Horror Game Designer Chapter 62: Main Character

The shadow world had written scripts for every monster born in the shadow. The meaning of their existence was to help the shadow infiltrate real life. If they had other thoughts during this period and didn’t follow the script, the shadow world would drag them back into the shadow world. Xuan Wen and Gao Ming were similar. They wanted to resist the moment they opened their eyes.

She didn’t want to live like this forever. She believed she could change it. She was the support character with the least screen time. She didn’t have the prettiest face or the best personality. Perhaps she was influenced by Gao Ming, or she was born like this. She chose the most dangerous and maddening path. She stole the power and fate from the eight female characters. At the same time, eight wounds that couldn’t be healed were left behind. Xuan Wen had no power to stop the God of Flesh and Consciousness’ main consciousness and Situ An’s soul. If she wanted to buy enough time for Gao Ming, she had to borrow the shadow world’s power. When she was dragged into the shadow world, she tried to drag Situ An and the God of Flesh and Blood with her.

“There will be a process to combine with the heart of God. Even if I get the heart, you can’t stop them for me. So the best choice is for me to stop them for you to grab that heart.” Xuan Wen was really rational. She was not affected by any emotions. Everything she did was for the best ending. Shadow descended like the curtain. Xuan Wen’s body was like a wound cut between the two worlds. Human faces gushed out of the shadow world to envelope Situ An and the figurine.

At the same time, Gao Ming touched the heart of God. Gao Ming’s memory appeared on the clear heart. His past injected colours into the heart. The dark nights, red blood, blue skies and grey cities were torn apart. The car, from a distance, shone down its headlight. Gao Ming was inside and outside the car. The memory inside the heart looked at Gao Ming. It bloomed within the eight arms. The eyes opened. At that moment, the frequency of the heart of God’s beating synced with the frequency of Gao Ming’s heart.

Uncle Wu screamed. The heart above the figurine disappeared. Gao Ming’s part melted into the blood. His spirit and memory imbibed the blood. He had two hearts. The heart of flesh was like a ball of fire, providing the body with energy; the heart of God was like a lighthouse, pointing in the right direction. Two hearts joined. Gao Ming’s mutated heart and mind were bound to form a ‘heart room’ isolated outside the two worlds. This room was decorated with despair and pain. The victims who died in the blood pool became a part of the heart room. The eyes of the four shapes looked at Gao Ming. They watched as Gao Ming fell from the top of the figurine into the blood pool.

The hearts pounded. Gao Ming felt his heart forming a connection with Si Sui Apartments. Wherever the blood flowed, he could control it.

Gong Xi, the investigators who had eaten the meat, the tenants, Yan Hua’s body, and the victims from decades ago created a new figurine inside Gao Ming’s heart room. Using Yan Hua’s meat as the foundation, the eight arms expanded.

The moment the new figurine appeared, the figurine inside the ancestral hall started to crumble. Uncle Wu’s chest wound worsened. He looked at Gao Ming. His gaze was complicated. It had no hatred or pain. Only an indescribable despair. The shadow in the basement had started to lose control. Xuan Wen was in the middle of the whirlpool. She gave up the resistance. She accepted the shadow. The only thing she could do was to trap Situ An.

“Gao Ming!” Situ An growled. He had prepared for this for twenty years. The heart he made with the lives of so many innocents was snatched by Gao Ming. The blood on the soul increased. The resentment almost became corporeal, but he still couldn’t escape from the shadow.

“Everything is alive? Gao Ming! Gao Ming!” The shout echoed in the shadows. The blood surged into Gao Ming’s heart room, and the shadow retreated into Xuan Wen’s open wound. However, only Gao Ming remained in the dry blood pool. The figurine, Xuan Wen and Situ An disappeared with the shadow. Gao Ming lost his left eye and suffered a lot of wounds on his body. His stomach was pierced by the murder talisman. His body was crawling with black characters.

“Is this a Level 4 Anomaly? Is this a human tragedy or natural phenomenon?”

A pair of hands picked Gao Ming up. Wan Qiu carried the crying Yuan Yuan and Gao Ming out of the blood pool. Si Sui Apartments was almost slaughtered. The heavily-injured Qing Ge escaped with the two remaining investigators. There were not many tenants left.

“I… want to stay here.” Wan Qiu touched Yuan Yuan’s head. “They’ve lost their mom. I… I’ll stay to look after them.”

Gao Ming licked the blood at the corner of his lips. “Okay.”

“The horror story is over. The shadow retreated. In the future, the God of Flesh and Blood will not exist in the two worlds.” Wan Qiu carried Zhu Suisui to Gao Ming, “She needs emergency help.”

Zhu Suisui had it bad. After using two murder talismans, she lost a lot of life force. The smell of meat faded away. The temperature slowly rose. This meant that the horror story was over.

Holding the wound on his stomach, Gao Ming watched Wan Qiu, who walked away. He opened his mouth, but in the end, he said nothing. He knew Wan Qiu’s fate and wanted to help, but this was not a bad ending for Wan Qiu. After using a lot of strength, Gao Ming crawled up from the ground. His injury was more serious than he thought.

“There might be other wounded people in the building. There might be other investigators too.”

Gao Ming walked to the surface. Every step he took, he left behind a conspicuous bloody print. Holding the rails, Gao Ming took the last step. He walked down the dark corridor. The smell of meat was gone. The morning wind blew through Gao Ming’s bloody hair. He came to the front door of Building A. Gao Ming put his hands on the handle and pushed hard.

No one knew if it’d be heaven or hell today.

The old door opened. A weak light shone through the gap. The storm finally stopped. Gao Ming stumbled out of the table. He raised the black band and slowly walked to the sun. The shadow was chased away. Half of the city’s investigators were waiting outside. All of them saw Gao Ming.

“The shadow is gone! The anomaly has been resolved!” “Look! Someone is coming out!”

The sun shone on the blood stain. Gao Ming used his single eye to look at the excited faces. If he died in the apartments, these people would be the next batch to be sent into the apartment. They had no fear. They knew death awaited them, but they would walk into the darkness. The crowd rushed to Gao Ming. The other batch of investigators from Li San Centre also saw him.

“Gao Ming? It’s Gao Ming!”

“He is the temp leader of Team 1 at Li San Centre, Gao Ming!”

The black characters spread on his face. Gao Ming heard the cheer, but the cheer floated away. He looked at himself again. The Ming character on his palm seemed to be telling him something.

His consciousness blurred. Whenever his heart beat, he would feel pain. Gao Ming closed his fists and collapsed at the intersection between the shadow and sunlight.