The Blood Gate grew inside Zhang Ding's former home, becoming its only "resident."
Night shrouded Dazhai and Lishan in the Old City District. Amid the layers of dilapidated apartment buildings, Gao Ming took a new step forward.
"It won't be so much trouble to enter the Shadow World next time." Taking out the Birthday Photograph, Gao Ming pushed open the Blood Gate once more, surrounded by the others.
Outside the gate was Zhang Ding's home from ten years ago; inside was a world of surging shadows. Anyone could freely travel between the two worlds through this gate, but only Gao Ming could open it with ease.
The souls invaded by the Shadow World could hardly wait to enter the shadows. In an instant, the roomful of people vanished.
The blood vessels extending from the Blood Gate changed the layout of Zhang Ding's home. His bathroom became the new House of the Abnormal, while his bedroom became the new Butcher's House. The Hanhai Skeleton Map was hidden there.
"Bring everyone here. We'll use Lishan and Dazhai as our center and build this place into our own Death Zone City."
Sending Wei Dayou back to gather everyone, Gao Ming entered the Butcher's House and placed the Birthday Photograph inside Skeleton City, making the map appear in the Butcher's House.
Anomaly events were breaking out across the city. Because of the shadows, the buildings on the map appeared in different colors: the most basic were bone-white buildings, followed by red buildings stained with a little blood, and finally black buildings completely swallowed by shadows. Gao Ming vaguely remembered seeing a similar scene in one possible future.
"The Investigation Bureau may seal off buildings where anomaly events occur and send specialists to deal with them. At the same time, they'll train more people to