Horror Game Designer

Chapter 266: Surgical Room

Gao Ming just asked a casual question, but the security member thought about it seriously. A few minutes later, he finally said, “First, you need to find a gaming hub that is not on the market anymore. Then, you need to find former players in the game to see whether you can get log-in access from them. Lastly, and most importantly, you can only log in and out of the taboo game at Xin Lu Intelligent City. However, non-Xin Lu natives cannot even pass the identity verification of the intelligent city system.

“The investigation centre knows the value of the taboo game, so they will not give city entry access to anyone. Only those with the cleanest background will be allowed through.”

The man’s words encouraged Gao Ming to ignore the taboo game for now. However, another hypothesis appeared in his mind.

“The taboo game transfers a person’s consciousness into the game to allow them to see a different world. If Lu Zang was not lying, could the gaming world be the real world or the waking world?” Gao Ming was about to ask the man when he realised the man didn’t look right. Blood poured out of the man’s eyes. Black blood oozed out of his orifices.

“Suicide? No…” Gao Ming removed the blinking blood band. Something inside the band pierced the man’s blood vessel. It was some kind of poison. Gao Ming examined the band and understood the situation. The man said something to trigger the system within the band. Those who exposed the centre’s secret would be killed by the band.

“Is the investigation centre really an agent of justice?”

If the reality was a dream, the investigation centre was the claws of the nightmare. However, this claw was cracked due to different voices controlling it. Gao Ming didn’t deny that there were actual people fighting for justice inside the investigation centre. However, the centre was corrupted at the top. If the ship were not steered on the right path, it would only derail.

“These security members should have access to enter the game. I have to capture some living ones.” Gao Ming took out the blind man’s death portrait and summoned the big dog. The big dog wanted to stretch since he didn’t have many chances to visit real life. However, when he saw the broken ghosts and gods beside him, he was so scared that his fur stood on the ends.

“I feel that there’s a real God standing here. What have you been feeding it?” A low voice came from the big dog.

“Nothing.” Gao Ming’s vague answer worried the big dog. He dragged Gao Ming to the corner by biting on his sleeve. “You have to pay a certain price to use a ghost’s power. It’s a fair trade. When the day comes that you can’t satisfy him anymore, you will become his nutrients.”

“I am one with the God of Flesh and Blood anymore. Our many deaths have sealed up together.”

“Do not trust him!” The big dog said seriously, “There are no Gods who ask for nothing. Perhaps this is what he wants to see. Once you cannot be separated anymore, he will be reborn in you.” The big dog had spent a long time in the shadow world. He had seen and heard many scary things.

“If I can survive until that day, I don’t mind fulfilling his wish.” Gao Ming knew how dangerous his path ahead was. He couldn’t do it with the God of Flesh and Blood.

“You have lost your mind.” The big dog stopped persuading him. He stayed in the shadows and looked around with alert. “Why did you call me out? This place is more eerie than the shadow world.”

“Situ An’s home is hidden here.”

“I’m not a real dog. I can’t track a person’s trail.” The big dog rolled his eyes. Ever since he followed Gao Ming, his personality had brightened a lot.

“I need you to help me capture a few people and lock them up inside your resentment room.” Gao Ming shrugged, “They’ve seen my secrets, and I don’t like to kill.”

“Are you sure you can find live people here?” Once the big dog said that, gunshots came from outside the building. They walked to the window and looked out. The horror game players had received the mission from Xuan Wen. They entered the front buildings all prepared. Some ran into ghosts, while others were hunted.

“Xia Yang is still there.” Gao Ming had a headache. The front and back buildings were like two different worlds. His connection to Xia Yang weakened. Teacher Xia disappeared once Gao Ming moved his eyes away. However, he had to admit the man was useful. Gao Ming punched the window. After the window shattered, he couldn’t see the lights from the front building anymore. He only saw the thick darkness.

“Can you only enter and not leave the back building?”

Horrid screams came from the sixth floor. When the security members tried to escape, they encountered the awakening anomalies. Gao Ming did nothing, but some of them had already been killed. After they lost K, the team could barely handle the horror at the back building.

“Come. Let’s go check on them.”

The staircase of the back building grew pus and mould. The folds on the wall thickened.

The corridor of the sixth floor was dim. The only light source came from the glow of the surgical room signs. The signs shone in a light red colour. They were like the eyes of a beast. Several pools of blood were left on the corridor. There were also torn investigation centre uniforms. The big dog picked up a broken part of a blood band.

“Don’t bite that. There is poison in their bands.” Gao Ming didn’t want to enter the sixth floor. The anomalies were awakening, and the place would only become more dangerous. However, he needed the living members to get more information.

“Let’s go.” The place was quiet, but the atmosphere was tense. Gao Ming paused before the surgical room. The red light shone on his face when the door suddenly opened. A giant white curtain split the room into two. Gao Ming could see the curtain fluttering, but he couldn’t see what was behind it.

“Is there where the security members were caught and kept?”

The chains crawled into the room. Gao Ming used his eyes to signal Gong Xi to be careful. He still had no idea what the real threat was at Li San Hospital. Since Situ An dared to trick him into going there, he must have confidence that something at the hospital could kill Gao Ming.

Gao Ming slowly approached the white curtain. Suddenly, a man’s voice came from the other side, “Hand me the blood-stopping clamp.”