CHAPTER 358: CHAPTER 358: THE VISITOR

Time goes back to one day earlier.

Bai Yanliang and his team were still on a mission at the villa when someone approached Gu Pingsheng.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

"Come in."

A man with a long, narrow scar on his face walked into the clinic.

"Long time no see, Doctor Gu." The young man plopped into a chair, draping his arms over the back, and looked at Gu Pingsheng with slanted eyes.

"Chen Tianzhen," Gu Pingsheng looked up, his gaze calm as he called out the name, "You still look so young."

"Haha," though the man referred to as Chen Tianzhen laughed, there wasn’t a trace of humor on his face, "Indeed, as you can see, I’m still young."

"Still...so young..." Chen Tianzhen repeated quietly, his expression a little dazed.

But only for a moment, before he regained his senses, glancing around the small clinic, "Indeed...even under these circumstances, you still open a clinic in Ye City."

"Why have you come to see me?" Gu Pingsheng didn’t follow his words, directly asking his intention.

"Don’t be a stranger, don’t forget you’re also...a member of the Dark Abyss," Chen Tianzhen’s gaze landed on Gu Pingsheng’s face, "Mr. Two-faced Man."

"He’s already dead."

Gu Pingsheng said calmly.

"Dead..." Chen Tianzhen let out a light laugh, "That’s so carefree. Ten years ago, you single-handedly established the Dark Abyss, made all the plans, and everything we’re doing now...you taught us!"

"Don’t try to extricate yourself. As you once said, what we’re doing is extraordinarily noble! The Dark Abyss will always hold your name, Mr. Two-faced Man." Chen Tianzhen looked sinisterly at Gu Pingsheng.

"Do you have something to say?" Gu Pingsheng remained calm, "I won’t disturb you, and I hope you won’t disturb me, nor...Fog Gathering."

He looked directly into Chen Tianzhen’s eyes, "What happened in Zhongyuan Village was the last time."

Chen Tianzhen immediately averted his gaze, looking elsewhere, "I’ll be direct, we need your key, to transform someone."

"Who?" Gu Pingsheng asked.

"Bai Yanliang."

Chen Tianzhen spat out the name.

"Him?" Gu Pingsheng looked at Chen Tianzhen, "Are you going to make a move against him?"

Chen Tianzhen shook his head, showing apprehension for the first time, "No, it’s that person who came out from the gap."

"Him..." Gu Pingsheng’s gaze changed slightly, "Ten years ago, we wronged him."

"Wronged him? Heh..." A look of ridicule appeared on Chen Tianzhen’s face, "Put nicely, he bore the curse alone. In reality? He had long left behind a fallback plan, that door is both a curse and a source of power! Based on Dr. Zhou’s research, he’d long discovered the gap, he was never dead!"

"Not only is he not dead, but he also left behind a so-called brother. For ten years, Yang Wanlong, that loyal dog, has been escorting and strictly guarding the psychiatric institution. As you’ve seen, now Bai Yanliang is entering the First Prison, just as per his plan, isn’t he?" Chen Tianzhen’s expression turned agitated, "He deceived all of us!"

Listening to Chen Tianzhen’s account, Gu Pingsheng’s expression didn’t change in the slightest, "Even after Bai Yanliang was discharged, he still fell into your trap."

"He Yige and Gao Fei were specifically recruited by you to deceive Yang Wanlong’s eyes." Gu Pingsheng seemed incredibly informed about Bai Yanliang’s situation.

"Recruit? Haha..." Chen Tianzhen laughed, "Doctor Gu, even you have your moments of oversight."

Gu Pingsheng furrowed his brow for the first time, "He Yige?"

"Exactly..." Chen Tianzhen instinctively lowered his voice, "The true new recruit is only Gao Fei. The other gentleman is the current true leader of the Dark Abyss... the Lawyer."

Gu Pingsheng was silent for a while, seemingly finding it hard to digest this news, "Who was He Yige ten years ago?"

"This..." Chen Tianzhen smiled, "Let’s make a deal. Use the key to help us transform someone into Bai Yanliang, and I...can tell you everything I know about Dark Abyss right now."

These words entirely took Gu Pingsheng by surprise.

"Who do you work for now?"

Chen Tianzhen looked seriously at Gu Pingsheng, pointing to his heart, "It."

"Dark Abyss is going to make a move against Yang Wanlong, though I too want to cut down Yang Wanlong, using women to threaten him is not something I wish to do," Chen Tianzhen seemed a bit lost, as if reminiscing, "The Lawyer has gone astray, those seven... it’s hard to call them human now..."

"Did you give the Barber’s key to Gao Fei?" Gu Pingsheng asked.

"Of course."

Gu Pingsheng’s expression turned a bit dim, he seemed to have been paying attention to Gao Fei, "He’s a good man."

"We’re all good people," Chen Tianzhen said without hesitation, "Though I don’t agree with some of the Lawyer’s actions, if he completes your plan, he might really be able to save the world, you should be more aware of that than me."

Gu Pingsheng remained silent for a long while, until Chen Tianzhen was almost impatient, then he finally spoke:

"Bai Yanliang is a piece left behind by him, born to compete for the Command Prison’s key. Once the First Prison ends, and the key condenses into shape, Bai Yanliang loses his value, why expend so much effort on him?"

Chen Tianzhen looked at him with full irony, saying, "Don’t play dumb, Doctor Gu. You and I both know, when he bore all the curses back then, that door disappeared simultaneously, and in that same moment, his brother was sent to the psychiatric institution. Could there be such a coincidence in the world?"

"On Bai Yanliang, there must be secrets about that door, perhaps he himself is that door." Chen Tianzhen said with certainty.

Gu Pingsheng finally stood up, walking toward Chen Tianzhen.

"Do you truly believe from the bottom of your heart, that everything that lawyer is leading you to do is for this world?"

Gu Pingsheng’s gaze was serious and earnest.

"Don’t look at me; I don’t want to be hypnotized by you," Chen Tianzhen averted his gaze once again, and softly said, "I don’t believe the Lawyer is doing the right thing. Though I have no evidence, I can feel an extremely terrifying rage suppressed in his heart; it’s as if... it would burn this world down."

"So, who are you working for?" Gu Pingsheng asked the question again.

This time, before Chen Tianzhen could reply, a tall figure appeared at the doorway.

Along with the familiar voice:

"Me."

A slightly familiar voice suddenly rang out, but Gu Pingsheng couldn’t quite place who it was. He turned to look at the doorway of the clinic, where the person stood in shadow, with sunlight nearby but not touching it at all.

"Hello, Doctor Gu," the man’s figure walked out of the shadow and into the clinic, "I’m Ren Wudao, also a doctor."