My ‘Healing’ Game
Chapter 476: Are You Here to Help Me Seek Revenge? (Asking for 4000 Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 476: Chapter 476: Are You Here to Help Me Seek Revenge? (Asking for 4000 Monthly Tickets)

Watching the department store boss brimming with confidence, Shi Zhi’s corners of his mouth split towards both sides, revealing an exaggerated smile.

"Every time you say the same thing, do you think I don’t know how you control these madmen?"

The black flames blazed wildly, consuming the charging mad dogs, as Shi Zhi reveled in the slaughter, "Bribery, violent threats, bullying the weak with the tone of the strong, and then bestowing small favours on those who pose no threat to you. You’re very good at winning people’s hearts and you’ve been lucky, but I want to tell you that without the Shrine, you’re nothing but a worthless piece of trash!"

Ten fingers pierced into the ground, the special symbols and Divine Patterns drawn on the walls were actually grasped in Shi Zhi’s hands, like chains interwoven with black and red.

"You fancy yourself the owner of the city, but in fact, you’re not even fit to be a watchdog of the Shrine. If it weren’t for this Memory World sealing my power, do you believe I would dye this entire world red?"

Each of Shi Zhi’s fingers echoed the wails of the Wronged Dead, Shi Zhi had a special ability, the heavier the killing karma he caused, the stronger his strength became.

As the sole embodiment of Hatred among the Ten Fingers, he himself didn’t know how many people he had killed.

At this moment, the souls of the Wronged Dead all turned into fuel for the black fire, Shi Zhi wanted to use violence to smash open the Divine Door.

The black fire of Hatred burned the chains formed by the confluence of Divine Patterns, consuming all the symbols in the underground storeroom. If left undisturbed, Shi Zhi might have had a chance to succeed, but unfortunately, the rainwater that seeped into the storeroom was tainted with the resentment from the Wish Well, and the bone-chilling cold overpowered the black fire.

"No matter how much you struggle, it’s futile. The Divine Spirit is omnipotent, and I understood when I met him that there was only one path left for me, and that was to obey." Boss Gu looked respectfully towards the Shrine, "The last Sacrificial Offering should also be appearing soon, and this time my wish is for longevity."

Waving arms covered in festering scars, nearly all the mutated monsters in the entire city were heading this way.

This was the despair once felt by the Master of Shrine, who simply wanted to live well, but suddenly, everything in the world was pressing down on him, those mutated monsters, the madmen who lost their reason, crawling out from every corner aiming to tear him to shreds and chew him up in their mouths.

As time went on, the appearing monsters became more terrifying, many of which were unrecognizable as human anymore.

"The one who twisted this city is him, the one who guided you into monsters is still him, and now, not only do you not defy his orders, but you also want to kill me?" Shi Zhi’s mouth let out a deranged laugh, "What an absurd world! This place is too much like reality, nowhere near as clean as the world beyond death!"

A psychopathic killer mocked the twisted world, licking the blood residue from his fingertips, his hands suddenly pulled all the Divine Patterns within the underground storeroom!

The clock at the top of the department store chimed loudly, the network of veins pervading the Department Store cracked layer by layer, what flowed out of those veins was not blood, but the living people once devoured by the building.

One by one, emaciated corpses fell out, shattering on impact, but the mutated monsters did not care at all; they couldn’t hear their companions’ cries, they couldn’t see the ever-darkening sky, blindly obeying the department store boss’ commands, even forgetting how to think.

Here, people had become commodities, each with a price tag attached to them. Life and death, nothing was untradeable, even souls could be sold.

Squeezed dry, the living were turned into bricks in the structure; his companions did not care how many souls were buried within the skyscrapers, only marveled why their own price was set so low.

"What would a madman who only knows killing understand about human pleasures?" The department store’s cold gaze remained fixed on Ten Fingers, "I never forced them, nor did I deliberately guide them. It was their own doing that turned them into monsters; it was their own greed and desire. Everyone has an ugly side within their heart, and this world merely magnifies that ugliness several times over."

"I may not understand human pleasures, but I know the joy of killing. You’d better start thinking about how you want to die," Ten Fingers didn’t just leave the Memory World. The sudden appearance of the "Unspeakable" in the Deep World had instilled a sense of crisis in him. He was worried that he couldn’t keep the secrets of the Shrine safe and that the "Unspeakable" might interfere the next time he explored.

It was for this reason that he decided to stay and fight to the death with the Master of Shrine.

As Ten Fingers was conversing with the department store Boss, the ground on the first floor collapsed completely. The remaining individuals among Ten Fingers all touched their head tattoos, releasing their abilities, and jointly launched an attack against Boss Gu, with him as their direct target.

"You’ve killed me so many times. Did you really not realize that I’ve always been aware of the existence of Outsiders and have been waiting for them?" Boss Gu didn’t even glance at Second Finger and Third Finger as they rapidly approached him. A cold smile hung on his face, "The last sacrificial offering is the Outsider. I’ve finally waited for him to come, and tonight I will be reborn."

The Boss, who had shown no difference from day to night, began to mutate!

From his decaying wounds crawled out countless red hands, and anything that came close would be directly torn apart. Flesh adhered to his torso, causing his body to swell incessantly, as if there was no end.

Second Finger and Third Finger, who had approached, quickly launched an attack on Boss Gu. Now that they had regained their abilities, they could easily destroy Boss Gu’s body, but no matter the damage, Boss Gu would regenerate at an even faster pace.

Standing in the department store flooded by torrential rain, countless blood hands sprouted from his legs like plant roots, reaching down into the ground and attaching themselves to a well.

As the blood hands connected with the well water, Boss Gu seemed to establish some connection with the Divine Spirit, "As long as you still wish to use the Shrine, as long as you wish to make offerings to it, you will never be able to bring me down."

The only way to kill Boss Gu was to destroy the Shrine, but how could the Shrine, the foundation of the world, be so easily destroyed?

With his body rapidly swelling, Boss Gu became like a Resentment Spirit tree adorned with human heads. Yet, even though he had turned into such a horrific figure, the mutated citizens of Shahe City kept pouring into the department store to assist him, ultimately being devoured by him and serving as his nourishment.

Second Finger and Third Finger quickly became unable to restrain Boss Gu. This most evil seed had already grown into a tree capable of blocking out all light.

Even at the risk of their souls scattering, Second Finger and the others could only slow down Boss Gu’s growth rate.

"Come back! Don’t waste your strength!"

Ten Fingers called his "brothers" to his side, "He’s right, the only way to kill him is to destroy the Shrine. But we must defend it to have a chance at obtaining the key clues to becoming the Unspeakable, so..."

"So what?" Second Finger, who was about to be expelled from the Memory World, wasn’t too worried, figuring there would be other opportunities to enter.

"So now you can go to your deaths." Ten Fingers grabbed his companions, who also bore head tattoos, "I originally kept you to prepare for my breakthrough in Hatred, but who knew the flames of Hatred would ignite so easily?"

Second Finger and Third Finger immediately tried to flee, but it was too late for them to escape.

"Living within my body doesn’t count as death. What are you afraid of?"

His fingers, all ten of them, pierced into his companion’s body, and a few of them slowly congealed into flesh and blood, "It’s a pity, if those others hadn’t disappeared, I would be able to exert one hundred percent of my strength by now."

After killing all his companions, Ten Fingers abandoned Boss Gu, rushing directly towards the Shrine.

Boss Gu, still frantically absorbing the mutated monsters, didn’t care at all. With his scheming nature, since he dared to tell Ten Fingers directly that destroying the Shrine was the only way to kill him, it meant he was absolutely confident that Ten Fingers could not destroy the Shrine.

"It’s useless! Useless! Whatever you do is useless!"

If Unspeakable memories could be forced open with brute strength, then how could he possibly have become an Unspeakable being.

Boss Gu screamed wildly, while Ten Fingers took his words as mere bluster. He didn’t believe that a Shrine abandoned for over a decade could stop him.

Hands burning with hatred reached for the Shrine as he completely unlocked his seal, hammering the top of the Shrine with boundless hatred, making the gap there ever more apparent.

Burning away the crazed dogs and monsters that drew near, Ten Fingers peeked inside the Shrine through the gap at the top.

There was also a Well hidden inside the Shrine, a Well that was filled with countless people’s wishes. It seemed so far away, yet so close; the Divine Spirit that resided in the Shrine was hiding at the bottom of the Well!

The deceased Pei Yang, Brother Snake, and Huang Li—their memories twined into a rope, as if there was someone who had once existed in all their memories.

It was because of that person’s existence that their memories were chosen. Only after weaving all their memories together would the rope have a chance of extending into the Well through the gap.

Looking at the still swaying rope, Ten Fingers realized there was still a distance between the rope and the Well Water, at least two more Sacrificial Offerings were needed.

"The Shrine has never been damaged; this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to the Unspeakable!"

Ten Fingers’ Double Eyes were entirely wrapped in hatred as he charged towards the gap in the Shrine recklessly.

Hatred filled with the intent to kill is the purest of emotions—the black flames seemed capable of burning everything.

As Ten Fingers entered the Shrine, Boss Gu in the department store also let out an agonizing howl, as if Ten Fingers’ hatred was burning inside his own stomach.

His huge body twisted and contorted as the branches and leaves soaked with Grudges rapidly Withered. Boss Gu’s body shrank piece by piece, but his eyes were filled with greed: "Once you’re in, I’ll see how you come out!"

Grasping the rope of memories, Ten Fingers arrived at the center of the Well, but he couldn’t touch the surface of the water, let alone fish out the thing inside it.

Staring at the water’s surface within reach, Ten Fingers focused all his Hatred into his left hand, then let go of the rope with his right hand.

A mass of Black Fire smashed into the water, and the wishes within the Well Water shattered like bubbles. Ten Fingers shouted towards the Well Water, trying to leave his own wish within.

But just as he was about to voice his wish, the Well in the Shrine transformed—a stone brick turned into an arm, and the stone Well of memory bloomed like a Red Spider Lily spreading in all directions.

The clear Well Water turned blood red, reflecting Ten Fingers’ own shape, as if the god at the bottom of the Well resembled him.

"This place is not the Wish Well at all, this is a Monster that devours wishes!"

Ten Fingers, embodying Hatred, felt a threat of Soul Scattering for a moment, and promptly retreated, though it was almost too late.

The stretching arms grasping at his body, he knew once he was trapped here, he would likely end up dragged into the Well Water, so he opted for the simplest and most direct method.

His fingers, like razor blades, chopped off the trapped parts of his body completely, preserving only the heart burning with Black Fire.

The black flames were eventually extinguished by the Resentment-filled Well Water. Ten Fingers paid a heavy price to escape from the Well, but the Hatred he unleashed in full force also caused certain damage to the Shrine. At that moment, the Power enveloping the Shrine weakened a lot, so much so that even ordinary people could approach it.

"You actually escaped?" Boss Gu’s fate was tied to the Shrine. As it suffered, so did he. But the biggest difference between him and Ten Fingers was that he could rapidly recover by drawing on those mutated Souls. As long as people still believed what he said, as long as people were still willing to follow him, he would never be killed.

"You half-human, half-ghost old thing, this time I have completely uncovered all your secrets. The next time we meet, it will be your end." Ten Fingers was extremely weak now, the Black Fire of hatred in his eyes was about to be extinguished, and only the seeds of Hatred in his chest were still throbbing.

"There won’t be a next time. All the Sacrificial Offerings have been gathered; I will be reborn in this Memory World." Boss’s words carried a hint of regret as he had deliberately revealed that destroying the Shrine could hurt his true body, hoping to use the power of the Shrine to consume Ten Fingers.

Waving his arm, a large number of mutated Monsters once again pounced on Ten Fingers. At this moment, Ten Fingers could no longer resist. The only option left was to leave.

His eyes filled with unwillingness, Ten Fingers glared bitterly at Boss Gu. As the monsters began to tear his body apart, he used his last bit of strength to reach for the tattoo over his heart.

But just as his bare hand was about to touch his heart, he suddenly felt something grasp his wrist.

Looking up, he saw the mutated Monster topple to one side, and behind it stood a young man.

He wore a Beast-faced Mask, his gaze cold and chilling.

"He’s not from this Memory World!"

As this thought flashed through Ten Fingers’ mind, the young man spoke slowly, "Rest in peace, I’m here to avenge you."

A glaringly bright light in the darkness pierced Ten Fingers’ chest, the Blood Silk and Hatred in his pupils began to dissipate.

Looking at the dazzling knife light piercing through his chest, Ten Fingers felt the core of his Hatred start to break apart; he even repeated Han Fei’s words, "You’re here to help me take revenge?"