"The clay sculptures in Lishan Hospital needed the faith and willpower energy of living people, so it didn't kill them outright. Instead, it erased their humanity, turning them into 'pets' it could control however it pleased."
Big Dog recalled what had happened to him at Lishan Hospital. "I remember a clay sculpture with an animal's head. It must have been the one responsible."
The clay sculptures at the bottom of Lishan Hospital's Black Lake all had different abilities, each stranger than the last. This encounter had certainly broadened Gao Ming's horizons.
"Helping people is fine, but don't push yourself too hard." After everything they had experienced at Lishan Hospital, Gao Ming already treated Big Dog as family.
"I won't." Black fur drifted through the shadows. Big Dog seemed more mature than before. Sitting behind Gao Ming, he looked as though the night had draped Gao Ming in a coat that made him feel utterly safe. "To become a Dream Ghost, you have to gather the will and faith of the living. I used to hide in my Dog Kennel Grudge House all the time, thinking, how could anyone trust a monster like me? How could I ever win anyone's approval?"
Big Dog lowered his head beside Gao Ming. "But little by little, I realized there were plenty of people in this world like me. They wore human skin, yet their lives were no different from animals'."
Fur wrapped around the living person barking on the floor, and Big Dog sent him into his Grudge House. He severed the man's connection to a certain divine statue, making himself the new divine spirit in the man's heart.
"Maybe I can become a Dream Ghost too. I may not have Principal Yan's noble, lofty character, or Boss Zhang's bright, gentle soul, but I've