Chapter 653: 653
As large as the female boss was, her heart was disproportionately small . It glistened and refracted the light like a blood red ruby . It was not discolored or tainted in any way . "Who would have thought an ugly monster like that would have such a pure heart?"
Chen Ge reached out to touch the glutton monster's heart . He wished to study and find out what exactly a Red Specter's heart was . However, when his fingertip landed on the heart, negative emotions swept at him like a wave . Blood rushed through his body, and an indescribable desire to feast echoed in his brain . He was so hungry that he could have taken a bite out of himself .
"So hungry!" The desperate snarl escaped from Chen Ge's lips . The man had to take several steps back from the heart before he felt more like himself again .
"Just how many living humans and ghosts has this thing ingested?" Gasping hungrily for air, Chen Ge's back was soaked in sweat . He held his hands back and swore to not easily handle anything related to Red Specters anymore .
"The heart of the glutton monster is the pure desire to feast . It is an endless need that can only be satisfied with maddened consumption . " Chen Ge understood why Xu Yin did not take in the glutton monster's heart directly . This was not something that could be handled by a normal Specter . "Back when we killed Xiong Qing, Xu Yin gave Xiong Qing's heart to Bai Qiulin . Now I wonder if Bai Qiulin has been affected by Xiong Qing or not . "
Feeling Chen Ge's gaze on him, Bai Qiulin thought that it was time for him to report to duty, so he dragged the barely-surviving boy over . In a perfect contrast to Xu Yin, for Bai Qiulin, only his heart was dyed red by blood .
"Ol' Bai looks perfectly normal . Perhaps it's because Xiong Qing was too weak to leave any effect on him . " Chen Ge opened the comic to pull the boy into it . He planned to slowly interrogate the boy and get more information about Xin Hai Central Hospital from him after the Trial Mission was over . After dealing with the boy, Chen Ge turned back to look at the heart in Xu Yin's hand .
He could see that even just carrying the heart put a great amount of pressure on Xu Yin . He would definitely end up in trouble if he was ordered to consume the heart . Furthermore, Xu Yin had never shown any interest in consuming another person's heart . Instead, he wanted to find a heart that belonged to him .
"Then, what should I do with this?" The glutton monster's heart was a very valuable reward . It technically contained everything that was about the glutton monster . With this in Chen Ge's possession, he might even have the chance of cultivating a Red Specter who could have a better handle of the hunger in the future!
This thing was too valuable . Even the shadow and Doctor Gao would definitely be interested in it .
"If Xu Yin is tasked with acting as the keepsake of the heart, he would separate out a part of his power to resist the negative emotions the heart will bring . That will definitely affect his ability during battle . " During dangerous situation, Xu Yin was Chen Ge's main fighting force, so having Xu Yin handle the glutton monster's heart was a giant waste .
"But other than him, who would be able to resist that overwhelming wave of negative emotions?" Chen Ge had Bai Qiulin give it a try, but he only persisted for several minutes before his expression became contorted . He had gone under the influence of gluttony, and it was clear that he was slowly spiraling out of control .
"Is there no other way than to give this away? But it will be such a loss . " The red high heels probably desired the glutton monster's heart . Gifting it to her would probably earn Chen Ge a valuable ally, but the man thought that was such a ridiculous waste of resource .
"Normal Specters are too weak to sustain a consumption of such a powerful heart . They will most likely disperse from eating this heart . Only a Red Specter is able to resist that enormous will to feed . " Chen Ge stared at the beeping heart in Xu Yin's hands . The blood red heart was buried deeply inside the meat mountain and was thus spared the effect of the blood curse .
"Leaving it with Xu Yin will only create a burden . The only choice I have left is Zhang Ya . " Chen Ge called Xu Yin to get close to the candlelight and had Xu Yin place the glutton monster's heart on his shadow . Ever since he entered Li Wan City, Chen Ge's shadow had gradually been changing . It was not until he was trying to madly summon Zhang Ya earlier that he had noticed this change . He had no idea why Zhang Ya was doing this, but he believed that Zhang Ya would not harm him .
The candlelight cast its flame on Chen Ge's body, but the strange thing was that the shadow that he formed was in the shape of a woman . Chen Ge looked at his own shadow silently . Xu Yin had the obvious desire that he did not wish to get any closer . After getting permission from Chen Ge, he finally placed the glutton monster's heart on Chen Ge's shadow .
Then a strange thing happened . Once the heart that glistened like a ruby left Xu Yin's grasp, it started to bounce violently, and soon, a woman's shadow appeared above the heart . Chen Ge felt the woman looked so familiar . Eventually, he matched it to the woman that he saw in the boss' room, the woman in the pictures, the woman that he called his mother . That should be the real appearance of the ruby ghost .
"So, she still had this trick up her sleeves . " Cold sweat poured out of Chen Ge's forehead . If he had made his employee consume this heart, that employee might have transformed into a second glutton monster .
The woman's wail gradually weakened before dissolving into droplets of blood that landed on Chen Ge's shadow . His shadow was like a lake whose bottom could never be seen . The droplet of blood landed on the shadow and caused a ripple before disappearing completely .
After the glutton monster's heart completely melted, Chen Ge's shadow became even darker, and the silhouette of a woman became clearer . For some strange reason, Chen Ge's heart started to race . He looked at his own shadow and had this sensation that a young lady was waving at him from the other side of the shadow . If he reached out toward the woman, he would be dragged into the shadow and stay there with her forever .
"Zhang Ya?" The name floated up in Chen Ge's heart . The hair in the shadow bloomed like it was being caressed by the wind—this, Chen Ge accepted as a response .
"She seems to have grown stronger…" Chen Ge had been trying to increase the power level of his employees, but after such a long struggle, he realized that the combined strength of all of his employees still would not match that of Zhang Ya . To make matters worse, the difference between the power level only continued to grow . "Perhaps this is what they call talent . "
At Jiujiang Medical University's underground morgue, even though Zhang Ya had been injured in the battle as well, she had still managed to get something from Doctor Gao's wife . It was the same thing when she crossed swords with the shadow . Then, she forcibly stole a few drops of blood from Doctor Gao . Now, she had consumed the glutton monster's heart . Just how strong Zhang Ya had become, even Chen Ge himself could not tell .
"I am not someone who likes to rely on others, but based on this situation, it does not appear like I have a choice . " His lips turned involuntarily upward . Chen Ge glanced at the headless woman and the pair of red high heels . "If you're naughty, I'll feed you to her . "
The red high heels were collapsed on the ground, and they looked no different from a normal pair of shoes . The woman had probably exhausted so much of her energy that she had trouble even holding her form . After all, during the battle with the glutton monster, she had single-handedly suffered seventy-five percent of the damage, and it was she who managed to land the crucial blow on the glutton monster, which provided Chen Ge with the opportunity that he needed .
"You've helped me once, so I'll treat you in kind . I'm not going to take advantage of you . When the mission is over, I'll bring you back to a safe place and even purposely construct a home for you . " Chen Ge had personally witnessed the terror of the red high heels' curse . He picked up the heels using an abandoned table cloth and placed them on the counter .
"Then, it's your turn . You chased me for a whole damn street, and I think you owe me an apology . " Chen Ge had Xu Yin, Bai Qiulin, and Men Nan apprehend the headless woman before he dared get close to her . The headless woman seemed to have some prejudice against men, and she refused to even look at Chen Ge's group .
"It's fine if you don't want to communicate with males . I have female ghosts in my employment as well . " Chen Ge summoned Duan Yue to communicate with the headless woman . After a long communication, Duan Yue returned to relay the information . The headless woman's condition was definitely not good . She had lost half of her body, and her head was heavily injured . She had trouble maintaining her form from dispersing, much less getting into battle .
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