The child in the mirror saw the calm expression on Chen Ge's face and asked curiously, "Aren't you angry that you found out the Wheel of Fortune is a scam?"
"Initially, I was angry. I thought I was unlucky, but then I realized that all the luck in my life had been used up when I met her." Chen Ge nudged closer to Zhang Ya. "She is the most beautiful person I've ever met and the luckiest thing that has ever happened to me, so no matter what, I will thank you."
Zhang Ya seemed to be spacing out. Seeing Chen Ge move closer to her, she pulled back her black hair and moved closer to Chen Ge.
They stood together in front of the mirror, but it did not reflect their faces.
"If that's the case, you should thank me." The child in the mirror felt like Chen Ge was purposely showing off. "Before Zhang Ya became a Red Specter, she was chased by a Red Specter and accidentally wandered deep into the Blood City. I saw how rare her power was, so I guided her in the dark. At the time, I had to split my attention to resist the headmaster's curse, so it was difficult to protect a Specter who was not even a Red Specter in the chaotic Blood City. Therefore, I separated a part of the Blood City's consciousness and placed it on her. Then, I had her hide inside the Blood City's Haunted House. "
The child in the mirror looked at the current Demon God Zhang Ya, and a helpless smile appeared on his face. "But who knew that part of the Blood City's consciousness would merge with her, and even I could not pull it out. Thus, Zhang Ya became the most unique existence in the Blood City. If one day, I disappeared due to some accident, she would replace me as the new consciousness of the Blood City. That was one of my backup plans to deal with the headmaster. "
"So, to avoid being caught, you sent Zhang Ya out of the Blood City and had her hide in the real world?"
"Other than me, only a few people knew that Zhang Ya had entered the Blood City before." The child in the mirror studied Zhang Ya from head to toe. He still had a surreal feeling. "I know she is very special, but the fact that she could become a Demon God so quickly is still beyond my expectation."
"In terms of talent, the speed at which Dr. Gao became a Demon God is no slower than Zhang Ya." Chen Ge glanced to the side. Doctor Gao had not left. He followed Chen Ge into the Haunted House.
Chen Ge was quite wary of the former president of the Society of Strange Tales.
It could not be helped. Not only was Dr. Gao terrifyingly powerful, but his intelligence was also enough to crush most people.
"In order to become a Demon God, Dr. Gao spent 20 years planning. From when he was alive to when he died, he paid a price that none of you can imagine." The child in the mirror looked at Dr. Gao.
Raising his head, Dr. Gao's lips moved. This was the first time he had spoken since the director's death. "I've completed the task you gave me. From now on, we don't owe each other anything."
"You've met each other before?" Chen Ge realized that Dr. Gao seemed to have made some kind of deal with the kind spirit in the mirror.
"Dr. Gao once entered this place through the door of your Haunted House. He was lost at the deepest part of the Blood City, and it was me who saved him. It was because he found out the truth that he chose to commit suicide at the underground morgue and entrusted his daughter to you. " The child in the mirror pointed at the cubicle door. "The picture of Nightmare on the door was left behind by him."
"The picture of Nightmare? This three-headed devil is the Shapeshifter? "
"Some people call it Nightmare, others call it Heart Demon. It is a monster that lives deep inside the black fog. It feeds on nightmares and negative emotions. It can trigger the evil in a person's heart and destroy the blood door. It has the complete opposite of the power of the Blood City." Once the child in the mirror said that, Chen Ge understood it instantly.
Before Dr. Gao died, he had entered the door of his Haunted House. He had carved the picture of Nightmare on the door to leave a way out for himself. After all, at the time, Dr. Gao also believed that only the person who pushed the door could control the door. If he was trapped behind the door and unable to leave, then he would destroy the blood door and escape.
When Chang Wenyu wanted to destroy the door of the School of the Afterlife, she had carved the picture of Nightmare on the door for the same reason.
In real life, the blood door represented the Blood City, and the Nightmare represented the black fog.
Many questions from the past had been answered. After asking a few more questions, Chen Ge placed his parents before the mirror. "I found them inside the blood sea at the cursed hospital. Now that the director's soul has dissipated, they still haven't woken up."
"Wounds on the soul are hard to heal, but I will try my best. Bring them to the Prop Room. There is a blood pool there. Put them inside the pool and leave the rest to me. " The child in the mirror turned to leave. Chen Ge led the few Demon Gods out of the bathroom and entered the Prop Room.
Compared to the first time he was here, the place had not changed much.
However, in just a few seconds, an external force tore open a bloody hole in the corner of the Prop Room.
Chen Ge was familiar with that corner. Whenever he drew something from the black phone, the item would appear in the corner of the Haunted House's Prop Room.
Black blood vessels crawled out and dragged Chen Ge's parents into the blood pool in the corner. The pool appeared to be connected to the underground of the Blood City.
Soaking in the black blood, various curses and black words appeared under the skin of Chen Ge's parents. Then, the lingering curses were washed away by the blood. The faces of Chen Ge's parents slowly regained color, and they looked more alive.
The whole process lasted for one whole hour. When Chen Ge's parents were sent out from the blood pool, they looked much better than before.
"After we leave the world behind the door, they will wake up." A child's shadow appeared in the prop mirror inside the Prop Room. The kind spirit did not seem to want his parents to see him in his current state, so he did not wake them up directly.
"Thank you."
"The one who should be thanking is me. I thought I would never see them again." The child in the mirror looked at the churning blood pool and said meaningfully, "The power that the Blood City has accumulated over the years should be enough to fully repair a broken soul and help her welcome a new life."
"What does that mean? If Zhang Ya enters the blood pool, she will have the chance to become a human? " Chen Ge grabbed Zhang Ya's hand and became excited. "My soul will be repaired, and with my Dollmaker talent …"
"There is a chance, but for a Demon God, the success rate is only one in ten thousand. In fact, the weaker the soul, the higher the success rate. Are you sure you want to let Zhang Ya enter the blood pool? " The child in the mirror controlled the black blood vessels. The Prop Room was cut open, and the surging blood sea was revealed.
Reincarnating as a human meant that one could make up for all the regrets of the past and have the chance to embrace the beauty of the future. Even if the success rate was only one in ten thousand, it was a very precious chance.
Holding Zhang Ya's hand, Chen Ge asked Zhang Ya for her opinion.
Standing beside him, Zhang Ya's eyes were no longer red, and there was a trace of desire in them. But after a while, she shook her head lightly.
A pale finger pulled out a blood vessel from her heart. Zhang Ya took out her Demon God's heart and placed it back into Chen Ge's shadow.
She did not say anything, but she had made her choice.
"If you miss this chance, you might not be able to become a human anymore." Chen Ge grabbed Zhang Ya's hand and pulled her to the corridor.
About half an hour later, Chen Ge and Zhang Ya returned to the Prop Room. They had made their decision.
"Are you sure you want to let Zhang Ya use this chance? If we use all the power of the Blood City, we might be able to increase the success rate. "The child in the mirror was ready to give it his all. This was his compensation to Chen Ge.
"There's no need. We will give this chance to Doctor Gao." Just as Chen Ge said that, the sound of chains falling came from behind them. Doctor Gao did not expect this to be the ending.
"Chen Ge, the Blood City has only given us this one chance after so many years of accumulation. Are you really going to give it to me?" Doctor Gao's heart was beating rapidly. He had not felt this way for a long time.
"The success rate of a Demon God or a Red Specter is too low, and your wife is just a normal person. This is such a precious chance; we cannot waste it." Chen Ge was not joking. He had asked for Zhang Ya's opinion before he made this decision. "The sin that you have committed, you will have to bear it yourself, but your wife is innocent. By the way, I need to tell you something. Gao Ru Xue is very safe, and she asked me to deliver a message for her. She said that she really wants to see you. "
When they were at the underground morgue, Doctor Gao had the chance to kill Chen Ge and Zhang Ya, but he did not do that.
No matter what reason Doctor Gao had, that was an undeniable fact.
"Thank you." This was the first time that Doctor Gao had shown such an expression. He pulled off the chains around his chest, used his fingers to cut open his heart, and took out his wife's broken soul.
"Her body has been destroyed by the monsters in the black fog and the city, but my flesh and blood are still intact. Use my flesh and blood to make a doll for her." Doctor Gao held his wife's broken soul in his hands. After the hospital director's death, the curse on his wife's soul had dissipated.
"No problem."
After getting the confirmation from Chen Ge, Doctor Gao placed his wife's broken soul into the blood pool. The pool contained the purest energy that was extracted from the souls of the dead and negative emotions.
As the blood continued to wash, Doctor Gao's wife's broken soul slowly became complete.
"My flesh is hidden inside one of the buildings in the city. Give me a moment, I'll go and retrieve it now." Doctor Gao had kept his own flesh. He had probably been waiting for this day.
Not long after that, Doctor Gao returned to the Haunted House with a special Red Specter.
When he saw the special Red Specter, Chen Ge was quite surprised because it was the well ghost from Coffin Village.
"She is the Red Specter who has lived in Jiujiang for the longest time. To find a way to revive my wife, I went to seek her help." Doctor Gao had the well ghost put down her flesh. "It is very difficult to maintain the liveliness of the flesh behind the door. I can't afford to be distracted, so I can only ask her to look after my flesh for me."
Doctor Gao spoke calmly, and the well ghost did not react strangely. If not for the fact that Chen Ge had been to Coffin Village and knew that the village behind the door had been leveled, he might have believed Doctor Gao's words.
With the help of the few Demon Gods, Chen Ge soon used Doctor Gao's flesh to create a living doll.
The broken soul of Doctor Gao's wife was repaired inside the blood pool. When the soul was placed inside the doll, the whole city suddenly shook.
The boundary between life and death was broken, and Doctor Gao's wife's heart started to beat again.
Looking at that familiar face, Doctor Gao's gaze became so gentle for the first time.
He helped his wife fix her hair. Just as everyone thought that Doctor Gao was going to wake his wife up, he whispered to Chen Ge, "I want to ask you for one last favor. After you complete this, I will help you guard the city for the rest of my life and atone for all the sins that I have committed."
"What is it?"
"After you bring my wife away from the blood door, help me change the memory of Gao Ru Xue, my wife, and the people around them." Doctor Gao's eyes were filled with reluctance. He stood up slowly. "Change it to me, the person who died in the car accident 10 years ago was me."
After spending 20 years to kill Headmaster Xue Chou and resurrect his wife, Doctor Gao's last wish was for his wife and daughter to forget about him.
Chen Ge did not expect that to be Doctor Gao's last wish. He did not agree to it directly. "I think it's better for you to meet them in person."
"Over the years, I've killed many people and consumed many ghosts. The sins that I have committed cannot be washed away even by the blood sea." Doctor Gao looked at his wife, and his eyes never left her. "I do not want them to see me like this."
Seeing that his wife was about to wake up, Doctor Gao silently retreated out of the room. "I will help you guard the city. Perhaps after I atone for all the sins that I have committed, I will go find them."
Doctor Gao left. He did not turn back.
"The cursed hospital has caused so many people. If only everything could be redone." Chen Ge looked at Doctor Gao's back and sighed.
"It is difficult to change the past. What we need to do is to prevent the same tragedy from happening again. The black fog continues to nurture the cursed seed. Perhaps there will be a new headmaster in the future. I am unable to leave the city, so I will have to trouble you then, "the child in the mirror told Chen Ge.
"Even if it is a cursed seed, it will bloom differently." Chen Ge looked at the child in the mirror. "I know what to do."
"I've said everything that I need to say. Push open the cubicle door, and you can return to reality." The child's figure in the mirror was slowly fading.
Pressing on the door of the toilet cubicle, Chen Ge suddenly turned to ask the child, "If I push open this blood door from the other side of reality at midnight, will I be able to find out the whole truth directly?"
"Before the headmaster's soul was destroyed, I was mostly muddle-headed. He had been using my flesh and my obsession toward home to influence me. When Doctor Gao entered the door, I happened to be conscious. "
"If Doctor Gao entered the blood door when you were unconscious, what would have happened?" Chen Ge wanted to know the answer to that question.
A trace of guilt flashed across the child's eyes. He did not explain but simply said, "Your shadow once sneaked into the door. At the time, I was unconscious. The headmaster sensed it through the curse and tricked it into a room with a very slow flow of time. He tortured it for a very, very long time."
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