Chapter 1207 – The Only Wish
Seeing Chen Ge’s calm demeanor, the child in the mirror asked curiously, “Knowing that the carousel reward was a scam, aren’t you angry?”
”I did get angry at first, thinking that I had particularly bad luck, and then I realized that all the luck in my life had been used in the moment I met her.” Chen Ge moved a few steps towards Zhang Ya’s side: “She’s the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen, and she’s also the greatest luck in my life, so I’ll thank you no matter what.”
Zhang Ya seemed to be in a daze, and when she saw Chen Ge approaching her, she also gathered her black hair and took the initiative to move towards Chen Ge’s side.
They stood in front of the mirror together, but the mirror could not reflect the two of them.
”In that case, you should indeed thank me.” The child in the mirror felt as if Chen Ge was deliberately showing off, “Before Zhang Ya became a Redcoat, she was chased by a Redcoat and mistakenly entered the depths of Blood City. I saw that her ability was extremely rare, so I guided her in secret. At that time, I had to distract myself from fighting against the dean’s curse, and it was difficult to protect a fierce ghost that wasn’t even a redcoat in the chaotic Blood City, so I separated a sliver of the Blood City’s will and placed it on her, then let her hide among the Blood City’s House of Horrors.”
The child in the mirror looked at the current Fierce God Zhang Ya, and a helpless smile appeared on his face, “As a result, who knew that the trace of Blood City Will had fused with her, and even I couldn’t pull it out, so Zhang Ya became the most special existence in Blood City. If one day I disappear due to some sort of accident, then she will take over as the new Blood City Will, and this is one of my backhanders to deal with Dean.”
”So you sent Zhang Ya to Blood City and let her hide in reality in order to avoid being wiped out?”
”Other than me, only a handful of people know that Zhang Ya had entered Blood City.” The child in the mirror looked Zhang Ya up and down, he still had a feeling of unreality, “I knew she was special, but it’s still a bit out of my expectation that she could become a Fierce God so quickly.”
”When it comes to talent, Dr. Gao’s speed of becoming a Fierce God isn’t slower than Zhang Ya’s.” Chen Ge glanced to the side, Dr. Gao had never left as he followed Chen Ge into the House of Horrors.
For this former president of the Weird Tales Association, Chen Ge was still very scornful.
There was no way around it, not only was Dr. Gao’s strength horribly perverse, but his intelligence was also enough to crush most people.
”Dr. Gao spent twenty years plotting in order to become a Fierce God, and from life to death, he paid a price that you cannot imagine.” The child in the mirror looked at Dr. Gao.
Lifting his head, Dr. Gao’s lips moved slightly, and for the first time since the dean’s death, he spoke, “I completed what you explained, and from now on, we will not owe each other anything.”
”You guys have met before as well?” Chen Ge realized that Dr. Gao and the good thoughts in the mirror seemed to have had some sort of deal as well.
”Dr. Gao had entered this place through the door of your haunted house, and I was the one who saved him when he was lost in the deepest part of Blood City. It was also because he knew the truth that he chose to commit suicide in the underground corpse vault scene and entrusted his daughter to your care.” The child in the mirror pointed at the door panel of the toilet cubicle, “The nightmare pattern on that door panel is what he left behind.”
”Nightmare pattern? This evil spirit with three heads is the Nightmare?”
”Some call it Nightmare, others call it Heart Demon, it’s a monster that lives in the depths of the Black Mist, feeds on nightmares and negativity, is able to invoke the evil in people’s hearts, can destroy the Blood Gate, and possesses a power that’s the complete opposite of the Blood City.” When the child in the mirror said this, Chen Ge immediately understood.
Dr. Gao had entered the door of his haunted house before he died, and he had carved the nightmare pattern on the door to leave a way out for himself; after all, at that time, Dr. Gao also felt that the door could only be controlled by the person who pushed the door, and if he was trapped in the world behind the door and couldn’t get out, then he would simply destroy the Blood Gate to escape.
When Chang Wenyu wanted to destroy the door of the Psychic Ghost School, she also carved nightmare patterns on that door for the same reason.
In reality, the Blood Gate represented the Blood City, and the nightmare represented the Sea of Black Mist.
Many past doubts were answered, and after asking a few more questions, Chen Ge carried his parents in front of the mirror, “I found them in the sea of blood in the cursed hospital, and now the dean’s soul is broken, but they still haven’t woken up.”
”Soul wounds are hard to repair, I’ll try my best to try. You take them to the props room, there is a blood pool there, you put them into the blood pool and leave the rest to me.” The child in the mirror turned around and left, and Chen Ge also led several Fierce Gods out of the bathroom and into the props room.
Compared to the first time they came in, not much had changed here.
But after only a few seconds, the corner of the props room was torn open by an external force with a bloody opening.
That corner was also familiar to Chen Ge, every time he drew any items from the black cell phone, those items would always appear in the corner of the haunted house prop room.
A black and red thread of blood gushed out, dragging Chen Ge’s parents into the pool of blood in the corner of the room, which seemed to be connected to the underground of Blood City.
Immersed in the black and red blood, all sorts of curses and black characters surfaced under Chen Ge’s parents’ skin, and then these residual curses were washed away by the blood, and Chen Ge’s parents’ faces gradually became rosy, and they looked a little more alive.
The entire process lasted for a full hour, and when Chen Ge’s parents were sent to the blood pool, they looked to be in a much better state.
”When they leave the world behind the door, they will awaken.” A child’s figure appeared in the prop mirror placed in the prop room, and it seemed that Goodness was unwilling to let his parents see his current appearance, so he didn’t let them wake up straight away.
”Thanks a lot.”
”The one who should be thankful is me, originally I thought I would never see them again.” The child in the mirror gazed at the sea of blood churning below the blood pool, and said if he had a point, “The power that Blood City has accumulated over the years is almost still able to completely repair a crippled soul and help her usher in a new life.”
”What do you mean? If Zhang Ya enters the Blood Pool, she’ll still have a chance to become human?!” Chen Ge grabbed Zhang Ya’s hand and instantly became excited, “The soul being repaired, coupled with my living puppet talent ……”
”Yes, there is that chance, but for Fierce Gods, the success rate is only one in ten thousand. Instead, the weaker and more common the soul, the higher the success rate, are you sure you want to let Zhang Ya enter the blood pool?” The child in the mirror manipulated the black and red threads of blood, and the props were cut between them, revealing the raging sea of blood below.
Being reborn as a human would make up for all the regrets of the past, and would give you the chance to embrace the beauty of the future, so even if the success rate was only 1 in 10,000, this was still a very valuable opportunity.
Holding Zhang Ya’s hand, Chen Ge asked Zhang Ya what he meant.
Standing next to him, the blood color in Zhang Ya’s eyes faded and a trace of longing flowed out, but after a moment, she gently shook her head.
A pale finger pulled a thread of blood from her heart, and Zhang Ya took out her Fierce God’s heart, placing it back among Chen Ge’s shadow.
She didn’t speak, but had already made her choice.
”If you miss this opportunity, you might not be able to become human again in the future.” Chen Ge grabbed Zhang Ya’s hand and pulled her to the corridor, continuously persuading her.
After about half an hour, Chen Ge and Zhang Ya reentered the props room, and they had already made a decision.
”Are you sure you want Zhang Ya to use this opportunity? Pouring all of Blood City’s strength might be able to raise the success rate a little more.” The child in the mirror was prepared to go all out, and this was considered his compensation to Chen Ge.
”No need, let’s give this opportunity to Dr. Gao.” As soon as Chen Ge’s words fell, the sound of chains falling came from behind him, and Dr. Gao didn’t seem to expect it to end like this.
”Chen Ge, Blood City’s countless years of accumulation has only yielded such an opportunity, are you really going to let me have it?” Dr. Gao’s heart was beating violently, he hadn’t felt this way for a long time.
”The success rate of the Fierce God and Red Clothes is too low, and your wife is just an ordinary person, such a precious opportunity cannot be wasted.” Chen Ge wasn’t joking, and he decided to do so only after asking Zhang Ya’s wishes, “The sins you have committed, bear them yourself, but your wife is innocent. By the way, I have to tell you one more thing, Gao Ruxue is safe now, and she also asked me to take a message for her, she said that she wants to see you very much.”
Back in the underground corpse vault, Dr. Gao had every opportunity to kill Chen Ge and Zhang Ya at that time, but he didn’t do that.
No matter what reason Dr. Gao had, this was a fact that could not be avoided.
”Thank you.” It was the first time that Dr. Gao revealed such a look as he ripped off the chains on his chest and used his fingers to cut open his heart, removing his wife’s mutilated soul from the tip of his heart.
”Her body was destroyed by Blood City and the ghosts and monsters in the black mist, but my flesh and blood are still intact, so you can use my flesh to make a living puppet for her.” Dr. Gao held the remnants of his wife’s soul, the curse in his wife’s soul had dispersed after Dean’s death.
”No problem.”
After receiving Chen Ge’s affirmative reply, Dr. Gao put his wife’s residual soul into the blood pool, which hid the purest energy stripped from countless negative emotions and souls of the dead in its depths.
As the boundless color of blood continued to wash over her, the remnant soul of Dr. Gao’s wife gradually became complete.
”My flesh and blood is hidden in a certain building in Blood City, you guys wait for a moment, I’ll go fetch it back.” Dr. Gao kept his own flesh and blood, perhaps he was also waiting for this day.
It wasn’t long before Dr. Gao returned to the House of Horrors with a special red coat.
When he saw that special red dress, Chen Ge was also a bit surprised because the other party was none other than the Well Throwing Female Ghost from the Living Coffin Village.
”She is the red clothes that has existed for the longest time in Hanyue, and in order to find a way to resurrect my wife, I went to seek her help.” Dr. Gao asked the well-throwing female ghost to put down her own flesh and blood, “It was difficult to maintain the flesh and blood active behind the door, I couldn’t distract myself, so I had to entrust her to look after the flesh and blood for me.”
Dr. Gao’s words were very plain, and the well throwing female ghost did not show anything unusual, if Chen Ge had not been to the Living Coffin Village and knew that the Living Coffin Village behind the door had already been razed, he was afraid that he would really believe Dr. Gao’s words.
With the help of a few Fierce Gods, Chen Ge quickly used Dr. Gao’s flesh and blood to create a living puppet.
The remnant soul of Dr. Gao’s wife was also restored in the blood pool, and when that soul was placed into the living puppet, the entire Blood City suddenly shook.
The boundary between life and death was broken, and Dr. Gao’s wife’s heart once again beat.
Looking at that familiar face, Dr. Gao’s gaze became so gentle for the first time.
He gently helped his wife fix her hair, and just when everyone thought that Dr. Gao was going to wake up his wife, he quietly said to Chen Ge, “I want to ask you to do me one last favor, as long as you finish this, I will help you defend Blood City for eternity and atone for all the sins on my body.”
”What favor?”
”After you take my wife away from the Blood Sect, help me modify the memories of Gao Ruxue, my wife, and some of the people around her.” Dr. Gao’s eyes carried a thousand reluctance as he gently stood up, “Just change it to, the person who died in a car accident more than ten years ago was me.”
After spending nearly twenty years laying out the groundwork, killing the blood feud dean, and resurrecting his wife, Dr. Gao’s last wish was just to have his wife and daughter forget about him.
Chen Ge didn’t expect Dr. Gao’s last wish to be this, he didn’t agree directly, “I think it’s better for you to meet them in person.”
”I’ve killed countless people and eaten countless ghosts over the years, the sins I’ve committed can’t even be cleansed by the sea of blood.” Dr. Gao looked at his wife, his eyes not leaving for a moment, “I don’t want them to see me like this.”
Seeing that his wife was about to awaken, Dr. Gao silently retreated towards the outside of the house, “I’ll help you guard the Blood City, perhaps when I’ve finished atoning for the sins on my body, I’ll go to them.”
Dr. Gao left, and he didn’t look back.
”The cursed hospital has done a lot of harm, if only everything could start over.” Chen Ge looked at Dr. Gao’s back as he left and was very emotional.
”It’s hard to change things in the past, what we have to do is to avoid the same tragedy from happening again. The black fog keeps harboring the seed of the curse, perhaps a new dean will appear in the future, I can’t leave Blood City, I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble you then.” The child in the mirror said to Chen Ge.
”Growing up in different environments, even the Cursed Seed will blossom differently.” Chen Ge looked at the child in the mirror, “I know what to do.”
”I’ve finished what I have to say, push open the door to the compartment and you can return to reality.” The child’s figure in the mirror was slowly fading.
Pressing the door of the haunted house’s toilet cubicle, Chen Ge suddenly twisted his head and asked the kid, “If I push open this bloody door from that side of reality at some midnight zero, will I be able to know all the truth directly?”
”I was muddled most of the time before Dean’s soul was gone, and he’s been using my flesh and blood and my obsession with home to influence me. I happened to stay awake when Dr. Gao entered the door.”
”If Dr. Gao had entered the Blood Gate when you were unconscious, what would have happened?” Chen Ge was eager to know the answer to this question.
A trace of guilt flashed in the eyes of the child in the mirror, and he did not specify, but simply said, “Your shadow had also sneaked inside the door, and at that time, I was then in an unconscious state, and the dean sensed it through the curse, tricked it into a room where time flowed very slowly, and tortured it for a long, long time.”