Chapter 738: Detention
“Han Fei? No! Isn’t he on livestream?”
“Is it really not him?”
“I’ll never forget that gaze! Are there two crazies who are so alike?”
The man in the beast mask stood among the Pure Hatreds. When he appeared, all the players, inside and outside the game, sucked in a cold breath. The terror he radiated crawled into people’s hearts.
“Is that thing still human? He doesn’t look human to me.”
“Everyone on standby! The new players back away! Repeat! Players under level 10 please back away!”
“The target has arrived! Contact Deep Space Tech! It’s time for them to fulfill their promise!”
Deep inside the path, Huang Yin’s hand that held the knife trembled. Even if he knew the truth, he still thought this man was Han Fei. They were too similar, especially those eyes.
“What did he experience in the abyss? He seemed to scratch out the 99 wounds himself. They are mixed with dried curses and resentment.”
Huang Yin and Bai Xian didn’t know each other in the past. They cooperated for the sake of Han Fei. Huang Yin didn’t really know him, but at that moment, he had a new understanding of Bai Xian. The man did more than was necessary. He really tried his best to play this character to help Han Fei. “Those wounds and curses must have hurt.”
The normal players only thought the man was scary. Only Huang Yin and Han Fei knew the pain Bai Xian was in. The 99 wounds and curses were not sustainable by normal humans. However, Bai Xian volunteered to be injured by Pure Hatred to fully replicate Han Fei.
“Bai Xian has arrived early, because he’s worried that Big Sin might accidentally injure me. I mustn’t disappoint him.” Huang Yin turned and escaped. The players outside the tunnel understood him. Only crazy people wouldn’t run from an unwinnable battle. Pure Hatreds followed him. Huang Yin was dying. The show was reaching its climax. The final scene was a chase. Huang Yin and Bai Xian knew that both parties were at their limits. They couldn’t carry on for long.
“Quick! Be ready to help Huang Yin!”
“Gather up! Team 1 go and attract the ghosts! Team 2 will rescue the injured people inside the path. They should know about the world on the other side! Team 3 will clear the path for Huang Yin!”
“We’ll go with you!” The players showed unseen before determination. They took up their flower pots, woks, and so on to fight against the ghosts. Huang Yin had inadvertently become a symbol of hope for the players. In the normal script, justice would always prevail, but that was not the case in Perfect Life. The players understood how scary the malice from the cryptic world was. Pure Hatred was categorically different from normal ghosts. Once they made a move, the living would wilt with a touch. The curse spread everywhere. Even if the player touched a stone seen by Pure Hatred, their Life Points would drain rapidly. They had no chance to survive. The players in the surface world couldn’t win a Pure Hatred even if they gained another 10 levels. The slaughter was one-sided. Despair and negative emotions influenced more layers. Some started to flee. They were not afraid of death, but they were afraid of dying.
“Run! Don’t look back!” Huang Yin shouted in the abyss. He wanted to lead Worm and the other Absolute Truth players out of the path. These players were different. They had stayed too long in the cryptic world. If they died in the path, their bodies might be affected in real life. Huang Yin heard from Han Fei that death in the cryptic world might mean death in real life. Therefore, he had to save all the players in the path no matter what. The healing potions he gave worked. Out of the fear of the abyss, most players started to escape once they awakened. However, there was one exception.
Stuck between the wall, Shen Luo rubbed his heavy head. This was his second persona surgery. He felt like he had survived a very long dream. After he woke up, he had forgotten many things. However, his arms had gained unknown tattoos. They were colorful and looked like two broken butterfly wings.
“If the dream is fake, then why do I have this tattoo? My memory and my experience are different. Should I trust my brain or my instinct?” Shen Luo felt like his brain was lying to him. It was not a good feeling. “A broken butterfly wing?” Shen Luo had fractured memories in his mind. He had been protecting a kid who loved to cry in a murderous theme park. However, the kid was actually the scariest murderer. He was controlling at least 1/5 of the murderers. The shattered butterfly tattoo was left there by the kid. “The kid appears to want me to find people with butterfly tattoos and then join them. This broken butterfly tattoo is some kind of symbol.”
Mad Laughter had crushed the butterfly in the red orphanage. He didn’t waste the butterfly dust. He painted a new butterfly on Shen Luo. As for why he had chosen Shen Luo, Shen Luo didn’t know either. “Why would I be picked by that monster? What’s so special about me?”
At that moment, Huang Yin ran past. Behind him was a Pure Hatred.
“Go!” Huang Yin recognized Shen Luo easily. Honestly, he didn’t want to save Shen Luo. He had heard many things about Shen Luo. However, he couldn’t do that with so many players watching. He grabbed Shen Luo. Then he stabbed himself with a syringe. His speed increased again. As a Blood Doctor, Huang Yin had many ways to improve his body. He had even evolved his body in certain ways.
“Come!” Shen Luo was carried by Huang Yin. Strangely enough, once Shen Luo was picked up by Huang Yin, the night sky on the other side of the cryptic world was torn open, and a scary presence flowed into the path. This presence was different from the other Pure Hatreds. It didn’t target the other players but only Huang Yin and Shen Luo.
“What is hidden in you?” Huang Yin sensed it. There was something in the cryptic world that wanted to stop Shen Luo from leaving.
“I don’t know!” Shen Luo glanced at his arm. “Could it be this broken butterfly tattoo? But I don’t even know how I got it!”
Huang Yin didn’t have the time to study it. He took out the broken butcher’s knife. “Do you want to chop it off, or do you want me to?”
“Don’t!” Shen Luo was shocked. Wasn’t the hero supposed to be helping people? Why would this man think about chopping his arm off? Shen Luo was thankful that he didn’t share the dream fragments he still had in his mind.
While they talked, they soon reached the 150th-meter mark. The path changed, being affected by the presence of the cryptic world. The rocks turned pure black. The dead path started to move like the intestines of a monster.
“Is this path the body of some Unmentionable?”
Huang Yin dragged Shen Luo with all his might. Many players rushed to help. Bai Xian, at the bottom of the path, was at his limit too. His blood flowed, and his body was consumed by curses. There was a price to pay for choosing the night. Bai Xian finally understood the pain Han Fei had to suffer every day, but he couldn’t stop now. A normal shoot could allow NGs, but he had to finish this performance in one go. Bai Xian finally understood how Han Fei trained his acting skills. He couldn’t fail because if he did, he’d die. The chase in the path was at the most exciting moment. Everyone’s attention was drawn to the path. However, the Boss of Merchant Union suddenly led his core team and retreated.
Be it online or offline, everyone’s focus was on Huang Yin inside the path. Everyone wanted to know if the first player would survive.
Han Fei noticed something was wrong. “This is not right. Why is Merchant Union’s boss leaving already? Did he receive any news?” Han Fei’s intuition was trained in the cryptic world. It was very sharp. “Deep Space Tech and Immortal Pharma haven’t made any move. They have other arrangements!”
Han Fei and Huang Yin were both tools for the two giant companies to distract the players.
When the masked devil appeared in the path, Han Fei had already proved his innocence. He walked to the door. “I want to leave!” Bai Xian and Huang Yin were his best friends. He couldn’t see them die in the game.
“Han Fei, you need to stay here some more. The situation is still not clear enough.” The worker persuaded Han Fei through the door. Han Fei’s response was very direct. He kicked at the door.
“After framing me, do you want to imprison me illegally? Do you think I have no temper?” The officers in the adjacent rooms were jolted by the commotion and came to support Han Fei.
“I’ve cooperated with you. Many people can see that the person in the abyss is not me. What else do you want from me?” If Han Fei really didn’t hold back, not that many people could stop him.
“Please don’t make things difficult for me.” The worker frowned. He was scared of the angry Han Fei.
“I’m making things difficult for you?” Han Fei studied the worker. He could sense something wrong with the man’s mannerism and tone. The higher-up of Immortal Pharma didn’t plan to let him go.
“I didn’t want to do this, but you seem to have the habit of trampling on normal people’s dignity.” Han Fei’s gaze changed. He placed his arm on the worker’s shoulder. “Bring me to your superior.” The worker shivered. It felt like it was not a human who grabbed his shoulder but the devil.
“Okay…” The worker moved out of the way and jogged to find his superior.
Han Fei and the officers followed him. They took the elevator to the 4th floor. They stopped outside a room. At that moment, a phone inside the room rang. The worker wanted to ask Han Fei to wait, but Han Fei opened the door and walked in.
The superior seated at the table clearly didn’t expect this. He had just accepted the call. The virtual image of a young man appeared above the table. He ordered, “Han Fei has left the livestream room. He can’t leave. He has something my grandfather has left behind. Find a way to detain him.”
Han Fei heard everything the young man said.
“What is it about detaining me?” Han Fei walked to the table. The young man was the one who negotiated with the police. He was the one who had been studying Han Fei. Hearing Han Fei, he didn’t panic. He smiled politely at Han Fei. “We just want to know more about you so that we can have further collaborations.”
“You sure are a good actor.”
“You are the better actor.” The young man smiled fakely. “I heard that you’ve met Du Jing at the theme park. I’m curious how about you became my grandfather’s friend. If you’re willing to tell, you can come to the 11th floor to find me.”
“You’re still too young.” Even in the cryptic world, not that many ghosts were willing to give Han Fei their address.
