The four Pure Hatreds were related to time. One even had a name similar to Immortal Pharma. Fu Sheng started Immortal Pharma after he got the black box. The secret to immortality appeared to be hidden in the black box.
“Immortality is a good bait to get investment. Fu Sheng would have gained many things from the black box. Immortality is just one of them.” Han Fei opened a few layers of the box, but he didn’t gain anything. Perhaps that was because the items in the outer layer had been taken by others already.
“I wonder if the four Pure Hatreds would combine to become a new ghost inside the abyss.”
The heart known as Longevity fell into the black river. It absorbed despair, and new vessels grew out of its wounds. The flower of resentment appeared to have found something interesting. The roots bound with the vessels, and they grew rapidly. The petals fell, and new flowers bloomed. After gaining the blood from Longevity, the flower glowed like never before.
“How can such a beautiful flower exist in a land of despair?”
Gao Cheng’s greed persona was birthed from endless torture. However, this highly psychopathic persona became Gao Cheng’s only tool to resist Gao Xing. Unexpected things often came from the most tragic places.
“My brain is different from normal. As the persona awakens, the brain realm will get bigger.”
Before trapping Longevity, Han Fei didn’t realize that his mental world was slowly becoming an altar world. Using persona as a base and past memories as content, he was forming a world that belonged to him.
“When a living human’s brain and a Pure Hatred’s ghost territory becomes big enough, would they become an Unmentionable?”
Han Fei had entered many altar worlds. From his perspective, every altar world was like a super large ghost territory. It represented the Unmentionable’s past and obsession. “If I continue to perfect myself, is it possible for me to become an Unmentionable?” Then a thought flashed in his mind. “When I become an Unmentionable, the Usurpation is considered successful, right?”
The cracked ground recovered. The twisting underground river disappeared. The water retreated to Gu Yang Tian Nian Old Folk’s Home. This village had no survivors left. Longevity’s ghost territory had been vanquished. The starlight shone on the path of Han Fei. After he drank two bottles of ghost blood. He entered the forest and slowly approached the Old Folk’s Home. Han Fei didn’t forget his mission. The deceptively simple altar mission was very hard.
The Old Folk’s Home was well within a ghost territory. The time flow there was different from the outside. There were all kinds of building around the home, but no matter how long Han Fei traveled, he couldn’t get closer to the home.
In comparison, of the three Strange Buildings noted by Gao Cheng, Deep Sea Aquarium was probably the easiest to take down.
“This is not the solution.” Han Fei retreated to the edge of the ghost territory. He tried to communicate with Longevity. After much ‘persuasion’, the beating heart started to guide Han Fei. Longevity’s blood seeped into the black mist, turning it dark red. Strangely enough, after that happened, the home’s ghost territory’s effect on Han Fei was minimized to the lowest. He started to get used to the different time flow. Han Fei used one hour to approach Gu Yang Tian Nian Old Folk’s Home. This place was much larger than he thought. More than 10 buildings were close together. The architectural style was unique like he had wandered into a mental patient’s nightmare. “Is this real or fake?”
Han Fei tried to clear the mist, and everything looked normal again. There was no strange building, only peace, and quiet. However, when he looked through the fog again, things became strange.
“This place looks peaceful and calm on the surface, but everything is heavily twisted. It’s the lair of the nightmare.”
Due to the different time flow, the home had cultivated monsters unique to this place. The tragedy was only a few decades ago, but time had passed for centuries here already. Han Fei covered his left eye with the mist. He saw a normal scene from the right and an absurd scene in his left eye.
“The mission requires me to go save Ah Nian in the security room. Do you know where that is?” Han Fei tried to communicate with Longevity, but he got no response. It was as if once it said anything about the home’s secret, it would be killed. “There are at least three Pure Hatreds here. You don’t even have a black flame yet. No wonder you’re so easily bullied.”
Han Fei didn’t force it. He followed the path to the side door and sneaked in.
The home in the right eye was clean and fashionable. It was a model resting home. There were amenities for elders everywhere, like rounded angles on everything. The lights were soft to the eyes as well.
However, he saw something completely different in his left eye.
The bedrooms were fitted with peepholes so that the caretakers could check in on the elders at any time. However, black blinking eyeballs were stuck in the holes. To prevent the elders from slipping, the floor was even. However, blood flowed everywhere. The corridor was rather wide to accommodate wheelchairs, but the doors were all narrow. A lot of scales were left on the door frames as if the things that used the doors were not humans but something else. There were many strange things, but the thing that shocked Han Fei the most was the introduction of the doctors at home. This home hired the most prestigious doctors as residents. However, all the doctors were actually ghosts!
They used the Cocoon of Longevity and the well of immortality’s curse to create the pills. The pills were scarier than medicine because they turned the elders into monsters.
“This place is hell. The elders become their experiments. Death becomes a thing to yearn for.”
Many rooms echoed the cries of elders. However, it had been swallowed up by time. With Longevity’s help, Han Fei avoided all the dangers. He saw a map in the corridor. “Picture room, music room, praying room, chess room, caretaker’s room…” Han Fei studied for a long time before he found the security room in a secluded corner.
The security here had already undergone professional training. They also knew basic first aid so they could help when there was a need for medical attention.
Han Fei confirmed his destination, but the unease did not lessen. There were dangers everywhere at a Strange Building. He could die at any time. “The clock on the wall has stopped moving, but I feel like my body is rapidly aging. It’s pointless even hiding in the mist. The ghost territory is consuming my life.” Han Fei walked further, and the screaming suddenly heightened. Tragedies were happening somewhere in the home. Han Fei leaned on the door and looked through the peephole. The massacre was already over. The whole ward was covered in blood. To his shock, the blood dried and fell rapidly. In just a few minutes, the walls had returned to normal. Han Fei tried to push open the door. There were signs of killing in the room, but the bodies and killers had all disappeared.
A blow hit Han Fei from behind. His left shoulder bent, and his body tripped forward. “What attacked me?” Han Fei didn’t find anything out of place. When he looked around, he felt a chill in his stomach. A wound appeared on his stomach for no reason. Blood leaked out to soak his clothes. “Who is attacking me?”
Han Fei didn’t dare to stay for too long. He used his fastest speed to rush to the other side of the corridor. Han Fei ran for a few meters before he turned around. He saw a caretaker holding a sharp knife. His head was covered with black cloth. The caretaker’s action was strange too. He stabbed the air.
Han Fei’s pupils trembled. The caretaker was stabbing at the place where he was standing. He stabbed at the place where Han Fei’s stomach would have been earlier!
“Can he attack me from the future?” Han Fei had never encountered such a strange power before. It was hard to defend.
The caretaker slowly turned around. He stood far from Han Fei and raised his knife. Han Fei sensed danger and immediately evaded. The next second, the blood mist was cut through, and a wound appeared on Han Fei’s face.
“When the Pure Hatred here activates its power, I’ll be even more passive.” Han Fei turned to leave. He didn’t want a battle yet. The power difference was too huge. “This caretaker can cut through the mist. He’s not a simple ghost either. I should run for now.”
There was a time difference between Han Fei and the caretaker. They seemed to exist in different timelines. This meant that Han Fei couldn’t counter the attacks.
“There has to be a limitation to his power. Perhaps he needs to see his target or be within range of the target.”
Han Fei moved into different rooms to confuse the caretaker. After confirming he had lost the caretaker, Han Fei rushed to the security room.
