Screams echoed in the room. The patient was more worried about his game than the pain. He was a real patient. He was isolated, willful, and abandoned. However, he was precious to the ghosts.
“No wonder he’s selected by the hospital director. His blood can melt into the Black Building.” The blood mist spread like a river flowing to the sea. Blood capillaries appeared on the walls. Han Fei finally saw the presence of the Pure Hatred. The mutated emotions weaved around the building so people couldn’t escape.
“Is this the reason Pure Hatred controls Black Buildings?” The elder didn’t want to leave, and Han Fei didn’t force him. He picked up Little Bell and followed the spreading blood mist. When the mist couldn’t be seen, he let out more blood.
“Only when a patient is sacrificed would the real hospital be seen.” From the outside, the sideyard looked like it only had seven floors, but in reality, there were endless corridors between the floors. They extended into endless darkness. Han Fei wasn’t in the mood to explore. The sacrifice of hospital director had been injured. All the residents of the sideyard were shocked. The doors opened, and many patients appeared. The director prepared the worst therapy catered to each patient. Greed abyss rolled through. With Rest in Peace, Han Fei cut his way through. In the Black Building, no monster could stand up against his blade.
Seeing the ghosts being cut down by the blade, Little Bell’s lips moved. His life was like a nightmare, but now there was light in his nightmare.
“How long ago was the tragedy? How many people have died here? It feels like the ghosts are endless.” Han Fei was not in the main yard, but he was already feeling the pain. Han Fei started to use Cursed Words to keep his speed high. On the other hand, the ghosts in the greed abyss were having a holiday as the greed mist kept consuming sacrifices. Han Fei had to summon the Executioner before the Pure Hatred came. The Large Lingering Spirit cut a path for Han Fei but also awakened the Pure Hatred. “Drop the sacrifice! Don’t look back!”
Shang Nv’s voice echoed. Han Fei ran to the end of the bloodline. He crashed through the window and dropped down. The glass cut his skin. Han Fei shattered through the glass and surfaced on the other side. The paper doll held Han Fei’s body. He turned back to pull back the raging Executioner and ran away from the mental hospital. The temperature didn’t return to normal. The chill grasped his heart. Han Fei ran for hundred of meters before he dared to look back.
The previously silent mental hospital was now lively with commotions. Shadows appeared behind the windows. All the rooms in the main yard shook.
“The ghosts can’t be killed. There is too much! How did the human world become like this?” Han Fei had no idea how humans were going to change this city. Just one Black Building was enough to kill all the remaining humans.
Han Fei quickly found an abandoned building to hide in when the temperature returned to normal.
“The mental corruption rose too fast. My healing persona can’t handle it.” Han Fei held a small bottle and sat beside the red paper doll and Shang Nv. The paper doll had been carrying the nurse. “How is ghost blood made? How come some ghosts have hearts, and others don’t?”
Han Fei was confused.
“Everyone’s definition of ghost blood is different. For me, ghost blood is the ghost’s purest obsession. It is the remaining pure memories in a ghost’s murky soul.” Shang Nv’s voice was cold and aloof.
Han Fei nodded and then shared a look with Shang Nv.
“Notification for Player 0000! The ghost in your greed abyss—Illness Core has evolved to a Medium Lingering Spirit!
“New power—Psychological Pollution: Can create a source of psychological corruption source to infect every living human who has come in contact with the corruption source.”
After eating a lot of patients, Illness Core broke through. It grew faster than Han Fei expected. This world’s limitation on ghosts was very limited. It was quite easy for ghosts below Pure Hatred to have breakthroughs.
“When my greed abyss is filled with Large Lingering Spirits, I should be considered a moving Black Building, right?” Han Fei bandaged Uncle Gua and then left him be. He started to focus on cleansing his mental corruption. In this future, where the two worlds collided was comfortable for Han Fei. He was born for this future. In the peaceful age, Han Fei could only be an actor. In this chaotic era, his ambition could grow impossibly huge. Mental corruption slowly dropped, and Han Fei felt better. He looked around. The paper doll feasted the curse on Shang Nv. Little Bell sat alone on the ground silently. Uncle Gao also became silent.
“Finally, it stopped.” Han Fei patted Uncle Gua’s shoulders, but the latter collapsed. He went unconscious due to a huge loss of blood. “This is bad!” Han Fei picked the man up. “You can’t die! I still need your blood to lead me back to the hospital!” Han Fei found a car and drove Uncle Gua and Little Bell to the black merchant. An Kang Pharmacy had various medicine, and mainly, Han Fei knew he couldn’t bring them back to the school. With the soul of an evil man as leverage, the black merchant agreed to take them in temporarily. Actually, the merchant also had its eyes on the two patients with special persona. They were rare sacrifices. After dealing with everything, Han Fei accepted Shang Nv’s offer to enter the greed abyss. He brought her back to school. After the whole night, Han Fei was tired. He sneaked into the canteen and snacked on all the meat. For him, eating meat was relaxing.
“This is the third day…” Blurry light came up the horizon. Han Fei walked out of the teacher dorm looking weaker. The sound of chaos came from the front door. The crowd gathered again. Their eyes were dominated by anger and fear. More people died yesterday night!
The citizens had no idea who the killer was, so they could only channel their frustration at the school because they had given their everything to the school, but the school failed to protect them. The rumors about the headmaster became worse. The fragile trust was broken.
“The headmaster is losing the people’s faith. His position is shaken too.” Han Fei silently watched the mob. “Everyone knows something is wrong with the headmaster. If the headmaster is killed at this moment, he can be blamed for many things.”
The base managers knew about the headmaster’s connection to the black building and knew the truth of the exams. However, they kept silent because they were given benefits. Now, all the victims were managers. After that, they started to wonder if the headmaster was really looking after them. The general public still didn’t know the truth, but they wanted a new leader. The managers wanted to find a new puppet who could negotiate with the black building and someone who they could control. Their goals overlapped and thus formed a protest at school.
“The headmaster will find the killer soon, but tonight is the exam. He will not kill the sacrifices.”
The headmaster would settle the score after the exam, but the kids would finish everything before the exam. This was the first hurdle Han Fei, and the 30 kids had to face ever since they entered this world. Han Fei opened the door to Class Seven, and everyone was seated. He sighed in relief when he noticed everyone was there. No. 1 and 2 noticed this.
“Teacher, were you worried for us?” No. 5 helped Han Fei to the chair.
“No matter what, you’re my students, so I will do my best to protect you.” Then Han Fei was interrupted by a sneer. He looked down and saw No. 4 leaning on his table. Death pooled in his eyes. “Was I funny?”
“Gao Cheng, you regained your sight during the tragedy. You were imprisoned due to suspected murder. When the tragedy occurred, you sacrificed all the inmates; to escape ghosts, you sacrificed another whole building of survivors. Your personality is twisted and cunning.” No. 4 rattled off info about Gao Cheng. “Teacher, stop living behind a mask. I can see the death on you. The people you’ve killed are on your soul. They haven’t left.”
“If you really can see them, then you should know the people I’ve killed all deserve to die.” Han Fei noticed No. 4 was injured, so he decided to help. “You seem to have overused your persona yesterday night.”
“Yesterday night, I stayed all night in the dorm.” No. 4 said.
“The exam is about to start. We need to be more honest with each other. Since you’re unwilling to open your heart to me, then I’ll walk into your heart.” Han Fei walked down the lectern and held No. 4’s hand. “I’m a teacher and a doctor.”
“You’re more like a monster!” No. 4 wanted to pull back his hands, but he was too late.
“Did you not realize you’re missing a friend? How can a team not have a healer?” Compared to healing others, Han Fei was better at forcing his way into his patient’s hearts. No. 4’s soul stood above endless graves. He was one with death. The world in his eye was like his persona, broken, dirty, and self-mutilating.
“How can you forget about him?”
Starlight and hope fell into the graveyard. Han Fei didn’t plan to change No. 4. He used his gentlest power to heal the wounds on No. 4’s soul. At first, No. 4 resisted wildly, but slowly, No. 4 started to look at him differently. First, there was shock, confusion, and finally silence. No 2 saw everything. He put on the last button on his shirt and smiled, “Now we have everyone.”
