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Chapter 808 The Meaning of Dreams
Gao Ming was unaware of Zhang Ding's ordeal in Hanjiang. He could only confirm, through the "body fragments" Zhang Ding left in the torture chamber, that not only had Zhang Ding's soul not been scattered, but his soul power seemed to have become much stronger.

"The most urgent task is still the new blood city of Shanghai."

With the Han Hai rebuilt, its foundation is unstable. Gao Ming's departure with all the Dream Ghosts was also a great risk. They had to contact the New Shanghai Saviors as quickly as possible.

Bathed in the sunlight of the new Shanghai, Gao Ming stood in an abandoned building on the edge of the city, looking down at the new Shanghai in reality.

The headquarters of major companies such as Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals and Deep Space Technology are located here. The city in front of us was once known as the starting point of the new century, breaking through genetic barriers and deep space blockades, bringing the future step by step.

Just when they were about to achieve these goals, the dreams of the deeper world disrupted reality, bringing development to a standstill, and everything seemed to return to the arrangement of fate.

"Dreams are the forgotten past, the distorted faith, the neglected despair. The people of this city stride forward, overcoming countless difficulties, but ultimately they are defeated by human nature."

Never deny people's goodwill, and never underestimate their malice.

As the setting sun plunged into the deep sea like a giant fireball, Gao Ming entered Xinhu after the last rays of its light were swallowed up.

The streetlights are on, and the city is incredibly prosperous. The Xinhu side of the ring road is brightly lit, while the Hanjiang side is pitch black, clearly divided into two parts.

Feeling the echoes of the four shrines inside the torture chamber, Gao Ming politely hailed a ride to the city center.

Of all the Blood City Lords, he is probably the one least bound by the rules of reality, because he is weak enough when he does not use the power of the Blood City.

The car owner was a young woman who wasn't very brave. She was wearing a white suit and driving an electric car worth around 80,000 to 90,000 yuan. Horror stories were playing on the radio inside the car.

She gripped the steering wheel tightly, focusing intently on the road ahead, occasionally exchanging a few words with Gao Ming.

Her words and actions revealed her pride as a resident of Shanghai, a city considered the greatest of modern times, bar none. Of course, she also had her complaints, lamenting her troubles with her life, venting to Gao Ming about her company boss, and sharing snacks from the car.

About halfway through the drive, the woman received a call from home. Faced with her parents' concern and nagging, she felt both happy and helpless, as if the horror story radio in the car had become background music.

"Xinhu is not safe lately. Several people have gone missing in the suburbs. Don't wander around after work, go home as soon as possible."

"Understood, don't worry."

"Take good care of yourself and order less takeout."

"Okay, you guys should eat well too. I'm driving, I'll talk to you when I get home."

After hanging up the phone, the young woman said somewhat embarrassedly, "My dad is a retired policeman. He always thinks everyone is a bad person and tells me to be careful of this and that every day."

“Maybe he’s right.” Gao Ming smiled and pointed to an abandoned Hulin hut by the roadside, which looked like it had been abandoned for who knows how long. “Could we stop here for a bit? I need to take care of some things.”

"Here?" The young woman hesitated for a moment, but then agreed: "Then hurry up, this place is far from the city center, there are hardly any people around, it's quite unsafe."

The woman drove her car next to the road surveillance camera and then stopped.

"Thank you." Gao Ming got out of the car empty-handed and entered the bushes. Before he even got close to the wooden house, he smelled a bloody odor.

He didn't care at all, and without making a sound, he walked to the front of the hut and pushed open the wooden door.

Several wine bottles were scattered on the ground, and the only wooden table was wrapped with hemp rope. Between the wooden table and the wooden bed lay a female corpse.

Her pure white suit jacket was torn to shreds, her underwear was pulled down to her ankles, her manicured nails were broken and filled with blood, and there was a two-finger-wide dark ligature mark on her neck. The shovel fell to the ground, and outside, a man and a woman were arguing. Gao Ming looked through the crack in the window.

A man is digging a hole in the dense forest, while a woman is rummaging through her bag nearby, leaving cosmetics and stomach medicine scattered all over the ground.

"You killed the ransom before even getting the password. If you can't control your lust, just chop it up!"

"Damn it! I didn't intend to kill her so quickly!"

Gao Ming didn't really want to listen anymore. He approached from behind, his heart pounding slightly. He used his ability to connect with the Blood Immortal to turn the man and woman into mutated flesh and blood. In their painful struggle, they turned into blood and flowed into the pit he had dug.

Back in the cabin, Gao Ming took off his coat and covered the woman's body with it, then used the deceased's phone to send an emergency message.

After finishing all that, Gao Ming walked out of the cabin and returned to the car: "It's all done. Let's continue to the city."

Gao Ming smiled and looked at the woman in the driver's seat. Her face was bloodless, there was a two-finger-wide ligature mark on her neck, and her arms were stiff. She seemed to be gripping the steering wheel tightly because of some obsession.

"Okay... By the way, where's your coat?" The female driver seemed to suddenly realize something, her expression turning strange: "You didn't forget to bring any tissues, so you're using your coat..."

Despite being addressed in such a manner by the thirteenth lord of Blood City, Gao Ming remained unperturbed, simply closing his eyes to rest.

“I have paper in my car.”

"drive."

Do you need medication for your stomach?

Seeing that Gao Ming seemed to be embarrassed and remained silent, the female driver did not press him further and continued driving towards the city.

The closer she got to a crowded area, the colder the female driver felt.

"Do you mind if I turn off the air conditioning? It's strange, I feel weak and my vision is blurry." The female driver's body was fading slightly, but she didn't seem to realize it.

"You must be too tired. You should get some sleep. I'll drive you home."

Turning his head, Gao Ming extended a finger and touched the female car owner's forehead, weaving a dream for her that did not involve death.

Looking at the peaceful expression on the female car owner's face as she slept, Gao Ming felt that this might be the meaning of dreams.

"At least I can make you free in your dreams, without pain."

After opening the torture chamber and sending the female driver inside, Gao Ming drove straight to Yong Sheng Pharmaceuticals. All four shrines within his body were urging him on; they had already sensed the location of the fifth shrine.

"After obtaining the shrine of the last dream, I should be able to possess the complete delirium, an ability that even dreams are unwilling to use. Perhaps it can bring a 'surprise' to everyone."

Abandoning his car and entering the new Shanghai smart city, he discovered that people with high life force would fall into a dream, and he was now considered an "abnormal phenomenon" that could not be directly observed.

After successfully entering the Yong Sheng Pharmaceutical Building, Gao Ming did not visit any of the laboratories. Instead, he took an elevator without floor markings and went down to the core of the New Shanghai Smart City.

By forcibly putting the researchers into a dream, Gao Ming was led through a series of access control gates, and finally appeared in front of him a black box several meters high.

(End of this chapter)