My Healing Games

Chapter 954 Emergency Meeting

When they saw Han Fei stab the boy in red directly in the chest without any hesitation, the three players of the Inevitable Truth were stunned. They had never seen such a brutal person before. But the next moment, they immediately changed their minds because they also discovered the body inside the boy in red's chest.

"The malice in your hearts is festering, driving that child to the brink of despair." Han Fei reached directly into the red-clothed boy's chest, and amidst his screams, removed the stranger's head.

“You nicknamed him ‘alien’ and used him as a way to pass the time. Compared to him, you are the monsters.”

The remaining children were terrified and ran away frantically, but how could they possibly outrun Han Fei, who was now stronger and more physically capable?

Holding a sharp knife and possessing a talent for hide-and-seek, Han Fei wore a cruel smile, like the final villain in a horror movie, chasing the children through an abandoned construction site.

This scene left a deep psychological scar on the players present, and the internet addicts even regretted speaking loudly to Han Fei at the beginning.

In just five minutes, all the children's chests were ripped open with sharp blades, and the maliciously wrapped limbs were pieced back together, transforming into a deformed, thin little boy.

Sitting blankly in the darkness and nightmares, the boy always had a silly smile on his face, because he had loved looking at the stars since he was a child, and would babbling to the starry sky. So his parents named him Li Xing, hoping that he would shine as brightly as the star he loved.

After the boy appeared, the two unfinished buildings stopped shaking; the child seemed to be the core of this nightmare.

Han Fei tossed aside the dagger, took off his outer garment and draped it over the boy, then sat down beside him: "What are you looking at?"

The children who had bullied Li Xing collapsed to the ground, but Li Xing paid no attention to them; he kept his head tilted back.

"I... am looking for stars, but why are there no stars in this night sky?"

This little boy, who was maliciously surrounded by children, never seemed to think of revenge or harbor any resentment. He didn't even glance at the perpetrators. Even sitting next to a mud puddle, he still looked up at the night sky, hoping for the stars to appear.

“Everyone like you in the nightmare is a star. You illuminate this dark night and guide the travelers of the night.” Han Fei patted Li Xing’s head. He had wanted to use his healing personality on Li Xing, but it seemed unnecessary.

"I...I don't understand." Li Xing grabbed the coat draped over Han Fei's shoulders and looked at Han Fei with a hint of curiosity: "Can we be friends? I know a lot about stars. My parents promised to give me a real telescope when I grow up, and then I can invite you to look at the stars with me."

"of course."

"Then we're friends!"

"kindness."

Sitting beside a mud pit at an abandoned construction site, Li Xing made his first friend, and perhaps his last.

The edge of the nightmare began to fade, and Li Xing's mutated body became blurry. He had not hurt anyone from beginning to end: "It's getting late, I think I should go."

Goodbye, my friend.

"Goodbye... Oh, right! I still don't know your name!"

"My name is Han Fei."

The last sentence seemed unfinished when the dream flooded into Han Fei's body. When he opened his eyes, he was back in the main city hospital, where Bai Xian and the three players from the game "Inevitable Truth" were standing nearby.

"We cleared it? We cleared the fourth level of Nightmare?!" The three players from the Inevitable Truth team were extremely excited. Previously, the Inevitable Truth team had a death rate of over 50% when clearing the fourth level of Nightmare, but this time they actually managed to clear it without taking any damage!

"The reason we were able to clear the game so easily is entirely due to that special player." The three players from the Inevitable Truth group completely changed their attitude towards Han Fei, and together they solemnly thanked him: "We were blind to his greatness. Thank you both for leading us through the game! May I ask... do you two have any guilds?"

Han Fei nodded and casually said, "Happiness Community, Han Fei."

"Happy Community, Bai Xian." Although Brother Bai hadn't been of much help, it didn't stop him from puffing out his chest and enjoying the envious glances of others. His proud expression seemed to say—How about that? Aren't we both strong?

"Happy Community? The first guild established by Huang Ying?!" The internet addict's eyes widened. He wanted to slap himself now. In his nightmare, he had actually worried that the guild would drag him down.

"Is there anything else? We need to continue clearing the game." After Han Fei finished speaking, the three players from the game "Inevitable Truth" and Bai Xian all twitched at the corners of their eyes.

"Don't you want to take a break?" The internet addict only now realized the gap between himself and the players of the top guild. Afraid that Han Fei would leave, he quickly asked, "Brother, I feel that your approach to clearing the game is a bit different from ours. Can you reveal how you made all those judgments? For example, how did you guess that Li Xing would be hiding in the bodies of six children? I feel that psychologically normal people generally wouldn't think in that direction."

After the internet addict finished speaking, he felt a little ashamed. How could he possibly tell other guild players the tricks he had discovered through trial and error?
"It's actually very simple." Han Fei didn't hide anything. The more people who can pass the nightmare, the lower the overall difficulty of the nightmare will be: "Everything in the nightmare will gradually become distorted over time, but everything in this nightmare is normal. This means that the distortion occurs in places that are hard for us to see directly, such as the minds of those children."

The internet addicts, having also navigated the first three levels of the nightmare, immediately understood: "That makes sense."

"You must understand one thing: no matter how absurd and bizarre these nightmares are, they are all twisted from some kind of obsession. All terrifying and horrible things have their own reason for existing in nightmares." Han Fei said earnestly, "The more fearful you are, the closer you are to the truth. I hope you can remember this sentence, and I wish you can go further in your nightmares."

Hearing Han Fei's sincere blessings, the online banking patient felt even more worthless. Han Fei had selflessly shared his experience and even helped him pass the game, yet he had treated him that way from the beginning. He felt very uncomfortable.

"If there's nothing else, we'll head to the next level. See you again sometime." Han Fei grabbed Bai Xian's arm. Bai Xian knew that the three players from Biyan Zhenli were watching, and he was too embarrassed to run away directly, so he braced himself and followed Han Fei forward.

Seeing Han Fei and Bai Xian's fearless demeanor, the three players couldn't help but sigh, "If even two random players from Happiness Community are this powerful, just how terrifying is Guild Leader Huang Ying? I can't even imagine!"

"Why aren't those three leaving yet?" Bai Xian was planning to run away after the three players left, but they were staring at him intently: "Are you crazy? Is there something wrong with them?"

"Han Fei, can you slow down? There's no need for us to rush."

"Holy crap! I suddenly remembered I forgot to close the guild warehouse door!"

"How much stamina did you add? How can you drag me along with just one hand?"

"I'm your senior in the entertainment industry, isn't it impolite of you to drag me like this? If you're so capable, let go and let's have a speed contest."

A sudden feeling of weightlessness came over them, and after the gray fog dissipated, Han Fei and Bai Xian appeared in the fifth layer of the nightmare.

It was a pitch-black room with no windows or doors, and two beds were placed in the center of the room.

One is ordinary, the other is bizarre.

"Aren't nightmares supposed to get bigger? Why is this nightmare getting smaller?" Bai Xian walked towards the bed and noticed some strange things on the sheets. "Han Fei, come quick!"

Upon entering the fifth level of the nightmare, Han Fei noticed changes in his body. The ghostly markings bestowed by the maniacal laughter became increasingly clear after consuming two nightmares in succession, and the constraints of the nightmares on Han Fei gradually weakened.

"The nightmare gets more and more terrifying as it goes on, but I also become more and more terrifying as it goes on..." Hearing Bai Xian's shout, Han Fei came to the bedside.

The bed on the left is very ordinary, just a common single bed in real life, with a bunch of spider lilies and a handwritten invitation on it.

Han Fei frowned as he opened the invitation.

"To all those struggling in despair, congratulations on passing through the most basic dream stage. Now I will give you a choice."

"There are two beds in front of you. Lie down on the ordinary bed on the left and fall asleep. You will then reconcile with your dreams. Once the dreams have enveloped the entire city, you can safely return to reality. You don't need to do anything; just sleep peacefully here."

"If you choose the haunted bed on the right, you will continue to sink into a deeper and more terrifying nightmare, where you will encounter more ghosts and suffer even more insane mental torment."

"Alright, now you can make your own choice. Don't feel any pressure. You'll have a chance to start over every five floors."

The ordinary bed on the left represents a sweet dream, while the ghost bed on the right represents a nightmare. Choosing a sweet dream means standing on the side of the dream, and only when the dream wins can these players wake up; choosing a nightmare will continue to subject them to despair until the players finally destroy the shrine and escape.

The fifth layer of the dream is simple, yet extremely malicious. The invitation to the dream seems simple, but in reality, it is all linguistic traps.

First, the invitation only states that after reconciling with the dream, you can complete the game without doing anything, but it doesn't specify what changes will occur to the player after choosing reconciliation. Is it possible to lose your mind, fall into a deep sleep, and have your body controlled and possessed by the dream's puppet?
Every five levels of Nightmare mode cleared grants a chance to choose again, but if a player chooses the normal bed, they may never wake up again. Therefore, this choice is actually one-sided and is only used to tempt players who persist in clearing the game.

As the nightmare progresses, it will become increasingly brutal. If players cannot clear the game for an extended period, they will also become desperate. Once negative emotions begin to spread, those who have lost hope may make irrational attempts, which are irreversible. Choosing to reconcile with the dream will make them the player's enemy, and the conditions for victory for both sides will change.

The fifth layer of the dream seems to be giving players choices, but it actually aims to divide the players and cause internal strife.

Most people in this world only have basic kindness, and when faced with matters of life and death, they usually choose to help whoever wins.

If even top players like Han Fei can't bring hope to everyone, then some people might turn to the "hope" offered by dreams.

The previous nightmares hadn't instilled any fear in Han Fei, but this one sent a chill down his spine.

After putting down the invitation, Han Fei and Bai Xian arrived at the ghost bed. Faint cries could be heard coming from under the bed, and shadows were crawling around. The sheets were covered in blood, as if they had just been dragged out of a murder scene.

"Sleeping in this bed will definitely give me nightmares." Although he said that, Bai Xian still chose the haunted bed.

“Different choices represent completely opposite fates. After clearing the fifth level, we need to make this news public, explain the seriousness of the matter to all players, tell them about the conspiracy of the dream, and firmly grasp the torch of hope in our own hands.” Han Fei had no intention of hiding any secrets from the nightmare. He and Bai Xian lay down on the ghost bed together.

The two made their choice, and various ghostly figures and terrifying illusions began to appear in the pitch-black room. The bed transformed into the mouth of an unknown behemoth, swallowing them both whole.

The spirit and will began to dive deeper, entering a more desperate realm.

Opening his eyes, Han Fei returned to the main city hospital. This time, he didn't go any further. He recalled everything he had seen in the fifth level of the nightmare: "All players should choose the ghost bed, but some people will definitely be curious about what will happen if they choose the normal bed."

"I feel that dreams can never keep their promises. The guy who can create so many nightmares must be a dehumanized psychopath, so it's better not to try it lightly." Bai Xian breathed a sigh of relief. The fifth layer of nightmares was just a choice, and it was not difficult for someone with a strong will like him.

“I’d like to have a player try out the regular bed and choose to embrace the dream.” Han Fei felt it was time to contact Shen Luo: “Being stabbed in the back of the head shouldn’t affect your gameplay, right? Besides, Shen Luo was almost killed by the dream’s men, so he should also be eager for revenge.”

"Wouldn't this be too dangerous for that player?" Bai Xianren is a very nice person; he is kind at heart.

"It's okay, that guy always manages to pull through." Han Fei and Bai Xian began to retreat, and the two of them withdrew from the main urban area hospital together.

They opened the player chat lobby and glanced at the statistics. Currently, four top guilds have cleared the fifth level, but everyone has tacitly agreed not to continue down, seemingly pondering the choices presented by the nightmare of the fifth level.

"Inevitable Truth, Happy Community, Business Alliance, Deep Space Technology—all the top ten guilds that cleared the fifth layer of nightmares are here!" Bai Xian clicked into the chat lobby: "Should we contact them and see what their next move is?"

"Hmm." After leaving the hospital shrouded in gray fog, Han Fei received a message from the Chamber of Commerce president in his mailbox. It must have been Aqi who told him everything: "A businessman's sense of smell is very sharp."

The Merchant Alliance boasts substantial funds and extensive connections and channels; the game's top-tier players possess a deep understanding of the game; and the Deep Space Technology guild, which previously operated under a different name, immediately united after the city's fall and players' predicament. They publicly announced that they were Deep Space Technology's personnel stationed in the game to maintain stability, assuring everyone that Deep Space Technology would not abandon them and would definitely help them escape. These previously unassuming guilds displayed astonishing strength after their alliance, firmly establishing themselves in the top ten of the entire server.

“Huang Ying can’t come in right now, so I’ll communicate with the other guilds on his behalf.” Han Fei, as the vice president of the No. 1 guild, sent invitation emails to the top 100 guilds, sharing his views on Nightmare and some of his experience in clearing it for free. He also arranged to meet with the leaders of all the guilds at noon in the central square of the main city to explain the current situation to all the trapped players in the city.

Upon receiving the email, the Deep Space Technology Guild immediately agreed. They were essentially acting as government agents, willing to do anything to maintain stability, and thus fully supported Han Fei.

Value is created through the circulation of goods, information, and currency. The business alliance understands the importance of cooperation better than anyone else, which is why they agreed so readily.

The leaders of the top 100 guilds, who were trapped in the game, gradually responded to Han Fei. An emergency meeting to address the nightmare will be held in "Perfect Life," marking Han Fei's first step from behind the scenes to the forefront.

"Han Fei, should I call some other friends to make up the numbers?" Bai Xian knew very well that there were more ghosts than people in the Happy Community, and hardly any players at all.

"Our arrival alone is enough." Han Fei closed the chat room and looked back at the hospital shrouded in gray fog: "Why hasn't Wuchang come out yet?"

(End of this chapter)