Chapter 879: Witness

“Does the briar and dandelion represent Ah Nian’s two kids? Are the flowers his family and friends?” When Han Fei recovered, the memory was gone, and he had two wilted flowers in his hands.

“I saw a blank book, and Ah Nian held a photo album. His family is the flowers in the ghost territory.”

Han Fei flipped to the page with 5 am and placed the two flowers inside. The crying weakened. The flowers slowly disappeared into the pages.

“Notification for Player 0000! You’ve found the special item—the Book of Life.

“Book of Life: Every book is a person’s life. Everything you’ve experienced has been written into the book.”

Han Fei continued to walk down the garden. Every flower hoped to be taken by Han Fei. So many souls were trapped here.

Honestly, Han Fei wanted to take out Rest in Peace and pull all the souls into the abyss but it was too risky. Han Fei focused on finding the other flowers. A few minutes later, he found hops. When he picked the flower, he saw another one of Ah Nian’s memory. It was the first day Ah Nian went to work at Immortal Pharma.

The department leader was his teacher. His colleagues approved of him. This should be a good story, but as the experiments continued, Ah Nian realized he was a part of some crazy plot to create some kind of drugs. Tormented by conscience and lured in by money, Ah Nian slowly fell.

The years passed. One day at 3 am, his teacher participated in an experiment and died. The hops bloomed. Ah Nian took over his teacher’s job. He became the person responsible for the new experiment.

The hops contained part of Ah Nian’s teacher’s soul. This flower was also a part of Ah Nian’s memory. Han Fei slowly collected the flowers, and Ah Nian’s past became more complete. This tester caught in time was not a normal bystander. He was someone who was deeply involved in the experiments. When he was young, he was honest and dull. He was very lowkey as well. After joining Immortal Pharma, he became a respected scientist. He was silent and hardworking. The reason he was so focused was his two kids. They had a kind of very rare illness. He wanted to save his kids. He even volunteered to be the experiment subject. After many experiments, he noticed that his mind started to have problems. He believed everyone around him was crazy. To ensure that he didn’t lose his job, he kept this a secret. He acted like a normal person. The project continued. He also approached the core of Immortal Pharma. His family and friends started to die. Even his neighbors moved away. It felt like there was an invisible hand guiding the latter half of his life. In the end, he managed to come into contact with Immortal Pharma’s darkest secret, the black box.

“It feels like Ah Nian has been used by Gao Xing and the Butterfly. There are signs of mental control in every facet of his life....” The flowers Ah Nian told Han Fei to pick always had butterflies around them. After spending a lot of effort and time, Han Fei found most of the flowers. He only needed to find the moonflower.

“That last flower should represent the last thing Ah Nian saw.”

The path had been swallowed up by the flowers. Flowers and butterflies surrounded Han Fei. The flowers begged Han Fei to save them; the butterflies fluttered around Han Fei like they were watching him.

A non-moving clock hung in the mysterious black room. Ah Nian inspected the chambers like usual when he heard knocking. Other than him, no one should be able to enter this space. Ah Nian looked up. The knocking came from the black room. Just as he thought he had heard wrongly, the clock started to tick again. The participants in the chambers started to bleed. The shrill siren rang out. The red light shone on Ah Nian’s face. Then he saw the black room being pushed open by bloody hands. Endless ghosts crawled out!

Nightmare descended. Ah Nian’s mind was blank. He subconsciously ran towards his children’s treatment chambers. He lay down beside his children. The memory ended there. The moonflower was made using Ah Nian’s soul.

All the flowers were collected. Words appeared in Ah Nian’s book of life but Han Fei didn’t have the time to read.

After the gardener died, Pure Hatred’s roar came from under the sea of flowers.

“Run!”

Han Fei rushed back to the security room as fast as he could.

“Brother, I’ve tried my best.”

Han Fei placed the book of life on the security room table. Ah Nian, in the window, did the same and placed the photo album there.

The past and future overlapped, and a miracle happened. The pages started to flip on their own. The wilted flowers bloomed on the pages. Laughter and cries came from the book. The people in the book came alive. They entered Ah Nian’s body, and he became more real. When his body became solid, the window cracked. The two clocks overlapped. The next second, both clocks ticked.

The security room’s glass window shattered. All the objects rapidly aged. A man in Immortal Pharma uniform escaped from the time prison!

“Notification for Player 0000! You’ve completed the altar mission, Ah Nian. You’ve gained a lot EXP, a unique item, a caretaker Id, Ah Nian’s friendship, and trust.

“Caretaker Id: When you wear this Id, you won’t be attacked by the other caretakers and the elders. However, you still need to be careful of the doctors who have lost their minds.

“Ah Nian (Owner of the Memory Persona): God has lied to him. When he tried to awaken for the seventh time, the past memories forced him into madness. He was trapped in the past and became a toy for Pure Hatred.

“After the same minute repeated itself for 30 years, you’ve shattered that cycle. You’ve helped him achieve his seventh awakening!”