My ‘Healing’ Game
Chapter 859: Single-handedly Supporting a Department

Chapter 859: Chapter 859: Single-handedly Supporting a Department

The god of faith has passed by countless times, it’s a very peculiar feeling. After seeing Han Fei’s soul, the Dark Merchant changed his previous firm attitude and agreed to help Han Fei.

As the most devout believer of Kuangxiao, he also had a small wish, which was to hope to kill the Hatred at Xinhu Third Mental Hospital.

After the disaster outbreak, the Hatred that occupied the mental hospital killed his wife and newborn child.

Hatred and rage turned the Dark Merchant into a ghost, but perhaps because he once participated in some special experiments at Eternal Life Pharmaceutical, he still retained part of his memory even after becoming a ghost.

He refused to collude with ghosts and monsters from the Deep World, so he chose another path.

Many "people" shared similar experiences with him, but over time, some of them completely lost their sanity and transformed into pure Evil Ghosts, while others were hunted down by other ghosts and monsters.

Gradually, they all hid away, no longer insisting on distinguishing good from evil, no longer reminding themselves to maintain humanity, silently disappearing into the night, licking their wounds.

If the disaster continues to deepen, sooner or later, they will become like those ghosts and monsters from the Deep World.

"These Dark Merchants are scattered throughout the city and can serve as our eyes." Everything is progressing according to Number Two’s plan: "Based on the Disaster Investigation Bureau, we will establish our own force; humans and ghosts coexisting, as long as it benefits God Stealing, any Monster can join."

"You don’t have to leave the Investigation Bureau; Number Four and I will help you manage these Dark Merchants." Number Five stood side by side with Number Four: "It’s a waste for all thirty students in the class to be together. Once the Personality Power is enhanced again, we will act separately."

"We’ll talk about it then." Han Fei’s task is to protect all the students and not abandon any child: "The Dark Merchant has already told me the location of other ghosts and monsters. Should we go tonight?"

"The night is full of dreams; of course, we must contact them soon." Number Two lay on Number Five’s back: "In a little while, it will be the Divine Spirit’s birthday, which is extremely important to him. We must accumulate enough power before that day comes."

Opening the doors of each cell, Han Fei swallowed all the "goods" imprisoned by the Dark Merchant before walking out of the underground warehouse.

Back in the car, under the guidance of the Dark Merchant, they passed through C District and arrived at the edge of A District.

"The source of the disaster is in the Eternal Life Building, which is one of the buildings owned by a subsidiary of Eternal Life Pharmaceutical and is responsible for developing drugs for treating mental illnesses and experimenting with various new medical devices." The Dark Merchant sat in the front passenger seat, the Black Robe shrouded the car, holding the rotten human head in both hands, reluctant to discard it.

Most of the living Sacrificial Offerings were sacrificed by him to the God Statue, only he kept this human head for himself to communicate. In a way, he could be considered frugal.

"I left early that day; the person who replaced me died. When I got back after seeing my daughter, the inside of the building seemed to have become another world, completely engulfed in darkness, leaving only boundless chill around."

Stuttering words came out of the human head; the Dark Merchant himself had lost the ability to speak; he needed to use other people’s bodies.

"The Eternal Life Building was formerly known as the Eternal Prosperity Building, and it’s marked as a Forbidden Building in the Disaster Investigation Bureau’s files." Han Fei recalled the information he had read: "Inside the Deceit Building, there is already top-tier Hatred comparable to Butterfly. There might indeed be something unspeakable left in the Forbidden Building. Going there now is seeking death."

The surge in power, but Han Fei did not swell; he always had a clear understanding of himself.

"We need to find the Shrine hidden in the Memory World. The key to God Stealing lies in destroying the original Shrine and God Statue before rebuilding the New God on the ruins. The Forbidden Building will definitely be visited in the future." Death Intent boiled in Number Four’s eyes; he held no reverence for danger and death, or rather, he was the embodiment of death itself.

"Even if you want to go, I don’t have the ability to take you in; the core area of A District can already be considered another world, where the rules are different from the outside. No matter whether human or ghost, very bad things will happen once you enter." The dry human head in the Dark Merchant’s hand weakly spoke: "The disaster started in A District, and it gathered the most terrifying ghosts and monsters here. But what’s worth noting is that all ghosts and monsters deliberately avoid the core area; even Hatred is unwilling to approach."

"We won’t go to the Forbidden Building for now." Number Two spoke, providing Han Fei and the Dark Merchant with a reassurance.

"If you’re interested in the disaster, you can look for another Dark Merchant. His name is Kong Tiancheng, and he was a high-level executive at Deep Space Technology. In the weeks before the disaster, he stayed inside the Eternal Life Building, seemingly conducting some special experiments; he knows many secrets."

The Dark Merchant’s words sparked Han Fei’s interest; he had an impression of Kong Tiancheng: "Tonight, let’s find him."

"I’m afraid not; he disappeared long ago." The Dark Merchant shook the human head in his hand: "There are rumors that he was imprisoned by Hatred, and some Dark Merchants saw him appear near Hope New City. Having become a ghost, he seems to be searching for a way to coexist with humans."

Han Fei did not have a deep impression of Kong Tiancheng, only having seen him once at a game exhibition: "Eternal Life Pharmaceutical was completely destroyed, but traces of Deep Space Technology can still be seen here, as if Hope New City’s establishment is related to them."

"According to what you say, Kong Tiancheng is trying to reconnect with Deep Space Technology, which is why he went to Hope New City?" Number Five nodded: "It seems necessary for us to visit Hope New City, whether to investigate the truth of the disaster or to select a large batch of Sacrificial Offerings."

"Sacrificial Offerings? You must stay calm!" Han Fei quickly spoke, as others had once advised him this way.

"Do you think that city is beautiful? It lacks something to be named so; hence it’s named Hope." Number Two looked at the human face reflected on the car window, and no one could guess what he was actually thinking.

The vehicle sped through the alleys of the city, and they found a dozen spirits who retained memories of their past lives and harbored little malice towards the living. These Grudges were vengeful towards those Evil Ghosts from the Deep World.

With the full assistance of the Dark Merchant, Han Fei and the children activated the altars guarded by those Ghosts and Monsters. They shook the rules of the Shrine World, causing a slight deviation in the trajectory of fate.

Having demonstrated his connection with the Shrine, those Ghosts and Monsters became much friendlier towards Han Fei. Their ephemeral faith finally had a tangible direction.

Han Fei didn’t need the Ghosts and Monsters to do much, only to protect themselves, gather information, and act as his eyes.

On the surface, it appeared Han Fei was the only one in Group Thirteen, but in reality, even modestly speaking, the mobilization ability of Group Thirteen could rival half an investigation squad.

Leaving the last building, Han Fei felt a sense as he walked out of the corridor. When he looked up, he noticed that in the pitch-black night sky, which had shrouded Xinhu for over a decade, there were suddenly a few faint points of Starlight.

"Even a spark can start a prairie fire, and the Divine Spirits will eventually pay the price for their arrogance," said Number Five, seemingly thinking of something, with a chuckle and a glance at Number Two: "Except you and Zero."

A brief sentence revealed a piece of information to Han Fei: among the thirty children, it seemed two had become Unspeakable.

"Things here are done, let’s head to Hope New City." Number Two ignored Number Five and signaled everyone to get in the car: "Those criminals should have already received news of their subordinates missing, we can’t give them a chance to destroy evidence."

Taking out a map covertly obtained from the Investigation Bureau, Han Fei drove towards New City.

...

"Do you know who Little Hong is?"

"I’ve been having a dream recently, I forgot where I met Little Hong, but we became friends and played together."

"I never told Little Hong where I lived, but it found my house on its own."

"At first, it called my name from downstairs, then it ran into the corridor and stood at my door, asking me to come out and play."

"I started to get scared, I didn’t open the door for it, so it kept knocking."

"That day, I opened my eyes and suddenly heard my mom talking to someone. They were chatting happily. I rubbed my eyes and walked out of the bedroom, only to see Little Hong sitting on the sofa!"

"My family all liked Little Hong a lot, and it started visiting more and more. Gradually, I felt my family spent more time talking to it than to me."

"Little Hong was slowly replacing me, I couldn’t let this continue, I needed to kill it."

"That day, I hid a knife under my pillow and called Little Hong into the bedroom to play."

"I remember clearly, after I closed the room door, Little Hong showed the happiest smile ever."

"So happy, so terrifying, I pressed it down in front of the dressing mirror and took out the knife hidden under the pillow."

"Thick liquid splattered on my clothes and slid down the mirror. I suddenly looked up and found myself clad in a set of red clothes, my face slowly turned into Little Hong’s!"

In the underground of Dawn Clinic in Hope New City, a madwoman dressed in Blood Clothes leaned on the Doctor’s shoulder: "Ghost Doctor, I feel trapped in that dream, unable to get out. Little Hong appears everywhere."

"Take your medicine on time, accept your treatment well, you’ll get better." The handsome Doctor kissed the madwoman’s lips: "Have a good sleep... Little Hong."

The Doctor looked satisfied with his work, but just then, a knock sounded at the door. He adjusted his glasses, straightened his clothes, and opened the door to the underground clinic.

"You still have the heart to treat patients, huh?" A middle-aged man wrapped in Black Robe appeared at the door.

"Judge? Why are you looking for me?"

"We lost eleven of our people in Zone A." The middle-aged man referred to as the Judge took out a list: "I’m not sure who did it, but someone saw the divine spirits’ truck 016 being driven into the Disaster Investigation Bureau."