Chapter 16

The neighbor's vicious curses quickly faded away as he was dragged into the deepest bedroom of the haunted house by a monster in the darkness.

Han Fei's living quarters had two bedrooms, with the deepest one being locked. He had previously completed his sleeping task in the other bedroom.

To say that Han Fei wasn't afraid when he saw a person vanish right before his eyes would be a lie. He was now very grateful for the enthusiastic neighbor who had helped him today.

If the neighbor from the sixth floor hadn't come over, the person who might have been dragged into the deepest part of the bedroom could have been himself.

"Why did the monster drag him into that bedroom? What is hidden in that room?" Han Fei had never been to the locked bedroom, but he had a significant advantage: he could control his curiosity and avoid places he shouldn't go.

The neighbor's screams gradually faded away. Han Fei looked at the large bunch of keys in his hand and silently started to think about the neighbor's inheritance: "After the monster calms down, I'll try to see if I can enter the bedroom. If I can find the neighbor's key, that would be great."

Having finally completed the beginner's task, Han Fei could now exit the game at any time, giving him a lot of confidence.

After a quick cleanup of the room, he sat at the entrance of the living room and began to check his attribute panel.

"Player 0000, please note! After each level-up, you will receive one free attribute point. After level 10, you can choose a profession!"

"Player 0000, please note! The beginner's task of watching TV has been completed! Free skill point +1, task reward: Landlord's Ring."

"Inventory function unlocked. Task rewards will be prioritized for storage in the inventory."

Seeing the information after completing the task, Han Fei felt a bit disappointed. He had taken a great risk to complete the task, but the reward seemed rather insignificant.

Han Fei first opened his inventory and took out the Landlord's Ring.

"Landlord's Ring (G-grade Blood-colored Item): After the landlord's death, his loving family made a ring from his ashes. The love became a bridge connecting life and death. As long as you wear this ring, you can feel their presence."

"They?" Looking at the item description, Han Fei roughly understood: "As long as I wear this ring, I can see ghosts?"

Han Fei tried to put the ring on directly. The moment he did, he felt a chill from his finger.

The closer he got to the deepest bedroom of the haunted house, the stronger the cold feeling became.

"This ring can warn me. The more terrifying the ghost, the stronger the chill from the ring."

"It doesn't look like much, but it's actually quite useful. As long as I wear this ring, I can avoid many dangerous areas."

Han Fei was still unclear about what a blood-colored item was. He had previously looked up information about the Perfect Life, but it didn't mention blood-colored items.

After studying the reward item, Han Fei looked at the free skill point and attribute point he had obtained.

"I now have one free skill point, but the two abilities I have, cooking and acting, are both unrelated to combat."

After some thought, Han Fei used the skill point on acting. In this game where ghosts roam, acting might sometimes play an unexpected role, such as when he faced Wei Youfu.

"Player 0000, your acting level is now Intermediate Level 2. When your acting reaches Intermediate Level 10, it will automatically advance to Advanced Level."

"Improving skills is quite difficult, but the beginner's task is just the most basic task, so the reward is normal."

Before obtaining new skills, Han Fei decided to focus on improving his acting. After all, he wanted to hide his identity as a living person and quickly integrate into this family.

For the remaining attribute point, Han Fei didn't think much and directly added it to his stamina. His original stamina was only 4, which was really poor. When he tried to stop the neighbor, he almost let him get away.

After increasing his stamina, Han Fei swung his fists a few times. He clearly felt himself becoming stronger and his movements more fluid: "This is just from adding one point. In the future, when my level goes up, I might really be able to run faster than a ghost!"

After being able to freely exit the game, Han Fei felt much more relaxed. Now he was truly in a gaming mindset.

Picking up the kitchen knife, Han Fei didn't disturb the monster in the depths of the haunted house. He planned to go to the third floor to see Meng Shi.

"The old lady isn't a bad person. If I can help her resolve her issues, she might accept me."

Now he had a deeper understanding of the game. Other healing games heal the players, but this game heals the players while also trying to heal the NPCs. It's a rare "conscientious" game.

Opening the security door, Han Fei almost immediately felt a chill from his ring as he stepped out of the room, clearly indicating that the hallway was not clean.

"Going out to get a delivery in this place, I'd probably run into a few ghosts, right?"

The chill from his finger was tolerable. Han Fei held the kitchen knife and cautiously entered the hallway.

He lived on the fourth floor, and the old lady's house was on the third floor, just one floor apart. However, he didn't dare to be careless.

The hallway was deathly silent, and strangely, the motion-activated light on the sixth floor kept turning on, even though there was no sound.

Quietly walking down the stairs, when Han Fei reached the middle of the fourth and third floors, he stopped.

Slowly crouching down, Han Fei looked up through the gap in the stair railing. The motion-activated light on the sixth floor was still inexplicably turning on.

"Is there someone or not?"

Moving his feet, Han Fei walked to the third floor. As he approached, the chill from the ring suddenly intensified.

"What's going on?"

Relying on his ability to exit the game at any time, Han Fei didn't retreat. He continued walking and saw the door of the house opposite Meng Shi's open.

The Bagua mirror on the door frame, full of cracks, was shattered on the ground, and many of the talismans on the door had been torn off.

"Is the reason Meng Shi never opens the door because of the house opposite?"

Gathering his courage, Han Fei stopped at Meng Shi's door. Before he could knock, he suddenly felt a bone-chilling cold from his ring!

He turned his head sharply and saw a child smiling and running towards him from the opposite room!

His nerves instantly tightened. In the blink of an eye, the child ran from the deepest part of the house to the door. Han Fei didn't have time to react and immediately chose to exit the game.

The world turned blood red, and the neural connection was severed. When Han Fei regained control of his body, he quickly took off the game helmet.

His body was weak, and his hands were uncontrollably trembling: "I was already cautious enough, but if I hadn't had that ring, I would have been in trouble. This game is really out of control."