My Healing Games

Chapter 864 Talent Ability: Ignorance is Bliss

The joy in the shrine's memory world seems to lack a complete form; his soul is divided into three parts, which together support this worst and most hopeless future.

To completely kill it and complete the usurpation of the godhood, we must find the three corresponding individuals.

After talking with Kong Tiancheng, Han Fei discovered something else: simply killing those three people would not destroy the shrine; he had to use a different method to make it collapse on its own.

"The exorcism ritual is almost over. After dawn, everyone hiding in the rooms will come out, and it will be difficult to leave then." The doctor, unaware of Ah Fu's warning look, thought Han Fei was one of his own and urged him in a low voice.

"Let's leave right away." Han Fei glanced at Bai Xian. Now was not the time to take him away. After leaving the city, he planned to contact Li Xue and ask her to help transfer Bai Xian.

Carrying Number Two away quietly, Han Fei was multitasking, his mind still communicating with Kong Tiancheng: "What is your reason for wanting to enter the core urban area? I can help you if needed."

“Deep Space Technology was not destroyed in the disaster. Its most elite research members and key personnel survived. I need their cooperation to accomplish some things.” Kong Tiancheng did not tell Han Fei what his true purpose was; this was probably his biggest secret.

Han Fei nodded and quickly left the hospital before it was fully light.

Entering the core urban area is extremely difficult; only a very few people are qualified. They are the true hope of the new city, and the death of any resident in the core urban area is a loss to the entire city.

"Li Xue should be able to get in." Han Fei smiled wryly. He hadn't expected that even after entering the shrine's memory world, he would still have to keep troubling Li Xue.

After escaping the inner city, Han Fei met up with the other students; they had come here for something very important.

Han Fei casually tossed Afu's soul into the abyss of greed, and then pulled Ugly Brother out of the black water. This perverted killer collapsed after enduring only one-tenth of Gao Cheng's pain and stopped being stubborn.

"Tell me, where are the victims you've controlled?"

The ugly man has a possessive personality; his greatest pleasure is controlling and tormenting the ordinary people in his territory.

The ugly man's soul, which was on the verge of death, became much more obedient. He began to give directions to Han Fei, and the group arrived at the border between the outer city and the buffer zone.

Most of the residents here are newcomers to Hope City, with very low contributions. They can barely make ends meet and may even be attacked by ghosts.

The ugly man exploits these people's desire for security, deceiving them into trusting him, taking over their bodies, and ultimately turning his territory into a killing paradise.

"These psychopathic killers act friendly during the day, but are more terrifying than ghosts at night. They are criminals carefully selected by the company and know too well how to hide themselves."

When Han Fei entered the temporary shelter for the survivors, some people were still asking why the ugly man hadn't returned, worried that something might have happened to him.

On ordinary days, the ugly man would bring everyone food and various supplies collected from the depths of the city, but the devil's gifts usually required paying with one's life. All the survivors who were given "kindness" by him eventually became his "toys".

Han Fei smashed open the locked door and was about to enter the underground cave to rescue people when he suddenly smelled a bloody odor.

Lifting the carpet, the secret passage leading to the underground cave had been opened, and bloody handprints were everywhere.

A foul wind blew from underground, and Han Fei could clearly hear the sound of meat being chopped.

"Someone arrived a step ahead of us?"

"It must be the criminals from the Joker case coming to destroy the evidence." Number Five put his hands behind his head: "I advise you to leave now, or those criminals might frame you."

"It'll be dawn in about half an hour, so this place isn't very meaningful to us." Number Four also felt it was better to leave.

"The ugly man's personality ability can break the shackles on those people's souls. There should be some of them who are still alive. We can't leave them alone." Han Fei also wanted to try the ugly man's ability. He was very decisive and ran directly towards the underground cave.

"It's the end of the world, why bother with all that morality and righteousness? If you don't pursue maximum profit, you'll be killed by your own kindness sooner or later." Although Number Four said this, his actions betrayed him, and he followed Han Fei downstairs.

The steps leading to the underground cave were specially treated, and a strange fragrance neutralized the smell of blood in the darkness. No matter what you did underground, as long as it wasn't too outrageous, you wouldn't be discovered by the people above.

The torn clothes and various household items piled up, and the ugly man had a habit: after possessing someone's body, he would steal the items that the person frequently used, experiencing that person's life completely. Once he got tired of it, he would destroy everyone.

“The Ugly Man’s personality has awakened several times, and he can gather more than a dozen special personality awakeners in District D. This shows that he is quite powerful among law enforcement officers.” Number Four touched the wall: “It would be difficult for him to complete this huge underground passage by himself. I estimate that several special personality holders worked with him to complete the construction of the underground cave.”

"So much effort was put into building a murder palace?" Number Five now felt that things were not so simple: "There may be other secrets hidden inside."

"Why don't we ask him ourselves?" Han Fei mainly focused on physical strength, so he tried to use his hands rather than his brain. He kicked the ugly man into the abyss of black water again, and the ugly man confessed everything in no time.

There was a small altar hidden in the cave, but he didn't know its specific function.

The stench of blood in the air grew stronger, and Han Fei and his companions soon arrived at the depths of the underground cave. At the end of the passage, a strange little temple had been built, with doors on both sides and four paper lanterns the size of human heads hanging from the lintel.

The temple walls are mottled and covered with numerous carvings, suggesting that this dilapidated little temple was moved here from somewhere else.

"Better to sleep in a deserted grave than to worship in a deserted temple. Be careful."

Han Fei saw no survivors, only bloodstains on the ground. He walked towards the small temple, and vaguely heard someone calling Gao Cheng's name.

He had encountered a similar situation once before, when the Ghost Mother had called out to him in the same way. However, this time the voice was clearly different from the Ghost Mother's. If the Ghost Mother's call carried concern and a hint of anxiety for her child, then this call sounded more like that between friends of the same age, or a younger brother calling for his older brother's help.

Looking in the direction from which the sound came, Han Fei saw a five-year-old child standing on the altar of the small temple. His upper body was made of normal flesh and blood, while his lower body was made of clay. Thick blood vessels pierced through the clay sculpture and embedded themselves in the base of the altar.

A cold wind blew up the black cloth covering the base of the altar, revealing survivors whose limbs were folded beneath it. They were controlled by the ugly man's personality abilities and "voluntarily" became the flesh and blood foundation of the altar.

"Is this a statue of a god of joy?"

Enemies meeting are bound to be filled with hatred. Han Fei stepped forward, the Rebirth Slaughtering Blade already appearing in his palm.

He represents Gao Cheng and Gao Xing, who are mortal enemies. Strangely, the child on the altar shows no malice towards Gao Cheng and calls out Gao Cheng's name with a silly smile.

"Why is this happening?" Han Fei was puzzled, but his killing intent remained undiminished.

"Didn't Kong Tiancheng already tell you? That ghost was divided into three parts, one of which was the most desperate and miserable child." Number Two looked at the young child on the altar: "Having your own friend steal your eyes must be a very sad thing, right?"

Gao Xing and Gao Cheng's past is hidden in the details, without being explicitly explained, but everyone can feel the sadness.

“This child statue is just a symbol. There are countless happy statues in the world of memories, but the most important one must be hidden in the shrine.” Number Two told Han Fei to pick up the butcher’s knife: “Chop it open. Number Zero needs a lot of sacrifices. Since you are not willing to kill indiscriminately, then we can only compete with other gods.”

“A large part of the unspeakable power comes from the shrine. Every time we destroy one of its statues, the power it can borrow in reality will decrease by one point.” Seeing Han Fei begin to move forward, Number Two reminded him again: “But you also need to be prepared. This statue has absorbed a lot of blood food and already contains part of the god’s memories. From the moment you destroy it, the world of memories will be deeply distorted again, and an even more cruel war between humans and ghosts will begin.”

"I was prepared long ago. You all need to be careful to protect yourselves." The dazzling light of the blade illuminated Han Fei's face. There was not a trace of hesitation in his eyes. He rushed into the small temple and swung his blade at the bloodied and mangled statue!

The blade, imbued with the finest qualities of humanity, fell upon the statue's neck. The child cried out inconsolably, and a dense layer of bloody characters appeared on its skin, resembling the names of one victim after another.

The Rebirth Slaughtering Blade, which had never missed its mark, was blocked for the first time and became embedded in the flesh and blood statue.

"Your knife is sharp, but too gentle." Number One followed Han Fei in at some point. He grabbed the altar with both hands and forcefully overturned it, severing the connection between the statue and the survivors. Then, he punched and shattered the statue's still fleshy lower body.

The victim's name began to fade, and nothing could stop the passing away. The bright knife pierced the statue like a beam of light.

The statue began to shatter, and the child stared wide-eyed at Han Fei: "Didn't Mom tell you to get along well with me? Why are you killing me? I've already given you my eyes, why are you still killing me!"

The sharp sound contained a power that Han Fei could not understand, which spread outwards. The underground cave began to collapse, and the temperature of the entire memory world seemed to drop.

With another swing of his sword, Han Fei completely shattered the statue. Inside the blood and flesh statue, he discovered a still-beating heart.

"Attention player number 0000! You have discovered a D-grade offering. Offering it to the gods will yield a generous reward."

"Attention! The sooner you offer sacrifices to the gods, the more likely your god is to be reborn! You must race against time to obtain as many offerings as possible!"

"Attention Player 0000! You have destroyed the Unspeakable Flesh and Blood Idol and shattered a portion of its memories! You have successfully entered the second stage of the Joyful Memory Shrine!"

"In the second phase, the difficulty of all tasks will be increased, all experience rewards will be increased, ghosts will no longer be subject to any restrictions and will ignore any rules, and daytime hours will be shortened!"

"Attention player number 0000! Before reaching level 30, you launched an attack on the Unspeakable and successfully destroyed part of the Unspeakable's memories, gaining the super rare talent ability - Ignorance is bliss."

"Ignorance is bliss: Stamina permanently increased by 5! After actively triggering this ability, half of your mental energy will be converted into physical energy! Duration: 10 minutes!"

"Attention Player No. 0000! You have been cursed by an unspeakable curse. When you are present, all ghosts and monsters associated with this unspeakable curse will attack you first!"
(End of this chapter)