My ‘Healing’ Game
Chapter 494 Number 031 (5200 Votes for Monthly Ticket)

Chapter 494: Chapter 494 Number 031 (5200 Votes for Monthly Ticket)

After advising the remaining three players on some precautions, Han Fei stopped paying attention to them.

Soul-returning could only be used once per night, and Han Fei needed three nights to send these players away. As for the player with a zero luck value, Han Fei felt there was a high probability that he was already gone.

They had searched the hotel for a long time and didn’t see the person. Shouting also didn’t get a response, just like Yantang had guessed, even if he hadn’t been killed by a ghost, he probably had already left the hotel early.

Han Fei now only hoped that the player would have slightly better luck, hiding in a building near the fog, and not going deeper into the Plastic Surgery Hospital. That way, he might encounter that player the next time he explored the Plastic Surgery Hospital Area.

Completing an F-level task, rescuing four out of five players, and becoming friends with them made the night quite fulfilling for Han Fei.

Back at Death Building, the neighbors were still digesting the goods they had brought from the department store. The longer they dragged on, the stronger they would become.

Han Fei didn’t disturb the neighbors. He asked Feng Ziyu and the Death Building security guard to keep an eye on the players, then he left the game.

Blood descended, and Han Fei was already very familiar with all of this. When he felt something close to his back, he wanted to greet the entity; unfortunately, before he could speak, his consciousness had already drifted away.

Opening his eyes, Han Fei removed the game helmet and climbed out of the game box.

"It would be good if it could always be this easy," Han Fei looked at the wall covered with victims’ photos, recalling the scene when he first entered the game: "As long as I can continue to grow stronger, I will eventually turn this game into a real healing-type game."

A good healing-type game can heal oneself as well as others.

Although dawn had not yet broken, Han Fei was not sleepy at all. He turned on the desk lamp and began to read and study.

After entering the Deep World, Han Fei deeply realized a truth, that at the moment of need you regret not learning more, and it’s hard to know the difficulties without going through them.

Previously, he focused only on acting, neglecting many things, thinking acting alone was enough. But now, he had gained a higher consciousness.

To survive in the Deep World, he needed to learn more knowledge, ranging from criminal psychology to business management, from medical first aid to urban planning; there was just too much for him to learn.

"Why sleep long in life when after death, I will sleep forever. I must strive to study after logging off, and outstudy those from the Deep World’s Unspeakable."

Whenever he thought that this knowledge might someday save his life, Han Fei’s enthusiasm for learning grew even higher.

Sunlight streamed through the gaps in the curtains. After watching criminal investigation lectures and surgical operation videos for a long time, Han Fei stretched lazily. He found that as his physical strength continuously improved, his brain seldom felt fatigued.

It seems only such a physique can endure the terrifying pressure from the Shrine Inheritance Task.

"Li Xue should be awake by now, right?" Looking at the time, Han Fei took out his phone and dialed her number.

Before he could speak, Li Xue’s voice had already come through the phone, "Looking for someone again? You’re more punctual than the alarm I set. What time do you wake up every day?"

"I go to sleep precisely at midnight, but I generally wake up early," Han Fei recalled the information of those players, wanting to figure out what kind of people were most likely to be attracted by the Deep World.

After explaining the situation to Li Xue, Han Fei hung up the phone, then he sent a message to Huang Ying, wanting to ask if he had encountered anything special in the Shallow World.

Huang Ying was Han Fei’s most important friend and also the most critical support at this stage.

If one day the passage from the Deep World to the Shallow World were completely opened and big problems emerged in the Shallow World, then Huang Ying could use his influence as a first player to do many things.

Preparation paid off, and Han Fei didn’t know what the future held for "Perfect Life"; he could only do his best.

The video call connected, and Huang Ying’s complexion looked rather pale, appearing this haggard for the first time since he had killed Butterfly.

"Brother Huang Ying, what’s happening on your end?"

"I reached level twenty last night while doing a job-changing task. Actually, I wanted to ask for your advice." Huang Ying swiped his finger on the screen and sent another file to Han Fei, "I can now change to a second profession, and I have two options. One is to continue deepening my expertise as a Blood Doctor, which has already made me a wanted criminal throughout the city."

"Blood Doctor is already a strong profession. Did you trigger another hidden profession?"

"Yes, because of my Nightmare talent, I pick up any skills related to dreams very quickly. Since ’Perfect Life’ allows for an unlimited number of minor professions, I learned all the dream-related professions I found. Just last night, when I reached level twenty, the Smart Brain informed me that I had triggered an exclusive hidden profession—a Dream Peeping Master." Huang Ying shared every secret with Han Fei, trusting him unconditionally.

"Dream Peeping Master? What special abilities does that profession have?"

"I’m not sure yet; it should be similar to a Hypnotist or a Psychiatrist, perhaps? However, from the job-changing task, this hidden profession is extremely twisted. It requires entering an NPC’s dreams to help them find things they’ve lost in their dreams." Huang Ying ruffled his messy hair, "In ’Perfect Life,’ each player can only have one main profession, but every ten levels, they can enhance a minor profession. Now I’m struggling to choose between Blood Doctor and Dream Peeping Master. Blood Doctor was the last gift from Feng Ziyu, a unique murderous healing hidden profession. But Dream Peeping Master seems to fit my talents more, and once I change professions successfully, it would become my exclusive profession..."

If ordinary people could trigger even the most basic hidden profession, they would be so excited that they wouldn’t be able to sleep for three days. Yet, Huang Ying was caught between two hidden professions, truly showcasing the stance of the number one player.

"Don’t give up on Blood Doctor, and also push hard with Dream Peeping Master. Keep both professions. If you lack resources, you can come down anytime to collect them. You have me behind your back, so don’t worry." This was the first time Han Fei had heard of the profession Dream Peeping Master. He didn’t know what it entailed, but since it was Huang Ying’s exclusive profession, it should not be missed.

"Okay, I understand what I need to do."

"Let’s talk about something else. How are those players who disappeared in the maze doing?" Han Fei was still quite concerned about them.

"They haven’t come out yet, but luckily they are all top players employed by large gaming companies. Someone is assigned daily to watch over their gaming equipment, so they should be all right for at least a week." Huang Ying was also constantly observing those players, "Actually, for those professional players, staying in virtual gaming equipment for several consecutive days is quite normal. Thus, not many people are paying attention to this issue now. Their bosses think they are very lucky and might have discovered a hidden map."

"I hope they make it. That Paradise is very dangerous, and I’m still incapable of heading there."

"It’s not much related to us. They fell into it by accident while exploring on their own." Huang Ying was older than Han Fei and had been toughened by more of life’s harsh realities, "Once you’re on the gaming table, everything is a chip. Losing everything means blaming only your own greed."

Han Fei nodded. He wanted to ask Huang Ying something else but suddenly received a call from Director Zhang.

After excusing himself with Huang Ying, Han Fei disconnected the video call and answered Director Zhang’s call.

"Director Zhang, is there anything you need?"

"Sorry to disturb you so early." Director Zhang didn’t know that Han Fei had been awake for hours, "Didn’t you have a little unpleasant incident with Star Map Entertainment last night? Their boss wants to meet with you privately for a chat."

"Star Map Entertainment?" Han Fei had met with them for the first time last night and ended up beating up their lead actor, breaking the actor’s hand.

"President Li really admires you, and their company is planning to collaborate with us on shooting a movie about plastic surgery, and you are highly likely to be the male lead." Director Zhang’s words would tempt any actor.

"Me as the male lead?" This was Han Fei’s first offer to be the lead actor in a big-screen movie, which held significantly more prestige than his previous web series and supporting roles in big-screen films. Being the lead actor meant being the pillar of the entire movie.

"Star Map is a well-established entertainment company, still holding some prestige but has been unlucky, facing a decline in recent years. However, with this collaboration, maybe we can turn things around." Director Zhang kept persuading Han Fei, genuinely admiring him and particularly fond of actors like Han Fei who were not demanding, had excellent acting skills, and nailed every scene in one take— a naturally born actor.

"Alright, then I’ll meet him again tonight and check out the script too."

"Then it’s settled. Let’s still meet at Baixiang Pavilion; I’ll host this time." Director Zhang ended the call after speaking.

Looking at the phone screen, Han Fei shook his head slightly. Compared to Director Jiang, Director Zhang had more of a business head, which might be why Director Zhang had become a top director while Director Jiang was still directing low-budget online dramas.

Opening the website, Han Fei glanced at his own rank. "Mystery Novelist" hadn’t been released yet, but Han Fei had already become the highest-ranked young actor among the fourth-tier actors just with "Twin Flowers" and was likely to be promoted to the third-tier soon.

"Popularity is always changing, the rankings below second-tier actors often fluctuate, and looking at it now doesn’t mean much. Once I stabilize as a second-tier actor, I’ll go help Director Jiang make a movie that truly showcases his talents," he said.

When Han Fei was down on his luck, it was Director Jiang who helped him out, and naturally, he would do his best to help Director Jiang once he became famous.

Scrolling through his phone, Han Fei read through those unread messages when suddenly Li Xue called him again.

"You found out so quickly? It seems those few people don’t have much to hide." Han Fei connected the call, and before he could speak, he heard Li Xue’s voice.

"Why isn’t there any public information about Yantang? Are you sure he’s alive?"

As soon as Li Xue spoke, Han Fei was startled: "Of course he’s alive, didn’t I tell you all his features and characteristics? You can’t find him?"

"You should pay more attention to this Yantang, at least my access doesn’t show his data," Li Xue noted remembering Yantang’s information. "But aside from him, I found corresponding data for the other few people."

"That Aunt Li you talked about used to be a PhD in law, her husband worked at Eternal Life Pharmaceutical, and their son works at Deep Space Technology; the whole family is elite. However, since her husband disappeared, she has given up her job and due to illness, she has stayed for a while at the sanatorium of Eternal Life Pharmaceutical."

"Liuli Cat is an orphan who lived in a welfare home built by Eternal Life Pharmaceutical. At the age of ten, she was adopted by an old lady who loved singing and dancing. But after the old lady’s death, she seemed never to smile happily again. Moreover, this child is peculiar, she inherited the woman’s house and most of her savings, but she doesn’t want to spend the old lady’s money and insists on working odd jobs by herself. It’s quite touching actually; the old lady, knowing she wouldn’t live long and couldn’t continue to accompany Liuli Cat, spent a lot of money to buy her a game box from Eternal Life Pharmaceutical and also donated her brain and all her digital estate to Eternal Life Pharmaceutical."

"Shen Luo is a professional investor with no funds under his management nor projects, but he owns two properties in the Smart District. I’m now even suspicious that he’s involved in financial fraud."

"That pro gamer called Tie Nan, his father is an executive at Eternal Life Pharmaceutical; he ran away from home at the age of seventeen and hasn’t returned home since."

Han Fei remembered everything Li Xue said, and he was surprised to find that apart from Yantang and Shen Luo, whom they couldn’t find information on, the other three seemed to be linked to Eternal Life Pharmaceutical somehow.

"Han Fei, I see that the people you’ve been vetting lately are more or less connected to Eternal Life Pharmaceutical; do you think the Butterfly is hiding within Eternal Life Pharmaceutical?"

"I can’t pinpoint Butterfly’s location, but I know that these companies, which hold the most advanced technology, could be more terrifying than Butterfly if they lose oversight," he responded.

After chatting with Li Xue for a couple more minutes, Han Fei hung up. If it weren’t for the large number of players entering this time, he wouldn’t have been curious to ask Li Xue for information about those players.

"Eternal Life Pharmaceutical..." Han Fei opened his computer, started searching for information related to Liuli Cat. "This girl used to live in a welfare home constructed by Eternal Life Pharmaceutical; she might have undergone personality modification."

He found the video website where Liuli Cat was and typed in the three characters for Liuli Cat, and a video blogger with a few hundred followers came into view.

Most of her videos were of her singing, only two videos had a relatively high number of views, and those two were dance videos.

Clicking to watch the video, Liuli Cat’s voice was very pleasant to hear, but she never tried to cover those popular songs, just silently sang her own.

In every song, there was a hint of melancholy, as if she was communicating with the world in this way, expressing her inner feelings.

All her singing videos had very low views, occasionally there would be one or two comments, some people thought her voice was really good, but sang inexplicably, and others said they felt uncomfortable listening to her songs and disliked the videos.

"Why do I feel that her singing is becoming more and more desperate?"

Han Fei watched from videos uploaded years ago; earlier videos were fine, seen by very few, but as more people followed, all sorts of strange comments started appearing.

Liuli Cat had also started uploading some dance videos, which, against everyone’s expectations, she performed very professionally. However, most of the comments were not discussing the quality of her dance but rather commenting on her figure and facial features.

Han Fei frowned as he looked at those comments. He had only watched half of it when a sudden prompt on the webpage indicated the video had been deleted.

After he logged in again, he noticed that the number of videos Liuli Cat had uploaded was rapidly decreasing, as if she was manually deleting the videos she had once uploaded.

"Why delete all the videos?"

Han Fei quickly scrolled forward and found the most recent video, which was uploaded two days ago, featuring only black and white colors.

A line of cold black text appeared against the white background, where Liuli Cat told a story to strangers.

"My world now consists of only black and white..."

Since her childhood, she had lived in an orphanage and was often bullied, covered in wounds, fragile like a glass toy, with no one to protect her.

In her memories, she felt as though she had never genuinely smiled. After the age of five, she was constantly taken to various places.

She started to sleep excessively, felt that she had forgotten many things, and became increasingly sensitive and fragile.

Often, she would even hallucinate, as if her heart had turned into a piece of transparent glass that would shatter at the slightest touch.

This situation worsened after she turned eight, losing her ability to take care of herself, feeling as if everything around her could harm her, carrying a hostile intent.

She would often curl up alone in a corner, feeling safe only when leaning against a wall.

This life continued until she was ten when an old lady who was an employee at Eternal Life Pharmaceutical and had once taken care of her adopted her.

An old woman and a young girl lived together, and it took the old woman five whole years to finally open Liuli Cat’s heart, helping her forget the pains of her childhood through singing and dancing.

Liuli Cat felt happiness and joy for the first time, but shortly after her nineteenth birthday, the old woman passed away.

The most horrifying thing was that at her deathbed, unable to bear it any longer, the old woman secretly disclosed a piece of information to her; the girl’s life was an experiment, and after the old woman’s death, the experiment would yield its results.

The world seemed to collapse in an instant, and Liuli Cat wandered around in a daze for a long time. She tried to brace herself, but her personality was like a delicately cracked porcelain, completely unable to support her further.

Endless agony engulfed her, pulling her deep into the sea as if she could never climb back to shore again.

The last line of the video was in small black text. She had no name of her own; in the orphanage, her number was 031, so she wanted to give everything back on the thirty-first day of this month.

This black and white text-only video had hardly any viewers. The few comments that were made joked around, one saying the script wasn’t bad, another saying her style hadn’t changed, whether it was a short composition or lyrics, they were always so bleak.

Liuli Cat hadn’t said the person in the video was her, but when Han Fei saw this, he couldn’t sit still.

He immediately got up and ran outside while calling Li Xue, "Where does the girl called Liuli Cat live? She seems very disturbed! She might do something impulsive!"

After flagging down a car, Han Fei, following the address given by Li Xue, urged the driver constantly. When he looked back at the video website, Liuli Cat’s homepage was left with only the black and white video, and she had changed her name to No. 031.

The woman had personally deleted all her songs and colors, leaving herself with nothing but a number in the end.