The group name that had not changed in 14 years was suddenly changed. It was not that the name was weird, it was just that the name did not fit the despairing atmosphere of the group.
Blood seeped out of the shattered phone screen. Names of dead people were written in bright red.
When one's finger touched the strange words, the wails of the ghosts would echo in one's mind.
There was confusion in the cold and painful voice. The souls that had sunk into the deepest darkness suddenly opened their eyes. They realized there was a turning point in their despair.
Holding the phone with both hands, Han Fei was flustered. He just wanted to see what the admin could do but he did not expect to make such a big mistake.
"The previous group name was too depressing, I believe we should look forward to the future. Other than that, it is not our fault that we ended up like this. There is an invisible hand manipulating our fate from the dark. Perhaps if we can cut that invisible hand off, the knot in our hearts will be undone."
Han Fei looked at the blood that was about to overflow and the faces that were trying to reach out from the screen. He had a bad feeling about this. In the cryptic world, a phone was a rare item but the phone's function was not something that could be used casually. Every time it was used, there would be a price to pay.
"Erm … Can this group chat be closed?"
The male student was like a walking corpse. When he opened his mouth to speak, the many human faces inside his body spoke at the same time. "We can't turn it off. That phone is Firefly's deepest obsession, and the group chat on the phone is the link between us and him. There's one more thing I need to tell you, after moving into this Apartment of Despair, there will be new tenants joining the group chat. They won't be afraid of Firefly. "
The male student did not expect Han Fei to change the group name so quickly. Before he finished, the phone in Han Fei's palm vibrated.
"Hahahaha, start a video chat!"
Han Fei had seen this member's name in Firefly's memory before. The person could not wait to start the video chat, he probably wanted to confirm something.
This was the first time Han Fei was video-chatting in the underworld so he did not have much experience. He tidied up his appearance. After all, in this kind of place, his appearance might be his last.
He accepted the call. Before Han Fei could react, his phone was dragged into a video chat room.
The lights in the house were not turned on. There was a lone chair in the dark living room, and a young man was sitting with his back to the camera.
"Haha, he lives in Room 4174. He suffers from a disease. No matter how sad or painful he is, he will always laugh. He will laugh non-stop and cannot stop laughing. Because of this illness, he was always bullied. Later, during a school bullying incident, he broke down. Like a mad dog, he pounced on the bully, laughing and crying madly. He grabbed the compass and pointed the sharpest part at the bully's eyes. "The male student knew what Ha Ha had been through.
"He didn't stab the compass into the bully's eyes, but the way he laughed and cried was captured by the people around him. Not only the bullies, but even his friends and teachers felt that Haha was mentally ill. Later, after communicating with Haha's family, the school asked him to take a leave of absence from school. "
"I heard that from then on, Ha Ha rarely left the house, and his illness worsened. The neighbors inside the building often heard his painful laughter late at night."
"To not disturb the neighbors, Ha Ha installed a thick soundproof panel in his room. His laughter could no longer be heard outside. He was also completely sealed inside the room."
While the male student was telling Han Fei about Ha Ha's past, the young man who sat alone on the chair slowly turned his head. Only half of his face was exposed, and there was a twisted smile on his face.
The smile caused the veins on his face to bulge. It was like a curse, it was imprinted on his face.
However, contrary to the smile was his eyes. His pupils were a sea of grey, a deep, lifeless grey.
A simple exchange of eyes only lasted for less than a second before a face twisted by the smile appeared before Han Fei's eyes.
If this was any other normal person, they would be scared out of their wits by that scary smile but today, Ha Ha had encountered Han Fei.
"I am not a firefly but I am the same kind of person as it is. He has created a safe haven for all of you in real life, but I want to create a real home for all of you in the Ziggurat." Han Fei had always thought of himself as a professional actor, but now he had no idea whether he was acting or he had really gotten used to it. The calmness that he exuded seemed to have seeped into his bones.
He thought he would be afraid but after seeing Ha Ha Ha's twisted and painful smile, the fear in his heart was chased away by something else.
"The forever grey avatar has already lit up, how long do you plan to stay in your room?" After understanding what had happened to Ha Ha, Han Fei wanted to help him even more. He was not doing this to borrow Ha Ha's power, he really wanted to change the lives of the patients in the support group.
Looking into the eyes, Han Fei pulled Ying Huo closer to him. "He has protected your past, I am here to help you see the future. Tonight is the most crucial night and the only chance. I don't need you to believe everything I say, I just hope that you can give yourself a chance to change and give Ying Huo a chance to make a choice.
"Ying Huo, who has helped you so many times, has fulfilled his promise. He was the last person to leave the group. He protected you until the end, exhausted and covered in wounds. Are you really willing to watch him sink into the darkness? "
Han Fei gave Ha Ha some time to think. Then he clicked on the phone. "One of my souls and Ying Huo's consciousness merged together. One of our habits was preserved by Ying Huo. Whenever he felt like he could not hold on anymore, he would look at the message that he left behind on his phone. The message left behind by my soul was' The best actor in life is myself, but Ying Huo's message was something else. "
Han Fei only saw it after he logged into Ying Huo's account. Ying Huo had a signature that only he could see — 'I cannot forget them. Their hearts cannot warm me anymore. I have to hold on to them. If I let go of them, then they will really be swallowed by the cold and sink into the bottomless darkness.'
Han Fei recited the message that Ying Huo left behind. He did not purposely put on an act. He merely read it out loud and the others could feel the power behind it.
"Ying Huo has thought about death many times. For him, death is not difficult, what is difficult is to live on. I believe you understand that feeling as well. Endure the torment in your heart, fight against the endless negative emotions in your mind and live on with pride and courage.
"Ying Huo has warmed all of you and supported him. But now you have been used by the manager to summon his soul into the Ziggurat.
"Do you know? Letting him die now is not a relief, if anything, it will destroy all of his hard work.
"If you are really willing to help him, then let him go. Let him go back to where he belongs and live on with all of your expectations. When that time comes, he will prove to all of you that there is still hope!"
When Ha Ha saw Ying Huo's head light up, he sent out the video call invitation. Throughout the whole process, he did not say a word. He sat alone in the room and became a listener.
He had forgotten what he wanted to do in the first place, his mind was filled with Han Fei's words.
In the Ziggurat, no one was like Han Fei.
A smile appeared on his twisted face but this smile was slightly different from usual.
Slowly, the smile turned into uncontrollable laughter. Blood leaked out from the man's eyes.
Amidst the mad laughter, Han Fei heard a few words, "Ying Huo will not disappear in the dark."
The video call ended. Han Fei had more confidence in his plan that night. He turned to Ying Huo. He wanted to help Ying Huo back to the sofa but to his surprise, Ying Huo's expression was no longer as lifeless as before.
He stared at the phone screen. After seeing Ha Ha Ha, his fragile consciousness seemed to have been touched and some of his hidden memories were awakened.
It appeared like Ying Huo only needed to communicate with more group members and Ying Huo would return to normal.
After realizing this, Han Fei started to video chat with the group members that he was familiar with. Just like how Ying Huo consoled and encouraged the group members, he found them one by one and shared his thoughts with them.
When an actor with a master's level of acting and after studying psychology, his words would be imbued with power. Han Fei soon gained the approval of some of the tenants. His identity as the manager was finally accepted by the group.
After chatting with most of the group members, Han Fei was about to organize everyone's messages when his phone vibrated again.
"Number 4204 has initiated a video chat!"
"The group members that Ying Huo has helped are all using their usernames when they were alive. Only a small portion of the original tenants have the same room number as their usernames." The male student did not want Han Fei to die so he warned, "You'd better think this through before you accept the call."
'Since they've chosen to join this group, it means that they also want to change.' After some thought, Han Fei chose to accept the call. The reason was simple. Most of the rooms in the group only had the number '4'. Other than Ha Ha and the male student, the others were not that powerful.
'Room 4204, this person lives on the 20th floor?' Based on Han Fei's experience at Apartment 1, the rooms above the 20th floor were generally more dangerous.
After a moment's hesitation, Han Fei accepted the call. However, before he could get a good look at the person's face, blood covered the screen. Then he heard a very familiar voice, "Soul Summoning? I remember I'm not your relative but you didn't dare harm me. Instead, you obeyed my orders and were even willing to kill and dispose of the body. Looks like I'm not wrong, it's my soul that has crawled into your relative's body. Who would have thought, you're a ghost but now you're acting like a human being. "
The voice was laced with madness and an unbridled desire to destroy. When Han Fei heard the voice, he was in disbelief.
He was certain that the voice that came from Room 4204 was his own voice.
'Is that my soul talking?'
Han Fei had lost three parts of his soul and three parts of his body. One represented his childhood, one represented kindness and hope and the last one was closest to the blood red memory. It probably represented Han Fei's evil and cunning.
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