Chapter 28: Rules for Survival in an Apartment Building
Picking up the books on the freezer, Han Fei tried to put them into the inventory, but failed and the system did not give any corresponding prompts.
"I always feel that there are secrets hidden in these books left by the third brother Meng Changan. Through these books, maybe we can figure out what kind of person the third brother is."
Han Fei tried to look through the books in the freezer , but all the books were badly damaged and could not be read at all. He had no choice but to rely on his superb memory that he had developed while memorizing lines, and wrote down the names of those books, ready to check them after leaving the game.
Meng Shi spoke out the secret buried deep in her heart, and all the guilt and uneasiness she had been hiding were revealed. At this time, she was still kneeling next to the freezer.
"Grandma, cheer up, you still have to take care of Chenchen. No matter what, he has never made any mistakes. You can't let a child share the pain of adults."
Although Chenchen was a naughty child, he was killed together with the old man without even seeing the real world. If we talk about pity, he is the most innocent and pitiful.
After helping the old woman up, Han Fei carried Chenchen into the bedroom and put him on the bed. "Grandma, I will come to help you often in the future. If you have any problems, you can come upstairs to find me and we can discuss it together."
Han Fei treated Meng Shi's place as a safe house. After logging into the game, he would stay here for three hours. Then, as long as he completed a task, he could log off at any time. It was perfect.
Meng Shi, who was still in great pain, didn't know this. She was just surprised: "After knowing this, you are still willing to help me?"
Meng Shi has paid the price of his life for his mistake, but Han Fei is not going to say that. He just wants to survive in this underworld game.
"Take good care of Chenchen and don't let him run around. Even for the sake of this child, you have to hold on." After saying this, Han Fei found a pen and paper in the room and prepared to get to the point.
The reason why he tried so hard to improve the old man's friendliness and gain his trust was for the next moment.
Han Fei didn't know much about this world, and he needed someone to provide him with intelligence. Old lady Meng Shi had lived here for a long time, and she was the most suitable candidate.
"Grandma, the building manager hasn't shown up for such a long time. It's very likely that something has happened. I want to go to the tenth floor to check."
"It's very dangerous upstairs, you'd better not go up." Meng Shi directly persuaded Han Fei to give up.
"If you don't do it because it's dangerous, the danger will spread to you sooner or later, and it will be too late to escape by then." Han Fei picked up the pen in his hand: "Grandma, you have lived here for a long time, can you tell me what taboos are in this building?"
Seeing that Han Fei had made up his mind, Meng Shi did not stop him. She thought for a while before saying, "The haunted house 1044 where you live is a taboo in itself. There is also room 1034 on the third floor. Almost no neighbors will go to these two rooms. Usually, people will speed up when they pass by."
"Is there any place in the building more dangerous than these two rooms?"
“Yes.” The old man nodded. “I don’t know what happened on the ninth floor. Except for the building manager, all the people who went upstairs never came down again. There is also a problem with the stairs between the seventh and eighth floors. If you go there after midnight, you might walk to another place and see something special.”
"Have you seen it?"
"If I had seen it, I'm afraid I wouldn't be alive today. I just heard about it." The old man was not very brave: "Something very strange happened in Room 1084 on the eighth floor. Someone met a girl there. When the building manager was still there, he often warned me not to go to the eighth floor alone. It seems that no one lives on the seventh floor. The original neighbors on the sixth floor moved out and were replaced by people from outside the community. I rarely come into contact with them. Normally, I will avoid them when I hear their voices."
"Are there several people living on the sixth floor ? Or did they come from outside the community?" Han Fei thought of the neighbor who came to visit his house. The other party first appeared on the sixth floor.
"Yes, in addition to these, there are many other things to pay attention to. For example, when you are walking in the corridor at night, if someone calls your name from behind, don't look back. Don't open the door casually if someone knocks in the middle of the night, because most of the neighbors living here will not visit at night. There is another thing I want to remind you, if you are in the corridor and the voice-activated light suddenly goes out, you must be extremely careful, because something may be coming..."
The old man told Han Fei a lot of things to pay attention to, and Han Fei wrote them all down.
"Grandma, you've lived here for a long time. Are there any neighbors in the building who you think have decent character? The kind that's suitable to be friends with?" Han Fei wanted to unite more people. He knew very well that one person's power was limited.
After thinking for a long time, the old lady shook her head and said, "There is no one who is particularly suitable to be a friend. If you have to choose one, I think the tenant living in room 1052 on the fifth floor is okay."
"The tenant of Room 1052?"
"Her name is Xu Qin, and she's a lunatic." The old lady seemed to be afraid that Han Fei didn't understand, and added: "Although she looks crazy, she has never hurt anyone. One time, Chenchen accidentally ran upstairs, and she brought Chenchen back."
"Okay, I will slowly get in touch with her and try to become friends with her." Han Fei was not afraid just because the other person was a lunatic. Compared with his roommate in the haunted house, a lunatic who would not hurt others was simply an angel.
"She is a poor person. Try to help her if you can."
"Well, I'll find a way to help her untie the knot in her heart." In the whole building, there were only two neighbors who could live in harmony with her. Han Fei was actually quite devastated in his heart, but he didn't show it.
After chatting for three hours, Han Fei hand-drew a map and marked all the known forbidden areas in the building.
"My ultimate goal is to enter Room 1101 where the building manager lives, find out why the other party chose me to play this game, and get everything that the building manager left behind."
"Before that, I have to become friends with the tenants of 1052 and unite as many residents in the building as possible."
You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so Han Fei decided to explore this game step by step while ensuring his own survival.
It was almost four o'clock in the morning when Han Fei left the old man's house. He sneaked into the corridor without disturbing anyone.
"There are some blood-red stains in the corridor, and there are many children's handprints on the railings and walls. It seems that Ku really made a big fuss in this residential building. This child must have suffered a lot in order to find me."
Han Fei returned to the haunted house 1044. The room was in a mess, as if a big fight had taken place there: "Did you cry here last night? Hey, can't everyone just live in harmony?"
