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Chapter 16 - Chapter 16: Landlord's Ring

The Neighbor's vicious curses quickly faded away; he had been dragged into a Bedroom in the deepest part of the Haunted House by the monster in the darkness.The house where Han Fei lived had two Bedrooms in total. The one in the deepest part was locked, and he had performed his previous sleeping mission in the other Bedroom.A living person had just disappeared right before his eyes; it would be a lie to say Han Fei wasn't afraid. He was now very thankful that he had met such a helpful Neighbor today.If the Neighbor from the Sixth Floor hadn't come over to visit, the person currently being dragged into the depths of the Bedroom might have been him."Why would the monster drag him into that Bedroom? What is hidden in that room?" Han Fei had not yet been to that locked Bedroom, but he had one major strength: he could control his curiosity. He didn't look at what he shouldn't, and he didn't go to places he shouldn't.The Neighbor's screams gradually faded. Looking at the large bunch of Keys in his hand, Han Fei silently set his sights on the Neighbor's inheritance: "After the monster brother calms down, I'll try to see if I can enter the Bedroom. If I can find the Neighbor's Keys, that would be great."Having finally completed the Newbie Mission, Han Fei could now log out of the game at any time, so he felt full of confidence.After simply cleaning up the room, he sat by the entrance of the Living Room and began to check his attribute panel."Player No. 0000, please note! Each time your level increases, you will receive one free attribute point. After reaching level ten, you can choose a profession!""Player No. 0000, please note! The Newbie Mission 'Watch TV' has been completed! Free skill point +1, obtained mission reward—Landlord's Ring.""inventory function unlocked. Mission rewards will be prioritized for storage in the inventory."Seeing the information after the mission completion, Han Fei felt a little discouraged. He had taken great risks to complete the mission, but the reward alone didn't seem like much.Han Fei first opened the inventory and took out the Landlord's Ring."Landlord's Ring (g-rank blood-colored item): After the Landlord passed away, his loving family used his ashes to make a ring. Longing became a bridge connecting life and death; as long as you wear this ring, you can feel their existence.""Them?" Looking at the item description, Han Fei roughly understood: "As long as I wear this ring, I can see Ghosts and Monsters?"Han Fei tried putting the ring on directly. The moment he put it on, he felt a chill coming from his finger.The closer he got to the Bedroom in the deepest part of the Haunted House, the stronger that icy feeling became."This ring can give warnings. The more terrifying the Ghosts and Monsters are, the heavier the chill the ring emits.""It doesn't look like much, but it's actually quite practical. As long as I wear this ring, I can avoid many dangerous areas."Han Fei didn't yet understand the concept of a blood-colored item. He had previously searched for information about perfect life, but it hadn't mentioned blood-colored items.After studying the reward item, Han Fei looked at the free skill point and free attribute point he had obtained."I have one free skill point now, but the problem is that the two abilities I possess are Cooking and Acting. Neither of these abilities is related to combat."After thinking for a moment, Han Fei used the skill point on Acting. In this underworld game where Ghosts and Monsters run rampant, acting might sometimes have unexpected effects, just like when he faced Wei Youfu earlier."Player No. 0000, your Acting level is now Intermediate Level 2. When Acting reaches Intermediate Level 10, it will automatically advance to Advanced Acting.""It's quite difficult to improve skills, but the Newbie Mission is just the most basic mission; it's normal for the rewards to be average."Before obtaining new skills, Han Fei decided to work hard on improving his Acting. After all, he wanted to conceal his identity as a living person and integrate into this big family as soon as possible.For the remaining attribute point, Han Fei didn't think much about it and added it directly to Stamina. His Stamina was originally only 4, which was really too poor. Just now, when he was trying to detain the Neighbor, he had almost let the other party get away.After the Stamina increase, Han Fei swung his fists a few times. He clearly felt that he had become stronger, and his movements were much smoother: "This is just with one point added. When my level goes up in the future, maybe I really will be able to run faster than Ghosts and Monsters!"After being able to log out of the game freely, Han Fei felt much more relaxed. Now, he finally had the mindset of someone truly playing the game.Picking up the Kitchen Knife from the floor, Han Fei didn't disturb the monster in the depths of the Haunted House; he prepared to go to the Third Floor to check on Meng Shi."The Old Woman herself is not a bad person. If I can help her open up her heart, she will very likely accept me."He now had a deeper understanding of this game. Other healing games heal the players; this game, while healing the players, also thinks about healing the NPCs. It truly is a rare "conscientious" game.Opening the anti-theft door, almost the moment Han Fei stepped out of the Room Door, he felt an icy chill coming from his ring finger. Clearly, the hallway was not clean."I bet in this place, you'd bump into Ghosts and Monsters several times just going out to pick up takeout, right?"The icy chill coming from his finger was still acceptable. Han Fei held the Kitchen Knife and carefully entered the hallway.He lived on the Fourth Floor, and the Old Woman lived on the Third Floor. They were only separated by one floor, but he didn't dare to be careless.The hallway was deathly silent. What was eerie was that the sound-activated light on the Sixth Floor would constantly light up, even though there was absolutely no sound here.Quietly walking downstairs, when Han Fei reached the space between the Fourth Floor and the Third Floor, he stopped.Slowly crouching down, Han Fei looked upstairs through the gap in the stair railing. The sound-activated light on the Sixth Floor was still lighting up for no reason."Is there someone here or not?"Moving his feet, Han Fei walked toward the Third Floor. By the time he was almost at the Third Floor, the chill from the ring suddenly intensified."What's going on?"Relying on the fact that he could log out of the game at any time, Han Fei did not retreat. He continued walking down, and only then could he see that the door of the household opposite Meng Shi's had been opened.The Bagua mirror on the door frame, covered in cracks, lay shattered on the ground, and many of the Talisman Paper on the Room Door had been torn off."Could it be that Meng Shi hasn't been opening the door because of this household opposite?"Han Fei mustered his courage and stopped at Meng Shi's door. He hadn't even knocked yet when a bone-chilling cold suddenly came from his ring finger!He whipped his head around and discovered a Child in the opposite room rushing toward him with a smile!His nerves tightened instantly. In the blink of an eye, the Child ran from the deepest part of the room to the doorway. Han Fei had no time to make any further reaction and immediately chose to log out of the game.Blood-red color covered the world, and the neural connection was severed. When Han Fei could control his body again, he ripped off the game helmet.His body slumped weakly onto the bed, and Han Fei's hand was still trembling uncontrollably: "I was cautious enough, but if I hadn't had that ring just now, I'm afraid I still would have been in trouble. This game is truly outrageous."Thanks to the super-god resentment, "Giving Up Treatment" feels great, "Lucky Egg Has No Egg", and the Alliance Leader of Impermanence C!There was a relatively long gap between the new book and the old book. To be honest, I was very anxious before starting the book, but now, a week after opening the book, it already has over 70,000 favorites. I really thank everyone very much.The story of healing game is still gradually unfolding. Everyone, rest assured and read on. I have prepared nearly two hundred ghost stories for this book. As for why there would be ghost stories in a healing game, that is another question; we will talk about it later.

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