The system's introduction of Little Myna also mentioned that she was a key, but other than that, there was no other explanation.
Han Fei knew that Little Eight was a key but he did not know what it was used for. In other words, the key was not that useful.
"Did the previous manager tell you anything else?"
Han Fei looked at his roommates. The living room was quiet.
"Looks like that's the case."
"Even though the previous manager appeared to be kind and friendly, I can sense that he did not trust us, or rather, he refused to trust anything in this world." Wei Youfu said slowly, "He is fundamentally different from you."
Han Fei was reminded of his encounter with the previous manager's memory fragments. He remembered the previous manager had chosen the path of destroying the cryptic world. Alas, the previous manager failed and his memory was shattered.
'Indeed, a person whose goal is to destroy the cryptic world is unlikely to trust ghosts and spirits.'
The previous manager did not tell the tenants any more information. If Han Fei wanted to get to the bottom of this world, he would have to continue searching for the previous manager's memory fragments.
'Thankfully, I've memorized the map of the previous manager's house. Yi Ming Private Academy is circled so there's a high chance the previous manager's memory fragments are hidden there as well.' Han Fei took out the teacher's ID from his inventory. 'He probably purposely left this for me.'
Han Fei had no idea how to deal with the singing. Now that the Happiness Neighbourhood was in danger, he could only place his hope on the previous manager's memory fragments.
'We have no idea when the singing will return, we need to prepare a backup plan.'
Now Han Fei finally understood how hopeless this world was. Looking around, there was not a single building that was completely intact unless he himself became an unspeakable existence.
"There's still a long way to go." Han Fei led Wei Youfu out of the haunted house. "Let's go visit the other neighbours, I hope they're all fine."
"When the song was still far away, I had already notified the tenants inside the building. If they trust me, they should be at Block 2 now." Wei Youfu was a very kind and reliable 'person'. He was like that when he was alive, and he was like that in death.
Han Fei entered Apartment 2 first. When he did not see Xu Qin among the crowd, he lost his cool.
Han Fei hurried back to the 5th floor of Block 1. Xu Qin still did not seem to have returned home. Everything in her room was destroyed. The jars that used to store her 'food' were all broken. The room was filled with the scent of curses.
Room 1051 was in a worse state than Xu Qin's room. Xu Qin's pet appeared to have been killed. The room was filled with rotten bones and a horrible stench. There was no sign of anyone.
"The ghost in the house is gone?"
Han Fei and Wei Youfu entered Room 1051. The darkness faded and the room was filled with stinking curses.
The singing was terrifying. Just as Han Fei was about to give up hope, an aggrieved voice came from the window.
* Hiss … *
After entering Room 1051, Han Fei poked his head out the window. He saw a shadow as thin as a strand of hair hiding in the corner of the windowsill.
"Holy sh * t, this is too tragic."
The shadow originally covered the whole of Room 1051 but now there was only a 'strand' of it left. The last strand of it managed to escape by hiding in the corner of the wall outside the room.
Han Fei reached out his hand towards the shadow and activated Soul-Depth Touch.
The shadow crawled out from the gap and curled around Han Fei's finger. Han Fei could feel fear, helplessness, panic and longing for Xu Qin from it.
When Xu Qin was around, it was always the shadow that devoured other people. It had never suffered such humiliation before.
"Notification for Player 0000! You have discovered a special unknown object.
"Special unknown object (???) : A special existence that contains curses and resentment. No one knows how it is formed. It is a combination between an object, a life and resentment. "
Looking at the strand of hair around his finger, Han Fei was shocked. Even the system could not identify this little pet of Xu Qin's, it was classified as a special unknown object.
'What did Xu Qin feed this thing? How did she raise such a small monster from a normal house? '
Han Fei tried to put the shadow into his inventory but the system said it was not an object. Left with no choice, he allowed the shadow to curl around his finger.
'Does this little thing see me as its male owner? Or am I the weakest here so it feels safer staying with me? '
After exiting Room 1051, Han Fei ran to Room 1054. The human cocoon that was kept here by Xu Qin was lucky. The song pushed the door open randomly but it did not open the door to Room 1054.
To Han Fei's surprise, the two cocoons would consume each other when they were deprived of flesh and blood. One of the cocoons was dying while the other glowed red. The thing inside appeared to be ready to break out at any moment.
'This cocoon is related to the non-locals and the non-locals have the butterfly tattoo on them, so perhaps it's related to the butterfly.' Han Fei had no idea what the cocoon could be used for so he put it away in his inventory.
After a quick inspection, there was no major damage to the building. To Han Fei's surprise, the mirror on the 7th floor had escaped unscathed as well.
'No wonder this mirror was one of the earliest tenants at the Happiness Neighbourhood, it's quite something.'
After the song left, all the tenants gathered together. Now that the Happiness Neighbourhood was no longer safe, everyone started to take Han Fei's previous suggestion seriously.
With the threat of the song, the tenants finally came to a consensus. They believed Han Fei's lie, they believed Han Fei did have extraordinary foresight.
None of the tenants knew when the song would return again. They couldn't find the reason so they couldn't stay in their homes peacefully.
This time it was Apartment 1 that was hit, next time it would be Apartment 2. Other than that, they also noticed the song was appearing more and more frequently.
'As expected, an external threat is the best way to unite the community.'
After Han Fei's discussion with the residents, they decided to have those who could not leave stay in the neighbourhood while the rest entered the convenience store.
With the help of the neighbors, Han Fei planned to scout around the school that night.
After midnight, Han Fei and a few of his neighbors arrived at the back door of the convenience store. By then he had completed a Grade G Normal Mission, he could log out of the game at any time.
Han Fei was at his strongest. Even when he encountered the song, he dared to curse from afar before logging off.
"Is everyone ready? Don't drop the ball, something strange has happened to Yi Ming Private Academy recently. It's very dangerous, outsiders seem to have infiltrated the place as well. Therefore, this time we're only going to scout around the perimeter. If there's a student that's left behind, we'll work together to rescue him! "
Han Fei needed to get his hands on the school's information, the more information he had, the more confident he would be in conquering this school.
Taking a deep breath, Han Fei hugged Weep's urn while Lee Zai carried Big Head's school bag. The two figures radiated an ominous presence.
After everyone was in position, Han Fei and Lee Zai ran out from the back alley of the convenience store. They crossed the road but when they stepped on the steps leading to the school entrance, something happened.
"Player 0000 has obtained the Teacher's ID of Yi Ming Private Academy! Congratulations, you've entered the hidden map — Yi Ming Private Academy!
"Mission list refreshed! Please take a look! "
Hearing the voice in his mind, Han Fei had a bad feeling. He had heard the term 'hidden map' from Huang Yin before but he did not expect to encounter it himself, much less under such circumstances.
Looking at the cracked urn in his hands, Han Fei tried to call Weep's name but Weep did not appear to be inside the urn.
'Are all the hidden maps in this game placed so openly on the streets?'
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