My Healing Games

Chapter 3 Sleep!

Some people play games to kill time, some play games to enjoy the sense of accomplishment of victory, but Han Fei plays games more to relieve stress, but now he feels that his stress has increased.

Putting down the broom, Han Fei looked around. The dim yellow light above his head flickered on and off, and the warm feeling he once had was long gone.

He quietly moved to the side of the refrigerator. The old man had only opened the top shelf of the refrigerator before, and no one knew what was in the bottom shelf.

A whole person can't be put into a refrigerator, does that mean...?

Han Fei took a deep breath and slowly opened the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. He pulled out each of the refrigerator drawers, which were filled with many bulging black plastic bags.

Han Fei had seen similar scenes in horror movies, but watching them on TV and experiencing them in person are two completely different experiences.

Han Fei reached his fingers into the refrigerator drawer, worried that he might see a face or hair.

His Adam's apple bobbed as he tore open the bag with his fingernail; inside the black plastic bag were only some frozen fish and chicken.

The imagined scene of adult content did not occur. Han Fei quickly closed the refrigerator before the old man returned.

"what are you doing?"

An old, hoarse voice sounded from behind, and Han Fei felt a chill run up his spine to his head.

How come this old lady walks without making a sound?
Turning around, Han Fei casually picked up the broom on the ground. After all, he was a professional actor and quickly controlled his facial expression: "I'd like to help you clean the house. There was a bit of water leaking under the refrigerator, probably because of the long power outage. I suspect there's a problem with the refrigerator's cooling system."

The old woman's expression remained unchanged throughout, always so kind and gentle, but looking at her face too often could give one a strange chill, as if that was the only expression she could ever wear.

"Grandma, I've actually been living alone in another city for a long time, and only today have I felt a touch of home here. I'm really grateful to you." Han Fei naturally started cleaning: "From now on, we're neighbors. If you need any help, just come to me."

Regardless of whether there was a corpse hidden in the old man's house, Han Fei at least portrayed him as a simple, honest, and naive character.

Since the elderly man had difficulty walking, Han Fei carefully cleaned the living room and said, "Please rest well, I won't disturb you any longer."

After tidying up the room, the mechanical synthesized voice in his mind appeared again: "Player No. 0000, please note! Your enthusiastic behavior has left a good impression on Meng Shi. Meng Shi's friendliness has increased by five. Harmonious neighborly relations are the first step to a perfect life."

As the synthesized voice appeared, the old man appeared behind Han Fei without anyone noticing: "I originally wanted to tell you this while we were eating, but now I guess you're not in the mood to eat at my house anymore. You're a good kid, and I'd really like to be your neighbor, but you'd better take my advice: don't be greedy for small gains, and move out as soon as possible. Something happened in the house you're living in."

"Something happened?"

"Don't ask so many questions. Just remember this: when you go back to sleep at night, make sure to lock the bathroom door."

The old woman seemed very tired. She didn't continue talking to Han Fei and went into the kitchen alone.

A strange noise soon came from the kitchen, followed by a rich aroma of meat. Han Fei dared not linger any longer and quickly left the old man's house.

Only after stepping out of the room did his heart finally settle down.

"Something seems off about this game."

Han Fei did not find the body in the old man's refrigerator, but he remembered one detail.

When I arrived at the old man's house, the fuse had blown.

If the fuse itself is of good quality, it usually blows because of excessive load.

But when he was cleaning, he looked through the kitchen and living room and found that the only appliances the old man had were a light bulb, a television, and a refrigerator.

These few appliances alone shouldn't blow the fuse, so there's a high probability that the elderly person has other appliances in their home.

"The child's bedroom door was locked. Why would the elderly person lock the child in the room? Did the child see something? Could there be another refrigerator hidden in the child's room?"

Thinking of this, Han Fei's bad feeling intensified, and he shivered inexplicably as he stared at the somewhat gloomy corridor.

Behind those doors, it seemed as if someone was watching him.

"Why does this hallway feel so eerie?"

Han Fei hurried back to his front door, and it took him a long time to open the security door with that huge bunch of keys.

Running back to his home, Han Fei looked at the dilapidated and deserted living room, panting heavily: "Was I too nervous? This has turned a healing game into a biohazard."

Han Fei poured himself a glass of water and paced back and forth in his room. The old lady's last words seemed to haunt him like a curse.

"Something happened in the house before, so we have to lock the bathroom door at night..."

Han Fei began to scan his surroundings again. The room was dilapidated and covered in dust. In addition, there was something strange: apart from the bathroom, every window in the room had thick, opaque curtains hanging on it.

He went to the window and lifted a corner of the curtain.

Below the curtains were windows boarded up, and looking out through the gaps in the boards, all you could see was a pitch-black city.

This game world, shrouded in darkness, is vast, with no visible boundaries.

"Wasn't it supposed to have a warm and cozy atmosphere with soothing music?"

Han Fei drew the curtains. He noticed that the online reviews of the game were somewhat one-sided. Although it was a game set in the mortal realm, it seemed to contain many elements of the underworld.

"Am I playing it wrong?"

In terms of sound quality, visual effects, and natural interaction, this game far surpasses any game Han Fei has ever played before. But how should I put it? Han Fei now feels that this game is a bit too realistic.

Sitting on the sofa, Han Fei closed his eyes, and an attribute panel and a task panel appeared in his mind.

After he helped the old man fix the fuse, the mission system was activated. The voice in his mind said that completing the beginner missions would help him understand everything about this world as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Han Fei opened the task panel and looked at the three beginner tasks. His expression became somewhat strange.

Beginner's Quest 1: Taking a Bath

Beginner Task 2: Watch TV

Newbie Task 3: Sleep
The tutorial missions in this game are ridiculously "simple," with no extra explanations, consisting of everyday things.

"How about we start with sleeping? I'm pretty good at sleeping."

Han Fei didn't choose randomly. He recalled the old man's advice to lock the bathroom door when he went to sleep at night, and this tip might be the key to completing the mission.

Rather than making a random choice, Han Fei felt that sleeping was the safest option.

"I choose beginner task three—sleep." The moment this thought crossed Han Fei's mind, the task was selected, and that cold, mechanical synthesized voice appeared again.

"Player ID 0000 has accepted the G-level beginner quest—Sleep!"

"Mission Introduction: After a busy day, you drag your tired body to your bedroom bed."

"Mission requirements: Please turn off all the lights in the room, lie down on the bed in the bedroom within five minutes, and do not get out of bed for three hours no matter what happens."

"Is it really that simple?" Han Fei made sure he hadn't missed any mission information, then got up and went into the bedroom.

On the dusty double bed, a whole set of red bedding, including pillows, a quilt, and sheets, was haphazardly thrown.

"Bright red, it looks so festive."

Han Fei frowned as he made the bed, then went to the bathroom door. Just as he was about to listen to the old man and lock the bathroom door, he noticed a problem.

The bathroom door in this room can only be locked from the inside; it can't be locked from the outside at all.

After thinking for a moment, Han Fei stuck the mop diagonally into the doorknob to block the bathroom door, and then moved the shoe cabinet to the bathroom doorway.

"It should be almost done, right?"

Just to be on the safe side, he went into the kitchen and picked up a cleaver from the cutting board: "Wouldn't it be a little strange to sleep with a cleaver in a healing game? Oh well, one should be wary of others, even if one doesn't intend to harm them."

With the five-minute preparation time almost up, he turned off all the lights in the room, took the kitchen knife, and lay down on the bed in the bedroom.

(End of this chapter)