Chapter 4: Heading Towards the Unspeakable
Before entering the game Perfect Life, Han Fei had searched for strategies online. Most of the reviews were positive, with many beta testers believing that this game was an artificially created paradise, embodying people's yearning, and expectations for a better life.
At that time, Han Fei had also fantasized about the scenes he would experience in the game, making friends, no longer worrying about money, and living a repetitive, "boring" life of extravagance, luxury, and decadence.
Imagination was beautiful, but the reality was that Han Fei was now huddled under the tattered covers with a kitchen knife, smelling the faint musty odour in the air, and focusing his attention on the electronic clock hanging on the wall, severely peeling off its paint.
It was 2:30 in the morning!
The beginner quest of sleeping had been going on for some time, and the house was quiet without any unexpected incidents.
Han Fei started to doubt. Although the old lady's warning was frightening, after all, this was a simulation life game with a focus on healing.
No matter how difficult life might be no one's life was filled with encounters with psychopathic murderers and supernatural legends every day.
Another ten minutes passed, and everything remained normal in the room. Han Fei gradually began to relax.
Unable to leave the bed and feeling a bit bored, he opened the attribute panel and started to study it seriously.
"A game of this magnitude will definitely become popular after the public beta. I'm accumulating game experience in advance. Maybe I can earn some extra money from games in the future."
Name: Han Fei
Permission ID: 00000
Level: 1
Occupation: None
Mental Power: 6 (Refers to all abilities and energy produced by the brain, including memory, thinking, emotions, and consciousness, encompassing intelligence, psychology, experience, knowledge, and more)
Physical Power: 4 (All abilities related to physical fitness)
Charisma: 10 (Charisma is not a quantifiable concept, each person possesses their own unique charm)
Luck: 9 (The higher the luck value, the luckier the person tends to be)
Dark Thoughts: 0 (Guess how evil a person can be?)
Mental Threshold: 100 (Under the influence of various internal and external factors, an individual's mental state remains stable through self-regulation. However, an individual's mental state cannot remain constant. When exposed to stimuli beyond a certain limit, the player will be forcefully logged out. Simply put, when faced with intense stimuli, the lower the mental threshold, the easier it is to go insane)
Health Points: 100 (When health points reach zero, the character dies. Note that each person only has one life, and all data will be reset after death)
Talent: Unknown level talent with resurrection effect, the specific effects are unknown, a small number of lucky players receive a talent when creating an account
Skills: Intermediate acting, Basic cooking
Character: No specific description. Glorious points of humanity, possessing various characters that can greatly aid your life.
After reviewing the attribute panel, Han Fei felt puzzled. The game character had already been created, and it was almost identical to his real-life self.
"Could it be that the game account is linked to citizens' information? Automatic facial recognition? Moreover, in the game, each character only has one life, and all data will be lost upon death. It's a bit cruel."
Many games nowadays reduce the punishment for death to enhance the gaming experience. However, this game seems to go against the trend, resembling reality were losing a character means losing everything.
"Looks like I need to be more cautious. This building I'm living in seems a bit abnormal. I must find a way to move out as soon as possible."
Han Fei's gaze hadn't left the attribute panel when a sudden sound caught his ears without any warning.
Squinting his eyes, Han Fei lay on the bed like a cat. "I'm the only person in this house. What could have made that sound just now?"
The sound wasn't loud, but in the quietness of the night, Han Fei heard it clearly.
Gripping the kitchen knife tightly, Han Fei's eyes had grown accustomed to the darkness. His gaze scanned all the furniture in the room.
The house itself was in a dilapidated state, and with all the windows boarded up with planks, it created a very oppressive atmosphere.
Initially, Han Fei didn't think much of it, but the longer he stayed, the more uncomfortable he felt.
"Could this house have been a haunted house before? The old woman warned me not to be greedy for cheap rent. Generally, haunted houses have low rental prices."
Crack, crack.
Han Fei's nerves had started to get the better of him, and he began to have wild thoughts. Just then, that strange sound came again.
Holding his breath, Han Fei watched the living room in the darkness. All the furniture only had a dark silhouette, as if they could move on their own at any moment.
"Where is that sound coming from?"
His gaze swept back and forth until Han Fei finally fixed his eyes on the door of the bathroom.
His pupils gradually shrank, and his heartbeat quickened.
Thud!
Han Fei saw it clearly. The doorknob of the bathroom door turned!
"That's impossible! I entered the bathroom before turning off the lights, and there was no one inside!"
The air seemed to freeze, and Han Fei dared not even blink.
The bathroom door lock was the type that connected the inside and outside, so when someone turned the doorknob from the inside, the outside handle would also move along with it.
"Could it be that the old woman wanted me to lock the bathroom door because she knew there was something hidden inside this house's bathroom?"
Han Fei had no trace of sleepiness left. He hadn't concentrated his attention like this even during his college entrance exams.
The electronic clock on the wall ticked away, and as time passed, at two minutes and forty-four seconds past two o'clock, the doorknob of the bathroom door made a sound again.
The movement of whatever was trapped in the bathroom grew gradually stronger. In the empty room, the doorknob of the bathroom door began to turn up and down continuously!
Click! Click! Click!
The sound of the trembling lock tormented his nerves, and Han Fei stared fixedly at the mop wedged in the doorknob. As the vibrations increased, the mop gradually slid downward, and soon the bathroom door opened a crack.
In the profound darkness, who knew what horror lay hidden. The room instantly fell silent.
After a moment, five pale fingers extended from the gap in the door, and a slender arm grabbed the mop that was wedged in the doorknob.
"What is that?"
Cold sweat soaked Han Fei's back, and his hands and feet grew icy cold. He knew he was just playing a game, but his body instinctively urged him to get out of there.
The mop wedged in the doorknob was removed, and the previously tightly closed bathroom door swung open as if blown by the wind. The dark bathroom appeared empty, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.
"The door opened inward, but the shoe cabinet is still blocking the entrance. That thing seems to have not come out yet."
Han Fei tightened his grip on the kitchen knife, focusing all his attention on the shoe cabinet at the bathroom door.
Cold sweat trickled down his cheeks, his heart pounding loudly. Han Fei was on high alert, but there were no more strange sounds coming from inside the house.
"Is that thing still in the bathroom?"
Subconsciously, he scanned the living room with his peripheral vision. Han Fei had memorized the positions of all the furniture in the room, and he looked at those blurry dark silhouettes.
As his gaze swept across the centre of the living room, Han Fei's heart seemed to twist suddenly. There was a dark figure next to the sofa, and he didn't remember seeing any furniture placed there before!
"My memory is clear that there was absolutely no furniture placed in that spot!"
His heart felt like it was about to leap out of his throat. Han Fei had started playing the game to relax and find some joy, but these encounters had exceeded his expectations. He decided to quit the game.
No matter what you are, if I quit the game, everything will be resolved.
Opening the attribute panel, Han Fei found the option to quit the game in a corner. But now, that option was greyed out. After repeatedly clicking on it, a despairing message appeared.
"Attention! You can only quit the game after playing for more than three hours and completing at least one task!"
The icy voice in his mind made Han Fei's eye twitch. He almost passed out from sheer despair.
"I can't quit?!"
The chilling aura stimulated his body, and when Han Fei looked up again, he realized that the shadow next to the sofa had quietly moved to the entrance of the bedroom.
With its proximity, he could finally see clearly. It wasn't just a shadow; it was a person crouching on the floor!
At that time, Han Fei had also fantasized about the scenes he would experience in the game, making friends, no longer worrying about money, and living a repetitive, "boring" life of extravagance, luxury, and decadence.
Imagination was beautiful, but the reality was that Han Fei was now huddled under the tattered covers with a kitchen knife, smelling the faint musty odour in the air, and focusing his attention on the electronic clock hanging on the wall, severely peeling off its paint.
It was 2:30 in the morning!
The beginner quest of sleeping had been going on for some time, and the house was quiet without any unexpected incidents.
Han Fei started to doubt. Although the old lady's warning was frightening, after all, this was a simulation life game with a focus on healing.
No matter how difficult life might be no one's life was filled with encounters with psychopathic murderers and supernatural legends every day.
Another ten minutes passed, and everything remained normal in the room. Han Fei gradually began to relax.
Unable to leave the bed and feeling a bit bored, he opened the attribute panel and started to study it seriously.
"A game of this magnitude will definitely become popular after the public beta. I'm accumulating game experience in advance. Maybe I can earn some extra money from games in the future."
Name: Han Fei
Permission ID: 00000
Level: 1
Occupation: None
Mental Power: 6 (Refers to all abilities and energy produced by the brain, including memory, thinking, emotions, and consciousness, encompassing intelligence, psychology, experience, knowledge, and more)
Physical Power: 4 (All abilities related to physical fitness)
Charisma: 10 (Charisma is not a quantifiable concept, each person possesses their own unique charm)
Luck: 9 (The higher the luck value, the luckier the person tends to be)
Dark Thoughts: 0 (Guess how evil a person can be?)
Mental Threshold: 100 (Under the influence of various internal and external factors, an individual's mental state remains stable through self-regulation. However, an individual's mental state cannot remain constant. When exposed to stimuli beyond a certain limit, the player will be forcefully logged out. Simply put, when faced with intense stimuli, the lower the mental threshold, the easier it is to go insane)
Health Points: 100 (When health points reach zero, the character dies. Note that each person only has one life, and all data will be reset after death)
Talent: Unknown level talent with resurrection effect, the specific effects are unknown, a small number of lucky players receive a talent when creating an account
Skills: Intermediate acting, Basic cooking
Character: No specific description. Glorious points of humanity, possessing various characters that can greatly aid your life.
After reviewing the attribute panel, Han Fei felt puzzled. The game character had already been created, and it was almost identical to his real-life self.
"Could it be that the game account is linked to citizens' information? Automatic facial recognition? Moreover, in the game, each character only has one life, and all data will be lost upon death. It's a bit cruel."
Many games nowadays reduce the punishment for death to enhance the gaming experience. However, this game seems to go against the trend, resembling reality were losing a character means losing everything.
"Looks like I need to be more cautious. This building I'm living in seems a bit abnormal. I must find a way to move out as soon as possible."
Han Fei's gaze hadn't left the attribute panel when a sudden sound caught his ears without any warning.
Squinting his eyes, Han Fei lay on the bed like a cat. "I'm the only person in this house. What could have made that sound just now?"
The sound wasn't loud, but in the quietness of the night, Han Fei heard it clearly.
Gripping the kitchen knife tightly, Han Fei's eyes had grown accustomed to the darkness. His gaze scanned all the furniture in the room.
The house itself was in a dilapidated state, and with all the windows boarded up with planks, it created a very oppressive atmosphere.
Initially, Han Fei didn't think much of it, but the longer he stayed, the more uncomfortable he felt.
"Could this house have been a haunted house before? The old woman warned me not to be greedy for cheap rent. Generally, haunted houses have low rental prices."
Crack, crack.
Han Fei's nerves had started to get the better of him, and he began to have wild thoughts. Just then, that strange sound came again.
Holding his breath, Han Fei watched the living room in the darkness. All the furniture only had a dark silhouette, as if they could move on their own at any moment.
"Where is that sound coming from?"
His gaze swept back and forth until Han Fei finally fixed his eyes on the door of the bathroom.
His pupils gradually shrank, and his heartbeat quickened.
Thud!
Han Fei saw it clearly. The doorknob of the bathroom door turned!
"That's impossible! I entered the bathroom before turning off the lights, and there was no one inside!"
The air seemed to freeze, and Han Fei dared not even blink.
The bathroom door lock was the type that connected the inside and outside, so when someone turned the doorknob from the inside, the outside handle would also move along with it.
"Could it be that the old woman wanted me to lock the bathroom door because she knew there was something hidden inside this house's bathroom?"
Han Fei had no trace of sleepiness left. He hadn't concentrated his attention like this even during his college entrance exams.
The electronic clock on the wall ticked away, and as time passed, at two minutes and forty-four seconds past two o'clock, the doorknob of the bathroom door made a sound again.
The movement of whatever was trapped in the bathroom grew gradually stronger. In the empty room, the doorknob of the bathroom door began to turn up and down continuously!
Click! Click! Click!
The sound of the trembling lock tormented his nerves, and Han Fei stared fixedly at the mop wedged in the doorknob. As the vibrations increased, the mop gradually slid downward, and soon the bathroom door opened a crack.
In the profound darkness, who knew what horror lay hidden. The room instantly fell silent.
After a moment, five pale fingers extended from the gap in the door, and a slender arm grabbed the mop that was wedged in the doorknob.
"What is that?"
Cold sweat soaked Han Fei's back, and his hands and feet grew icy cold. He knew he was just playing a game, but his body instinctively urged him to get out of there.
The mop wedged in the doorknob was removed, and the previously tightly closed bathroom door swung open as if blown by the wind. The dark bathroom appeared empty, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.
"The door opened inward, but the shoe cabinet is still blocking the entrance. That thing seems to have not come out yet."
Han Fei tightened his grip on the kitchen knife, focusing all his attention on the shoe cabinet at the bathroom door.
Cold sweat trickled down his cheeks, his heart pounding loudly. Han Fei was on high alert, but there were no more strange sounds coming from inside the house.
"Is that thing still in the bathroom?"
Subconsciously, he scanned the living room with his peripheral vision. Han Fei had memorized the positions of all the furniture in the room, and he looked at those blurry dark silhouettes.
As his gaze swept across the centre of the living room, Han Fei's heart seemed to twist suddenly. There was a dark figure next to the sofa, and he didn't remember seeing any furniture placed there before!
"My memory is clear that there was absolutely no furniture placed in that spot!"
His heart felt like it was about to leap out of his throat. Han Fei had started playing the game to relax and find some joy, but these encounters had exceeded his expectations. He decided to quit the game.
No matter what you are, if I quit the game, everything will be resolved.
Opening the attribute panel, Han Fei found the option to quit the game in a corner. But now, that option was greyed out. After repeatedly clicking on it, a despairing message appeared.
"Attention! You can only quit the game after playing for more than three hours and completing at least one task!"
The icy voice in his mind made Han Fei's eye twitch. He almost passed out from sheer despair.
"I can't quit?!"
The chilling aura stimulated his body, and when Han Fei looked up again, he realized that the shadow next to the sofa had quietly moved to the entrance of the bedroom.
With its proximity, he could finally see clearly. It wasn't just a shadow; it was a person crouching on the floor!
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