Chapter 873: Well-fed

After the last drop of blood was absorbed, the basement returned to normal. “I should be able to hear his voice after at most 3 more sacrifices.” Han Fei had a feeling.

“Let’s go. We shouldn’t stay here for too long. The ghosts in the city are looking for the figurines too.” No. 1 and No. 2 covered the altar and exited the pharmacy. After making sure there was no one around, they drove back to the center headquarters.

“Teacher Gao, where have you been?” Tou Qi came to Han Fei. “I have social anxiety like you. I know you don’t like crowds, but we have to learn to mix in them. Everyone here is very nice.” Tou Qi was misunderstood as a spy due to his power for a long time. With Tou Qi leading the way, Han Fei met the different captains. They were the leaders of the center. They had all lived through the worst. They were very friendly to Han Fei. After all, Han Fei had achieved many impossible things. If Li Xue hadn’t insisted, Han Fei would have been kept outside the center due to his high mental corruption. Everyone thought that Li Xue had a good eye.UppTodated from nô/v/e/lb(i)n.c(o)/m

At the end of the celebration, the admins rewarded Han Fei with 50000 contribution points as well as a lot of ghost blood and a Lingering Spirit heart to help with his discovery. Now, everyone knew that there was a strange man within the center that ate ghosts.

With seven awakenings, Han Fei was powerful enough to be a vice-captain. The admins did offer that but Han Fei didn’t intend to leave the frontline. The investigation department that had Fu Lie, the leader of Team One, and Han Fei became the strongest department at the center. They could influence the direction of the center more.

During the latter half of the night, the celebration was cut short because the messengers the center sent to other bases suddenly appeared outside the safe zone. They stood in the shadow like zombies. Their eyes bulged like rotten fish. When light shone on the messengers, their bodies exploded. The flesh and guts wiggled to form the phrase—Revenge will be Taken.

The phrase contained the presence of Pure Hatred. Everyone felt blinding pain in their eyes. This incident caught the attention of the patrols. After reporting, the higher-ups personally came to examine this.

“The messengers were normal people. They were responsible for helping us maintain communication with other human bases. The ghosts are taunting us. They will go after the smaller bases first.” Tou Qi’s face was dark. Ghosts didn’t care about morality.

“You mean bases like the school?” Han Fei got to know many things through the center. In a few decades after the tragedy, many smaller bases found a new way to survive and that was to perform sacrifices to the ghosts in exchange for safety. They didn’t have the power to fight back, so they turned themselves into feed for ghosts. They could turn to bigger bases, but that meant that they would have to give up power. They’d rather be the king of livestock than living under another power.

“The school served multiple Black Buildings, so it was considered a large base. These bases are much smaller.” Tou Qi sighed. “Some of these bases are fully cursed. Once you leave, you’ll die. Some of them are so controlled by ghosts that they are no different from ghosts.”

After getting the map, Han Fei left the center alone. He found a secluded place and realized the new Pure Hatred, Fear Demon.

Han Fei hadn’t forgotten Li Xue’s suggestion. He wanted to use Gao Cheng to control the Pure Hatred under Deep Sea Aquarium. He might not be able to do that before, but he wanted to try after having seven awakenings. With Brother Chou’s dominating persona, Gao Cheng’s memory as well as Tong Xin’s manipulative power, Han Fei’s success rate skyrocketed.

“It’s Gao Xing’s memory buried under the aquarium. What I’m doing is stealing God’s past in his world.” If he failed, Han Fei would be hated by the whole altar world. But if he succeeded, the reward would be amazing too. Gao Cheng and Gao Xing were twin flowers. The stronger Gao Cheng was, the weaker Gao Xing would be.

“Who knows when God will return? I need to do this as soon as possible.” Han Fei couldn’t fight God on his own. He needed cooperation from the members of the center. He needed the Top Pure Hatred weakened before he could use his power on it.

“I need to try my best to garner more support.” Han Fei took out the card given to him by Captain Zhong. “What did he mean by a vote? Also, Li Xue has been to Hope City for two days already. How come there’s no news from her at all? Is she in trouble?”

Hope City was more complicated than the center. Humans fought with ghosts above and under the table. It was hard to say who would rule Hope City in the future. Han Fei put away the card and drove to the Village of Longevity. He chose this place because this vacation villa was closest to the Strange Building, Gu Yang Tian Nian Old Folk’s Home.

When Han Fei first arrived at the altar world, he obtained Gao Cheng’s diary. It had the info on three Strange Buildings. They were Third Optometrist Hospital, Gu Yang Tian Nian Old Folk’s Home, and Deep Sea Aquarium. These three Strange Buildings were tied to Gao Cheng and Gao Xing’s fates.

Han Fei parked the car at a secluded place and switched on masterful acting. He looked like a beggar who had been starved for days. Han Fei put away the black band and walked through the overgrown path before he reached the Village of Longevity.

The village still had a rusted road sign and a giant ad poster outside. However, the elders in the ad smiled so creepily.

Han Fei remembered that all the survivors here were cursed. If they left the village, they would die from old age instantly. The strangest thing was the citizens here had to drink a lot of water daily, and they had to get the water from the old well in the village.