Han Fei didn’t understand one thing. The current Gao Xing was murderous and crazy. Why would he hide at a place like an old folk’s home? At least from the surface, Gu Yang Tian Nian Old Folk’s Home had nothing to do with murders. There were more buildings related to gore than in this place.
“Teacher Gao, our main mission this time is to enter the sea of flowers and steal the Pure Hatred’s flower of humanity. Don’t be reckless.” Ah Nian was familiar with Han Fei’s personality. The man could be crazy if he were cornered.
“I know.” Han Fei jumped down from Big Sin. He followed Ah Nian.
“I can’t believe I’m coming back to this place after trying so hard to escape from it.” Ah Nian’s body was shielded by the Old Folk’s Home’s shadow. His expression looked normal, but his pupils shook.
“It’s alright. The Pure Hatred wouldn’t expect you to return either.”
“That’s an interesting way to comfort people.” Ah Nian stopped getting nervous. “I’ll bring you into the home from the hidden side door. You need to stay close to me. If not, we’ll be separated instantly.” The home was filled with trapped. It was more dangerous than the aquarium. They avoided the front door. Ah Nian led Han Fei to the sewer near the canteen. He removed the grate and crawled in. The water that flowed out was red in color. There were hairs floating on the water. Through the narrow sewer, Ah Nian and Han Fei entered the back kitchen. They changed and put the security guard's id over their necks.
“The sea of flowers here is personally kept by God. The garden is more important than the home itself. The Pure Hatreds are all asleep there.” Ah Nian was very familiar with the insides of the home. Even though he was trapped in that one minute, he had done many things.
“Last time, I only wanted to help you pick the flowers and the Pure Hatreds came for me. This time, we’re going to steal the flower of humanity. They will stop us with all their might.”
“Not necessarily.” Ah Nian said, “The way you did it last time was wrong. We can’t brute force everything.”
“Is there another way?”
“You can view the sea of flowers as the sea of consciousness. Every flower is a soul and memory. The roots are their thoughts. The sea is built by Gao Xing.” Ah Nian said mysteriously. “Don’t blink. I’ll bring you to witness Immortal Pharma’s greatest accomplishment, Immortality.” Immortal Pharma was a scientific giant in real life. For them, Immortality had a special meaning. Perhaps Han Fei could see their secrets in this altar world. Ah Nian kept moving down the same corridor. Every time the minute arm paused, he would stop. Eventually, the closed door opened. “There are many timelines here. When you know how to find the correct way, every path will be opened for you.” Ah Nian sighed. “I have the memory persona. I can test every path with myself from different timelines. Another person won’t have this ability.”
The time trap inside the home didn’t work on Ah Nian. They very successfully entered the gardener’s room. “The gardener’s clothes are a bit smelly, but you have to put them on.” Ah Nian walked past the dresser and pulled open the hidden door on the ground. There was a pool filled with the brown-red liquid underground. Two large monsters were soaked down there.
“Do you want me to show you how to wear them?” Ah Nian dragged one monster to the edge of the pool. Vessels like blood capillaries stuck to the monsters. They absorbed nutrients from the pool.
“Are these the clothes you speak of?”
“These monsters don’t care about blood and flesh. So, in their eyes, bodies are clothes.” Ah Nian cut open the monster’s neck and squeezed himself into the monster’s body. The process was painful.
“Stop hesitating. I won’t harm you.” Half of Ah Nian’s body had already joined with the monster. “In the eyes of the Immortal, normal humans are the lowest existence. They are not worth studying. If you don’t want to be discovered, it’s best to wear their clothes.”
“I fail to understand this world more and more.” Han Fei studied Ah Nian and crawled into the monster’s body. He could feel the red liquid flowing around him. It felt like he was crawling into a fleshy gaming hub. “Is this the research direction of Immortal Pharma?”
“Immortal Pharma wasn’t that crazy. The things you’ll see next are the co-creations between God and Immortal Pharma. They’re the twisted creations of science and religion.” Ah Nian touched the back of his neck. The skin oozed out some new liquid. He tore off the vessels on his body and started to submerge. “We have around two hours.”
“I didn’t expect to see Immortal Pharma’s future in Gao Xing’s altar.” Han Fei and Ah Nian swam through the sewer. The walls started to change. The bricks were replaced by bloody mud that released red liquid. Five minutes later, Han Fei exited the sewer. His vision widened. There was a crazy world hidden under the sea of flowers. All the flesh was made into tools. They were reconstructed into different organs to fill up the giant underground building. There was no dead body on the surface because all the carcasses had been reused. The meat lost the need to be replenished. Flesh combined with machines. Human bodies became changeable clothes. All the souls hid above in the sea of flowers. The roots stuck into the fleshy shells. As long as the souls didn’t die, even a normal person could gain immortality here. Immortal creatures of flesh shuffled everywhere.
Seeing the blood and flesh hell, Han Fei was reminded of the things happening in real life. Immortal Pharma and Deep Space Tech had started to attempt to store human consciousness into Perfect Life. The next step was to create an immortal ‘shell’. Han Fei had considered many different possibilities, but the one before him was the most terrifying.
“So this is what he means when… Gao Xing wants to turn Xin Lu into a garden…”
The body lost its meaning. Emotions existed in hallucination. All the souls were dominated by God. Normal people couldn’t resist.
“What are you two doing here? Get to work!” A large big-headed fish crawled out of a hole. Its body was made from twisted flesh. “Why are you as useless as human beings?”
In this hell, humans became the most despicable existence. Being a human was the biggest insult.
“After they become immortal, they no longer see themselves as humans?” Han Fei looked at the fish and the different monsters walking around him. He was afraid of immortality for the first time.
“For them, human values don’t fit anymore. This is because they have a different future than us.” Ah Nian pulled Han Fei away and hurried to the center.
