My Healing Games

Chapter 66 Underground Ice Storage
Within the entire apartment building, very few people have the ability to tamper with the memories of other neighbors. The mysterious building manager should be one of them, so Han Fei's suspicions are not entirely unfounded.

After several days of playing the game, Han Fei has now divided the residents in the building into two categories: those who can communicate and interact, and those who are completely consumed by despair and pain.

These two types of neighbors live in the same apartment building, and there is some kind of connection between them. Han Fei hasn't fully figured out the specifics yet, but he thinks all the secrets are probably hidden in the building manager's room.

"Tenth floor, we must go to the tenth floor as soon as possible."

After Meng Shi's condition stabilized, the exhausted Han Fei left room 1031.

He returned to the haunted house number 1044 and casually closed the security door.

"I have a good relationship with Meng Shi on the third floor, and I'm currently 'winning over' the older sister on the fifth floor. She's also changed her opinion of me to some extent. Now, as long as I can get my roommates back to their senses, I can say that I've initially achieved the small goal of maintaining harmonious neighborly relations."

After playing the game for so long, Han Fei's mindset gradually changed.

He initially investigated the case to save his own life, but as he learned more, Han Fei began to genuinely want to uncover the truth and avenge his neighbors.

"It's time to go. After staying in this game for so long, it feels like this world is real."

Pressing the exit button, the world was covered in blood, and Han Fei's consciousness gradually became blurred.

After taking off his gaming helmet, Han Fei lay on the bed, not wanting to move at all.

Compared to physical exhaustion, he is now more mentally exhausted.

"I'm not considering acting for now. My savings are enough for me to live on for a while." Han Fei opened his mobile banking app: "I have two ways to make money right now. One is to make money through the game 'Perfect Life' after its official launch. However, I don't think I can transport these underworld specialties into the normal game world. The other way is to make money through the bounties from solving cases."

As Han Fei's gaze swept over Shang Meng Chang'an's photo, he seemed to see 50,000 yuan posted on the wall.

"We all earn money through our own abilities, there's nothing shameful about it."

This time, Han Fei obtained a crucial clue in the game—the Winter Flower Ice Factory. The most painful place in Meng Shi's memory was the ice factory, which was different from the information Han Fei had obtained before. He planned to go and see it for himself after he woke up.

……

At ten o'clock in the morning, Han Fei was woken up by his alarm clock. He ate something quickly, took out his phone, and dialed Li Xue's number.

"Do you have time now? Can you come with me somewhere?" Although Han Fei had never participated in solving a case, he had seen many similar movies where the protagonist would get a clue and go to investigate it, only to end up in a desperate situation. He would never let such a thing happen to him.

"Where?"

"In the case of the body found in the refrigerator, the refrigerated display case was likely not the primary scene of death, and the bodies of Meng Shi and Chenchen were moved."

"We already know that."

"Do you know where the first fatal scene was?"

"It cannot be determined at the moment."

"I'll take you there."

It didn't take Han Fei long to persuade Li Xue. An hour later, Li Xue took Han Fei to the northern suburbs of Xinhu on her motorcycle.

The entire new city covers a very large area. The wealthiest people and most of the middle class live in the core smart city. Outside the smart city is the old city, which is a mixed bag and was actually very chaotic before the establishment of the citizen information system.

In addition to the smart city and the old city, Xinhu also has four suburbs in the east, west, south and north.

With the development of technology, a large number of people from the suburbs have flowed into the city, and the outer suburbs of Xinhu have become increasingly desolate, with large areas of unfinished buildings and abandoned factories remaining.

The Donghua Ice Factory that Han Fei was looking for was located in the northern suburbs of Xinhu. It was a very small ice factory. The main reason it chose to build the factory in the far suburbs was because the electricity was cheap, the water supply was plentiful, and there were no residents around, so there was no need to worry about disturbing the peace.

Leaving the main road, Han Fei and Li Xue walked through a large area of ​​unfinished buildings. Although it was daytime, there was not a single person in sight.

After walking for another ten minutes or so, Han Fei finally saw the sign for the ice factory at the end of a small road.

The signboard was badly chipped, and the lettering was faded and patchy.

"It feels like this ice factory has been shut down for a long time."

The road leading to and from the ice factory was full of cracks, and grass grew in the gaps.

"Even if this is the primary crime scene, what can we find out if we come back ten years later?" Li Xue was very agitated when she first heard the news, but she had calmed down on the way here: "Han Fei, how did you know this was the primary crime scene?"

"I guessed it." Han Fei casually replied. He looked at the concrete wall that was more than two meters high, took a running start, jumped high, grabbed the top of the wall, and climbed over. "My physical fitness has indeed improved a lot. I used to have trouble climbing a tree."

"Don't rush forward alone, and don't stray too far from me, understand?" Li Xue jumped in at some point. She was clearly more experienced than Han Fei, and her movements were very light, making almost no sound.

"No problem." Both of them spoke in low voices as they walked along the corner of the wall into the factory.

Once inside the ice factory, the two deliberately reduced their communication, speaking as little as possible and focusing all their attention on searching for clues.

The Donghua Ice Factory is not large. Two severely rusted ice block machines and ice crushers are placed in the yard, and the makeshift sheds around them have collapsed.

"Let's go inside the factory and take a look."

The two entered the dimly lit factory, one on the left and one on the right, where the temperature seemed to be lower than outside.

The time span was too long, and there was nothing to be found in the factory. While Han Fei was wondering if he had missed something, Li Xue was pacing back and forth alone in the room.

"what are you doing?"

“An ice factory must have an ice storage or ice cellar to store ice, but we didn’t see any place to store ice after we entered this place.” Li Xue stopped when she reached the northeast corner of the factory. She lifted the tattered straw mat on the ground, revealing a very thin steel plate underneath.

"Let me help you." Han Fei walked over to help, but Li Xue suddenly raised her arm, signaling Han Fei not to come over.

She walked around the steel plate, turned on her body camera, and then took out her baton from her lower back.

At this moment, Han Fei also noticed something unusual. The edge of the steel plate was not covered by straw mats, but there was no dust there, as if it had been opened recently.

"Is someone in the underground ice cellar?"

Li Xue gestured to Han Fei, telling him to grab something for self-defense, then grabbed one side of the steel plate with one hand and gently opened it.

Beneath the steel plate, the sound of wind could be heard in the pitch-black ice cave, and this icehouse seemed to be connected to other places.

Taking out her phone, Li Xue gave her colleague a series of location numbers, then turned on her phone's flashlight and entered the underground ice storage alone.

(End of this chapter)