Chapter 4

Before entering the game "Perfect Life," Han Fei had searched for guides online. The majority of the reviews were positive, with many beta testers describing the game as an artificially created paradise, embodying people's aspirations and hopes for a better life.

At that time, Han Fei had also fantasized about the scenes he would encounter in the game: making many friends, never worrying about money, and living a "boring" life filled with luxury, extravagance, and decadent pleasures.

Imagination is beautiful, but reality is that Han Fei was now holding a kitchen knife, curled up in a tattered blanket, and intensely staring at the severely peeling electronic wall clock, breathing in the faint musty smell in the air.

2:30 AM!

The beginner's sleeping task had been ongoing for some time, and the house was quiet, with no unexpected incidents.

Han Fei's resolve began to waver. Although the old lady's warning was scary, this was, after all, a simulation game primarily designed for a soothing experience.

No one's life is filled with daily encounters with psychopathic killers and supernatural legends, no matter how difficult it is.

Another ten minutes passed, and everything in the house remained normal. Han Fei gradually relaxed.

Unable to leave the bed, he opened the attribute panel and began to study it seriously.

"Games of this caliber will definitely become a hit after the public beta. If I accumulate game experience in advance, I might even be able to earn some extra money from it in the future."

Name: Han Fei

Permission Number: 00000

Level: 1

Occupation: None

Intellect: 6 (Refers to all abilities and energies produced by the brain, including memory, thinking, emotions, spirit, intelligence, psychology, experience, knowledge, etc.)

Stamina: 4 (All abilities related to physical fitness)

Charisma: -10 (Charisma is not a quantitative concept; everyone has their unique charm)

Luck: 9 (The higher the luck value, the luckier you will be)

Malice: 0 (Guess how bad a person can be?)

Mental Threshold: 100 (Under various internal and external environmental disturbances, the human spirit remains in a stable state through self-regulation. However, an individual's mental state cannot remain unchanged. When stimulated beyond a certain limit, the player will be forcibly logged out. In simpler terms, the lower the mental threshold, the more likely you are to go insane when subjected to intense stimuli)

Health: 100 (When health drops to zero, the character dies. Note: Each person has only one life, and all data is reset upon death)

Talent: Soul Return (Unknown level talent, effect unknown, a few lucky players receive a talent when creating their character)

Skill Slots (All abilities the player has mastered will appear here): Intermediate Acting, Beginner Cooking

Virtue: None (The bright spots in human nature, possessing various virtues can greatly assist in your life)

After reviewing the attribute panel, Han Fei was puzzled. The game character had already been created, and it was almost identical to him in real life.

"Is the game account linked to citizen information? Automatic facial recognition? Also, each character in the game has only one life, and all data is reset upon death. That's a bit harsh."

Many games nowadays reduce the penalties for death to enhance the gaming experience, but this game took the opposite approach, making it feel like real life, where losing everything upon death is a harsh reality.

"I need to be more cautious. The building I live in seems a bit off. I need to find a way to move out as soon as possible..."

Han Fei's gaze hadn't left the attribute panel when an unexpected sound caught his attention.

His eyes narrowed, and he crouched on the bed like a cat. "I'm the only one in this room. What was that sound just now?"

The sound wasn't loud, but it was clear in the quiet of the night.

Gripping the kitchen knife, Han Fei's eyes had adjusted to the darkness, and he scanned all the furniture in the room.

The house was very old, and all the windows were boarded up, making the atmosphere extremely oppressive.

At first, Han Fei hadn't noticed anything, but the longer he stayed, the more uncomfortable he felt.

"Was this house a haunted house before? The old lady warned me not to be greedy. Usually, haunted houses have very low rent."

Click, click...

Han Fei was already on edge, and the strange sound came again.

Holding his breath, Han Fei looked at the dark living room. All the furniture had a deep black outline, as if they could move at any moment.

"Where is that sound coming from?"

His gaze swept back and forth, and he finally focused on the bathroom door.

His pupils dilated, and his heart rate increased.

Bang!

Han Fei clearly saw the bathroom door handle turn!

"It's impossible! I went into the bathroom before turning off the lights, and there was no one in there!"

The air seemed to freeze, and Han Fei didn't dare to blink.

The bathroom door lock was an old type that connected the inside and outside. If someone inside turned the handle, the outside handle would also turn.

"Did the old lady tell me to lock the bathroom door because she knew something was hidden in there?"

Han Fei was wide awake, more focused than he had ever been during his college entrance exams.

The electronic clock on the wall ticked, and time passed slowly. At 2:44 AM, the bathroom door handle made a sound again.

The movements inside the bathroom grew more intense, and the door handle began to turn repeatedly in the empty room.

Click, click, click!

The sound of the lock trembling was nerve-wracking. Han Fei stared at the mop stuck in the door handle, which was slowly sliding down as the vibrations increased, and soon the bathroom door opened a crack.

The deep darkness hid unknown terrors, and the room became silent.

A moment later, five pale fingers emerged from the door crack, and a slender arm grabbed the mop stuck in the door handle.

"What is that?"

Cold sweat soaked his back, and his hands and feet turned cold. He knew he was just playing a game, but his body instinctively told him to leave.

The mop was removed from the door handle, and the previously closed bathroom door opened as if blown by the wind.

The room was dark, and the black bathroom was empty, as if nothing had happened.

"The door opens inward, but the shoe cabinet is blocking the entrance. That thing hasn't come out yet."

Han Fei gripped the kitchen knife, his full attention on the shoe cabinet at the bathroom door.

Cold sweat trickled down his cheeks, and his heart pounded. Han Fei was on high alert, but there were no more strange sounds in the room.

"Is that thing still in the bathroom?"

His peripheral vision scanned the living room. Han Fei had memorized the positions of all the furniture, and he looked at the dark, blurry outlines.

When his gaze fell on the sofa in the center of the living room, his heart felt like it was being squeezed. A dark shadow had appeared next to the sofa!

"That spot definitely didn't have any furniture. I remember clearly!"

His heart felt like it was about to jump out of his throat. Han Fei had entered the game to relax and find joy, but these experiences had exceeded his expectations, so he decided to quit the game.

No matter what you are, as long as I quit the game, everything will be solved.

He opened the attribute panel and found the option to exit the game in the corner, but it was grayed out. After repeatedly clicking it, a truly desperate scene appeared.

"Attention! You can only exit the game after playing for more than three hours and completing at least one task!"

The cold, mechanical voice in his head made Han Fei's eyes twitch, and he almost had a heart attack.

"Can't quit?!"

The cold, eerie atmosphere stimulated his body. When Han Fei looked up again, he saw that the dark shadow next to the sofa had moved to the bedroom door.

As it got closer, he finally saw clearly that it wasn't a shadow at all, but a person crouching on the ground!