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

Tang Li held the knife to Jiang Hui's neck.

Her eyelashes trembled violently, but her hands did not tremble at all.

"Good girl," Jiang Hui thought to herself.

That's how it should be; there should always be a pair of steady hands like this.

"Why?" Tang Li questioned her, both heartbroken and angry, yet unable to feign the necessary defensiveness. "You're players too, why, why didn't you tell me the truth, leaving me in the dark?"

Jiang Hui felt a sudden pang of pain in her heart.

She eventually discovered that she had been chosen by the eerie livestreaming room and forced to leave her hometown.

"Because you're a 'paranoiac' who ignores everything abnormal," Jiang Hui replied, meekly letting the blade press against her throat. "You are the most unique group of people in this horror game, refusing to accept the truth that you're in a bizarre world."

What appears bizarre as bleeding from all seven orifices to us is just an ordinary nurse to you; the gruesome rotten fish and shrimp on the nurses' food cart are delicacies to you. To you, the world is always shrouded in a huge filter.

"Tang Li, before you, every 'paranoiac' whose filter was shattered committed suicide." Jiang Hui gazed into her eyes and said softly, "How can you expect us to bear sending our friend to her death?"

Tang Li's mind went blank.

Stunned, then realizing, moved, and then all the anger vanished, replaced by a deep sense of embarrassment.

Tang Li's hand gripping the knife began to tremble, and her whole body turned red.

The nurse was bleeding from all seven orifices in my field of vision, and the food on the food cart looked inedible to me!

What "paranoia"? I just entered the weird world at the perfect time. I really thought I was just poisoned by mushrooms!

Remembering how she genuinely wanted to try the rotten fish and shrimp on the food truck, and how she had praised the female ghost on rounds for her dedication, Tang Li's inner self buried itself in the ground and burst into tears.

I only acted normally because I wanted to fit in with you all. I just wanted to be part of the group! What's wrong with fitting in?

Unaware of the situation, Jiang Hui was horrified to find Tang Li's hands trembling: No way? Why is she reacting so strongly? Did Tang Li not think of this before, and only remembered suicide after Jiang Hui reminded her?

No, Tang Li!

Before Jiang Hui could speak, she moved swiftly, and Tang Li's vision blurred as the knife in her hand was knocked away. The next moment, Tang Li herself was firmly restrained by Jiang Hui and unable to move.

Tang Li was stunned. She finally understood why Jiang Hui had hesitated when she wanted a knife for self-defense: if she really encountered someone who knew how to use a knife, she didn't know who she might use it against.

"What are you doing?" Tang Li asked weakly and helplessly. "I'm not going to commit suicide. Let me go. I have a lot of things to do."

Jiang Hui cautiously sized up Tang Li: "What are you going to do?"

"I'm waiting for my breakfast to be delivered to my door," Tang Li said curtly.

Jiang Hui: ?

At that moment, a knock sounded on the door.

Tang Li nudged Jiang Hui with her elbow without making a sound. Jiang Hui glanced at her suspiciously, but still did as Tang Li wanted and leaped into the bathroom.

Tang Li then spoke, "Come in."

The person who came in was Gu Xiaomei. She held a plate in both hands and carefully peeked in through the crack in the door.

The plate was laden with everything from steamed buns to desserts.

Her surname is Gu... Could she be related to Gu Xiaoying?

Tang Li subtly examined Gu Xiaomei's face. The female ghost on probation was bleeding from all seven orifices, her pale face covered with blurred bloodstains, making her features indistinct.

Could she be the girl with the bright, sunny smile on the wallpaper?

Gu Xiaomei put down her plate on the table and breathed a sigh of relief. Tang Li was indeed hungry, so she moved to the table and casually invited, "Sit down and eat with me."

Gu Xiaomei's eyes widened, half flattered and half reluctant to dine with her "boss." She stammered, trying to decline, "No, no... I... I've already eaten..."

Tang Li raised his eyes and glanced at her.

Gu Xiaomei immediately fell silent and obediently sat down.

The two ate in silence. Then, Tang Li stirred the still-scalding hot soy milk with a spoon and asked, seemingly casually, "By the way, Xiao Mei."

"Whose phone was that one you gave me before?"

Don't forget, it was Gu Xiaomei who personally handed Nannan's phone to Tang Li.

Tang Li should have suspected the origin of Nannan's phone long ago, but since she was convinced that the female ghost Gu Xiaomei was her friend Xiao Zhao, and she hadn't seen "Xiao Zhao" for two or three days in a row, she couldn't find the source even if she traced it back to its origin.

Fortunately, Gu Xiaomei was right in front of her at that moment.

Gu Xiaomei was like a rabbit startled by the slightest rustling of wind. She nervously dropped her fork and looked at Tang Li: "My phone?"

She hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "No... I didn't give you my phone."

Tang Li frowned: "Do you remember that luxurious room you took me to before, filled with bedding?"

Gu Xiaomei nodded seriously: "Yes!"

She only remembered the room, but not her phone. Something was blatantly wrong… Tang Li pondered, then asked, “After you took me to that room, why didn’t you come to see me for so long?”

Her words were almost tinged with anger. Gu Xiaomei lowered her head slightly, her ears turning slightly red, and whispered, "There are too many strange people who want to serve you, sir. I... I'm just on probation. I can't compete with them..."

Tang Li raised an eyebrow: "Why is it your turn again this morning?"

Gu Xiaomei blinked her hazy, bloodshot eyes innocently and answered excitedly, "Because I was very lucky today! This morning they were all looking up at the sky and saying they were very scared! Only I wasn't scared, so I came to pick up the adults."

"Scared?" Tang Li asked, puzzled. "Scared of what?"

She stood by the window and looked out with Gu Xiaomei. It was a beautiful day; the sky was a clear, bright blue, and the brilliant sunshine stretched for miles.

The two of them asked in unison, "There's nothing in the sky!"

Jiang Hui, who overheard everything while hiding in the bathroom: ?

There was such a terrifying hand in the sky, covered in dark red cracks, as if it was about to crush the Ghost Hospital building at any moment! Couldn't either of you see that?

What, is "paranoia" contagious?

The two people by the window searched without success. Tang Li gave up first and asked, "Working at the hospital is so hard, and there are bad people like Director Cao. Aren't your family worried about you, Xiao Mei?"

Gu Xiaomei was taken aback, her expression turning somewhat somber: "I'm an orphan... I have no family left."

My first thought was "orphan". Gu Xiaomei subconsciously puts herself in the shoes of the younger generation. Will she really have a child?

Tang Li gently pressed down on Gu Xiaomei's shoulder to comfort her, her words still subtly probing: "Don't be sad. Haven't you taken good care of yourself? Your parents would be proud to see you like this now."

Gu Xiaomei then smiled and said, "I grew up in a single-parent family and have never met my mother. My father left me when I was six years old. But my father was very good to me, and I think he would be proud of me."

Tang Li nodded in agreement, slowly chewing on a corn shumai: "I thought Xiao Mei would have younger siblings, after all, Xiao Mei is really good at taking care of people."

"No, I'm an only child." Gu Xiaomei was praised, and even her tears couldn't hide her bright eyes. "I'm a nurse, so I should be good at these things."

An only child... What exactly is the relationship between Gu Xiaoying and Gu Xiaomei?

Tang Li noticed that Gu Xiaomei was answering all her questions, so she finally revealed her true intentions: "Have you seen the children at the hospital, Xiaomei?"