Chapter 59
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Opening his eyes, the electronic clock on the wall pointed at midnight. Han Fei crawled up from the ground and looked around the eerie living room.
'This place is cold and moldy but after staying here for some time, it does feel like home.'
The sound of static entered Han Fei's ears. The television in the living room had been switched on. A blurry image appeared on the black and white screen.
The door to the innermost bedroom was open. A child walked out from inside. His head was lowered like he was possessed. He dragged his broken body to the living room and sat on the sofa.
'Cui Tianci?'
The child's facial expression kept changing. Sometimes it was menacing and sometimes it was innocent and lost. It was as if he was trying his best to suppress something.
Han Fei did not dare get too close and the child did not come to Han Fei's aid.
Perhaps the child had gotten used to Han Fei's presence or for some other reason, he completely ignored Han Fei.
'Today is the day the victims watch television?' Han Fei knew the victims did not watch television for entertainment, they wanted to use this to remember their past so that they would not lose the last shred of humanity in them.
After spending some time with the victims, Han Fei slowly came to realize this.
The victims of the human jigsaw case were not in a good situation. They had been fighting against the monster inside them. When they lost their sense of self, they would merge into one monster forever.
'I wonder if they'll be able to find their real selves after the case is solved.'
The victims walked out from the bedroom to the living room to watch the television. Han Fei sat on the chair next to them and looked at them worriedly. There was a strange sense of harmony in this scene, they were like a family.
At 3 am, Han Fei walked out from the living room to look at the innermost bedroom. 'Wei Youfu is the most unique of all the victims. He has more memories than the other victims. I need to use him as a breakthrough.'
This was a rare opportunity. The victims arrived at the living room according to their time of death. Wei Youfu's time of death was 3.04 am, so he should still be in the bedroom.
Without the other victims to disturb him, Han Fei believed he could get more information from Wei Youfu.
He silently entered the innermost bedroom. Wei Youfu and Gu Ye were standing by the wall. Their pale skin was crawling with black veins. It was a scary sight.
The expressions of the two victims were also extremely horrified. They seemed to be on the verge of losing control.
"Youfu?" Han Fei called softly.
After hearing his voice, Wei Youfu's eyeballs twitched crazily in his eye sockets. Countless blood vessels rushed to his eyeballs as if they were going to burst.
Han Fei did not dare to provoke Wei Youfu anymore. He slowly retreated. Just as he was about to leave the bedroom, he noticed some clothes lying in the corner behind the door.
One of the clothes was very familiar to him. It was the one worn by his neighbor on the sixth floor.
The neighbor was nowhere to be seen, but his clothes were left behind.
Han Fei quietly picked up the clothes on the ground and sneaked out.
"I still can't communicate normally."
Han Fei did not disturb his roommate anymore. Instead, he placed the old clothes of his 6th floor neighbour on the dining table. He was curious what kind of things would be kept in the pockets of a psychopathic murderer.
Just as his finger touched something, the cold voice of the system rang in his mind.
"Notification for Player 0000! You have discovered a Grade G Blood Red Item – Human Cocoon. "
"Human Cocoon (Blood Red Item): The cocoon of some kind of insect."
Han Fei looked at the object in his hand. It was a greyish-yellow stone the size of a thumb. It felt hard to the touch and several blood vessels could be seen on its surface.
'This is a cocoon? Why would an insect's cocoon be called a Human Cocoon? '
He placed the cocoon into his inventory and started to search through other pockets. 'When an NPC dies in a game, their legacy can be quite valuable. I was too busy running for my life that I forgot about this.'
After searching through all the clothes of his 6th floor neighbour, Han Fei only found a Human Cocoon that he had no idea what it was for.
'At the very least, he's a psychopathic murderer and all he has is a cocoon? That doesn't make sense, does it? ' Han Fei took out the cocoon from his inventory. He studied the cocoon that looked like a normal stone. 'Currently, all the tenants on the 6th floor are non-locals. If I want to obtain the hidden profession, I'll have to kill 10 non-locals before I reach level 10. This cocoon is carried by the non-locals, it must be very important to them. '
A plan slowly formed in Han Fei's mind. 'It's not good to just take someone else's stuff, the owner will be worried. How about I bring the sister from the 5th floor with me to return the cocoon? After returning the lost item to them, I'll kill all of them.'
This idea took over Han Fei's mind. He held the cocoon in his hand as he contemplated what to do next. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his palm.
Looking at his palm, Han Fei noticed there was an inconspicuous spike at the bottom of the cocoon. The spike had pierced through his skin and was sucking his blood.
'This thing can suck blood as well?'
Han Fei almost tossed the cocoon away. He noticed that after the cocoon sucked his blood, the blood vessels on its surface darkened.
'I hate bugs, I should return it to its owner.'
Putting the cocoon back into his inventory, Han Fei grabbed the clothes from his 6th floor neighbour and walked to the door. 'I still haven't completed the main mission to explore the 5th floor. I'll make use of this opportunity to visit Xu Qin to complete it.'
After the Do Not Turn Back mission, the corridor had left a shadow in Han Fei's heart. He would observe the corridor for a long time before he left his house.
'It's so quiet, there's no one around.'
Han Fei pushed open the door and slowly crept up the stairs. He was so used to doing this that before he knew it, he had rubbed against the wall until it was clean.
There was a strange sense of pressure in the corridor. He had no idea where this feeling came from, it would appear once he left his house.
This time, Han Fei was lucky, he did not trigger any hidden quest. He successfully reached the corner between the 4th and 5th floor.
The door to Room 1051 was still open. The dark doorway looked like the maw of a beast.
'This sister sure is something to be able to turn a room into a pet.'
Han Fei sneaked to Room 1052. He knocked lightly on the door, "Are you home? I'm your neighbour from downstairs. "
Han Fei waited for a long time but the door to Room 1052 did not open. Instead, the sound of bones being sliced and chopped came from Room 1054.
Standing alone in the dark corridor, Han Fei's heart fluttered as he listened to the chilling sound.
After waiting for 10 minutes, the door to Room 1054 was suddenly pushed open. Xu Qin walked out carrying a black bag.
Her red coat became even brighter, and the excitement in her sickly eyes had not completely subsided.
"Big sister, I've prepared another small present for you."
Xu Qin was not surprised when she saw Han Fei. Her red eyes stared at Han Fei's face as she took a few steps forward. "Do you know what it means when a man keeps giving presents to a woman?"
Holding the cocoon that he had just taken out from his inventory, Han Fei noticed Xu Qin was very close to him. He was confused. "What does it mean?"
The lips that appeared to be smeared with blood curled into a heart-stopping smile. Xu Qin did not say anything but tossed the black bag into Room 1051. Then she used her bloodied hand to open the door to Room 1052.
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