Chapter 967: Only Audience

Chapter 967: Only Audience

Han Fei was all the actors and audience. The suicidal young man, the landlord, and the parrot, the three characters, were played by one person, but it didn’t feel weird. The reason to live was Han Fei’s life. One side was hope, and the other was despair. They kept arguing. Han Fei had memorized the lines of all three characters. He switched between them easily.

“I want to live, but I can’t find the reason to live.”

“I am not willing to die just like that, but when I realized it, I was already at the edge of the roof.”

“I am poor, but the biggest poverty is not lacking the money for instant noodles but having not even experienced love before. At least they have people to love, at least they have people to provide them shelter, at least they have the warmth of home... but I have nothing.

“Parrot, parrot, tell me, what is the reason to live?”

“Parrot, parrot, stop mimicking other people’s happiness. After all, it is not your life.

“Perhaps, I am just a prop that will never become the main character.

“I am a lonely person. I die alone.”

Negative emotions entered his mind. Han Fei had reached the first turning point of his life. He had experienced all the defeats with his roommates, but after his partners left, he was still hanging on. Compared to others, he didn’t even need to pretend to be tough. He had no family. He was born to be accompanied by despair. His voice lowered. There was nothing in the world that was reason enough for him to stay. He tried to make others laugh, but the people didn’t even have the wish to glance at him. The shackles of fate turned heavier. He couldn’t breathe due to the panic in his heart.

The show was approaching its end. The young man who attempted his 11th suicide picked up the prop knife. Even though it was just a prop, the blade was still sharp enough to pierce his neck. The world in his eyes turned into fog and blinded his eyes and ears. Han Fei raised the prop knife and aimed it at his throat.

The landlord’s makeup was blurred by sweat. The parrot stopped talking. The three roles slowly overlapped to become Han Fei. The despair of the whole city pressed down on Han Fei. He held the knife. The play was portraying his life. The young man was Han Fei. He had once held the knife in the same position. The blade moved down. No one knew about Han Fei’s past, and no one cared.

Actually, Han Fei also didn’t know the true meaning of despair. Despair meant that he could slash his throat without any hesitation. The blade fell when laughter and applause came from the empty theatre. These were the things Han Fei rarely heard. His hands trembled, and he turned to the audience.

There was a single member sitting in the audience. He hugged his stomach and laughed heartily. It was like he was watching the best show in the world!

This man looked just like Han Fei. The difference was one was pushed on stage, and the other was sunken into madness. When he saw that man, the mist that clouded Han Fei’s eyes and ears disappeared. Mutated monsters rushed out of his brain. The slower monsters disappeared in the laughter. The past was like a shattered mirror. The prop knife fell to the ground. He looked at the laughing monster under the stage. His ruined makeup turned into ghastly tattoos. The despair around him was consumed.

Han Fei hurried to the central pavilion and shared his experience. Once the guide for the seventh and eighth layers was out, it attracted many players. All the guilds were stuck at the eighth layer, and Han Fei was the first player to clear it.

Then, Han Fei entered the nightmare mission lobby. He offered the highest price to purchase the black-and-white fragment. Most players were stuck in layers below the fifth. There were not that many fragments. Only by clearing the nightmare perfectly that one would get the fragment. Therefore, even though Han Fei offered a very high price, no one was willing to sell the fragments. “I need to talk to the guild leaders. The fragments are useless to them, but they can help my black box...”

Han Fei was planning how to convince the other guilds when the players around him rushed to the door. Everyone looked spirited.

“What’s going on?” Han Fei grabbed a random person to ask.

“Don’t you know? Look at the chat! Huang Yin is online! The first player is here to save us!”

More players ran to the main city gate. They were under a lot of stress after being trapped in the game. There was no end to the layers of the nightmare. Huang Yin’s appearance carried a special meaning for all the players. Huang Yin was a living legend. He had created one after another miracle. There was nothing Huang Yin couldn’t do!

The main gate of Perfect Life opened, and a ray of sun shone through. The players who waited at the gate held their breath.

The sun paved a golden path through the city. A man walked through the gate and entered the city. Some said he was a bloodthirsty doctor, some said he was a mysterious cheater, some said he was a wealthy merchant, and some said he was the best fighter.

“Huang Yin!”

The city exploded. This was the power and influence of the first player. A rescue team of about 100 people followed Haung Yin. They knew that they would be trapped here, but no one retreated.

The city gate closed. Huang Yin spoke. “We’re just the first batch of the rescue team. Every day, we’ll have more rescue teams entering the main hub.” He opened his menu and unhid his name on the ranking.

Perfect Life had 21 rankings. Soon, all the players realized that for eighteen of the rankings, Huang Yin was number one!

“I’ll do my best to bring everyone out of here! Don’t worry. I won’t leave as long as there’s one person still in the city! I promise everyone that I’ll be the last player to leave Perfect Life!”Th.ê most uptodate novels are published on n(0)velbj)n(.)co/m