After cutting through the bone cleaver, Han Fei's bone-paring knife showed obvious changes. The cracks on the blade lessened and the presence it radiated became colder and more sinister.
'This is an evil knife that will devour its owner. It is haunted by hatred, not everyone can wield it.'
Most people would not use a knife like this. In a life or death situation, the slightest moment of hesitation could cost one's life.
If something happened to one's most trusted knife at a crucial moment, the consequence would be fatal.
Han Fei did not want to use this knife but he had no other choice.
Putting away the bone-paring knife and the single-eyed pig-faced monster's mask, Han Fei grabbed the twig that Xu Qin gave him. He used the system to appraise the pig's heart.
'Pig's Heart Soaked in Blood: This is a dish made with advanced culinary skills. Various special ingredients have been added to it. The creator's culinary skills should have reached a new breakthrough recently, the food she cooks has become even more delicious. After consumption, there is a 60% chance to be cursed, a 35% chance to speed up physical recovery and a 5% chance to trigger an unknown reaction. '
'Xu Qin's gifts are indeed good stuff.' Han Fei felt like he had a tacit understanding with Xu Qin. Xu Qin's cooking might cause one to be cursed but Han Fei's luck was very high so the chance of being cursed was very low.
After putting all the pig's hearts into his inventory, Han Fei turned around to look. Xu Qin still had not come out from the old house.
'Xu Qin?'
Looking at the pig's mask that Xu Qin had chopped into pieces, Han Fei suddenly realized something. He hurried towards the old house with the black anaconda in tow.
The wooden door was left ajar. The inside of the house was splattered with blood. It was as if Han Fei had entered a blood red world.
The walls and trees were littered with knife marks. A brutal battle had taken place here.
'Looks like Xu Qin has lost control once. When I was tailing the single-eyed pig-faced monster earlier, I heard chewing and swallowing. Xu Qin will only eat like crazy when she loses control.'
Han Fei followed the blood-soaked path into the living room. There was a sentence written in blood on the back wall — 'All the butchers are after me. If you follow me, you'll die. Head south, don't look back. '
Han Fei searched the whole house but he could not find Xu Qin. He studied the words on the wall. The handwriting was identical to the one Xu Qin had left on his own door on the 5th floor.
"Is Xu Qin afraid of dragging me down? What did she do to get chased by all the monsters? "
Xu Qin probably had her own considerations, the fact that she had not returned to Happiness Neighbourhood proved that something was not right.
'The blood fog came from the northern side of Cattle Alley. Xu Qin told me to head south, looks like the northern side is the most dangerous part of Cattle Alley.' Part of the reason Han Fei came to Cattle Alley this time was to change his profession. To obtain the hidden profession of Midnight Butcher, he had to go to the House of the Butcher and the House of the Butcher was at the northernmost part of Cattle Alley.
'Now that most of the butchers are chasing after Xu Qin, this is an opportunity for me. I can only help her if I change class to Midnight Butcher as soon as possible. Fortunately, I returned the knife to her in advance. Her curse is complete again, so she should be able to survive this. "
Han Fei did not hurry to leave. He waited until he was free to exit the game before he left the old house.
"If you run into any danger, focus on running for your life, don't worry about me." Han Fei touched the black anaconda's head. Ever since it met Xu Qin, the black anaconda had been feeling down, probably because Xu Qin did not recognize it. "You've changed a lot, it's normal that she did not recognize you."
Even the system could not identify this' black anaconda ', much less Xu Qin.
Han Fei was one step away from obtaining the hidden profession. He did not want to give up now. Since he was free to exit the game, it was the best time for him to explore further. Other than that, he wanted to find out what happened to Xu Qin and why she would wear that pig mask.
'The system reminded me to remember to wear the mask before entering the House of the Butcher. Could it be that Xu Qin has entered the House of the Butcher before this?'
'When I was at the dumpling restaurant, I heard the barber and the owner mention the word' butcher '. Even though the barber did not transform into a pig-faced monster, he appeared to be working for the pig-faced monsters, helping them hunt something.'
The clues surfaced in Han Fei's mind. After thinking about it, he came up with a hypothesis, 'The pig-faced monsters, the barber and Xu Qin appear to be looking for the same person.'
Han Fei who had gotten used to Cattle Alley now wanted to get to the bottom of what had happened here. He not only wanted to become the Midnight Butcher, he also wanted to see the twisted world inside the spider's heart.
'The spider and the butterfly are mortal enemies. Only by meeting the spider will I be able to better understand the butterfly and its weakness.'
After adjusting his state, Han Fei entered the blood mist.
The closer he got to the north, the thicker the blood mist became.
Dead bodies and torn clothes littered the corners of the walls. Blood-stained objects littered the ground.
'What a crazy place.'
The number of pig-faced monsters increased in the blood mist. They were all dominated by hunger. They carried various knives and panted heavily. Their eyes were bloodshot as they moved through the alley.
Compared to the monsters at the periphery, the monsters here were stronger and crazier. However, Han Fei noticed something strange.
The pig-faced monsters that looked like they had lost their mind would not choose to kill a living person.
They would often torture their prey to their last breath, and then they would drag their prey into the depths of the blood mist.
This was not the first time Han Fei saw the pig-faced monsters dragging a living person. Their self-consciousness appeared to be completely dominated by something. They resisted the urge to feed to drag their prey to a certain location.
This contradictory behavior attracted Han Fei's attention. Relying on the fact that he could log out of the game, he followed one of the pig-faced monsters.
The thick scent of blood in the blood mist masked Han Fei's presence. Combined with his passive ability of hide-and-seek and his cautious nature, the monster did not notice Han Fei.
After passing through several alleys, Han Fei memorized the route he came from. If push came to shove, he would retreat.
The blood mist thickened. Strangely enough, at such a scary place, Han Fei could hear the screams of the living. No matter how hopeless this place was, there appeared to be people trying their best to survive.
'Just how many people are left at Cattle Alley?'
The narrow alley widened. Han Fei followed the pig-faced monster for half an hour before the scene before him finally changed.
At the end of the alley, Han Fei saw a gigantic meat packing plant!
If the alleys filled with dead bodies and trash were blood vessels, then the meat packing plant was the heart of Cattle Alley. The blood mist that shrouded everything came from the heart of the plant.
Han Fei stopped involuntarily. He realized when he was faced with the plant, the various desires in his heart were stirred. The worst memories in his memory surged up and crowded in his mind.
There appeared to be a voice inside the plant tempting him to let go of the shackles on his heart and guide his animal nature to take over his body.
'Xin Lu Northern Suburbs Meat Packing Plant?'
After discovering the plant, Han Fei immediately looked around. In real life, Spider's living quarters was right next to the plant so the House of the Butcher in the cryptic world should be close to the plant as well.
His vision was blocked by the blood mist. Han Fei could not see too far away and there was no other path that he could take.
After a moment's hesitation, Han Fei snuck into the plant.
Once he stepped through the door, Han Fei was almost suffocated by the smell of blood. The whole plant was dyed red, it felt like he was walking at the bottom of a sea of blood.
In real life, a meat packing plant was the abbreviation for a meat packing plant. Other than slaughtering livestock, it was also responsible for the production of chilled meat, cooked meat products, meat development and cold storage.
To Han Fei's surprise, the meat packing plant in the cryptic world was no worse than the one in real life. The pig-faced monster's desire for meat had reached a stage of madness.
The only difference between this world and the real world was that the positions of humans and animals had been swapped.
With a simple glance, Han Fei's heart squeezed. The discomfort made it hard for him to breathe.
Blood vessels floated before his eyes. Han Fei saw the scariest thing he had ever seen since he entered the cryptic world. His mind was reminded of a bloody night in his childhood.
Something that was buried in the deepest part of his mind started to loosen but Han Fei did not notice it. His instinct was to leave this place.
'This is not a meat packing plant. This is hell. '
Controlling one's emotions was a basic skill for an actor but even with a master's level of acting, it took Han Fei a long time before he could control his emotions.
Taking a deep breath, Han Fei knew he could not stay in one place. He forced himself to move forward.
He was only at the entrance, the deeper part of the plant was the scariest place. Screams echoed from there and the blood mist came from there.
Han Fei shuffled deeper into the plant, he did not dare to touch anything.
When he reached the middle of the plant, the black anaconda suddenly screeched. It pulled Han Fei with all its might but it appeared to be too late.
Heavy footsteps echoed in the previously empty meat packing factory. Rows of ghastly shadows walked out from the depths of the factory. They seemed to have just completed some kind of ritual, the pig-faced masks on their faces were all smiling contentedly.
'So many monsters?'
The number of monsters inside the plant was far more than Han Fei expected. It was too late to hide now.
Han Fei hurriedly retreated. When he passed one of the sewage pipes, the iron net under his feet creaked on its own.
Han Fei lowered his head to look. Inside the sewage pipe, there was a little boy waving at him with a panicked expression.
'Wang Sheng?'
The boy inside the pipe was the child that he had saved earlier.
Without any time to hesitate, Han Fei pulled back the loose iron net and crawled into the pipe. Then he replaced the iron net.
Blood and organs mixed in the sewage. They washed over Han Fei's body. Both he and the child that he had saved earlier crawled into the dirty water, not daring to move.
The footsteps came closer. The monsters in the fog stepped on the loosened iron net. They did not notice Han Fei and the little boy due to their hunger.
His shirt was soaked with blood. Enduring the stench, Han Fei slowly nudged his body away.
After the footsteps faded away, Han Fei peeked through the gap in the iron net. The pig-faced monsters appeared to be on their way to the next round of hunting.
The filthy, foul-smelling drain had become a lifeline. Han Fei did not rush out.
He turned to look at the little boy. After making sure there were no monsters around, he asked, "Why are you here?"
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