My Healing Games

Chapter 859 Unknown Level Talent
“They are not sacrifices, they are my students.” Han Fei winked at Yin Shang, unsure of how to begin. He wasn’t as shameless as Number Two.

"You haven't brought any new offerings in a long time." The head in the Yin Merchant's hand looked somewhat disappointed, completely unaware that danger was approaching.

"I've run into some trouble, shall we go inside and talk?" Han Fei also had two mental patients "fostered" at Yin Shang's place, who would come in very useful when investigating the Third Mental Hospital of Xinhu.

Slender arms gripped the shelf. Yin Shang was extremely envious of the five students behind Han Fei. It hesitated for a while, but did not take forceful action, suppressing its impulse.

"come in."

The door leading to the underground was opened, and the Yin Merchant, who had enveloped several people, led them to the basement where ghosts were imprisoned.

Because Han Fei had not traded for a long time, the Yin Merchants captured some rarer ghosts and imprisoned them in separate rooms, using them as commodities.

"I've always had a question: why do you like imprisoning these ghosts and monsters? And using them to make a deal?" Han Fei felt that the Yin Merchants were like slave traders from the old days.

“They are not the same deity we serve, so I treat them as commodities to exchange for sacrifices to the god I believe in.” The head in the Yin Merchant’s hand frowned: “Why are you asking these questions?”

"Us? Are there many Yin merchants in this city?" Han Fei keenly caught the information implied in the Yin merchant's words.

“Rarely, and if we are discovered, we will be hunted down by all the ghosts.” The Yin Shang, completely hidden beneath a black robe, stopped in the corridor and slowly moved its massive body: “Good and evil are relative. If I am captured by those ghosts, they will sacrifice me to the gods they believe in. We are all ghosts, but because we believe in different gods, we stand on opposite sides. Aren’t you the same?”

A slender arm opened the door to a cell. Inside were the two patients Han Fei had taken from the Xinhu Mental Hospital, both unharmed.

"Take them away. I look forward to our next deal." The Yin Merchant gave them the order to leave. If Gao Cheng hadn't done many deals with it before, it would never have let these high-quality sacrifices leave.

"Life is nothing more than moving from one cage to another." The young man wearing a knitted skullcap walked out of his cell, still in a state of confusion.

"Actually, I didn't come here today for them," Han Fei said somewhat awkwardly. "Could you take me to see the altar? I've discovered some secrets. The god you worship seems to be related to me; our fates were once intertwined."

The underground altar seemed to be a taboo for Yin Shang. Not only did it not agree to Han Fei's request, but the fingers holding the human head also began to tighten, and the rotting head almost shattered in its hand.

No matter how rational Yin Shang appears, it is still a demon in the midst of a great calamity, and Han Fei's demands have crossed its bottom line.

"Let me persuade it." Number One, who followed behind Han Fei, stepped forward. He was like a reef standing in the sea, giving people a long-lost sense of security even when a storm was raging, as if they could trust him at any time.

Passing through the shadows and darkness, Number One walked toward Yin Shang, raising his right hand as he moved forward.

Approaching step by step, then clenching his fist, before Yin Shang and Han Fei could react, a terrifying sense of oppression emanated from Number One. Standing opposite him felt like fighting against the world.

Fearless and undaunted, as he walked forward, all evil spirits involuntarily wanted to retreat.

This is not a matter of strength or weakness. Nine hundred and ninety-nine trials have transformed Number One's soul. No ghost or monster can shake his will, not even a god.

Raise your hand, then drop your fist!
Yin Shang's black robe was torn apart. It tried to stop it, but it didn't even know how to resist.

Number One's target is not the soul of Yin Shang, but its obsession, which is the reason it became a ghost after death.

The sound of a mirror shattering echoed from the depths of his soul, and Yin Shang's enormous body began to wither and shrink.

"Persuade people with reason. Whoever is stronger has the right to speak." Number Five gently nudged Han Fei: "If you don't devour it soon, it will dissipate."

"I always thought you guys won by using your brains." Han Fei didn't expect that these people wouldn't hesitate for a moment when they had the chance to take action.

He strode to Yin Shang's side, and the black mist of greed spread outwards, swallowing Yin Shang into the abyss.

"Attention player number 0000! You have imprisoned a large vengeful spirit—the Yin Merchant."

"Yin Shang (Special Form of Resentment): It retains most of its memories from its previous life and has a learning ability far exceeding that of ordinary ghosts. It does not come from the deep world, but is a ghost born in the city after the great disaster."

"Ability 1: Ghost: Has no fixed form and is immune to most curses and various types of damage."

"The second ability of a genius: good at learning and utilizing everything around them, and able to continuously improve themselves."

"The three brain regions of ability: It is attempting to construct its own ghost realm."

After devouring the Yin Merchants, Han Fei learned that they were a very special group, composed entirely of mutated ghosts and monsters that had survived the great catastrophe, all retaining some of their memories from their previous lives. They were unwilling to join the ghosts of the Deep World in raising living people and invading cities, but they were powerless to resist, so they could only live in dark corners, placing their hopes on other gods.

“Take us to see that altar. These children didn’t deceive you. The god you believe in is indeed related to us.” Han Fei and Yin Shang went deeper underground, where the dilapidated altar was located.

Unlike the completely damaged altar in the Bureau of Investigation, this altar, though dilapidated, was still usable. The statue enshrined on the altar also gave people an indescribable feeling, as if it were divine essence.

Upon seeing the altar, all the children, including Number Two, became excited. This was the first time Han Fei had ever seen them show such expressions.

"Take me there." Number Two was placed on the edge of the altar by Number Five. Having lost both legs, he had no fighting ability whatsoever, but Han Fei knew that among all the children, he was the most terrifying.

A tiny hand lifted the black cloth covering the altar, revealing a faceless statue standing in the center. It was covered in wounds, its skin torn and bleeding. Strangely, however, a faint laugh could be heard when one approached it.

The laughter was wild, shrill, and hysterical, like a demon dancing wildly in hell.

"We found him!" Number Two smiled, his laughter echoing from within the statue: "I knew he wouldn't die!"

"The faceless statue is the mad laugh?" Han Fei asked, somewhat puzzled. "In the future dominated by Gao Xing, he should have become the unspeakable. After all the unspeakable are completely destroyed, all traces of him in the world will be erased."

“Yes, this is the price that must be paid for usurping the god.” Number Two looked at Han Fei and explained to him, “However, it seems that Number Zero put a small part of his will into reality in advance, which should also be your credit.”

"Me?" Han Fei didn't remember doing anything.

"In short, things are a bit more optimistic than I thought. After the usurpation of the god was successfully launched, Zero sacrificed himself, but he was not completely destroyed and still has a chance to make a difference." Number Two looked at the statue in the altar: "If we succeed in usurping the god and become the new master of the shrine, Zero can return safely. However, if we fail, everyone will be trapped in the shrine, tormented by the original master of the shrine for eternity, unable to live or die."

"The risk of usurping the throne is quite high."

“The risk is indeed very high, so I can’t understand why Zero would choose you?” Number Four glanced at Han Fei: “Our original plan was to have Zero sacrifice you and us so that he could usurp the godhood. But he changed it on his own, which is what I can’t understand the most.”

“He is indeed a better choice than Zero. In a city overrun by monsters, we need a real person.” Number Two gestured to Number Four to stop talking.

Upon hearing Number Two's words, Han Fei recalled the scene when he left the Crimson Orphanage with a maniac, standing with thirty "monsters"—a truly awe-inspiring sight.

“Zero’s aura is still there. He’s at every crossroads of fate. We can make good use of that.” Number Two reached out and grabbed Yin Shang’s black robe, freeing him from the interference of the ghostly abilities.

Yin Shang's body continued to shrink, finally revealing its true form: a severely distorted and ugly soul. It remained stuck in a moment that was most deeply etched in its memory, that brief memory also being its obsession for eternal life.

Beneath the black robe, Yin Shang was dressed in the clothes of an employee of Yong Sheng Pharmaceuticals, and it appeared he was holding a child in his arms.

Using the secret of touching the depths of the soul, Han Fei saw into the heart of Yin Shang. In his previous life, Yin Shang was an employee of Yong Sheng Pharmaceuticals. On the eve of the great disaster, he had just become a father. After learning that the mother and child were safe, he left the company late at night and came to the hospital, thus escaping the first massacre.

"I think I've seen... the future? The source of the catastrophe is in the Smart New City! It seems to be inside the Eternal Life Pharmaceutical Company!" Han Fei only wanted to appease Yin Shang, but he gained an unexpected reward!

Everyone wants to investigate that disaster thoroughly. It not only concerns the world of shrine memories but also reality, because that disaster is about to erupt in the real world of Xinhu!
Picking up the fallen human head, Han Fei handed it to Yin Shang, hoping to communicate with him.

"Do you remember what happened at Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals the night your daughter was born? Why was the source of the disaster there?" The founder of Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals was Fu Sheng. In the previous era, Fu Sheng also bore all the pressure and risked having all traces erased to sever the connection between the inner world and reality.

“It’s like asking a tiger for its skin. I knew I would be devoured by you one day, but I didn’t expect that day to come so soon.” Yin Shang’s eyes were full of resentment as he looked at Han Fei: “You can use the power of personality to control my body, but I will not sincerely help you.”

“The god you believe in is him. The reason we are here is because we heard your voice.” Number Thirty gently grasped Yin Shang’s hands: “Gao Cheng is just a shell. Now the god has taken over Gao Cheng’s body.”

Number 30 has a very special personality ability; she can make people lower their guard and can judge whether a person is hostile in the shortest amount of time.

"Eating you is for your own good, understand?" Number Two made Han Fei touch the statue, and the five children cut their wrists, dripping their blood onto the altar.

After absorbing the blood, the wounds on the originally dilapidated statue began to heal, and the outline of a human face began to emerge on its blank face. More importantly, a subtle connection was formed between Han Fei and the statue, and he seemed to be able to feel the god's joys and sorrows.

"Attention Player 0000! You have gained partial access from Administrator 0000! Exclusive ability triggered—Twin Flowers!"

"Twin Flowers (Unknown level talent ability): Its effect is unknown and players need to discover it themselves."

"Attention player number 0000! Offering sacrifices to this statue will also grant you a random attribute boost!"

After hearing the system's notification, Han Fei pondered a question: "The system's mention of Manager 0000 is clearly Kuangxiao. Do managers also need to level up? If so, could it be that the reason I've always had such difficulty leveling up is because Kuangxiao has taken away some of my experience?"

Han Fei voiced this question to Number Two, but Number Two did not answer. Instead, he pointed at Yin Shang and said, "Drag it into the abyss of greed and let it see your will and soul."

"You don't mean you're admitting it, do you?" Han Fei didn't press further. As instructed by Number Two, he showed Yin Shang the appearance of his soul. His facial features and physique were almost identical to the statue.

(End of this chapter)