Horror Game Designer

The morning belonged to the living. The vehicles from the police station and investigation centre filled the street. The cleanse was still ongoing. However, their targets included not only the possessed citizens but also the horror game players. Under the centre’s iron fist, no one dared to admit they were players. However, many citizens who interacted with the anomalies started to side with the horror game players.

If Han Hai really turned into a horror game and every citizen had been forced to become a player, was the centre going to arrest everyone?

The reason the investigation centre could still handle the situation was that the tragedy was only starting. There was only one level 4 anomaly that floated to the surface, and only three percent of the city had been covered by the shadows. Of course, this was only the second day of the arrival of the tragedy.

Xuan Wen slid her thin laptop into her bag and left Nightlight Studio with her phone. She didn’t like to stay with others. Doing dangerous things alone was a kind of entertainment for her. Through simple interactions on Dead Water Forun, Xuan Wen determined that the other party did understand the situation inside the hospital. However, the person probably had another reason to lure Xuan Wen there.

“Is he targeting me for Dead Water Forum?” Xuan Wen loved to mingle with bad people because she wouldn’t be bound by morale. Xuan Wen took a car to the promised spot. She glanced at her phone navigation.

Li San was Han Hai Old City’s larger area. A lot of foreigners were gathered there. A lot of rich people started their legacy there, just like Situ An. The legends of sudden richness happened there every day. However, most of them were just for show to give the dull lives some hope.

At noon, Xuan Wen came to the Siblings Fast Food alone. The person she waited for didn’t show up. After a long time, a masked waiter walked over in a tremble. When he passed by Xuan Wen, he accidentally spilt the food in Xuan Wen’s bag because the customer next to him suddenly stood up. The waiter was stunned as the boss hurried over. As he apologised to Xuan Wen, he scolded the waiter, “What can you do? If not for your pitifulness, I would have fired you a long time ago. Can you do this? How many troubles have you caused me this week already?”

The boss was protecting the waiter. The angrier he was, the more awkward it would be for the customer to pile on.

“It’s alright.” Xuan Wen took out a napkin to wipe away the stain. She glanced at the waiter’s face. Even though he wore a mask, it was clear that he was born with a deformity and had an ugly face.

“I’m sorry.” The boss blocked the waiter behind him. He bowed excessively to Xuan Wen, “He’s new here.”

The same thing probably had happened before. As if worried that the waiter’s face might scare Xuan Wen, the boss chased him away.

“Is that child your family?” Xuan Wen stood up and glanced at the back kitchen.

“He’s the child of my former neighbour.” The boss patted his chest and guaranteed it. “Don’t worry. Normally, he only serves food. The chef handles all the cooking.”

The boss was kind, but his actions accidentally revealed certain things. Xuan Wen picked up her bag and left the shop. She didn’t leave the place. She stood outside and observed for a few seconds. She entered the alley and came to the fast food restaurant’s backdoor. Compared to the shop’s clean front door, the back door was piled with trash. Rats and bugs scurried under the trash bags. The giant cans radiated a horrible stench. The back door was left half-open. A suppressed and urgent voice came from the middle of the trash.

“Kill, kill! I’ll kill all of you! I’ll tear open your mouths and make them into pockets!”

“Do you hate everyone around you?” Xuan Wen was like an angel in the mud. The rain fell on her white coat. She was so exceptionally beautiful.

The voice instantly stopped. The waiter in the mask slowly turned around. He kept his head lowered because he didn’t dare to look at Xuan Wen. He didn’t know where to put his arms. He was nervous and panicky.

“What is your name?”

“Yang Yu…” The waiter didn’t know why he answered Xuan Wen. He normally didn’t like to talk.

Xuan Wen stared at the mask on the waiter’s face. “Is the boss your family? You two are closer than employer and employee.”

“He’s my uncle. He hates me.”

“But he tries his best to protect you for the sake of your mother.” Xuan Wen’s eyes could detect the smallest change. “Is your mother sick? You can tell me if you face any difficulty. After all, horror game players should help each other.”

The waiter’s deformed face twitched. His left eye was larger than his right. “Are you sent by the Dead Water Forum to intercept me?”

“Tell me. How did your family escape from Li San Hospital? What is in the hospital?” Xuan Wen saw the man’s mask soaked by sweat. “You can remove your cap and mask. I’ve seen many monsters worse than humans. You look normal to me.”

The waiter didn’t dare to do anything. However, after he met Xuan Wen’s gaze, his emotions became unstable.

He suddenly took out the knife he hid behind his back and stabbed a passing rat. The blood flowed. The waiter gasped for air as veins burst on his face.

“Tell me everything you’ve seen and heard.” Xuan Wen used her power. She was waiting for the waiter to reveal his secrets. The waiter felt like he could trust the woman before him. His sickest side was invoked. He didn’t know what he was saying. He screamed among the trash.

I stood at the hospital entrance and looked at Mother’s face. He accompanied his favourite child and bound the bandage around little brother’s face.

Mother was very strong. He liked to wear long dresses and heavy makeup. He put on deep red lipstick and black wigs. I didn’t like how Mother looked in the morning. I preferred him at night. He had two faces as he pushed the cart filled with corpses. He was so busy walking in and out of the morgue.

Mother and father were the same. He had four children of different heights. Big brother is 1.7 metres tall, I am 1.3 metres tall, sister is 40 centimetres tall, and little brother is only five metres tall.

We grew up at the hospital, living underground and in the sewers. We could not see the light. We were mocked and insulted. We were injured and brutalised. We were treated as toys and trash. However, whenever we wanted to give up, Mother would appear from the darkness. He held a giant pair of scissors and a heavy shovel and recited the words others had said.

“Everyone is an apple bitten by God. They are incomplete in one way or another. The deformed people are deformed because God likes their fragrance more.”

I am a human. I am the most normal human in this abnormal world. I am the human beloved by God.