My Healing Games

Chapter 403 Reputation? Or Virtue?
Han Fei wanted to stop it, as he had no interest in building the shrine, but it was too late.

The statue on the altar resembled a snowman melting in the sunlight. As it shrank, the cracks on its body were repaired, and its face became more and more like Han Fei's.

The statue in front of him had almost identical eyes, nose, and mouth to Han Fei. The only difference was that Han Fei in the statue was laughing wildly and unrestrainedly.

Han Fei has never shown such a smile in real life, and even the Evil Soul would not laugh so wildly.

"The maniacal laughter from the blood-red orphanage deep in my mind is affecting me!"

The thing Han Fei had been worried about had happened. The butterfly had taken away three of his souls and activated the blood-red memories deep in his mind. Although the butterfly's consciousness had dissipated, the memories it had activated had not returned to their previous state.

"Warning! Building a shrine will bring misfortune and disaster! Once the shrine is completely destroyed, the player will also suffer permanent damage!"

"Warning! Building a shrine requires a large number of items... Forcibly building it will severely damage the player!"

"Warning! Once the shrine is successfully built, the player will be subject to unspeakable perception! Please make your decision carefully!"

The system's warning hadn't ended yet, and Han Fei was now terrified, but there was nothing he could do: "Just warnings? Why don't you tell me how to stop it!"

After the statue resembled the laughing Han Fei, Han Fei's health points began to rapidly decrease, dropping to just one.

What's worse is that, normally, Han Fei's health would slowly recover on its own, but now, no matter how much health he recovers, it is immediately swallowed up by the shrine and remains at a constant level.

What is the concept of a life? Being touched by a vengeful ghost could result in instant death.

Han Fei stared at the rough wooden splinters on the edge of the shrine and the red ropes scattered all over the ground; he dared not move an inch.

Because of the Midnight Butcher talent, the lower Han Fei's health, the better his physical condition and the more acute his senses. He could clearly feel that the shrine was establishing some kind of connection with him.

Seeing the unusual situation around Han Fei, all the neighbors instinctively surrounded him, not daring to let him be attacked by anything.

Han Fei wanted to speak up and remind the others, but he couldn't even utter a word and could only quietly wait for the system's prompt.

The dilapidated shrine gradually changed. Its appearance remained largely the same, but the strange characters, curses, and scars engraved on the inner walls all disappeared.

No one dared to make a move; everyone stood in the center of the ancestral hall.

A full hour passed before the singing from the black coffin in the ancestral hall suddenly stopped, and faint laughter began to emanate from the shrine.

Everyone present heard the laughter, which was clearly Han Fei's laughter, but strangely, it gave others a completely different feeling than Han Fei's.

"Attention player number 0000! As the guardian deity of Yimin Street, you have successfully built a shrine for yourself!"

"Han Fei's Shrine (???): Unknown item."

"Unknown item definition: Items that have never appeared in the night, or items that appear for the first time."

"A level 15 player has no chance of successfully building a shrine, which meets the definition of an unknown item."

"Shrine Level: Level Zero".

"Please upgrade the shrine to level one as soon as possible. It will continuously consume the player's health points before the upgrade is successful."

"Upgrading a shrine to level one will unlock its basic abilities! Behind each shrine lies a pair of unspeakable eyes, and each shrine possesses corresponding unspeakable abilities!"

"Attention player number 0000! You have successfully lifted the black cloth covering the shrine, gained the approval of the deity within, and unlocked the hidden attribute, Reputation!"

Reputation value: 34.

"Your reputation has reached 100, meeting the minimum requirement for upgrading the shrine!"

"Gaining the friendliness of the residents around you can indirectly increase your reputation. Increasing the hatred and anger of the residents around you also has a chance to increase your reputation."

"Attention player number 0000! You have successfully created a shrine! Unlocked the hidden attribute Yin Virtue!"

“Yin De (???): 80”

"Doing good deeds in secret might increase your merit, and the shrine can be upgraded by consuming merit!"

"Upgrading the shrine requires players to have 100 reputation points and 100 merit points!"

After reading the system's prompt, Han Fei was completely bewildered.

The shrine was related to the unspeakable, and he unknowingly took a big step in his life, but this step seemed to have buried him directly in the nineteenth level of hell.

"Continuously draining the player's health before the shrine is fully upgraded? If I don't upgrade the shrine to level one, am I supposed to stay at one point of health forever?"

In this deep world filled with killers, madmen, and vengeful ghosts, Han Fei felt no sense of security even with the protection of his neighbors.

Putting everything else aside, if the evil spirit wakes up and gets excited and rubs against me, I could be dead.

"It's best not to see the Great Evil before the shrine is upgraded."

To calm his agitated mind, Han Fei didn't even dare to eat the food Xu Qin had prepared. While Xu Qin's food could indeed restore health, it also contained a curse.

Now is not the time to gamble on probability, although Han Fei has always had pretty good luck.

"Attention Player 0000! The F-level quest, Shrine Street, has been completed! You have exceeded the quest requirements and successfully repaired the shrine! You have received the basic reward of +3 skill points!"

"If the mission completion rate exceeds 90%, an additional reward will be given - the Ancestral Hall."

"Ancestral hall (special building): An ancestral hall is a place to commemorate ancestors, but you are the only person in your ancestral hall."

"When resentment and regret enter this shrine, there is a chance that it will increase your merit and reputation."

The system instructs you to repair shrines, not to create them. However, in a sense, creating a shrine is another form of repair, the only difference being that the deity in the shrine is replaced by a different person.

"I'd heard of cuckoos taking over other people's nests before, but I never imagined a shrine could be used like this?"

Han Fei stared at his reflection in the shrine, never expecting that he would be placed on the altar when he was only in his twenties.

It felt strange, and there was an indescribable sense of terror in it. He knew that the person in the shrine was not himself, or rather, not the person he wanted to be.

Slowly lowering the black cloth from the shrine, Han Fei looked at the mirror spirit in the mirror: "What do you think... I should do now?"

The Mirror God in Building 1 and the Shadow Dog in Building 2 were the first two residents of Happiness Community. Among all the residents, they were the most senior and knowledgeable.

“The shrine holds special significance in this city. Logically speaking, you shouldn’t have been able to build your own.” Mirror, crouching inside the mirror, was the first Han Fei had seen him so close to the edge, his expression grave. “Building a shrine is certainly a good thing; it paves the way for you to become an unspeakable being in the future, but…”

"Just what?"

"You definitely need to be completely dead before you can become a grudge, and then gradually transform into something unspeakable. Do you think what I'm saying makes sense?"

Han Fei couldn't refute the Mirror God's words, and he thought of the previous building manager, Fu Sheng.

Fu Sheng has a shrine, but in reality, apart from Fu Sheng's younger brother, no one knows of his existence, as if he were already dead.

Furthermore, considering what Zhuang Ren had said before, the chairman of Yong Sheng Pharmaceuticals had always lived alone since childhood and had never met Fu Sheng.

These two clues, when connected, led Han Fei to guess a certain possibility.

Seeing that Han Fei stopped speaking, the Mirror God, perhaps worried about Han Fei, added, "Of course, all shrines possess at least one unspeakable level of ability. If we make good offerings to the shrines together, we might have an extra trump card to save our lives."

The Mirror God always stays inside the mirror and rarely comes out, but he knows the shrine very well, and he must have experienced many things in the past.

"This is the only way now." Han Fei did not hide the upgrade requirements of the shrine. He had to upgrade the shrine to level one as soon as possible in order to get rid of the forced blood loss state.

Sometimes he felt that the shrine in the deep world was a monster, devouring life points to survive since there was no merit to be gained.

The neighbors all tried it on the shrine, but Han Fei's virtue did not increase; this hidden value was not so easy to improve.

Citang Street is located on the outskirts of the dead building area, which is still very dangerous. After discussion, the group decided to split into two groups.

The residents of the dead building continued their search for the source of the singing, carrying music boxes.

The neighbors of Xingfu Community escorted Han Fei back to the dead building to ensure his safety.

The reason for going to the Dead Building instead of the Happy Community is firstly because the Dead Building is closer, and secondly because there is another player "exploring the hidden map" inside the Dead Building, and Han Fei needs to ensure the other player's safety.

Without meeting Da Nie, Han Fei began trying to improve his two newly unlocked hidden attributes inside the Dead Building.

By talking to each resident of the abandoned building, Han Fei, having learned through experience, entered the hearts of each resident, felt their despair, and understood their obsessions.

During the conversation, Han Fei was indeed moved by the past of the vengeful ghosts and sincerely wanted to help them fulfill their last wishes.

Through communication, guidance, and promises, Han Fei felt less like a player entering a deeper world and more like a traveler walking through a labyrinth of despair. He tried to rescue the "monsters" who had sunk into the labyrinth and help them rediscover their original, pure selves.

Han Fei spent eight hours delving into the past of all the surviving homeowners, including why the businessman was so greedy, the unspoken thoughts of the woman in the red dress before her death, and those who had silently departed from the corners of reality in the death chat group.

He memorized everyone's past without missing a single detail; he would be the last trace of those people's existence in reality.

In eight hours, Han Fei's Yin Virtue increased by two points, now reaching 82. He still didn't understand why it had increased.

"Yin De refers to doing good deeds in the human world, and the merits are recorded in the ledger in the underworld. Does this mean I should do more good deeds in the real world?"

Helping the victims' families is a good thing, and catching the real culprit to avenge the victims is also a good thing. Han Fei reflected on his life and realized that if this was the case, then most of his good deeds should be related to solving murder cases.

"You'll know once you try it in real life." After giving everyone his instructions, Han Fei chose a safe room and logged out of the game.

As his consciousness rose, and the city solidified in crimson, he could clearly feel a thread of blood connecting his chest to the shrine in Citang Street.

Looking into the distance, in a building adjacent to the Dead Building, the singing voice was holding the old man's head, silently watching him.

"What does this mean? Is he trying to lure me there with his singing? What exactly does he want?"

Han Fei opened his eyes and took off his gaming helmet, but his mind was filled with the song and the last look in her eyes.

"It looks like he's crying?"

(End of this chapter)