After being poisoned by mushrooms, all the strange creatures became fascinated by me.

Tang Li is just making empty promises.

Her words were a mixture of truth and falsehood; it all depended on whether the other person had the ability to discern the truth.

A soft laugh came from the other end, followed by a cryptic remark:

"Your Excellency has a good plan."

Tang Li couldn't tell if it was praise or criticism, and was about to ask further when, in the next second, the magnificent nebula in the conference room spread out like a watercolor painting thrown into water, and the scene before her eyes suddenly changed, with the dim yellow light of the old archives room enveloping her once again.

The outstretched hand was still hanging in mid-air.

Tang Li completed the pre-arranged actions, picked up the curved surgical scissors from the ground, and this time, nothing could stop her.

Similar tactile sensation.

The familiar touch brought her back to reality from the conference room. A wave of shock washed over her, and she blurted out, "This is...this is also...?"

Finally, Gu Xiaoying's voice reached my ears: "My bones."

Tang Li gently closed her eyes.

Okay, I understand.

How could I let him get away with this?

This is everything that Qiu Wanting and Jiang Hui, Gu Xiaoying and Gu Xiaomei, and the viewers in the live broadcast room don't know.

Then, Gu Xiaoying's bone pierced his flesh, and his frail body bled its last drop of blood. At the moment the dungeon boss was at its weakest, Dean Lei Hong burst forth from the urn.

Gu Xiaoying persisted, never giving up the power that was about to slip away.

"Tang Li, I can hold on a little longer. What do you need me to do?"

Tang Li's voice was calm and cold: "He wants a copy?"

"—Then give it to him."

Viewers in the live stream couldn't understand how things were going, and their hearts were in their throats as they experienced the immersive experience.

Would they? They watched with anticipation and excitement, their enthusiasm transforming into Tang Li's ever-increasing points. Would Gu Xiaoying, the boss of this bizarre dungeon, be foolish enough to abandon the entire dungeon—his very means of survival—just because of a single sentence from Tang Li?

He's an anomaly, but she's human. They're natural adversaries. How can he trust that she won't harm him? Even if Tang Li is trustworthy, how can he be absolutely certain that her choices won't be wrong?

Only two people remained unmoved, never realizing that this was a mystery.

Gu Xiaoying let out a comfortable sigh, relaxing all the muscles and flesh in her body.

The black mist that had accompanied him through countless days and nights was no longer as solid as tentacles or ropes, nor did it always try to control anything. At this moment, the black mist loosened up, like a hydrogen balloon suddenly released from his grasp, like a large clump of mature dandelion seeds, scattering freely, riding the wind against gravity.

Suddenly, a huge, gentle black cloud rose from the rooftop.

These dark clouds carried away Gu Xiaoying's last bit of strength, and the copy instantly changed hands completely. In the old archives, thousands of poisonous insects finally materialized into Lei Hong's figure, his once elegant gold-rimmed glasses now hanging crookedly on his face.

Lei Hong's laughter was almost manic; he laughed so hard he bent over until he saw the cracked floor in the center of the room.

The dazzling white light surging from the floor, and beyond that white light, the familiar figure that had toyed with him time and time again, making him almost hate him to the core.

Tang Li sat not far away, head down, chin resting on one hand, pen in the other, a small booklet on her lap, as if studying something.

He made such a commotion, but she didn't even look up.

Lei Hong looked at her, a sinister smile twisting his lips: "Did you persuade Gu Xiaoying to hand over the copy?"

His gaze swept over Tang Li unabashedly as he walked towards her with a smug look on his face. "It's never too late to make a wise choice, isn't it? I really underestimated you, to think of such a way to grovel before me..."

Tang Li finally raised her head, looking at him as if he were a fool indulging in a madman's dream.

Just now in the conference room, she said to Jiang Xing: Lei Hong is a hundred times more ambitious than Gu Xiaoying. After he takes over as the dungeon boss, the dungeon's upgrade and star-rating will be just around the corner.

How ridiculous! How could she allow Lei Hong to have it so easy?

Now that things have come to this, how could she possibly leave him a chance to live?

With a crisp "click," the sound of the pen retracting caught Lei Hong's attention. He then realized that the booklet on Tang Li's lap was the medical handbook that every player had.

At this moment, the narrow pages were already densely covered with writing, and Lei Hong could clearly see the title at the very top:

Briefly describe the world of the novel "The Ghostly Private Hospital".

World, Realm, View?

Lei Hong's expression suddenly changed.

His face contorted with rage and panic. He lunged forward, trying to snatch the medical handbook, but at the last moment, a sliver of reason made him abruptly pull his hand back.

No, no, the eerie thing must not touch the [book]!

Tang Li sighed regretfully, stood up, and then spoke her first words to Lei Hong in a friendly manner:

"Congratulations on Dean Lei's promotion!"

The girl smiled and moved closer to Lei Hong, admiring his once gentle and spirited face, now scorched by anger and distorted by fear. She finally stopped hiding the malice in her voice.

"—By now, you should have achieved your wish."

"—Dungeon Boss, Lei Hong."

The mystery will be solved at this moment.

The standard for completely clearing a dungeon is to decipher its world-building and fulfill the dungeon boss's wishes.

The medical handbook was filled with densely packed entries, representing the worldview that Tang Li, Jiang Hui, and Qiu Wanting had discussed and meticulously crafted, a worldview that was now foolproof.

What is Lei Hong's wish? It's obvious that he has been working hard and planning for so many years, all for one thing: he wants to replace Gu Xiaoying and become the dungeon boss.

Therefore, once the identity of the dungeon boss changes hands and Lei Hong takes over, his wish is automatically fulfilled.

Tang Li flashed a bright, almost dazzling smile, and said to Lei Hong, and also to all the viewers in the live stream, "Do you know what Gu Xiaoying's wish is?"

"Isn't it just about getting Gu Xiaomei out of the hospital?" "Letting Gu Xiaomei go home?" "It's just about Gu Xiaomei surviving safely."

Tang Li almost laughed out loud with joy, "His complete wish is—for Gu Xiaomei to leave the hospital and live to be a hundred years old."

Not only will they leave the hospital, but they will also live to be a hundred years old.

This sentence was clearly written in his notebook. A father's simplest and most ordinary wish became the biggest obstacle for players on their way to the game.

She tilted her head slightly. "So, how do you think such a wish can be fulfilled?"

"Hiss—" "What a cruel challenge to clear the level! Can she really stay by Gu Xiaomei's side for a hundred years?" "Living to a hundred...it's not entirely hopeless, is it? Forcibly feeding Gu Xiaomei an aging pill should work." "Hey, will the streamer praise you for coming up with this idea?"

"But it seems the host has already... shown us the best solution?!" "Amazing, really? Is that even possible?" "Who would try to change the question setter just because they can't answer it?!"

Tang Li held up a finger, each word brimming with joy, "Well then, since this dungeon boss's wish is not easy to fulfill—"

"Let's switch to a different dungeon boss!"