My Healing Games

Chapter 354 Warning After the Collapse of the Dead Tower Game
The increasingly strong stench of blood permeated the moldy elevator car, where a group of people dressed in red surrounded Han Fei.

What will happen if I don't go down?

The elevator stopped on the fourth floor. As time passed, the red-clad monster's body became like a tree branch infused with blood. Her veins and hair became tangled, stretching her skin and spreading towards the elevator wall.

Staying any longer would likely only lead to certain death, so Han Fei controlled his game character to walk out of the crowd.

After he left the elevator car, the silver-gray elevator doors slowly closed, and through the gap in the doors, one could see a group of people in red standing with their backs to him.

Soon the elevator doors closed completely, and the numbers on the display screen began to change rapidly.

Han Fei thought the number would stop when it reached "1", but to his surprise, the number on the display screen turned negative and the elevator went down to the -18th floor in one go.

Does this elevator lead underground?

Having finally reached the fourth floor, Han Fei didn't want to waste this opportunity. He ran straight to room 4044 and secretly observed the door.

Unlike the Deep World, room 4044 on the fourth floor of the game has a complete door god on the door panel, and the other party's head has not been cut off.

"I want to see what kind of face this door god has."

Han Fei memorized all the key details. He quietly approached the door of room 4044. As he stared intently at the TV screen watching the door god, the door god in the game suddenly blinked.

Its head seemed to move, but it also seemed not to. Han Fei couldn't quite describe the strange feeling; he just felt a chill down his back.

Sitting back on the sofa, Han Fei looked at the screen again and finally realized that something was wrong.

The gatekeeper in the game "Dead Building" seemed to be watching him, not the game character Han Fei was controlling, but Han Fei himself, who was watching from outside the TV screen.

"What kind of technology is this?" Han Fei didn't know if it was an Easter egg or a trap. He tried to push the door of room 4044, and at the same time, a dialogue appeared on the game screen.

"Would you be willing to help me put my head back in?"

Without any warning or indication, this dialogue suddenly popped up, even though there wasn't a single NPC in sight.

"Is the door god speaking?" Han Fei clicked on the dialogue, and an even stranger scene appeared. Three options appeared after the dialogue box, but all three options were - unwilling.

“Room 4044 is the closest place to Room 4444. Put my head back in, and I can help you end this endless nightmare.”

"If you want to get into room 4044, you have to do one thing for me. No matter what choice you make, you will eventually come back here."

The dialogue in the dialog box keeps changing, but the options are all still "no," as if this is a fixed event that cannot be changed.

“The evil you see is definitely evil, but is the kindness you see necessarily kindness? You are too close to ‘God.’ You should go behind ‘God’ and look at their human backs. As their ‘divinity’ shines, their humanity is as filthy as they are. If you help me, I can tell you those unspeakable secrets.”

Looking at the contents of the dialog box, Han Fei was somewhat tempted. The unspeakable thing represented a special level in the deep world, and the gatekeeper's words were loaded with meaning.

"The headless gatekeeper must really want to find his head. Maybe I can use that to buy some time when I log in next time."

After hesitating for a moment, Han Fei didn't make a choice; he didn't like following the path others had laid out for him. But if he didn't make a choice, the game would get stuck on this screen.

After trying repeatedly for a long time, Han Fei memorized the face of the gatekeeper and then chose to force quit the game.

As he pressed the button on the controller, the game screen instantly went black, and all the patterns disappeared.

"What's going on? I've been playing this game for decades and I've never encountered anything like this before. Is there something wrong with the TV?" Zhuang Ren walked towards the TV with a look of surprise on his face.

"Don't go over there! I think I triggered something."

A few seconds later, a pair of bloodshot eyes appeared on the dark television screen. The eyes were barely visible, as if they were greatly restricted and unable to leave the television screen.

A shallow bloodstain slowly spread outwards from the eyes, and fine blood vessels quickly covered the television screen, as if trying to tear something apart.

The scene before him reminded Han Fei of the time he used the ability to summon spirits. When he used the ability to summon spirits, the system's attribute panel would be covered with blood vessels and then torn in the middle, like the gates of hell being forcibly broken open.

"They're so similar, how many secrets are hidden in this game?"

Han Fei no longer considers "Perfect Life" as an ordinary game. Due to the existence of the black box, this game has countless connections with reality. It blurs the boundaries between reality and virtuality, breaks down the barriers between the human brain and the computer, and even mixes life and death together in a special way.

No one knows what secrets are hidden inside the black box. Countless owners of it have failed to open it. Han Fei still has a long way to go before he can open the black box. However, the things he has encountered on his journey are already enough to overturn his understanding.

He had a premonition that he was slowly lifting the veil of the world and seeing a real world he had never seen before.

The television screen was quickly covered with bloodshot veins, and those scarlet eyes stared intently at Han Fei before finally exploding, the blood mist turning into a single sentence—this is the first warning; after the third warning, death may befall you.

The bloody text quickly disappeared, and the dark game screen remained unchanged.

"Three warnings? When I try to tell others about the existence of the black box and the deep world, the black box in my mind will also give me similar warnings. After three warnings to no avail, the black box will explode in my brain, causing me to suffer brain death."

Han Fei squinted, his arm supporting his cheek.

"The Dead Building Game was created by the chairman of Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals when he was young. The black box in my head was a gift from the chairman's brother. When I obtained the black box, the chairman had already passed away for some time. Is it possible that although the chairman of Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals has passed away, he has attached his consciousness to the black box? Or that he is hiding in some layer of the black box?"

Han Fei was just speculating, without any concrete evidence. He simply felt that it would be difficult for a small-time comedian like himself to stand up against a behemoth like Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals.

"The Fu brothers were the previous owners of the Black Box. I've seen the building manager's memories, and the two brothers do exist. But Zhuang Ren said he's never seen the chairman of Yong Sheng Pharmaceuticals' older brother, and that the chairman of Yong Sheng Pharmaceuticals often talks to himself. I'm very curious about the relationship between the two brothers. Is one exploring the deeper world, and the other developing the real world? Is one in the consciousness, and the other in reality?"

Staring at the black screen, Han Fei put down the game controller: "One of the brothers can see the future, but is the future he sees really the future? Will the world definitely develop in the direction he sees?"

Han Fei felt that this was not the case; at least, neither the Fu brothers should have expected that he had opened both sides of the black box at the same time.

"It's better for me to walk my own path."

Han Fei unplugged the power and forced the game to restart, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.

The game character reappeared in the Happy Community, surrounded by a warm and harmonious scene, except that the game protagonist was wearing clothes stained with blood.

"The game character has changed!"

Han Fei didn't operate it anymore. He leaned back on the sofa and silently stared at the game character. He felt that the Dead Building mini-game was very similar to the Deep World Manager mission.

With each death and restart, the game character's memories may be gradually lost. If he weren't being controlled, he would probably have forgotten everything long ago, turning from a game character into an NPC within the game.

"Being manipulated is the only way to go further? This game was created by the chairman of Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals. Is he trying to tell me that it's easier to maintain one's own identity only by being a pawn?"

Looking at the blood-stained clothes of the game character, Han Fei smiled indifferently: "From the time I entered the film academy until now, I've played supporting roles for so many years. Now that I've finally reached the center stage, how can I let myself be manipulated anymore? Since this black box has been given to me, it's mine."

"Han Fei, how about... we go see my family first?" Zhuang Ren felt ignored all along, so this time he walked directly in front of the TV, blocking Han Fei's view: "As long as I can see my family from afar, I can give you not only the Dead Building game, but also this house and my inheritance."

Seeing Zhuang Ren's resolute attitude, Han Fei knew he couldn't continue playing along, since he had already gotten what he wanted.

"Okay." Han Fei got up, turned off the game, and put the controller into the black box next to him that contained videotapes and emotional therapy devices: "You can put the game in here too, I'll just move the box away later."

(End of this chapter)