Horror Game Designer Chapter 75: Four Weeks

Picking up the picture, the shadow curled around Gao Ming’s back. In his memory, Teacher Yao’s death portrait was very normal. However, this time, Teacher Yao’s picture was covered in cracks. The picture split Teacher Yao into two. On the left, Teacher Yao’s body was thin and weak. His eyes were numb. He looked like he was about to die. On the right, Teacher Yao’s body was covered in shadow. He was tall and muscular. His eyes glowed, and he looked at the pink of health.

At the back, the children’s handwriting changed as well.

“Picture of Remembrance: Tonight, we welcome our rebirth. We will stay away from pain, despair, and death and become our new selves.”

This was Gao Ming’s first time encountering a picture of remembrance. He didn’t know how to use it. He had many death memories, but those memories focused on the moments he was about to be killed. Whenever he remembered them, he had to relive the pain again. “I need to keep this picture.”

The shadow was about to disperse. Gao Ming still had things to do. He didn’t ask Zhao Xi and An An to follow him. So many people had disappeared from Building 2. The centre would send people over. The two of them still couldn’t handle the interrogation.

“I want to turn Li San into a base that can handle the tragedy. In the future, more people will come here. You can explore this place first. Remember. Do not leave Li Jing Apartments.”

Gao Ming left the shadow world alone. He carefully removed his trace and returned to his home.

“I still don’t want to deal with the centre yet.” Gao Ming closed his eyes for the first time in days and slept.

…

At 6 am, Gao Ming was woken up by noises outside his bedroom. He exited his bedroom to check. He found Wan Qiu doing sit-ups following Yan Hua’s crazy regime. Wan Qiu had a sick brain, a pair of eyes that could see ghosts, intense self-discipline and had experienced unimaginable pain and torture. It was not unreasonable for him to become a supercriminal in the future. Gao Ming didn’t interrupt Wan Qiu but joined him.

Physique was Gao Ming’s achilles heel. When he fought with Situ An, he relied on adrenaline. If Qing Ge were his enemy, Gao Ming would be chopped into pieces instantly.

“I can’t let Qing Ge go. He has eaten the meat a long time, but even in the end, he was not affected by the God of Flesh and Blood. His constitution is inhuman.” Gao Ming remembered that even after Situ An was dragged into the shadow world, Qing Ge still managed to cut a bloody path and left with his subordinates.

“Killing Qing Ge will be like removing one of Situ An’s claws…” With the plan in mind, Gao Ming realised that he was not tired at all. The heart of flesh kept giving him energy. Slowly, Gao Ming fell in love with this feeling. With each beat of his heart, he became stronger.

“I have to rely on myself.” Gao Ming followed Yan Hua’s regime and only stopped at 8 am. He prepared breakfast for two and called the taxi. “Wan Qiu, it’s raining. Do you still want to see the sea?”

“Yes!” “Put on your raincoat. We’ll go now.”

Han Hai was a seaside city. Gao Ming wasn’t that rich to bring Wan Qiu to a private beach. He brought Wan Qiu to the South Port district adjacent to the old city. They walked through the abandoned port. They walked over the cordon line. They stood in the storm and looked at the endless sea. The layers of dark clouds pressed down. The storm blurred their vision. The murky waves looked like they were about to consume everything.

“Are you scared?” Gao Ming adjusted the cap of Wan Qiu’s raincoat.

“N-no.” Wan Qiu stuttered.

“If you’re not scared, shout out everything stored inside your heart! Tell the waves and the rain that you are not afraid of anything!” Gao Ming stared at Wan Qiu. If a giant wave came, he would immediately pull him back.

“I…” Wan Qiu tightened his fists. The rain wet his face. He couldn’t even open his eyes.

“You can do it.” Gao Ming met Wan Qiu once before, but he only treated Wan Qiu as a monster from the shadow world. To gain his trust, he even repeated the things the murderer said when he adopted the young Wan Qiu.

Wan Qiu forced his eyes open to look at the grey world, sea, and sky. Everything was roaring at him. He took a subconscious step back and bumped into Gao Ming’s arm.

“You’ve made many changes. You escaped from the charity and cooked for Yuan Yuan and Xian Xian. You are their closest big brother and their most trusted person.” Gao Ming patted his shoulder and took a step forward. “You are not alone anymore.

“If you hold all the pain in, it will run you mad. Let loose a little.” Gao Ming took another step forward. He shouted at the grey sky and sea. “Fuck you, destiny! I will hold my fate in my own hand!” The storm swallowed the sound. Gao Ming was quite embarrassed after the fact, but it was very exciting.

“There is only one life. How do you want to live it?”

Gao Ming turned back to look at Wan Qiu. The kid followed him and tried to open his mouth to shout. At that moment, a giant wave came. Gao Ming immediately yanked Wan Qiu back. Wan Qiu got a gulp of sea water and fell to the ground.

Both of them were a mess. Wan Qiu climbed up from the ground. Looking at Gao Ming, he couldn’t help but smile.

“This is the first time I've seen you smile.” Gao Ming told Wan Qiu to stay away from the port.

“That… that’s normal. We only know each other for one day.” Wan Qiu started to say more.

“You only know me for one day, but I…” Gao Ming shook his head. “We should come back here when the weather is better.”

“Okay.”

After completing one of Wan Qiu’s wishes, Gao Ming looked at the time and hailed a cab to the east city.

He remembered that in a while, the news of Han Hai being recognised as an intelligent city would come out. In the afternoon, Situ An would accept a public interview as the representative of Han Hai Charity. In Gao Ming’s mind, that was Situ An’s only public appearance before becoming the chief of the East City Investigation Centre. If the condition allowed it, Gao Ming wanted to make his move.

“All the media will be there. The risk is high.

“I have two advantages. I’m in the dark, and I know more than him.

“Once I make a move, I have to be prepared to face the whole world.”

People didn’t know about Situ An’s evil deeds. Even if they did, Gao Ming wouldn’t be tasked to deliver justice. However, Gao Ming had reasons to personally kill Situ An. He wanted to trap Situ An inside his heart room. That way, even if he died in the future, he wouldn’t have to deal with Situ An anymore.

“Power and name are his biggest protection. Once I attacked him, the other big forces in Han Hai wouldn’t let me go.”

Walking through the storm, Gao Ming showed no worry. “But it doesn’t matter. In the future that I saw, various horrors would go out of control in the next four weeks! No matter what I do, as long as I survive the next four weeks, everything will be fine.”