Fantasy Game: Infinite City

"Um... Han Zu, are you sure... we want to come here at this time?"

"Sure. If we come during the day, there will definitely be a large crowd of people gathered at the gate of the manor to watch the fun. Let's switch places. You drive the car and I'll open the door."

Around eleven o'clock in the evening, in front of the haunted manor that Garcia accidentally bought, located on the border between the new and old city areas of City C, Han Zu stopped the car, opened the door and got out. Garcia moved to the driving seat and closed the door.

The reason for coming here was because Han Zu wanted to clean the manor. Since this place was haunted, no cleaning company was willing to take the job. Han Zu was a person who liked to finish things first and then rest, so on the night Garcia bought it, he took Garcia, took the cleaning tools, and drove here.

“Crack! Kala la la… creak…”

The metal gate of the manor was locked with a sturdy big lock and a sturdy iron chain. Garcia did get the key to the lock, but since the manor had not been taken care of for a long time, the keyhole had completely rusted. In addition, it was winter now, and the lock and the chain were frozen with a layer of ice. In order not to waste time, Han Zu directly crushed the lock and pulled off the chain. He was going to throw them into the trash can on the nearby street, but he changed his mind and decided to throw them on the ground first and deal with them later.

Pushing open the gate of the manor, the hinges creaked due to rust and cold, but fortunately, although the rust was severe, there was no thick ice, so it could still be opened normally. Leaning against the door on one side, Han Zu took out a cigarette from his pocket and waved to Garcia in the car.

Although Garcia drove the car in, she did not park the car in front of the main building of the manor as Han Zu had told her before. Instead, she drove through the gate and parked next to Han Zu.

"Click."

Garcia turned off the car, got out, and stood next to Han Zu. "It would be better if you brought the hounds with you." Garcia looked around nervously and said while grabbing Han Zu's arm.

"Who's watching the house? It's okay! It's just haunted. I was just trying to scare you. It's not that serious."

"So the stories and news you told before were actually all fake?"

"Oh, that's not the case. Those things did happen."

"Didn't you say you were just trying to scare me? These things are true, how can they be considered scare me?"

Because Garcia was holding his arm and shaking him, Han Zu tried several times before he lit the cigarette in his mouth. After taking a deep breath, Han Zu began to talk to Garcia, hoping to ease Garcia's fear.

"People who got into trouble because of the haunted manor are basically ordinary people. If there are players from the Infinite City, nothing will happen. There are many adventure hosts in City C and nearby cities who are also players of the Infinite City. If this place is really that dangerous, they will definitely come here. Since nothing happened to them, it means that no matter what is here, it is not a big threat to us. It is not at all. Besides, I have attack and defense methods against souls in that Fuso-style copy before. Relax and finish cleaning up early so that you can feel at ease."

Although Han Zu said so much, Garcia was not completely reassured, and his hand holding Han Zu's arm tightened.

"What are you afraid of? If something does appear, we'll just kill it. At most it will be a little troublesome, and we can just redecorate it."

"Why don't we just blow this place up and rebuild it."

“This is downtown, and there are other businesses and residents just across the street surrounding the estate.”

"But I really..."

"Okay, okay, then just follow me."

Han Zu shook his head, flicked the ash, put the cigarette back into his mouth, and prepared to start working. He first looked around the yard of the manor. It was very bare, with almost nothing in it. Apart from a few scattered trees in the yard, there was not even some decent gardening, let alone decorative statues.

I rubbed the snow on the ground with my feet, and there was nothing underneath. Except for the driveway leading directly to the main building and the back door of the manor, the rest of the place was still frozen mud. It seemed that the original builder was planning to plant garden plants on both sides, but the manor must have had problems after the driveway was repaired, so I haven't been here since then.

"Okay, we don't have to clean up the yard, which will reduce the workload by two-thirds. Let's go, get in the car, and take a look inside the main building."

Driving to the main building gate, Han Zu turned off the car and prepared to finish the remaining half cigarette in the car before going back to work. At this moment, Garcia suddenly remembered something.

"Since no one is doing gardening, where did the trees in the yard come from? Judging from their size, they were not there when the manor was built. They have only been there for a few years, definitely no more than ten years."

"That's a bit strange. Once we've cleaned up the main building, we'll go check it out. If nothing works, we'll just pull them out."

As the cigarette was finished, Han Zu stepped out of the car and took out some cleaning tools and a small generator from the trunk. This was to prevent a power failure here and a lack of a place to charge tools such as vacuum cleaners and sweeping robots.

The size of the entire manor is about the same as that of a medium-sized residential area. The main building of the manor is located slightly behind the center of the manor. Not counting the attic and the basement, the main building has five floors in total. Excluding the attic, the first floor and the basement, each floor has six to seven rooms of different sizes. The size of the main building is about the same as that of a horizontal residential building, or even slightly larger.

Unlike the gate of the manor, the main building has not suffered much damage from the years. Apart from some traces of time, the overall structure is still very solid and the outside is also very clean.

"It seems that this builder is really good. Look, even though no one has maintained the main building and the manor's walls for so many years, they are still very solid except that they are a little old. It seems that I can leave the purchase of things to you in the future, Garcia. Don't you have a good eye?"

"...If it's not haunted..."

"Okay, let's start cleaning."

Entering the main building of the manor, Han Zu looked around the hall. The furniture inside was covered with dust covers, and there was a thick layer of dust on the dust covers. The same was true on the floor. But what was strange was that the ceiling, walls, and the crystal chandelier on the center ceiling of the hall on the first floor were not covered with dust at all. They were very clean.

Turning his head to look at Garcia, in order to prevent Garcia from feeling more scared, Han Zu did not tell her about his discovery this time, but planned to tell her later.

"The dust cover will be removed last. Let's put a few robot vacuum cleaners on the first floor first. We'll start cleaning up from the attic."

Garcia put down several of the latest sweeping robots, which have a certain level of intelligence. They have already cleaned half of the first floor. It only takes about one or two hours for these advanced sweeping robots to clean the entire floor, including the stairs.

Going up the stairs, Han Zu walked in front. He didn't care about the haunting at all. He just walked towards the attic. Garcia followed behind, holding some cleaning tools in his hands, looking around nervously.

"hiss..."

When passing the third floor, Garcia heard some faint noises coming from the corridor on the third floor. She immediately looked in the direction of the sound, but saw nothing except a wall lamp hanging on the wall of the corridor.

"Maybe I'm hallucinating..."

"Let's go, what's wrong?"

"nothing."

Garcia quickened her pace and caught up with Han Zu, who had left some distance between them, and continued walking towards the attic. Not long after they left, some faint noises were heard in the corridor on the third floor.

"hiss..."

“Uhhhh…”

A cool breeze blew out from the third floor, lowering the temperature at the third floor stairs a lot. It was strange to say, because all the windows on the third floor were closed.

Not long after, the sounds of conversation and cleaning were heard in the attic, and it was completely unclear what was wrong with the third floor.