My 'Healing' Game

Zhang Mingli carried an aura, and after he spoke, no player dared to step forward.

"Move aside."

The people from Happiness Community took Han Fei away, and under the gaze of all the players on either side of the road, they safely returned to the Happiness Community headquarters.

The gate closed, Zhang Mingli lit another cigarette: "Want one? This thing numbs the pain."

"No thanks." Han Fei took out the grilled meat made by Xu Qin from the item bar and began to eat it in large bites: "I've been away for just a day and night, why does it feel like the players are looking at me differently?"

"Something indeed happened after you and Huang Ying left." Zhang Mingli couldn't explain it, so he called Bai Xian over.

Bai Xian, who stayed at the headquarters, ran over excitedly as soon as he saw Han Fei return, as if he'd finally found his pillar: "Han Fei, didn't you enter the nightmare with Huang Ying?"

"What happened?"

"After entering the nightmare last night, he hasn't come out until now! Those guild players have conducted tests showing that staying in a nightmare for more than twenty-four hours has a ninety-five percent probability of dying in it." Bai Xian was visibly anxious: "Someone in the city is spreading rumors, saying that Huang Ying was killed by the nightmare!"

"The eleventh layer of the nightmare is entirely different from the previous ones, with skyrocketing difficulty, taking longer is normal." Han Fei still trusted Huang Ying, who also had the paper airplane given by Number Two, so it should be fine.

"Huang Ying's disappearance is just part of it, there's an even more terrifying thing." Bai Xian opened the public chat hall for players, and in any room, discussions about Han Fei were being spread: "A player cleared the tenth layer of the nightmare, received task information from the system, saying that killing you would allow them to exit the game! Look here! He even sent related screenshots and videos!"

"Which guild's player is it?"

"He is not a guild player, but an anonymous free player, although this news has been confirmed by other players." Bai Xian felt a conspiracy brewing: "First trap Huang Ying, making Happiness Community lose its top player label, then target you as the nationwide assassination objective, using what the players crave most as bait, those who planned this are truly ruthless!"

A drowning person will desperately grab onto the straw by the shore, even knowing that the straw can't bear their weight, they will grip it tightly.

If players remain trapped in the game, some desperate ones would surely attempt to take on Han Fei, and those organized major guilds likely wouldn't stop them. Since the Black Box is on Han Fei, they would wish for someone to kill him, so they can righteously slay the murderer and openly vie for the Black Box.

That small box represents Eternal Life Pharmaceutical's original shares, the secret behind its rapid rise, allowing ordinary people to gain unfathomable wealth, and if other large companies get it, perhaps they could become the next Eternal Life Pharmaceutical.

Human greed was amplified, among four million trapped players, who knows how many have eyeing red.

"I cleared the eleventh layer of the nightmare, completely disrupted the rule constructed by the Dream, and rescued Fu Sheng's eldest son, which is like stabbing the Dream's reverse scale. Its strong reaction is normal." Han Fei finished his meat, glancing at the headquarters gate: "Fu Sheng's son chose me, through this point, the Dream might guess that the Black Box is hidden on me. If Unspeakable does not enter through the passage, forcibly descending will require the sacrifice of another Unspeakable to maintain its strength, this is a cost the Dream cannot afford. So if its original form wants to come for me, it might launch an attack on the Deep World's Paradise!"

Now everyone is showing their cards, the Dream cannot hold back any longer, it won't continue giving Han Fei the opportunity to grow.

"The Deep World is vast, the Dream's original form is in a deeper place, it might take some time to get here." Han Fei could only consider the positive side. Although he hasn't seen the Dream, from Fu Sheng's shrine and others' nightmares, he already sensed the terror of this Unspeakable, merely relying on Kuangxiao and Number Two definitely isn't a match for the Dream.

"We must swiftly destroy the eleven shrines, redeem all nightmares, at any cost weaken the Dream's power!"

Han Fei took out the Rebirth Slaughter Saber from the item bar, the blade was different from before, when Han Fei gripped the handle, everyone inside the house dared not move, as if at any moment they'd be killed.

"Han Fei! Han Fei! Representatives from Inevitable Truth, Commerce Alliance, and Deep Space Technology want to meet with you, they're already outside the headquarters." Jin Jun hurriedly ran into the hall, the situation was indeed starting to get chaotic.

"Let them in." Han Fei sat in the center of the hall: "By the way, after they come in, don't close the headquarters gate to prevent them from getting frightened."

"Alright!"

Han Fei had just come out of the nightmare, and several major guilds' representatives unitedly came knocking, other members of Happiness Community were nervous, but Han Fei remained calm.

After those guild representatives entered Happiness Community, they were initially fearful, but seeing Han Fei did not close the headquarters gate, maintaining a dignified stance, their worry lessened considerably.

"We came here with no other intention, just purely to confirm a few pieces of information with you." The Commerce Alliance's old fox didn't want to offend anyone, at the critical moment pushing Deep Space Technology's internal personnel to the front, letting this tester ask Han Fei.

"Ask away, whatever I know, I'll tell you all." Han Fei waved his hand, directly instructing Bai Xian to dismantle all defenses in the headquarters, allowing Commerce Alliance's broadcasting device to capture.

While being targeted by over a million players, facing citywide assassination, Han Fei dared to do this, his confidence and composure helped cool those players driven mad with greed.

"What's going on with the hidden assassination task about you in the Central Square?"

"Shouldn't this question be asked to Deep Space Technology?" Han Fei's voice carried a hint of anger: "Use your brains, would a normal system issue such player-killing tasks?"

"We definitely won't set up tasks like this. Perfect Life is primarily a healing game..." The representative from Deep Space Technology looked a bit embarrassed and came here just to prevent things from spiraling out of control: "We now suspect that the hackers who invaded the Smart Brain altered something, hence this task appeared. As for why it emerged... it might be because those perpetrators felt threatened by Han Fei and are trying every method to eliminate him."

"Did you hear that clearly?" Han Fei's gaze swept over the crowd: "After clearing the tenth layer, you might all receive this task, but it will only show up in areas shrouded by gray fog. Huang Ying and I have already cleared the eleventh layer of nightmare! We can completely destroy the Shrine in no time; that ghost in the nightmare is scared, so it's using such despicable means to incite conflict between you and me."

Humans are creatures quite adept at internal conflicts, and in this respect, ghosts handle things much better.

"Everyone relax, we must unite internally." The representative from Commerce Alliance, playing the good guy, finally stepped forward to speak: "Actually, we came over this time primarily for another matter. I've heard that Chairman Huang has not exited the nightmare for over twenty-four hours?"

"It's quite normal, you should have noticed, the farther one progresses,

the longer it takes to clear a nightmare!" Han Fei said with an unchanged expression: "I got injured when clearing the eleventh layer of nightmare and had to withdraw temporarily, but Huang Ying has successfully entered the twelfth layer of nightmare!"

"Is there really a twelfth layer of nightmare?"

"Huang Ying continuously entering nightmares?"

There are eleven Shrines in the Main City District, so many players assumed nightmares only had eleven layers. After hearing Han Fei's words, people weren't sure whether to feel happy or sad.

"Do you have other matters?" Han Fei didn't know the situation with Huang Ying yet. Once his body recovered somewhat, he planned to take his saber to find Huang Ying.

"There's one last thing." The representative of the Commerce Alliance pulled out the representative of Inevitable Truth, standing together: "Our most elite player strategy team successfully entered the eleventh layer of nightmare, but never emerged; that eleventh layer of nightmare seems like a bottomless pit; no matter how many we send in, it's been no return. What's in the eleventh layer of nightmare?"

"I will compile all strategy information and write it in Central Square."

"Can't you reveal a little earlier?" The representative from Inevitable Truth was a bit anxious: "Almost all top-tier players above level 40 have been wiped out. What's in that dream?"

"Do you want to ask me now?" Han Fei smiled slightly: "Just now when I left the nightmare seriously injured, someone wanted to kill me. Did you forget that I originally stayed outside the city? I came into this Main City to save you!"

The representative from Inevitable Truth opened his mouth but felt too embarrassed to continue pressing.

"I will quickly sort out the information on the eleventh layer of nightmare, and I also hope you can trust me and not easily be swayed." Han Fei felt he had done all he could and was under tremendous pressure.

"Han Fei, we know you entered the Main City for the players' sake, and we don't mean to keep troubling you, but the situation is indeed somewhat dire." The test personnel from Deep Space Technology wore a bitter expression. They got Han Fei to reopen the base's protection and screened broadcasting equipment before continuing: "Have you noticed fewer players in the Main City District? You probably don't feel it as you frequently enter and exit nightmares. According to our calculations, among four million players, at least over twenty thousand have disappeared in nightmares. This number already far exceeds what we can bear. Now we don't know if those players are trapped in nightmares or..."

All players know nightmares are dangerous; a large portion of the four million has yet to explore nightmares; only about one-third dare to adventure. Among this one hundred thousand willing to explore nightmares, over twenty thousand have vanished without a trace.

"The situation is currently under our control, but last night, all top-tier players entering the eleventh layer of nightmare were wiped out. The top hundred guilds lost their key elites, and we are gradually losing control of the overall situation." The representative from Deep Space Technology expressed deep concern: "Some players have already defected to the nightmares. Your attack was a signal; as top hundred guilds lose their corresponding prowess, various impostors will emerge, turning the Main City District into a chaotic slaughterhouse, undoing the order we painstakingly established."

The leaders of the major guilds were genuinely anxious and had invested a lot of effort into those top-tier players. Each top-tier player basically had a talent level of B grade or above, making them irreplaceable.

"The eleventh layer of nightmare is very special; I will respond to you as soon as possible." Han Fei didn't enter the normal eleventh layer of nightmare, so he didn't know what ordinary players would encounter inside it.

Seeing Han Fei was unwilling to disclose information, representatives from large guilds sensed Han Fei might have unspeakable issues or some players who defected to dreams might be present, making open discussions impossible.

After discussing numerous matters with Han Fei, they hurriedly departed.

With all top-tier players trapped, these guild leaders worried they might become hunting targets and dared not linger outside for long.

"The dream's entity hasn't shown up; merely using some minor tricks put such pressure on players; it's terrifying."

After outsiders left, Han Fei called his neighbors from Happiness Community to his side: "Did you discover anything in the dreamscape?"

"We can't enter nightmares beyond the tenth layer; we can only keep challenging previous nightmares, hoping to carve a pathway, but ultimately failed." Li Zai glanced fearfully at Impermanence: "The tenth layer of nightmare hides Unspeakable Shrines; Impermanence tried several times but couldn't successfully break through; still, we're not without gains."

Li Zai moved aside, and Cry placed his Spiritual Altar before Han Fei.

Opening the Spiritual Altar revealed a pile full of black and white fragments.

"During these days, we kept clearing the first ten layers of nightmares, accumulating many nightmare fragments. I've heard they are useful to you?"

"In crucial times, I rely on you!" Han Fei picked up the Spiritual Altar: "Come, let's find Number Two. So many fragments should be enough to piece some things together."

Each fragment is a piece of life, and the Spiritual Altar holds countless people's lifetime obsessions, which are also sources of the dream's power.