He hurriedly picked up his bag and flowed out of the carriage along with the surging crowd. Carrying his bag, he stepped onto the dirty and shabby steps step by step and walked through the platform covered with newspapers. Finally, he reached the ground of this city. Looking up, the neon lights around are flashing with gorgeous and blurred lights, making the streets of this city and the people on the streets shrouded in a kind of colorful and illusory atmosphere. However, no matter how colorful the streets are, the red moon over this city is always like a silent painting, quietly representing the background color of this world. Since the mysterious Red Moon incident occurred thirty years ago, the whole world seems to have been enchanted by a strange magic and has remained like this. Of course, Lu Xin doesn't know what's different. He was born after the Red Moon incident. In his memory, the world has always been like this, as if this is the predestined appearance of fate.
  He carried the bag and walked through the alley that had just rained. He then ascended an old and dilapidated building. The elevator was out of order again, so he had to take the stairs. Slowly, he arrived in front of Room 401 on the fourth floor. He took out the key and opened the thick door.
  The corridor was quiet and chilly, but inside the room it was warm and soft.
  In the kitchen, Dad was stewing meat. The pressure cooker was gurgling and emitting steam, giving off an enticing aroma of meat.
  In the living room, his younger sister was lying on the sofa, hugging snacks and watching a very old cartoon, SpongeBob SquarePants.
  Mom was elegant and proper, wearing a white wool cardigan and standing by the window talking on the phone with someone.

"Brother, you're back!" Seeing
  Lu Xin walk in and put down his backpack, his younger sister looked up and greeted him with a sweet smile.
"Has sister been good at home today? "
  I bought back the little bear you wanted!" Lu Xin touched her head and handed her a brown little bear.
  "Ah, thank you, brother. I like it so much!" The younger sister happily jumped up and hugged the little bear in her arms.

"Back?" Mom looked up at Lu Xin, smiled and nodded slightly: "Sit down and rest for a while. Dinner will be ready soon!" Lu Xin nodded and sat down beside the dining table.
  There are already four sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table, along with several small dishes of green vegetables. The rice in the bowls is already a bit cool. However, none of the family members show any sign of sitting down to eat.

Mom is still speaking gently on the phone: "Sister Zhang, I was really in the wrong about today's matter. Don't be angry. Of course, the style of my gray wool sweater is indeed a bit old-fashioned. But how can you say it's not good-looking?... Yes, this is exactly why I'm calling you... Although you didn't say it explicitly, I know you were thinking this way in your heart..."

"No, no. Don't misunderstand... I just want you to apologize... You shouldn't swear. It's too uncivilized..."

The sound of Dad chopping bones is getting louder and louder. There is faintly his curse: "Scum, waste. Breaking into other people's homes casually. Deserving to die. All deserve to die... Damn it. Eating so much. No matter how hard I chop, it's never finished. No matter how much I cook, it's never clean enough!"
At this time, the younger sister was happily sitting cross-legged on the sofa, tearing the brown little bear bit by bit. She pulled it with both hands and bit it with her snow-white and fine teeth. She bit off the ears of the brown little bear, then the eyes. She pulled off the two arms bit by bit. Looking intently at the process of the arms separating from the body of the little bear, she revealed an excited and satisfied expression.
  "We'll have to wait a while before having a meal!" Mom has put down the phone and said gently, "I had a little misunderstanding with neighbor Sister Zhang. I'll go and apologize to her!" As she spoke, she took out the scissors in the drawer conveniently, walked out gracefully, and closed the door behind her.
  Lu Xin sat quietly beside the dining table waiting. He felt that he was lucky. At the beginning of the Red Moon incident, the world had a very long period of chaos. During that time, many people died, and there were many orphans like Lu Xin. Among them, a large part disappeared after reaching adulthood. Lu Xin was able to be adopted by his parents and have a warm home. Many people envied him. Of course, this family and these family members are a little strange at times. But this family is still very complete in this small, dilapidated and dirty satellite city. Mom came back soon, with a gratified smile on her face, and said, "Sister Zhang and I have made up!" Lu Xin found an inconspicuous bloodstain on the collar of the white wool sweater she was wearing. It was very fresh.
  The younger sister was still holding her little bear. After she tore the little bear apart, it was sewn back up.
  However, the bear's body was put together crookedly, full of rough stitches. But the younger sister liked it even more than before.
   Dad sat in front of the dining table, opened a bottle of white liquor with a label so stained that the words could not be seen. After taking a mouthful of green vegetables, he downed a glass in one gulp. There was no meat on the table. Dad liked chopping bones and stewing meat, but he never let others eat it or get close to his iron pot. He was still wearing a plastic apron splattered with bloodstains. Several flies were circling around him.
  There were police sirens approaching from outside, and noisy voices kept coming. It was not clear what was being said.
  Suddenly, Dad forcefully put down his wine glass and looked out of the window with bloodshot eyes: "Making so much noise. They just know how to make noise. They don't even let people have a peaceful meal. The useless police department can't find out anything. The useless neighbors only know how to peek at others every day!"
  Mom picked up a green vegetable and ate it carefully. Her bright red lips were very glaring under the dim light. Lu Xin remembered that she wasn't wearing lipstick.
 
"Damn those kids. Deserving to die. All deserve to die!"
  

    Dad was even angrier. His five fingers tightly grasped the wine bottle, and his veins bulged. He cursed, "Bitch, you deserve to die too!"

    "Yes, in your eyes, everyone deserves to die. Only you don't deserve to die!"
      Mom smiled gracefully and calmly: "Because in the end you will be left to collect the corpses, right? You like collecting corpses for people!"
     As she spoke, she put down her bowl and chopsticks, smiled gently, and looked at Dad: "Because when those people were alive, they all lived better lives and were more capable than you. So you especially don't like to see them alive. You like looking at them when they can no longer speak!"

   "Shut up, do you know to shut up?"
    As expected, Dad was enraged by Mom. He furiously smashed the wine bottle and rushed up to choke Mom's neck.
    
    "Ha ha....."
Mom laughed very happily. Even though her face had already turned purple from being choked, her smile was still very elegant: "Waste... waste..."

  Dad finally couldn't hold back anymore and began to rain down punches and kicks, causing the dining room to shake continuously.

"Waa... Daddy, don't hit Mommy..."
The younger sister was so frightened that she burst into loud cries. She hugged the little bear tightly. Then suddenly her expression changed and she giggled and laughed maniacally: "Fun, fun, so much fun..."
While laughing loudly, she suddenly flipped and jumped up. Like a flexible spider, she climbed onto the ceiling. Her two feet hooked onto the chandelier. Somehow, she fixed her body. She twisted her head and looked at the fighting scene below. With the toy bear in her mouth, she slapped with both hands vigorously. There was a continuous whimpering sound coming from her mouth. It was like laughing and like crying: "So much fun..."

   Dad became more and more angry. His body seemed to be constantly expanding. His muscles burst through his shirt, revealing a blue back covered with stiff black hairs. His facial features became distorted and huge. He waved his fist and punched Mom forcefully again and again. Mom had already been beaten until her flesh was torn and bones exposed. But her voice was still so elegant: "How wonderful. This look of impotent rage..."

  Lu Xin was sitting beside the overturned dining table, holding a bowl of rice. He slowly ate the grains of rice in the bowl.
  
   After the Red Moon incident, having a warm family is very precious... Although in his own family, family members may also have some small flaws and sometimes quarrel and fight, but it is still a home...

  Outside the window, in a room directly facing the living room window of Lu Xin's house, it has been arranged as a simple studio. A short-haired woman in casual business attire is observing Lu Xin's room through a telescope.
  
   Through the lens of the telescope, it can be seen that in that empty room, Lu Xin is sitting alone on a chair and eating. Clearly, there is only him sitting there. But that room seems to be experiencing an earthquake. Tables and chairs are overturned, the chandelier is constantly swaying, and on the window glass, from time to time, there appears a white flower-like crack, as if something has hit it.
  
   "The telekinetic power of the thirteenth mental ability observer has appeared!" Beside her, two young men in exquisite work clothes, one is quickly calculating and the other is recording.
   
    The short-haired woman shook her head and said, "It's not clear yet. Unlike other mental mutants, in the early stage, he will show a very strong mutant form. For example, he can enter other people's dreams or inadvertently release mental plagues and so on. He seems very normal. He can go to work and come back from work normally every day and even handle work well. But his spirit occasionally becomes disordered!"
  
   "It sounds very promising and easy to guide!" Behind them, a man with a somewhat stern face said, "Have you tried having a dream maker enter his dream for an assessment?"

"Yes!" The short-haired woman in a red suit nodded slightly and said, "But after that dream maker entered his dream, she never came out again!"