My Healing Games

Chapter 880 Witness to Calamity

"Do the wild roses and dandelions that bloom at five in the morning represent Ah Nian's two children? Are these flowers his relatives from his memories?"

When Han Fei came to his senses, the memory in his mind had disappeared, and two withered flowers appeared in his hand.

"What I saw was a blank book, but what Ah Nian held in his hand was a photo album, and the family in his memory were like flowers in a ghostly realm."

Opening the blank book, Han Fei found the night at five o'clock in the morning, where he had sandwiched two withered flowers between the pages.

The child's cries grew fainter, and the flowers slowly grew into the pages of the book, as if they had always belonged to it.

"Attention player number 0000! You have discovered a special quest item—the Book of Life."

"The Book of Life: Everyone's life is a book, and everything you experience is the content of the book. Your memories weave a story that is unique to you."

Continuing through the garden, every flower seemed to hope to be taken away by Han Fei, for this garden imprisoned far too many souls.

To be honest, Han Fei really wanted to take out the Rebirth Butcher's Knife and pull off a big heist, taking all the souls willing to follow him into the abyss of greed, but unfortunately, doing so was too risky.

Suppressing his inner greed, Han Fei buried himself in searching for other flowers.

A few minutes later, he discovered the hop flower that had bloomed at three in the morning. As he picked the flower, he saw Ah Nian's new memories.

That was Ah Nian's first day at Yong Sheng Pharmaceuticals, and his most unforgettable memories began from that moment.

His department head was his former mentor and took good care of him, and his colleagues also recognized his work ability. This should have been an inspiring story of struggle, but as the experiments deepened, A-Nian gradually discovered that he was not involved in a great scientific project to extend people's lifespan, but rather in the development of various prohibited substances.

Tormented by his conscience and tempted by money and fame, Anian gradually fell into depravity.

Year after year passed, and one morning at three o'clock, his mentor died unexpectedly while participating in an experiment.

As the hops bloomed, Anian took over the mentor's position and became the new person in charge of this taboo experiment.

The hop flower that Han Fei touched contained a part of the soul of the leader of A Nian, and this flower was also an indispensable part of A Nian's memory.

Running through the sea of ​​flowers, Han Fei slowly collected all the blossoms, and Ah Nian's past gradually became complete.

This experimenter trapped in time is no ordinary person; he is the head of a top-secret project within the Immortal Pharmaceuticals organization.

In his youth, he was dull and honest, slow to react, and had a very low profile; he didn't even know to run when an earthquake struck.

After joining Yong Sheng Pharmaceuticals, he became the most dedicated researcher, remaining silent and focused on his experiments, single-mindedly striving to develop a certain drug. The reason for his hard work was that his two children suffered from an extremely rare genetic disease, and he wanted to save them. To this end, he personally participated in experiments to test their safety.

He persisted with unwavering determination, but reality is not a fairy tale. During the intense experiments, he gradually discovered that he was experiencing mental problems and felt that everyone around him was sick.

In order to avoid losing his job, he kept all these secrets to himself and pretended to be a normal person.

As the project progressed, he gained access to more of the core secrets of Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals. However, during this process, his family members fell ill one after another, all his friends left, and even his neighbors moved away.

His extraordinary second half of life seemed to be controlled by an invisible hand, with a force pushing him forward.

Ultimately, he successfully gained access to the most crucial secret of the immortal pharmaceutical company—the black box.

"I feel that A-Nian was used by Gao Xing and Hu Die. There are traces of mental manipulation everywhere in his life, whether it is him or his family..." Butterflies always flutter on the flowers that A-Nian had Han Fei pick, and dream dust falls from their gorgeous wings, deceiving the world.

Having spent a great deal of time and effort collecting most of the flowers, Han Fei now only has the moonflower, which blooms at 10 p.m. left.

“A-Nian came into contact with the black box, and that last blooming flower should represent the last scene he saw.”

The path he came from had long since disappeared. Han Fei wandered in the sea of ​​flowers, and more and more flowers and butterflies surrounded him.

The flowers pleaded, wanting Han Fei to take them away; the patterns on the butterfly wings seemed like terrifying eyes, watching Han Fei's every move.

An ominous premonition grew stronger. Han Fei noticed the ground trembling slightly. After pausing for a few seconds, he suddenly turned around. The ground behind him bulged upwards, as if a giant python was lurking underground, winding its way toward him!

As Han Fei dodged, dirt flew up from where he had just stood, and a thick plant root emerged from the ground!
It is over ten meters long, and its entire body is covered with strange patterns, like tree rings.

Looking into the burrow, tiny, fuzzy hairs hanging from the roots revealed a jovial human head—a terrifying sight hidden beneath this sea of ​​flowers.

The ground softened, and Han Fei's legs began to sink. With each step, he had to exert twice the effort compared to before.

"We absolutely cannot sink underground!"

Han Fei knew he had been discovered, so he turned and ran without hesitation.

Flowers can be found again, but life is only once.

Thick plant roots were chasing after him, and to make matters worse, several more protrusions appeared on the ground, with a large number of "roots" hidden underground converging on Han Fei!
"I have the blood of longevity in my veins, do these guys not even spare their own people?"

Having no other choice, Han Fei continued to bleed Changshou.

With fresh ghost blood drenching his body, the monsters hidden underground chased him even more fiercely. However, guided by the ghost blood, Han Fei found his way back.

Seeing that Han Fei was about to escape, the flowers frantically wrapped around his body, begging him to take them with him.

One or two flowers wouldn't affect Han Fei, but countless soul flowers surged in at once, almost overwhelming Han Fei's mind with all sorts of unfamiliar memories.

Human selfishness is on full display here. The flowers are not inherently bad, but they came in a tidal wave. If Han Fei hadn't taken them with him, they wouldn't have let him escape so easily.

"I can't refuse such kindness!"

Gritting his teeth, Han Fei reluctantly opened the abyss of greed: "Since you're begging to come with me, I have no choice but to reluctantly agree."

The black mist could no longer conceal itself, and the abyss of greed appeared behind Han Fei, like a black tide that instantly swallowed up a large number of soul flowers!
Completely moved by the demonic forces, Han Fei ran to the Garden of Hatred and opened the Gate of the Abyss, which was tantamount to declaring war on Hatred head-on.

Time was changing, and a strand of white hair appeared on Han Fei's head, but there was no turning back once the arrow was released; he could no longer stop.

The commotion was so great that several gardeners appeared at the edge of the flower field. They had no facial features, only rings of growth spreading outwards. Their lower bodies were chained to the flower field, while their upper bodies had become like insects, with organs specifically designed to cultivate flowers.

"accelerate!"

Using his power of words, Han Fei intended to leave before the gardeners completed their encirclement, but as he passed by the gardeners, he unexpectedly discovered that each gardener had a flower growing on their heart.

One of the gardeners was adorned with pure white flowers, like the moon's reflection in water, embellishing the night yet seemingly poised to wither at any moment.

"Moonflower?"

The moonflower he was looking for bloomed in the heart of a certain gardener, and was cherished and protected by that gardener like a treasure.

"Blooming at night and withering during the day, it represents fleeting beauty and emotions; it is the last flower I am looking for."

Han Fei immediately changed direction, unleashing a black tide that enveloped the gardener, and while devouring him, he grabbed the flower stem.

The most unforgettable scene of A Nian's life flashed into Han Fei's mind: he was standing in a completely enclosed underground building, with hundreds of intensive care units in front of him, all of which were filled with people on the verge of death.

The participants in the experiment were covered in various tubes, which led to a completely black room, like a giant black box.

The label on the bedside table recorded the information of each participant in the trial. Among them were wealthy people who were thought to be dead, elites from all walks of life, patients suffering from terminal illnesses, and some employees of Yong Sheng Pharmaceuticals. Ah Nian's two children were also among them.

These individuals appear to have signed an agreement to hand over everything to Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals before their deaths.

Their bodies and souls seemed to be separated, with their consciousness entirely entering the AI, while their bodily organs barely maintained basic activity.

"The immortality plan?"

In that mysterious black room, a large, still clock hung on the wall. As usual, Ah Nian was checking the condition of each ward when he suddenly heard a knock on the door.

In this enclosed space where no living person could enter except himself, a knock sounded on the door.

Subconsciously raising his head, Ah Nian looked into the black room with a clock hanging on it, and the knocking sound came from that room.

While he was still wondering if he had misheard, the still clock suddenly started ticking, and all the experimental subjects in the hundreds of sanatoriums bled from all seven orifices and had their eyes bulging out.

A piercing alarm sounded, and the red light of the highest level warning shone on Ah Nian's face. Then he saw the black room being pushed open by pairs of bloody hands, and endless ghosts crawled out from the hidden door!
As the nightmare descended, Ah Nian, his mind blank, ran towards his children's ward under the control of his subconscious, where he lay down next to their corpses.

The last memory ends here; the moon flower was made up of fragments of Ah Nian's own soul.

Once all the flowers had been collected, lines of text began to appear in A-Nian's Book of Life, but Han Fei had no time to look at them now.

After the gardener died, a hateful roar came from beneath the sea of ​​flowers!
"escape!"

Curiosity killed the cat, so Han Fei didn't think about anything and rushed back to the security room as fast as he could.

"Brother, I really did my best."

Han Fei placed the book of life on the table in the security room, and A Nian, through the window glass, placed the photo album in the same spot.

The two stood on different timelines, their past and present memories intertwined, and a miracle occurred.

The pages began to turn on their own, and the withered flowers bloomed anew within the book, vibrant and colorful, just like Ah Nian's own life.

Laughter, anger, and all sorts of voices began to echo in the book, and the portraits in the photos all came to life, merging into Ah Nian's body and making him more and more real.

After his body completely materialized, cracks appeared on the windowpane, and the clocks of the past and present overlapped. The next second, the hands of both clocks moved simultaneously!
"Snapped!"

The glass in the security room shattered in all directions, everything aged rapidly, and a man dressed in the work clothes of the immortal pharmaceutical company escaped from the cracks of time!

"Attention player number 0000: You have successfully completed the random quest 'A-Nian' at the shrine, and have received a large amount of experience, the special item 'Caregiver's Certificate,' and gained A-Nian's friendship and trust."

“Caregiver Certificate: Wearing this work badge will protect you from attacks by other caregivers, and the elderly here will not make things difficult for you, but you should still be careful of the doctors and the irrational monsters.”

“A-Nian (the person with the memory personality): The gods deceived him. During his seventh personality awakening, those unbearable memories drove him insane, making him live in the past forever and become a toy of several people’s hatred.”

"After thirteen years of looping within the same minute, you broke the cycle of his most feared minute, rescued him from the time loop, and helped him successfully complete his seventh awakening!"

(End of this chapter)