Excessive ferocity due to caution

Chapter 81 "Day 2" The Dead

The two arrived at Kara Asylum late at night.

This place is desolate and dilapidated, a complete ruin.

There were burn marks everywhere.

The mental hospital has seven floors and is quite large. On the top floor, there is a dilapidated chapel with a stone statue of a god that is still intact but is about to collapse.

Dozens of players arrived in the lobby on the first floor, forming teams of two or three, with some distance between them.

Clearly, in this monster tide where killing each other grants experience points, no one dares to easily trust each other!

After Zhao and his companion entered the mental hospital, the invisible wall rose up.

Clearly, their "second day" will be spent inside the invisible wall.

As midnight passed, eerie bells began to ring out from inside the dilapidated church.

...

[Instance: Kara Asylum]

Main Quest: Find the real culprit before you're killed!

Side Quest: Kill the Real Killer!

[Main Quest Rewards: 100 Experience Points, Invisible Wall Elimination]

[Side Quest Reward: The Serial Killer's Eye (Reward varies depending on the player)]

Difficulty: ——

[Note: Each of you has only one chance to identify the murderer in person. If you fail to identify the murderer, you will automatically gain the murderer's hatred, and your location will be shared with the murderer throughout the entire process...]

...

The system's mission message updated, and everyone's consciousness began to slowly fade—

When they regained consciousness, they found themselves in different rooms.

The once-ruined mental hospital has been transformed into a refined and bustling facility.

The starry sky outside was dazzling, and all was quiet.

But inside the mental hospital, the harmonious sounds of patients interacting with each other filled the air.

"Hey... Third brother, why did you stand us up again last night while we were playing cards?"

"Tch, Ninth Brother, all you ever do is play cards! I was busy slaying gods last night!"

After saying this, a bald, pot-bellied middle-aged patient brandished his plastic rice spoon and slammed it hard on the forehead of a female player next to him, yelling:

"Kara ahead, the gods forbid passage!"

The female player, who had not yet fully regained consciousness, cried out in pain and looked at the third player with a blank expression.

This is the main hall.

It can accommodate about a hundred patients, including some players.

Of course, most players are not in the lobby, but in their own rooms.

The room wasn't big.

There was only one bed, one TV, one toilet, and one table.

There wasn't even a basic surveillance camera.

The lights were pale, and the iron bed was cold.

Zhao Yi sat up in bed, closed the stinking toilet seat, opened the system panel, and checked the location of his teammates.

He was in 307, and Luo Qili was in 315.

It's in the room right across from his.

"Clatter!"

I could hear the sound of a toilet lid being closed next door, followed by the sound of water flushing.

Zhao glanced at it sideways but didn't say anything.

The TV was on in the room, but it was filled with static.

After the snowflakes stopped, there seemed to be a signal again.

The video above shows a priest leading a group in prayer.

Light cleanses the spirit of the virtuous.

[Fire burns the body of the wicked]

The Great Father once said...

Only by carrying goodness cleansed by light and sins burned away by fire can one reach the blissful Eden...

...

Talking nonsense.

It seems that Western churches often come up with these mystical and nonsensical sayings in order to recruit more believers.

Bored, the players left their rooms and began exploring the outside world.

They're not here for vacation.

They came to arrest the murderer.

But it seems there are no victims yet...?

Zhao Yi's room.

He opened a bag of potato chips and watched intently as various programs on TV were played on repeat.

There are no new channels, no new content.

The mental hospital treated its patients very poorly; the television broadcasts were simply repeated recordings.

Just then, a scream came from downstairs, its fierce penetrating force shaking the entire mental hospital!

Upon hearing the scream, the players seemed to be injected with adrenaline and quickly ran towards the first floor.

Zhao Yi turned off the TV and followed him out of the room.

On the way, Luo Qili reported her discovery to Zhao Yi.

"The TV programs are all being replayed repeatedly. Could there be some hidden reason behind this?"

Zhao Yi didn't answer. He handed her the potato chips he had left over, then squeezed into the crowd and headed towards the corridor where the incident had occurred.

In that long, pale corridor, the female caregiver sat shivering on the cold floor, her eyes fixed on the room behind the door, motionless!

Before anyone could see what was inside, the smell of blood wafted out.

It's very strong.

Clearly, more than one person died inside.

Zhao Yi squeezed his way to the doorway and looked inside.

There were 11 corpses in the room.

Slit throat, gouge out heart, rip out brain...

The victims died in eleven different ways.

The deceased's expression was terrified and distorted, clearly indicating that he had been subjected to extreme intimidation before his death!

Some crazy people and players couldn't help but gag and instinctively moved away from the area!

One of the men, a stern-looking man wearing glasses, walked into the room to examine the body.

This is a player.

His name is Chen Long. He studied forensic medicine at the Kazakh Medical College.

He was very familiar with the corpse and confident that he could glean some crucial information from it.

After a brief check, he solemnly adjusted his glasses and said to his teammates outside:

"These people died within an hour!"

Everyone remained silent.

Zhao Yi also went in to take a look.

Then he came out again and glanced at both sides of the corridor.

On one side are walls and blinds that cannot be opened.

One side is the lobby.

Noticing this, Zhao Yi asked the crowd:

Did you see anyone walk into this corridor just now?

The bald third brother raised his hand.

"Old Jiu and I were just near the entrance of the passageway, and no one has walked into this passageway in the past hour... except for the female administrator."

As soon as he finished speaking, other madmen chimed in:

"Yes, I was facing that way the whole time, and I didn't see anyone go past."

"I didn't see it either!"

"..."

A faint smile flickered across Zhao Yi's lips.

"Administrator, should we call the police?"

The administrator was terrified and hurriedly nodded.

"Call the police!"

"right!"

"Call the police immediately!"

P.S.: Only three updates today, but I have something to say!

Shit... let's just borrow it for now.