Chapter 0180 – The World in His Eyes

　　The boy woke up?

　　It was unknown how many severed hands were hidden under the bed, and there might be other monsters outside the door, Chen Ge didn’t dare to delay here for too long, he spared the risk of being injured by the severed hands, and with his knife, he rushed directly into the midst of a few severed hands, and grabbed the boy who was laying on the hospital bed.

　　With the blade pressed against the boy’s neck, Chen Ge pressed his body against the wall and looked around.

　　He didn’t know the reason why these broken hands were blocking him from hurting Men Nan, if they cared about Men Nan’s safety, why did they tie him to the hospital bed?

　　Tonight’s trial mission had gone completely out of control when he entered the door, and Chen Ge didn’t know what would happen in the next moment; this was a completely foreign world to him.

　　Gripping the knife in his hand tightly, the only thing he could do at this moment was to wake up Men Nan, the boy in front of him was all the hope he had to break the situation.

　　The blade of the knife almost cut through the boy’s skin, the broken hands stopped attacking, it was as if they were being manipulated, several of them all ran to the door and banged on the door of the room.

　　The intensive knocking on the door distracted Chen Ge.

　　Keeping in mind Men Nan’s instructions, he hadn’t said a word after entering the door, and he didn’t even dare to make too much noise when he walked.

　　At this moment, the knocking sound traveled far, completely breaking the silence in the world behind the door.

　　Chen Ge had a bad premonition, he was a bit flustered, and not a moment later, a tall old man appeared at the door of the electrotherapy room.

　　The man was one meter eight tall, had white hair, and was wearing a doctor’s uniform. The most crucial thing was that the doctor’s uniform he was wearing was soaked in blood and turned completely red.

　　With a pale face, Chen Ge looked at the old man, and two words emerged in his mind – red.

　　Men Nan’s repeated advice not to make a sound was most likely to avoid this thing, and now that this monster had appeared, Chen Ge didn’t need to be so careful.

　　”I didn’t expect that someone other than me would come in.” The old man had kind brows and looked amiable, provided of course that he ignored the bloody clothes: “This place is not for you to come, put down the boy and leave quickly.”

　　Chen Ge was unmoved, the boy was the only bargaining chip in his hand, and he absolutely could not let go of it easily.

　　The blade was pressed against the boy’s neck, he stared at the old man in the doorway, the more he looked, the more horrible he felt.

　　The old man’s hands were slightly deformed, as if he had just been hit hard by something, and there was something wrong with that kind face, looking at it without the vitality of a living person, as if it had been mortuaryized out.

　　This guy has been dead for a long time.

　　Probably because of the Mortuary Rouge talent skill, Chen Ge made his judgment at the first time.

　　When the old man saw that Chen Ge didn’t say anything, his expression didn’t change and he took a step forward, wanting to walk into the house.

　　Noticing his move, Chen Ge directly pressed down the blade, and the boy’s eyelids gently fluttered, seemingly feeling the pain and vaguely showing signs of waking up.

　　”Don’t hurt the child.” The old man stopped and said meaningfully, “If something goes wrong with this child, you will never be able to go back.”

　　He lifted his fingers, and those broken hands re-dug under the bed, Chen Ge decisively moved away from the hospital bed when he saw it.

　　”You look tense, relax.” The old man’s voice was convincing, he was just like Dr. Gao, both of them were able to make people feel at ease without even realizing it during their conversations, I don’t know if they were using psychological hints or other conversation techniques.

　　”In this place, the only person who can communicate with you is me, and the only person who can help you is me.”

　　Chen Ge didn’t talk nonsense to the old man and raised the skull crushing hammer with one hand, pointing towards the door.

　　”You want to go out?” The old man gently shook his head, “You can leave anytime you want, but not that child, he has to stay in this room.”

　　The electrotherapy room was the best soundproofed sickroom in the entire building, completely enclosed and retrofitted with soundproof panels. No matter what happened inside, it was difficult for those outside to hear the commotion.

　　Being blocked by a red-clothed stern ghost, Chen Ge was anxious in his heart, and he was fuming, his arm exerted force, and the blade pressed down another three points.

　　The old man’s face twitched gently, but he quickly returned to normal: “I’m not threatening you, I hope you can calmly listen to my following words before you go ahead and make a decision.”

　　He changed his tone, “You may not believe me when I tell you, but right now we are all living this boy’s nightmare, and if he has an accident or comes to his senses, we will be buried here forever.”

　　”Nightmares?” Since entering the world inside the door, this was the first time Chen Ge had opened his mouth, after he finished speaking, he carefully observed the old man’s reaction and checked his own body, he did not find any abnormality, and only then did he put his heart down.

　　”That’s right, this child grew up in a mental hospital, and for various reasons, built up a morbidly insane worldview.” The old man’s next words moved Chen Ge, “You must have seen those dummies made from pillows and sheets in the corridor, they symbolize the patients in the boy’s eyes who are being treated in the hospital. Slowly numb under the stimulation of the side effects of the drugs, like the dummies, they lose their vision of everything and go into a daily trance.”

　　”He imagined all of this?” Chen Ge looked towards the hospital bed, “What explanation do you have for those severed hands? There are no them in reality.”

　　”The severed hand hidden under the bed is the embodiment of this child’s fear, at a very young age, because this child was disobedient, a doctor intentionally scared him by saying that there is a furry severed hand hidden under every child’s bed, and that if that child was naughty, the severed hand would grab the child’s ankle in the middle of the night and drag it under the bed. Because of this story, the severed hand became a symbol of fear in nightmares.” The old man said casually.

　　”There is also a monster in nightmares with a long, thin body that likes to stand on other people’s shoulders. That thing is the embodiment of desire, it was originally the same height as a normal person, but as it kept jumping on different people and taking and draining everything from that person, his body would become longer and longer. Lust never ends, and as it grows, it becomes uglier and uglier.”

　　”There are many similar examples, every single thing in this world materializes from the child’s subconscious.”

　　Chen Ge couldn’t tell whether the old man was lying or not, he always felt as if this old man was also crazy.

　　”I know it’s a bit unbelievable, but it’s the truth. The human brain has 150 billion neurons, ninety-five percent of which are in an unused state. If you compare the human brain to an iceberg, the manifest consciousness that surfaces only occupies five percent, and what is truly unknown is the subconsciousness that sinks to the bottom of the ocean.”

　　”The adult brain develops maturely, but babies are different, zero to three years old is the time when a child’s brain develops at a rapid pace, and also when the subconscious mind is dormant and the manifest consciousness is sprouting.”

　　”If during this time, his thinking concepts are constantly subverted and his brain is constantly stimulated, the subconscious mind will become highly active and even replace the normal manifest consciousness.”

　　Frankly speaking, Chen Ge didn’t fully understand what the old man said, and he always felt that the old man was lying and trying to hide something.