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

Tang Li suddenly turned around.

When the lights came on, the person who had been talking eloquently on the screen was now sitting next to her.

Dean Lei Hong was dressed exactly as he appeared in the promotional video, with a ruby ​​brooch sparkling on his chest. He gazed at Tang Li with a smile, as if she were some important person who required him to patiently await her answer.

Tang Li felt a little embarrassed.

What does she have to like or dislike? She's still under the influence of the virus; everything she sees is filtered through a dark, ghost story lens. Even a perfectly good hospital promotional video appears to her as something with purplish-black bruises and eerie resurrection, like a horror movie.

As far as horror movies go, this one is very well made, very vivid, and very shocking, making you want to pack your things and leave the hospital immediately.

But if he told the truth, wouldn't it hurt the dean's feelings? Tang Li hesitated a bit; he seemed very proud of the promotional video.

"It's very heartwarming." Kind-hearted Tang Li gritted her teeth and started spouting nonsense. She smiled knowingly, "The colors are bright, the shooting is realistic, and the details are well-balanced, making it pleasing to the eye and inspiring longing."

"The only shortcoming is that the duration was too short, which failed to fully showcase the spirit of our hospital."

The patient in the front row who overheard these words turned around with a shocked look in his eyes. After seeing Lei Hong next to Tang Li, he turned his head back with a look of horror.

It's really getting intense; I saw players and the weirdo engaging in some kind of mutual flattery.

Dean Lei Hong nodded thoughtfully and smiled, "How was your experience at the hospital these past two days? Were you comfortable with the food and lodging? Is there anything we haven't done well in our hospitality? Please feel free to point it out."

The dean is too kind. Tang Li was flattered. She forced a mature demeanor and smiled demurely, "Dean, you're too kind. Your service is so thoughtful and your hospitality so meticulous. You've arranged everything so carefully, making me feel very comfortable. I should be thanking you."

Lei Hong felt slightly relieved. The visiting official only mentioned food and lodging, not the specific work at the hospital. Perhaps she was just going through the motions and did not intend to really get involved in the affairs of the copy.

"Thank you for your recognition. We are relieved that you are satisfied." Lei Hong's tone then became even more warm and humble. "If there are any shortcomings in the future, we will need your help and guidance."

The two of them went back and forth for quite a while, and the viewers in the live stream were already getting tired of it.

"I have a guess." "Me too..." "This kind of low-level, backwater weirdness is a bit ignorant, huh?" "This rhetoric sounds familiar..." "So, they're not mistaking the streamer for a management weirdo on an undercover investigation, are they?!"

"Report! I had my informants check, and this instance really is on the recent review list!" "Case solved, hahaha!" "The streamer was mistaken for some high-ranking official?" "What kind of person is this streamer to dare to try and piggyback on my fame?" "Investigate further! Which official is actually inspecting this instance?" "Not sure, let's keep checking?"

"What are you still watching? The streamer's computer has already crashed, hasn't it?"

During lunchtime, Tang Li held a spoon and spent half an hour in the restaurant, letting her mind wander.

I'm so tired. Is this the real world? After leaving the ivory tower of academia, is this the kind of respectable life she'll lead from now on?

At another table not far away, short-haired woman Jiang Hui and bespectacled man Qiu Wanting were also discussing Tang Li in hushed tones.

"This girl is a bit strange," Qiu Wanting said without looking in Tang Li's direction. "I've collected information on the nine rounds of dungeons, and the Dean has never appeared at this time before."

"And the way the dean treated her... it was as if she were some important person he couldn't do anything about." Jiang Hui picked up a piece of beef with her chopsticks.

"Although she saved the skinny guy last night, this morning she handed the bald guy over to the weirdo again," Qiu Wanting said. "The bald guy definitely deserved it, but the weirdo is too obedient to her."

"The prevailing opinion among players right now is that Tang Li is the kind of high-level weirdo who can impersonate a human flawlessly, or a highly respected second-generation weirdo," Jiang Hui said. "But in my personal opinion, no high-level weirdo would even look at this kind of remote, beginner dungeon."

"I have a way to tell if she's weird."

As Qiu Wanting spoke, she looked up at the sky and asked a question.

"Long time no see, everyone! What exactly is Tang Li's identity?"

"You haven't even turned on the chat since you entered the dungeon, and you still have the nerve to listen to my nonsense?" "Just another unlucky guy mistaken for a weirdo pro. (This comment has been blocked from the streamer due to privacy concerns.)" "A materialistic mushroom enthusiast. (This comment has been blocked from the streamer due to privacy concerns.)" "It's weirdo! Purebred weirdo! (This comment has been blocked from the streamer due to privacy concerns.)"...

Qiu Wanting waited a while and noticed that only a few comments insulting him appeared in the live stream. So he said to Jiang Hui with certainty, "She is not a ghost."

"The comments that reveal her information are all blocked in the live stream, and the only thing protecting her privacy in the live stream is the human streamer."

"You cunning old man, I'll twist your head off and use it as a football sooner or later."

Qiu Wanting turned off the live comments without expression and said to Jiang Hui, "Since Tang Li is a person, she is very likely a 'paranoiac'."

Paranoiacs are a type of player who develops mental problems after entering a bizarre world and finding it difficult to accept reality. They are willing to be trapped in their own little world, ignoring all the anomalies in the bizarre world and treating the bizarre and the human equally.

From the perspective of the supernatural, they are more like NPCs native to their own instance than other players, so the supernatural will attack and restrict the "paranoiac" much less, and the probability of the "paranoiac" dying at the hands of the supernatural will also be much lower.

Instead, there is the risk of the "paranoid's" worldview collapsing. Once they realize the true nature of the world they live in, they will not hesitate to commit suicide. Therefore, the number of "paranoids" is extremely small, and they are a short-lived race. There has never been a "paranoid" who has lived for more than five years in the bizarre world.

Jiang Hui said, "Even if she is a 'paranoiac,' I still think she has both ability and kindness."

"The boss seconds it." Qiu Wanting spread her hands. "I agree to your suggestion to make further contact with Tang Li."

"But be careful, if she's a chaotic, benevolent fanatic, she might not help us; she could help the supernatural instead?"