My Healing Games

Chapter 494 The Throat That Was Punched by an Angel (5200 views, please vote)
The woman's body was connected to the entire building; she became the manager of the building and also a part of it.

Her arms, bound by chains, were raised upwards as she struggled desperately. The entire building shook, but he could do nothing to change anything.

Her mouth was open, but she couldn't speak; her tongueless mouth was like a hollowed-out hole.

Staring blankly at the glass cat, the woman's lips trembled slightly, as if she were silently singing a song from the past, following the melody from the music box.

Her back was bound by that life-giving rope, the pitch-black rope intertwined with her obsession, spreading throughout her body like her blood vessels, and finally wrapping around her heart.

She no longer resembles a ghost, nor a human; she is merely a trapped monster.

"Let me help you get rid of this burden."

Han Fei took out the Rebirth Blade and walked around behind the woman. The scene before him made him frown slightly.

A lifeline growing from the woman's back connects to darkness, sucking the wrinkles from her back.

"You control the regrets within the building through the lifeline, and in the center of the plastic surgery hospital, hatred is toying with your fate."

This area is different from the Dead Building area. The three people with hatred do not have the powerful and crazy special abilities of the butterfly. In order to ensure that no accidents happen in this area, they used the Life Rope to connect all the buildings.

"They could have coexisted, so why put shackles on others? Are they afraid their own position will be threatened?"

Raising his gleaming blade, Han Fei slashed at the lifeline on the woman's back!
Before the Rebirth Blade even touched the Life Rope, seven figures crawled out from within it. They were all wearing white coats and seemed to be doctors from a plastic surgery hospital. It appeared that Liuli was their creation.

Upon seeing one of the figures, Aunt Li got up from the ground, her eyes filled with shock.

"Is it really him?"

The doctor who crawled out of the life rope was just an illusion; they were completely unable to stop Han Fei.

The rope woven from obsession, humanity, memory, and despair was easily severed by the light; the seven doctors' phantoms transformed into a false, beautiful face; Liuli's memories turned into black mist, filled with screams; despair became a wounded soul, struggling futilely in the black mist; the last vestige of humanity became a song, echoing in the black mist, and finally disappearing upon the sharp edge of the Rebirth Blade.

When the black mist dissipated, the wounded soul and the doctor's phantom had vanished, but a woman humming a song appeared in the Rebirth Blade.

She was just a faint figure, yet she attracted the attention of the other figures within the Rebirth Blade. The most beautiful blessings of humanity surrounded her, listening to her song.

The woman has her own audience, whether in the real world or in the deeper world.

The lifeline was severed, and the woman's body withered like a flower. All the photos in the hotel began to crumble, and the figures in the photos slowly faded away.

The chains fell to the ground, and a roar echoed from the distant darkness, as if the hatred within the plastic surgery hospital had sensed something.

"Our hatred has been stirred up; we should leave."

Han Fei and his companions can deal with large-scale resentment, but they still have to avoid hatred.

"Anyway, this hotel isn't going to disappear. Sooner or later, I'll turn it into property for the Happiness Community."

The neighbors all agreed with Han Fei's idea, and they began to use their last moments to search for Shen Luo, while also taking away everything in the hotel that contained yin energy.

Picking up the music box from the ground, Xu Qin took out a dinner knife and stabbed it into the half-tongue. The curse from Liuli was completely swallowed by the dinner knife.

Xu Qin swayed slightly, then a smile appeared on her face: "The curse of sound, so wonderful."

After the curse was lifted, Xu Qin placed the music box into the weeping altar.

The plastic surgery hospital's hatred could come at any moment, so Han Fei and his group didn't dare to stay too long.

They searched from the eleventh floor to the first floor, ransacking the entire hotel and clearing out any remaining ghosts, but they still couldn't find Shen Luo.

"What about people?"

The players exchanged bewildered glances, and finally Yantang suggested a possibility: "While we were trapped in this maze, could he have already left the hotel? He was pulled into the elevator by the hair, so he should... have gone downstairs before us."

Considering her own talent, Yan Tang changed her thought that Shen Luo probably had little chance of survival to that Shen Luo would probably go downstairs first.

An unease filled the air, and hatred drew ever closer, so Han Fei had no choice but to temporarily abandon his search for Shen Luo.

"He's a lucky man, so there shouldn't be any major problems."

Han Fei picked up the spirit altar and led the players back into the mist.

At first, Tie Nan was quite surprised to see Han Fei walking into the fog, but they gradually realized that the area shrouded in fog was the safe zone.

"Don't wander around in the hidden map. It's best to stay near the spawn point." Coincidentally, the building named after death has now become the player's spawn point. This can be attributed to Han Fei's effective leadership, which has given the dead building a new lease on life.

"Brother Youfu, I have a question." The usually quiet Liuli Cat spoke up: "It's been almost twenty hours since we entered the hidden map. I bought the lowest-end game pod, which can only run for 24 hours. Since the hidden map can't be exited automatically, I was wondering if I could commit suicide and leave this place?"

The girl's eyes were unusually calm as she spoke about death: "I'd rather choose how I die than be killed by a ghost."

"After you die, all your data will be cleared. All your friends and relationships in this world will be wiped out, and the account 'Liuli Cat' will also disappear forever. Are you sure you want to do this?" Han Fei discovered that every player who accidentally entered the deep world had some pain in their heart that they didn't want outsiders to know. The main reason they entered "Perfect Life" was to seek a kind of healing.

“I joked with my family a long time ago that if I were to enter a supernatural world full of ghosts, I would rather end my own life.” Liuli Cat smiled. “Besides, I have no regrets now. I chose this name because I have loved Liuli’s songs since I was a child. I never thought I would meet her in the game. The seventh-generation AI is really powerful. It can see through people’s hearts.”

She took a pair of scissors from her inventory, but before she could make a further move, Yantang grabbed her wrist.

"Stay calm, we still have a chance to leave. Your game pod can still run at full capacity for four hours, so let's use those four hours to figure something out." Yan Tang used to never care about others; people thought he was aloof, and he thought they were boring. But now Yan Tang has slowly changed. He didn't think much when he stopped Liuli Cat.

Life and death are always the most challenging questions for people. Aunt Li and Tie Nan also came over and tried to persuade Liuli Cat.

Han Fei watched them silently until the very end before speaking: "I can tell you how to leave, but this method is something my friends and I spent countless hours figuring out since the closed beta. It's our guild's biggest secret."

Upon hearing Han Fei speak, all four players turned to look at him.

"If you want to know this method and gain something from the hidden map, then trade your friendship. I need you to swear that you will never reveal this secret and will never do anything to harm our guild's interests." Ordinary oaths have no binding force, but Han Fei possesses the Soul Trade Shrine.

"I promise to follow your orders." Yan Tang had already made his decision in the hotel. He even wanted to join Han Fei's game guild and explore this unknown hidden world with everyone.

“You rescued us from the hotel, so I’ll do as you say.” The glass cat nodded.

Looking at the mist, Aunt Li hesitated for a moment before walking directly to Han Fei: "Child, I know I'm old and don't know how to play games, but I can give you money and other things. Can you let me join your guild?"

"Join?" Han Fei didn't expect the old lady to say that so directly. She probably didn't even know what a game guild was.

“I don’t want to go like this. I’ve been looking for my husband for over 20 years. Whether this game is real or fake, I must see him one more time, or I will not be at peace even if I die!” Aunt Li was particularly distressed. Her experience in the hotel had brought back memories of the past.

"I don't need money or anything else, I just need you to keep this a secret." Han Fei finally looked at Tie Nan: "What about you? I know you're a professional gamer too, but professional gamers are also divided into different levels. If you can do things that are difficult for ordinary people, perhaps you'll have the opportunity to join the top gaming guild."

"The absolute top-tier?" Tie Nan was quite tempted: "Don't worry, I'll definitely keep it a secret!"

Without any coercion, the four players willingly followed Han Fei towards the department store.

"Brother Fu, do you top players all have your own little circles? Do you know Huang Ying?" After Yan Tang asked, Tie Nan quickly came over, their eyes full of curiosity. That god-like player had now become the focus of the whole world.

"Huang Ying?" Han Fei activated his master-level acting skills. He took a light breath and his gaze gradually shifted to the night sky. "Professional gamers are divided into several tiers, and Huang Ying occupies one tier. He is above the top, and no one can reach his level. We often say that there is always a higher mountain, but Huang Ying gives me the feeling of this night sky. No matter how high the mountain is, it is only worthy of being looked down upon by him."

Han Fei's words stunned Yan Tang and Tie Nan. Even a top player as powerful as Han Fei regarded Huang Ying as an insurmountable Night Sky.

"Huang Ying, a player in a class of his own, a god forever."

During their casual conversation, Han Fei led them to a department store.

They entered the mall's warehouse and, under the watchful eye of the Mirror God, completed their vow to the shrine.

These four players were unaware that their souls were already bound to the shrine, and that the oath itself was the content of the transaction.

“We’re friends now, so I won’t hide anything from you.” Han Fei took out a wishing jar from his inventory: “There are many ways to leave the hidden map. The method my guild friends and I figured out is to find the key.”

"A key?" Yan Tang and Tie Nan were both puzzled.

"You need to find the key yourself. It has a special pattern engraved on it. Once you find the right key, you just need to use it to open the door in front of you to leave." Han Fei took a key out of the wishing jar. He had secretly taken it from the shelf when he entered the mall. "Now I have a key that I reserved for myself. I can give it to one of the four of you. You can decide who to give it to."

“I don’t need it, I want to stay here.” Aunt Li was fixated on her decision and shook her head resolutely.

"The gaming pod I use is provided by the company. Although it's rudimentary, it can run for a week without stopping. Every day, staff will change our nutrient solution and clean the waste tank." Tie Nan waved his hand in refusal. He was considered a relatively low-level professional gamer, essentially a kind of unconventional corporate slave, working for the gaming guild boss and exploiting himself.

"Then give it to Liuli Cat. My gaming pod is top-of-the-line, so there's no need to worry about that." Yan Tang didn't plan to leave either.

Han Fei was surprised that they made a decision so quickly. He handed the key to Liuli Cat and then led her into the darkness deep inside the warehouse.

Liuli Cat remained silent the entire way. Her mind seemed to be filled with many painful thoughts, those terrible memories like thorns, entwining her body, just like the ropes binding Liuli's fate.

Han Fei inserted the key into the lock and gestured for Liuli Cat to push open the door that wasn't actually locked.

"I promise I'll keep this a secret. Thank you for saving me." After saying this, the glass cat gently grasped the doorknob.

As the glass cat pushed open the door, Han Fei used his Soul Return talent on her: "Your singing voice is very beautiful. There must be many people in this world who share the same thoughts as me."

After seeing off the Glass Cat, Han Fei emerged from the darkness and looked at the other three: "The key is only one way to leave this world. You can try many things, but remember never to try to commit suicide, because most of the hidden maps are maps that have been deleted before. Suicide here may damage your brains."

"clear."

After giving instructions to the three, Han Fei took out the music box from the altar, placed it in front of the shrine, and used the shrine's special ability—soul trade.

"Attention player number 0000! Soul Trade successful! Please choose one of the following four rewards."

Option 1: Some experience points.

"Option 2: Severely damaged F-class cursed item - music box."

Option 3: Reduce Charm attribute by one.

"Option Four (Rare): Randomly obtain one of the abilities or talents of this large vengeful spirit!"

Upon receiving the system notification, Han Fei was quite surprised. He had originally planned to choose experience, but unexpectedly, a rare option appeared: "If you can gain the ability to generate large amounts of resentment, then you should definitely choose this one."

"Attention player number 0000! You have acquired the F-level singing talent - Throat Grappled by the Devil."

"Throat Grapped by the Devil (F-Rank Rare Talent): Your singing can be incredibly beautiful, as if the devil beneath the abyss is tempting a wandering traveler; your singing can be incredibly desperate, every note filled with pain and sorrow; your singing can also be incredibly loud, as if the dawn is piercing through the dark clouds and haze, breaking free from all the shackles that fate has placed upon you."

After Han Fei acquired this talent, his voice did not change much, but when he hummed some melodies, the syllables seemed to dance.

"I gained the ability to use words to attack from the Death Tower, and with this throat being choked by a demon, will I be able to heal those ghosts and monsters simply by speaking and singing?"

Han Fei was quite happy to have acquired a brand new talent, and then he led the three players back into the mist.

At the same time, a rather disheveled figure climbed out of the elevator shaft of the Mandarin Art Hotel.

"How did I survive falling from such a height?"

Shen Luo stared at the dense black hair filling the elevator and felt a chill run down his spine: "Who is controlling all this hair? Why did it suddenly stop moving again?"

Looking out of the elevator shaft, the ground, walls, and all the tables and chairs were covered with a layer of bloodstains.

Upon closer inspection, Shen Luo discovered numerous children's shoe prints on the bloodstains, which had covered almost every surface.

"The bloodstains look very fresh. Could it be that all my companions have perished? Am I the only one left alive?"

An endless loneliness washed over him, and Shen Luo slumped back into the elevator shaft: "After death, everything related to the game character will be deleted, but this seems to be the only way to leave."

Grabbing the black hair from the ground, Shen Luo rolled it up together, woven it into a black rope, and tied it to the pipe.

"Wouldn't it be inappropriate to hang oneself using someone else's hair?"

He gazed at the still-swaying black hair and said, "Forget it, death is something that will inevitably come, so why should I rush it? Anyway, I don't have anything going on in reality. The company has gone bankrupt, and the boss won't be back in court for another two weeks. I still have plenty of time to find a way out."

As Shen Luo slowly climbed out of the elevator shaft, he stared at the bloodstains on the floor, utterly bewildered by what had happened inside the hotel.

"This hidden map is terrifying." Avoiding the bloodstains, Shen Luo decided to leave the hotel first.

As he approached the hotel entrance, he noticed that there were more children's shoe prints on the ground. Looking into the distance, he saw a child dressed in white clothes and white shoes standing at the intersection.

The child had pale skin and exquisite features, possessing a perfect face that no human could possibly have.

"What an adorable child."

Shen Luo was stunned for a moment, and by the time he realized what was happening, the child was already gone.

"Now is not the time to worry about others; I need to think about where I should go next. All my teammates are dead; I have to face that alone."

Looking at the distorted street, Shen Luo hesitated. Going left would lead back to the misty area, while going right would lead into the depths of the city.

After hesitating for a moment, Shen Luo took out a pen: "Let luck decide."

He took out a pen and spun it on the ground. When the pen stopped, the tip was pointing precisely at the foggy area.

“My luck tells me I should head towards the foggy area, but my luck has always been terrible, so the right choice should be this way.” Shen Luo looked into the depths of the city: “If I can turn my misfortune into my advantage, I might become a lucky person. When God closes a door, he always leaves a window open.”

He strode into the depths of the city, twirling his pen at each intersection. Gradually, advertisements for plastic surgery hospitals began to appear on the ground.

"I haven't seen a single ghost along the way, so it seems my choice was right. Facing fate, finding another way out, perhaps that's what makes a true trader."

(End of this chapter)