CHAPTER 623: UNSPEAKABLE NAME

“Fu Shu told me that Immortal Pharma focused their resources on two plans: one was Dream Break Town, and the other was Han Hai.

“When I dealt with the investigation centre at Han Hai, I met many security members who came from Xin Lu. The team leader, Wan Jie, was one of them. His real identity should be that of a project manager with Immortal Pharma. From the looks of things, Immortal Pharma had found a way to enter Han Hai. It was not physically but through dreaming.

“It is easier to understand when I view Han Hai as a deep-level dream larger than Han Hai. The security members used some devices to log into Han Hai like the players. They gained resources and conducted experiments in Han Hai to master information about the ghosts.”

After Gao Ming regained his memory, he instantly remembered many things. “The commotion here is huge. However, it is not yet time to fight Immortal Pharma directly. I wish to keep hiding in the dark.” Gao Ming didn’t want others to know that he had recovered his memory. “I need to seal up Dream Break Town and prevent people from leaving. I’ll delay this for as long as I can.”

Actually, Gao Ming still had some doubts. He took out the walkie-talkie. After the God of Flesh and Blood became a Dream Ghost, all the voices in the walkie-talkie disappeared.

“No. 2 who gave me this is highly mysterious. However, Immortal Pharma has the power to trap it. This means that Immortal Pharma has tricks that Fu Shu doesn’t know about.” Gao Ming glanced at the God of Flesh and Blood. Gong Xi caught the meaning. The red buildings resonated as a thick blood vessel coursed through the ground. Moments later, three residents, including the Dream Priest, a human bear and two water ghosts, were hauled to Gao Ming.

“Did Immortal Pharma only plant this many people here?” Gao Ming was disappointed. He had the God of Flesh and Blood investigate everyone in the nightmare and ferried the suspicious ones to him.

“We… We have met before. I even gave you the right directors.” The tall human bear caved instantly. He was the first to kneel before Gao Ming. He stammered. “We will not intervene with Dream Break Town. We do not have that ability. We merely hand in our reports every seven days. I… I was once a tester like you. My friends were sacrificed. I was only given two choices. I could stay to be Immortal Pharma’s spy or die.” The ugly human bear squeezed out his tears. It was very fake.

“There are around ten people who write the reports. However, a lot of them have been killed in the earlier fight. My little brother and I hid in the water. We were lucky to have been spared.” The water ghost held her little brother’s hand. After some hesitations, she pointed at the Dream Priest. “He is the manager planted here by Immortal Pharma. Detain him, but don’t kill him! That way, his consciousness can’t flee from Dream Break Town. The people outside will not know what has happened here for another four days.”

“Why four days?”

“We would finish and surrender our reports every seven days. The last report was done three days ago.” The water ghost held her brother’s hands. “My brother and I were tricked here. We didn’t participate in anything. I hope you can let him go.”

“Me too! Me too!” The human bear kowtowed. “Innocent people were turned into monsters. Only Immortal Pharma’s trusted personnel could stay in the village!” Once he said that, the three residents paled. The Dream Priest lowered his head. He wanted to bite something, but he failed.

The flood carried the Dream Priest to Gao Ming. Zhang Ding yanked off the Dream Priest’s skin and placed his head on the priest’s shoulder. He looked scary. “The bastard wanted to escape, but I caught him.”

“I know I can always trust Brother Zhang.” Gao Ming was happy to see an old friend. “How is your recovery coming along?”

“I merely got decapitated.” Zhang Ding shrugged nonchalantly, “Resume your interrogation. I’ll handle the rest.”

The grounds cracked. Two capillaries crawled out to bind the Dream Priest. Gao Ming stared at the person’s blurry face. He didn’t ask anything related to Immortal Pharma. Instead, he had a question that had been boggling him. “Can you see the name of everyone who enters Dream Break Town? You told me my name is not Gao Ming. Then, what is my name?”

In Dream Break Town, a person’s name was their fate. Many testers were turned into animals and objects because their names were branded on the stone boulder. They forgot themselves and became easily manipulated.

“Dream hasn’t fully disappeared. The town’s Yong Gods, Xi Gods and Ji Gods were part of its life. You ate them. You took over the Unmentionable’s life. It might be reborn on you.” The Dream Priest shed his disguise, “Now, only we can help you. We can work together.”

Gao Ming smiled silently.

“Immortal Pharma has struck many deals with the unknown entities in the inner world. They have no bottom line. You can underestimate a ghost’s cruelty, but you cannot underestimate humanity’s despicability.” The Dream Priest could feel the two capillaries moving under his skin. It felt like two tentacles trying to touch his brain. “Immortal Pharma built Dream Break Town to cultivate our own Unmentionable. You are the fruit of our labours! We can set up a holistic, collaborative effort! Think about it!”

The blood vessels split up in the Dream Priest’s brain to form a net. When the time was right, Gao Ming closed his fingers. “Just answer my question.”

“You have no idea what you’re doing. You’ll regret this for disrespecting Immortal Pharma.”

“Name. I only need to know my own name!” Gao Ming and the God of Flesh and Blood tightened their fists. Thousands of needles pierced into the priest’s brain. To find his name, Gao Ming used God’s power to drag the man into endless nightmares.

In the blink of an eye, the Dream Priest experienced endless fear. His body rapidly wilted.

It was revealed that the Dream Priest wore many layers of human skin, each representing a name or identity he once held.

The God of Flesh and Blood peeled off the human skin layers like an onion. In the end, only an eyeball remained of the Dream Priest. His deepest secrets were hidden in his left eye. At that moment, his pupil shook with fear.

The fingertip touched the eyeball. Blood vessels crawled over the eye. Gao Ming saw a name being torn apart by twelve bloody hands in the bloody mist.

The Dream Priest didn’t know what Gao Ming’s real name was. However, when he attempted to use the Name Replacement Method in Gao Ming, he accidentally discovered that Gao Ming’s real name was related to the karmic connections of twelve Unmentionables.