My ‘Healing’ Game
Chapter 215 Easy to Invite God

Chapter 215: Chapter 215 Easy to Invite God

"Life is never smooth sailing. Do you want to be a coward for life, or a hero for just a second?"

After careful consideration, Huang Ying chose the latter. He felt there was merit in Han Fei’s words – endure the pain momentarily and reap the rewards later on.

Just like when he studied hard for the college entrance exam and was eventually admitted to a prestigious medical university, he later successfully took over his father’s hospital and became the youngest deputy director in Xinhu.

"Effort doesn’t necessarily guarantee reward, but if you’re too afraid to try, then you are destined to never succeed."

"Han Fei, are you sure this is safe?"

"Don’t worry, all my friends are very gentle." Han Fei walked among the piles of items: "Brother Huang Ying, after the public test begins, leveling up in the Shallow World will become slower. You should take this opportunity to bring in items and skill books needed for leveling. That way, you can level up quickly later on."

"Alright."

"Your idea of grinding goodwill is good, but I think you shouldn’t just focus on your colleagues. You should look further ahead." Han Fei removed the talisman paper from Xu Qin’s little pet and spoke calmly, "Perfect Life is a man-made virtual city where players can fulfill all their dreams. In this virtual city, there are many NPCs, some of whom must have the authority to assign tasks, right? Like the mayor or someone in that role?"

"You’re suggesting I should grind goodwill with those core NPCs in advance?" Huang Ying was once again amazed by Han Fei’s ideas.

"After the public test, the Smart Brain will start overseeing the game, and NPCs’ authority will likely increase. If you can be the first to max out the goodwill of core NPCs, it will definitely help you later on."

"That makes sense! I’ll start collecting the task items for those important NPCs’ goodwill and then transport everything here. After the public test, I’ll use these items to max out their goodwill." Huang Ying was excited, "Some NPCs have very quirky personalities, and once a player maxes out their goodwill, no other player will be able to gain their friendship."

"Goodwill is just one aspect. Everyone thinks beta accounts will be deleted, so they don’t value the items they get now, no matter how rare. You can take this opportunity to buy them at very low prices." Han Fei merely pointed Huang Ying in a general direction; how to actually do it, Huang Ying had to figure out on his own since, to this point, he had not played the actual Perfect Life game.

"I’ll start preparing. Pull me out in an hour!" Now Huang Ying only regretted not having met Han Fei earlier, wasting so much time.

"Do you think I’m an elevator? That you can just say ’down’ and we go down?" Han Fei shook his head with a wry smile, "I only get one chance a night, and every time you come here, you’re actually taking a risk with your life. If there’s an accident, you could be trapped here forever."

Hearing this, Huang Ying slowly calmed down, looked around, and moved closer to Han Fei, "Then it’s better to be careful."

After discussing all the details, Han Fei used his Soul-returning Talent to send Huang Ying back.

Sitting among a mountain of talisman paper, Han Fei rested for a while before leaving with Zhang Guanxing.

"The tasks in Yimin Private Academy are finished; there’s no point in staying here any longer."

He called over Cry, Yinglong, and Li Zai, and, with Zhang Guanxing and Xu Qin’s little pet, headed for the main entrance of Yimin Private Academy.

The blood-stained door seemed to only open for Jin Sheng and Han Fei, who held the title of Patrol Teacher.

"Attention Player 0000! You have successfully left the Hidden Map!"

After hearing the prompt in his Brain Sea, Han Fei’s focus immediately heightened.

To him, the highly dangerous Hidden Map was actually the safest place. Once he left it, he would have to guard against various unknown horrors again.

"It’s been a long time since I’ve been home."

Letting all the grudges squeeze into Cry’s Spiritual Altar first, Han Fei carried the altar as he crossed the street and entered the alley behind Yimin Convenience Store.

Shadows emerged on the walls, none of them harboring any ill intent toward Han Fei; they were simply welcoming the new Shop Manager.

Eagerly returning to the Happiness Residential Community, Han Fei greeted each neighbor. He sat in front of the TV and talked with Wei Youfu about many recent events, seemingly having endless things to say.

Wei Youfu was very worried about Han Fei. Seeing him return safely, his hanging heart finally settled, and he listened quietly to Han Fei’s experiences with a smile on his face.

When Han Fei failed to check in for a night last time, he brought the Convenience Store Boss’s coffin back.

This time, after being away for several nights, Han Fei took down Yimin Private Academy outright, making the Fierce Ghosts there agree to join forces with Happiness Residential Community.

In Wei Youfu’s eyes, Han Fei was like a legend, accomplishing feats that seemed incredible even to the Fierce Ghosts, continually creating miracles.

"I seem to recall hearing about Jin Sheng from the previous Building Chief. He’s the actual manager of Yimin Private Academy and is very terrifying." Wei Youfu tried hard to remember, "It would probably take all eight of us from room 1044, fused together, to compete with him."

"Is he also a top-level Grudge?"

"I’m not quite sure about that. I only know he’s different from ordinary Grudges." Wei Youfu treated Han Fei like family, and Han Fei also felt very comfortable being with Youfu, a feeling he hadn’t encountered in reality: "What are your plans next?"

"I’m planning to go to Beast Alley, there’s something waiting for me there."

"Beast Alley?" Wei Youfu seemed to recall something: "The woman from the fifth floor should be very familiar with Beast Alley, she gets many of her ingredients from there."

"Are you talking about Xu Qin? Has she returned?" Han Fei stood up, a glint of light passing through his eyes.

"She hasn’t appeared for quite a while now, but you don’t need to worry, she is a Curse Aggregation, with many means to protect her life." Wei Youfu softly comforted Han Fei: "She has also disappeared for extended periods before."

"I hope she can return safely." Han Fei sat back down on the sofa, slightly disappointed.

"It’s the first time I see a living person care so much for a curse," Wei Youfu eyed Han Fei with a hint of curiosity: "Do you like her?"

"What kind of joke is that? Love, affection, longing, these words are all far removed from me." Han Fei stopped bantering with Wei Youfu, took the grudge that was willing to follow him and left the Happiness Residential Community once again.

Recalling the location of Beast Alley in his mind, Han Fei started to plan his route.

To get to Beast Alley, he first had to pass through a crossroad, then walk through two more streets.

If it was just him alone, there was no way he could travel such a long distance, but fortunately, he had made many friends in the Deep World.

Holding the Spiritual Altar tightly, Han Fei embarked on his first "long journey" as he set out to see what was on the other side of the crossroad.

...

Li Ruonan hadn’t seen her boyfriend for a long time, feeling that she had particularly bad luck, constantly encountering jerks.

At the beginning of a relationship, they would pledge eternal love, but once they grew tired, they would leave secretly, disappearing from her life.

In the end, the only ones who stayed by her side were her parents.

"Ruonan! Go throw away the trash! Your room stinks! How can you not care about your image at your age!" The bedroom door was pushed open, her nagging mother never seemed to understand the concept of privacy: "How will you ever get married like this? Do you plan to leech off your parents your whole life?"

Li Ruonan reluctantly got up from her bed, pulled several tied-up black bags from the closet, and struggled to carry them out of her room.

The dark staircase had no lights, and the steps were somewhat damp and slippery, Li Ruonan hated this home, but she had nowhere else to go aside from here.

Exiting the building, she looked across the crossroad to a convenience store she had never visited before, which seemed unusually lively that night.

"Grand opening celebration? I heard from dad that the convenience store seems to have a new owner." Li Ruonan pursed her lips and stopped paying attention to her surroundings, then with force, she threw the black bags into the trash can: "Goodbye, my love."

Perhaps she used too much force because one of the black bags tore open, releasing a strong stench.

"What a hassle."

Li Ruonan crouched in front of the trash can, figuring out how to tie the bag again, when suddenly she heard footsteps.

"Do you need help?"

The gentle voice reached her ears, and the squatting Li Ruonan turned her head to look behind, her heart starting to pound.

It was an extremely handsome face, more attractive than any of her ex-boyfriends.

"No, no..." Li Ruonan kept shaking her hands, suddenly remembering that she hadn’t put on makeup and her hair was greasy.

"Be careful, and don’t stay outside for too long." After speaking, the man holding the Spiritual Altar looked towards the wall plastered with tattered advertisements as if he was looking for a place to stay.

"Are you looking for a room to rent?" Li Ruonan closed the lid of the trash can and hastily stood up: "Wait here for a moment, I’ll go ask my family."

Li Ruonan hurried upstairs, and the confused man was preparing to continue reading the information on the advertisements when the door of a barbershop next door gently opened, and a middle-aged man stuck his head out: "Hey! Don’t stand there, that small building next to you had a deadly incident. A family of three died of gas poisoning, and not a single one made it out alive."

The man in the barbershop wanted to say more when he suddenly heard footsteps and quickly retreated back inside.

"Who were you talking to?" Li Ruonan ran down the steps, out of breath: "Let’s go, my dad has freed up a room for you."

"You want to invite me to stay at your house? Won’t that disturb you?" The young man was somewhat shy, hugging the Spiritual Altar and appearing very meek and harmless.