The fourth day, the creator god
Lin Chaoying: "You mean Xiao Mei discovered that Wang Shao killed your parents and grandfather? And the truth about the River God? That's why the villagers threw her into the Qingluo River? You don't know what she went through on that last day, do you?"
Wang Ge nodded, "My body is not strong enough to support me in finding out the whole truth, but the eight years I spent in the Ghost Gate, plus some clues I've found since I came back these past few days, I can probably deduce what Xiao Mei has discovered."
Jiangchuan Valley set up his phone and recorded Wang Ge's "confession".
Wang Ge continued, "As you all know, the Ghost Gate has eight Ghost Generals. Chu Tang and Huang Sheng are two of the Ghost Generals of the adopted son Cang Wu. Ever since I was brainwashed and joined the Ghost Gate, I have been involved in Chu Tang and Huang Sheng's plans."
"Within the Ghost Gate, they are called the Creator God."
"First, we will select a group of remote mountain villages. These villages are not near any county town or highway. Some are located between mountains, where survival is a problem. Some are not even marked on the map, as if they have been forgotten by the world. In short, these villages often have a fatal weakness."
Lin Chaoying realized what was happening and said, "Believe in God?"
Wang Ge nodded, "That's right. They have an extraordinary belief that God can protect them. So Chu Tang and Huang Sheng would first infiltrate the village to investigate the villagers' deepest desires. Chu Tang's mental strength is quite formidable; she can brainwash hundreds of people at the same time. She usually handles guiding public opinion, just like in Peach Blossom Village. She incites dissatisfaction with the God of Wishes, takes the opportunity to create a new deity, and then arranges for Huang Sheng to appear and give the villagers benefits, demonstrating his so-called divine power. From then on, the village's faith is successfully transformed in a subtle way."
"Like me, I still remember the god of wishes when I was a child, but if you ask me when the river god replaced it, I can't say the exact time, because almost everyone has forgotten that such a god existed."
Lin Chaoying didn't understand, "Why is the Ghost Gate making such a big fuss?"
Wang Ge slowly turned to look at Jiang Chuan Gu and said, "Tu Neng can create new superhumans."
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Lin Chaoying also looked at Jiang Chuangu, both of them speechless with shock. The people who knew most about supernatural beings were absent, leaving only two complete novices. For a moment, neither of them knew what to ask.
Wang Ge said, "You two were also involved in my killing of Li Chao before. You should have noticed that I have face blindness, but I was able to recognize you two today. Do you know why?"
Lin Chaoying realized this problem, "Is your face blindness also because Chu Tang brainwashed you?"
Wang Ge: "You're half right. My face blindness is indeed related to Chu Tang, but it's not brainwashing. It's because I'm an experimental subject of superpowers. Unlike your superpowers which come from your ancestors' genes, my superpowers were specially created by the Ghost Gate people, so they have flaws."
"The day after tomorrow?" Lin Chaoying continued to accept and digest the other party's information, and some of the tangled questions suddenly became clear. She looked at Jiang Chuangu and said, "So, the Ghost Gate has been looking for people like Jiang Chuangu and Shi Zan, who have lost both parents and have had a lot of hardships in their lives, to conduct experiments on people with superpowers?"
Wang Ge agreed, saying, "You're very smart. The Ghost Gate believes that the body can unleash new possibilities under extreme emotions. Therefore, they need a breeding ground for extreme emotions, which means creating an extreme living environment. After all, experimental subjects often fail. Jiang Chuan Gu and Shi Zan are examples of failed experiments because their life experiences are unpredictable. The Ghost Gate has limited energy and cannot keep an eye on them one-on-one. So they changed their strategy to guarding a village and creating an extreme living environment to cultivate superhumans on a large scale from the village."
"Wait a minute." Lin Chaoying was completely confused and asked, "How can this superpowered person be created later in life?"
Wang Ge took out a small fragment, about the size of a little finger, from his clothes and handed it to her, saying, "This is what we relied on. This is what I found in Li Chao and Shi Zan's bodies. Legend has it that the fragments of the five-colored crystal triggered the emergence of superhumans. The Ghost Gate used the blood of superhumans and developed bacteria to create new crystals that can be inserted into the human body to trigger the body's superhuman abilities."
Jiang Chuan Gu touched his stomach. "You mean, I already have this thing inside me right now?"
Wang Ge: "That's right."
Lin Chaoying retorted, "Impossible, how could you have had the opportunity to put it inside his body?"
Wang Ge's next words sent chills down her spine once again.
He said, "Jiangchuan Valley and Shizan are examples of early projects. We need to find suitable people and implant them before they turn ten. They might have been implanted when they were sick and hospitalized or when they were accidentally injured and went to the hospital for treatment."
Lin Chaoying: "Why did you have to take it out later?"
Wang Ge: "Because they started the real God Creation Project and began to control many villages, but there are only a few artificial superpower crystals every year, which is not enough. They have to trace back these failed experiments and retrieve the old batch of superpower crystals."
Many villages?
The Ghost Gate's plan is actually multiplying like cockroaches in the darkness right under the noses of Twelfth Street?
He suddenly laughed sarcastically, "You think there isn't one in Wang Gao's child's body? Not in Qiu Chen's child's body? Not even in Wang Shao's child's body, or Wang Fei's body?" Wang Ge said bitterly, "These children live in a greedy, harsh environment. Their parents could die at any moment due to man-made disasters. What awaits them is a tailor-made suffering. When their emotions reach their breaking point and their bodies can't bear it anymore, the gates of hell will naturally take over their remaining lives..."
"Isn't this faster and more effective than casting a wide net?"
Lin Chaoying was so shocked that she couldn't speak. She just stared at the weak Wang Ge in front of her, her mind replaying the experiences of the past few days.
All those tales of immortality, river gods, eternal life, and resurrection are nothing but ghost stories—a targeted siege of ordinary people by the underworld, exploiting greed and desire...
At this moment, Lin Chaoying deeply realized how much bloodshed a superpower could unleash in the hands of someone with ill intentions.
She asked, "So, the deaths of your parents and grandfather, including what happened after Xiao Mei discovered the truth, were also traps specially designed for you by the Ghost Gate? Just to activate the artificial superpowers within your body?"
Wang Ge nodded, as if his soul had been drained.
Jiang Chuan Gu asked, "Can the superpower crystal in my body be removed by itself?"
Wang Ge shook his head. "He has already merged with your body. Unless you forcibly remove him, and then, like me, wait until the day you die from exhaustion."
Lin Chaoying: "Then I can understand that Qiu Chen and Wang Gao's deaths in this short period of time were arranged by the Ghost Gate. But you killed Zhuang Huan and the newly imported Wang Bo, right?"
Wang Gao said frankly, "It was me. Xiao Mei was identified by Zhuang Huan that day, and Wang Bo arrested her. Together with Wang Shao, the three of them strangled her and threw her into the river, so..." His eyes burned with hatred, "I didn't have time to kill Wang Shao."
Lin Chaoying walked to Jiang Chuangu's side and whispered, "His expression is too strange. We need to find Kong Yue quickly."
Jiang Chuan Gu put away his phone. "There's no internet here, so I can't upload the video to the cloud."
Lin Chaoying also gave him the superpower crystal, saying, "Keep the crystal and your phone close to your body in the inside pocket of your clothes, not in your bag. When you go out later, quickly upload the video to the cloud drive."
“Okay.” Jiang Chuangu looked at Wang Ge’s condition and was a little worried: “Don’t let him stay here. Take him out. It’s more convenient to hide him in the old house. Otherwise, we’ll have to move the statue every time we come.”
Lin Chaoying agreed, "Okay."
The two turned around and saw Wang Ge lying on the ground with a very calm expression, which startled them so much that they rushed over.
Lin Chaoying patted him, "Wang Ge! Stand up, we'll take you out. Our friend is a doctor, he'll check you out! Stand up quickly!"
Wang Ge shook his head with his eyes closed, then slowly opened them, grasped Jiang Chuangu's hand, and said as if giving his last instructions, "Jiang Chuangu, I'm sorry, killing your friend wasn't my intention, and thank you for helping Xiao Mei back then. It's just... could you please help me place Wang Bo's body at the entrance of the River God Temple? I must avenge Xiao Mei... but I really don't have the strength left..."
Jiangchuan Valley noticed that his black clothes were soaking wet. When he lifted up his stomach, he was so shocked that he sat frozen on the ground.
The festering wound was as big as a fist, with red flesh turning over and black blood seeping out, a large, rotten patch...
"Wang Ge! We have to get you out of here!" Lin Chaoying urged him anxiously. "You haven't killed Wang Shao yet!" As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the wound on his stomach and hurriedly took out some iodine from her bag, saying, "Why is your wound so badly ulcerated?"
Wang Ge said weakly, "That supernatural crystal is from my body..."
Jiang Chuan Gu took the gauze and desperately tried to stop the bleeding, but found that red blood was flowing continuously from between his fingers. He panicked completely and cursed, "Wang Ge! I came here to take revenge on you! Not to listen to your stories! You can't just die so easily!"
Wang Ge grabbed his collar, his voice growing weaker and weaker as he spoke, "Remember, in this village, trust no one except Wang Qi and Granny Zhao. I don't know who Chu Tang has become. I'm sorry... I simply don't have the strength to look anymore. You must make sure the people of Twelve Streets stop the Ghost Gate's plan, and prevent another Wang Ge... Chu Tang controls Peach Blossom Village... Huang Sheng is in Yanmen Village in Fengcheng, and I don't know anything else... Take my body to Twelve Streets for research..."
Fengcheng?
Lin Chaoying was stunned. Her hometown?
"I really want to kill Chu Tang and Huang Sheng..." Wang Ge released his grip, lay on the ground, his eyes gradually becoming unfocused, and murmured, "They ruined my life, killed my family and loved ones..."
Lin Chaoying kept slapping his face, "Wang Ge! Don't sleep! Wake up! You still have to come back with us!"
Wang Ge stared at the burning candle by the wall, "I think I see Xiao Mei..."
He first met Xiao Mei on a small film set. Wang Ge was a newly arrived intern, a stagehand who was moving things around the set. One day, after working several nights in a row and only getting a few hours of rest, he was so exhausted that he leaned against the stairwell and fell asleep.
When I opened my eyes again, there was a girl nestled next to me, wearing headphones and wrapped in a cotton coat, curled up in the corner like a little rabbit.
He originally intended to leave secretly, but when he went downstairs, he couldn't help but look back at her and fell at the bottom of the stairs.
Xiao Mei sighed, opened her eyes and saw the disheveled man getting up from the ground, apologizing to her. Confused, she casually asked, "Why are you apologizing?"
Wang Ge was taken aback by the question and stammered, "Um... I'm sorry to have disturbed your rest..."
Xiao Mei ignored him, closed her eyes again, and leaned against the wall to rest.
After hesitating for a moment, Wang Ge took a few steps back and sat down at the top of the stairs, quietly watching the sunlight streaming through the window. He couldn't help but sigh, "What a warm winter..."
The burning candle flickered weakly, and Wang Ge could feel his life slipping away, slowly losing consciousness, slowly losing his sight...
He remembered that before Xiao Mei died, she broke free from her restraints, stood in front of him, and called his name with a smile. Her face was covered in tears, as if she had something to say, or as if she had said everything. After hesitating, she called his name again.
He remembered that by the highway, the moment his lost memories returned to his body, his heart ached as if it were about to explode, just like now when Wang Ge didn't see Xiao Mei coming to pick him up, his body suddenly felt as cold as if it had fallen into an ice cave.
"Xiao Mei... is still blaming me..." Wang Ge said his last words and then closed his eyes.
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