My Healing Games

Chapter 688 The Truth About to Be Revealed

There's a chance that cooperating with Han Fei will bring my daughter a happy and fulfilling life; if I don't agree, she'll be tortured to death right now.

Yan Le's mother went to great lengths to revive her daughter, and she could not bear to see her daughter die in front of her again.

The blade in her mouth exuded killing intent and a bloody taste. Yan Le's eyes darted around in their sockets. She realized that she couldn't see through Han Fei at all. The man in front of her was fierce and crazy. It seemed that if she hesitated even slightly, he would immediately pierce Yan Le's neck with "companionship".

A muffled whimpering sound came from her throat. Yan Le's mother and the imprisoned souls within Yan Le's body reached a consensus and ceased their resistance.

Even if they stopped struggling, the butterfly pattern under Yan Le's skin was gradually deepening.

The patterns looked like interwoven blood vessels, like a pair of wings slowly bursting through the body.

"Look carefully, the dream never intended to help you resurrect Yan Le. It just used your daughter's body as a giant cocoon. When the worms it planted in your daughter's body grow up, they will devour everything about your daughter and crawl out of your daughter's body with your husband's labyrinth tattoo on them!"

The dream's purpose has been achieved; the maze tattoo is about to be imprinted on the butterfly's wings.

"I'm the only one in this neighborhood who can help you now. I'll kill it for you!"

Yan Le's mother and the spirit within Yan Le's body also noticed the changes in Yan Le's body; the butterfly pattern used them all as nourishment.

In fact, Meng's purpose was very clear: first, to do everything possible to make Han Fei and the previous brain fall into nightmares; and then, while the two were trapped by nightmares, to find an opportunity to complete his transformation on Yan Le, obtain the maze tattoo, and try to decipher the secrets of the deepest part of the paradise.

However, it did not expect that one of the avatars that entered Han Fei's mind not only failed to trap Han Fei, but also caused a greater crack in Han Fei's sealed memories, and the nightmare that originally belonged to Han Fei went out of control.

Han Fei, who had been sharing everyone's pain, was now standing in front of Yan Le, trying to persuade him little by little.

"Dreams aren't scary at all; they're just a bedbug that can't see the light. It's precisely because they're ugly and disgusting that they give themselves the most dazzling wings in the world. You should also understand that, often, the more people lack something, the more they care about it."

With the blade pointing downwards, Yan Le's mother was finally persuaded by Han Fei: "What do you want to know?"

"All the information related to the amusement park, the brain's past, and the weaknesses of dreams." Han Fei learned from the brain that his wife was also a night shift worker at the amusement park and knew many secrets.

"The despair and pain of the people accumulated and slowly formed an invisible monster. No one knows how to describe it. Its body seems to be connected to a world. The first people who could see the monster called it the First Demon." Yan Le's mother manipulated Yan Le to move backward little by little to prevent her daughter's body from being cut by the sharp knife.

What is the relationship between the original demon and Paradise?

"That invisible monster was mixed with too many negative emotions. In order to find a way to appease it and prevent it from growing, those who could see it built a city in the warmest and sunniest place, lured the monster into the city, and then built a paradise and a school in the place where the monster's despair was strongest." Yan Le's speech gradually quickened.

"People come to the park, their laughter echoing through the sky, leaving behind feelings of joy and happiness, gradually wearing down the desperate monster. Everyone's initial intentions were good, but people are incredibly complex. After the invisible monster stopped growing and mutating, some people became greedy. They began to wonder if they could find a way to control this monster?"

"The disagreement started from that time. Some people wanted to kill the monster completely, while others wanted to use it. People are always afraid when facing the unknown, and arrogant and greedy when they unveil the unknown."

"The end result was that those who tried to control the monster of despair had an accident while trying in secret, and the park and those people were assimilated by the monster."

"What's even more frightening is that this was not discovered for a long time."

"By the time everyone realized something was wrong, the invisible monster had already covered the city. Daytime was still normal daytime, but the night in this city was no longer normal nighttime."

"Everything was spiraling out of control. Those who could see the invisible monsters were forced to gather together and make some kind of deal with the monsters beneath the park."

"The five managers of the park also appeared at that time. The three managers, 'human, demon, and I,' were the most desperate people. Dreams were born from the body of that invisible monster and can be said to be the closest thing to the first demon. The existence of the brain is special. It is a living person, but its main function is to convey the will of the monster. The brain can also obtain the secrets of the monster."

Yan Le's mother glanced at her husband as she said this: "Those who can become the Brain are the most determined and intelligent people in the city. But even so, the fate of each Brain is extremely tragic. They become idiots and madmen when they step down. No one knows what they will experience when they step down except for them."

Han Fei nodded, piecing together all the information as he pondered: "If the 'first generation of demons' is a part of the Deep World, then the initial purpose of the Paradise was to soothe negative emotions with beneficial ones. But facing the ever-expanding Deep World, one Paradise is clearly not enough. Perhaps only by building an incredibly vast cluster of Paradise cities filled with healing and warmth can we have a chance to neutralize the despair of the Deep World."

As Han Fei thought of this, a few words suddenly popped into his mind—a perfect life.

The guesthouse struck Han Fei as odd, and the players inside created a sense of alienation within him. They seemed out of place in this city, as if they didn't belong here.

Then, recalling the cold voice in his mind, Han Fei had an even more outrageous guess.

"The other players have arrived too, so I should be able to get some answers this time." Nighttime is the stage for ghosts and monsters, and in this chaotic and dangerous neighborhood, having more people won't help.

“I don’t know Meng’s weakness either. The other four managers all tried to kill Meng, but countless managers have been replaced, and Meng still exists.” The butterfly pattern on Yan Le’s body became darker and darker, and wounds appeared on her skin, covered in blood, which looked very creepy.

“However, Dream is now also feeling threatened because two outliers have emerged among the current managers.” Yan Le’s mother looked at Han Fei and revealed another secret of the Paradise: “Of the five managers, the strongest should normally be Ghost, who controls the night and is responsible for killing and guarding. But now, of the five managers, Human and I have surpassed Ghost in ability, and they have joined forces to completely seal off that world filled with despair.”

“I’ve always been curious about how two overlapping worlds can be completely separated. As long as there are ghosts in the world, they can drag the living into the deeper world. I’ve experienced something like that myself.”

“Only the managers know the specific operating methods. It seems to be related to a black box.” Yan Le turned to look at the middle-aged man, staring at the scars on his body from the flames: “The first generation of demons has the most secrets. My husband also chose to cooperate with the other two managers. The three of them are in cahoots, but he has already forgotten all of this.”

Yan Le's mother seemed to have a lot of opinions about her husband. She wanted to protect her family, but her husband seemed to have chosen to sacrifice everything: "He thought he was the worst brain, but in fact he was the only one among all the brains who dared to rebel against the first generation of ghosts, and the only one who could remain sober after stepping down."

"I think I understand now. Dream is busy resurrecting, Ghost is seriously injured, and the voices of the five administrators have been unified through transactions and violence." Han Fei knows that he is now in the midst of a great upheaval, where the past and the future are changing at this moment, and a certain person in the city will become the turning point between the two eras.

He didn't know who that person was, but he wanted to become that person. Only in this way could he firmly grasp his own destiny.

Having grasped the current situation, Han Fei began to think more deeply. Based on Xu Qin's experience of dying ninety-nine times, he had likely also died ninety-nine times.

Why risk your life ninety-nine times? What is it all for?
"What kind of ending would I want?"

A sudden gunshot brought Han Fei back to reality. He opened the door slightly and looked outside.

The singing, which had been suppressed by sirens, resumed amidst screams. The police car at the back of the procession, having apparently seen something, suddenly accelerated and crashed into the guard booth, blocking the front gate of the residential area.

The eerie atmosphere continued to spread. The living people responsible for daytime security stepped into the forbidden zone of the night. They not only had to face the ghosts hidden in the neighborhood, but also suffered from nightmares. Many people had fallen into hallucinations and saw the fear that Han Fei had once faced.

Han Fei had initially worried that Yan Le's screams would attract the police, but now he realized that his worries were unnecessary. This family compound, which represented the past of Paradise, revealed another side of itself in the nightmare and darkness.

Many police officers who enter residential buildings disappear without a trace. Those doors seem like gaping mouths ready to devour anyone who passes by.

Compared to the police in this city, the players led by F were more experienced, and their goal was clearly Han Fei.

F seemed to have glimpsed the future again. He directed the players to avoid some of the dangers in the neighborhood, but he overlooked the influence of Han Fei's nightmare. Some players suddenly had a mental breakdown as they walked, broke away from the group, and ran wildly into the darkness. Their appearance also attracted the attention of the police.

Since his confrontation with Han Fei, F's expression has been anything but pleasant. He and Qian Ye are also Class A wanted criminals, and exposing themselves to the police would do them no good.

"Let's get this over with quickly! Come with me to Building Four!"

The residential compound wasn't large, but after midnight, the area became fraught with danger. Han Fei's decision not to lead everyone on a chaotic run was the right one.

"Are these giant demons also in the future you see?" Qianye pointed to the center of the community, his voice trembling with fear.

The player next to Qianye looked in the direction Qianye was pointing, but there was only dense darkness there.

"What do you see?"

"A giant tree! It's covered in arms and has an incredibly greedy face. Next to it is a bottomless well. I only glanced at it, but I felt like my soul was being drawn into the well." Qianye's hands and feet turned cold. He had always trusted F's judgment, but this time he was a little scared. Neither the giant tree nor the deep well seemed to be something that players like them could handle.

If other players said this, no one would care, but Qianye is F's right-hand man and the number two figure in the player group. As soon as he spoke, panic began to spread.

"Why can't I see the giant tree?" A player standing next to Qianye gasped. "I only see an old woman in a room around the corner of the corridor. Her skin is as rough as a tree trunk. Her flesh is withered and her body is stretched out piece by piece. She's waving at me!"

"Don't panic! There are no giant ghosts like that in the future I saw!" F said with absolute certainty. He glanced at the open space in the center of the community: "That's not a ghost from this city, it's a fear from the memory of some outsider, a hallucination! A dream! Oh no! He's teamed up with the dream!"

Without hesitation, F rushed towards Building 4. The others, seeing that F said it was an illusion, also ran forward with some skepticism. But just as the player next to Qianye passed the corner of the stairs, a withered arm, like the root of a hundred-year-old tree, wrapped around the player's heart, and five fingers, reduced to bone, pierced directly into the player's chest.

A heart-wrenching scream rang out, and by the time the other players tried to help, the player had already been dragged into the room.

The security door was tightly shut, and screams came from inside the house, followed by silence for a few seconds.

A living person died right before their eyes, and the players' morale wavered once again.

“Didn’t you say it was an illusion?” Ah Chong was the first to step forward: “Because of the future you saw, he’s dead! You want to kill Han Fei, so now we’ll pave the way for you with our lives!”

Previously, everyone relied on F to survive, but as more and more people died because of F, the voices against F in the player community began to grow louder, and Ah Chong was no longer alone, with more players standing on his side.

"I've saved you so many times? Have you all forgotten?" F didn't have time to explain to the other players; he had to kill Han Fei as soon as possible and make everything unfold according to the future he saw!

“We’ve come this far, we have no choice but to trust him,” Rose said, but there was no trace of trust in her words, only growing suspicion.

F's past is a mystery. Apart from knowing that he is a player, no one knows anything about him. It's as if someone has tampered with their memories and forcibly imprinted the information that F is a player into everyone's minds.

Rose hadn't noticed it before, but now the more he thought about it, the more frightened he felt. Besides, he was more familiar with the name Han Fei than the mysterious F, since he had seen Han Fei's movies and could be sure that Han Fei was also one of the players.

“Let’s assume that all the players’ memories have been tampered with, and we all naturally assume that F is a player. Then Han Fei’s memories have probably been tampered with as well. Judging from his appearance, he seems to have even forgotten that he is a player.” Rose outwardly agreed with F, but in her mind she was planning something else: “When I see Han Fei later, I’m going to tell him his identity in reality. He’s a very good horror movie actor.”

Rose recalled the honors and awards she had seen on the police website, which were Han Fei's past in reality. Perhaps because she was so shocked when she saw them, she still remembered them very clearly.

(End of this chapter)