That long nightmare had continued to haunt Gao Ming. Even though Liu Yi had shown him the warmth and love of reality, he still hadn't completely escaped it. More precisely, he was unwilling to let go of that experience entirely.
"The place Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals sent us to... looks a little like the scenes in the nightmare..."
Putting away the group photo and envelope, Gao Ming dragged Auntie Wang aside. She clearly wasn't going to survive, so there was no point wasting energy trying to save her.
He rummaged through One-Eyed Fool's wooden box, examining the severed fingers. "Different lengths and thicknesses. Some belonged to children, others to adults. Was One-Eyed Fool killing indiscriminately? Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals wouldn't use a serial killer as their contact. Maybe we've been on the wrong track from the start."
There were no other useful clues in the room, but Gao Ming still had no intention of leaving. He stuffed the severed fingers into a plastic bag, then turned his attention to the other tools in the wooden box.
"A two-stroke gasoline engine. This is a Chainsaw engine, a sprocket, and a guide bar." If Auntie Wang had still been alive, Gao Ming would certainly have terrified her. A man claiming to be a schoolteacher, his hands stained with blood, deftly cleaned away bits of hair and caked blood and began assembling a chainsaw.
Unwrapping the oil-soaked kraft paper, Gao Ming found the saw chain One-Eyed Fool had kept at the bottom of the box. With a roar, the sharp Chainsaw began spinning at high speed. The smell of gasoline rushed into his nostrils, as though the saw were about to shred the darkness itself.
"Done." Gripping the guide bar firmly with both hands, Gao Ming hung the plastic bag full of fingers from the