I Fed The Affectionate And Paranoid God - Chapter 16
In the game, the little character closed its eyes after lying down.
Xia Chenxi could hear the slight ups and downs of the little person’s breathing even through the headphones.
The little man shouldn’t fall asleep so easily, so Xia Chenxi patiently waited for a while. After about half an hour, the little man unconsciously moved and slept even deeper.
Xia Chenxi estimated that treatment should be possible at this time, so he tried to use the medical tape again.
But this time, the game didn’t pop up any more prompts.
In addition, the little person’s hand was just outside the blanket, making it convenient for Xia Chenxi to receive treatment.
Xia Chenxi zoomed in on the game screen and carefully examined the injured parts of the little character; the most severe wound seemed to be on its forearm.
He only had a love value of -2 now, which wasn’t enough to buy a second medical tape.
So now this medical tape could only be used on the most serious areas of the person’s body, and other wounds could only heal slowly.
Just as Xia Chenxi was pointing the arrow at its arm, he paused as if thinking of something, showing a hesitant expression.
Wrong.
Why was the little man’s arm the only thing exposed outside the blanket?
This game couldn’t be viewed with common sense.
In addition, the little character’s previous display of intelligence made Xia Chenxi involuntarily make an incredible guess.
Was it pretending to be asleep?
Before entering the room, it deliberately observed the room and seemed to suspect that there was someone inside. Could it be that it deliberately exposed its arm in order to lure him out?
However, there was also another possibility that couldn’t be ruled out. For example, this game could only set the character’s arm exposed because of the inability to interact in any way; otherwise, as a player, he wouldn’t be able to apply medical tape to the injured area.
The game wasn’t interactable.
When he thought about it like that, it made sense for the villain’s arm to be out.
It makes sense.
Xia Chenxi hesitated for a moment and decided to give it a try.
Just when his hand was only a few millimetres away from the screen, Xia Chenxi caught a glimpse of the supposedly sleeping character suddenly grabbing something.
Wait!
Xia Chenxi still remembered the first two times he logged into the game, when the little character fell asleep in the second half of the night due to a fever, and his posture appeared curled up unconsciously.
This was a sign of extreme unease towards the surrounding environment.
And such a vigilant and insecure person would never leave their injured hand outside. Instead, they would wrap themselves tightly and fall asleep normally.
Therefore, there was a high probability that the little person was pretending to be asleep!
As he felt incredulous, Xia Chenxi found himself in a dilemma.
While the little person was pretending to be asleep, he couldn’t rashly treat the little person; otherwise, when it detected the appearance of medical tape on its hand, it would immediately open its eyes.
According to the intelligence level of the little person, if it found that there was no one in the room, it would definitely be scared.
If Xia Chenxi had encountered these situations himself, he would probably have been scared and moved overnight.
Forget it.
He’d wait a little longer.
Xia Chenxi temporarily allowed the game to run in the background, making it convenient for him to enter the game at any time.
Continuing to eat the fruits he bought before, as evening approached, the little nurse came over to help change the dressing and instructed, “When you go to bed at night, if you feel uncomfortable, just ring the bell and I will come over immediately.”
“Okay, thank you,” Xia Chenxi said.
After the little nurse left, he was the only one left in the room.
About an hour passed.
The half closed door was knocked on a few more times, and a strange man in a police uniform came in. He said, “I was sent by the police station to protect you. Just now, my colleagues and I changed shifts and came here specifically to let you know.”
Xia Chenxi was confused for a moment, ‘Ah?’
The police officer glanced at Xia Chenxi’s reaction, guessed something, and explained thoughtfully, “You were still sleeping at the time. The police officer who came to take the record may have forgotten to tell you about this.”
Upon hearing the meaning conveyed by the police, Xia Chenxi retorted, “Are all the surviving residents on the fourth floor being protected?”
The police officer nodded with a serious expression and said, “The murderer may come looking for you; that’s why I want to tell you to be mentally prepared.”
Xia Chenxi pursed his lips and recalled the scene of the monster killing in his mind. He clenched his hands slightly and spoke calmly, “Thank you.”
“No need to thank me; protecting the public is our responsibility,” the police thoughtfully closed the door.
Xia Chenxi sat quietly there, still feeling pain from time to time, reminding him of the danger he had encountered before.
Urgency and unease hit again, and Xia Chenxi pursed his lips, his gaze falling back on her phone.
Had the black mist really disappeared?
The most important thing was: would that monster really kill the remaining residents?
Xia Chenxi didn’t know, nor could he be certain.
However, he believed that what happened on the fourth floor should make the authorities realise that there were monsters in this world.
Perhaps someone would come to him to ask for more information.
But it was also possible that they wouldn’t.
Xia Chenxi took a deep breath, laid down, and tried to sleep, but couldn’t sleep no matter how hard he tried. He simply took out his phone and glanced at the game first, while the little person remained in the same position as before.
If he hadn’t seen the posture of the little person sleeping, he would have been fooled and mistakenly thought that the little person must be sleeping soundly now.
Many people speculated that it may be some inexplicable natural phenomenon caused by environmental pollution.
Some people were also joking that spiritual energy may be revived in humans.
Until Xia Chenxi saw one of the comments, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he quickly stopped scrolling down.
This comment was only a few short sentences.
[It’s too scary.] Everyone in the neighbourhood next to me was forced to move out, and a family of five died. [The entire neighbourhood was directly sealed off.]
Did a family of five die?
Xia Chenxi quickly clicked on it, only to find that this Weibo post had just been deleted.
It was destiny.
Xia Chenxi tried refreshing again, but this time even his Weibo account inexplicably disappeared.
The speed of deleting information was so fast.
Xia Chenxi suspected that the death of the family of five may not be that simple.
It lay on the bed, maintaining even breathing without moving, and the sound of the alarm clock pointer turning could be clearly heard in its ears.
Dida…
Dida…
It was quiet.
It silently counted the time in its mind until five hours had passed before it opened its eyes and looked around. There was no abnormal situation inside the house.
As for the wound on the hand, it was still bloody and hadn’t been taped with medical tape like last time.
The pain in its hands made its eyes even colder.
Was it a wrong guess?
Or was it that the other party had been hiding in the house all along and saw that it was pretending to be asleep, so they chose not to appear?
It suppressed the malice and violence in its heart.
In that case,
Then it will do what the other side wants.
It would see what the other’s purpose really was.
It laid down again and closed its eyes.
In the latter part of the night, the hospital corridor was quiet.
Xia Chenxi suddenly woke up and found himself awake at an unknown time.
Xia Chenxi didn’t care about his eyes getting sore and swollen; instead, he immediately glanced at his phone for the first time.
Oh no, it was already three o’clock in the morning.
Had the game already reached the next day?
Xia Chenxi became anxious and quickly switched back to the game, only slightly relieved when he saw the scene of the little character still quietly sleeping there.
Fortunately, he didn’t miss the time.
On the screen, the little character’s posture presented a curled-up state, with the whole person buried under the blanket, only revealing a small face the size of a palm, giving off a feeling of sleeping beauty.
But Xia Chenxi couldn’t laugh.
Because its hand was also hidden in the blanket, he didn’t know if the medical tape could still be used normally.
However, it was only because of this detail that Xia Chenxi dared to believe that the little person was really asleep.
With an attitude of giving it a try, Xia Chenxi once again chose to use “medical tape,” then enlarged the screen and determined the position of the little person’s arm based on the curve of the quilt being raised.
Xia Chenxi subconsciously pursed his lips and cautiously and solemnly clicked on the screen.
A text box pops up instantly on the screen.
[May I ask if medical tape should be applied to the duvet cover?]
Xia Chenxi’s expression instantly froze.
Obviously, of course not!
Xia Chenxi’s momentum instantly dissipated, causing a headache.
He couldn’t interact with anything in the game now; he couldn’t even lift the blanket and help the little person with treatment.
In a moment of silence, Xia Chenxi chose ‘No’, thought for a moment, and then continued to use ‘Medical Tape’ to tap the screen.
The game popped up in the text box again to ask.
Xia Chenxi chose ‘no ‘again.
After three consecutive attempts, a new text box suddenly popped up in the game.
[Dear player, may I ask if you have chosen to activate the interactive mode?]
Sure enough.
Xia Chenxi’s spirit was lifted, and he pursed his lips with great restraint, but his eyes were filled with a sense of joy as he discovered the hidden game settings.
Sure enough, this game wasn’t ordinary. After three consecutive incorrect attempts, it directly provided new interactions.
The gameplay was very liberal.
However, did this indirectly prove that this game seemed to be very concerned about the health of this little character?
One should know that he tried to tap the screen many times before but didn’t see any changes in the game.
Xia Chenxi thought about it, and without hesitation, he chose to open it.
Dear player, every interaction requires a deduction of 5 points. As this is the first time the player has activated it, discounts can be offered by only deducting -2 love points.
Xia Chenxi’s expression remained calm, feeling that he had once again seen through the essence of this game.
He happened to only have a love score of -5, and now he had used up everything.
Xia Chenxi nodded in agreement with mixed emotions.
[Dear player, in the future, you only need to tap the black pattern in the upper right corner to activate the interactive mode.]
After the text disappeared, a black pattern indeed appeared in the upper right corner.
Xia Chenxi took a closer look and found that the pattern looked very strange and mysterious, causing an indescribable feeling to well up within him.