You don't need to know how I know that. Just continue. "Chen Ge paid close attention. He did not want to miss a single word.
"The shadow appeared to be chased by someone, but as he slowly grew, he started to look down on those who were chasing him. In all of Jiujiang, the only place he did not dare go was Western Jiujiang."
The more Chen Ge listened, the more he felt like this was the shadow that he had encountered in Li Wan City. However, at the time, the shadow had not split into the ghost fetus, and his power was at its peak.
"The shadow searched all over Jiujiang and found nine altars in total. The one behind me is only one of them. These nine altars correspond to the nine mud statuettes that he personally made. Each statuette is a person, and they represent one of his bodies. "
"Wait, I don't quite get what you mean. What do you mean by each mud statuette represents one of his bodies? Does that mean that if I destroy all the mud statuettes, I'll be able to kill him? " Chen Ge had found three altars. There were two at the futuristic theme park, but one of the altars did not have a mud statuette, so it was most likely a fake.
"I have no idea, but I advise you not to think that way. That thing is different from normal Specters. You won't be able to kill him." The man told Chen Ge everything he knew. "I've been carrying this altar for many years, and I noticed the shadow's presence lingering on it like the altar is the shadow's real body. I suspect the shadow is using the altar to help the mud statuettes adapt to his presence so that the ghost fetus can take over the humans."
His voice became softer and softer, and his aura weakened. "This altar used to be very scary, but some time ago, I don't know what happened to the shadow, but the presence on the altar suddenly dropped, and it became more normal."
The "some time ago" that the man mentioned should be when Chen Ge and Doctor Gao killed the shadow in Li Wan City.
"Looks like the shadow's death did affect the ghost fetus." Chen Ge stood up and looked at the altar.
The inner wall of the altar was carved with the word "death." Different from the altars at the futuristic theme park, the altar at this old house had nine blood-soaked paper mannequins stuffed inside it.
"Another nine paper mannequins?"
There was nothing on the paper dolls. There were no names written on them, and they all looked the same.
"Nine altars, nine mud statuettes, and nine paper dolls. What is this ghost fetus trying to do?" Chen Ge's brows creased in contemplation. "If I were the ghost fetus, I would not want to be disturbed by the outside world during this important moment of my transformation into a human …"
Chen Ge felt that he had found an important clue, but he didn't have time to think about it because the man on the ground was about to disappear.
"Don't worry about me. I still have that person's curse on me. The moment I say this, my soul is destined to scatter." The man seemed to have accepted it. "I thought I would succumb to the curse and be forced to do something to hurt Fang Yu. This is the best ending for me."
"You injured me and my employees, and now you want to walk away? Do you think that's possible? " Chen Ge had the red high heels keep an eye on the man as he slowly extracted the curse from his body. "There is still someone in this world who remembers you. You are her obsession. No matter what, you have to go and meet her."
"I can't go." The man's attitude suddenly changed. "The moment she remembers anything related to me, the curse that the shadow planted on us will be triggered, and she will die!"
The man was strangely determined. "As I said earlier, the shadow has tricked me. When I saw Fang Yu's name on the mud statuette, I sneaked away to find her.
"I am a ghost. Being exposed to the sun is like a living person jumping into a fire pit, but to suppress the curse on me and not harm her, I insisted on meeting her in the morning.
"The orphanage is no longer safe. The whole of Jiujiang is no longer safe. She has to leave.
"I know what she has been through, and I know how difficult it is for her. So, I have been trying to help her learn to live on her own.
"I taught her to sew the things she has to do every day onto her clothes. I made her cultivate the habit of placing her wallet, ID, and contact information in her pocket before she went to sleep. Everything I did was so that she could live a normal life without me.
"But I did not expect that I would fall into the shadow's trap. Those who were chosen by him seemed to have to cooperate with him willingly to complete the last step. He has been using me."
The man had lost the strength to struggle. His eyes were filled with anger, self-blame, and despair. "The curse started to show on Fang Yu. I did not know what to do. The only thing I could do was make her forget about me. That should be a very simple thing for Fang Yu.
"I erased the information from the orphanage and erased myself from the pictures. When I accompanied Fang Yu to the park for the last time, I told her a lie.
"Every time we met, she would ask for my name again. When she heard my answer, she would be very happy like she had not forgotten me.
"But on the last day, when she asked for my name, I did not tell her my name but her name. I told her that my name was Fang Yu. I hoped that she would remember herself and never lose herself.
"We stayed at the park until very late. That day, I did not send her home. I watched her walk past the junction and stayed where I was."
The man's story filled the last gap, and Fang Yu's life appeared in Chen Ge's mind.
Fang Yu and the boy both grew up at the orphanage. One had a bad memory and kept forgetting the past; the other had a speech problem and kept repeating the same thing over and over again.
The two accompanied each other until one day, when they went to Eastern Jiujiang's dam, and the boy sacrificed himself to save Fang Yu.
Due to the trauma, Fang Yu's condition worsened, but it was then that the boy was tricked by the shadow. He sneaked out of the small house at the dam and wanted to take Fang Yu away from Jiujiang.
Based on the memory of the old guard, during that period of time, Fang Yu would sneak out from the orphanage. The old guard had asked Fang Yu about it, and Fang Yu had mentioned the word 'kite'.
Thinking back, the day the boy disappeared was the day the orphanage organized a spring trip to Eastern Jiujiang. Everyone was flying kites.
The kite itself was an important piece of information, but the old guard did not think too deeply into it.
The boy knew that he was cursed and could not stay by Fang Yu's side forever, so he kept helping Fang Yu live independently.
This should have been the happiest period of their lives, but the good times did not last. The boy discovered the shadow's plan, and in the end, he had no choice but to have Fang Yu forget about him.
The boy returned to the small house and was tortured by the shadow. Many curses were cast on him, and they turned him into a faceless monster.
On the other hand, Fang Yu, whose memory was getting worse and worse, would go to the small park every day to wait.
Gradually, she probably forgot who she was waiting for. She forgot the person's face and voice, and there was only one name left in her mind — Fang Yu.
Until one day, when the park was about to be demolished, when she could no longer wait for that person, Chen Ge found her.
Their story was not a happy one, but it still touched Chen Ge.
He stood up and extended his hand to the man on the ground.
"If you are worried that the curse will harm Fang Yu, then I will help you remove the curse. If you are worried that the ghost fetus and the shadow will come for revenge, then why don't we work together to kill them? That way, no one will be able to harm you anymore."
The man did not think that Chen Ge would be able to kill the ghost fetus. He believed that Chen Ge was just comforting him.
"The shadow that you were afraid of has already been consumed in Li Wan City. Let me think, which day was that?" After a while, Chen Ge gave an accurate date, and it was the day that the presence on the altar dissipated.
The man did not tell Chen Ge the exact time, but Chen Ge told him the date himself. Only then did he believe that Chen Ge was not lying.
His eyes wandered between Chen Ge and the four Red Specters. Finally, the man touched Chen Ge's hand lightly. "What do you want me to do? I will listen to you. "
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