Horror Game Designer

There was no Han Hai on the map, but Xuan Wen lived in Han Hai. Her friends, life, and emotions in the city were real. Both the memory given to her by the shadow world and her own experience were related to Han Hai. However, something was trying to tell her that everything was fake.

“Why isn’t Han Hai on this map?”

The slender, bloodless fingers touched the spot where Han Hai should be. Li San Hospital was the home of the ill. The map was probably drawn by some crazy person.

“Which side is real? Which side is fake?

“Have we been living in a nightmare that we can’t wake up from?

“If Han Hai really doesn’t exist, how can we exist in this city?”

Lu Zang said everyone in this city was controlled by fate, and everyone lived and died according to fate’s script. However, a few people had become fate’s loopholes. Li San Hospital was built to find these loopholes. Each patient there could be fate’s loopholes. Their mental and physical anomalies were proof of their escape from fate’s control.

“I need to figure out a way to bring this map out with me.” Xuan Wen failed to find the owner of the ward. The person seemed to have predicted something and disappeared from the nightmare. Xuan Wen yanked the map off the wall. She found a complicated divine pattern behind the map. Every line seemed to be marked by destiny. The perfect lines intertwined to form a bloodred city. There were many exquisite buildings in this city. Each building’s doors and buildings were open. Anyone could enter them.

“It feels like I’ve found the answer to a question that I don’t know. Is this city the ending point or the starting point? Why is it the centre for all the formulas?” Xuan Wen put the map in her bag. Xuan Wen discovered a barely discernible crack on the wall covered up by the map. She inched her fingers into it, and the crack expanded. Pills fell out. There were so many kinds.

“Has the patient in Room 7003 been tricking the hospital? He didn’t take the pills and hid them before escaping…” Xuan Wen took out an empty bottle and stuffed the pills inside it. She was just about to leave Room 7003 when she saw a glint moving outside the window. Xuan Wen moved subconsciously to the window. Xuan Wen turned to the first floor of Li San Hospital’s front building. Her gaze wandered between the lights. She caught a blurry figure. The person seemed to be wearing a mask she made.

“Is he already here?”

…

Gao Ming felt someone’s gaze on him. He turned to the hospital window. The shadow spread. Only thick darkness remained outside. Gao Ming took out his new phone. He glanced at the time. He lost contact with Xuan Wen about forty minutes ago.

“Li San Hospital is different from all of the anomalies you’ve experienced. This place hides the city’s secret and the treasure left behind by Situ An. It is a place outside of fate’s control. You will see rules that are different from Han Hai. If you are not careful, you will be trapped here forever.” Xia Yang whispered to Gao Ming.

“What is your point?”

“This place is so dangerous. Why don’t you let Situ An and me explore this place for you? After all, this is his home.” Ever since Xia Yang entered Gao Ming’s heart, he couldn’t leave his torture room freely. “If you don’t trust Situ An, I can share part of your pressure.”

Static came from the hospital speakers. Then, the person coughed a few times. An unfamiliar voice cut through the night. “Attention all horror game players! There are security members from the investigation centre who are hunting us down! The information about the instance has been leaked! Escape and do not return!” After the broadcast had been repeated thrice, it became a soul-wrenching scream. The horror game player who ran into the broadcast room to warn the others had been hunted.

“It’s quite crowded at the hospital tonight.”

At the corner of the lobby of the front building, a ball was kicked out. The hair stuck to the wound. It rolled past and left behind a long trail of blood.

The pure black boots slowly appeared in the dark. The blood dripped down the shoes. The warm blood reflected the cold uniform. Standing beside the human head, the security member’s numb face was a direct contrast to the fearful expression on the human head.

The blood band vibrated. The security member’s gaze turned serious. The blood band would only vibrate when it detected specific horror game players. Based on the images sent over by the East City investigation centre, the security member confirmed the identity of the horror game player before him. He was Class 13 member Qian Junran, who had incited the crowd to fight against the centre!

The fingers cracked. The tattoos around the fingers crawled into the man’s body. The security member removed the top two buttons of his uniform. He took out a blade that was bound with strands of long hair. The hairs naturally curled around the security member’s arm. He raised his arm. He pointed the blade at Gao Ming. The tattoos on his body were activated. A long-haired woman crawled out of the man’s collar like a snake. She curled around his body and his neck.

“Have they branded the ghosts into their bodies? That is similar to my method of painting on Red Spectres.” Xia Yang scratched his chin. “The human body is the canvas and paint. The ghost is my artwork.”

Gao Ming had no time to listen to Xia Yang. Gao Ming and Xuan Wen had a special method of communication. However, all modes of communication had been cut off. They couldn’t sense each other’s location.

“The sky is darkening. The anomalies are slowly surfacing. The loss of communication can be due to the unique environment or human actions.”

Xuan Wen appeared many times in Gao Ming’s memories of death. She had always died before Gao Ming, and she had saved him more than once.

“Even though she can’t remember anything, I remember everything.”

Gao Ming charged forward with his bare fists. His crazily pounding heart was like a burning ball of fire!

The black hair curled around the arm. The security member shivered from the chill. He aimed at Gao Ming’s heart. However, before he could move the blade, a giant bloody shadow enveloped him. The giant bloody hand grabbed him by his face and slammed him into the ground!

The other bloody hand grabbed the long-haired ghost by her neck. The ghostly roar echoed through the lobby. The arms tore the long-haired ghost and the security member into pieces.