Chapter 4: Developing in The Unspeakable DirectionBefore entering the game perfect life, Han Fei had searched for guides online. Most reviews were positive, and many beta testers believed this game was a man-made paradise, encompassing people's longing and expectations for a better life.At that time, Han Fei also fantasized about what it would be like after he entered the game: making many friends, never worrying about money again, and repeating a "boring" life of extravagance, luxury, and decadent enjoyment every day.The imagination was beautiful, but the reality was that Han Fei was currently holding a cleaver, curled up in a tattered quilt, smelling the faint musty odor in the air, and staring intently at the electronic wall clock with severely peeling paint.Two thirty in the morning!The Newbie Mission of sleeping had already begun for some time, and the room was quiet, with no accidents happening.Han Fei also gradually began to waver. Although Grandma's reminder was scary, this was, after all, a life simulation game primarily featuring a healing style.No matter how difficult life was, no one's life involved dealing with perverted Murderers and supernatural legends every day.Another ten minutes passed, and everything in the room was still normal. Han Fei slowly relaxed.Unable to leave the bed, he was a bit bored and opened the attribute panel to study it carefully."A phenomenon-level game like this is bound to explode in popularity after its public beta. If I accumulate game experience in advance, maybe I can even earn some extra money from the game later."Name: Han FeiPermission ID: 00000Level: 1Occupation: NoneBrainpower: 6 (Generally refers to all abilities and energies produced by the brain, such as memory, thinking, emotions, and spirit, including intelligence, psychology, experience, knowledge, and many other aspects)Stamina: 4 (All abilities related to physical fitness)Charm: -10 (Charm is not a quantitative concept; everyone has their unique charm)Luck: 9 (The higher the luck value, the luckier you will be)Malice: 0 (Guess how bad a person can be?)Mental Threshold: 100 (Under various internal and external environmental interferences, through self-regulation, a person's spirit is in a stable state, but an individual's mental state cannot remain unchanged. When stimulated beyond a certain limit, players will be forced offline. Simply put, when subjected to intense stimulation, the lower the mental threshold, the easier it is to go crazy)Health Points: 100 (Health Points cleared, character dies. Note: Everyone has only one life, and all data is cleared upon death)Talent: Soul Return (Unknown level talent, unknown effect. A small number of lucky players will receive a talent when creating a character)Skill Bar (All abilities mastered by the player will appear here): Intermediate Acting, Beginner CookingCharacter: None (The shining points of humanity. Possessing various Characters will greatly help your life)After reading the attribute panel, Han Fei was a bit puzzled. The game character had been created at some unknown time and was almost identical to him in reality."Is the game account linked to citizen information? Automatic facial recognition? Also, each character in the game only has one life, and all data is cleared upon death. This is a bit cruel."Many games now are constantly lowering death penalties to enhance the gaming experience, but this game does the opposite, making it seem like reality where you lose everything if your character dies."It seems I need to be more cautious. This building I'm in is a bit abnormal; I must find a way to move out as soon as possible..."Before Han Fei's gaze had even left the attribute panel, a strange noise unexpectedly entered his ears.Squinting his eyes, Han Fei lay on the bed like a cat: "I'm the only one in this room. What made that sound just now?"The sound wasn't loud, but because it was very quiet in the dark night, Han Fei heard it clearly.Clutching the cleaver, Han Fei's eyes had grown accustomed to the darkness, and his gaze swept over all the furniture in the room.The house itself was very old and dilapidated, and with all the windows boarded up, it felt very oppressive.At first, Han Fei didn't feel anything, but now that he had been there for a while, he felt increasingly uncomfortable."Could this house have been a Haunted House before? The old woman told me not to be greedy for cheap prices. Generally, the rent for Haunted Houses is very low."Click, click... Han Fei was already overthinking due to nervousness, and just then, that strange sound came again.Holding his breath, Han Fei looked at the Living Room in the darkness. All the furniture had only deep black outlines, as if they could move on their own at any moment."Where is that sound coming from?"His gaze swept back and forth, and Han Fei finally fixed on the Bathroom Room Door.His pupils gradually constricted, and his heart rate began to accelerate.Bang!Han Fei clearly saw the Bathroom Room Door handle turn!"That's impossible! I went into the Bathroom before turning off the light, and there was no one in there!"The air seemed to solidify; Han Fei didn't even dare to blink.The Bathroom door lock was still the old type from many years ago, with an inner and outer connection. If someone turned the handle inside, the outer handle would also turn."Grandma told me to lock the Bathroom door. Could it be because she knew something was hidden in the Bathroom of this house?"Han Fei had no trace of sleepiness left. He hadn't been this focused even during his college entrance exam.The electronic clock on the wall ticked, and time passed minute by minute. At 2:44 AM, the Bathroom door handle made a sound again.The movements of the thing trapped in the Bathroom gradually intensified. In the empty room, the Bathroom door handle began to turn up and down continuously!Click! Click! Click!The rattling sound of the lock tormented his nerves. Han Fei stared intently at the mop wedged against the door handle. As the vibrations grew stronger, the mop slowly slid down, and soon the Bathroom door was pulled open a crack.Who knew what horrors were hidden in the deep darkness; the room instantly became quiet.After a while, five pale fingers stretched out from the door crack, and a slender arm grabbed the mop wedged against the door handle."What is that?"Cold sweat drenched his back, and Han Fei's hands and feet were icy. He knew he was just playing a game, but his body instinctively urged him to leave immediately.The mop blocking the door handle was removed, and the previously tightly closed Bathroom Room Door opened inexplicably, as if blown by the wind.The lights were off in the room, and there was nothing in the dark Bathroom, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion."The door opens inwards, but the shoe cabinet is still blocking the doorway. That thing doesn't seem to have come out yet."Han Fei gripped the cleaver, his full attention on the shoe cabinet at the Bathroom entrance.Cold sweat trickled down his cheeks, and his heart pounded. Han Fei was highly vigilant, but no more strange sounds came from the room."Is that thing still in the Bathroom?"His peripheral vision subconsciously scanned the Living Room. Han Fei had already memorized the positions of all the furniture in the room, and he looked at the blurry, deep black outlines.When his gaze swept across the sofa in the center of the Living Room, his heart felt like it was suddenly clutched. A dark shadow had appeared next to the sofa at some unknown point!"There was absolutely no furniture placed at that spot; I remember it very clearly!"His heart felt like it was about to jump out of his throat. Han Fei played games to relax and find joy, but these encounters had exceeded his expectations, so he decided to quit the game.No matter what you are, as long as I quit the game, everything can be resolved.Opening the attribute panel, Han Fei found the option to quit the game in the corner, but that option was grayed out. After repeatedly clicking, a truly desperate scene appeared."Attention! You can only quit the game after playing for more than three hours and completing at least one mission!"The cold voice in his Brain Sea made Han Fei's eye twitch; he truly almost died suddenly."Can't quit?!"The cold Yin energy stimulated his body. When Han Fei looked up again, he found that the shadow that was originally next to the sofa had unknowingly moved to the Bedroom Room Door.As he got closer, he finally saw clearly that it wasn't a shadow at all, but a person squatting on the ground!
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