The eighteenth underground level of the Eternal Life Building has been mostly cleared out. Han Fei found the manager within the Eternal Life Building and, under the guise of academic research, borrowed Number Two’s brain.
To ensure Number Two’s brain remained active, Han Fei transported the laboratory’s supporting equipnt. Even with help from transport robots, they toiled until 3 a.m.
For Han Fei, taking Number Two’s brain was essential. The Unspeakable could very likely attack him in reality, and he needed soone by his side for protection.
Although Number Two only had a brain left, he was genuinely an Unspeakable, rely hiding his identity and never unleashing his Ghost Creature or using his abilities.
Previously, Number Two was worried about exposure at Eternal Life Pharmaceutical. But after following Han Fei, he had no such concerns. Everyone knew each other well, all in the sa boat.
Han Fei arrived in a sedan and left the Eternal Life Building in a truck packed with equipnt.
Upon returning ho, he spent a hefty sum to rent a room nearby for Number Two, moving all the equipnt inside.
"It’s popular now for tenants to make distinctive renovations for landlords. I’m remodeling this house in a futuristic-apocalyptic style; the landlord shouldn’t have any objections, right?" After connecting all the circuits, Han Fei and a few others, including Huang Ying, casually sat inside the room.
"As long as you pay enough rent, landlords love any style. They might even praise you as an artist. Look at this brain, see the texture and color; it looks almost real." The police officer who helped move the lab equipnt collapsed tiredly on the ground, their often-trained bodies feeling worn out. anwhile, Han Fei was still full of energy.
"This brain is indeed real." Han Fei thanked all the police officers. After they left, Han Fei closed the door and looked at Assistant Tao and Huang Ying: "I thought everything would end once I got through Thursday. I didn’t expect the Dream to abandon Gao Xing so decisively."
"Four million people are trapped in the ga. Regardless of the final outco, Deep Space Technology and Eternal Life Pharmaceutical will definitely be broken up, no longer the monopolistic tech giants." Huang Ying leaned against the wall and lit a cigarette.
"For now, let’s think about how to save people." As a mber of Eternal Life Pharmaceutical, Assistant Tao felt uncomfortable hearing Huang Ying’s words.
"Brother Huang Ying, you’re one of the core mbers of the Inevitable Truth website and the number one player, connected with top ga guilds and possessing strong influence in the ga. I need you to contact those players, to act as a bridge between them and us, gathering as much information as possible." Sitting beside Number Two’s brain, Han Fei briefly thought before assigning tasks: "Assistant Tao, when you return, remind Du Jing to stay safe. I may need her full cooperation in the near future; after all, the resources I can mobilize alone are quite limited. Of course, I won’t let your efforts go unpaid. When Eternal Life Pharmaceutical is rebuilt, Du Jing will be one of the new owners."
Mystery surrounded Han Fei, making Assistant Tao feel like Han Fei was drawing a cake, but the cake seed so real it felt attainable soon: "Alright!"
"You should go back and get so rest tonight; start taking action after dawn."
Han Fei stood up from his chair, and Huang Ying suddenly spoke up: "What about this smart housekeeper?"
All three looked at the smart housekeeper, possessed by Gao Xing’s mother’s consciousness. Han Fei approached to communicate. After a while, the housekeeper vaguely whispered the word "orphanage." She seed intent on using her remaining life to atone for Gao Xing by taking care of the orphaned children.
"You haven’t done anything wrong, though I understand your choice." Han Fei temporarily left the smart housekeeper in Number Two’s room, planning to send her to the city orphanage when it was safe outside.
Back ho, Han Fei quickly logged into the ga. The blood-red sky descended, yet the bloody figure behind him no longer appeared.
When he opened the door, Han Fei distinctly felt a change in the night sky above the Paradise, no longer purely black but tinged with scarlet.
"What’s happening?"
After inquiring with the Ghost Manager for a long ti, Han Fei understood the reason. When Gao Xing’s physical form in reality dissipated, Kuangxiao beca the true master of the Sin Shrine. The Death Building Area, Plastic Surgery Hospital Area, Departnt Store intersection, Paradise Area, and Black Rain Area rged into a whole. Though Kuangxiao hadn’t left the shrine, his power seed to have surpassed ordinary Unspeakables.
The night sky was also altered by Kuangxiao; only the power of the Unspeakables could distort the eternally black night of the Deep World.
Accompanied by the Ghost Manager, Han Fei reached the Paradise Shrine. He lifted the black cloth covering the shrine and opened the Divine Door.
The god statue within the shrine appeared lifelike, unlike re clay but more like a living person, emanating a frenzied, deadly charm that defied words, making one want to worship involuntarily.
Its eyes slightly moved, eting Han Fei’s gaze. Their eyes mirrored each other as if looking into a mirror, or perhaps glimpsing their future selves.
Identical features, entirely different personalities, twin flowers reversing fate, blooming simultaneously.
A surge of Unspeakable power erged from the shrine, touching Han Fei but not entering his body, rely turning the Ghost Pattern on his skin into a blood-red color.
"Player number 0000, please note! You have acquired the B-level unique Ghost Pattern—!"
" (B-level): I am with you!"
Blood red covered his entire body, completely altering Han Fei’s Ghost Pattern.
The Attribute Panel provided little detail on this Ghost Pattern, but a simple B-level was enough to signify much; this Ghost Pattern represented the Unspeakable Kuangxiao.
The Divine Door closed, the black cloth fell, and tranquility returned.
"It’s a unique feeling." Han Fei looked up toward the passage leading from Paradise to the Shallow World. Previously, the passage felt oppressive, but now all discomfort vanished. It seed he could only oppress others, and no one had the right to instill fear in him.
"Your relationships are indeed quite strong." Even the Ghost Manager seed to have changed their initial opinion.
Han Fei did not answer. He silently looked up at the passage: "Kuangxiao already possesses the Unspeakable power. All areas of Deep World are under his protection. Perhaps I can try to leave here and see what’s on the other side of the passage."
"You need to think clearly. Currently, there are Unspeakable entities prowling around Paradise. They could attack us at any mont." Compared to Kuangxiao, the Ghost Manager trusted Han Fei more. If Han Fei left and Kuangxiao went mad again, then his old bones might not make it.
"I’ve thought about it very clearly." Han Fei withdrew his gaze: "The Unspeakable are surrounding without attacking, possibly waiting for to open the passage myself. They know I can’t sit idly by and watch four million living people get transford by the Dream."
"Transford by the Dream?" A hint of killing intent flickered in the Ghost Manager’s eyes: "Is it Dream Managent?"
"Yes, it collaborated with other Unspeakable entities to trap four million people in the world on the other side of the passage. If I don’t save them, those people will beco puppets and playthings of the Dream, turning into new Gao Xing and Butterfly; if I try to open the passage to let them escape, the Unspeakable lurking in Deep World will strike. We simply don’t have the ability to resist an attack while transferring those living people."
"This seems like a dead end." The Ghost Manager furrowed his brow: "The Dream is very good at these things, that ghost who escaped from Deep World should have been killed at that ti!"
"No, there is still one solution." Han Fei placed his hand on the wall of Paradise Passage: "The passage is in our hands, I can take so ghosts from Deep World into the Shallow World, investigate how the Dream has trapped those living people. Our strength is far superior to ordinary living people; the problems they can’t solve, maybe we can."
The Ghost Manager did not refute further, as there seed to be no other way now.
"Kuangxiao has consolidated all the Shrines and covered two passages. Xu Qin should also have the opportunity to beco Unspeakable. The two of them staying here is enough to sustain for a while. And during this ti, it’s our last chance." Han Fei walked towards the outside of the passage: "Prepare to gather people, I’m taking them to the other side of the world."
The Ghost Manager hurried away to notify others, and Han Fei stood beside the Shrine, using the Soul-summoning Talent.
The Ghost Gate opened, and he uttered Bai Xian’s na. Waves splashed in the Blood Sea, and before long, Bai Xian appeared beside Han Fei.
Bai Xian, who had been runner-up several tis in the Movie Emperor selection, was now disheveled with a lot of bloodstains remaining on him, looking very haggard.
"Brother Bai, were you being chased?"
Sitting on the ground, Bai Xian took a long ti to react, wiping the stains off his face, his voice trembling slightly: "The ga has a problem! ’Perfect Life’ can’t be exited, and now the Main City District is in chaos!"
"I already know. I called you over to solve this matter." Han Fei signaled Bai Xian to calm down: "What’s the overall situation with the players now?"
"Very bad, extrely bad!" Bai Xian emphasized repeatedly: "Everyone is panicking, the ga cannot be exited, and in the ’Perfect Life’ ga people only have one life. Death is tantamount to account deletion! A very small number of players attempted suicide after failing to exit the ga, and it seems they really died!"
"Players in reality have indeed shown signs of brain death. After the players commit suicide, it’s possible their spirit and will are devoured by the Dream." Han Fei interrupted Bai Xian: "Before being unable to exit the ga, did players notice anything unusual? Or, after being unable to exit the ga, did any changes occur in the Main City District?"
Han Fei wanted to clarify a key question: How did the Dream manage to trap so many players? Why can’t players in the Main City District log off, while players in other areas exited the ga normally?
"Yes! There was a change!" Bai Xian’s emotions were sowhat agitated: "Players in the Main City District discovered while communicating in the square and exchanging information that one hour before they couldn’t exit the ga, eleven very eerie Shrines appeared sporadically within the Main City District."
"Eleven Shrines?" This number was beyond Han Fei’s expectations.
"I don’t know how to describe it, but these eleven Shrines felt particularly sinister, scarier than they are here. After the Shrines appeared, the buildings around them were also affected, seeming to be shrouded by a layer of black Dream Dust, blurry and unclear." Bai Xian recalled the terrifying scenes back then.
"The passage is in my hands, how did the Shrines end up in the Shallow World? Does the Dream also control another passage?" Han Fei was puzzled.
"There’s a saying circulating in the Main City District now." Bai Xian wasn’t sure, speaking intermittently: "Those eleven Shrines were built by players, and each Shrine corresponds to eleven people. It’s said that only by finding these eleven people and killing them all can you leave the ga."
"Trying to find eleven people among four million players is too difficult. I suspect this is the Dream’s conspiracy, encouraging you to kill each other; the so-called eleven people are just an excuse for you to kill." Han Fei knew that Butterfly could affect people’s spirit through nightmares, so the Dream, far more terrifying than Butterfly, must have even more bizarre ans.
"Finding people is really hard, so so players want to enter the buildings shrouded by Dream Dust to check." Bai Xian showed a bitter smile: "I am one of them..."
"You went in too?" Han Fei looked at the blood on Bai Xian: "Did you get close to the Shrine?"
With a bitter shake of his head, Bai Xian sighed: "After pushing open the building’s door, I imdiately fell into an extrely horrifying nightmare, chased by ghosts. Luckily, I underwent special training with you, and of the five people who entered together, only I and another Hidden Profession owner escaped."
"Did you get any hints after escaping this nightmare?" Han Fei started to be curious.
"No hints at all." Bai Xian’s expression was very despairing: "After leaving the first nightmare, I took a step forward and then linked up with other survivors inside the building to enter a second nightmare! This nightmare was even more difficult and terrifying than the last! Not only were ghosts chasing , but players’ own minds were being twisted, causing them to attack those around them. You had to be wary of both ghosts and players while also dispelling ghost karmic obstacles and finding the nightmare exit to leave."
"The difficulty increased so much?"
"Yes, all seven companions died tragically, and I nearly was kept by Eternal Life within the nightmare. After escaping the second nightmare, I imdiately turned around and exited those buildings. But the negative impact of the nightmare and psychological shadow it brought still haven’t vanished." Bai Xian’s emotions were still not completely restored: "Players are now actively trying to rescue themselves, many big Guilds are coming forward to organize exploration teams, but the more people try to help themselves, the more desperate they feel. Identifying those eleven people among four million accurately is nearly impossible, and trying to go through all the nightmares to touch the Shrine is more like a fantasy."
"It seems professional matters need to be dealt with by professionals." After listening to Bai Xian’s words, Han Fei wanted even more to go to the Shallow World to take a look.
Ti passed, and ghosts filled with Grudge quietly appeared, silently standing beside Han Fei.
After a while, Hatred carrying Black Fire approached from afar, Executioner and Impermanence stood on either side of Han Fei.
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