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

A sudden, unsettling silence fell.

The shadows that had been calmed down suddenly expanded!

The boy looked up, staring intently at Tang Li, his voice sharp and shrill: "I don't trust hospitals!"

Tang Li was stunned: "What did you say?"

"I don't believe it! I don't believe the hospital!" the boy almost screamed, shaking his enormous head back and forth in front of Tang Li. "You're in cahoots with the doctor, aren't you? Aren't you? Aren't you!"

Tang Li reached out a hand to comfort him: "Shh, don't be angry. The doctor was also mean to your sister. He even drew your blood today. Did he treat you like that too?"

The boy stopped screaming, his eyes filled with blood, and stared at Tang Li.

"Look," Tang Li pointed to the needle marks on her arm, continuing to soothe him, "it hurts so much! We both got injections from the doctor, so we're in cahoots, aren't we?"

The boy stared at Tang Li for a moment, then wiped his eyes with his sleeve.

"How I wish someone was on my side," the boy said softly, shaking his head sadly and regretfully at Tang Li. "But you're lying."

The hairs on her body stood on end. Tang Li didn't know what was happening, but a sense of crisis made her suddenly stand up!

The dark shadow instantly attacked the spot where Tang Li had just been, about to devour her completely in an instant, but at that moment, the shadow suddenly stopped in mid-air.

Boom, boom, boom.

The boy heard the nurse's footsteps.

The boy stared intently at Tang Li: "Hide well."

"Don't let me see you again."

The boy left the room quickly, and even after he had completely disappeared, the hairs on Tang Li's arms remained standing.

Just then, a rapid ringing sound suddenly rang out.

Tang Li sprang up from the spot like a startled cat, her body half-bent over, looking around blankly.

"Zzz... All patients, please proceed to the seventh-floor restaurant... for your meal."

The hospital's loudspeaker was a bit outdated, and the sound was somewhat eerie.

Is it already dinnertime?

"Knock knock." A knock on the door.

Tang Li looked towards the doorway and saw a man named Xiao Zhao, bleeding from all seven orifices, who had just appeared there and was anxiously waiting for her.

"So close." "The kid ghosts are really scary; no wonder they say they're unpredictable." "If the kid ghost hadn't heard the nurse coming, the streamer would be dead by now." "How come I didn't notice this when I watched this dungeon before? Are the kid ghosts that afraid of nurses?"

"The restaurant is a safe zone. Let's see if anyone kindly tells the streamer she's really encountered a ghost." "Speaking of which, what's with this nurse?" "Doesn't anyone find it strange? A weird, kind escort to the safe zone?"

"I...I'll take you to the restaurant." Xiao Zhao greeted him warmly with a fawning smile.

After Tang Li finished her check-up in the afternoon, Xiao Zhao took her to room 802. She hasn't reappeared until now.

The journey was somber, perhaps because he still felt guilty. Xiao Zhao's eyes darted around, and he no longer took her hand as readily as before.

As Tang Li walked, she was still distracted by the boy from earlier.

How embarrassing! You were scared by a child! How shameful, Tang Li!

But what's wrong with this child? Such intense, almost vicious resentment shouldn't belong to a child's emotions.

When she has time, she'll ask other patients for their opinions. Tang Li made her decision.

As the two stepped out of the elevator, the room suddenly brightened, and the aroma of food wafted towards them.

Tang Li relaxed and forgot about the boy. She strode into the restaurant, which fell silent at her arrival.

Then came the sudden sound of whispers.

Tang Li raised an eyebrow, subtly feeling as if she was being rejected.

But hunger made her ignore the eerie atmosphere. Tang Li took a few more steps, but then realized that Xiao Zhao hadn't followed. She turned around in confusion: "Why aren't you coming in?"

Xiao Zhao stood awkwardly outside the restaurant door, stammering out, "I...I can't eat..."

"You're already thin enough, why are you still dieting?" Tang Li sighed. Xiao Zhao had been skipping dinner for three months, which was terrifying.

So she went into the restaurant by herself, carrying a plate, avoiding the stir-fried mushrooms, scrambled eggs with cordyceps flowers, cold black fungus salad, and white fungus porridge, and took a little of each of the remaining dishes.

It was lunchtime, and there weren't many tables available in the restaurant, so Tang Li had to share a table with someone else. After putting down her tray and sitting down, she glanced at the person opposite her.

But then I saw a familiar face.

—The skinny man was shivering.

He wanted to shout, to desperately ask everyone for help, to tell them everything he had seen.

The woman sitting across from me isn't human; she's a monster! How come no one's noticed her?!

She got on the elevator alone and appeared here unharmed. Meanwhile, the blond guy who also got on the elevator was smashed to pieces!

Rule four is fake! She clearly followed the wrong rule, yet she wasn't killed by the mystery! How could she possibly be a player?

Can't they see how strange she is? She even invited the female ghost to have dinner with her right at the restaurant entrance! Which player doesn't know that the restaurant is a safe zone in the dungeon where the ghost is forbidden?

Tang Li took a sip of soy milk, and the skinny man trembled with fright.

Why is she sitting in front of me? Is she eyeing me too?

No, that won't do. The skinny man made up his mind. He would tell everyone the secret, and with everyone's help, he would drive this woman away. He told himself that this was for his own safety, and also for everyone's safety.

He clenched his fists and stood up.