After an Infinite Flow Player Retires

Chapter 6

In the darkness, the little girl sobbed quietly.

Large tear droplets rolled down, falling onto her knees.

She only remembered that she was in school and then she suddenly felt dizzy and fainted. When she woke up again, she found that she was in this terrible place.

It was cold, too cold. She couldn't help but shiver like crazy from head to toe.

And she would always hear some strange whispers coming from the distance. Even if she tried to cover her ears, she couldn't stop those sounds from slipping in between her fingers.

So scary…..

Mummy, daddy, I miss you……..

Where are you………

The little girl shivered and curled up her thin body, pressing it tightly against the wall behind her as if this was the only way for her to feel a little safer.

Suddenly, she heard a voice from above her head: "What? Are you lost?"

The girl flinched with fright. She raised her teary eyes and looked in the direction of the voice.

She saw a tall young man standing not far away. He was also wearing a patient gown. His skin was very pale and his amber eyes were half-lidded, making him look a little lazy.

He bent down. His voice was calm and clear, inexplicably giving people a sense of security, "What is your name?"

The little girl hiccupped and replied timidly, "…….M-My name is S-Sun Jiale."

"How old?"

"Almost eight years old." The little girl's big eyes were still wet with tears. She sniffled a little and replied in a small voice.

Ye Jia imperceptibly narrowed his eyes.

He was far away just now, and the feeling wasn't as strong but after getting closer, he was quite certain that he could smell ghost energy coming from this little girl's soul. That smell even penetrated deeply into her soul.

Once a living soul separates from the main body and doesn't return within three days, it can no longer return.

If left alone, she would definitely die, and this ghost energy in her would turn her into a fierce ghost.

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And this hospital was one that worked closely with the bureau. If something went wrong here, not only would employee's medical insurance be unable to be reimbursed, it would also bring about a series of chain reactions and disastrous consequences.

It seemed that he couldn't leave this matter alone.

Ye Jia sighed inside.

…..Haa, having to work overtime while on sick leave.

The life of a corporate slave was too miserable.

After answering those two questions, Sun Jiale's mood had calmed down considerably.

She looked up at Ye Jia and asked carefully: "Big brother…..Can you see me?"

When she woke up earlier, no matter how loudly she cried, all the doctors and nurses paid her no attention. She had tried to pull at their clothes in a panic but was horrified to find that her fingers had instead passed right through their bodies.

Although Sun Jiale was young, she was very aware of what this meant.

She held back her tears and choked out a question, "A-Am I dead?"

Ye Jia lowered his eyes and stretched out his hand, "Come."

The young man's fingers were pale and slender with well defined joints. Under the moonlight coming from outside the window, it glowed slightly.

"Touch and see."

Sun Jiale carefully stretched out her own pale little hand and placed it in the palm of the other party—- She widened her eyes in surprise, "…..I-I touched it!"

"So you see, "Ye Jia's lips carried a faint smile, "neither you nor I are dead, isn't that right?"

He curled up his fingers and gently pulled the other person up from the ground, "Let's go. I'll take you to find your mum and dad."

The little girl's eyes lid up. She nodded enthusiastically, "Yeah!"

Hearing her answer, the small black hand hanging from Ye Jia's shoulder muttered, "Hah, another stupid human falling for his trickery."

Pathetic human. Can't even see that on the other side of this man's seemingly innocent face is a cruel psychopath!

Sun Jiale was startled by the small black had who had suddenly appeared, "Big brother……w-what's that on your shoulder?"

"Accessory."

Ye Jia smiled and pulled the small black hand off.

The young man's fingers were very nimble. In just a few seconds, he tied the small black hand into a bow, "Does it look good?"

Sun Jiale looked at the bow in Ye Jia's hand in surprise and nodded vigorously, "Looks good!"

Small black hand: "…….." ???

Where were its ghost rights?!

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Ye Jia led the little girl out of the ward.

The hospital was very quiet at night. There was no one in the corridor except for the nurse on duty who sat at the front desk.

Relying on his good-looking face and sweet-talking skills, Ye Jia very easily found Sun Jiale's information from the other party —- Sun Jiale's family had just handled some transfer procedures when it happened today and transferred her to a more expensive private hospital.

During the conversation between the two, the small black hand tried to untie its body and then it crawled along Ye Jia's clothes over to his shoulder.

After silently listening to the whole story, it held Ye Jia's collar and asked in a suppressed voice, "Boss, what are you going to do now?"

It was late now, and human public transport system should no longer be operating.

The small black hand twisted around, "Why don't we wait for tomorrow?"

Ye Jia glanced at it without answering.

He walked over to the self-service vending machine and took out a coin from his pocket. After stuffing it in, there were a few jingles and a packet of candy fell out.

Ye Jia held the candy in his hand for a few seconds. A trace of ghost energy slowly gathered around the bag.

Immediately afterwards, he bent down and placed the bag of candy in the little girl's hand and whispered, "Hungry? Have some of this."

The little girl thanked him timidly.

Ye Jie looked straight into her eyes, "Next, I will need to blindfold your eyes and take a shortcut. Just hold my hand and don't let go. Can you do that?"

Sun Jiale held the bag of candy and nodded, "Yeah! I-I can do it!"

Ye Jia smiled and rubbed the top of her head, "Good girl."

He retracted his hand and the tips of his fingers flashed briefly. He then tore off a strip of cloth from his clothes and used it to cover Sun Jiale's eyes.

After Ye Jia was done preparing, the small black hand slowly crawled out.

"You're blocking her five senses? Why?"

The next second, it seemed to have realised something and exclaimed, "C-could it be…..?"

Ye Jia glanced at it faintly, "You only figured it out now?"

The small black hand was speechless.

There were no time or space restrictions in ghost domains. Everything was controlled by the creator and, the stronger the creator, the further the domain could extend.

However, it didn't expect that Ye Jia, as a human, could be able to create such a domain and even extend it so far……

…..That's why this one is definitely a monster!

Ye Jia raised his hand. The tips of his fingers flickered like a blade and he slowly swiped down.

A gap appeared in the space in front of him. Cold air and the pungent smell of blood instantly escaped from that opening. Ye Jia guided the little girl along and entered the domain. The figures of the two were quickly swallowed up.

The gap closed. There was no one left in the corridor.

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The small black hand gripped fearfully onto Ye Jia's collar and carefully looked around.

In a sense, a ghost's domain was a physical manifestation of the creator's inner world.

It was clear that Ye Jia didn't want it to see his appearance in the domain, so he had deliberately restricted what it could see.

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All it could see was bright red.

Different shades of red overlapped each other on the walls on either side of them as they walked along. It seemed to be flowing down, as if layer after layer of fresh blood was oozing out.

The small black hand calmed itself down and glanced at the little girl who was led along by Ye Jia.

She was blindfolded and her mouth was stuffed with candy. With her five senses blocked, she walked through the sea of blood completely oblivious and fully protected.

The small black hand sighed and couldn't help but express, "I didn't expect you to be so good to children."

It then murmured in a small voice, "…….Compared to other people, it's double standards."

Ye Jia's expression remained unchanged. He said lightly. "Just taking necessary measures."

Even a ghost wouldn't believe that.

The small black hand muttered this inside.

There were many ways one could block the five senses but Ye Jia had used the gentlest and at the same time the most laborious method.

But it didn't dare voice those thoughts out and just quietly nestled on Ye Jia's shoulder, waiting for the end of the journey.

Ye Jia glanced down at the little girl holding his hand. A strange emotion flashed in his eyes.

In fact, this was not his first time hearing people say this.

—— It was just that, at that time, he had not yet become Ace, the god who firmly secured the top position on the game leaderboard.

He had just entered the game at the time. Although he understood the cruelty and bloody nature of the game, at that time he had not yet completely discarded the innocence and sense of justice he had gained from living a civilised society.

It was a campus battle royale instance.

All the players stood in the dark sports field, nervously listening to the mechanical female voice slowly read out the rules of the instance.

The rules were very simple and could be summed up in just three words ——

Hide and seek.

It was just that, unlike the hide and seek in reality, the seeker in the game was a real ghost and the players who are killed by the ghost would similarly become a fierce ghost to join the hunting party and hunt down their companions.

While they were waiting for it to start, a player in the crowd attracted Ye Jia's attention.

It was a child who appeared to only be thirteen or fourteen years of age.

He wasn't tall and quite thin in comparison to children of the same age. He didn't often raise his head and looked gloomy and indifferent.

Ye Jia's temporary teammate at the time noticed his gaze and looked over. He then snorted and shook his head, "Hah, there's also a little one —- I'm certain that this kid won't be able to survive this instance."

This instance lasted for nine hours and the rules made it destined to become harder the longer you survived. It was impossible for a child to have such physical strength and endurance.

Another companion curled their lips contemptuously, "Alright. I'll bet half an hour."

Ye Jia frowned. He didn't say anything and withdrew his gaze.

His temporary teammate patted him on the shoulder, "This game is like this. Survival of the fittest —- You will get used to it soon."

Very soon, the game began.

Unsurprisingly, with the passage of time, the difficulty of the instance increased exponentially. The longer it went on, the harder it was for one to catch a breath.

The six-person team Ye Jia joined was already half gone and the remaining companions were also exhausted, almost losing their lives on several occasions.

The school corridors were dark and gloomy, and the overhead lights buzzed. The walls that had been corroded by the ghost energy charred at a speed visible to the naked eye. The deadly silent corridor sent a chill down everyone's back.

In the darkness at the end of the corridor, thick black hairs slithered forward like snakes, covering the walls, floor and ceiling and chasing the three of them who ran frantically in front.

They had used up most of their props and at this point all they could do was run.

At this moment, Ye Jia caught sight of a thin figure standing on the stairwell on the side.

The little boys face was pale. It was quite an alarming sight in the dark corridor. He raised his head and looked at the three of them with his pair of dark eyes.

Behind them was the fierce ghost who was getting closer with every step, but that child didn't seem to have the slightest intention to run. He seemed to have been scared silly and could only stand firmly in place, watching danger quickly approach him.

Ye Jia gritted his teeth and seemed to have made up his mind. He raised his hand and grabbed the child's thin arm, "What are you doing?! Run!"

The little boy didn't seem have to expected him to do this. He raised his head in daze and allowed the other party to drag him along.

After sprinting and turning several corners, just when they were on the brink of death, they finally saw a safe zone.

The dark hair swarmed over but was blocked by the door.

Inside the classroom, all that could be heard was heavy breathing.

—– This safe zone could only last ten minutes. Although it wasn't long, it at least gave them a chance to rest.

After supporting himself with his knees and catching his breath, his teammate straightened up, glanced at Ye Jia and mocked sarcastically, "I didn't expect you to do that…..Why? Your heart softened?"

He sneered, "What use is it saving this kid? It's another baggage at best. Have you not understood the rules of this game? Softheartedness and kindness are worthless here."

Ye Jia didn't answer.

He lowered his eyes and looked at the child who was dragged into the safe zone by him and spoke firmly, "Next time you encounter danger, remember to run."

The little boy raised his head. His dark eyes stared at him deeply for a moment before he pursed his lips and nodded obediently.

"I won't save you a second time."

Ye Jia knitted his brows and coldly threw out those words. He then turned and walked to the door of the safe zone and looked out the window.

"Okay." There was a strange hoarseness in the little boy's voice. He stared at the young man who had his back towards him, and a small trace of scarlet flashed across his deep and dark eyes. "……Thank you, big brother."