Gao Ming was the core of the Delusion World. Grotesques and madness spread outward from him. After experiencing Dan Wang once and receiving Gao Ming's "Awakening," Number Two had been forced to remember many things.
Just as the eight Unknowables had initially been trapped on Autopsy Avenue last time, that so-called avenue was a prison Gao Ming had constructed by sacrificing his flesh. He had intended to imprison the eight Unknowables at the cost of his life, for their existence was the true cause of his death. "It should be the same this time," Number Two speculated. "Father's location is the center of Dan Wang. The huge tank filled with murky water represents this rotten Mortal World. The fish monsters in the darkness symbolize those Fate Ghosts and Fate Masters, and the parasites rooted in their bodies are Lu Zang." The real Lu Zang had already merged with the Mortal World. He had no human form and hid within the allotted fates of all living beings. This had been an utterly abstruse concept, yet a madman's imagination had easily given it tangible form in the Delusion World.
Gao Ming collapsed in his Four Faces and Eight Arms diving suit. All the fish in the tank had been killed, and every parasite had burrowed into his body to survive. The mere sight made Number Two's scalp crawl. Gao Ming's body had completely lost its human appearance, and something terrifying and unfamiliar surged through his flesh.
"We need to get away from the water." Xia Yang, on the other hand, remained rational. He had long since grown accustomed to Delusion and maintained a kind of calm madness.
Grabbing the rope, he dragged Gao Ming out of the Aquarium. By then, the flames on Gao Ming's body had already spread.
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