At that moment, Ying Yue had completely transformed into a monster, a monster who had lost all reason and was hysterical.
Yet, even in the face of such a terrifying and fierce Ying Yue, the two small goldfish showed no fear at all, as if no matter what Ying Yue turned into, they would always stay by her side.
Her palm, tainted with strong Curse and grudge, ultimately did not smash the fish tank. Black threads continued to emerge from the arm that Ying Yue pressed against the fish tank, as the immense shadow gradually shrank.
The blood-red eyes in the room slowly disappeared into the darkness, and by the time the last pair of eyes closed, the terrifying monster in Room 1084 was gone, replaced by a girl in a little dress.
Her eyes tightly closed, her two hands touching the fish tank, on the other side of the glass, the two little goldfish kept swimming around her fingertips.
They couldn’t touch each other, but it seemed like they could sense each other’s presence.
"Ying Yue, your dad and mom want to be your eyes, they want to accompany you forever," Han Fei slowly placed the fish tank on the ground, squatting on either side of it with Ying Yue, "I’m a friend of your parents. Do you know what their last wish was?"
The girl with her eyes tightly shut raised her head; she was sweet and lovely, exactly like the photo on the missing person poster.
"Your parents hope you can grow up healthy, they hope you are happy, they hope you find happiness, they want you to see all the beauty in the world for them."
Han Fei quietly sat down next to Ying Yue: "I will help you catch those who have harmed you, and after those people receive their deserved punishment, how about we discover the beauty of this world together?"
The two small hands touching the aquarium, the goldfish joyfully wagged their tails, the ripples they stirred up seemed like ripples extending from a dream.
Han Fei sighed with relief, he tried to gently touch Ying Yue’s head: "Girl, I will be your family from now on."
In the eerie and terrifying old house, the warm and gentle boy-next-door comforted the blind girl who had lost her parents, creating a scene that inexplicably brought healing.
The room with the heaviest grudge was the Princess room, and to prevent Ying Yue from losing her reason again, Han Fei carefully moved the fish tank to the Princess room.
Upon entering, Han Fei was quite surprised to find the craft he made by hand was still there, the Mingmei Paperman, pierced with nails, was placed beside the pillow.
"It seems you really like the little trinket I made." Smiling, Han Fei was planning another matter in his heart: "I will bring in the child who bullied you, those who do wrong must be punished, that is what fairness is."
Upon hearing Han Fei’s voice, the little girl who had been standing by the fish tank suddenly turned her head; she stood facing Han Fei and gently nodded.
"Resident 0000, please note! Friendliness with Ying Yue increased by five!"
The system alert rang in his Brain Sea, and Han Fei knew he had temporarily escaped danger.
"Bringing a living person into ’Perfect Life’ is extremely difficult, but how can I know it’s impossible without trying? Maybe the answer lies in some room on the tenth floor. After all, that old man tricked me into this game in a similar manner."
Ying Yue squatting on the ground watched the goldfish in the tank, Han Fei did not want to disturb her, he went alone to the living room.
The feeling of being watched had completely vanished, and the room’s temperature had also returned to normal.
"I should be able to leave now, right?" He walked to the living room security door, grabbed the handle gently, and pushed, and the door swung open.
A cold breeze rushed into the room, and Han Fei received yet another system alert.
"Player 0000, please note! The G-level hidden mission, Pupil House, has been completed! Ying Yue’s friendliness increased by twenty! You’ve received the basic reward—one Free Skill Point!"
"Attention! The rewards vary depending on the mission completion level! You not only successfully escaped, but also alleviated Ying Yue’s pain and helped her regain some of her sanity, achieving over 90% completion of the mission! You are granted the unique hidden mission reward—the exclusive passive ability, Child King."
"Child King (Exclusive Passive Skill, cannot be upgraded with Skill Points): You naturally possess a certain charisma that endears you to children, allowing you to easily blend in and become their friend, family member, or even a mentor in life."
Seeing his new exclusive ability, Han Fei was also taken aback, "Is this ability specifically for deceiving kids?"
Upon further reflection, Han Fei realized he indeed seemed quite popular with children; Chenchen had given him a "surprise" upon his game login, then he happily played with Cry, and now he had partially healed Ying Yue’s pain. Indeed, Han Fei’s relationship with the kids in the building was not bad at all.
"Do I really have such a charisma? Then I can specifically make friends with younger Fierce Ghosts in the future."
After completing the mission, Han Fei didn’t rush to leave; instead, he first found the two hidden pieces of the Human-body Puzzle on the eighth floor.
"Now, just two more pieces on the ninth floor, and I can complete the F-level mission in advance."
Easier said than done, but truly finding those two pieces on the ninth floor was too difficult.
"Tonight is the last night; if I don’t find all the puzzle pieces, the F-level mission will fail."
Han Fei was somewhat unwilling to accept this as he knew the locations of all the puzzle pieces, and the difficulty of this mission had already been lowered to its minimum.
"I’ll go check if Xu Qin is home first and discuss it with her."
Returning to the fifth floor, Xu Qin’s apartment door was still firmly shut. However, the "death" character on her door seemed to have multiplied.
"Buying groceries for three days? Could she have met with some accident?"
Still short of three hours of game time, Han Fei didn’t dare to venture into too dangerous places.
He first sought Meng Shi to inquire about the ninth floor. Meng Shi had never been to the ninth floor, but she kept emphasizing to Han Fei that all neighbors who went there had never returned.
Unable to gather any useful information, Han Fei then sought out Cry.
He had intended to test the Child King ability through Cry, but unexpectedly made a surprising gain.
It was unclear whether it was the effect of Child King or if Cry had simply changed his opinion of him, but their interaction became increasingly harmonious, and Cry completely let his guard down around Han Fei.
When Han Fei tactfully expressed his wish to go to the ninth floor, Cry, who had been fairly stable emotionally, suddenly filled with fear. He pointed around the empty room, then lifted his still unhealed arms, his expression fierce and frightening.
"Are you trying to tell me that you’ve been to the ninth floor before?" It took Han Fei a while to understand what Cry meant.
The last time this child played Hide-and-Seek with Han Fei, since he couldn’t find Han Fei in the house, he believed Han Fei’s "Ghost" talk and ran off to disturb the other neighbors.
As a result, some Little Ghosts who went to the ninth floor never returned. Cry wanted to check out the ninth floor, but as soon as he reached the space between the eighth and ninth floors, he sensed something was wrong. The ninth floor was enveloped by an astonishing Grudge Energy, easy to enter but impossible to leave.
Cry had not made it to the ninth floor, merely reaching the area between the eighth and ninth floors, yet even so, he had escaped back at the cost of two arms.