The normal "Perfect Life" game had already completely deleted the map where the Death Building was located, but that building still existed in the Deep World and had become one of the most terrifying buildings in Han Fei’s memory.
The mad tester from Eternal Life Pharmaceutical, having learnt about the Deep World and Fu Sheng in the Death Building, killed all the residents in the area. Judging from his various abnormal behaviors, Han Fei suspected there might be a passage connecting to the Deep World within the Death Building.
This was a very important discovery for him. If he could find an exit to the Shallow World inside the Death Building of the Deep World, he would be able to freely travel between the deep and shallow layers, securing himself an additional way out.
Han Fei was contemplating matters related to the Death Building at the table, while Huang Ying and Feng Ziyu’s focus was on Fu Sheng.
They believed the tester’s madness was related to Fu Sheng, and from the worst perspective, the tester might even have been driven mad by Fu Sheng.
"The Chairman of Eternal Life Pharmaceutical actually has an older brother. He hid him very deeply," they remarked.
"Compared to his brother, the older one seems to be an even more terrifying person," Feng Ziyu scrolled through the data on her phone. "I was once a ’cybersecurity expert’ for Eternal Life Pharmaceutical. Since the incident with Brother Zhang, I have been secretly gathering information, but up until now, all I have managed to find out is that Fu Sheng once received mental health treatment. Besides that, I haven’t found any information related to him, not even a photo. It’s like he’s a ghost. There’s a name, but I guess no one besides the Chairman of Eternal Life Pharmaceutical really knows who he truly is."
"Could that Fu Sheng be living forever within the game? Technically speaking, with the technological breakthroughs in brain domain consciousness, virtual eternal life is no longer just a hypothesis," Huang Ying took a sip of coffee from his cup.
"It’s possible; I’m even starting to suspect that the Deep World is the place they use to store the data of deceased people’s consciousness," Feng Ziyu looked at Han Fei and Huang Ying. "The reason Brother Zhang went insane is because his mind seemed to be occupied by various disordered consciousnesses. I can’t figure out where those consciousnesses could have come from. The only reasonable explanation is that there exists another deep layer in the game."
Unlike those online groups exploring the Deep World, the three people in the Street Corner Cafe were firm believers in its existence.
Feng Ziyu had witnessed her colleague’s descent into madness and saw everything with her own eyes.
Huang Ying, on the other hand, had accidentally entered the Deep World and personally experienced that terror.
As for Han Fei, there was even less need to say; as the owner of the Black Box, he was the most knowledgeable about the Deep World among them.
The fact that these three people could meet among the teeming masses was indeed no small feat.
"’Perfect Life’ will have a public test in half a month. I plan to try entering that hidden map again tonight," Huang Ying pointed to the data on his phone. "Now the key issue is that I still haven’t figured out the trigger condition for that hidden map. Since the last time I managed to enter, I have never succeeded again."
"I know almost all the trigger conditions for missions in the game. We can try them one by one over the next few days."
"Okay," Huang Ying said, then took out three identity information cards from his pocket. "From now on, whenever we have any issues, let’s meet in this cafe. With these information cards, you can go directly to the second floor. Once the game goes public, the three of us can form a team specifically to explore the Deep World."
"Let’s name the team Street Corner Cafe. We shouldn’t discuss anything related to the Deep World with anyone else in reality. Let’s discuss everything in this cafe," Feng Ziyu looked at Huang Ying and Han Fei, and very selflessly shared some game experience. "’Perfect Life,’ although primarily a therapeutic leisure life simulation game, also has a combat system based on reality. When you choose your main profession, do not pick those completely non-combative wellness professions."
After this, he gestured for Han Fei to pay attention to a certain part of the projection, "Among the three of us, you have the strongest fighting ability. I suggest you choose the profession of a private detective. This profession allows a high degree of freedom; the professional talent can enhance insight ability, analysis, and investigative skills, and also has skills to strengthen fighting ability. It’s very suitable for you. The prerequisite task for transitioning to a private detective is to participate in investigations before level ten. Later, I will tell you about the cases I know."
"What about me?" Huang Ying also wanted to hear Feng Ziyu’s advice.
"The doctor profession is extremely difficult to master and lacks combat power, but a doctor is indispensable to a team," Feng Ziyu pondered for a moment before saying. "I know a very special hidden profession that is highly suitable for you and could help us in exploring the Deep World, although the difficulty in transitioning to this hidden profession is very high."
"Blood Doctor," Feng Ziyu said carefully.
"I studied medicine, and I’ve never heard of that profession," Huang Ying expressed his confusion.
"The Blood Doctor is a character in the game; originally, the NPC was a forensic doctor who, due to certain reasons, was dismissed and then opened his own dental clinic. He was skilled, elegant, and kind, very popular among the residents on the street; however, the man was actually a madman. He hunted down customers who entered his clinic. Even after the facts were revealed, he managed to flee successfully, later becoming the most infamous criminal in the virtual city," Feng Ziyu recounted the game plot. "To transition to a Blood Doctor, you need to enter the dental clinic before level ten and capture that NPC personally."
"At the final stage of this mission, you can make a choice; either turn the Blood Doctor over to the police, or kill him directly. If you choose to kill the Blood Doctor, he will curse you before he dies," Feng Ziyu tapped on the table. "Normally, the mission would end at this step, and you can simply collect the reward. However, I know a special Easter Egg; if you dispose of the Blood Doctor’s corpse, you will be cursed by the Blood Doctor and become the new Blood Doctor, destined to accept the fate originally meant for him."
"Is that reliable? It sounds a bit risky?" Huang Ying showed a bitter smile. "Blood Doctor Huang Ying, that sounds really strange."
"After transitioning to a Blood Doctor, your brain power and physical strength will both improve, and the Blood Doctor also has many professional talents. Overall, the potential is enormous."
"There’s no free lunch in the world, surely getting so much means having to pay some price, right?"
"The price is that you might be arrested by the police while wandering in the city during the day, because the original Blood Doctor’s body was disposed of by you, making it very likely that you are the real murderer in the dental clinic," Feng Ziyu explained all the mission steps to Huang Ying, and also shared many secrets from the game with Han Fei.