The fleshy hell underneath Gu Yang Tian Nian Old Folk’s Home shocked Han Fei. He was forced to view the meaning of life differently. Big Meat Han Fei fished from the blood hole was an extremely rare fleshy monster. It had been hiding in the pool for who knew how long. As it approached the roots, many wandering souls approached it, trying to melt into the giant body. Big Meat with a long life was the shell much consciousness wished for.
“It is working.” Han Fei was impressed by Ah Nian’s plan. He stuck close to Big Sin as they nudged closer to the center of the roots. The roots bound together to create a web of thoughts.
“We only have one chance. You need to use it well!” Ah Nian said before it shrunk fully into Big Meat. The roots swayed in the wind. The other fleshy monsters quickly moved away when they spotted Big Meat. There was a clear hierarchy among the fleshy monsters. Big Meat was a precious existence. The other monsters moved away lest they injured it. No one saw through Han Fei and Ah Nian’s disguise. They successfully came to the center of the sea of flowers. They entered the root system and communicated with endless souls.
“God’s most favored flowers should be around here. When I came last time, the Pure Hatred here appeared here.” Han Fei felt like he was inside someone’s brain, covered in nerves.
“Let’s start.” To save time, Han Fei reached into Big Meat to grab Ah Nian’s arm. When he pulled Ah Nian out of Big Meat, the flowers of souls above them went insane. The sealed consciousness of other Pure Hatreds immediately rushed here.
The souls who didn’t want to be dominated by Gao Xing didn’t want to give up this chance. Only by occupying a powerful enough fleshy body could they attempt to find freedom.
Han Fei and Ah Nian stared at the gathering souls. They saw the lingering spirits of many Pure Hatreds. These spirits were tortured by Gao Xing until only a strand of their soul remained; other than that, there were much special consciousness in the sea of flowers, like the kindness abandoned by Gao Xing.
The appearance of Big Meat gave every soul who wanted to escape the hive mind hope. More souls exited their hiding spots. Their roots bound around Big Meat.
“Have you found it?” The red rope was still connected to Ah Nian’s heart. When the souls tried to descend upon Big Meat, Ah Nian was under a lot of pressure as well.
“No!” Han Fei was nervous too. Big Meat attracted many souls, but he hadn’t seen Gao Xing’s wife’s humanity. “As Gao Xing’s family, he must have hidden their souls somewhere even deeper!”
Even though Ah Nian and Han Fei had created a large commotion in the fleshy world, the Pure Hatreds didn’t intervene because that was how the world operated. However, once they discovered Ah Nian and Han Fei near the blood pool, the Pure Hatreds at the old folk’s home would go berserk!
“Is it possible that this lure is not attractive enough?” Ah Nian hesitated. He was still connected to Big Meat. When the souls touched Big Meat, they touched Ah Nian as well. Therefore, Ah Nian knew that the most precious souls in the sea of flowers hadn’t shown themselves yet. “Shall we give this anymore? Perhaps we can use Big Meat as the lure to capture something even rarer.”
Ah Nian knew time was running out. If they couldn’t take away Pure Hatred’s humanity within 10 minutes, they would have to retreat. However, it wouldn’t be so easier to return next time. The Pure Hatreds at the old folk’s home were smart. They would set up a trap next time.
There were a lot of souls flying at them, but none of them was what Han Fei was looking for. As Big Meat was slowly being dragged down, Han Fei pondered what Ah Nian said. Big Meat failed to attract the most precious soul in the sea of flowers. Without exposing themselves, it was impossible to find those flowers. Han Fei retreated back to the blood pool. He calculated the time. Even if there was a rarer monster inside the pool, they didn’t have the lure to fish it out. Looking at the deep pool and the swimming monsters, Han Fei thought about something similar. He opened the menu. His fingers paused over the spirit-farer talent. Whenever he used that talent, the ghost door would appear. Now that he thought about it, the blood sea behind the door was similar to the blood lake before him.
“I think I’m approaching the base secret of this world…”
Han Fei had no idea if the blood sea behind the ghost door was related to the blood pool. However, he had no time to waste. He had to try everything.
“Brother Nian, I have a special fishing technique. I wonder if it’ll succeed or not.” Han Fei cut the red rope away from Ah Nian. Then, he tied the rope to himself.
“There’s no time. You can do whatever you want!” Ah Nian held the wound over his heart. He looked weak.
“I’ll remember that.” Han Fei examined the red rope. After he made sure it was tied, he stood under the sea of flowers and touched the menu. The soul bells chimed. The floor cracked. A ghost door slowly opened before Han Fei and Ah Nian.
“Spirit-farer!” He didn’t mention anyone’s name. As the door opened, Han Fei shoved Big Meat into the sea!
The frantic Big Meat fell into the sea. It was connected to Han Fei by a red rope.
“What… are you doing?” Even Ah Nian was shocked. He had not seen something like this.
“The lake can’t be bigger than the sea.” Han Fei didn’t have much confidence. After all, he was just a newbie angler.
Ghost faces flew above the sea of blood. A few seconds later, Big Meat screamed. A giant wound appeared on its body. The smell of meat permeated the sea.
Han Fei held the red rope with both hands. He finally found the joy of fishing. If he was not careful, he’d be pulled into the sea. Han Fei focused. Suddenly, the sea rose with waves. A giant shadow appeared underneath the ocean.
“The thing inside the altar contains Gao Xing’s divinity or Unmentionable’s presence.” Han Fei wanted to analyze this further, but it made no sense anymore. As the red rope tightened, he used the chance he got from completing the mission of accessing his inventory to drag various soul-summoning tools out. He wanted to pull the black shadow out of the sea!
Ah Nian widened his eyes. This was the first time he had seen someone fish like this. Han Fei was a pro.
“Are you even fishing for a fleshy shell?” Ah Nian felt the piercing hatred from behind the door. This was completely different from a flesh puppet!
“We don’t have time to focus on such small differences!” Han Fei chanted the mantra and slowly retreated. The sea rose. The giant shadow swallowed Big Meat and was pulled by the red rope to the door!
The ghost faces scattered. The fleshy world underneath the home was disrupted as well. All the roots around the lake started to wither. The monsters inside the lake were crushed. The hell maintained underneath the home was disrupted by an outside force!
Two Pure Hatreds came from the sea of flowers and deep inside the blood lake.
The giant shadow landed between them.
The mission was a success!
Standing between three Pure Hatreds, Ah Nian’s teeth chattered. “Do you still remember our goal? We were to sneak in and steal the flower of humanity without alerting the Pure Hatred!”
“Didn’t you tell me to do anything I want? I just went fishing.”
“Do you call this a fish?” Ah Nian quickly removed the red rope from Han Fei.
Han Fei had no idea what he had captured. He heard the system. “Notification for Player 0000! You’ve unlocked the high-level talent, fishing! Luck +2 when fishing! Stamina +2!”
