'I've obtained the key to Room 1244. The next time I log into the game, I only need to enter Room 1244 and stay there for 3 hours before I can log out. That means I've gained an extra day of life.'
For Han Fei, one extra day of life was a blessing, it was like plucking the Grim Reaper's wool.
'When I logged out, I heard the system say that I've obtained the key to Room 1244's heart. Why would it call Room 1244 a heart? Could it be that every room in the Ziggurat is a heart with a sealed memory? '
Han Fei thought for a long time before his heart squeezed like someone had squeezed it.
With his hand over his heart, he subconsciously lifted his head to look at the clock on the wall. It was 4.44 am.
'What does 4.44 mean for the Ziggurat? Will Brother Hua and Xiao Fang survive the night? '
The pain in his chest came and went as suddenly as it came.
Han Fei climbed up from the ground. He called Li Xue's number, hoping that the police could help investigate these two people. He did not know their names but he knew what had happened to them.
One was a terminally ill female streamer who wanted to share the good life with others but in the end, she gave up her life due to various reasons.
The other died from falling off a building, she was the eldest daughter.
After the police found out the two victims might be related to the Butterfly, without Han Fei's urging, they started their investigation.
After that, Han Fei left his room and headed to Ewha Neighbourhood.
The Ziggurat game from the horror film director Zhuang Ren's house was closely related to the Ziggurat in the cryptic world. Beating the Ziggurat game would be of great help to Han Fei's exploration of the Ziggurat.
There was a murder on the set of Thriller Novelist. Even though it was the murderer who died, it did not attract much negative attention. All kinds of rumors were flying around, and everyone's attention was drawn to the meat packing factory's family compound where Spider had once lived.
To avoid the limelight, Han Fei did not have to go to film for the next few days. This gave him time to play the game during the day.
When the sun rose, Han Fei arrived at Zhuang Ren's house.
He knocked lightly on the door. To his surprise, footsteps soon came from inside the house. Zhuang Ren with bloodshot eyes quickly opened the door like he had been waiting for Han Fei for a long time.
"Director Zhuang, you didn't sleep last night, did you?"
"I want to see if I can beat the game but I'm clumsy. I can't get to the Ziggurat level no matter what."
"Go to sleep first, I'll help you play. If I see your family in the game, I'll wake you up immediately. "
"It's okay, I'm not sleepy."
It was obvious how much Zhuang Ren cared about his family. He hurried to the sofa to pour Han Fei a drink, tidy up the sofa cushion and even wiped down Han Fei's gaming controller.
It was rare for a former famous horror film director to treat an actor this way.
After starting the game, Han Fei didn't waste any time and directly began to operate.
The craziest thing about the Ziggurat was that once the character died, they would have to return to the first map and start from the beginning. The game designers did not seem to have any intention of letting players clear the game.
This mechanism made Zhuang Ren fly into a rage many times and smash the things in the room, but Han Fei thought it was normal.
In reality, people only had one life. If they died, they would have nothing left. In this game, it was just starting from the beginning, which was already very kind.
After one and a half hours, Han Fei cleared the previous map and successfully entered the Ziggurat.
This time, he did not enter a random room or stay where he was. Instead, he ran towards the 4th floor with a clear goal in mind.
When he turned the corner, the deliveryman ghost with a giant box appeared. Han Fei allowed it to chase after him until he reached Security Room 1044 on the 4th floor.
Han Fei opened the door and hid inside. Inside the dark room sat 4 NPCs in security uniforms. They appeared to be the only normal NPCs in the Ziggurat.
'Four?'
Getting close to them would trigger a conversation and a mission. Han Fei noticed that the 4 security guards were making use of their free time to talk about some ghost stories.
The building had been very abnormal ever since it was first built. Many strange things had happened here, especially on the 4th of April every year.
On this day, new tenants would move in and old tenants would mysteriously have more 'people' in their homes. This day was also the most stressful day for the security guards.
The 4 security guards consisted of 2 veterans and 2 newbies. The veterans reminded the newbies about the rules and taboos.
Rules could not be broken, taboos could not be touched. Only by not overthinking and listening to the rules would they be able to work here for a long time.
Han Fei was focused on the game when his phone rang. Realizing it was from the police, he grabbed the phone and walked out of the room.
"Have you found anything?"
"The female streamer you mentioned is very famous. She died on the night of the 4th of April 14 years ago. The cause of death was a slit on her wrist. She was wearing a white dress and lying inside the bathtub in her own bathroom. When she was discovered, she had already lost all signs of life. " Li Xue's voice came from the phone. "She was a patient. Before her death, she was under a lot of mental stress. Someone forged her chat history and even put her face in some bad pictures and videos."
"Why would they do that?"
"Perhaps they didn't expect such a person to exist in this world so they wanted to ruin her. They tainted the cleanest things to hide their own filth."
"Have you caught the culprit?"
"That's the strangest thing. After our investigation, we found out that the few bastards who were mainly involved in the incident have all disappeared." Li Xue appeared to be looking through the information because her answer was slower. "The most recent disappearance was the main culprit. He was once a chef but due to the fact that he purposely added something to his food, his chef license was revoked. To earn a living, he started to deliver food and that was how he met his victims."
"Malicious rumors and slander caused serious consequences. Other than that, he tried to add dangerous substances into his food many times. That was against the law. He was sentenced to a long time in prison.
"Normally, people like him would register regularly after returning to the community, but one day, he suddenly disappeared. No one found him, no one found his body."
Li Xue's words attracted Han Fei's attention. The deliveryman ghost appeared in the cryptic world, only the Butterfly could do that.
But if the Butterfly wanted to help Red Dress take revenge, it should have sent Red Dress to kill the deliveryman or rather, hand him over to Red Dress to deal with, just like how Han Fei helped Ying Yue.
But in reality, the Butterfly did not do that. It appeared to use the deliveryman ghost as a bargaining chip to control Red Dress.
"Human nature is just a chess piece, everything is just a tool in the Butterfly's eyes. The deliveryman ghost is its tool and Red Dress is just a slightly stronger tool in its eyes. "
The Butterfly and Han Fei could maintain absolute rationality at many times but ultimately, they were two different types of people.
"Li Xue, other than the female streamer, have you found any information about the other woman?"
"Many people die from jumping off buildings every year, but we've only found one person who fits your criteria. She also had an accident on April 4th, fourteen years ago."
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