He removed the game helmet and his body felt like it was frozen solid.
He raised his arm but even the simple act of lifting his arm took a toll on him.
The surface of his skin was startlingly cold. After a while, as the blood circulated through his body, the chill slowly dissipated.
'If I continue to play games like this, my body won't last much longer. I need to buy a gaming hub as soon as possible.'
Those high-end gaming hubs were specially designed for the rich. They could help them relax their nerves while they enjoyed the game.
For example, Huang Yin who lived at the smart city, he and Han Fei both liked to stay up late to play games. However, Huang Yin would always stay up through the night. His gaming time was longer than Han Fei's but he would still be energetic the next day. That was the benefit of a high-end gaming hub.
'Injecting a large amount of Yin energy into the ghost tattoo can temporarily boost all my attributes and reduce the damage caused by resentment. After I acquire the profession of Midnight Butcher, I'll have my own knife. With this ability, my survivability will change drastically. Now I can only hope that the gaming hub can help me alleviate some of my physical pain. '
There had never been a player as sincere as Han Fei. For the sake of gaming, he would spend his entire fortune, rack his brain and bet his life on it.
Turning on the heater, Han Fei wrapped himself in the thick blanket and took out his phone to search for the name — Fu Sheng.
The biggest reward from last night's gaming session was finding out the name of the previous building manager. Unfortunately, Han Fei searched for a long time but to no avail …
At 9 am, his phone suddenly vibrated. Han Fei who had just fallen asleep was jolted awake.
He glanced at the caller ID. It was Huang Yin.
'Why is this brother suddenly so enthusiastic? Is it because Perfect Life's 6th Beta is about to end? '
Before Han Fei could say anything, Huang Yin's voice came through the phone, "Brother, are you busy today? I've contacted an ex-employee from Immortal Pharma, we have something to discuss. "
"An ex-employee from Immortal Pharma?"
"Do you still remember the madman I told you about? When Immortal Pharma and Deep Space Tech were testing a game, one of the testers accidentally wandered into the cryptic world. He ended up massacring a whole neighbourhood in the game. "
"I remember that man! He was released from the mental hospital? "Han Fei snapped out of it. He wanted to see the tester more than anyone else.
"No, he died in a mental hospital."
"Dead?!"
"The specific cause of death is unknown. The police have taken over the investigation. The staff I brought you to see this time was the deceased's former colleague. He knew a lot of secrets. "
"I'll be right there."
After hanging up, Han Fei cleaned himself up and then took a bus to Xin Lu's smart city.
An hour later, he came to an underground pedestrian street.
After scanning his identity information, he entered a very inconspicuous coffee house at the corner of the street. This coffee house's name was Corner Coffee.
A faint aroma wafted in the small coffee shop. There was only an elderly barista standing at the bar on the entire first floor.
"Han Fei?"
"Yes."
"They're waiting for you on the second floor."
Han Fei scanned his ID again, passed the facial recognition, and opened the door to the second floor.
Compared to the first floor, the second floor was decorated more retro. At first glance, there were no high-tech products. It looked like a simple coffee shop from many years ago.
"Han Fei, you're finally here. Allow me to introduce you." Huang Yin enthusiastically pulled Han Fei to the table and pointed at a man sitting at the corner. "This is Feng Ziyu, his nickname is Absurd Mask. He's one of the earliest testers from Immortal Pharma to participate in Perfect Life's closed beta."
After introducing the man, Huang Yin pointed at Han Fei. "This is the Han Fei I told you about, he's an actor."
"I've seen him on the news before. He helped the police solve a serial murder case and even personally apprehended a fugitive." The man at the corner stood up to shake Han Fei's hand. "I've heard a lot about you."
"Let's get straight to the point." Han Fei also sat down at the table. He studied Feng Ziyu silently.
The man was only in his thirties but he looked like he was in his fifties. He was in bad shape.
"I'm the one who opened this corner coffee shop. We can talk freely here without worrying about being eavesdropped."
Huang Yin then took out his phone. He projected the information provided by Feng Ziyu on the wall.
"The dead tester at the mental hospital was Brother Feng's senior. When the tester entered the cryptic world, Brother Feng was right beside him. He witnessed everything."
Huang Yin signaled for Feng Ziyu to tell Han Fei what he saw.
After some hesitation, Feng Ziyu finally said, "Now that I think about it, it still feels weird. At the time, Brother Zhang and I were doing a plot test. Initially, everything was normal but when we were testing a supernatural side plot at a residential area near Funerary Street, an accident happened."
"What accident?" Han Fei memorized the term Funerary Street in his mind.
"That supernatural side plot is a hidden plot, it's called Possessed. It's about an old man who missed his dead wife so on the night the Gates of Hell opened, he ran to one of the corridors at Block 4 to call for her soul. His wife was murdered there by a burglar.
"After he returned home, his shoulders were in pain and he had trouble breathing. His health deteriorated and not long after that, he passed away. According to the plot, the old man did not call for his wife, it was another ghost that followed him home.
"After the old man passed away, the ghost took up residence at his home and started to harm his family.
"The old man's son, daughter-in-law and daughter all started to act strangely. In the end, it was the granddaughter who saw the ghost. She said it was not her grandmother living at home but something else.
"This mission required the player, with the granddaughter's help, to use various tools to exorcise the ghost step by step.
"As a hidden mission, the difficulty of Possessed is very high. It's scary and exciting. At the time, we did the test to see whether the mission would cause psychological damage to the player.
"Theoretically speaking, this mission has been tested many times, there shouldn't be any accidents. But when we followed the standard answers to the mission, we suddenly realized the plot had changed. "
Feng Ziyu himself could not understand it. Other than confusion, there was a trace of fear in his voice.
"With the granddaughter's help, we completed the mission, and the family returned to normal. However, the mission completion rate given by the system was very low.
"I didn't think too much of it. I just wanted to get off work as soon as possible, but Brother Zhang felt like something was wrong. He followed the standard answers to the mission again, and the rating was still the lowest.
"I urged Brother Zhang to test the next mission, but Brother Zhang told me that there might be a bug in this mission.
"It was like he was possessed. He repeated the mission again and again until the 14th time. At the beginning of the mission, he killed the most important granddaughter.
"At the time, I was scared out of my wits. But to my surprise, after Brother Zhang killed the granddaughter, he received the mission completion notification.
"Do you know what that means?
The ghost did not follow the plot. It possessed the granddaughter from the very beginning! The ghost played the game with us and completed the mission more than 10 times!
"But that was not the scariest thing. After we received the mission completion notification, Brother Zhang's expression changed. Sometimes he would be normal, and other times he would smile like the granddaughter.
"I wanted to drag him out of the game but he did not seem to realize his mistake. He continued to repeat the mission.
"In the end, I had no choice but to force him to log out of the game.
"That night, we came up with a report to the higher-ups. Since I live in the old city, Brother Zhang told me to get off work first like usual, so I didn't think too much of it.
But when I came to work the next day, Brother Zhang was still in the game.
"I had a very bad feeling. When I logged into the game, it was too late."
Feng Ziyu took a long time before he said, "Brother Zhang killed all the NPCs at the residential area. He was covered in blood and his mental state was extremely unstable. It felt like there were multiple consciousnesses entangling inside his body!"
"That was the last time you saw him? Did he tell you anything? "Han Fei stared at the man before him.
"I have not shared this secret with anyone. I hope that after you hear what I have to say next, you will keep your promise and bring me into the cryptic world." Feng Ziyu pursed his lips. After a long time, he finally made up his mind. "At the time, Brother Zhang was in a half-crazed state. He appeared to be hypnotized by something. He kept mumbling something about the cryptic world. I tried to get close to him but when he saw me, he stabbed the bloodied knife into my chest. He started to scream madly, 'Kill Fu Sheng, kill Fu Sheng, kill Fu Sheng, kill Fu Sheng.'
"Initially, I did not understand what he meant. After a long time, I realized Fu Sheng might be a name or a codename.
"I looked into it and found out Immortal Pharma's CEO, Fu Tian had an older brother when he was young. His brother was called Fu Sheng!"
Hearing Feng Ziyu's words, Han Fei's heart was pounding. He had completed the manager mission given by the previous manager.
In the endless loop of the nightmare, the previous building manager appeared as the older brother. He also had a younger brother who was very popular among the ghosts.
"Brother Feng, do you still remember the name of the residential area?"
"It didn't have a specific name, it was called the Ziggurat in the scenario. But the entire map of the residential area had been completely deleted, so it was impossible to enter the cryptic world from there. "
"The Ziggurat?" Han Fei thought the name was familiar. He remembered the place the paper doll and the bride went to was the Ziggurat.
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