Chapter 35 The Landlord's Legacy
"Pupil mold, leg mold, hand mold, lip mold... This perverted murderer took the most beautiful parts of the victims, and then used them to piece together the eighth body. Is this what the murderer meant by transformation from a cocoon to a butterfly?"
There was an eighth deceased person in the human puzzle, but the face and key body parts of that deceased person were from other deceased persons. The police extracted and tested various things and found that there was no information about the eighth deceased person in the citizen database.
It is puzzling and disturbing that someone was killed without a name, without a past, and without leaving the slightest trace in this technologically advanced cyber world.
"Information about the other seven victims can be found online, but not about the eighth. The police have not released any information about the eighth victim..." What made Han Fei even more confused was that when he was watching TV, a monster appeared behind him. The monster's body only contained the faces of the seven victims.
"Could it be that the eighth dead person is the monster itself?"
Han Fei wanted to find out the truth. He lived in the haunted house and kept the victims company. He could clearly feel the victims' pain and despair.
Whether it is to avenge the deceased or to survive better in the game, he will try his best to catch the murderer.
The situation in the haunted house is now very strange. As the only living person, Han Fei is huddled in the quilt in the bedroom. In the living room outside, several figures with their backs to him are watching a TV without any images. All the "people" seem to be waiting for something to appear.
The cold light from the TV illuminated the pale face. As the pointer moved step by step, the temperature of the entire room slowly dropped.
"What are they waiting for?"
The night had reached its darkest hour, and the entire apartment building and the outside world seemed to be starting to become more abnormal.
There was a sound of fingernails scratching on the wall, the voice-controlled lights in the corridor suddenly lit up, and the wooden boards of the windows slowly cracked, as if bugs were crawling outside the dilapidated apartment building.
However, no matter what happened outside, those figures kept their backs to Han Fei until three in the morning.
The image on the TV gradually became clear. In the dark living room, five people who had died tragically were sitting on the sofa. They were sitting facing the TV, as if they were trying to find something through the TV.
What are they looking for?
Han Fei peeked out from the gap in the quilt. The pattern on TV became clearer and clearer. The five silhouettes were the five dead people in the human body puzzle pattern. The picture on TV showed how they died tragically.
Each of their bodies was incomplete, their faces were bloodless, and their pale pupils were throbbing in their eye sockets.
"What are they looking for?" Han Fei became extremely uneasy and looked towards the TV.
After careful observation, he saw the half-open bedroom door in the corner of the screen, and also saw his own eyes vaguely visible through the gap in the quilt.
"I'm on TV too?"
The ghost on the TV screen showed a tragic death, and the scene being played at this time seemed to be the real appearance of this haunted house.
Looking at those tragic faces and staring at those terrifying eyes, Han Fei didn't even have the courage to look outside.
"Are they looking for me?"
Just as Han Fei saw himself on TV, the child sitting at the end of the sofa stood up and walked slowly towards the TV, as if he had discovered something unusual.
"Am I destined to be unlucky by children?"
It is already three o'clock in the morning. Han Fei's task will be completed in five minutes. He said he would hold on through this period no matter what.
To avoid being discovered, he didn't even plan to look outside. He curled up in the quilt and waited for the system's prompt.
"I have to hold on for five minutes no matter what. Come on! Even if you all stand outside now, even if you want to kill me, I have to hold on for five minutes!"
The temperature in the haunted house continued to drop, and Han Fei's heart was pounding. He didn't know whether the ghosts had come in. He was even prepared for the bed to be full of ghosts.
The phrase "days pass by like years" is not appropriate to describe Han Fei now. He feels that every second is stretched infinitely.
Opening the property panel, Han Fei focused on the exit button in the corner of the panel, but at this moment, he heard the sound of the door opening again, and this time the other party seemed to enter his room directly.
"When I leave alive, I will definitely help you find the murderer! We live under the same roof. I will come to chat with you at night and burn paper for you during the day. Give me a chance, family members."
Han Fei was so nervous that he started talking nonsense. After all, he had no similar experience before.
"Player No. 0000, please note! The novice mission "Sleeping" has been completed! The free skill point is increased by one, and the mission reward - the landlord's key is obtained."
"Player No. 0000, please note! Because the difficulty of the novice mission has increased slightly, an additional mission reward is added - three cigarettes from the landlord."
"Landlord's Key (G-level Bloody Item): After the landlord passed away, the spare key to the building disappeared. I don't know if it was stolen by someone or borrowed by a ghost."
"The landlord's three cigarettes (G-level bloody item): After the landlord passed away, his three children offered three cigarettes in front of his altar."
Hearing the voice in his head, Han Fei breathed a sigh of relief. When he found that the exit button was lit, he instantly felt that he was fine again.
"Life is full of ups and downs. My nerves are probably as hard as steel now. No setbacks in reality can knock me down."
Han Fei subconsciously looked at the inventory. All mission rewards would be stored in the inventory first.
"The rewards for the novice missions all contain the word 'landlord'. They seem to be the landlord's inheritance. Is this game planning to make me the new landlord?"
"It seems that it is meaningful for me to insist on completing all the novice tasks. The landlord's key alone may come in handy in the future. The system's initial prompt was indeed correct. Completing all the novice tasks can help me understand this world more clearly."
Han Fei was glad that he did not give up the novice mission. The generous reward for the sleeping mission also made him determined to complete the bathing mission.
"The three novice tasks should correspond to three rewards for the landlord. The ring can sense ghosts, and the key is used to open the doors of other rooms. I wonder what the reward for the bathing task will be?"
Everyone is greedy. When Han Fei was sure that he could quit the game at any time, he decided to take another big gamble: "You can do the bathing task before 4 a.m. I will try to get all the novice task rewards!"
Slowly lifting a corner of the quilt, Han Fei saw Wei Youfu standing at the bedroom door. He used his body to block the view of other ghosts.
"When did he show up?" Recalling the time of Wei Youfu's death, Han Fei was not too surprised.
He looked at Wei Youfu's back and suddenly felt that Youfu was different from the other ghosts in the room.
Those ghosts had damaged bodies, but Wei Youfu's body was intact, at least on the surface.
"Youfu seemed to have no ill will towards me from the beginning, which is different from other ghosts. Could he still retain some of his memories and humanity?"
