Chapter 32: All Ghost Stories Are Lies
"Brother Huang, besides the Easter eggs left by the late founder, are there any other bizarre rumors in this game? I'm more interested in these."
"If you're really curious, you can find a lot of information on any game forum, but most of them are rumors." Huang Ying said disdainfully, "I've seen a post that made a serious analysis, saying that there are ways to see ghosts in the game. He listed several points, such as entering the Night Paradise at midnight, pushing open the room in the center of the maze, and you can see the door to another world; entering the funeral street alone in the early morning, there is a chance to meet a talking paper man; and there is a chance of encountering a ghost in chat room 444 at 4 a.m. I play games every night and pop into chat room 444 every day, but I've never seen a ghost!"
"Indeed, many ghost stories are lies." Han Fei tried his best to show a simple expression.
"These rumors are obviously false. Some rumors were spread as if they were true, and deceived many beta testers, such as the existence of a deep world in the game and the dark version of Perfect Life."
"The deep world?"
"Do you still remember the tester who massacred an entire neighborhood? After he went crazy, he kept saying that he saw ghosts in the game and ran to a place full of evil spirits. He also said that all NPCs in the game must be killed." Huang Ying also showed an incomprehensible look: "Although there were cases of players killing NPCs in the early testing, it can be said that there has never been anyone as crazy as him. Many internal test players believed what that person said, so they started looking for the deep world."
"So the deep world is a place ?"
"Is it possible for such a place to exist in the game? Don't you forget that Perfect Life is a game for healing humanity? Unless the game operators and developers don't even know about this deep world, they would never allow such a dangerous element to exist in their game." Huang Ying waved his hand: "As the game continues to be tested internally, fewer and fewer people believe that there is a deep world in Perfect Life."
"That makes sense. So it's the beta tester's own fault?"
"No one knows the exact reason. Maybe he was suddenly stimulated by something. Although he didn't kill anyone in real life, because of his extraordinary behavior, he has been identified as moderately dangerous by the citizen system. He is now being held in the intensive care unit of the Xinhu Mental Hospital for psychological correction treatment."
"Xinhu Psychiatric Hospital Critical Care Unit..." Han Fei wrote down the place name and stopped talking about it. "Brother Huang, thank you for showing me around today. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
"Brother, I feel like we met too late. I haven't had such a pleasant chat in a long time."
Huang Ying is a chatterbox, but the people around him don't seem willing to listen to him until Han Fei appears.
In order to get more information, Han Fei would carefully think about every word Huang Ying said and then respond. He is simply the best listener.
"Maybe it's because we have the same interests and hobbies. When the public beta of "Perfect Life" is launched, we will see you in the game." Han Fei took out his mobile phone and added Huang Ying's social account.
Under the pressure brought by the "Perfect Life" game, Han Fei's interpersonal skills have made new breakthroughs.
"Okay, I'll take you to do the rarest mission with the best payout, so you can see the strength of the beta testers." Huang Ying approached Han Fei and spoke when he saw that there was no one around. "During the test, I also found a hidden mission with a 1% chance of being triggered. We can do it together after the public beta test."
"Hidden missions...are they rare?" Han Fei looked like a game novice.
"Of course! Hidden missions are only heard of in rumors. It's incredible luck to come across one. Don't be stupid enough to tell others that I know about the hidden mission!"
"Okay, thanks, Huang."
Han Fei left the game exhibition hall and prepared to go directly to the Xinhu Mental Hospital. From his point of view, the tester might have really entered a world full of evil spirits.
He rushed to the mental hospital, but Han Fei tried every possible way to find out any information about the tester.
Later, he was directly kicked out by the nurse. From the nurse's tone, it seemed that there were many people like him before and people were used to it.
Most of those who came to inquire about the news were players of "Perfect Life". They had the same idea as Han Fei, and planned to find the deep world through testers, but unfortunately they all gained nothing.
By nightfall, Han Fei had no choice but to give up.
After going to a restaurant alone and having a good meal, and after his body was healed by the delicious food, Han Fei returned home and prepared to start healing his "soul".
Although it was only a few days, he no longer had the initial fear and anxiety. Even he was surprised by this change in mentality.
Read books, study, analyze the case, remember all the information about the victim, and exercise.
At midnight, Han Fei connected all the lines, put on his gaming helmet, and lay down on the bed.
"Welcome to the perfect life. Now you can choose your own perfect life!"
The blood color faded, Han Fei opened his eyes, and it was pitch black around him. He was sitting in the corner of the haunted house.
"The clock on the wall is exactly zero. The time here is exactly the same as in reality."
Han Fei took a deep breath. Just as he was about to get up from the ground, a cold prompt sounded in his mind.
"Attention, player No. 0000! The novice protection period has expired! The novice tasks - taking a shower; novice tasks - sleeping (unfinished) will be replaced soon! Please carefully decide whether to give up the novice tasks permanently!"
"The novice protection period has expired?" Han Fei was completely confused when he heard the voice in his mind. "I almost lost my life several times these times, and you tell me this is still the novice protection period? How dangerous will it be outside after the novice protection period?"
Before Han Fei could recover from his shock, he heard a loud noise. He hurriedly stood up and leaned over the window to watch. It seemed that a body had been thrown down from the upstairs.
"Good boy? Did you just dump the body like this?"
Han Fei didn't know what happened upstairs, but he was sure that it was definitely not a good thing.
"Player No. 0000, please note! The novice mission will be replaced soon! Do you want to give up the novice mission forever?"
The voice of the system in his mind kept forcing Han Fei to make a choice, but in fact he had no choice at all. The novice mission was at least in this room, but the replacement mission was not certain, and the difficulty might soar.
Seeing the novice tasks gradually turn gray, Han Fei gritted his teeth and accepted two novice tasks at the same time.
"Player No. 0000 accepts the G-level novice mission - sleep!"
"Note: After a novice mission fails, the mission will not disappear, but the difficulty of the mission will increase slightly after each failure!"
"Task requirements: Please turn off all the lights in the house and lie on the bed in the bedroom within five minutes. No matter what happens, you cannot leave the bed within three hours."
"Player No. 0000 accepts the G-level novice mission - taking a bath!"
"Take a Shower (Novice Task): Every time you take a shower at night, it always feels like there's another person in the room."
"Task requirements: Before 4 a.m., use game props to clean your body, face, and head. The total cleaning time must not be less than 20 minutes."
