Chapter 925: Chapter 925: The Bridge Connecting Two Worlds
The mass email sent by the Smart Brain was significantly different from before. A few hours ago, it summoned all available researchers to the laboratory, reporting severe issues with the Eternal Life project. Now, it directly reversed the message, lifting all restrictions on the experiment subjects. It even urged people to cheer for the impending miracle as the alarm stopped.
Those kept in the dark might really believe everyone worked together to solve the issue, but in reality, the Smart Brain should have taken care of all the people there, and the Underground Laboratory has now completely fallen into the hands of Gao Xing.
The alarm has stopped, but the danger has not disappeared.
The door of the secretary’s room was violently pushed open, and a young man in experimental clothing fell inside, startling both Han Fei and the staff.
“It has an experiment number; this is a volunteer from the Underground Laboratory. Who brought him out?” The worker at the Waste Processing Center seemed surprised as he squatted beside the “body.”
“The email mentioned some key subject individuals successfully regained their will, perhaps it crawled up from underground on its own.” Han Fei felt a very ominous sensation.
“Why are you talking like it’s a Fierce Ghost claiming lives? This isn’t a Horror Film, is it?” The staff had just finished speaking when they saw the fallen young man’s body begin to convulse, his head slowly lifting, neck bent at a terrifying angle, eyes bulging, staring dead at the people inside the room.
The next second, the experiment subject scrambled up from the floor, like a Beast, lunging to bite at the worker’s face.
Just as disfigurement seemed imminent, the experiment subject suddenly halted, its nostrils flaring as if it caught a whiff of the unique bloody scent emanating from the Blood Clothes.
The terror-stricken face swayed back and forth across his chest, the staff clutching his mouth and nose, tears rolling in his eyes with tremoring legs, he could only look to Han Fei for help.
Making a gesture to relax, Han Fei circled behind the experiment subject, raising the Rebirth Slaughter Saber to slash at its neck!
Possibly because the other had not yet killed, or perhaps because its consciousness had just returned like a newborn, the Rebirth Slaughter Saber didn’t manage to slice through the subject’s skin.
“It seems Gao Xing used the second stage of the Eternal Life plan to send some filth from the Deep World into living bodies. These awakened subjects have completely lost themselves.”
While the Rebirth Slash couldn’t pierce the skin, the immense force of humanity was enough to suppress most Evil Spirits. Han Fei now wielded the Rebirth Slaughter Saber like a war hammer, continuously pounding the other, the relentless sound of cracking bones echoing like the God of Death clapping.
“Okay, he should be calm by now.” Han Fei panted, putting away the Slaughter Saber.
The staff, looking at the experiment subject as if it was mud, sat down heavily, unsure if the subject was still alive.
Using knowledge of deep Soul secrets, Han Fei pressed the subject’s head, uncovering the hideous and deformed Soul tainted with despair and pain, carrying a strong Deep World aura.
“Don’t resist, let me open your heart.”
The deepest hidden memories of the deformed soul were extracted by Han Fei, flashes of images of the Deep World’s Skyscraper, a special mirror from the Death Club, and bridges constructed by countless Dead Souls passed by.
Piecing together those memory fragments, Han Fei saw this vision—a bridge composed of Dead Souls, mirrors, and various human emotions latched onto the top level of the Deep World’s Skyscraper, passing through nightmares, one end on the highest level of the Skyscraper, the other on the lowest level of the Eternal Life Building in the real world!
“The top of the Skyscraper connects to the bottom layer of the Eternal Life Building?!”
Countless Evil Spirits wailed on the bridge; all ghosts enduring Deep World’s despair longed to break into another world!
The memory scene in his Brain Sea shattered quietly, the subject seemed to realize something, using the Curse to scatter his Soul.
“I think I’ve discovered something significant.” Han Fei still recalled the mission triggered upon entering the Eternal Life Building, the system urging him to destroy the Shrine on the nineteenth floor: “There are only eighteen underground levels in the Eternal Life Building, does the nineteenth floor refer to that bridge?”
The elevator doors constantly opened and closed in the corridor, with experiment subjects in the Underground Laboratory constantly waking up. Occupied by Ghosts and Monsters, they hunted Han Fei like the walking dead.
Han Fei signaled for the staff to change into the Blood Clothes, and they returned to Fu Jin’s office, taking the secret elevator to escape toward the Underground Laboratory.
“Class seven’s children and Fu Lie, Gao Xing’s wife, are also inside the building. It’s been several hours, yet I still haven’t seen them. Where are those people hiding?”
The sky was growing darker, making the future increasingly perilous; Han Fei worried about those children.
The numbers on the display constantly changed. When Han Fei arrived on the nineteenth floor above ground, the secret elevator suddenly halted.
The internal power system of the building seemed to have encountered issues, with all sorts of eerie and spine-chilling sounds emanating from the internal PA system, seemingly a group hypnosis technique.
“What’s happening outside?” At the same moment of the power cut, a small breach tore open in the sealing within Han Fei’s Brain Area, numerous Evil Ghosts looking up from the Abyss towards his Will.
“Attention Player Number 0000! The third and fourth God Statues of the Divine Spirit have been demolished by Number Two! Enraged Gao Xing is on his way! He will randomly choose one between you and Number Two to pursue!”
The abrupt system notification made Han Fei swiftly strategize: “Number Two demolishing two God Statues at once means he previously confirmed their locations but didn’t destroy them. Only after I acted did he destroy the statues, trying to share my burden?”
Number Two is no altruist; he likely believes this increases the probability to God Steal.
“One between me and Number Two must hold off Gao Xing for the other to have a shot at destroying the Shrine. Finally, Number Two is cooperating, understanding the necessity to rely on me.” Han Fei was quite pleased, but he hadn’t forgotten the promise he made to Kuangxiao when entering the Shrine Memory World; he had to ensure all children survived: “I hope I’m the one being chased by Gao Xing.”
Seeing Han Fei suddenly start grinning after the elevator malfunctioned, the staff’s back pressed tightly against the elevator shaft, utterly terrified, completely unable to fathom Han Fei’s mindset.
Several minutes later, the backup power system activated, and everything went back to normal.
But as if the Divine Spirit heard Han Fei’s wish, the residual bloodstains in the elevator car suddenly began to flow, seemingly forming a small hand that grabbed Han Fei’s ankle.
Han Fei drew his saber to sever it, quickly more slender blood hands reached for him, as the elevator abruptly accelerated downward, seemingly out of control.
“Gao Xing really set his sights on me? Though I have five lives, still…” Han Fei glanced at the staff and softly whispered, “Brother, it seems our time together is about to end.”
The worker thought Han Fei was about to silence him, his face turning ash white, frantically pressing buttons on the panel, but the elevator showed no sign of stopping.
Sublevel one, sublevel five, sublevel ten…
Finally stopping at sublevel fifteen.
The half-dead terrified staff bolted out before the elevator doors fully opened, feeling something slippery and wet underfoot; a glance nearly made him faint.
Black blood mixed with culture fluid covered the ground, and near Experiment Room Number Four were “fresh” blood handprints everywhere, as if a large group of “Ogres” passed through not long ago.
“What happened to Experiment Room Number Four? Have all incubators leaked?” The staff appeared dazed, aware that many “special clients” were hiding bodies inside Room Four, without success in the second stage of the Eternal Life project, the destruction of those bodies meant biological death!
“Don’t panic; things are far worse and severe than you imagine.” Han Fei patted the staff’s shoulder, every Ghost and Monster in the Greed Abyss urging him to leave, something extremely dangerous approached rapidly.
“Is this how you normally comfort people?”
“I don’t often comfort the living.” Han Fei focused on the Greed Personality within his Brain Area, directed towards Experiment Room Number Four, anticipating imminent danger: “But soon, you won’t need my comfort.”
“Because it seems we might not have long to live.” Han Fei intended for the staff to leave first, but he didn’t expect Gao Xing to arrive so soon.
The whispers in his ears grew clearer, and the door to Experiment Room Number Four was opened by an immense force. Two familiar figures appeared before Han Fei, each donning a Crow mask and a Guinea Pig mask.