I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

However, time no longer allowed Lu Ban to conduct any further investigations.

He could feel that even the air belonged to that twisted monster.

In Lu Ban's mind, at this moment, the murmurs of countless people were repeating.

The consciousness of those who died, went missing, or were captured by the monster, absorbed by Him, is now roaring out.

These sounds formed a cry, like a baby announcing its arrival into the world.

All of this planning and scheming, more than twenty years of gestation, has been for this moment.

This is the moment of birth, a promise of hope and blessing.

"I'm so scared, I'm so scared, is there anyone who can save me?"

The timid nurse stood at the table, using her own blood to plead for help, stroke by stroke.

"Living human stake, living human stake, I've done my best, I've done my best!"

The remorseful builder stood by the wall, whispering to his compatriots inside.

"The mystery of life and death, I have finally grasped the mystery of life and death! I have succeeded, I have succeeded!"

On the operating table, the crazed doctor poured that filthy liquid into the body of the dying man.

Those sounds filled Lu Ban's ears and drilled into his mind; even covering his ears was of no use.

It wasn't that Lu Ban was listening to these delirious murmurs, but rather that these delirious murmurs were chasing after Lu Ban!

He immediately switched to the speech cartridge of his pistol, loaded the cartridge containing the words of the great being, and fired.

Five shots in a row, Lu Ban showed no hesitation, no pity.

The cement work came to a standstill.

The eyes and mouths that had opened on those gray, viscous flesh suddenly opened wide, some even bursting through their bodies.

The next moment, the entire building began to shake violently.

This was an earthquake that could be felt in the real world. In an instant, the entire city of Jiangcheng awoke from the silence of the night, and lights spread out from the hospital.

"wrong."

Lu Ban saw that the cement did not collapse because of the delirium; on the contrary, it began to wriggle, secrete, and proliferate even more, and would soon fill the entire space.

"This delirium only drove Him madder? Even though death was imminent?"

Given the current rate at which this monster is multiplying, there is no doubt that it may collapse due to exhaustion of power before it can even complete its birth, at most causing the destruction of a city.

Having been in hiding for over twenty years, He had no need to do this.

But perhaps influenced by the ravings of the great being that Lu Ban had instilled in it, the monster completely lost its reason. Even its instincts were disturbed, and it could only keep expanding its existence until it filled the entire space, plunging the whole world into darkness.

This is the worst choice: to destroy yourself and the world.

"【Glazed Fire】? Or should we just get a Halloween pumpkin, or some other weapon of mass destruction?"

Lu Ban's mind raced.

【Glassy Fire】This kind of inextinguishable flame is definitely not going to work. By the time we burn the monsters, Jiangcheng will probably be engulfed in flames.

Products like "Halloween," which are considered mentally polluting, are probably similar to the ramblings of some great being, and will only make this monster go berserk even more thoroughly.

As for skills like [Radiant Heavenly Thunder], which require learning, they are currently not of any use.

He didn't have time to browse the store carefully and decided to leave the room first.

If all else fails, we'll have to resort to dice.

He saw the door encased in cement, grabbed a crowbar, and rushed outside.

At the same time, Lu Ban picked up his suona with his other hand.

He played the suona.

Since the other party has already gone mad, let's just play a melody for Him and make the madness even more intense!

The ramblings of the great Jiangcheng Grand Theatre and the obvious antagonism of this suona might have quite different effects.

Amidst the suona horns, a soaring melody burst forth, drawing the attention of some being to a point out of sight of Lu Ban, among the stars.

The surging cement enveloped Lu Ban, attempting to flow into his brain through his ears, nose, mouth, and eyes, but the melody of the suona plunged these monster clones into an even deeper frenzy, to the point that they forgot even their instincts.

The earthquake was getting more and more intense. At this moment, the Jiangcheng City Geological Bureau, which was still unaware of what had happened, had just issued an earthquake warning. Fire departments and other agencies were still in a state of mobilization. Many people could only hide under their beds and huddle together with their families.

Therefore, most people did not notice that in the dark night sky, a star twinkled a few times at a frequency that was definitely not natural. These twinkles may have been just a fleeting glimpse in the billions of years of cosmic history, but for Lu Ban now, for the monster currently located in Nanhua Private Renji Hospital, it was enough to change everything.

The cement paused for a moment, but quickly, as if boiling, the eyes and mouths inside the cement opened, and the entire building changed shape, like melting ice cream.

Lu Ban felt his legs go weak and he rushed out of the room at the end of the corridor.

He wasn't sure if the demolition team's explosives could destroy the monster, so Lu Ban ran down the corridor.

He took out his phone, but there was no signal, so he couldn't contact the outside world.

Just then, Lu Ban saw something.

In a world that has become indescribable and utterly distorted, Lu Ban discovered something unchanging.

At the same time, the words he had seen before came back to his mind.

He said that the mirrors in the elevator can reflect reality and falsehood; those vicious and cruel people have no shadows.

It's an elevator!

Lu Ban saw the metal creation floating and sinking between the cement, but it did not change its appearance.

The old, decaying gate opened, as if to welcome Lu Ban.

He arrived at the door and saw the mirror inside, which was spotless, as if someone cleaned it every day.

“This mirror… the monsters are afraid of this mirror, or rather, this mirror has a suppressive effect on them.”

Lu Ban immediately realized.

The baby that the monster was in disguise would follow people up the stairs, but it would not follow people into the elevator.

The controlled corpse was able to enter the elevator, but it was like a puppet with its strings cut.

The mirrors in the elevator are strangely designed; they can reflect things that don't belong to this world.

The little girl in the mirror clearly doesn't look like she needs to crawl to move.

And then there were the workers who drove the streamer away...

Perhaps there is another world within this mirror... or rather...

"This is the gateway between the two worlds!"

Lu Ban stepped into the elevator and saw that his reflection in the mirror was pale, but he still managed a smile.

A little girl stood beside him; although her face looked ashen, she didn't appear eerie.

"So it was you..."

Lu Ban understands everything.

Chapter 148 Freshmen

As the elevator doors closed, Lu Ban felt the noise outside lessen.

He looked at the girl in the mirror and asked.

"Obstetrics and Gynecology Department... Are you the only child born in this hospital?"

Nanhua Private Renji Hospital does not have an obstetrics and gynecology department, which Lu Ban had never understood before.

This has no direct relation to the monster incident. Whether or not there is an obstetrics and gynecology department, it shouldn't affect Zhao Gongping's ability to use the monster's power to "revive" those people.

But that's not actually the case.

If it was only the power of monsters at work, then how could those corrupted and mutated people have left messages for Lu Ban, and how could they have driven away the streamer who came to the fifth floor?

Therefore, there must be some kind of force at play here, fighting against the monster.

And this power comes from this little girl.

In Lu Ban's arms, on the first few tattered pages of the red-covered notebook, stained with blood and dirt, words emerged.

It was clearly a woman's handwriting, gentle, dignified, and filled with boundless affection.

“I can feel the movement inside my belly, it’s our baby, she’s kicking me, telling me how she feels.”

"Although the doctor told me that I was very weak and that even a normal delivery could be dangerous, I still wanted to keep this child. This is the last legacy he left me."

“There was always a strange feeling in the hospital, as if someone was watching me. I was the only patient in the department. Maybe it was because the fees here were too expensive, so everyone went to public hospitals to give birth. But only the doctors here could take care of my condition. They told me that my child would be the first child born in this hospital. I was very happy. The child brought hope, new life, and the continuation of my memories with him.”

"However, my health is getting worse and worse. I was already frail and sickly, and now this child seems to be draining all my energy. Many times, I don't even have the strength to get out of bed. I know I look very haggard, and the nurses won't let me look in the mirror. Right now, I can only try my best to persevere, so that at least this child can find happiness."

“Dean Zhao cares about me a lot. He said that it is not easy for a girl like me to bring a child into the world, and he will definitely use the best treatment methods to ensure the safety of me and the child. He looked at the child in my belly with a very kind look in his eyes. I thought that if he were still here, he might look at our child with the same look.”

“My belly is getting bigger and bigger, but the rest of my body is getting thinner and thinner. I lose hair every day, clump by clump. My hands are so thin that they are just skin and bones. I haven’t felt the sensation of walking in a long time. Sometimes, I wonder if giving birth to her was a mistake, but I quickly dismiss the thought. My child is the person I love most in this world. No matter what, I have to bring her into this world, even if it costs me my life.”

“Dean Zhao came to see me. He said my condition was not optimistic and I might need to be transferred to the intensive care unit. I went to the fifth floor. It was very quiet here. The dean said I was one of the first patients to be admitted to the fifth floor, but I didn’t have the strength to feel anything. Just staying alive was already a huge effort.”

“I met a strange person today. He seemed to have gone to the wrong room and came to my ward. He took out a harmonica from somewhere and played a tune for me. Incredibly, I felt much better, and the baby in my belly wasn’t so fussy. The melody was very nice, and I memorized it. But the person left quickly, and then a nurse came over. She seemed very worried. She said that someone might be wandering around the hospital and doing bad things, but I think he was a good person.”

"With a sudden abdominal pain, I knew she was about to be born. I was taken into the operating room, which was brightly lit and contained a lot of equipment I had never seen before. I was in a lot of pain, as if my internal organs were being gnawed at by something. My vision blurred, and the inhuman pain almost made me faint."

"Dean Zhao personally delivered my baby. My hazy consciousness could only feel the pain, the endless pain, the pain that made me question the meaning of life. But even in such pain, I did not regret giving birth to her."

"After a long, seemingly endless period of pain, I suddenly felt a sense of loss, as if something important had disappeared. I saw Dean Zhao's face brighten up immediately, and I knew that my child had finally been born."

"I smiled with relief, wanting to speak, wanting to see my child. Then, I heard my child's first cry since birth into this world. It was...it was...an indescribable, low, and sharp strange sound, like fear spreading from the throat of some dying creature. I looked down and saw it, I saw my child."

"Inside a huge, transparent glass container, there was a mushy, mud-like mass, and a mouth with countless eyes and sharp teeth—something more bizarre than a monster."

“Your child is very healthy,” Dean Zhao said to me with a fervent expression.

"My child...my child...this is my child?"

"I felt like all the strength in my body had been drained, and I couldn't breathe in my lungs. It was only then that I saw what I looked like for the first time through the light fixture on the ceiling."

"A huge wound in his abdomen, all his internal organs had been devoured, and he was like a dried corpse. His hair had long since fallen out, and his eyes were sunken, just like a dying man. No, I was already dead."

"My child...my hope...all my hope...I cannot accept it, I cannot accept it, I cannot accept it!!!"