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‘How did it discover me?’ Han Fei pushed his fingers into his skin. He was about to summon Big Sin when the elder next to him cut off a rope near him. Rotten bodies fell from the ceiling. That was the elder’s ‘food store’. Seeing as they were targeted, the elder had to abandon them to buy some time. The rolling bodies caught Listen’s attention. The monster crawled towards the building, but the children’s faces on its left ear kept screaming as if they were telling the monster that it was going the wrong way.

Using the opportunity, the elder with the strange plant growing out of his back slipped away. Han Fei followed behind him with Rest in Peace. His 1 Life Point fully activated the buff of Dawn Butcher. The elder couldn’t shake Han Fei. When they reached the first floor, the elder turned back to glare at Han Fei as if telling him to leave him alone.

Han Fei didn’t seem to understand the elder. He kept close to him. The two crawled through the sewer and came to a convenience store at the end of the street. This was the elder’s real home. He didn’t want Han Fei to enter, but any conflict would attract Listen. He resisted the urge to fight Han Fei and allowed Han Fei to hide on the second floor.

A few seconds later, the building they were hiding in earlier was destroyed by Listen. The furniture and the mountain of dead bodies were shattered. ‘The monster doesn’t seem to be that clever. Its only way to determine its prey’s life is to tear them into pieces.’

Han Fei turned to look at the elder. The elder with the strange plant on his back glared at him. ‘If I logged on a few minutes later, I would be buried alive already.’ Han Fei then glared back at the elder. When faced with a strong outside enemy, the internal conflict would be halted. Listen ruined the building and trampled on the street. About ten minutes later, it finally left.

The elder finally relaxed. He looked at Han Fei like a snake. His mouth opened to reveal his teeth that were growing with moss. “This is all your fault. I’ve wasted all of my lure!” A horrible voice came out of the elder’s mouth. He hadn’t spoken for a long time already.

“I thought you were mute.” Han Fei held Rest in Peace. “I found that room first. If you didn’t lead the monster there, I wouldn’t be in danger.”

Han Fei’s accusation caused the plants on the old man’s back to tremble. “All the buildings on this street are mine!”

“Don’t be angry. What’s that on your back? A flower pot?” Han Fei knew that Listen hadn’t gone far. The elder wouldn’t dare to really fight him. The old man got even angrier. The plant on his back appeared to be the biggest shame of his life.

“Are you God’s creation too?” Han Fei then shook his head. “No. You’re too weak.”

Hearing God, the elder slowly calmed. Fear overwhelmed all the other emotions. In this zone, God represented many things. The elder retreated to the corner. He showed his arms that had been hidden inside his sleeves. They were covered in moss too. “How can I be God’s creation? I’m just a piece of waste material. The monster crawling out is God’s creation.”

Han Fei used flower language and cursed words to ask, “Why would they come to hunt you? Did something happen here?” Han Fei knew why this area was such a mess, but he wouldn’t admit anything.

“I heard that someone killed God’s creation in the inner zone yesterday night. I don’t know the details. I only know that the front door of the skyscraper suddenly opened, and God’s creations came out.” The elder fell for Han Fei’s trap. He didn’t realize Han Fei’s voice had changed.

“That monster came from the skyscraper?!” Han Fei felt that he couldn’t stay in the inner zone anymore. It was too dangerous. “How about we go to the outer zone to hide for now? Do you know the way to leave?”

The elder didn’t answer. He seemed to be struggling internally. “There are many streets connecting the inner and outer zones, but we have the imprint of the black rain. We can’t escape. We are waste material that can be abandoned at any time. Being allowed to struggle is already God’s biggest gift to us.”

“Since you think you are a waste material that has no value, then why still struggle by creating lure and having many lairs? You don’t want to die. Even though this world is horrible, you want to stay.” Han Fei used his power again. “Let’s go to the outer zone. It’ll be safer there.”

Just as the elder was about to be persuaded, the rain outside the window suddenly became heavier. The raindrop on the glass became red. It was like a child tapping on the window. Han Fei had a bad feeling, but the elder had a visceral reaction. “Not good. That thing is here!” The elder turned and escaped. Han Fei glanced out the window quickly before he followed the elder. There was a child standing under the broken streetlight at the mouth of the alley. The child carried a school bag with his head lowered. He looked very normal. In this place where everything was abnormal, the appearance of a normal child was not normal. ‘The rain will turn red after falling on the kid? What is inside his school bag?’

Big Sin in the ghost tattoo warned Han Fei. The system notification also came.

“Notification for Player 0000! You’ve discovered God’s 11th creation—The child who doesn’t like to go home.

“The child who doesn’t like to go home (Unique Lingering Spirit): This child fears going home. No one knows what his home is hiding. But be careful when you run into him. Don’t let him follow you home.”

“Another unique spirit?” When Han Fei turned to look out the window again, the child was gone. Han Fei shivered. “Is he going to follow me home?” Han Fei didn’t stop and chase after the elder. “Let’s split up! Don’t follow me anymore!” The elder was afraid that his voice would be heard by Listen, so he kept using his eyes to communicate with Han Fei. However, Han Fei refused to oblige.

“You’re so old. I worry about leaving you on your own.” They ran past a junction. The elder led Han Fei to hide in the empty houses. But no matter where they hid, just as they were about to relax, there would be a knock on the door. The boy was still following them. “Why would God’s creations be so crazy?”

The elder was afraid. He noticed the child was purposely pushing them to the skyscraper. They were getting further away from the outer zone. “We can’t run anymore!” A few leaves fell from the plant on his back. The old man turned to look at the skyscraper in the rain. “Once we enter the building, we can’t leave.”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The insistent knocking continued. The child stood outside the door. Listen was also moving their way.

“We need to fight. Instead of being tortured inside the skyscraper, we might as well take a gamble now!” Whenever the elder became agitated, the strange plant on his back would absorb his body. Then, it would release a strange black substance into his bloodstream. Han Fei had no idea what the elder’s power was, so he had to be careful of him too. The situation was very unoptimistic. Han Fei didn’t dare to release Big Sin. Big Sin was his only reliance. If Big Sin was lured away by the boy, who would face Listen?

‘What other trump card do I have?’ The knocking continued. Listen was fast approaching too. Han Fei gritted his teeth and told the elder. “Help me buy some time?”

“Why? So that I’d die and you can escape?” The plant on the old man’s back grew like a child. The elder’s mind was being absorbed.

“Actually I’ve been meaning to try something, but I didn’t have the chance in my own home. But this place is close to the skyscraper. It doesn’t matter how much chaos I cause.” Han Fei walked to the next room. He opened the menu and glanced at the exit button. There was no miracle. Han Fei used his other active skill. He took out the Soul Bells from his inventory and chanted, “Spirit-farer!” Blood crawled all over the menu. The death door opened to reveal the scary blood sea.

“Everything will turn red when I log in and out. Perhaps this red sea is the cryptic world’s real appearance.” Han Fei didn’t call anyone’s name. He knew that he had a chance to summon something else if Spirit-farer failed. He wanted to keep Big Sin, so he placed his hope on this ritual. The sea rocked. The ghost faces tore apart the waves. Since Han Fei didn’t name anyone, the ghost faces started to rush to the door. Price had to be paid for using Spirit-farer. Han Fei had no idea what the price was, but he knew that if he didn’t give a name soon, the ghost faces would drag him into the sea!

To make sure that Spirit-farer failed, Han Fei couldn’t name someone with a low Luck Point like Huang Yin and Shen Luo. Han Fei thought about it, and a face appeared in his mind. The soul bell chimed, and Han Fei called out for Ye Xuan. The ghost faces clashed against one another. Eventually, the sea became calm.

“Did the skill fail?” Ye Xuan didn’t appear, but neither did anything else. Han Fei saw the door slowly close, and he chanted again, “Spirit-farer!”

The ghost door reopened, but the sea became more violent than before. “There’s something underwater!” Han Fei saw a shadow surfacing. The enormous pressure made Big Sin scream as well. The ghost faces started to escape. At this point, Han Fei should close the ghost door like a responsible player, but instead, he turn and run.

When the elder outside the door saw this, his heart pounded. He thought another God’s creation had landed inside the room.

“What did you just do?”

“Something I’ve been meaning to do!”