Horror Game Designer-Chapter 637: Ah Fang in Real Life
“Kill you?” Gao Ming had heard similar requests before, but he couldn’t remember where.
The patient was a living person, but her quality of life was worse than a blade of grass by the road. Gao Ming held the woman’s hand and felt the strongest desire in her heart. She stopped placing hope in her husband. She didn’t care about the world. Other than worrying about Ah Fang, she only wished for death.
Pain tortured her. Immortal Pharma used the latest technology to ensure that she remained alive in the most painful state possible.
“Do you think the pain on Ah Fang will lessen after you die?”
The woman couldn’t speak. She looked at the red blocks on the ground. Her eyes watered. She was like a trapped beast.
“There are no ghosts in Xin Lu. Why are people still living in such pain?” Gao Ming knelt beside the bed. “Are the ghosts not the source of the tragedy?”
Ah Fang’s mother didn’t ask for help. She just wanted to die. When she saw Gao Ming leaving, she became agitated. She mumbled helplessly. She tried her best, but she couldn’t even raise her hand.
“When I find Ah Fang, I’ll try to heal you.” Gao Ming let go of the woman’s hand. He picked up the bloody blocks to sense the presence of them. Without him having to search for it, the Blood City Tattoo on Gao Ming had already reacted.
“Ah Fang is the youngest among the thirteen candidates. He is the easiest to control. He must have been given something important to be selected by Immortal Pharma.” Gao Ming met Ah Fang in Han Hai before. The blood city’s lingering spirit was hidden in him. Guided by the tattoo, Gao Ming came to the fourth-floor basement of the hospital. This place was not open to the public. He had to brutally knock out many staff and kick down three doors before he reached the spot.
“It’s as marked on the map of the female employee. This private hospital is Immortal Pharma’s lab.” When most candidates were asleep, the purpose of this hospital was to observe Ah Fang and Xia Yang. To be precise, this hospital was built for Ah Fang. The underground lab recorded everything Ah Fang had said and every building he had built with the blocks. Even his emotional fluctuations were recorded. The hospital was Ah Fang’s testing zone. He lived a life according to the script written by Immortal Pharma. Immortal Pharma wanted to raise Ah Fang into the man they wanted… provided Ah Fang could still be considered a human.
Gao Ming ambushed the place, but he was still faced with many blockages. The staff was fearless and armed. Gao Ming felt the power of the God of Flesh and Blood weakened when they were underground. Immortal Pharma appeared to have set up some devices to deal with divine ghosts.
As the last researcher fell asleep, Gao Ming followed the small footprints on the ground to arrive at the heavily sealed fifth-floor basement. There was no guard there. There were many rooms. Each room was installed with many doors. There were all kinds of doors. It was like a maze made with doors. Gao Ming had no map, but the tattoo guided him towards Ah Fang. Just as Gao Ming was about to lose his patience, a bloodred door appeared before him. The door was covered in cracks and radiated an air of misfortune. Gao Ming had only encountered such a door in the nightmare.
“A blood door that exists in the real world? Where does it lead to?”
The cracks in the door spread quickly. When Gao Ming went close, Gao Ming heard a strange munching sound.
“The Blood City Tattoo guided me here. Is Ah Fang behind this door?”
Gao Ming raised his hand to touch it, but the door appeared to have reached its limit. It shattered before Gao Ming’s eyes. The next scene caused Gao Ming’s skin to crawl.
The world behind the door was piled up with broken door fragments. The black mist churned. Centipede-like fingers held Ah Fang’s mouth open. They forced him to consume the fragments. Each blood door was a harrowing memory and obsession. Their fragments were like the world’s sharpest knife. Consuming them would cause immense pain and hatred. Ah Fang’s eyes were closed. His tiny face was carved with pain and resistance. His lower body had mutated. It was as large as a mountain. His skin was painted with strange patterns by the fingers.
The scene lasted for a second. As the door broke, the scene behind the door disappeared. The blood door felt like it had never appeared. Gao Ming saw Ah Fang collapse to the ground. He munched on wooden chips, mud and abandoned drip lines.
“Those people have been feeding you blood doors. What are they trying to turn you into?” If Gao Ming hadn’t arrived, he worried what might happen to the boy.
Gao Ming narrowed his eyes. The only thing that posed any danger was the fingers in the mist. They appeared to belong to the same ghost. Gao Ming didn’t know how powerful it was. Only a minor part of its body could be seen.
“There is no anomaly in Xin Lu because the ghosts are hidden behind the doors, inside human hearts and dreams.”
Gao Ming carefully picked up Ah Fang and cleaned out the things from his mouth. Ah Fang was used to this. He would sleep-walk every night. The difference was this time, he woke up and saw Gao Ming.
The inside of his mouth was severely injured. Gao Ming finally understood why the boy didn’t like to talk. Whenever he moved his mouth, he would be in great pain. The boy knew how hard it was for his mother, so he never complained. He tried his best not to use his mouth.
“Have you considered going to a place without illness and pain?” Gao Ming hugged Ah Fang. He saw Ah Fang’s cute face, but all he could see was Ah Fang’s giant and ugly body behind the door.
Ah Fang nodded heavily. Then, he opened his bleeding mouth to ask in a fearful voice, “Can we bring Mom?”
“Okay.”
At first, Gao Ming hesitated whether he’d pull Ah Fang into the torture room. However, after he saw how Immortal Pharma treated Ah Fang, he changed his mind. Ah Fang was a crucial part of Project Han Hai. If he took away Ah Fang and his sick mother, Immortal Pharma would focus on him. Gao Ming didn’t feel good leaving Ah Fang with anyone but himself.
“Come. I’ll bring you to your mom.”
Carrying Ah Fang, Gao Ming walked out of the fifth-floor basement. The boy widened his eyes to look around. He entered the lab while sleepwalking, so he never realised what the underground area of the hospital looked like. Whenever he woke up, he’d be in bed.
When he was by his mother’s side, he thought there were many friendly uncles and aunties. They looked after him. However, he only felt scared then.
Everything was fake. Everyone was lying to him.
Chapter 637: Ah Fang in Real Life
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