After Fang Xinhan dealt with the Knocking Ghost and collected its drops, he quickly tidied up the scene using Alchemy and immediately left.
Why, you ask? Fang Xinhan felt that the Management Bureau's people would arrive soon, and he needed to escape before they did.
Task: The 'Person' Knocking in the Middle of the Night. Status: Completed
Task Rating in progress...
Your rating increased because you did not disturb other neighbors while completing the task.
Your rating increased because you made the Knocking Ghost leave the residential building, preventing harm to others.
Your rating increased because you tidied up the scene after killing the Knocking Ghost, saving the elderly residents from labor.
Your final rating is: S
Task Rewards: Gold x150, Random Novice Item x1, Experience x200
Due to your S rating, you received an additional item: Special Flashlight
Fang Xinhan did not claim his rewards immediately; he had to take a detour home first. To avoid revealing his player identity, Fang Xinhan had considered many things, including the puppet he had made still lying on his bed.
Fang Xinhan first slipped into a secluded restroom, and when he emerged, he had changed his appearance. This was thanks to the mod Fang Xinhan had drawn this morning—the Custom Steve mod.
CustomSteve is a mod that allows you to modify in-game models. Unlike traditional skin mods, it lets you load many industry-standard 3D models into the game, providing more elaborate visual effects and a more exciting gaming experience!
Consequently, many perverted old guys imported a large number of female character models into the game to view their 'wives' up close and control their favorite characters to do indescribable things.
For Fang Xinhan, the Custom Steve mod was simply for hiding his identity. Don't overthink it; the model changed, but the essence didn't. (￣y▽￣)~* covering his mouth to snicker.
After several transfers, Fang Xinhan finally returned home. The first thing Fang Xinhan did upon arriving home was to retrieve the system rewards.
Item Name: Special Flashlight
Item Type: Consumable
Quality: Common
Special Effect: Turn on the flashlight to consume power and instantly freeze strange and anomalous monsters. The higher the monster's level, the faster the power consumption.
(Note: Stare into this light!)
"Seems I won't need it, but who knows what the future holds?" Fang Xinhan returned to his bedroom, put the puppet into his backpack, and went to sleep.
Meanwhile, in Jinhua Community on Nanbei Road in Tianlan City, which was Li Yuanyuan's neighborhood, several black cars appeared outside the community. The security guard noticed something amiss and left his booth to inquire.
"Excuse me, comrade, we are on a case." A man in a black suit and dark sunglasses showed his ID. The security guard saw it and immediately opened the community gate, letting them in.
"Leader, we've arrived," the burly man driving said. Fang Nuannuan, dressed in casual clothes, had been resting with her eyes closed in the back seat. Hearing this, she opened her eyes and got out of the car.
As soon as she got out, Fang Nuannuan sensed residual magic energy. Upon closer inspection, she could even discern some faint traces of a struggle, though they were hard to notice without careful observation.
"It seems we arrived late," Fang Nuannuan said, looking at the traces.
"Ah? Could it be that the child already..." The burly man's expression froze, and his words trailed off.
"The child is fine. Another player must have been here before us; I sensed residual magic energy. Also, these traces are hard to spot without careful observation." Fang Nuannuan stood up, propping her chin on her right hand. "The other party tried to erase the battle traces, but their method was quite crude. Were they afraid of us catching them, or did they have an urgent matter?"
The burly man squatted down to carefully examine the traces. "Leader, these traces are very fresh. The other party likely left no more than 20 minutes before we arrived. Should we investigate?"
Fang Nuannuan shook her head. "The other party's battle didn't disturb the residents here, and they cleaned up the scene afterward, meaning they didn't intend for others to know about it. For now, this player can be tentatively classified as a Lawful Good type."
After the various personnel finished their inspections, Fang Nuannuan waved, signaling that they could wrap up. After everyone left the community, a man in black took out something resembling a memory-wiping stick and flashed it at the security guard. The security guard instantly became dazed. After the man in black left, the guard regained his senses.
At 6:30 AM, Fang Xinhan woke up, brushed his teeth, and washed his face. Back in his bedroom, he did his daily lottery. Today, his luck was decent, and he drew an amethyst.
Fang Xinhan immediately threw it into the conversion table and started scrolling on his phone. At 7:00 AM, he went to Zhao Ji Breakfast Shop to eat, arriving at school by 7:30 AM.
His classmates were surprised to find that Li Yuanyuan looked much better today, at least better than before. Although she occasionally dozed off during class, it wasn't as severe as it used to be.
In fact, last night, after Li Yuanyuan could still hear the knocking even with her earplugs in, she simply threw them on the floor. Just as Li Yuanyuan was tormented to the point of tears, she heard a person's voice.
"Hey, brother, why are you knocking on someone's door? Don't you know it's the middle of the night? You're disturbing the peace."
"Brother, what's wrong? Are you captivated by my handsomeness? Sorry, I'm not gay, so don't be too charmed by me."
Li Yuanyuan listened to the somewhat cheeky voice from the other side. The person knocking was probably enraged by him and chased after the one who made the sound. After that, Li Yuanyuan waited for a long time and unknowingly fell asleep. Perhaps it was because she hadn't slept well these past few days, but Li Yuanyuan slept very soundly until a ray of sunlight shone on her face, and she slowly woke up.
Still groggy, she suddenly received a call from the Public Security Bureau saying that the person knocking in the middle of the night would no longer appear. At that moment, Li Yuanyuan excitedly jumped up, but accidentally stubbed her toe on the table.
Time flew by like a white colt passing a crevice, and it was time for school to end. Fang Xinhan was naturally the first to pack his things and head home.
Upon returning home, Fang Xinhan immediately received a system notification.
Task conditions met, matching in progress
Matching complete
Task Name: Hospital Haunting
Task Type: Phased Instance Task (Team Collaboration)
Phase 1: Please proceed to Ren'ai Hospital in Tianlan City's North District by 11:00 PM tonight to await other players. The next phase will begin once all personnel have arrived.
Task Rewards: Rewards will be automatically issued upon completion of each phase.
Task Failure Penalty: Revocation of player qualification
"This task doesn't seem simple. Revocation of player qualification upon task failure? I'm afraid players might already be dead if they fail the task, right?" Fang Xinhan muttered to himself, looking at the task failure penalty.
It's currently 6:01 PM, so there are two and a half hours until 11:00 PM. Fang Xinhan has enough time to equip himself.
Anyway, today is Friday, so he doesn't have school tomorrow. However, he still set up a VPN on his computer first, then searched for information about Ren'ai Hospital.
Tianlan City's Ren'ai Hospital was a large general hospital, but it had a high accident rate. It was said to have suffered a fire in the past. After reconstruction, the hospital remained as it was, and now it has been abandoned.
"Hmm? Suffered a fire before? Now abandoned?" Fang Xinhan's thoughts raced, as if he had thought of something, then he began to prepare.
(P.S.: I'm out of inspiration. If anyone has suggestions for Hospital Haunting, especially regarding human experimentation or a god-making project, please share them.) (｡ò ∀ ó｡)