Horror Game Designer Chapter 56: Dragon

Gao Ming created a possibility within the impossibility. He ate the heart of flesh hidden by the Evil Ghost in the park of murder; Situ An also found a trace of life. He accepted the Vil Ghost and became one with his tormentor.

“I don’t understand it. You have wealth that normal people couldn’t finish in multiple lifetimes, connections all over Han Hai and the admiration of the public. You can get anything you want. Why did you join the investigation centre? Why would you want to create despair?” Gao Ming was a professional psychiatrist. He had seen many criminals but not many like Situ An.

“I didn’t create despair. Despair already exists.” Situ An wanted to kill Gao Ming, but he looked at him with admiration.

“I thought I’d get respect once I did the best in everything. When I was in my twenties, I met a big shot in Han Hai. He appreciated my abilities and always lavished praises on me. However, his casual words shattered my confidence.

“I couldn’t understand it until I went home and saw my cleaner mopping the house. I praised her out of habit. The clean floor reflected her and me. At that moment, I understood that was how the big shot praised me too. The world’s biggest despair is when you look up into the sky and you realise the sky has nothing to do with you. This is the world I live in but not my world.” Situ An raised the knife, “Ghosts and humans are the same in my eyes.”

“Don’t waste time talking. The heart of flesh has been eaten. My real body is collapsing, and your mad subordinates are coming.” A strange man’s voice came out of Situ An’s mouth. The Evil Ghost was forced to work with Situ An.

After the heart of flesh left the figurine, all the capillaries in the basement dried up. The rusted pipes fixed on the ceiling started to fall. The surrounding corpses rotted quickly. The red threads hidden in the ceiling snapped, and giant tears appeared. Stones fell, accompanied by the horrible stench and dirty blood. The ceiling crumbled. The maze of the torture room was revealed to all.

The surviving investigators were all wounded, and almost half of them were gone. However, their sacrifice paid off.

An insanely tall man with a red coat was trapped in the middle. His body had eight arms that came from different victims. A scary face grew on his chest and head. The monster wanted to become the figurine with four faces and eight arms, but he was trapped when he only had two faces.

Normally, it would be hard for the investigators to kill it, but other than the investigators, there was also a brute who was about two metres tall with ghost tattoos.

“No. 17!”

Yan Hua retreated from the fight when he heard Gao Ming’s voice. He jumped down the hole. Compared to the fight, he cared more about Gao Ming’s safety. Only Gao Ming knew where his sister was. Yan Hua seemed to have a giant, hungry ghost following him. His muscles bulged.

Gao Ming sighed in relief. He finally had an ally.

Situ An didn’t speak. He studied Gao Ming and Yan Hua silently, allowing his subordinates to destroy the Evil Ghost’s body.

The Evil Ghost’s consciousness felt the pain. He said through Situ An, “Get them to stop!”

“Shut up!” Situ An said coolly. After the Evil Ghost’s body was chopped into pieces and disappeared, he tore off his shirt and walked out of the darkness.

“Chief!” The investigators discovered Situ An. They looked down the hole. Situ An’s bare upper body was covered in horrible wounds. It was hard to imagine what kind of torture he had been subjected to.

The investigators jumped down. Their bodies were mostly covered in black words.

“Perhaps you are curious why the human-body ghost knows our location so clearly and even sets a trap for us.” Situ An pointed the blade at Gao Ming, “The man is also a human-eating ghost. He just ate a heart before my eyes.”

“Chief, this is a misunderstanding! I’ve been with Gao Ming. He is not a ghost!” Zhu Suisui dragged her injured body and spoke up.

“When we first met, he was indeed with the ghosts in this building.” Qing Ge was the first to turn on Gao Ming. The blades pointed at Gao Ming. The group of people trusted the crazy man.

Gao Ming knew words were pointless. Situ An gave them meat and led them to kill ghosts. Furthermore, temp chief was more powerful than temp leader.

The remaining investigators just worked with Yan Hua to kill the Evil Ghost’s body, but after the common enemy was gone, they started another fight. The investigators had the number advantage, but Yan Hua was like a battle god.

“Leave! I’ll come after you!” Yan Hua forced the investigators away. He grabbed Gao Ming and helped him out of the hole. “Xuan Wen is on the ninth floor of Building A. She is in trouble too. The shadow will not forgive those who change fate.”

There were investigators outside the hole too. Gao Ming resisted the pain from his body. He had to leave, or he and Yan Hua would both be trapped. Thankfully, he had eaten the heart earlier, or else he wouldn’t have gotten far.

Gao Ming shook off the other investigators who stood in his way. Gao Ming decided to head to Building A. Of all of them, Xuan Wen had the most unique power. Helping her might help him. Gao Ming sped up. His heart mutated. His blood was being ‘cursed’.

The investigators surrounded Yan Hua. Situ An turned to head down a hidden path and left the basement.

“You’ve destroyed my body.”

“You can try to take over my body.”

Situ An didn’t chase after Gao Ming. He came to Granny Shen’s house. With a smile, he opened the door. The talismans were scattered around the floor. Granny Shen was faced away from the door. She knelt in the middle of 360 figurines. She knew her ending.

“You worship so many Gods, but can they really protect you?” Situ An walked into the room. His knife poked at the figurines. “I’ll ask you again. Where are the other murder talismans?”

“I’ve given you all the talismans.” Granny Shen raised his head. Her wrinkles were like dragon scales. “The heavens are watching. Something is not meant for you because it’s not your destiny.”

“If I believe in fate, will I build this apartment of death?” Situ An laughed. “I’m curious. You’ve helped so many millionaires. Why won’t you help me?”

Granny Shen didn’t reply. She lowered her head to look into the copper basin. The water reflected the aged head of a dragon. As Situ An approached, blood spread through the basin. In the water, the dragon’s head was cut off.

Situ An waved the knife without hesitation. The elder’s head fell into the basin.

“I don’t need the murder talismans or someone who can make them anymore.”