“Eyes! The Pure Hatred is a pair of eyes!” Resentment boiled the water and lifted the roof. The deep sea tunnels started to crack. The ground split. The black water seeped into the gap. The eyes hidden underwater wanted to flood the whole area. The territory of the Pure Hatred spread rapidly. Han Fei and the members hadn’t encountered such a scary Pure Hatred.
“Type unknown! Power unknown! Danger rating is beyond expectation!”
“All teams prepare to retreat! All the team leaders get ready for the retreat!”
The eyes contained endless hatred and enveloped the whole aquarium. It even polluted the underground streams. Many hidden ghosts appeared in the black water. The scariest thing was the eyes slowly opened. Everyone who stared at them was mentally affected. Those who were not mentally strong would be controlled. Most of the members had strong constitutions, but scary things were just happening. The eyes were the core of the Pure Hatred. Under its control, endless dead bodies were twisted together to form a giant body!
“If both eyes close, we’ll never save Team One! We can’t let those ghosts gather!” Tou Qi pulled down the necklace and closed his hands. The negative emotions in the necklace matched his negative persona. The power of ghosts imbued his body. His face lost all colors. Tou Qi became more like a ghost. A low growl came from deep inside his throat. With bloodshot eyes, he leaped at the eyeballs. His feet stepped on dead bodies, and Tou Qi rapidly approached the eyeballs. The other ghosts didn’t attack him, assuming he was part of them. “Protect Team Three! Create an opening for him!”
The persona struggled in the dark. All the members fought. Only Han Fei looked at his palms. Ever since the Pure Hatred awakened, the pair of fake eyes had been bleeding. “This pair of eyes contain Gao Cheng’s past memory. The Pure Hatred under the aquarium contains Gao Xing’s memory. One is real, and the other is fake.” When everyone was distracted by the eyes, Han Fei sensed something different through the fake eyes. There was a voice calling him from the deep water.
“The aquarium is where Gao Cheng and Gao Xing meet again. They were both here that day, and then their fates changed. This is the crossing of their fates. Since it has Gao Xing’s memory, then it should have Gao Cheng’s memory too.” Gao Xing’s memory became Pure Hatred, and Gao Cheng’s memory also became something else. That something was summoning Han Fei. Han Fei had the support of 12 teams, and who knew he’d have the same opportunity again? Han Fei held the fake eyes and walked forward. This was the reason he came to this Strange Building.
“Teacher Gao! What are you doing?” Xue Ba wanted to stop Han Fei from overusing the greed persona. Han Fei was very weak. From Xue Ba’s perspective, Han Fei would only be a liability.
“The Pure Hatred is going to reconstruct its body soon. There’s only one way to stop it now.” Han Fei said seriously. “Trust me.” Han Fei hid his presence as he slowly waded into the black water. Most team members stayed away. Only a few team leaders followed Han Fei. The leaders distracted the eyeballs while Han Fei swam forward. The plan changed. The other teams suddenly had the role of distracting the enemies. The starlight shone on every corner of the brain. The flower bloomed. It gave Han Fei a new strength. Shang Nv also recovered some of her powers. She guarded inside the abyss and tried her best to cleanse Han Fei’s mental corruption. The flower and Shang Nv helped Han Fei willingly.
“No lingering spirit has discovered me.” The spirits rushed towards the Pure Hatred. Han Fei was ignored by everyone. He gritted his teeth, and pain came from everywhere.
“No. I can’t do this on my own.” Submerging five meters was already Han Fei’s limit. He tried to summon the red paper doll. The paper doll hugged the back of Han Fei’s waist. The blood curse from Xu Qin covered Han Fei’s skin. They submerged in the water. Han Fei opened his eyes with difficulty. The voice in his ears became clearer. The fake eyes in his palm pounded like hearts. “Where is it? Where is that thing?”
The feeling of suffocation grew stronger. The surroundings were covered in darkness. The light above couldn’t penetrate the black water. “I need to hold on. If I return with nothing, all the team members will die for no reason!” The feeling of discomfort affected Han Fei. Different thoughts appeared in his mind. His heart also started to palpitate.
20 meters!
The sound of the child suddenly disappeared. He appeared to be frightened by Han Fei’s approach. However, the two ghosts in the fake eyes started to guide Han Fei. They dragged Han Fei to an inconspicuous corner. Compared to the large aquarium, the corner was easily missed. It was blocked by coral, and there was a black house inside. The house was only 1 meter wide. Because it was fully black, Han Fei wouldn’t be able to find it without the fake eyes. He cut through the rotten boards with Rest in Peace. A thin boy with his eyes closed curled inside. When Han Fei saw the boy, Gao Cheng’s cries came from the greed abyss. All his consciousness fragments were crying. The boy’s expression changed too. He wept. The eyes slowly opened. Two holes leaked out sticky tears. The child’s tears were the same as the black water. Han Fei looked closer, and his scalp numbed. Someone had shoved the world’s dirt into the boy’s eyes so that he’d be constantly tortured.
“Notification for Player 0000! You’ve found Grade D Altar’s Core Item—Gao Cheng’s memory.
“Gao Cheng’s Memory: My world is dark from beginning to end. I have no idea if she really loved me and whether she still hated me. I.. think I have lost my parents.”
Han Fei didn’t know why the system called the boy an item, but he was exactly what he needed.
“Boy, come with me.” Han Fei held the boy’s hand, but he couldn’t pull him up. The boy was stuck in the aquarium.
“Gao Cheng, help me recover your memory!” The boy in the black room didn’t move.
“Your mother has been waiting for you to come home! She gave me this pair of fake eyes. She called me to come to fetch you!” Han Fei used masterful acting. Perhaps the future was cruel, but he gave the boy some hope. “Give me your hands!”
A fragile figure was pieced together by Shang Nv. He stood at the lowest level of the abyss and did the same thing as Han Fei. At the moment, Han Fei and Gao Cheng were fully united. They reached out for the boy. The boy lifted his head. The black eyes looked at Han Fei. The giant Pure Hatred on the water's surface seemed to sense this. The whole aquarium shook. The Pure Hatred came at Han Fei!
“I can’t waste any more time!” Han Fei opened his arms, and the abyss appeared behind him. “Consume him!” The warm arms hugged the boy.
Han Fei was flooded by dirt, cruelty, darkness, and despair. Before he lost consciousness, he gave the red paper doll the last command—leave Deep Sea Aquarium!
Han Fei escaped above as fast as he could. The Pure Hatred was furious. It wanted to grab Han Fei but was held back by the different teams. Everyone risked their lives to buy time for Han Fei.
The curse in the paper doll opened the way for Han Fei. Rest in Peace carried Han Fei’s body. There was a glow in the black water.
“Look! It’s Teacher Gao!”
“Full attack! Protect Team 13!”
The power of the persona exploded in the Deep Sea Aquarium. No one retreated. They were real teammates. The curse tore through the water's surface. The paper doll carried Han Fei out.
“We got it! I’ll distract it! Get Team One!” The Pure Hatred targeted Han Fei. The paper doll carried Han Fei and ran out of the aquarium. The aquarium behind him collapsed. The two giant eyeballs charged out of the water. The dead bodies and ghosts in the water became its body. The center hadn’t seen such a large Pure Hatred before.
“Focus the attack on the left eye! The leader of Team One is still alive!” Tou Qi ran on the Pure Hatred. His hair turned white, and his skin started to shatter. Xue Ba knew the gravity of the situation. He pressed the red button on the device. The three devices in the aquarium exploded. The ground shook. The explosion didn’t work on the Pure Hatred, but it destroyed the dead bodies. The body tipped to the side. It could recover itself in about 10 seconds. However, that was all they needed. Han Fei stimulated the boy in the abyss. At the same time, he distracted the Pure Hatred. The other teams focused their attack on the left eye. The outer layer of the eye was shattered. Leader One inside it roared. His mind burned like flames!
They cooperated and injured Pure Hatred’s left eye. The leader of Team One also crawled out with two dead bodies. “The mission is completed! All teams retreat now!”
If Han Fei didn’t distract the eyeballs, the teams would pay heavily to escape the aquarium. However, all they needed to do now was to run away from Han Fei. Han Fei couldn’t escape on his own. Thankfully, the paper doll was there. The paper doll managed to get Han Fei out of the aquarium’s territory at the last minute. The temperature returned to normal. They were in a neighborhood.
The influence of the aquarium was large. No one expected that. Pure Hatred controlled many water channels underground.
“Teacher Gao, is Team 13 safe? Please respond!”
“Teacher Gao, please reply if you hear this!”
The voice of the other leaders came from the band. Han Fei was the target of Pure Hatred for most of the later part of the mission.
“Copy that. Team 13 is still alive, but the situation is not that optimistic.” Han Fei’s mind was dominated by negative emotions because the boy was in the greed abyss. His mental corruption was very high. Even his mind started to lose control.
“Hang in there!”
Han Fei tossed back the ghost's blood, but it was pointless. He stored his memory and consciousness inside the starlight to defend the last bit of hope.
Han Fei’s greed abyss changed again after consuming Gao Cheng’s memory and the little girl. His persona was awakening for the sixth time.
However, Han Fei didn’t have the energy to care about that. The last thing he heard was the shout of the leader of Team Three and the roar of the engine.
