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The endless curses swallowed the last lingering spirit. The black flame spread through Xu Qin’s body. She held Han Fei. The rationality in her eyes was replaced by another kind of madness. Her curse-filled body expanded. Just as she was about to go out of control again, Han Fei held the knife and looked at Xu Qin…

The ten hatreds had been consumed. There was no need to keep Xu Qin in this painful state anymore. Han Fei pulled the 13th table knife out. When he pulled, the curses around Xu Qin were triggered, and they advanced towards Han Fei. Thankfully, the curses were held back at the last moment. They didn’t harm Han Fei but surged into the table knives. The hatred and curse turned into a strange pattern, imbuing the table knives with different power.

The process was long and arduous. When all the curses were removed from Xu Qin’s body, Han Fei finally managed to pull the knife out of Xu Qin’s heart. As the last table knife was removed, the hatred that covered Ziggurat and danced in Xu Qin’s eyes dissipated. All the curses were sealed up again, but the black flame in Xu Qin’s eyes didn’t extinguish.

Han Fei looked at Xu Qin with concern, and he didn’t want her to be injured because of him. After a few deep breaths, Xu Qin lowered her head to look at Han Fei. Her lips moved. “Why are you hugging me?”

Han Fei’s heart trembled. Then, he moved back embarrassedly.

“You shouldn’t do something so reckless in the future anymore. How can you consume the hatred of ten Pure Hatreds? It was too dangerous.” Han Fei changed the subject. Xu Qin kept staring at him, and he didn’t dare to look back.

“Did you tell me something when I was out of control? I remember feeling so warm and the desire to stay in this despairing world.”

“I didn’t say anything.” Han Fei had just escaped from the memory world and died. He experienced a lot and accumulated many emotions. When Xu Qin was about to go out of control, the feelings, he had been suppressing burst out of him. However, that was then, and this was now. He really couldn’t repeat the same thing to Xu Qin, who had become normal again. After all, he hadn’t held a girl’s hand at his age. He didn’t even know how to interact with human females.

“It’s fine if you don’t want to tell me.” Xu Qin picked up a sharp knife. “I’ll ask the question, and you’ll only need to answer.”

“Okay.” Han Fei sat on the table like a served dish.

“First, I’m curious. Why does your body contain their hatred?” Xu Qin pointed at Zhuang Wen and the faceless woman, “What complicated relationship do you three have?”

Zhuang Wen was a Pure Hatred, but she immediately dropped out of the window. Mainly because she didn’t know how to explain herself. Technically, she only saw Han Fei once in the memory world. She also had no idea how Han Fei became entangled with the eight women. She also didn’t know how to explain why her hatred was inside Han Fei.

“I didn’t plan to hide anything from you.” Han Fei stopped Zhuang Wen, who planned to jump out the window. He hadn’t done anything wrong. He relayed the things he had experienced after he became Fu Yi. Han Fei told Xu Qin the things he had experienced and the choices he had made in the memory world. When he was telling the story, the other tenants silently returned. When the Pure Hatred’s power enveloped the Ziggurat, everyone thought Xu Qin had broken through to become a Pure Hatred after finding out Han Fei had made ten girlfriends. However, when everyone thought Han Fei was dead, they returned to find Han Fei sitting on the dining table, and the curses within him were cured. They opened the door and found their spots in the room. They were slowly drawn into Han Fei’s story. Han Fei used half an hour to tell everything, and everyone finally realized they had misunderstood Han Fei.

“I knew the boss wouldn’t be someone like that.” Drake’s single eye was filled with respect.

“I didn’t know the old building manager had such a sad childhood.”

“I’ve misunderstood the building manager.”

The tenants surrounded the dining table. Han Fei shook his head. “It’s normal. This is not your fault but Shen Luo’s.” After eating some pork hearts, Han Fei felt better. He crawled down from the table and looked for Shen Luo among the crowd. If the man was just unlucky, it was okay, but Shen Luo had the Rescue during Desperation talent. Han Fei was very afraid that Shen Luo would still find his way back to Han Fei after he was sent to the theme park.

“Shen Luo, where are you? Don’t be afraid. We’re all good people.” Han Fei put on his masterful acting and found Shen Luo hiding in the corner. He pulled him to the altar.

“Han Fei, I’m so sorry for what I said earlier.” Shen Luo apologized profusely. The man wasn’t malicious. Most of the time, he was the victim too.

“It’s alright. I’ll send you out of the hidden map. You might feel discomfort but suffer through it.” Han Fei had Shen Luo sit before the altar and used the Personality Surgery talent for the first time. The cracked altar appeared to hear a summon when Han Fei got close. The former figurine had turned to dust, but after Han Fei touched the altar, a very small figurine formed from the ashes. Han Fei’s Life Points dropped. Han Fei had to keep eating Xu Qin’s food to keep alive. Half an hour later, the small figurine took on the Mad Laughter’s face. Han Fei noticed that immediately. ‘Why is it him again?’

Han Fei glanced at Shen Luo. He knew this had nothing to do with the man, and his first altar figurine featured the Mad Laughter too.

“Big brother, I know my mistakes now.” Shen Luo was surrounded by the neighbors, and he couldn’t even breathe.

“Don’t be anxious. I really want to help you.” Han Fei touched the altar with one hand and pressed on Shen Luo’s head with another, “You still don’t trust me after I’ve saved you so many times? Close your eyes, take a deep breath and relax.”

After Shen Luo did so, Han Fei used Personality Surgery. At that moment, Han Fei saw Shen Luo’s life. In his rollercoaster of a life, tragedy was everywhere, but the man was always happy and optimistic. Perhaps because the altar hadn’t been fully fixed, Han Fei didn’t know how to edit one’s memory, and he could only delete the memories related to him. With each deletion, the figurine inside the altar would smile. Shen Luo trembled from pain. It felt like his soul was torn apart little by little. Once the surgery started, the power lay with Han Fei. It didn’t matter how loud Shen Luo screamed. After the surgery was completed, Shen Luo fainted. Han Fei checked the man’s status. After making sure he was only unconscious, Han Fei used Resurrection to send Shen Luo back to the surface world.

“Notification for Player 0000! You’ve obtained some reputation and afterlife karma.” Han Fei also noticed with surprise that the cracks on the altar had recovered slightly, and the expression of the figurine changed.

“Alright, now that Ziggurat has two Pure Hatreds, I can leave in peace.” Han Fei looked at his neighbors and realized Doctor Yan wasn’t among them. “Have you seen Doctor Yan? He was instrumental in helping us infiltrate into the hospital.”

“Doctor Yan jumped down with Zhuang Wen earlier.” Lee Zai said, and everyone turned to Zhuang Wen. “He didn’t come back up with you?”

Zhuang Wen shook her head. “I jumped from this floor to the floor underneath.”

“What about Doctor Yan?”

“He landed on the first floor. He smashed his face. He’s downstairs piecing his body back together.” Han Fei shook his head. Doctor Yan did that just to avoid Xu Qin. Han Fei chatted with everyone, and then he was ready to log off. He was exhausted. Han Fei entered a room alone.

He was about to exit when the door opened, and Xu Qin appeared. Xu Qin closed the door and approached Han Fei in the dark,

“What is it?” Han Fei leaned against the wall.

“I pieced this back together.” Xu Qin took out a red paper doll. The doll was soaked with Xu Qin and Han Fei’s blood. “Don’t eat it again.”

Han Fei accepted the doll. He studied the complicated patterns, and the system said, “Notification for Player 0000! You’ve obtained the top Grade E Cursed Object—Cursed Paper Doll.

“Cursed Paper Doll: This paper doll has 1001 curses. They will curse everyone who harms you.”

“1001 curses?” Han Fei kept the doll well. “Don’t worry. I’ll look after him.”

“Don’t give me so many promises. I only need you to promise me that you’d keep on surviving.” Xu Qin forced Han Fei to the corner. Her curses danced, and her lips opened. She looked at the cornered Han Fei with a smile. Han Fei had this sharpness and maturity his peers didn’t, due to his time in the cryptic world, but all that would disappear when he was around Xu Qin. He was always that boy next door around her.

“You saw Fu Sheng’s past in the memory world and knew why he did certain things. But mainly, you brought out ten hatreds from that world.” Xu Qin leaned close to Han Fei. “Consuming them made me a Pure Hatred, don’t you think that is too much of a coincidence?” After a pause, she continued, “Do you remember the midnight mall’s Mirror God? He and I are tenants at Happiness Neighborhood. Fu Sheng left behind the altars at the mall and the hospital. I believe Fu Sheng has arranged all these.”

“That’s why you came to talk to me alone?” Han Fei was startled.

“Why else?” Xu Qin smiled. She looked at the wounded Han Fei before turning to leave. “Rest. Don’t trust Fu Sheng implicitly. He once tried to destroy this world.”

“I know. Our paths are ultimately different. He has been trying to change me, but I’ve been trying to change him too.” Han Fei watched Xu Qin walk away. He added all his attribute points to stamina. “I must be too low on stamina to be suppressed by Xu Qin’s presence.” Han Fei, at level 21, had 34 stamina, but he was still not satisfied. Han Fei finally left the game after a long time. The blood covered the world. Han Fei sensed someone behind him. The shrill laughter became clearer. “The person is back. The more times Mad Laughter gets released, the thing behind me will get closer.”

Han Fei opened his eyes and he felt crushing pain both mentally and physically. “The altar missions are too scary.”

Han Fei couldn’t even move inside the gaming hub. However, at that moment, his phone outside the hub rang. He forced himself to move. Before he even opened the hub door, he paused. His nose twitched because he could smell the paint in the air.

“The painter?”

After some hesitation, Han Fei slowly opened the hub door. “The three Pure Hatreds at the hospital need to work together and gain something’s help to influence the real life. They can’t do anything to me now.”