My ‘Healing’ Game
Chapter 776 Provocation

Chapter 776: Chapter 776 Provocation

"You really didn’t need to make another trip here; our analysts have a misjudgment rate of 0.01 percent; she is definitely not the person you’re looking for." The young man finished counting the cash and was very satisfied, "This transaction was very pleasant. If you have similar tasks in the future, feel free to come to me, I’ll give you a 20 percent discount."

As he pulled up the zipper of the bag, the young man slung it over his shoulder, ready to leave when he suddenly felt his legs weaken, barely able to muster any strength.

"What’s happening?" Fear crept onto the young man’s face, his joy instantly dissipated, "What did you do to me!"

"Nothing much, just to make the transaction a bit more pleasant." The Guinea Pig put away the report, "Do you know why those Cocoon House Hackers dare not come and deal with us directly?"

He calmly took out a syringe from his pocket and slowly walked over to the young man, lifting his face, "Real players don’t enter the game lightly; they’re afraid of becoming part of the transaction themselves."

The needle pierced into the neck, and the Guinea Pig’s "experiment" began.

An hour later, the Guinea Pig walked out of the room; the doors of the other rooms in the old building were also open, with masked people standing at each threshold.

"The music event held by Deep Space Technology is about to enter the knock-out rounds, to prevent the use of high-tech devices for assistance, the final selection of singers will take place offline. We will go to Xinhu’s main venue tonight; we should be able to encounter Sunshine Boy at the venue."

"Guinea Pig, I heard that all the contenders in the music event cover their faces, and the surveillance in Smart District is strict; it might be difficult to take action!" said a man wearing a Raccoon Dog mask.

"As long as we confirm his identity, we do not need to confront him unless absolutely necessary," the Guinea Pig scanned the people around him, "Do you have any more questions?"

"Sunshine Boy is a core member of the Death Spread Group Chat after all, targeting him like this, could we possibly anger Crow? That madman is already looking for an excuse to kill indiscriminately," the Raccoon Dog expressed concern.

"You fear Crow, but don’t you fear me?" The Guinea Pig’s tone shifted, and no one around dared to speak up again, "I’m not trying to intimidate you, that Sunshine Boy is a real Monster; if he loses control, he might be even more brutal than Crow and me combined."

"Understood, we will be there on time."

"I have already informed the Female Death God of Sunshine Boy’s information; she will arrange for you to enter the venue."

...

After greeting Li Huang, Han Fei took his phone and left.

The online virtual selection ended at noon while the offline selection would start at 8 PM. Han Fei was preparing to take over for Caibao, becoming the real Sunshine Boy again.

Upon arriving at Liuli Cat’s place, Han Fei asked again about Caibao’s situation to confirm she wasn’t implicated before he could relax, and then he quickly asked Li Xue to help look after her for the time being.

"The home field for that group of murderous psychos is in the outer suburbs, acclimated to being active in the late night; if they dare target me, they would definitely take the risk to go to Smart New City," Han Fei had already planned, "Smart New City, heavily monitored and the police’s turf, they would reveal themselves with any action."

The music event co-hosted by Deep Space Technology and Eternal Life Pharmaceutical was the biggest music festival in recent years, with the knock-out rounds continuing for several days until the end when the world’s most heart-stirring Gesheng would be selected.

Han Fei believed that the adversary would definitely make a move on one of the days of the song competition, and he was determined to root out all these rats hiding in the dark corners.

"The existence of ’Unspeakable’ is terrifying. Since that’s the case, let’s start with its minions, wipe out all those bastards who act as its lackeys, and then deal with it afterward."

To ensure that the Devil and Cat duo could make it to the end, Han Fei also broke precedent and started practicing with Liuli Cat.

The power of their singing voices could no longer be described as soul-stirring, it was more like a direct assault on the soul, and their understanding of each other was incredibly deep—far surpassing the coordination of other singing duos that had been honed through life and death experiences.

By a little after five o’clock in the evening, Han Fei and Liuli Cat set out.

They had left much earlier than necessary, but to their surprise, when they arrived, the area around the main venue was already packed with people.

Ordinary people followed the guidance of Deep Space Technology service robots to enter through passages six and seven into the side hall’s preparation room, while popular star contestants had special car transfers, completely isolated from any contact with the outside world during the entire process.

"With all these advertisements and sponsorships, and big names galore, this is only the first day of the preliminaries." Han Fei looked at the scene, which was comparable to a film festival, and couldn’t help but sigh, "Perhaps the two tech giants want to use such a grand event to change their image and to an extent, divert the public’s attention."

Dressed in the uniforms provided by the service robots and wearing their masks, Han Fei and Liuli Cat entered through the commoners’ passage.

Perhaps Deep Space Technology wanted to showcase their technology to the public, thus all service personnel inside the venue were mechanical butlers, completely controlled by the Smart City’s Smart Brain. It seemed as if they wanted to tell the public through this method that this was an absolutely fair competition with no human factors involved.

"Will we meet Ye Xian here?"

"The chances of seeing her on the first day aren’t high, but as long as we keep advancing, we will inevitably meet her sooner or later. The thought is actually quite exciting; she’s the idol of many young singers in Xinhu." Liuli Cat smiled, following behind Han Fei like a little cat.

"You appreciate her music, but you don’t know that she herself is the creation of another." Han Fei didn’t offer further explanation and closed his eyes to rest in the contestants’ room, "Don’t contact Caibao for the time being, play down her existence."

The preliminary round of the song competition took place in the Shallow World of Perfect Life. A long time ago, Han Fei had once tried to log into the regular Perfect Life game but encountered issues during the process, and since then, he had never tried again.

This time to participate in the festival, it was out of necessity that he had Caibao don his skin and take his place.

At eight o’clock in the evening, the song competition festival officially began, and a carnival belonging to Smart New City unfolded.

The offline audience was enormous, and the various media showed up, all speculating about the true identities of the popular singers; online, it attracted the attention of the entire network, with each contestant having their own fans and supporters, and the contestants’ scores and popularity constantly changing.

Liuli Cat looked at the display screen in the room and seemed somewhat excited; it was the stage she had dreamed of.

"Don’t think too much tonight; just enjoy the stage." Han Fei, a man accustomed to significant events, remained focused on catching people no matter how many viewers there were or how big the stage was, all for the sake of investigating the Unspeakable.

One contestant after another took the stage led by service robots. The strength of each contestant was very strong, no wonder Liuli Cat was uncertain.

At around nine o’clock, the door to Han Fei’s room was opened—it was their turn to take the stage.

Liuli Cat took a deep breath, trying to calm her excited heart. Han Fei strode towards the outside, fearing that any delay might keep him from getting home to play video games.

"Please put on all your equipment and follow me," the service robot said in a gentle tone. Together, they walked through the long corridor and took the elevator up. "Contenders, please get ready. The elevator doors will stop behind the stage curtain, and you have ten seconds to prepare."

The numbers on the display screen kept changing. After checking Han Fei and Liuli Cat’s equipment, the service robot quietly retreated to the corner of the elevator.

When the number hit three, the silvery-white elevator doors opened to both sides, and Han Fei and Liuli Cat stepped out from the elevator.

The huge black curtain slowly rose, and the spotlight fell on the two of them.

Liuli Cat stood on a real stage for the first time, the somewhat dazzling lights making her feel dizzy, and the rising cheers from the crowd left her feeling bewildered.

"Don’t be nervous. Your dream is slowly becoming a reality. You are growing into the person you’ve been looking forward to," Han Fei said as he lightly supported Liuli Cat. "If you really can’t recover, just hide behind me."

With the curtain fully raised, Liuli Cat timidly hid behind Han Fei. Even masked and in uniform costume, she behaved like a kitten that had just found its owner.

The live audience was one thing, but the online viewers watching the broadcast started to spam the chat instantly.

"It’s the Cat, the Cat, I want to bully her so bad."

"Stealing wife’s fury!"

"Isn’t that the mute singer who was forcibly dragged into the advancement round by Liuli Cat?"

"What are you talking about? He’s called Maraca Boy."

The song hadn’t even started yet, and the online community was already filled with controversy. Many thought Han Fei was just a freeloader who hadn’t said a word and still made it to the advancement round—it was absurd. Now everyone was waiting for his embarrassment.

"Feeling better?" Han Fei turned his head and asked softly.

"Yeah."

"Then let’s start."

The song composed by Liuli Cat herself began to play on stage, and Sunshine Boy also spoke for the first time.

His unique voice sang the Deep World’s ballad. The light seemed to twist bit by bit, as if a devil from the deepest despair had opened his eyes.

Han Fei’s voice had been kissed by hatred, and every word from him was a curse.

Such evilness, pure as though it was nightfall, even the stars bowed to him.

The audience below the stage was stunned, and the online viewers were flabbergasted; no one expected a man who could only play maracas to sing a song like this.

A chill spread through the crowd. The live audience felt as if a black rose with thorny stems had wrapped around their blood vessels and heart, incredibly dangerous yet unbelievably beautiful.

Inside a certain VIP preparation room, Ye Xian watched Han Fei and Liuli Cat on the projected screen and stated with certainty, "Change of plans! This guy is the real Sunshine Boy—he is very dangerous! Extremely dangerous!"

Suddenly thinking of something, Ye Xian quickly took out her phone: "I’ve got the wrong person! The operation must be stopped immediately!"

She kept dialing a number, but no one answered. Many of the psychopathic killers were not entered into the citizen information database; they dared not use their black-market communication devices rashly after entering the Smart District for fear of police tracking.

"This is bad!"

On the grand stage, the devil sang, and the whole nation was guessing who this singer was.

When the song ended, the audience remained immersed in Gesheng’s voice; it took a long while before thunderous applause erupted.

"Is this the Sunshine Boy?"

"Look at the trending searches! The fake Sunshine Boy is buff, cheerful, and positive, while the real Sunshine Boy, misunderstood by the world as a devil, gives all his gentleness to a stray cat."

"It’s tough not to end this in marriage! Why do I suddenly feel a chill, as if a beautiful woman is thinking of me?"

As the music ended, the spotlight shone on Han Fei, who scanned all the viewers at the venue, almost provocatively challenging the psychopathic killers.

"I am right here. Do you dare to come?"

The curtain closed slowly, and Han Fei, supporting the trembling Liuli Cat, walked off the stage.

They were to be escorted back to their rooms by the service robot and leave through a special exit to protect the identities of the contenders.

"Kitten, someone might target us, so I’m leaving first. Wait for Jin Jun to pick you up," Han Fei had arranged everything before coming.

"You be careful too."

"Don’t worry." Han Fei changed clothes and left ahead of time.

The path from the contenders’ lounge to the special venue exit was very safe, and Han Fei didn’t encounter any suspicious individuals. However, as soon as he left the special exit, he felt the presence of lurking eyes.

"Perfect timing and so familiar with the venue; these guys are not to be underestimated," Han Fei mused, wearing a hat and dressed completely different from his usual style. "Where would they choose to make their move?"