My organs are too abstract.

Xu Yuan was stunned.

Wenxiu was also stunned by his actions. Her expression changed, and she subconsciously took a few steps back, silently protecting herself with her arms.

She frowned slightly, and her gaze toward Xu Yuan became more strange and wary. Although she didn't say anything, the meaning in her eyes was self-evident.

"Damn it, that idiot left hand is causing trouble again!"

Wenxiu's distrustful gaze deeply stung Xu Yuan. He was so embarrassed that his scalp tingled, and he wished he could split the wooden carving open on the spot and crawl inside to avoid the storm.

But he was a seasoned veteran and no ordinary person. His face showed no emotion. Instead, he seemed to have sensed something, his brows furrowed slightly, and he turned to look at the wood carving.

Instead of putting down his left hand that was in front of the nurse, he rubbed it a few more times before slowly withdrawing it.

Immediately afterward, his expression turned serious, and he began to analyze in a solemn tone: "The material is different from the other NPCs; it's the same kind of dark wood carving as before. It seems to have been upgraded, making it stronger than the other NPCs. Something unknown seems to have happened here again. Do you have any clues?"

Wenxiu looked Xu Yuan up and down with suspicion, remaining silent throughout.

"What's with that expression?" Xu Yuan calmly turned around, meeting Wen Xiu's wary gaze. He raised an eyebrow slightly. "You don't think I was doing something dirty just now, do you?"

Looking at his calm demeanor, Wenxiu was somewhat unsure—could it be that his actions just now were actually reasoning and analysis, rather than some kind of perverted fetish?

She couldn't tell what was true or false for a moment, but she didn't dwell on it too much.

After all, the "patient" group is not normal, and it is perfectly normal for them to have some quirks. She has no right to interfere, and at worst, she can just stay away from them in the future.

Thinking this, she gently shook her head: "You're overthinking it, I wasn't thinking anything."

Xu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief upon finally managing to fool everyone, but his gaze involuntarily drifted to the quiet left hand, and he immediately became furious: "You idiot, you tricked me again!"

Wenxiu, unaware of his thoughts, spoke gently, "Thank you for saving me. If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't be able to get out of here today."

"No need to thank me, I should be thanking you." Xu Yuan shook his head. "Thanks to you, Zhao Ze was able to escape safely."

"If it weren't for me, he might have been able to run more easily." Wenxiu raised her hand to tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear, a bitter smile playing on her lips. "I don't know what happened, but that nurse seemed to be after me. I'm the one who dragged him into this."

“If there are no nurses, there are other NPCs. Since he was forced into this situation, there's no question of who implicated whom.” Xu Yuan paused. “Besides, you're a ‘patient.’ If you wanted to escape immediately, no one could stop you. Since you voluntarily stayed to stop her, I should accept this favor.”

"But I have a question," Xu Yuan changed the subject, looking at Wenxiu with curiosity, "Since you're a patient, you should have noticed something was wrong with this haunted house a long time ago, so why didn't you take action before?"

"Initially, I couldn't determine whether the haunted house was a disaster or a patient. If it was a patient, interfering with someone else's 'treatment' would be offensive and could easily lead to unnecessary conflict."

Wenxiu slowly began to explain, but her gaze remained fixed on Xu Yuan, as if she were secretly probing him. "It wasn't until these NPCs started killing tourists that I deduced that the culprit behind it was probably a calamity—the patient would never do such a thing."

Xu Yuan asked in confusion, "Why do you say that?"

"Because of the Sickness Control Bureau." Wenxiu uttered three words, her gaze still fixed on him, "If a patient dares to kill so blatantly, the Sickness Control Bureau will definitely not sit idly by and will take action."

Xu Yuan was slightly taken aback: "The Sickness Management Bureau? What's that?"

So he wasn't from the Sickness Management Bureau... Wenxiu understood immediately, and then patiently explained, "It's an official organization that deals with disasters and patients. One of the reasons I don't want to reveal my identity is that I don't want to get involved with this organization."

"I guessed right, there really is an organization that specializes in dealing with disasters..." Xu Yuan nodded, then couldn't help but ask, "Why don't they want to be exposed? Is this organization difficult to deal with?"

"I don't really like the way the Health and Safety Administration wants to include all patients in its management and register them."

Xu Yuan put himself in the patient's shoes and said, "The patient is indeed quite dangerous, and has various complications, so it seems reasonable to manage and control him."

"Ordinary supervision is fine, but the patient's special abilities and complications are their own trump cards and weaknesses. Once they are fully revealed, they are easily targeted and schemed against. No one wants to completely expose their secrets."

Wenxiu's tone was slightly somber, "Moreover, what some people see as control is all-round surveillance and restraint. No patient would want to accept such a life without freedom."

Xu Yuan nodded upon hearing this: "It does sound a bit harsh."

After a moment's thought, Wenxiu added, "The most crucial point is that many people within the Bureau of Health and Human Services harbor great malice towards patients from the general public. Patients with weaker abilities might be spared, but anyone with some capacity must be strictly controlled, or even placed under house arrest."

"Then it's alright!" Xu Yuan, who had been listening with a serious expression, immediately beamed with joy upon hearing this. "Luckily, I'm weak enough. With me being so weak, I'm safe, aren't I?"

"..."

Wenxiu looked at his overjoyed expression, her expression strange, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

Upon seeing this, Xu Yuan's face instantly fell: "You're not trying to say that I'm one of those powerful patients, are you?"

“Those sculptures were difficult for me to deal with, but you handled them with ease. In the eyes of the Health and Safety Administration, that’s already considered threatening.” Wenxiu nodded silently. “Especially since they don’t know your complications, they will definitely keep a close watch on you.”

"How can you blame me for this?" Xu Yuan asked incredulously. "Isn't it because you guys are just too bad?!"

"?"

Looking at Xu Yuan's serious expression, Wenxiu's beautiful face showed a clear black line - this person's words are really too infuriating.

She calmed herself down before continuing, "Furthermore, there's an extreme view within the Bureau of Health and Human Services that advocates for the complete elimination of all patients. They believe that the occurrence of calamities is directly related to patients."

"Especially for a patient as capable as you, you are seen as an extremely unstable factor."

"Is this an attempt to wipe them out completely?" Xu Yuan paused for two seconds, then suddenly chuckled. "Aren't they afraid of a backlash from the other patients?"

"Of course I'm afraid, so this kind of voice isn't mainstream. But it does exist, and that alone is enough for me to hate the Sickness Control Bureau."

Xu Yuan nodded, having gained a general understanding of the Situation Management Bureau, and then asked, "You just said that the Situation Management Bureau is one of the reasons you don't want to expose your identity, what about the others?"

Wenxiu seemed to remember something, her expression darkened, and she shook her head, saying, "This is my personal reason, and I don't really want to talk about it."

"Alright."

Xu Yuan didn't press the issue, since he himself didn't really want others to know about his situation, so he had even less reason to pry into others' lives.

Wenxiu glanced at him in surprise, finding him surprisingly easy to get along with.

Xu Yuan thought for a moment, then asked, "You just said that the nurse's target was you?"

"Yes, it seems like she came specifically for me," Wenxiu explained. "I don't know why, none of the previous NPCs did this."

"Is it because you're a patient? Does she want to skin you alive?" Xu Yuan pondered, head bowed. "If that's the case... does it mean the battle between the haunted house owner and the consciousness of the calamity is over?"

"Peel it?" Wenxiu was taken aback.

She was about to ask further when her expression suddenly changed, and she turned to look into the depths of the corridor.

"Tap...tap..."

Heavy, hesitant footsteps came from around the corner, followed by a wooden puppet, entirely black with a cold, matte finish, emerging from the ground, then a second, a third…

Dozens of wooden sculptures emerged one after another, blocking the entire corridor shoulder to shoulder, and slowly approached the two with neat, stiff steps.

Wenxiu's voice was dry: "Why are there so many wood carvings?"

"It doesn't matter."

Xu Yuan shook his head, took a step forward, but suddenly stopped, looked at his left hand, and was stunned.

His left hand was trembling slightly, his knuckles suddenly tensed, and he became restless and unable to contain himself.

"What happened?"

As Xu Yuan was still puzzled, several lines of pale white characters slowly appeared in the void:

[You are currently alone. The number of enemies outnumbers your own by several times. Your left hand suddenly awakens.]

Your left hand sensed the long-awaited grand occasion, trembling with excitement, your heroic spirit burning brightly.

Surrounded by enemies, all alone, this was the heroic moment it had always dreamed of—

Single-handedly, he withstood an enemy of immense power.

[Your left hand triggered the objective: Defend this pass alone, without retreating a single step]

[Complete to unlock the exclusive status - One Man Against All]

Xu Yuan: "?"