This actor is full of tricks.

The spider's eight human-like legs braced against the doorframe, its twisted and deformed body squeezing out from between its eight legs, its pair of scarlet compound eyes staring fiercely at the crowd.

Such strong resentment!

What caught Lin Jue's attention even more was that the monster was wearing a tattered hospital gown, with the words "Yongning Mental Rehabilitation Hospital" faintly visible on its chest.

This guy was a patient at that mental hospital before he died!
Lin Jue huddled in the corner. He saw black sutures at the junction of the strange leg and the body. This strange leg didn't just belong to a patient from that hospital; it had even been modified by the hospital director. The strange leg came from different people!
He also noticed that none of the spider's legs had nails, and he didn't know if it was its natural shape or if they had been removed by some external force.

Lin Jue suddenly realized that coming up with Tie Ning's team was a mistake. If he had come up earlier, he might have been able to chat with this strange creature. But now there were so many people here that there was no room for conversation. Moreover, it seemed that they had angered it, and a big battle might break out.

Holy crap!!!

This monster looks so terrifying, it's beyond human imagination! I'm about to pee!

[This is totally Cthulhu-esque. The streamer is incredibly brave to come to a place like this.]

[Am I the only one who noticed the streamer's strong reasoning skills? He deduced the strange appearance from just a set of footprints, and the result was exactly as he guessed.]

The viewers in the live stream could only see the eerie appearance, but could not directly feel the pressure that was like a vast ocean. The group of Tie Ning's team felt it most directly, and many of them were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their legs went weak.

"Captain, let's run! This guy is clearly beyond our capabilities!"

Some people had already given up and had no intention of fighting at all; they wanted to just run away.

Captain Wang didn't care about the live stream anymore. He knew this was something he couldn't handle. He cared more about his life than about losing face.

Just as he was about to give the order to retreat, the spider gave them a strange, cold look, then retreated back into the room and jumped off the balcony.

It was very decisive and efficient, without the slightest hesitation, as if this was the plan that the monster had been making from the beginning.

Wait a minute, isn't this plot development a bit off?
Everyone, including Lin Jue, was stunned. This monster was so powerful that its strength was already showing on its surface, so how come it was him who escaped?
"Could this monster be all show and no substance, just a tough exterior with a weak interior?" Captain Wang muttered to himself.

Lin Jue didn't think so. His True Eye Dharma Eye wouldn't lie to him. The density of the black aura was linked to the strange creature's strength. That strange creature had already reached the fifth rank and was not just a pretty face.

"What's preventing this monster from attacking? Is it unwilling to attack? Or afraid to?"

Lin Jue believed it was more likely the former; the ghost didn't want to attack them. Perhaps it was a ghost who acted like a grandpa and just wanted to spend its ghostly life quietly in a place where no one would bother it.

The only difference is that the old man has now become a very ambitious and self-disciplined person who is hardworking and enterprising.

He emerged from the corner and entered the room amidst the incredulous gazes of Tie Ning's team.

The room was full of cobwebs, and there were bits of flesh with hair still attached on the floor, which looked like the carcasses of animals such as cats, dogs, and rats.

"This guy doesn't eat people?" Lin Jue poked at the bits of meat on the ground with his foot, then moved to the balcony and looked down.

It was completely dark outside, and there were no pedestrians on the road. The ghostly figure had vanished, seemingly having truly escaped. This ghost was unlike any he had ever seen before; it even came from that hospital, and he sensed that it had no connection to the cult, because the plot hadn't been triggered at all—meaning the ghost was something outside the script.

It's just a pity that the ghost ran away too decisively, otherwise he would have had a proper heart-to-heart talk with the other party.

After he left the room, Captain Wang stared at him with a questioning look: "Just who are you, kid?"

He became increasingly suspicious of Lin Jue's identity. This guy in front of him was not an ordinary backpacker at all. Not only was his logic amazing, but his courage was also far beyond that of ordinary people.

"I'm just a backpacker. I've just been through a lot, so I've become much bolder. Besides, this is a huge buzz." Lin Jue showed the live stream to Captain Wang: "Look, 100,000 viewers! I feel like if you guys had actually started fighting just now, the buzz would probably have broken a million!"

"What a madman!" Captain Wang cursed, already labeling Lin Jue as someone who would risk his life for fame.

“Now that monster has escaped, and there are no more monsters on the 17th floor. This was witnessed by 100,000 people simultaneously on a live stream. Everyone has seen how this was handled. The hotel should be able to continue operating.” He stood up, leaning on his rusty sword. On the surface, his words seemed to be explaining to Lin Jue, but in reality, he was trying to salvage the reputation of the Jiuyuan Inspection Division in front of 100,000 viewers.

He had just glanced at the live stream chat and saw that most of the comments were mocking the Jiuyuan Inspection Division as a bunch of cowards and wimps. There was even a guy named Viper who didn't pretend to be cool who sent a Super Rocket and a banner announcement to directly mock them.

The internet spreads information very quickly. If this matter is not handled properly, the Jiuyuan Inspection Bureau will become a laughing stock across the country within 24 hours, and their good days of doing evil will be over.

“I don’t think it’s resolved yet.” Lin Jue smiled. “Didn’t the hotel staff say that there’s a room made of flesh and blood on the seventeenth floor, and there’s also a shrine there? That’s the root of all this.”

“There’s no room full of flesh and blood. We searched the 16th and 17th floors. That employee is his mother… He’s just having mental problems. People can hallucinate when they are in a state of extreme fear!”

Captain Wang's voice unconsciously rose a few decibels. He no longer wanted to stay here and just wanted to close the case as soon as possible, so that whoever wanted to investigate could come and do it.

"I suggest you come back after midnight, you might find something then."

Lin Jue's words made Captain Wang look suspicious: "No, how do you know so much?"

“I have connections in the Inspection Department.” Lin Jue revealed a profound expression: “Similar things have happened in the Sanjiang area, the shrine, the flesh and blood room. I heard about it from my contacts.”

"Hehe." Captain Wang naturally didn't believe it. How could a backpacker know anyone in the Inspection Department?

This kind of boastful guy will claim to be related to Brother Qiang from Jinghai as soon as he knows a fishmonger.

"Look, Brother 0, this viewer called Viper Doesn't Pretend to Be Cool said that if you dare to come here after 12 o'clock, he will send me ten Super Rockets." Lin Jue held up his phone in front of Captain Wang.

"Damn it, what does it matter to me if I send you Super Rockets? I don't get anything out of it," Captain Wang said impatiently.

"He said if you dare to come, he'll consider you impressive."

(End of this chapter)