Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

"Large-scale scene decorations!!!"

Su Ming stared in shock at the conch shell before him.

To be precise, it's called distorted echo.

This thing comes from the Twisted Temple.

Although it's unclear why it was buried so deep underground, now that it's been discovered, it must belong to Su Ming.

"Yes, load immediately."

Su Ming nodded immediately.

While the system was loading, he circled the distorted echo twice.

This thing is clearly malfunctioning.

The holes on its surface, which should have emitted an eerie dark red light, were now completely gray.

Its entire body was deathly still, without the slightest trace of aura emanating from it, as if it were a lifeless object devoid of a soul.

We arrived at the very front of the distorted echo.

What appeared before Su Ming was an endlessly rotating, pitch-black entrance.

I listened intently for a long time, even with my hearing activated, but I couldn't hear anything.

"Is this thing broken?"

Su Ming scratched his head.

But no matter what you say.

Even if this thing breaks, it's still absolutely amazing.

At this point, the system has finished loading.

[Obtained a large-scale scene decoration: Twisted Echo]

(Friendly reminder: This decoration can only be used in scenes of level 4 or higher.)

"Level 4!"

Su Ming involuntarily opened his mouth wide.

Shen Wanyu's scene is currently at level one.

Once she finds the ocean-view suite, her scene should be able to be upgraded to level two.

Heng'an Middle School needs a fixed scenario to advance to Level 3.

Now tell me the result.

This distorted echo can only be used in scenes of level four or higher.

Su Ming was still quite a distance away from reaching level four.

He could only temporarily put the Distorted Echo into the decorations menu.

I'll talk about it after I have a Level 4 scenario.

Regardless, Su Ming was in a pretty good mood.

There are treasures hidden in the first layer of the abyss.

So he dug as he walked toward Ailing Pet Hospital.

Even after arriving at Ailing Pet Hospital, Su Ming found nothing else.

"Digging haphazardly like this isn't a solution."

Su Ming muttered to himself, "I'll buy an underground detector later and put it in my backpack."

After saying that, he looked up and carefully examined the Ailing Pet Hospital in front of him.

It was a dilapidated two-story building.

The "Ailing Pet Hospital" sign on the rooftop has long since faded and is now drooping halfway.

Several rusty pet collars lay scattered by the entrance, along with several dried, dark red stains that looked like congealed blood.

It looked eerie from every angle, deep within the hazy abyss.

"System, begin detection."

[Testing in progress...]

[Fixed testing location: Ailing Pet Hospital]

Load?

【whether】

Su Ming nodded: "Yes."

[Loading begins...]

[1%...2%...3%...]

Fixed scenes load much slower than decorative items.

It took a full three minutes to load.

Loading complete

[New Scene: Ailing Pet Hospital]

[Type: Fixed (Cannot be upgraded)]

[Unlock the map of Ailing Pet Hospital]

[Unlock the exploration progress of Ailing Pet Hospital]

[Unlock the Ailing Pet Hospital Task System]

Current exploration progress: 0.1%

Su Ming clicked to enter the scene.

next second.

Dark fog from deep space surged in from all directions, quickly covering the area around Ailing Pet Hospital.

Even the faint whispers from the first level of the abyss were blocked out.

Su Ming looked around at the deep black mist in the sky.

It seems to be only useful to itself.

For her, these deep-space black fogs acted as a barrier, isolating and sealing off Ailing Pet Hospital.

However, for Wen Qi, Shen Wanyu, and even Yu Mengnian and Chen Zhiwei, there seem to be no restrictions.

Unless Wen Qi and Shen Wanyu are in their own environment, they cannot perceive the limitations of the deep space black fog.

Why?

Su Ming couldn't understand it.

However, the deep-space black fog in my own system is very similar to the black fog covering the blue planet.

There must be some connection between the two, but I haven't figured it out yet.

"Let's see how things go after we fully unlock Ailing Pet Hospital."

Su Ming stopped dwelling on the issue.

With a creak.

As soon as I pushed open the door of the pet hospital, a huge black shadow, accompanied by a foul stench, pounced on me.

Su Ming reacted extremely quickly.

His arms suddenly expanded, transforming into two giant arms that firmly grasped the gaping maw that was trying to bite off his throat.

Then, with a forceful flip, he pinned it firmly to the ground.

Only then did he realize that the attacker was a terrifyingly large black dog.

The black dog had sparse fur and small areas of skin decay, as if it had contracted some kind of skin disease.

A pair of blood-red eyes stared intently at Su Ming, filled with violence and madness.

It struggled desperately, but couldn't break free no matter what.

"Damn," Su Ming cursed, "The welcome ceremony was so extravagant."

When I went to the Lychee Hotel, I called out for a long time, but not a single ghost appeared.

Ailing Pet Hospital, however, is quite the opposite.

As soon as I opened the door, a black dog pounced on me.

Su Ming immediately felt the enthusiasm.

I activated my spiritual vision and took a peek.

Oh, so low-level danger level, yet you dare to lay a hand on me.

I really don't know how to write the word "death".

"I'm asking you..."

"Um?"

Su Ming was stunned.

He patted his head.

What kind of human language is he talking to a dog like that?!

Even if this thing were alive, it wouldn't understand human speech.

Without further ado, he flipped over and straddled the black dog, then began to beat it mercilessly with all his might.

Punch after punch.

They fought until the black dog lost all its ability to recover and lay motionless on the ground like a pile of rotten flesh.

Su Ming then wiped the blood off his face and stood up.

He puffed out his arms and raised an eyebrow at Wen Qi and Shen Wanyu: "Sisters, do you think I'm handsome?"

Whether he's handsome or not is another matter.

Wen Qi simply raised his chin calmly and pointed behind him.

Su Ming turned around and gasped sharply.

A large group of ferocious-looking pets appeared and surrounded the hall from all corners.

The inside of the pet hospital is much larger than it appears from the outside.

The interior space has been enlarged countless times.

From the outside, it appears to be a two-story building, about seven or eight meters high.

You can go inside; the first floor alone is tens of meters high.

Thick logs stretched from the ground to the ceiling, densely packed, like a forest.

Among the forest-like wooden pillars, all sorts of strange animals can be seen.

A large snake coiled around a piece of wood, a giant spider hanging upside down in a corner, a cat standing on a cabinet, and a large rat peeking its head out from a gap in the floor.

Calling it a pet hospital is an understatement; it's more like a zoo.

These animals exuded a completely different aura from rotting ghosts and half-dead corpses.

They are nothing but brutality, bloodshed, and madness.

Even those at the dangerous or super dangerous levels lack obvious intelligence and rely entirely on animalistic instincts.

This is clearly their territory.

Su Ming's intrusion was undoubtedly a blatant provocation against their territory.

Animals are already territorial in life, but they become even more terrifying after death.

Strangely, they didn't take direct action.

They simply surrounded them, baring their teeth and emitting terrifying low growls.

Su Ming guessed.

They were either afraid of Wen Qi and Shen Wanyu's strength.

Either... there's something preventing them from doing that.

as predicted.

The cat on the cabinet suddenly appeared in front of Su Ming.

Even Su Ming didn't realize how it appeared.

By the time you realize it, the cat has already raised its sharp claws.

Very strong.

It's terrifyingly strong.

This is catastrophic.

That is, at the same time Su Ming realized the cat's strength.

Wen Qi's black hair suddenly grew long, like countless agile black snakes, instantly wrapping around the black cat's claws.

The two collided and produced dazzling sparks, like metal rubbing together violently, with a sharp sound that sent chills down one's spine.

As the collision ended, the cat suddenly retreated, and a large patch of Wen Qi's black hair was cleanly severed.

That's Wen Qi's hair.

I can't even imagine how sharp that claw must be.

The enraged cat backed away, letting out a sharp hiss.

The normally normal mouth split into four parts, from which more than a dozen tentacles instantly shot out.

These tentacles lashed out at Su Ming like whips.

Unfortunately, within a meter of Su Ming, a wall of blood rose up.

More than a dozen tentacles slammed onto the blood wall, making loud "bang" sounds.

The wall of blood trembled violently, rippling outwards, yet it remained steadfast, showing no sign of collapse.

After landing, the cat retracted the tentacle from its mouth and then licked its paws.

A pair of vertical, beast-like eyes stared intently at Wen Qi and Shen Wanyu.

A cat's face, surprisingly, made a human-like expression of thought.

Su Ming was stunned.

Actually, all the strange animals in the pet hospital appeared afterward.

He noticed the giant snake, dozens of meters long, coiled on the wooden pillar, the giant spider in the corner, and the terrifying centipede lying on the ground with only half of its body showing.

These animals look very intimidating.

He didn't notice the black cat on the wardrobe at all.

This kitten is too small; it's basically no different from a normal house cat.

She wore a rusty little bell around her neck.

The bell was probably broken and couldn't make a sound.

Only its heterochromatic gray-red eyes prove that it is not a normal cat.

Su Ming initially thought it was a small Karami.

Who would have thought that this little kitten was the most terrifying thing in the pet hospital?

After a long while, the black cat opened its mouth and made a strange sound.

It seems to be simulating a human voice, but the sound is strange, like a mute person trying to speak, only able to make "ah ah ah~" sounds.

After making several "Ah~" sounds, its voice suddenly changed.

It was unpleasant and jarring, like fingernails frantically scratching a blackboard.

But it did indeed make the voice that humans should have.

It said, "Get away from..."