My Healing Games

Chapter 707 Xiao Ba is a Key

Before he could even savor the joy of their long-awaited reunion, Han Fei dragged his nearly broken body to his feet. When the "Lake God" dragged him into the water, he was practically on the verge of death.

It was under those circumstances that the Great Evil, bound by the rules of the shrine within the Ugly Cat's body, received an unprecedented stimulus. Combined with the blood cocoon created by the Dream Sacrifice of countless living beings, all these forces combined to allow the Great Evil to successfully break free.

This hideous monster found a trace of the origin of "dream" in the Fu Sheng Shrine, and it became even more powerful and terrifying, with the ominous and deathly aura emanating from it growing stronger.

"You...you're its pet?" The lifeguard grabbed Han Fei's clothes and huddled behind him, not even daring to open his eyes to look at Da Nie.

"It's my pet." Han Fei breathed a long sigh of relief after seeing Da Nie appear. His side had gained another powerful ally. Da Nie played a role in many situations that was no less important than hatred: "The Lake God has been eaten by it. From now on, it will be the guardian deity protecting all citizens. Although it is a bit ugly, it is not bad at heart and is our friend."

"Friends?" The lifeguard forced himself to look at Da Nie, a terrifying monster of that kind of person, who was crawling next to Han Fei, letting Han Fei stroke its head. However, the sharp spikes on its head pierced Han Fei's hand, leaving it bloody and mangled, but neither the man nor the pet cared, as if this was their way of getting along.

"Han Fei, your hand is bleeding."

"It's alright, I'm just increasing my resistance to the soul poison. Didn't you notice that after those black water spiders bit me, they all died from the poison?" Han Fei patted Da Nie's head lightly, feeling confident at this moment: "Do you want to give it a try?"

"No, forget it, I won't try." The lifeguard shook his head repeatedly; he was now a little afraid of Han Fei too.

"It's actually quite gentle. You can talk to it more. Its name is Da Nie." Sitting on Da Nie's back, Han Fei returned to the vicinity of the stone house.

The lifeguard looked at Han Fei and Da Nie with a shocked expression, repeatedly muttering that name: "We're saved now, Daddy's here."

Da Nie carried Han Fei to Guan Miao's front. The ugly old man was so frightened that he knelt down in front of Da Nie, shouting in the local dialect as if he were praying and asking for the gods' forgiveness.

"That lake god is nothing more than a monster that has lived for a very long time. It only became a 'lake god' because of your prayers and faith. It enjoys the offerings you bring while stirring up trouble and devouring your villagers." Han Fei grabbed Guan Miao by the collar, staring at the fish scale patterns on his body. After the Great Evil devoured the Blood Cocoon, the abnormality on Guan Miao's body began to slowly recover. However, the life force and energy that had been drained from him could never be recovered. At this moment, he looked even older.

"The young people at the resort were turned into blood cocoons, their remnant souls became water ghosts, and they can never come back. If you really want to make a change, from now on, entrust your most devout faith to the Great Evil; it's much more reliable than the Lake God."

The Great Evil is the embodiment of calamity. Every time it appears, it is accompanied by a great disaster. The path it takes is too extreme. If it can be worshipped by the living, it may alleviate some of its karmic burden and leave a glimmer of hope.

After inspecting the stone house, Han Fei circled the island in the middle of the lake again to make sure he hadn't missed anything before leaving with the others.

The fourth ritual to disrupt the dream had taken too long, and he needed to get back to Happiness Community as soon as possible to prevent any accidents from happening there.

The four boarded a small boat, and Da Nie dived into the water, propelling the boat forward from underwater.

The flames in the lanterns flickered, and the water ghosts hidden at the bottom of the lake all stayed put, as if the Great Evil had become their new master.

An old saying goes, "to act as an accomplice to a tiger." Here, the great evil is the tiger, and the souls of those who died underwater are the accomplices.

Back at the boat rental center, before Han Fei even docked, the villagers warmly surrounded him. They had all felt the changes in their bodies and believed that Han Fei had successfully completed the ritual.

Guan Miao also cooperated fully with Han Fei. He did not tell the other villagers what had happened in the stone house, but instead described the great evil as the lake god who protected them.

Ripples spread across the water, and when the giant ox climbed onto the lake shore, the villagers were so frightened that they immediately prostrated themselves on the ground and kept kneeling in worship.

Despite being worshipped by everyone, the Great Evil felt bored. It was extremely ferocious, and its deathly aura made even the night wind smell of blood.

"It's getting late, time to head back to Xingfu Community." After giving Guan Miao a few more instructions, Han Fei prepared to leave.

The four of them rode in a taxi, while Da Nie ran wildly behind the car. It was extremely fast and could even turn into a shadow, so there was no need to worry about it not being able to keep up.

"Han Fei, what's the background of your pet? Why can it absorb the power of 'Dream'?" Yan Le's mother couldn't understand it at all. The ritual that Dream prepared for her had ended up becoming a wedding dress for this monster.

"I don't know either," Han Fei replied casually, not intending to explain the origins of the Great Evil.

"It has taken over the Blood Cocoon, devoured the Lake God, and plundered the escape route that 'Dream' had prepared for itself. Now it can control the countless dead souls and water ghosts deposited in that great lake, which is crucial for us." Yan Le's mother pointed to the city in the darkness: "The city's underground water network connects to the lake. You can make it drive those water ghosts into the city's sewers to become our eyes and help us at critical moments."

"Using the city's sewers? That makes a lot of sense." Han Fei nodded and began to consider it seriously.

"The main problem is that your pet looks too scary. The citizens would probably be terrified if they saw it, so it's better to keep it hidden in the shadows." Not to mention others, even Yan Le's mother felt a chill when she saw Da Nie. With Yan Le's fragile body, if Da Nie scratched her, she would likely be invaded by the soul poison and suffer a fate worse than death.

Just before midnight, the black taxi drove into the Happiness Residential Area. Unlike the night sky outside, the sky inside the Happiness Residential Area was blood red.

This area increasingly overlaps with the Deep World, eventually becoming the point where the two worlds meet at midnight every night.

The refugees gathered in apartment buildings number one, two, and three. They were so frightened by the unusual events outside that they dared not run around and hid in their rooms.

"You're finally back!" Ah Chong, who was waiting at the entrance of the building, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Han Fei return safely. "The sky has turned red, and all sorts of strange things have started to appear in those apartment buildings that were cleaned up. Right now, Xiao You's mother is barely holding on."

"It's alright, I'll turn this place into a safe zone." Han Fei waved behind him, and Da Nie walked out from the blood-red passage between Building 1 and Building 10. Its massive body, over five meters tall, combined with the blood-red night, gave people an indescribable sense of oppression.

"You tell everyone to stay inside. I'll patrol tonight."

Sitting on Da Nie's shoulders, Han Fei took out the script from his backpack and began to read the remaining ghost stories.

After the Great Evil awakened, he truly possessed the power to resist, and could do many things without restraint.

Ah Chong looked up at Han Fei, who was flipping through the script. He felt the deathly aura emanating from Da Nie and his lips trembled slightly: "As long as the temperament is terrifying enough, reading a book can be like planning a serial murder. Is this the strength of a top horror movie actor?"

As the clock struck midnight, Happiness Community completely merged with the Deep World. An atmosphere of despair emanated from underground, seeping into the walls, like invisible hands slowly gripping the necks of everyone.

The fleeing citizens trembled with fear, none of them knowing who would be targeted next. The only hope they had was Han Fei.

In moments of extreme fear, they would glance out the window, and the figure sitting on the monster's shoulder became their anchor.

"Come on, let me see what's hidden beneath the Happiness Community? How much despair has been accumulated in this complex built for orphans?"

The first time Han Fei entered Happiness Community, he fled in panic; the second time he entered, he felt like he was coming home; this third time he returned, he had become the master of the place and was ready to exterminate all the filth that parasitized it.

Time ticked by, and with a scream, Happiness Community revealed another side of itself.

On the blood-red surface of the buildings, numerous crayon drawings made by children during their playful moments appeared. They were playing all sorts of games, their faces beaming with joy. But what was chilling was that in every game, a child was inevitably killed.

On this road paved with death, the children's personalities were stifled and restricted, until only thirty-one children remained.

The sounds of crying and laughter were incessant, and Han Fei didn't know where they were coming from. The adults hiding in the apartment began to exhibit all sorts of strange behaviors. Some were begging for death, some saw their long-lost relatives, and of course, most of them felt fear. They seemed to be forced to participate in that desperate game.

Throughout the entire process of the anomaly in Xingfu Community, Han Fei silently observed. Following Da Nie's gaze, he scanned each building before finally focusing on Building No. 11.

"The source of despair lies beneath that building!"

The giant monster crashed into Building 11, its massive body slamming into the bottom of the apartment building, causing cracks to appear in the concrete pavement and shattering all the windows on the first floor.

Driven by Han Fei, the enraged Da Nie launched a reckless attack on Building 11. It was the first time Han Fei had ever seen Da Nie go all out.

As the embodiment of calamity and misfortune, the Great Evil is shrouded in all sorts of ominous auras, and its body can even swell up again when needed!
Similar to a human arm slamming into the ground, its skin stuck to the earth, and the death aura poured directly into the ground through the cracks. This thing was like the king of all poisons; nothing could harm it. Anything that touched it, whether alive or dead, human or ghost, would be devoured by it.

Washed by the will to die, strange rustling sounds came from under Building 11. Before long, a monster formed entirely of despair appeared.

Han Fei had seen that thing before; its body resembled a centipede, with human heads connected together, and each face was filled with despair.

Others fear this monster; once captured by it, they become walking corpses, and eventually their heads are hung on the monster's spine, assimilated into the monster.

But the Great Evil had no such worries. Before the monster could react, it reached out, grabbed it, and shoved it into its mouth!

The method Da Nie used to determine whether an unknown substance was poisonous was incredibly crude: he would take a bite and taste it. Anything that couldn't kill it would make it even stronger.

Holding the Rebirth Knife, Han Fei jumped to the side, pulled the red rope, and stared at the crack in front of Building No. 11.

"You were really pursuing me a lot before, weren't you?"

Compared to the brutality of Da Nie, Han Fei pursued efficiency more. Every time he made a move, he went straight for the opponent's vital points, striving to kill the opponent as quickly as possible.

Residents in the other buildings peered out of their windows, and the stronger Han Fei became, the brighter their hopes burned.

Should we go and help him?

"Let's not make things worse."

"Including this time, he has saved me twice. Is this kind of person really a wanted criminal?"

"He was probably framed."

The survivors inside the building developed a better impression of Han Fei, and they gradually sided with him.

An aura of despair emanated from the underground fissures, and monsters formed entirely of negative emotions surged out madly. Ninety percent of them were stopped by Da Nie. Han Fei, holding the Rebirth Blade, hid behind Da Nie, ready to seize the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.

With Da Nie's cooperation, Han Fei felt more relaxed than ever before. He exclaimed from the bottom of his heart, "We two were actually this fierce?"

The killing continued into the early hours of the morning. When the last vestiges of despair were finally dispelled, the area in front of Building 11 was completely destroyed, the ground had sunk nearly half a meter, and cracks crisscrossed like a spider web.

The Great Demon was covered in wounds, but it didn't care at all. Its eyes were full of excitement, and it seemed that it still had some fun.

"Let's go down and take a look." Han Fei and Da Nie smashed through the road and came down to the basement of Building 11.

The soil at the bottom of Happiness Community is filled with negative emotions; those despairs are intertwined, like dense blood vessels connecting all the apartment buildings in Happiness Community.

Following the thread of despair, Han Fei found the source of all despair.

In the center of the underground area of ​​the entire community, there is an unfinished shrine.

Lifting the black cloth covering the shrine, there was no statue of a deity placed inside the shrine door, only a key.

The key appeared to be made from human bone, pieced together from eight parts. All the despair and misfortune in the Happiness Community were ultimately deposited on this key.

"Is the purpose of the Happiness Community just to make this key?"

Han Fei recalled some things that happened when he first entered the game: "I remember someone saying that Xiao Ba is a key that can open the exit. At the time, I was wondering, how can a person be a key?"

(End of this chapter)