Every city had its abandoned people. Some had physical or mental impairments, some had simply been toyed with by fate, and others had merely found themselves on the opposite side of Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals.
Gao Ming examined some of the patients' dream memories. Many of these poor souls were Taboo Players. Under the guise of treating them, Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals had locked them in the lightless lower hold, turning them into vessels for ghosts to inhabit.
The patients were innocent, and the ghosts brought over from the Deep World to inhabit them had done nothing wrong either. To avoid dissipating, they had no choice but to cooperate and hide inside living bodies. Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals was the sole culprit in all of this.
"It's all right. You can live in Hanhai."
Blood City would be rebuilt. Gao Ming had already made up his mind: he would take in those abandoned by both the Deep World and reality, and build a Shadow City that existed within nightmares.
Number Two also recognized Gao Ming's ambition. Strangely, rather than trying to dissuade him, he seemed to appreciate it.
Compared with the Saviors, Gao Ming's willingness to defy every taboo was much more to his taste.
The black dog led the way, opening seven hidden chambers in succession. Gao Ming took everyone, human and ghost alike, into the Execution House. Everything went smoothly.
The defenses Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals had installed in the lower hold relied mainly on resentment, which posed no threat to Gao Ming as he was now.
"Be careful. The defenses in the lower hold aren't really Number Zero's style. It must have other measures hidden away." Number Two knew his enemy well. "The offshore Laboratory ranks among Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals' three most important facilities. There's no way resentment is its only