My Healing Games

Chapter 401 Underworld Human Resources Manager
The Butterfly's Wardrobe is a very special cursed object. It is one with the butterfly, engraved with all of the butterfly's nightmares and bearing all of the butterfly's pain.

It is both the butterfly's only home and its heart. And because of this, after the butterfly entered the Deep World, Wardrobe No. 4444 unexpectedly gained the ability to connect nightmares and the Deep World.

Now that the butterfly's consciousness has dissipated, its wardrobe has exploded, and the main passage has been destroyed. However, the other wardrobes are gradually changing, and the original curse has undergone some kind of transformation that no one can explain.

Han Fei and the owners of the dead building had previously speculated that someone might enter the deeper world through the wardrobe, but none of them expected that the "lucky one" would arrive so quickly.

"It's alright. We can study him and see what kind of people are most likely to get in here, so we can prepare for the future."

Han Fei and Butterfly are two completely different kinds of people. If Butterfly discovers that someone has accidentally entered, she will probably decide whether to slowly torture the person to death or eat them directly, depending on the quality of the person's soul. Han Fei is different; he wants to figure out the possible patterns and then save the person.

The air in room 4044 was now frozen. Anyone who logged into the game would be frightened by so many resentful spirits staring at them. In order to ease the atmosphere a little, Han Fei decided to let the owners of the dead building leave first.

He had no grudge against that lucky person, so there was no need for him to use his ultimate move right away. What if he scared the other person into having a mental breakdown?
Everything takes time. For example, you should get to know each other first before deciding whether to kill or bury.

Han Fei sent a message in the death chat group, instructing the vengeful ghosts outside the house to make noise.

When the funeral music started playing, Han Fei gestured for the other homeowners to leave.

The resentful creatures, who had all been looking at the wardrobe, seemed to be suddenly drawn to something. Instead of approaching and opening the wardrobe door, they walked towards the outside.

Han Fei mingled among them and went outside as well: "Once I figure out what happened to that person, we'll go to Citang Street together."

Silently putting on the beast-face mask he'd gotten from Animal Alley, Han Fei stood in the darkness and quietly said something to Yinglong. Then, he activated the master-level acting skill in his mind.

After a long while, when the funeral music stopped, Han Fei pretended to rush over from the distant corridor.

He gently pushed open the door to room 4044, and at that moment, footsteps suddenly echoed in the hallway.

In a panic, he searched everywhere for a place to hide and finally saw a wardrobe by the door. After hesitating for a moment, he opened the wardrobe door and prepared to hide inside.

When the wardrobe was opened, Zheng Haicheng and Han Fei looked at each other, and he saw shock in Han Fei's eyes behind his mask.

"I..." Zheng Haicheng had no idea what to say in this situation. Compared to the countless ghosts and monsters just now, Han Fei's oppressive feeling was not as strong. In addition, Han Fei seemed to want to hide as well, so he had a special sense of intimacy with the underworld.

"Don't speak, or you'll attract bad things!" Han Fei changed his voice, making it hoarse and gloomy. He went straight into the wardrobe and hid with Zheng Haicheng.

As Han Fei closed the cabinet door, he inadvertently bumped into Zheng Haicheng's shoulder, and in that instant, he saw the other's player information.

Name: Zheng Haicheng.

"Level 1, Intelligence 7, Physical Strength 4, Luck 1, Charisma 7, Mental Threshold 10, Health 100."

"Hidden Talent - Dreamwalker (E-rank talent): A very rare talent; you'll need to figure out its specific effects yourself."

"Hidden Talent Two: Yin Connection (E-level Talent): You grew up in a medium's family and have some kind of yin connection with them."

Having figured out the other party's information, Han Fei had a better understanding of the situation. He and Zheng Haicheng hid side by side in the closet, neither daring to speak.

Hearing the rapid, nervous heartbeat in the other person's chest, Zheng Haicheng was no longer as flustered as before. He secretly glanced at Han Fei and noticed that the edges of Han Fei's mask were already soaked with sweat.

"He must have been scared too, right?"

When you're scared alone, you're truly scared; but when you're scared with someone else, at least you have something to rely on.

After the footsteps outside faded into the distance, the two players inside the wardrobe simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief. Neither of them dared to go out, and they stood there side by side.

"Um... hello, I'd like to ask, are you a player? Is this the game 'Perfect Life'?" Zheng Haicheng asked timidly, afraid that Han Fei might do something irrational, so he was very polite: "I don't mean anything by it, I'm just wondering if I logged into the wrong game."

"I'm a player, and this is Perfect Life for me too." Han Fei's words were all true. He wiped the water stains from the edge of his mask and turned to look at Zheng Haicheng: "I didn't expect to meet a second player in the hidden map. Which game studio are you from? What's your number on the beta test player leaderboard?"

"Hidden map? Game studio? Closed beta player ID?" Zheng Haicheng was stunned by the question. He felt that his image had been suddenly elevated to an unprecedented level: "Are you misunderstanding something? I just logged into the game and don't know anything. After choosing a random spawn location, I was here as soon as I opened the door."

Zheng Haicheng was on the verge of tears; the gap between reality and his ideals was too great, and he couldn't bear the blow.

"A novice player? Impossible!" Han Fei said decisively. "To enter this hidden map, you must meet several requirements: your intelligence and charm must be above seven, your luck value cannot be too high, and you also need to have a hidden talent related to dreams and psionic energy. My game studio spent several months and hundreds of people tried repeatedly, and in the end, only I succeeded."

Seeing that Han Fei didn't believe him at all, Zheng Haicheng wished he could reveal his attribute panel, but the problem was that only he could see the player's hidden attributes and talents, and he couldn't reveal them.

With a wry smile, Zheng Haicheng didn't know whether he was lucky or unlucky: "It seems I've met all the requirements you mentioned..."

"You didn't lie to me?"

"Really!" To prove he wasn't lying, Zheng Haicheng read his attributes and talents aloud to Han Fei from the attribute panel. His straightforwardness earned him some favor from Han Fei.

"Sleepwalking? Yin affinity? Such a strange talent?" Han Fei's tone alone conveyed a slight wavering and skepticism.

"I swear, I absolutely did not lie to you." Zheng Haicheng regarded Han Fei as a lifeline, mainly because what Han Fei said made him think that Han Fei was very powerful and was a master who had participated in the closed beta multiple times: "Big brother, can you tell me how to leave here? As long as you help me leave, I will follow your lead from now on."

"Leave? Do you know how many people dream of getting in here but can't? Go search for information about the hidden map on the official website." Han Fei's tone was incredulous: "You're guarding a mountain of gold, and you actually want to turn around and leave?"

"The main problem is this place; it doesn't seem like a place where people should be..."

"Now that you've made it in, cherish this opportunity." Han Fei lowered his voice: "Perfect Life has various in-depth gameplay modes, and those modes have extremely high requirements for a certain attribute of the player. However, that attribute is determined by the player's own consciousness, and there are no game items that can improve that attribute."

The devil whispered, and Satan presented Adam with the apple that tempted him.

"What attributes?"

"Mental threshold".

Han Fei's voice seemed to contain a special magic, and his tone gradually changed from before: "Only in the hidden map of the perfect life can you increase the upper limit of your mental threshold. In the early stages, this attribute may not be important, but as the game progresses, you will find that this attribute will determine the world you see."

Zheng Haicheng's eyes slowly widened as he was drawn to what Han Fei was describing.

In his view, Han Fei was a professional player who had participated in several closed beta tests and possessed extremely confidential information, while he himself had unexpectedly obtained an opportunity to change his fate thanks to amazing luck.

The game "Perfect Life" will influence an entire era, and professional gamers can also get rich from it.

Zheng Haicheng's original intention in entering the game has not changed; it was indeed for healing and relaxation. But if there is also an opportunity to make a lot of money while relaxing, who would refuse?

The problem now is that sudden wealth and sudden death seem to happen in the blink of an eye.

"The hidden map has a time limit. After 24 hours, you will be forcibly kicked out even if you don't want to leave, so you should cherish your time here." Han Fei's Soul Return talent can only be used once a day, which is why there is a 24-hour limit.

"Big brother, what exactly do I need to do?" Zheng Haicheng is now very dependent on Han Fei.

"You only need to remember two things: First, follow your heart when making any choice—kill if you should kill, save if you should save; second, never leave this building, no matter what happens, don't step out of this building."

After giving these two instructions, Han Fei quietly pushed open the cabinet door: "Use all your wisdom and abilities, make the most of your life in this building. Don't hide your true self, and you will reap unexpected rewards."

Han Fei stepped out of the cabinet and left room 4044 while Zheng Haicheng was still pondering his words.

"Damn it! Bro! Where are you going?!"

Zheng Haicheng didn't dare to chase after him; he was still struggling with his decision inside the closet.

Having left the fourth floor, Han Fei found Feng Ziyu and decided to put Zheng Haicheng through a series of tests, just like the tests Han Fei had encountered when he changed jobs to Midnight Butcher in Animal Alley.

If Zheng Haicheng is a very good person in every way, then he will consider giving Zheng Haicheng more opportunities and rewards. Putting aside everything else, just taking one of the hundreds of land deeds that Huang Ying obtained would be an unimaginably generous reward for an ordinary novice player.

Of course, all of this is on the premise that Zheng Haicheng can pass the numerous tests. If Zheng Haicheng fails to do so, or if he is hiding malice, then what awaits him is the hidden talent of being possessed by evil.

Han Fei entrusted the specific tasks to Feng Ziyu, who had participated in the production of the game "Perfect Life" and was one of the game's task testers, so he was very familiar with all kinds of tasks.

Designing challenging tasks and constantly monitoring the players' status—this is Feng Ziyu's job.

"Don't think of yourself as just a quest designer. You need to consider things from a human perspective, look at the players from the perspective of an interview, discover their strengths, and find their hidden malice."

After speaking with Feng Ziyu, Han Fei led the top forces from the Dead Building and Happiness Community to Citang Street.

Zheng Haicheng's arrival heralded a new beginning, and he made Han Fei truly feel like a game administrator.

However, to secure a managerial position, one needs considerable strength.

After completing a G-level mission on the way, Han Fei, who was able to exit the game, walked at the front of everyone.

He wore a beast-face mask, changed into a clean set of clothes, and was carrying a spirit altar in his arms.

Leaving the dead-end residential area, Han Fei slowly approached the outermost edge of the dead-end area along the dilapidated streets.

Previously, due to the presence of butterflies, there weren't many ghosts in the outer area, but now there are many strange things in the outer streets.

Some are the souls of the deceased, while others have strange blood lines in their bodies, as if they are being controlled or parasitized by something.

Besides resentment and regret, some monsters that Han Fei had never seen before were also slowly approaching and entering the dead building area, which made him feel a sense of crisis.

With the butterfly dead, the strongest spider in the entire dead building area has also disappeared. Xiao Ba is still recovering from serious injuries, and the only one who can now resist the hatred is the jumping ghost Zhuang Wen.

Han Fei glanced at his side. Zhuang Wen's condition was still extremely unstable. If she really fought against hatred, she probably wouldn't last long before being driven mad by the black fire of hatred within her body.

Normal hatred will undergo a transformation in the black fire. Zhuang Wen clearly failed due to the interference of the butterfly. Originally, Lao Gui had a good chance of succeeding, but unfortunately, he sacrificed himself and his whole family in order to kill the butterfly, and finally entered the Rebirth Blade.

Gripping the hilt of the knife tightly, Han Fei felt a heavy burden on his shoulders. If he had the chance in the future, he would definitely bring hope of rebirth to all the souls within the Rebirth Blade.

As Han Fei walked forward step by step, eerie divine music gradually entered his ears. He looked up and saw a gloomy temple at the corner of the street.

The temple was small, seemingly converted from a newsstand. Its windows and doors were covered with strange and unusual talismans, and some unpainted, half-finished statues were placed at the entrance.

"Is this Ancestral Hall Street?" Recalling the location of the song in his mind, Han Fei, carrying the altar, walked inside.

As soon as he stepped into Citang Street, the system notification sounded in his ear.

"Attention player number 0000! You have successfully triggered the F-level hidden quest - Citang Street."

"Ancestral Hall Street (F-rank hidden mission): If you see an abandoned statue on the street, do not approach it casually, and do not take it home. It is best to leave immediately, because if you stay too long, the things inside the statue may follow you forever."

(End of this chapter)