Gao Ming treated the faceless figurine inside the mirror as a horror story; the ironic thing was the figurine treated Gao Ming as a horror story. The two horrors stared at each other, not knowing what the other was thinking.
The faceless figurine represented the dead Gods in the shadow world. They once lived in their own assigned rules. They might appear to be the villains, but no one followed the rules more than they did. Gao Ming represented a new force. His goal was to kill fate and overturn the rules.
“Humans will turn to God during desperation. However, how will they know that the desperation they face is designed by God all along?” The faceless figurine didn’t underestimate Gao Ming. It had experienced the horror of the God of Flesh and Blood at the Li San Hospital. It treated Gao Ming as an equal.
After surviving so many scary things, Gao Ming completed the swift in identity. He changed from the food served on the table to a guest at the dining table.
Different from the ‘friendly chat’ inside the bathroom, the atmosphere in the activity room was tense. Fan Li’s group saw a lot of ghosts moving through the computer screen, and they panicked.
“I told you we shouldn’t come here!” Youyou screeched. The fear enveloped her. “Is it too late for us to leave now?”
“We need to go!” Brother Lee calculated the time, “We can’t be trapped by them!”
They failed to find the mud figurine, but they fell into a trap. Ou Yang Susu carried Sister Zhang and ran towards the exit, ignoring the latter’s resistance.
The folding door opened. The ghost music came from outside. A ghost with a drawn face poked through the door. The sleeves dripped on the ground. The singing faceless ghost flitted everywhere as its voice sharpened and rose. It almost pierced their eardrums.
“Fuck! Why is she here?”
“Your family is begging you for help.” Gao Ming’s reflection mocked. His smile was discomfiting.
“He is not begging me. He wants to save me.” Gao Ming stared at the mirror. “This is the difference between us. I respect their choices, and I let them decide on their fates. I don’t treat them like toys like you do. Even if something like you is revived, you’ll entrap all humanity in the future and become the new fate.”
“Anyone knows how to spin a beautiful lie.” Gao Ming’s reflection stuck to the mirror. “I can sense the emotions of the God inside your heart. It is more aloof than I am. He doesn’t even care about these people.”
The ghosts from the neighbourhood committee flooded into the building. Fan Li, who could barely look after himself, called Gao Ming’s name. However, he got no response. He had to choose between Gao Ming and his other teammates. The singing woman applied a lot of pressure. He failed to get to the bathroom, no matter how many times he tried. He had to retreat to reunite with Brother Lee.
The two only got into the corridor when screams came from downstairs. Youyou and Bai Shu, who were the first to escape, were ambushed by the paper dolls inside Granny Lee’s home. They struggled in despair. Thick emotions percolated like they were preparing for the last bloom in their lives.
Human wills exploded. The slumbering God of Flesh and Blood twitched his eyes. He could taste the will of the living. However, he did nothing beyond that. The God of Flesh and Blood would not intervene. The deeper the struggle the humans got themselves in, the purer their faith. This was the thing the God of Flesh and Blood needed.
“I know why you can’t ever kill fate.” Gao Ming witnessed the faceless figurine and the God of Flesh and Blood’s attitude towards the living, “Even if you manage to kill fate, you’ll become a new and worse fate.”
To welcome a new change, one had to escape from the existing cycle. Even if one day he’d be dragged back into the cycle, he had to make all the changes he could in the process. Gao Ming tightened his fist and looked at his aloof reflection. His heart thumped like thunder. The goal he was there was the faceless figurine.
“Found you!”