My Healing Games

Chapter 977 Fu Sheng's Game Helmet

"A particularly strange nightmare?" Han Fei had an unexpected gain from Zhang Mingli.

"The nightmares in the shrine can be roughly divided into five categories. The most basic type is the fear nightmare, which is purely self-inflicted. The more afraid you are after falling into the nightmare, the stronger the monster in the nightmare will become. The scenes in this type of nightmare are often simple and repetitive, and it will use your own fear to kill you." Zhang Mingli, who used to be the top student in the entire school and was very smart, immediately began to analyze the situation after learning about the player's predicament from Bai Xian and Han Fei.

"The nightmare you encountered when you first entered the gray fog is of this type: simple rooms and scenes, being chased by unknown killers and ghosts; actually, this kind of nightmare is very simple, and you will be able to pass the level smoothly when you are no longer afraid."

"The second type of nightmare is the memory nightmare. This type of nightmare is not entirely a figment of the imagination; it is a manifestation of the obsessions of certain people in reality. The memories of those people after their death are condensed into a nightmare, which represents a scene they can never forget. To pass the second type of nightmare, you must find out the obsession of the dream's owner and help them resolve their resentment. The difficulty of this type of nightmare varies greatly depending on the strength of the obsession."

"The third type of nightmare is very strange. I don't know if you have encountered it before. It is woven based on your own memories. While you are getting through the nightmare, the dream is also getting to know each of you. It will acquire your memories invisibly and then use your weaknesses to create corresponding nightmares, trapping you in them. When you can no longer distinguish between dreams and reality, you will be forever lost in the dream and become a new nightmare."

The third type of nightmare that Zhang Mingli mentioned has only been experienced by Han Fei. There are many players, but 99% of them are not qualified to have their dreams "customized" as nightmares.

“The fourth type of nightmare is the shrine rule nightmare. This type of nightmare is more like a cage. It imprisons some things that the dream wants to obtain. It is a dream that the dream itself twisted a long time ago. The one I am in is the rule nightmare.” Zhang Mingli used himself as an example: “The dream wants to obtain pure love and completely strip away this emotion. It is also constantly observing and simulating various human emotions until its own nightmare can perfectly restore it.”

"These kinds of nightmares usually seem normal and don't feel too scary, but once you break the rules set by the dream, you will suffer extremely terrible punishment."

“The dream itself is not here; it can only draw upon the power reserved in the shrine, which is an unspeakable set of rules.”

Zhang Mingli also brought Han Fei a very important piece of information: only within the nightmare of the shrine rules can dreams use the rules to employ unspeakable power to kill.

“The fifth type of nightmare is what I call the most special nightmare. I suspect that this type of nightmare is shaped by the dream's own experiences and is the reason for the dream's birth. I know that such nightmares exist in the shrine, but I have never seen them. They are hidden too deeply.” Zhang Mingli asked Han Fei for paper and pen and drew a complex pattern on it: “The dream becomes stronger by collecting all kinds of nightmares. Its ability seems to have no end, but the foundation supporting everything should be those few most special nightmares. All ordinary nightmares revolve around the most special nightmares. I cannot deduce the location of those nightmares, but if we have enough clues and have explored enough nightmares, we may be able to grasp the patterns between nightmares.”

Teacher Zhang is very capable. In his dream, he said he controlled the score to confess his love. Han Fei and Huang Ying even laughed at him, but he really has this ability. You can tell from the nightmare operation prediction diagram that Teacher Zhang drew freehand that he is very intelligent.

"This drawing of yours is very important." Han Fei put the several drawings that Teacher Zhang had drawn into his inventory: "If I had put all my points into mental power, I could probably deduce some things by now, but I put all my points into physical power."

"I thought you had all the charm you had?" Teacher Zhang looked at Han Fei with some surprise.

"As expected of Teacher Zhang, you really know how to praise people." Han Fei waved his hand sheepishly and continued, "Since we don't have the brainpower, I'll take this picture out of the game and ask the professionals for advice."

Han Fei conceived a plan: he wanted to get Number Two into "Perfect Life" as well.

The second child is the smartest person Han Fei has ever met, and also possesses abilities related to fate. He is the most powerful and unspeakable person on his side besides the maniacal laughter.

However, once Number Two enters the game, Han Fei in reality will likely be attacked by the dream, and his safety will be completely compromised.

After discussing the matter, Han Fei once again used his Greedy personality to drag the two players who died in the nightmare out of the game.

The consciousnesses of these two players are covered with butterfly patterns. In a sense, they are no longer normal people, but have been transformed by nightmares into something between humans and ghosts. That is why Han Fei's greedy personality can have an effect.

Using the secret of touching the soul, Han Fei pressed down on the player's head, his eyes slowly narrowing.

"I never expected to catch such a big fish."

The players who were tricked by Meng into killing Han Fei this time were not bewitched by Meng after entering the game, but were members of the three major criminal organizations who had been Meng's followers for a long time.

These are the people who built the shrines in the main city of the shallow world. Their souls are colorful, but their hearts are rotten and filthy, emitting a pungent stench.

By touching the secrets deep within their souls, Han Fei gleaned some information from these two players: the number of Dream followers was large, they were developing in secret, and they possessed unique communication signals.

These bastards would enter buildings shrouded in gray fog at night because they all had butterfly patterns hidden on their bodies, so the gray fog wouldn't obstruct their vision. They could see each other even in the gray fog, so many of their plans were made in buildings shrouded in gray fog.

However, the vast majority of believers are merely executors; there are only eleven decision-makers, each corresponding to one of the eleven shrines.

To evade players' searches, some decision-makers simply hid in buildings shrouded in gray fog, while others infiltrated large guilds and disguised themselves as players.

Because Han Fei and Huang Ying are too powerful, they can only wait for the right opportunity to make a move.

The two players captured by Han Fei belonged to the same decision-maker, whose name Han Fei was very familiar with—Fu Yun.

Once Gao Xing's most trusted subordinate, and the second-ranked Joker, Fu Yun has now become the executor of the Dream Core Project.

"The identities of the eleven decision-makers are all very special. Among them are living people in reality, and it seems that there are also ghosts who have crawled out from the deep world." Han Fei felt fear in the souls of the two believers. Compared with Fu Yun, the other decision-makers seemed to have transcended the realm of humanity.

After the search was completed, Han Fei put the souls of the two players into the Abyss of Greed: "It seems I have to leave the game for a while. These eleven people are closely related to the dream. The police have been tracking down those super criminals for a long time. Maybe I can get some clues from the police."

"Wait a moment, I'll have the researchers at Deep Space Technology send you the troubleshooting report." Huang Ying immediately sent a communication invitation to Deep Space Technology. Han Fei was now the only bridge between the shallow world and reality, and all information had to be transmitted through him.

Not long after, Deep Space Technology sent over the investigation results, all of which were contained in a very illusory white box.

"This is the key to Deep Space Technology. Anyone with the necessary permissions can open it. As long as you can exit the game, the information in the key will be automatically entered into the game pod. You just need to transfer it again."

After putting away the key, Han Fei covered his face and ran out of the Happiness Community compound.

He wandered around the cemetery, funeral parlors, and haunted houses in the main city for a full five hours before successfully triggering the mission.

After completing the task, Han Fei returned to the Happy Community and logged out of the game.

Compared to the last time I left, the gray cocoon that shrouds the entire city is more realistic, and four million players are gradually being enveloped within it.

"It's growing so fast!"

After removing the gaming helmet, Han Fei anonymously sent the information from the key to the internal network of the Shanghai police.

After attracting the attention of the police, Han Fei stopped causing trouble and called his assistant, Tao, to see Du Jing one more time.

Number Two only has one brain left. To successfully send Number Two into "Perfect Life", a special device needs to be customized. Han Fei himself does not have this capability and must rely on the power of two major technology companies.

A few minutes later, Assistant Tao had already parked the car downstairs at Han Fei's building. He jogged over and invited Han Fei downstairs, and the two of them went to the Xinhu Yongsheng Laboratory together.

The Immortal Laboratory is the largest biological laboratory in Shanghai. Many of the life experiments of Immortal Pharmaceuticals have achieved breakthroughs here, and Du Jing is the owner of this laboratory.

It is said that before Fu Tian became successful, the Du Jing family was already a pharmaceutical giant in Shanghai. It was the full support of the Du Jing family that led to the later establishment of Yong Sheng Pharmaceutical.

"She's waiting for you in the lab."

Led by the navigation robot, Han Fei pushed open the door to the laboratory.

Du Jing stood next to a android corpse, looking even younger than she had a few days ago: "Please sit wherever you like."

"I told you about Fu Sheng when we last met, do you remember him?" Han Fei had no intention of sitting down to talk. He went straight to Du Jing's side and said, "Fu Sheng also has a half-sister named Fu Yi, the 'Yi' in 'memory'; Fu Sheng also has three children of his own. Do you remember any of these things?"

Because Zhang Mingli said he heard singing in his nightmare, Han Fei suspected that the unspeakable being imprisoned in the shrine was related to Fu Sheng's children.

“I’m hearing all of this for the first time.” Du Jing also wanted to know more about Fu Sheng. She knew he was a very important person to her, but she had really forgotten about him. “Since we talked last time, I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. Maybe there’s something about him that’s still preserved somewhere.”

"where?"

"Come with me." Du Jing gestured for Assistant Tao to leave, and she led Han Fei to the elevator inside the immortality laboratory by herself: "My family used to be a leading enterprise in Shanghai. Fu Tian's first few life experiments were funded by me."

"Is this the memory you retain?" Han Fei still remembered everything that happened in the world of the shrine. In that past without him, Fu Sheng endured all the despair. Most importantly, he not only did not turn evil, but also successfully controlled the black box, and firmly chose to stand on the side of humanity until his death.

"Isn't that how it is?" Du Jing said calmly, her eyes cloudy and weary, as if she no longer cared about the truth: "The place I took you to is the laboratory where Fu Tian first conducted life experiments. I remember someone who often locked himself in the laboratory and would be busy for several days at a time. I used to think that person was Fu Tian, ​​but now I think he should be the Fu Sheng you mentioned."

The numbers on the elevator display screen changed rapidly. Du Jing used her highest level of access to lead Han Fei into the deepest part of the laboratory.

This is a corner that everyone has forgotten; even Du Jing hasn't been here for a long time.

"Number 0000? Lab Zero?" Looking at the number on the door, Han Fei thought of his game number.

“This was the first laboratory that Fu Tian owned. Later, with the rapid development of Yong Sheng Pharmaceuticals, this laboratory was abandoned. Apart from Fu Tian and me, almost no one knows about it.” Du Jing stopped in front of the laboratory door and turned to look at Han Fei: “I have given you the only key that can open this laboratory.”

"Is the key on me?" Han Fei took out the black communication bracelet that Du Jing had given him earlier. When he put his hand with the bracelet on into the doorway, the laboratory, which had been abandoned for many years, was restarted.

The dusty metal door slowly opened, and Han Fei looked into the laboratory.

On the pure black shelves lay heavy gaming helmets, most of them badly damaged, as if pierced by sharp blades, and some stained with blood.

Each gaming helmet is engraved with a number, starting from number one and proceeding sequentially.

“All the helmets are here, arranged on the shelves according to their numbers. I’ve been here before, but I don’t know why he made so many psychological healing aid helmets.” Du Jing picked up a helmet at random. These heavy devices were not originally for playing games, but to create a stable mental treatment environment for patients who had suffered severe psychological trauma.

“If we start from number one, all the helmets are indeed there, but is it possible that there is also a number zero helmet?” Han Fei walked to the center of the laboratory, where a huge operating table was placed.

The tabletop should have had a metallic sheen, but perhaps because it was covered in too much blood, the surface of the operating table had turned into a creepy dark brown.

"Was the helmet that Fu Sheng gave me made here?"

Han Fei tried to activate the ritual next to the operating table, and surprisingly, it was still functioning normally after so many years.

"The energy system of this laboratory is connected to the backup hidden energy system of the main laboratory. Even if the main laboratory is destroyed, this place can still be used normally." Du Jing looked at Han Fei silently, wanting to get an answer from him.

(End of this chapter)