Horror Game Designer Chapter 204: Humanmade

“What do you need to survive in the city filled with ghost stories and ghosts?” The aged lecturer stood in the middle of the room. Behind him was the projection of the map of the east city.

“Fight! Push forward without fear!” Xiao Yong pumped his fist. His answer got the agreement from the other newbies.

“No! It’s to follow the rules!” The aged lecturer slammed the thick rulebook on Xiao Yong’s table. “I’ll give you three hours to memorise every single one of these rules!”

“That’s scary!” Xiao Yong said bitterly, “I didn’t even study so hard back at school.”

“Stand up!” The aged lecturer glared at Xiao Yong, “Every rule you see now is traded with the lives of your seniors! You can survive with these rules because your seniors have died trying to figure out the rules!” The thick rulebook was covered with the blood of many investigators.

“The first lesson you need to understand is to learn to respect the rules and fear the rules!” The lecturer yelled, scaring all the newbies. “If you don’t want to die in the horror story, memorise these and make them a part of you!” Most of the newbies quickly went to study. Xiao Yong felt a bit unwilling. He had not encountered any anomaly. He was invited to join the centre because his physical attributes were higher than normal.

“Sit down!” The lecturer looked at the thirteen newbies in the room, and a trace of pity crossed his eyes. The investigators at the east city were almost wiped out. The headquarters had selected more and more newbies to fill in the spaces. However, these newbies would only be cannon fodder. They hadn’t memorised the rules and couldn’t protect themselves. They were there to be meatshields for the experienced agents. With a sigh, the aged lecturer left the room. The corridor was filled with rushing people. A level 4 anomaly just lost control around the east city. Han Hai became the most dangerous district. Many newbies were sent into the countryside with just the barest training.

“What a long night.” The weak light shone on the aged lecturer’s face. He was thankful that he had survived another night, but he was worried about the arrival of the next night. The ghosts and the humans who had been possessed would be limited in the day. They needed to act normal until the arrival of the night. The morning was the best chance for the investigation centre to deal with them. If they didn’t kill the ghosts in the day, the ghosts would spread even further at night.

“The east city is now under the highest alert. The support from the other district is coming. We can’t lose this battle.” The aged lecturer looked determined. He didn’t care about himself. He was most worried about his son and the child inside his daughter-in-law’s stomach. He took out a picture from his chest, and the expression on his face softened.

“Is that your family?”
The sudden voice shocked the aged lecturer. He turned around, and his eyes shone. “Leader Fu San, you’re finally back! The chief is so worried about you!”
Xia Yang had taken over Fu San’s body. He was not only the chief's eldest son but also the leader of Team 1 at Wan Zai Investigation Centre. He was the big brother of all the young investigators.

“Yes. I’m back.” Fu San smiled. He appeared more mature and stable. He seemed to have survived the world’s largest wave. He radiated confidence.

“I’ll bring you to the chief now. The situation is not that optimistic.”

The aged lecturer ran to press the button to summon the elevator. After he cleared his identity, he waved for Fu San to enter the elevator. The East City Investigation Centre was located at 19th Street, Queens. It was 13 floors tall. It was Situ An’s asset. The building looked normal from the outside. However, once one was inside, one would notice that all the windows were treated with special materials. The internal structure was completely different from what one would expect.

The investigator’s training rooms and offices took up Floor 1 to Floor 7. Floor 8 to Floor 10 were the rooms for the researchers and security members. Only people who had permission from Situ An could go up to the tenth floor. Fu San hadn’t been there before.

The elevator stopped at the seventh floor. Once they exited the elevator, they could hear a heated argument. The chiefs from the other districts who were sent there as reinforcement slammed Fu Ning’s table and howled. Fu Ning responded with silence. Situ An was gone, and the situation in the east city was very precarious.

“Chief!” The aged lecturer walked to the door. He didn’t knock and yelled with a voice that was louder than his age indicated.

Fu Ning lifted his head and saw his eldest son at the door. Fu Ning stood up, ignored the raging chiefs and walked to his son. “Good. As long as you’re fine.”

Before Fu San could say anything, Fu Ning turned to the other chiefs. “I represent the east city investigation centre to thank everyone again. We will complete all the logistics for you, but our security department still has other missions, so I can’t help you.”

“Fu Ning, we have sacrificed our lives to help you, but you’re still hiding your weapons from us? How is that fair?” Li San Investigation Centre Chief, Chen Yuntian was the oldest and most experienced.

“I’m sorry, but before Chief Situ An returns, I can’t mobilise the security department.”

“Then, I’ll talk to the person in charge!”

“They can’t leave their post.” Fu Ning was firm. After that, he grabbed Fu San and walked to the elevator.

“The tragedy is brewing outside. Why can’t we send out the security?” Fu San was confused, “Aren’t they there to deal with this?”

Fu Ning glanced at his son and checked him three times before bringing him to the eleventh floor.

The elevator door slowly opened to reveal not an office or a training room but many unique rooms. There were sick bays, nurseries, female toilets and so on.

“What is this place?”

“Humanmade resentment rooms.” Fu Ning stood at the door. “Situ An has been trying to build them. He wants to use human power to construct resentment rooms. We can’t let the chiefs from the other districts see this.”

Fu San narrowed his eyes. “The temp chief of the headquarters has been secreting raising ghosts. I can see why it can be damning.”

“Situ An and Doctor Lu have been missing for too long. Some of these rooms did have scary changes. The 13th floor is now off limits.” Fu Ning walked between the rooms. “Stay away from the doors. Something might come out.”

“Is the 13th floor out of control now?” Fu San hid the excitement in his eyes very well.

“In one of the resentment rooms, a big ghost was really nurtured.” Fu Ning’s face was tight. “All the security members are now on the 12th floor. We need to kill it before the day is over.”