The human heart was the most complicated thing. Even family would betray each other if the circumstance were right. The black box changed two worlds and created Immortal Pharma. However, as time progressed, Immortal Pharma had forgotten its purpose.
Han Fei entered the secret elevator. One had to use an id card to activate the elevator. He tried to scan his A+ card, and only a few buttons lit up on the panel. They were for the 4th and 9th floors basement. “Only grade A researchers can use the secret elevator, but even they can’t go to the 31st-floor and 18th-floor basement.” Without hesitation, Han Fei used the elevator to go to the 4th-floor basement. The elevator opened to another dark room. This place seemed to simulate the womb. It was completely dark, but one wouldn’t feel cold. If anything, there was a warm current.
Han Fei took out Rest in Peace. As the light chased away the darkness, Han Fei’s eyes narrowed. There were ‘fetuses’ in the room. They had no names, only personalities, and numbers. Babies were made into products. Immortal Pharma could fully design a ‘baby’ as per the client’s requirement. These children were all the orders!
“Immortal Pharma really views itself as God.” Han Fei’s feelings were complicated. Reading the introduction on the tanks, it felt like an introduction to various cans. It was cruel and absurd.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“What’s the point of this? If everyone in the world is of the same origin, it’ll feel so numb.”
That was the case, but when the technology was mature, most parents would order their babies from Immortal Pharma because they didn’t want their children to lag behind. Everyone knew that this was wrong, but once someone succeeded, the others would follow. The moral bottom line would lower until perhaps Immortal Pharma would be hailed as the harbinger of a new era. After all, what was right and wrong was different in different eras.
With his powerful memory, Han Fei memorized all the details of the order. When he returned to real life, he’d cooperate with the police to capture these clients. After searching the dark room, he returned to the secret elevator.
“The supercomputer released the email to have all the researchers gather in Lab No. 2. It probably wants to use the human heads in the secret room to attack all of them.” Han Fei thought to himself. “Immortal Pharma has three labs underground. They are Lab No. 2 in the third and fourth floors basement, Lab No. 3 from the fifth to the seventh-floor basement; and Lab No. 4 from the 13th to 18th floor basement. How come there is no Lab No. 1?” The content of the map was not complete. Immortal Pharma had secrets that even Grade A researchers didn’t know.
Han Fei pressed the button for the ninth-floor basement. He wanted to check out the other floors. If possible, he wanted to save more people so they could look after each other after dark. The number on the screen changed rapidly. When the door opened, Han Fei was hit by a horrible scent of medicine.
“This floor is the waste treatment center. Why would the admin office be connected to this place? Just what kind of waste are they dealing with?” The 9th-floor basement was completely different from the other floors. This place had many plants Han Fei hadn’t seen before. This place looked more like a resting place meant for dying patients. “I wouldn’t be surprised if this place sees a living human as waste.”
Moving through the complicated tunnels, Han Fei soon realized the path didn’t match the map he had at all. Many rooms and roads didn’t show up on the map. It was clear that something special was hidden here.
Han Fei entered the employee’s room and read through the document. The workers at the waste treatment center were managed directly by the admin. Every worker was specially picked. Most of them were orphans from Immortal Pharma. They were loyal to the company. Of all the giant companies, Immortal Pharma donated the most to charity. It was why it had such a good reputation in public. Who would have thought they’d be doing something like this behind the scene?
“The failed experiments will be destroyed here and wiped without a trace…” Han Fei stayed there until 1 pm. During that period, he received more mail from the supercomputer. It urged all the researchers to gather at Lab No. 3. The siren never stopped either. The building was on full lock-on. All the researchers realized a problem, but they couldn’t escape anymore. Han Fei knew that as time carried on, his situation would be more dangerous too. After he used Rest in Peace to ‘persuade’ two workers, he got the real map and id card to the entire floor.
Immortal Pharma had done many human experiments. This meant that they had many failed ‘volunteers’. These people were drawn here by the high monetary reward. Some of them wouldn’t wake up forever, and some of them had their consciousness trapped inside the game. They couldn’t differentiate between the fake and the real. Immortal Pharma would find a valid excuse to kill them. There was a secret path that connected the 9th-floor basement to the outside world. Only the admin had the power to use this path. Before Han Fei arrived, the workers received the notice that they would receive a new batch of ‘products’ from outside. It was worth noting that the secret path was normally used to transport the ‘waste’ out, but this time, it was used to move the ‘products’ in. Han Fei suspected this was how the traitor invited the core members of the criminal organization into Immortal Skyscraper.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHan Fei memorized the time when the product would be delivered, “At 12 noon on Thursday, something entered Immortal Skyscraper from the path in the 9th-floor basement.” Compelled by Han Fei’s ‘charisma’, the workers led Han Fei to inspect the new batch of products. In the large garage, only shattered pieces of glass remained. Han Fei picked up a piece, and his fingers were cut. He looked at it. The mirror didn’t reflect his face but an empty altar.
“This looks like a mirror from the cryptic world. Is Gao Xing hidden inside the mirror?” Han Fei remembered the mirrors at the murderer’s clubs. The mirrors could draw a living person’s soul into the cryptic world. He now suspected that Gao Xing had entered Immortal Skyscraper before the tragedy!
“He’s a real Unmentionable.” Han Fei hadn’t met an Unmentionable in real life. They would be extremely dangerous. Han Fei held the broken mirror and his throat moved. “To destroy the altar, I need to kill Gao Xing’s three souls. Gao Xing’s present and past have been destroyed, and only Gao Xing’s future remains…”
The Immortal Skyscraper was repeating Gao Xing’s most anticipated day. In other words, the Gao Xing Han Fei was about to meet would be Gao Xing’s last soul!
“But… how am I supposed to deal with an Unmentionable?” Han Fei took a deep breath and quickly calmed down. “Gao Xing’s most anticipated day happened in real life. If he used a power greater than allowed, will something happen to him?” Han Fei placed a broken mirror piece into his back. He found the employee and forced the man to lead him to the product that had been moved to the lab.
Be it in real life or the altar world, Han Fei didn’t want Gao Xing to succeed. The employee led Han Fei down the path filled with ‘trash’. They walked for a long time. Han Fei was about to lose his patience when the worker took out a key and opened a well-hidden door.
“Is the batch of products inside this room? If you dare to lie to me, I’ll have my doll crawl into your eyes and exit from the top of your head.” The worker quickly nodded. Before he met Han Fei, he was an atheist, but now he had full faith in Han Fei. Han Fei entered the room and looked around. Suddenly, the back of his head throbbed with pain. Laughter echoed in his ears.
“Why is there an orphanage underground?”
“It is modeled after an orphanage.” The worker whispered, “We normally call this place Lab No. 1. All the experiments started here. But for some reason, this lab was closed, and all the projects were destroyed. Now, it’s only a shell.”