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

Qiu Wanting and Jiang Hui looked at each other in bewilderment.

Tang Li stood in front of them, hands on her hips, looking at them with disappointment.

"Not all investigators have hacking skills," Jiang Hui explained, unconvinced.

"Why don't you ask the bureau for help?" Tang Li asked incredulously.

"Sure, anything is fine, but it will take time." Qiu Wanting agreed on behalf of Jiang Hui, while forcefully changing the subject, "Let's go, let's go eat."

Tang Li hesitated before following them to the door: "The hospital is so brazen, aren't we in danger?"

Qiu Wanting smiled. This hospital has always been dangerous: "No, it won't be. The hospital isn't run by the director alone. There are those who want to kill us, and there are also those who want to protect us."

"That Dr. Jiang?"

"I suppose so," Qiu Wanting thought to herself, "or perhaps, it's someone else entirely."

Last night, Tang Li fell asleep after telling them everything about the archives, while Qiu Wanting and Jiang Hui went out overnight.

They went to find Sun Ping with little hope, but his account balance had been bottomless for the past few days, he had stockpiled countless life-saving items from the store, and his life was as tenacious as a cockroach. By the time they finally found the "other" archive room that Tang Li had mentioned, Sun Ping had already disappeared.

Along the way, she did see the "Sun Ping's flamboyant, colorful-haired lackey" that Tang Li had casually mentioned, who had been chasing her all the way. One has to admire the thick-skinned nature of these "paranoiacs"—how could she possibly mistake several blue-faced, fanged, 2.5-meter-tall double-door zombies for normal human figures?

All the zombies were dead. At first, Qiu Wanting and Jiang Hui thought Tang Li's supernatural abilities had killed them.

However, when Jiang Hui examined the corpses of these zombies, she found marks on their bodies from being pierced by some kind of strip-shaped object—in other words, some kind of strip-shaped object had stabbed them together last night.

The piercing wounds were rough and bloody, more like a tear than a slit. This indicated that the "strip-shaped object" that attacked them was not sharp, but the owner of this "object" had enough strength to forcefully pierce their bodies with a blunt object.

To be honest, it doesn't seem like an attack that Tang Li's superpower could deliver, unless her eerie eyes, which look like dozens of eyes gathered together, are actually stained glass windows that can be opened to extend two tentacles to attack enemies.

The nurses who usually support Tang Li probably don't have this kind of strong power.

Qiu Wanting pondered to himself: Last night, it was most likely Gu Xiaoying who helped Tang Li.

The three of them went to a restaurant together.

The restaurant was nearly half empty. Sun Ping was there too, but in stark contrast to the previous bustling crowd, he was now sitting alone at a table.

Tang Li's eyes met his without her noticing, and her gaze involuntarily sharpened.

The poisonous insects didn't seem to have caused Sun Ping much harm; his other injuries had healed, and the swelling had subsided. However, two grotesque, intersecting scars appeared on his face, narrowly missing the corners of his eyes and almost damaging his sinister, triangular eyes.

That once ordinary face was now completely disfigured.

"This injury doesn't seem to be caused by poisonous insects." Tang Li found it strange and lowered her voice to discuss the unusual situation with the person next to her, "Last night, who slashed him twice after I left?"

Jiang Hui gave a cryptic laugh.

She is an expert with knives, so naturally she also has some expertise in identifying knife wounds.

"Based on the depth and direction of the knife marks," Jiang Hui whispered, "and the meticulousness in avoiding all facial features..."

Jiang Hui chuckled softly, then quietly proposed an even more frightening idea: "Who knows, maybe he cut himself?"

Sun Ping felt as if a pot of boiling water was churning inside his chest. He made no attempt to hide his hatred, which suppressed the excruciating pain on his face.

Tang Li... she's the one who alienated herself from everyone, and she's the one who nearly depleted all the points she had painstakingly accumulated.

It was also her... that made him cut himself on his already healed face in an attempt to appease the anger of his backer.

Ignoring the hateful and fearful looks he received from those around him, Sun Ping left the restaurant on his own. At that moment, he noticed someone waiting for him outside.

"Brother Sun!" A fawning call rang out, and Sun Ping turned his head to see a familiar figure.

The bald, burly man he had previously looked down upon, the one he had splashed with hot porridge, was now standing guard at the door, watching him eagerly.

The bald man seemed oblivious to everything that had happened the night before, continuing to fawn over Sun Ping, single-handedly holding up the bodies of a dozen men. Sun Ping finally felt a little better. Looking at the bald man's still empty eye socket, he could roughly guess what he wanted.

So what? As long as he can still bring benefits to others, won't there still be people fawning over him?

Sun Ping's face finally regained its confident smile. He patted the bald man on the shoulder and said, "Young man, do your best. I'll fix your eyes!"

The bald man smiled sheepishly, nodded, and followed behind Sun Ping.

Sun Ping swaggered along, unaware that the bald, burly man hadn't stepped into the restaurant once.

at the same time.

Tang Li is alone again.

Jiang Hui and Qiu Wanting went to receive treatment again. Are there still clues that haven't been uncovered from the doctor?

Tang Li walked along the corridor and paused slightly as she rounded the corner.

A person was pacing back and forth in the corridor ahead, muttering to himself as he walked.

Tang Li felt a chill run down her spine: this scene was a bit eerie.

Unlike the doctors and nurses in Tang Li's hallucinations, who had extra arms and eyes that made Tang Li immediately aware of their strangeness, he was perfectly normal. He had the appearance of a tall, normal man, wore a normal hospital gown, had a normal beer belly, and walked normally.

However, his wandering was not along the corridor, but rather he repeatedly crossed the corridor, from one side wall to the other, moving repeatedly, at a constant speed, in a straight line within the area of ​​two floor tiles.

It's reminiscent of a billiard ball bouncing repeatedly between two glass plates.

Or a fly trapped inside a thin light tube, unable to escape.

This person was blocking Tang Li's way. She hesitated and took a step back, thinking that she should take a detour.

At that moment, the man turned around and noticed her.

He was covered in sweat, looked haggard and panicked, and his clenched teeth were yellowed.

Tang Li was startled, her memory quickly returning. She recognized this person.

Just two days ago, he was hosting a murder mystery game in a restaurant. He is Lao Ding from the movie "Where Did Lao Ding Go?"

Tang Li still remembers the plot of the story: Lao Ding and Meng Wanwan entered the "Dream Come True Machine" together. The couple both hoped that the other could survive. In the end, Lao Ding's soul and Meng Wanwan's body disappeared. Meng Wanwan's soul merged with Lao Ding's empty body and left the machine.

Tang Li was a little confused. She hadn't seen Lao Ding since that game. Jiang Hui seemed to have told her before that Lao Ding had been discharged from the hospital.

Did she misremember? Or was Jiang Hui spreading false information?

Old Ding seemed to recognize Tang Li as well.

He finally stopped, his lips still moving only slightly as he muttered to himself.

Old Ding raised an arm and beckoned to Tang Li, inviting her to come over.