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

Even though Boss Qiu was usually calm and collected, he was stunned by Gu Xiaoying's execution.

"No, you... I mean, you, huh?"

He frantically uttered a few interjections, finally managing to gather his thoughts, "You just blew up the surveillance cameras?!"

Gu Xiaoying calmly tilted her head at him, looking as if to say, "That's exactly right, what can I do for you?"

Qiu Wanting paced back and forth in the hospital room, furious. "Right now, they're in the shadows while we're in the open. We had such a great advantage. We could have turned the tables on them and released false clues to mislead them..."

He turned around abruptly, glaring at Gu Xiaoying, "Now that you've blown up this, even a fool would know that the dungeon boss is protecting Tang Li. A perfectly good trump card has become an open card—"

Gu Xiaoying calmly corrected him: "There is no Ming."

"I also blew their eyes out, so even if the cards are upfront, they can't see them."

Qiu Wanting was so angry that her vision blurred: "You can only understand the literal meaning? Can't you wait a bit? Haste makes waste, didn't anyone teach you that?"

Jiang Hui poked him frantically from behind. "Are you crazy, Qiu Wanting? The boss in front of you is a dungeon boss!"

Gu Xiaoying stared intently at him: "I know."

They all told me I should wait.

Gu Xiaoying tilted her head like a pendulum, looking at him.

"Wait a moment, the treatment will take effect."

"Wait a moment, you'll get better."

"Wait a minute, we can't afford to fall out with the hospital yet."

Gu Xiaoying chuckled mockingly, and only now did a hint of eerie malice finally appear on his face. "You want to take things slowly? You're still playing your tricks?"

"Wait and wait, wait and wait," he murmured softly, as if singing, then his voice suddenly turned deep and cold as he said the next line, "What if things are beyond repair?"

"What if she gets hurt while you're waiting?"

"If this damage is irreversible, it ruins a person's entire life!"

"—What are you going to do?"

Qiu Wanting fell silent. The conversation had gotten so far that he couldn't possibly misunderstand; Gu Xiaoying wasn't just talking about Tang Li, but also about himself.

Gu Xiaoying was the one who suffered the consequences of the medical malpractice.

In the endless wait, he watched helplessly as his body deteriorated day by day. The end of the wait was not the cure promised by the hospital, but an irreversible deformity and disability.

Qiu Wanting remained silent for a moment, then bowed his head and apologized. He still didn't think his opinion was wrong, but his upbringing and experience prevented him from being generous with other people's money.

But is it too late?

Jiang Hui's eyelashes were already covered with white frost.

What do those eerie omens from the previous Ouija board incident matter now?

An increased pressure enveloped them, white mist filled their mouths and noses with each breath, and a clicking sound kept ringing out. Qiu Wanting belatedly realized that it was his teeth chattering.

Even before three sentences were exchanged, Jiang Hui had already stepped forward, shielding him behind her. A golden light had appeared around her eyes, and her pupils had almost turned into vertical slits, fixed intently on Gu Xiaoying.

She kept saying, "Calm down, calm down."

But he was clutching a knife in his hand.

Jiang Hui has never, ever trusted any of the supernatural beings; she is well aware of their madness and paranoia.

Endless black mist spread through the ward, surging like the tentacles of a deep-sea monster, like the ever-swaying hem of Death's robe. Gu Xiaoying stared at them with empty eyes; no one could predict whether his next move would be an attack or a retreat.

The only certainty is that whatever it may be, it's all about to erupt at this moment. Just waiting for the soft sound before the avalanche.

"Smack."

A familiar, crisp sound.

The ward was suddenly illuminated.

A familiar scene reappeared, only this time the ones covering their eyes in pain were two people and a ghost.

Both sides in the standoff in the ward turned their heads in a disheveled manner. Through their tear-filled eyes, one of them stood with his arms crossed, leaning against the door frame, his face unfriendly.

"Gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen," she scoffed, "aren't you sleeping at night? Going clubbing?"

Oh, it's Tangli.

Tangli?!

"When...when did you get here?" Jiang Hui was the first to react. The golden light in her pupils vanished completely. She asked in a panic, "Where did you start listening?"

Did you just arrive and hear Gu Xiaoying exploding your eyes?

"From the moment Gu Xiaoying said he would wait," Tang Li sneered, raising an eyebrow, subtly feeling ostracized.

She narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing everyone in front of her, and said sneer, "What? There's something even more exciting ahead, didn't I hear?"

"That's all." Everyone said in unison.

"You're quite united now." Tang Li didn't believe a single word they said. "What were you arguing about before I arrived?"

Qiu Wanting and Gu Xiaoying opened their mouths at the same time, and Tang Li had already accurately chosen one of the most honest ones: "Jiang Hui, you speak."

Jiang Hui, with a blank expression, gave up thinking and ignoring the other two's glances, and simply summarized: "Gu Xiaoying blew up all the cameras monitoring you, and Qiu Wanting thought he blew them up too quickly and was too tactless."

Let them explain the rest themselves.

Tang Li still didn't believe it. She looked at Gu Xiaoying, her tone rising with suspicion: "You blew up the surveillance cameras?"

Gu Xiaoying also kept a straight face, while the child, with his hands strangely in his pockets, said: "I am a hacker."

Tang Li, hands in her pockets, asked, "Why is it possible for someone to secretly listen to another person's internet browsing history on the same Wi-Fi network?"

Gu Xiaoying calmly and fluently blurted out: "Forge a network identity, impersonate a router, and let other people's traffic pass through yours."

The three people present stared in astonishment.

In fact, they couldn't understand a single word, which made them think Gu Xiaoying was even more capable.

Tang Li suddenly realized something, and her voice trembled slightly, like a ripple: "Was it...was it Nannan who taught you?"

Gu Xiaoying paused slightly and looked at Tang Li.

How amazing it is that you mention Nannan as if she were a close friend, even though you don't even know her real name.

Gu Xiaoying showed neither anger nor grief. He sighed softly with a touch of nostalgia, his tone even carrying a hint of amusement: "Perhaps it's the opposite; I'm the one who taught her?"

Having said that, he seemed to have finally grown tired of tonight's farce.

The dungeon boss waved to all the players, walked through the group of three people, and headed towards the entrance.

His back was silent and lonely.

—But they didn't make it.

Tang Li grabbed Gu Xiaoying by the back of his collar, almost lifting him up. Gu Xiaoying's eyes widened suddenly, his short legs kicked helplessly a few times, but he failed to break free and resignedly clung to Tang Li's hand.

Qiu Wanting and Jiang Hui turned into two shocked owls again.

"What are you pretending to be so profound for at such a young age?" Tang Li scolded him. "Playing the disappearing act again, like last time we met?"

"Gu Xiaoying, don't even think about it!"