Picking up the stuffed black box with one hand, Han Fei's arm strength shocked Zhuang Ren again, he knew how heavy the box was.
"You're that strong?"
"How can I be an actor without a skill?" Han Fei also noticed the change in his body. When he first obtained the black box from the old man, he needed two hands to barely lift it. Now, he only needed one hand to lift the box. Even though it was still a bit difficult, it was already a very scary change.
"When we arrive, listen to my instructions. You have to be patient. Remember, I will not harm you." Han Fei pushed open the door to Zhuang Ren's home. After a long time, Zhuang Ren finally exited his room.
The sun fell on them. Both Zhuang Ren and Han Fei enjoyed the moment but unfortunately, the warm sunlight was soon blocked by the clouds.
Han Fei led Zhuang Ren to Jin Jun's residential area. As the most famous entertainment reporter in Xin Lu, even though Jin Jun did not live in the smart city, it did not mean that he could not afford a house there. It only meant that due to his profession, he had to keep a low profile.
Zhuang Ren's identity was quite sensitive so Han Fei was careful along the way. It was not until Jin Jun opened the door and the 3 of them entered that Han Fei's heart finally relaxed.
"Han Fei, after I left my home, I kept feeling like someone was watching me but that feeling has finally disappeared." Zhuang Ren was worried. "I'm just a useless old man, I don't think anyone would do anything to me."
"You'll stay here for today and do as I say." Han Fei had Jin Jun give Zhuang Ren a brand new game account.
"What is this?"
"It's a game. You can think of it as another type of Ziggurat." Han Fei had the old man enter the gaming hub. He personally connected all the wires and after double checking, he had Zhuang Ren activate the account.
This was Zhuang Ren's first time playing an immersive game. He followed Han Fei's instructions but when he activated the account, the alarm inside the gaming hub suddenly rang.
The door opened on its own. Zhuang Ren who was lying inside was confused. "What's going on?"
"People with serious heart or brain diseases cannot play Perfect Life. The gaming hub will detect this automatically. When it encounters such patients, it will alert the police." Jin Jun came over with three drinks. Even though he was a paparazzi and did not do much in the public eye, he was a loyal man. He always remembered Han Fei's saving grace.
"But I don't have those diseases you're talking about! My heart and brain are both healthy. " Zhuang Ren was anxious. He was already prepared to meet his family, but who knew that something like this would happen.
"I don't think it's because he's sick." Standing next to the game cabin, Han Fei frowned. "Did anything unusual happen when you activated the game?"
"I can't seem to activate the account at all. These few lines don't seem to be able to recognize my consciousness." Zhuang Ren felt helpless. "What should I do?"
"You once wore an emotional therapy device made by the chairman of Immortal Pharma. That device might have changed something deep inside your consciousness." Han Fei had Zhuang Ren try a few more times but they all ended in failure. Perfect Life refused to let Zhuang Ren log in.
This interesting discovery made Han Fei reevaluate Zhuang Ren. Perhaps even Zhuang Ren himself did not know how special he was.
"Can't I see my family anymore?" Initially, when Zhuang Ren found out he could see his family, he was in a much better mood. He even joked with Han Fei. But after he failed to log into the game, his face crumbled like he had aged several years.
"I have another plan, wait here for a moment." Han Fei took out his phone to call Li Xue. He wanted to borrow the latest psychotherapy device from the police.
Several weeks ago, Han Fei used the psychotherapy device developed by Deep Space Tech to summon Ming Mei's soul into the cryptic world to punish Ying Yue's murderer.
Now he wanted to try the same method. Perhaps it would work. After all, the device could be activated without identifying the user's identity.
"Sister Li, I have a favor to ask."
"Didn't we just call each other this morning? You've found something new? "Li Xue's voice was tinged with surprise.
"I want to ask you for a favor. Can you help me borrow Deep Space Technology's latest psychotherapy device? It's the one I saw you using at the detention center. "
"Why do you need a psychotherapy device? Is there something wrong with you? "Out of concern, Li Xue asked a few questions before helping Han Fei with the request.
Han Fei was the key to the capture of the Butterfly, he could not afford to let anything happen to him at this crucial moment.
"Li Xue, we need it urgently, can you help me get it before dark?"
"Our leader has already personally asked for it, it shouldn't be a problem."
"There's one more thing I need to ask you." Han Fei took out the music box from the black box. "Do you have any relevant technicians at the police force? Can you help me reconstruct the words in this song and the meaning it's trying to convey?"
Han Fei pressed the button and a strange song echoed in Jin Jun's room.
"This is a song from a music box."
"I can't hear it clearly and the recording is very blurry. I can't use the computer to analyze it. Why don't you come to the police station?"
Glancing at the time, Han Fei had Zhuang Ren stay at Jin Jun's house while he rushed to the police station.
Ever since he woke up in the game, Han Fei had not rested at all.
Entering the police station, Li Xue led Han Fei to the technology department. They recorded the song from the music box and compared it with the data. To everyone's surprise, there was no information about this song on the internet.
"That can't be right, as long as it exists on the internet, it will leave a trace." Li Xue was about to try other methods when the door to the technology department was suddenly pushed open.
Li Xue's teacher and the police officer who had been protecting him returned to the police station with an unopened psychotherapy device.
"I've risked my dignity to borrow this. If something happens to him, it might affect the arrest … Han Fei? When did you get here? " Li Xue's teacher placed the device aside. He was about to greet Han Fei when he heard the strange song coming from the music box.
The unclear lyrics were sung by two different voices, a woman and a child. Their voices were mixed together and entangled like a knot.
"Where did you get this song from?" Li Xue's teacher listened to the song for a long time and his expression turned strange.
"I found it on the street. Have you heard this song before?" Han Fei moved the music box to stand before him.
"This is not a song. Turn off all the equipment." The old man said seriously. He seemed to know something.
All the equipment was switched off. The only sound that could be heard was the strange song coming from the music box.
"The song was pre-recorded. Once the music box is switched on, it will play. It is the same as the music box from 14 years ago." The presence that radiated from the old man was completely different from before. His serious demeanor was quite scary.
"14 years ago?"
"On the 4th of April 14 years ago, there was a tragedy at Xin Lu. A building caught fire. A music teacher and her child were trapped. When they were rescued, they were already on the verge of death. But then, something unexpected happened. After the rescue, the child, whose injuries were more serious, woke up from a deep coma. His mother lost all signs of life and passed away completely. "
"But what does this have to do with the music box?"
"After the boy woke up, he kept crying. Initially the doctor thought it was because of physical pain but after further questioning, they found out the truth. When he was unconscious, the boy had a very scary dream. In the dream, his gentle mother seemed to have transformed into a different person. She kept hitting him, scolding him and tried to chase him out of the house. After he was forced to leave the house by his mother with a knife, he woke up from his coma. "The old man thought back to the details of the case.
"It felt like the mother was trying to save the boy. That room probably represented death. Only by leaving the room would he be able to return to reality. "Han Fei thought the story was quite touching.
"Perhaps." The old man did not believe in ghosts, he believed everything was a manifestation of his consciousness. "The boy's body was badly burned and he turned into a monster. He was unable to leave the emergency room. During the treatment, he kept saying how much he missed his mother. It was heart-wrenching."
"The boy is indeed quite pitiful." Li Xue commented but Han Fei seemed to notice something.
The old man was talking about a case, not an accident.
"Don't be fooled by appearances." The old man's eyes were calm. "After further investigation, we found the cause of the fire. Someone purposely set the house on fire and the culprit was the boy. No one knew why he started the fire, perhaps the only person who knew the truth was the mother. Unfortunately, she is already dead. "
"It was the boy who started the fire? Why would he do that? "
"We found the boy's father. When he found out that his son was still alive, he did not look happy at all. He said that the boy was a monster, a jinx of misfortune. He already knew that the boy would kill but he did not expect it to happen so soon. " Li Xue's teacher's words were shocking. "The boy was young but his mind was mature. We did not disturb him but followed his words to weave a world of lies for him. As we got closer to him, we discovered more strange things. "
The old man listened to the strange song from the music box and took a deep breath. "The boy said that he missed his mother very much. He wanted to find his mother's belongings. He hoped that the medical team could go to his house to find a music box, he said it was his mother's favorite.
We found the music box at his house but after the boy's father's confirmation, the music box did not belong to the boy's mother at all.
"Then the medical team gave the music box to the boy. He hugged the music box every day and talked to the song inside the box like it was his real mother trapped inside the box.
"Then, something even stranger happened. The young child went completely crazy. He often used the most childish words to say the most horrifying things. It was a great shock to people."
"After the boy obtained the music box, his condition became unstable and he passed away one night.
"In the follow-up investigation, we sorted through all the information and there were only two things that we could confirm.
"When the boy was talking to himself, he said a strange name — Fu Sheng. He wanted to kill Fu Sheng and said that everything was Fu Sheng's sin, so why should he be the one to suffer? But among the people that the boy knew, there was no one named Fu Sheng.
"The other thing is, we carefully analyzed every line in the song and we came to the conclusion that the song was used to summon the dead's soul."
He really did not expect to hear the name Fu Sheng from Li Xue's teacher and he certainly did not expect the unspeakable song to be used to summon souls.
'Summoning souls is so troublesome for other people. There are so many steps and so many side effects. Is this power really that difficult?'
Han Fei started to reevaluate this power. Actually, other than Summoning souls, he was more interested in his own talent — Soul Return. Fu Sheng had not seen this power before.
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