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

Jiang Hui and Qiu Wanting exchanged a glance.

Tang Li wants to join them.

Should we tell her everything?

On the one hand, Tang Li is quite popular among the staff of the strange hospital. With this advantage, she can easily collect clues and make up for their lack of intelligence.

On the other hand, Tang Li is a "paranoiac" in the bizarre game; once she discovers the truth of the world, she will resolutely commit suicide. Would encouraging her to participate in the investigation accelerate her understanding of the bizarre world—and ultimately lead her to death?

Qiu Wanting said, "You are just an ordinary citizen."

Tang Li laughed, her voice laced with disdain: "An ordinary citizen who has been drawn into this battle."

Qiu Wanting narrowed his eyes, savoring the meaning of those two words: "Get involved..."

Tang Li said calmly, "I witnessed a person's death."

"Why do you think the vice president was in my hospital room this morning?"

Qiu Wanting's eyes darkened: "Who died this time? Skinny?"

Tang Li shook her head: "I won't reveal my leads unless I provide enough information."

She gazed at Qiu Wanting. "You entered society much earlier than me, so surely you can't be more naive than me, a student still in the ivory tower?"

Just as Qiu Wanting was about to speak, Jiang Hui said, "Okay."

Qiu Wanting looked at Jiang Hui in surprise, but Jiang Hui didn't look at him.

"We infiltrated the hospital posing as patients because we suspected it was conducting human experiments in secret. The mastermind behind the experiments was the hospital director, Lei Hong, with assistants including the vice director, Qi Cuiming, and doctor Jerry. The victims of these human experiments have not yet been found."

"Do you remember the child I told you about before, the one who suffered medical malpractice but still hasn't left the hospital? We suspect he's one of the victims of human experimentation."

Tang Li suddenly raised her head.

That child...

When they met, he said...

"But my back is hunched over, my arms and legs are much shorter, I don't look the same anymore, no one will recognize me."

The file contained, word by word, the following...

On June 1st, experimental subject 01 exhibited skeletal abnormalities, with severe rickets.

On June 7th, Subject 01 began showing signs of atrophy starting from the fingertips.

Tang Li's breathing trembled, and she raised her hand to press against her heart.

Jiang Hui looked at her with almost unbearable pity in her eyes, but still said, "That child is practically invisible in the hospital. If you ask the doctors or nurses, they won't even admit that there's a child in the hospital. Everyone turns a blind eye to him."

The boy asked, "Can Tang Li see me?"

Tang Li can see you.

Tang Li closed her eyes tightly, and when she opened them again, her dark pupils were almost frighteningly bright: "Last night, the skinny guy gave me a key with 104 written on it. In my sleep, I opened the door to 104 and witnessed a girl stealing something from inside and then being chased by the vice dean."

"After that, I woke up in my own hospital room. It was already this morning, and the key to room 104 was also missing."

She scrutinized Jiang Hui and Qiu Wanting's eyes, her body tensing involuntarily: "I know my description doesn't sound true, and I have no evidence, but all of this really did happen."

She was testing them, testing whether they could believe her, believe in all the strange and bizarre things happening in the real world.

But of course she didn't need to worry; no one understood her feelings better than a veteran player of the bizarre game. Pushed by fate, stepping on blades, she was heading towards a bewildering, strange, and eerie future.

Qiu Wanting scoffed: "So that's why Vice President Qi Cuiming sneaked into your ward, disguised as a nurse changing the sheets, and got caught red-handed. How embarrassing."

Jiang Hui then asked, "Was she going to find the keys? Was she testing you in any way?"

Tang Li looked at the two people in front of her and breathed softly.

She was caught very well.

She had been brave from last night until today. But now, she finally felt safe.

night.

Tang Li, Qiu Wanting, and Jiang Hui sat at the same table eating.

People around them cast all sorts of glances, but the three of them didn't seem to care.

"By the way," Qiu Wanting said suddenly as he ate the pine nuts and corn on his plate, "you need to be careful."

"Among the patients, there are some who support the hospital director. Don't let them discover your true stance, and don't confront them directly."

Qiu Wanting glanced at a table not far away, her gaze indifferent.

Tang Li tilted her head, seemingly casually, and glanced at Qiu Wanting.

"It's common for scumbags who are good at sweet talk to deceive people," she said.

Qiu Wanting smiled coldly and offered no explanation.

Those players don't care whether they support good or evil.

The victory condition for the human faction in this instance is to fulfill the instance boss's wish.

Who is the boss of the Mysterious Private Hospital instance? Most people's first reaction would probably be the hospital's director.

Dean Lei Hong also clearly stated in the promotional video that patients were forced to watch, "My wish is that no more children will be infected by this strange phenomenon."

Everything is laid bare before the players. To win and clear the dungeon, they must fulfill the dean's wish. Currently, there is only one child in the Ghost Story Private Hospital, Gu Xiaoying, who is explicitly stated in the dungeon rules as "non-existent".

Coincidentally, Gu Xiaoying himself is an enigma.

"Let no more children be infected by the strange phenomenon," in other words, "Let no more Gu Xiaoying appear."

—Kill Gu Xiaoying.

The dean's murderous intent was obvious, and a clear path to heaven lay before the players. Therefore, every batch of players who went through this instance searched for and murdered Gu Xiaoying one after another.

However, this copy has not been fully cracked to this day.

Qiu Wanting wondered if it was possible that everyone had been deceived by Dean Lei Hongmeng, and that the real boss of the Deceptive Private Hospital was not Lei Hongmeng at all.

The creation of a copy requires the most intense negative emotions.

Could it be that they've all made a mistake? The real dungeon boss is the victim, the "unfit" Gu Xiaoying.

at the same time.

"Brother Sun, please, please have some."

His rough voice tried his best to force a fawning tone, but it only made it sound more ridiculous and unpleasant.

The bald, muscular man, his body still gleaming, carefully placed a full bowl of porridge in front of the person sitting at the table.

The man was wearing a gray tracksuit and had an ordinary appearance, except for a pair of sinister triangular eyes that left a barely noticeable impression. He was thin and not very tall, so from a distance, he was completely obscured by the bald, muscular man.

Sun Ping frowned unhappily.

"Come here," he said, tapping the table lightly as if calling a dog, "come here, kneel down."

The bald, burly man's face flushed with humiliation, but he met Sun Ping's triangular eyes. He flinched, then immediately knelt before the man, forming a raised mound.

Sun Ping picked up the bowl of millet porridge, which was scalding hot even through the bowl, and poured it all over the bald, burly man's head.

"Ruthless! Awesome!" "No wonder he's Brother Sun!" "I heard Brother Sun used to be a gangster before entering the game, he's really awesome!" "Qiu Wanting is unlucky to be facing Brother Sun, Brother Sun's ruthless style is a natural counter to civilized people like him."

"Shh, for some reason, it didn't look like Boss Sun was looking at Qiu Wanting just now."

"I told you not to get too close to me," Sun Ping frowned unhappily. "You're blocking the young lady's view. How am I supposed to see her?"

"You say," he suddenly laughed again, a faint blush appearing on his sallow cheeks.

"Do you think that glance she gave me was actually directed at me?"