My Healing Games

Chapter 222 There is a kind of animal that looks like a human

If the delay continued, the situation would become increasingly unfavorable for the barber, and he himself realized this problem.

The barber's eyes, hidden beneath his black hair, darted around rapidly. He glanced at the dumpling shop outside the alley: "I can't escape there. The shop owner is extremely hostile to all humanoid resentment. If it sees me in my weakened state, it will be the first to stand up and kill me, wrapping me up in a dumpling."

"Besides the dumpling shop, the only place we can shake them off now is Animal Alley." The barber's eyes were bloodshot. He had just escaped from such a dangerous place, but he didn't expect to have to go back.

A wicked glint flashed in the barber's eyes. He had already sworn a vicious oath in his heart that he would kill Han Fei and all the resentment if he had the chance.

His hair and outer garment, imbued with yin energy, became tattered, revealing his withered and ugly body. The barber, who was nearing his limit, suddenly threw the wooden box in his hand at Han Fei.

He had realized that Han Fei, who seemed the least like a vengeful ghost, was actually the backbone of all the vengeful ghosts.

Blood splattered everywhere from the wooden box, and the wailing souls of the dead rushed out of the box, but Han Fei paid no attention to any of this. What he was really concerned about was a dinner knife mixed in with the blood.

The knife was ordinary, but Han Fei remembered it very clearly: Xu Qin had once lent it to him.

Looking at the thin layer of human skin padding wrapped around the hilt of the knife, Han Fei recalled many things: "She never took off the human skin padding."

Released all the lingering resentment imprisoned in the wooden box at once, the barber's body aged rapidly, and he hid his remnant soul within his black hair.

"The woman you're looking for died in Animal Alley, and you'll never find her!"

After uttering this vicious curse, the barber's body was completely absorbed by the coat. Then the coat shattered, and countless black hairs scattered on the ground, running in all directions.

"Want to go?"

Normally, there would be no chance of catching up with the other party now, but Han Fei had anticipated this situation.

He carefully put away Xu Qin's knife, then stared at the blood-red paper figure.

During the fight, the blood-red paper figure stuffed a part of its body into the barber's soul, which could still vaguely sense the location of the paper fragments.

"Chase!"

Han Fei's ultimate goal is the Death Tower. Resentful spirits entering it will be randomly separated, but cursed objects will not be affected. Han Fei also plans to enter it with Xu Qin.

Whatever the reason, Han Fei must find Xu Qin!

Grabbing the knife handle wrapped in human skin, Han Fei made the black python leave his body first. In fact, if the barber had continued to drag it out, Han Fei's body would have been invaded by the yin energy and he would have suffered serious injuries. Unfortunately, the barber was completely intimidated by Han Fei's reckless spirit.

The Yin energy entered his body within thirty seconds, and Han Fei had also put all his attribute points into stamina, so although he was affected to some extent, it was not serious.

He and his neighbors from the Happiness Community followed the blood-red paper figure into a deep alley in the street.

Previously, Han Fei only walked near the streets; this was his first time venturing deep into the city.

The intricate alleyways, the bags of garbage, the pervasive stench, and the muddy ground stained with blood.

The walls, smeared with grime, were covered with all sorts of eerie patterns. Occasionally, one could see a door or two that was tightly shut. If it weren't for his search for Xu Qin, Han Fei would never have entered this maze-like alley.

With more and more forks in the road, even Han Fei, whose memory far surpassed that of ordinary people, became somewhat confused because all the alleys looked too similar.

Where is that guy going?

The longer the night goes on, the more things might go wrong. Han Fei just wanted to kill the barber as soon as possible. Of course, the barber wasn't stupid either. He kept changing positions, as if he could sense that Han Fei was chasing him.

The deeper you go into the alley, the more unsettling it becomes—it's cold, quiet, and eerie.

The alleyway seems to be a different world from the city outside, much like the real-life Shanghai.

The core urban area is brightly lit and bustling, while the outskirts of the city are filled with desolate and dilapidated old buildings.

It's unclear how much time passed, but the blood-red paper figure suddenly stopped, and a fork in the road appeared in front of them.

The two deep alleys seemed to lead to different places. At the entrance of the alley on the left stood a stone lion with its head cut off. The alley smelled strongly of blood, and even the dirt road on the ground was tinged with dark red.

The alley to the right reeked of decay, and you could vaguely see the corpse of something thrown in a corner of the alley, with strange insects crawling among the body from time to time.

Both alleys feel unsettling; choosing either the left or right side seems extremely dangerous.

"The barber's aura disappeared here. Which side will he choose?"

There were no footprints on the ground; the barber had left no trace. He had been determined to hide here from the very beginning.

"Should we split up and chase them?" Yinglong was a little uncertain. It was the only way, but doing so in an unknown area was very dangerous.

After thinking for a moment, Han Fei shook his head: "If we split up to chase after them, what if there are still forks in the alley? There's only one blood-red paper figure; we can only find the barber by following it."

All the neighbors stared at the blood-red paper figure, which looked exactly like Xu Qin. The paper figure stayed in place for a long time before walking to the right of the alley where animal carcasses were piled up.

"Follow!"

The blood-red paper figure contained Xu Qin's curse, and it seemed to have sensed something else, which is why it suddenly made its choice.

Han Fei hurried forward, his only thought at that moment being to grab the barber and find out Xu Qin's whereabouts. But as soon as he stepped into the alley on the right, a strong stench crashed into his brain like a giant wave, almost numbing his senses.

At the same time, the system's cold voice also echoed deep within Han Fei's mind.

"Attention player number 0000! You have successfully unlocked the hidden map Animal Alley! Triggering the F-rank hidden quest – Animal Alley!"

"Animal Alley (F-rank hidden mission): Human love, hope, and fear are no different from those of animals. They are like sunlight, originating from the same source and falling on the same ground. If you don't believe me, I can prove it to you with fear and death."

"Mission requirement: Survive."

With no time limit, no exploration objectives, and no mandatory tasks, this F-level hidden mission only requires two simple words: survival.

When Han Fei heard the system say those words, he already had a very bad feeling.

He had never received such a straightforward mission before, a mission that often foreshadowed extreme danger.

"I think I just heard the words 'hidden map'. Is Animal Alley a hidden map too?"

Looking around, Han Fei was enveloped in a strong stench of decay. Only the blood-red paper figure remained beside him; all his other neighbors were gone.

Turning around, Han Fei found that the way back was gone. Behind him was no longer a fork in the road, but a deep alley that seemed to lead nowhere.

"It's alright. At least the blood-red paper doll and Xu Qin's pet are with me. This isn't the worst-case scenario."

Han Fei's ability to survive in the deep world was due to his constant optimism. Only those who never give up hope have a chance to see the dawn.

Holding the blood-red paper figure in his palm, Han Fei hadn't even had time to open his inventory when he heard heavy breathing coming from the alley behind him.

The sound didn't seem to come from a living person; it sounded more like a hungry beast that had finally found a wounded prey.

Han Fei had no idea what was making the sound. His body had already begun to move instinctively away from the sound. There wasn't even a place to hide in the alley. If he waited until he saw someone before running away, it might be too late.

His reaction was quite fast, but even so it still didn't work.

Amidst a pungent stench, a monster wearing a pig-face mask emerged from the depths of the dark alley.

Its body was much taller than a normal person's, and its exposed skin was covered with wounds and teeth marks. What was even more frightening was that the lower half of its pig-face mask was smashed, and there seemed to be a pig face underneath the mask.

The saw blade used for grinding meat was embedded in the flesh of his back. The monster's clothes, stained with oil and blood, were bound with chains. In his large hands, he held a knife used for chopping bones.

“Meat, meat, meat!”

The eyes beneath the mask were fixed on Han Fei's back. It emitted a pungent stench and suddenly accelerated like a runaway chariot, rushing towards Han Fei.

(End of this chapter)