Strange things happen, and I drive the evil god mad by chasing debts.

Shen Qingchan scratched her head: "I didn't walk sideways, did I..."

but--

A glint of light flashed in Shen Qingchan's eyes as she smiled slyly: "Are you really facing death every single moment?"

Yuan Zhi nodded frantically, like a chick pecking at rice, and quickly began to recount her story:

"I can attract a patrolling female ghost just by staying in the hospital room. Those things can't even get into the hospital room. But when the patrolling female ghost passed by, my hospital room door broke. If it weren't for my roommate, I would have been dead."

"And I was also caught by Director Nie and almost got whipped, but luckily someone helped me, and that's how I made it to the second floor."

Yuan Zhi sat on Shen Qingchan's bed: "Although you may be facing a life-or-death situation with me, you must have a way to solve it, right?"

The next second, a series of clicking sounds rang out, a feeling of weightlessness washed over her, and then with a bang, Shen Qingchan's bed miraculously...

collapsed.

Shen Qingchan stared at the scene before her in disbelief: "..."

She probably, maybe, or likely can't solve it?

Yuan Zhi stood up awkwardly and apologized hastily, "I'm so sorry..."

Shen Qingchan didn't seem to care much; she didn't necessarily need to sleep. "I'm going to complete a hidden side quest. You can come with me."

"Okay!" Yuan Zhi immediately agreed without hesitation.

Shen Qingchan looked her over, her gaze falling on her waist. The patient's gown swayed with her movements, revealing only delicate, fair skin around her waist, without any bandages.

Shen Qingchan asked, "Which part of your body was operated on during the surgery?"

Yuan Zhi honestly pointed to her chest: "It's my chest. They made a few cuts on my chest and then sewed it up."

Shen Qingchan followed her fingertips to her chest, where there was a bulge with slight traces of blood seeping out.

It turns out the surgical sites are different.

Although Yuan Zhi was a newcomer, she had done her research and knew a lot: "I don't know what this is about. From the unlocked storyline, this hospital is an underground hospital. The doctors are not legitimate. They only admit mental patients but torture them. The mental patients can't take it and all choose to commit suicide."

Shen Qingchan asked cautiously, "All of them?"

Yuan Zhi affirmed, "Yes, all of them. Everyone wrote down their suicide notes. The police couldn't find any other reason and ruled it a suicide. But not long after, the police reopened the investigation, and eventually the hospital was sealed off and abandoned."

Shen Qingchan thought of Nie Xiaoxiao. If it was determined to be suicide, why did Nie Xiaoxiao commit suicide? Was it because of her disappointment in her mother and her disgust with the hospital?

This seems quite reasonable.

Shen Qingchan suggested, "Let's go on a side quest now."

Yuan Zhi instantly became excited: "Wherever you go, I'll go!"

Yuan Zhi followed Shen Qingchan eagerly. As soon as they opened the door, a dark shadow instantly enveloped them. Yuan Zhi was so startled that she almost fell to the ground.

There was a person standing silently at the door, but the person in front of her did not seem to be aggressive, and her appearance was not as strange as other NPCs. If it weren't for the fact that no name popped up above her head, Yuan Zhi would have suspected that the person in front of her was a "player".

Shen Qingchan was already used to his way of making an appearance, and her face showed no reaction.

Bai Ke lowered her gaze, coldly and distantly watching the scene unfold as she looked at Shen Qingchan, her lips slightly moving: "What I want."

Shen Qingchan guessed his purpose and was momentarily at a loss for what to do, explaining, "I haven't had enough yet..."

As she finished speaking, Bai Ke suddenly raised her hand, and a cold piece of metal pressed against her forehead—it was the stun gun from last time.

Xiao Dai was so frightened he almost lost his mind. The scene from last time was still vivid in his mind. He hugged Shen Qingchan and tried to push Bai Ke away, but as soon as he squeezed between the two, Bai Ke picked him up and threw him aside.

Bai Ke frowned in displeasure, clearly very impatient: "How do you want to die?"

When she looked up again and met Bai Ke's gaze, she felt that his gaze was sharp as a knife, cold and piercing, like a hawk staring at its prey, revealing a trace of killing intent.

If she didn't give it to him soon, she felt she would die at his hands.

Shen Qingchan swallowed hard, and the image of a game item flashed through her mind—[Transformation].

If it can turn any inanimate object into another inanimate object, then it should be able to turn into the object [Elimination].

but……

A bit expensive.

Seeing Bai Ke approaching with an oppressive aura, Shen Qingchan took a step back to steady herself and hurriedly said, "I'll give it to you right now!"

Bai Ke raised an eyebrow, and the fierce look on her face softened slightly.

Yuan Zhi stood aside, unable to understand what they were saying, but she saw that Shen Qingchan had already opened the game store.

Bai Ke, being an NPC, couldn't see the interface, while Yuan Zhi stared wide-eyed as Shen Qingchan clicked on the [Transformation] item.

He poked and pinched it back and forth with two fingers, as if he was hesitating, and finally exchanged it with a look of great heartache.

The prop appeared in Shen Qingchan's palm with a beam of light. It was a ball of cotton shimmering with starlight. Then, the cotton formed a vortex like water. After spinning for a moment, the vortex transformed into a golden rune.

Shen Qingchan held out her hand: "Here you go."

Bai Ke looked at the rune with suspicion, examining it very carefully, but his hands remained motionless.

Shen Qingchan's heart pounded faster and faster; every second the rune lay in her palm was excruciating.

Finally, Bai Ke reached out and took the rune, carefully putting it into her pocket. Without giving Shen Qingchan another glance, she turned and left.

No one knows anything else about him right now. What if he's a ruthless and decisive NPC who discovers he's a fake and turns around and kills her...?

Shen Qingchan clicked her tongue softly.

Shen Qingchan led Yuan Zhi along the corridor in search of room 444.

It was already 7:30 in the morning, but strangely, there were hardly any people in the corridor. It was quiet, and no players had checked into the wards yet. Some of the wards were half-open and pitch black inside.

After walking for a long time, Shen Qingchan noticed something was amiss.

A cloud of white fog inexplicably rose into the air, slowly thickening, and the surrounding visibility continued to decrease.

The white mist was odorless and non-toxic, swirling around us, making it impossible to even see what we were standing on.

Yuan Zhi gripped Shen Qingchan's arm tightly in fear, while Xiao Dai, who was standing nearby, didn't notice anything amiss.

"What's going on here..." Yuan Zhi felt that this was the prelude to encountering a big boss, but after walking in the white mist for a while, they didn't encounter anything.

"Xiao Dai, go out and scout ahead," Shen Qingchan calmly ordered Xiao Dai.

Shen Qingchan and Yuan Zhi stopped in their tracks, watching Xiao Dai walk into the white mist.

Shen Qingchan listened to the sound of Xiao Dai's footsteps on the ground. There were only two sounds, and as Xiao Dai disappeared from sight, the footsteps also disappeared.

Shen Qingchan frowned and waited for a moment; all that could be heard around her was her breathing and Yuan Zhi's breathing.

"what!"

Yuan Zhi suddenly felt something bump into her from behind. She turned around and saw the wooden puppet Xiao Dai.

Yuan Zhi was shocked: "How did you appear from behind?!"