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

Tang Li, unaware of what had happened, stared blankly at the two people writhing in front of the elevator.

The blond-haired man squinted at Tang Li. He remembered her; at the very beginning of the game, this unlucky woman had been captured by a female ghost.

He's still alive?

How lucky.

The comments section was still fueling the fire, and the blond guy's malice was rising uncontrollably. He put his arm around the skinny guy's neck and, like good buddies, stepped aside: "It's nothing, just kidding. Please, beautiful lady."

The elevator was on the first floor. Tang Li pressed the button to open the door and went in, glancing at the two strange people.

The skinny man was pale and hunched over under the blond man's arm. The hospital room wasn't warm, but his forehead was covered in glistening beads of sweat.

Tang Li's gaze caught the skinny man's eyes, and she asked, "Are you coming up?"

The blond guy said no. The skinny guy remained silent.

Tang Li nodded; she wouldn't save someone who wouldn't even dare to ask for help.

The closing elevator doors gradually separated the two groups of people. The instant the doors closed, the blond guy suddenly burst into uncontrollable laughter, while the skinny guy took two steps forward, stretching out his hand and half-opening his mouth, as if trying to hold someone back.

"Tales of Private Hospitals (50)"

Mary at the front desk: Breaking news—the gentleman needs to take the elevator!

Elevator maintenance worker Spider: Received! Received! Safety guaranteed for our esteemed guest!!! (Male ghost screams)

In a place where no one can see.

A figure sprinted down the elevator shaft. He had a male head and body, and eight legs that looked like they belonged to men, women, young and old.

He curled his legs up and placed them on top of the elevator car, allowing the elevator to detect the combined weight of him and Tang Li.

—Weight exceeding 100kg.

"Sixth floor, we've arrived." The number on the display jumped to 6, the elevator doors opened, and a gentle male voice, tinged with a strange hint of flattery, announced the arrival.

Tang Li stepped out of the elevator full of doubts and thought for a while: So what was that blond guy gloating about again?

First floor lobby.

"The rules were fake!" the blond-haired man spat and cursed. "That woman got incredibly lucky and escaped again."

Rule 4: The elevator must carry a weight of 100kg or more each time. If the weight is less than 100kg, please do not ride the elevator.

The woman's weight was clearly less than 100kg, yet the elevator stopped smoothly on the seventh floor without causing any strange attacks, so Rule Four is not the real rule.

The bizarre world is either entirely real or entirely fake, so rule four should be understood in reverse: the elevator can only carry a weight of 100kg or less at a time; if it exceeds 100kg, an anomaly will be triggered.

The blond-haired man grumbled and sweared in disappointment. He shook off the skinny man and stepped into the elevator by himself.

He couldn't keep using the skinny guy as a human shield; their combined weight exceeded 100kg, so only one of the blond guys could go.

"Next time, no one will be your scapegoat." He grinned menacingly at the skinny man and pressed the close button.

The elevator continued to ascend smoothly, first floor, second floor... fifth floor, sixth floor...

When the elevator reached the sixth floor, the elevator car swayed slightly, but Huang Mao was unaware of it. At that moment, the spider in the elevator shaft mysteriously left the top of the elevator car.

—The weight detected by the elevator is less than 100kg.

On the first floor, the skinny man waiting outside the elevator changed his expression. He backed away, because they had already reached the sixth floor, but the elevator had not stopped.

The numbers on the display screen flashed faster and faster: tenth floor, eleventh floor... eighteenth floor.

Suddenly, the black screen with red text was filled with bright red, and the black number 18 flashed in the ominous red.

"boom--"

18 became 1.

The elevator car, along with the blond-haired guy inside, crashed heavily from the eighteenth floor.

The silver-gray elevator doors remained tightly shut. A few seconds later, a steady stream of blood seeped from the cracks in the doors, as if a monster were feasting inside.

The skinny man's back, covered in cold sweat, pressed against the wall. He finally realized that he had nowhere left to retreat.

At this moment, Tang Li, who knew nothing about what was happening downstairs, was already sitting in front of the doctor.

Live chat: "What's going on?" "Did you guys come from the blond guy's place too?" "Why isn't the streamer dead?" "Is the streamer over 100 kg? Is he an iron man?" "It's okay, the streamer is going to die anyway." "It's Dr. Jerry! Dr. Jerry is the most brutal! He slices people into hot pot rolls in three minutes!" "Rest in peace, streamer~"

"Um, may I ask," Dr. Jerry said cautiously, pouring Tang Li a cup of tea, "are you feeling unwell?"

"I got poisoned from eating mushrooms," Tang Li said.

Dr. Jerry's fingers trembled, and he awkwardly hid a small pile of poison pills on the table. The industry bigwig was giving him a warning; his ingenious method of harming people had been easily exposed.

"I was hallucinating," Tang Li continued.

Dr. Jerry embarrassingly kicked the plug under the table, and the humidifier, which was continuously emitting hallucinogenic mist, stopped working. It could have turned the closest friends against each other, dancing a polka in blood.

"I feel like this world has merged with the horror movies I've watched," Tang Li chuckled.

Jerry awkwardly pulled out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead. The adults were criticizing them, saying that as monsters, their methods of harming people were not as terrifying as those in movies made by humans.

"For example," Tang Li raised her chin slightly and gestured forward, "I actually saw a kitchen knife among your tools."

Jerry almost shamefully shielded the cleaver with his body—a cleaver! How did he realize how low-end a cleaver was in the bizarre game—even though it was the knife he was most comfortable with, and it was really very useful.

"Also," Tang Li tilted her head slightly, staring at the doctor's white coat, "I can see bloodstains on the hem of your coat as well."

Jerry was sweating profusely, and the sixty-year-old rascal was about to burst into tears: Oh no, oh no, the master is a germaphobe! How dare he greet the big boss in such a filthy manner?!

"However..." Tang Li hesitated for a moment, then smiled just before Jerry completely broke down.

"I can still think rationally; the bloodstains must be a hallucination. And I can certainly trust your professional ethics, right?"

"Yes! Yes!" Dr. Jerry said, both apprehensive and enthusiastic, seizing this opportunity offered after the adult's reprimand. "Don't worry, I will definitely make you satisfied!"

"Well then," Tang Li looked at him and gently read out the name tag on his chest, "let's begin the examination, Dr. Jerry."

Dr. Jerry felt his hard-won smile twist again: all his tests had been revealed by the adults beforehand, what tricks did he have left to show them?

Weird tends to be very busy in awkward situations. Jerry hadn't even realized that he had already grabbed a blood collection device in his hand.

This isn't even his tool; it belongs to Nurse Xiao Jiang!

Tang Li, who had been watching all this, obediently rolled up her sleeves: "Do you need a blood test?"

"Is the newbie stupid?" "The streamer isn't stupid, hahaha, I'm laughing so hard! Didn't you hear what she said? She thought the weird game was a hallucination caused by her fungus poisoning." "Then she got captured by that trainee female ghost as soon as she entered the game, missing out on the veteran players' explanation." "No wonder she cooperated with the inspection, poor streamer."

"Wait a minute! Isn't that Nurse Jiang's blood collection device? How did it end up in Dr. Jerry's hands?" "I remember now, the one that sucks all the blood out of you at the beginning!" "Looking forward to it!" "Broadcast over!"