Fantasy Game: Infinite City

Half an hour later.

There weren't many pieces of furniture in the attic and the fifth floor. In the rooms on the fifth floor, there were only some basic sofas, dressing tables, windows without mattresses, and some empty wardrobes. The attic was completely empty, without any furniture. So it didn't take much time to clean these two floors. In addition, the ceiling and walls were very clean, so apart from wiping the windows, the cleaning work was basically done by the sweeping robot.

Arriving at the fourth floor, Han Zu adjusted the mode of the sweeping robot and placed it on the ground, while taking out a cigarette and putting it in his mouth. After the sweeping robot started working, he leaned on a windowsill in the corridor on the fourth floor and lit the cigarette.

"Although general cleaning work in the warehouse is also done by sweeping robots, I really didn't expect you to buy more than 20 sweeping robots at one time."

"As for the machines, even though they are high-end products that cost a lot of money and can even clean stairs, machines can break down sometimes. It's better to buy some spare parts. They are now useful. Otherwise, it would take us a long time to clean such a large manor. Now we can leave the cleaning of the floor to them. We only need to clean the furniture and windows. If we hurry, we should be able to clean the entire building before noon."

After the conversation, the two began to clean the fourth floor. There were not many rooms on the fourth floor, only four. Although each room was large, it was very empty and there was basically no furniture. After cleaning the furniture and windows, Han Zu and Garcia opened all the room doors and let the sweeping robot complete the rest of the work.

"According to the time, the first floor should be almost cleaned. Let's go get the robot vacuum cleaner on the first floor and let them clean the fourth floor first."

He glanced at the software on his phone that controlled the sweeping robot and found that the sweeping robot on the first floor had finished cleaning and entered standby mode. The robot on the fourth floor also had sufficient power, so Han Zu, holding a cigarette in his mouth, walked towards the stairs, ready to go to the first floor.

When passing the third floor, Garcia looked into the corridor on the third floor, but this time Garcia did not hear any strange sound. She began to think that maybe she had really hallucinated before. She shook her head and continued to walk downstairs.

Han Zu walked behind Garcia this time. In fact, he had clearly heard the strange noise on the third floor before, and relying on his powerful perception ability, he had indeed discovered something at the deepest part of the third floor. Han Zu's original idea was to find a way to get Garcia out of the way after reaching the first floor, let the hounds guard it, and go to see what was going on on the third floor himself. However, he could not sense any abnormality on the third floor, so he temporarily changed this idea.

After arriving at the first floor, Han Zu and Garcia put away the sweeping robot on the first floor and went to the second floor to start cleaning. The largest room on the second floor was a banquet hall with a large long dining table. Although it was covered with dust, the wood was still solid. It could be seen that the builders at the time used the best furniture at the time to put it here.

Another room is the kitchen, another is a storage room, and the last one is a public bathroom. The layout of the entire second floor is very simple, but there are a lot of furniture and kitchen tools. It took about two hours to clean them up.

"Well, the areas that the robots on the second floor couldn't reach have been cleaned up. The robots on the fourth floor have also finished cleaning up. Let's go to the fourth floor."

"There are only the third floor and the basement left. If we hurry, we should be able to finish cleaning before daybreak."

Walking up the stairs towards the fourth floor, Han Zu used his perception ability to search again when he passed the third floor, but still found nothing. After taking the sweeping robot back from the fourth floor, he officially entered the third floor and started cleaning.

The third floor is for guest rooms and has more furniture. "Strange. Looking at the layout of the main building of the manor, the fourth and fifth floors should be the master's rooms. But why are there so many more furnishings in the guest rooms on the third floor than on the fourth and fifth floors?"

"What's so strange about this? I guess they were decorating by floor, and they haven't finished the fourth and fifth floors yet. Look, there's nothing in the attic."

"Maybe, I'm overthinking it."

Garcia nodded and went to clean the windowsill. Han Zu looked at Garcia's back and thought about what Garcia said. Although what he said was not wrong, there was something wrong with the third floor. For example, a manor that had not yet been occupied would not have a huge portrait hanging in the room.

In the room where the two were now, there was a 1.5mx2m portrait hanging in the middle of the wall opposite the room. This painting was very strange. Judging from the background, it should not be a decorative painting, because Han Zu recognized the location of the background, and it was very strange that the location was right next to the beach in City N. The reason why he could recognize the background of the portrait was because there was a unique symbol in it.

The logo is a unique seabird, which was the logo of a once famous family business in N City, a large family business that specialized in the development of tourism. When Han Zu was a child, his parents took him to travel in N City and he had been on a cruise ship owned by that family. Han Zu remembered that his father had told him the origin of that family business at that time.

That family business still exists, and its business is growing bigger and bigger. Its presence can be seen in almost every city in Longguo that is close to the sea and has a developed tourism industry. Promotional posters with the CEO's photo on them can always be seen on TV.

However, Han Zu had no impression of the woman in the portrait, and he could not confirm which family this woman was related to based on the background alone. The reason he thought of this was that 20 years ago when the manor was built, the new urban area of ​​City C had not even been completed. Except for such a wealthy family, no one would spend a lot of money to buy such a place. And in the manor where even the furniture was not yet arranged, such a portrait suddenly appeared, and it was related to a big family. It was hard not to connect them together.

Han Zu suddenly thought of something, stopped cleaning, and took out his mobile phone to check the relevant information 20 years ago. It is true that the manor is haunted. He did not have the ability to study it before, but now it has aroused Han Zu's curiosity again.

However, after taking out his mobile phone, Han Zu found that there was no signal at all. Han Zu clearly remembered that before entering the manor, when he was waiting for the traffic light at a place only one intersection away from the manor, he had used his mobile phone to watch videos.

"what happened?"

"Oh, nothing. I just wanted to play a song. Cleaning is a bit boring."

"You'd better not let it go... I always feel creepy."

"Row."

Putting away his phone, Han Zu lowered his head and continued cleaning, but his perception was always locked on the portrait hanging in the center of the room. However, for some reason, the portrait did not show any abnormalities until the entire third floor was cleaned.

"Okay, now the only thing left is the basement. It's... well... past three o'clock. If the basement wasn't that big, we should be able to finish cleaning it before five o'clock. Your robot vacuum cleaners really save us a lot of time."

"Ah."

Han Zu's answer was absent-minded. Garcia noticed that after cleaning, Han Zu did not immediately take back the sweeping robots, but stood in the corridor, staring at something in a room.

Garcia suddenly felt a chill on her back. She quickly walked to Han Zu's side and looked inside. She found nothing except a portrait.

"There's a portrait here? I didn't notice it just now."

"It's just a decorative painting, but it's a good one."

"Let's go, put away all the robots and clean the basement, then we can go back and rest. This place doesn't seem as scary as you said."

"Ah."

After packing up the robot vacuum cleaners, they went down to the first floor. Many of them were running out of power. Although no one had lived in the manor for 20 years, the power system inside was somehow working fine. Garcia turned on almost all the lights in the manor. The whole manor was very bright, and there was no sense of gloom and terror at all. Garcia was about to connect the charging pile of the robot vacuum cleaner to the socket on the first floor, but found that Han Zu took out the small generator he brought with him and started it.

"Forehead...?!"

Garcia suddenly discovered that Han Zu's eyes were the familiar black color, and under the skin around his eye sockets, there were still the familiar black blood vessels. At first glance, Garcia didn't realize anything was wrong, but she immediately realized that Han Zu's eyes were in this state when he entered the main building of the manor, and they would only remain in this state in dark places.

Cold sweat flowed down from his head. Garcia swallowed and walked to Han Zu.

"Is the light on?"

"Ah? Isn't there no electricity? Why turn on the light? You fiddled with the switch before, didn't you know there was no electricity? Wait...you..."

Garcia nodded and his face began to turn pale. Han Zu pulled open his clothes, revealing his skin, and whistled. Two Death Hounds came out of his body and surrounded Garcia.

"Why don't you go back to the car and wait? There's only the basement left anyway."

"No, no, no, it's safer for me to follow you."

“Uhhhh…”

As a strange sound came from upstairs again, Garcia's vision returned to normal. There was no electricity or lights in the main building. It was always dark. Garcia saw the reality again and the dark manor. She unconsciously hugged the necks of the two hounds tightly with her hands. She was so strong that the two hounds could not stand up and stuck to her body.

"Thanks.."

Garcia also understood that perhaps Han Zu had already discovered the abnormality, but in order not to scare himself, he did not say anything. At the same time, he also realized that there was dust only on the floor and furniture, while the ceiling and walls were very clean, even spotless.

"us...?"

"The anomaly should be on the third floor, that painting, but I want to take a look in the basement first."

After saying that, Han Zu waited for the sweeping robots to be charged, then carried a few sweeping robots to the stairwell leading to the basement. Garcia quickly followed, and the two Death Hounds surrounded her, looking around from time to time.

“Squeak…”

Pushing open the door of the stairwell leading to the basement, a cold and rotten smell hit their noses. The air was ridiculously humid and very cold, even leaving a layer of water droplets on their skin.

"Didn't you say it was on the third floor? How come..."

"Crack. Hiss..."

After lighting a cigarette, Han Zu walked down to the basement without saying anything. There was nothing special in the basement. Han Zu put down the robot vacuum cleaner and let them start cleaning. Garcia sat on the stairs, holding the two hounds, and looked back at the door above the stairs from time to time.

Walking in the large basement while smoking, Han Zu used his eyes and perception to search the entire basement. This place was different from other places in the main building of the manor. Not only was there nothing here, even the lamps used for lighting and the paint on the walls were not finished. It was completely a rough draft.

"Ok?"

As he searched the basement, Han Zu discovered that there were several uneven spots on the ground and walls. Although they were not very obvious, judging from the building outside, the builder would not do such a sloppy thing that would damage his reputation.

"Something is wrong here?"

"The ground here and the wall over there are uneven in several places. You may have been affected by the haunting incident, otherwise you would have noticed it."

Han Zu walked to the uneven spot and knocked on it with his hand, but it was different from what he expected. No hollow sound came back, but instead it was solid ground. However, Han Zu still decided to clear the abnormal spot and see what happened.

Han Zu began to dig his fingers into the ground, preparing to lift it up, while Garcia watched nervously, occasionally looking back at the door above the stairs.

"Boom!"

As the concrete floor was lifted, a more serious smell of decay came out, which was very pungent. Under the soil covered by the concrete was the source of the decayed smell. Not long after, the soil was lifted by Han Zu, and a dress that had decayed into rags, along with the dry bones inside, appeared in front of Han Zu.

"A female, judging by her bone age, she should have been no more than 25 years old when she died. Murder? Or a crime of passion? If we have specialized tools, we should be able to analyze the specific cause of death." Garcia walked over, examined the skeleton, and gave his own inference.

"You are not afraid of skeletons and corpses at all, so why are you afraid of ghosts?" Han Zu sat on the ground and flicked the ash in front of the sweeping robot next to him.

"That's different. Anyway, I just... hate ghosts and spirits. By the way, should we call the police? Maybe..." Garcia took out her cell phone and was about to call the police. But Han Zu stopped her, "There is no signal, and if I'm not mistaken, the abnormal position on the wall should also be a corpse. Since there was no news about this incident 20 years ago, it is probably useless to make it public now."

"So what should we do now? The manor has been haunted for years. Could it be that the ghosts of these people are..."

"Maybe, but it doesn't matter. I'll grind them to dust soon anyway."

"Why? Maybe they have their own reasons?"

"More than ten years ago, several children died because of this haunted manor. If they were still alive, they would be about my age. Let's assume that these ghosts were really killed by someone with malicious intent. If they just killed the person who killed them, then I wouldn't grind their bones to ashes, and I wouldn't even care about them. But those children were just naughty and adventurous, and they did nothing wrong."

"Tell me your reasons?"

"It's normal to want revenge. I even support this behavior. But this is not a license to kill. You can't hurt innocent people at will, even ghosts. There are not many good people in this world. No matter what you do, you have to accept the consequences. I won't take the initiative to find things to do, but since we bought this place, if someone goes wild under my nose, I have to let them know the consequences, whether they are human or ghost."

After spending some time, Han Zu uncovered all the abnormal places and found a total of seven or eight dry bones. He went to the first floor and got a dust cover for a sofa. Han Zu stuffed all the dry bones into it, wrapped them up into a ball, and prepared to take them to the yard to burn. Just as he left the basement and walked into the hall, a strange fog suddenly appeared and instantly filled the main building of the entire manor.

"Bang! Bang!"

The door and windows on the first floor that were originally open were suddenly slammed shut. Some fog froze them from the inside. Han Zu and Garcia were temporarily trapped in the manor.

"Oh, I forgot about the portrait on the third floor."

"boom."

Han Zu casually threw the dust cover wrapped around the dry bones to the ground and prepared to go to the third floor to take down the portrait and burn it into ashes together. However, before he reached the stairs, some flashing figures blocked his way.

"Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow..."

The phantom became solid and let out a shrill scream. Han Zu picked his ears impatiently, then suddenly began to take off his coat and threw it to Garcia.

"Don't be shameless. Spit."

Garcia and the two hounds took a few steps back. They could sense a terrifying and violent aura from Han Zu as he spat out his cigarette butt. This aura would only appear occasionally when Han Zu decided to kill someone.

“Uooa ...

But perhaps it was because ghosts had no humanity or reason, these horrible creatures let out shrill screams and rushed towards Han Zu.

"You bastard, you have no shame."

"Boom!"

A strange dark green flame enveloped Han Zu's exposed upper body. The horrifying heat wave began to evaporate the cold Yin energy rapidly. Even the frozen doors and windows quickly melted. A battle was about to break out.