Rules of the Strange: I Can See Through All the Weird

For the next week, Qi Tong and Xu Ning spent their time under Qin Yu's various grueling teaching methods.

Every day when I get home, I'm so tired that I don't want to move and just want to collapse on the bed.

They signed up for two more weeks of classes and left a week for rest.

This time, they stayed in Wanwu City for a full month.

Tomorrow is the deadline to enter the dungeon.

Xu Ning leaned back on the sofa and said lazily, "Tomorrow is my fourth dungeon. If I can achieve an S-rank score, I have a chance to enter the top ten of the newcomer rankings."

Qi Tong cheered them on from the side. The two looked at each other, and as if on cue, they thought of something and suddenly burst into laughter.

"How did you know about Qin Yu fighting with a toilet plunger?" Xu Ning recalled the last training session after adding Qin Yu as a friend.

Qi Tong suddenly comforted Qin Yu, saying that it was not his fault that he couldn't beat those monsters in the toilet, because the monsters were immune to physical attacks.

The equipment room fell silent. Only Qin Yu muttered, "Next time, if I run into you guys in a dungeon, I'll fight alongside you with proper weapons," before fleeing.

......

As Xu Ning sipped her flower tea and listened to Qi Tong's story, she held the teacup in one hand and covered her mouth with the other, her shoulders trembling so much that she almost spilled the tea.

"You went to search for him on purpose?" Xu Ning put the teacup back on the coffee table to avoid spilling it.

"Of course! A grown man blushes when he sees us, how could I not be curious?"

Qi Tong sat cross-legged on the sofa, her eyes shining, as if she were sharing some earth-shattering gossip.

"I searched his name and a bunch of posts popped up. I still remember one post title to this day—'Iceberg Brother's Fierce Battle with Three Ghosts in the Toilet, S-Class Operation with the Toilet Plunger.'"

Xu Ning choked on the mouthful of tea she had just drunk.

"That post also contains clips from the live stream."

Qi Tong got more and more excited as he talked, gesturing wildly as he spoke.

"He was crouching in the corner of the toilet, holding the toilet plunger in one hand and leaning against the sink with the other, with three eerie figures circling around him. You know what the most interesting part was? He maintained perfect facial expression control the whole time, his face was as cold as if he was about to kill their entire family, and he was holding the toilet plunger in his hand."

Xu Ning buried her face in her hands, and her shoulders trembled even more violently.

"The comments below are hilarious too."

Qi Tong took out her phone, cleared her throat, and began to read.

"Qin Yu: I've seen all kinds of scenes. I've never seen anything like this before."

"And this one: 'I suggest the official release a toilet valve skin, I want to buy it for my Iceberg Bro.'"

"Some people even changed his fan sign from 'Iceberg' to 'Toilet Bolt', calling him some kind of 'Toilet Bolt God of War'."

The two of them burst into laughter.

Happy times always pass too quickly, and before we knew it, it was the next day.

Qi Tong got up early for once, which was rare for her, and got herself ready to enter the dungeon.

She picked up her phone and sent a message to Xu Ning.

Get rich quick 666: Ready

Half a lemon tree: OK!

Qi Tong always felt like she had forgotten something.

What have I forgotten?

Forget it, let's go into the dungeon first.

Looking at the blue glowing game start screen in front of her, Qi Tong suddenly remembered something she had forgotten.

She forgot about System 666.

Qi Tong thought about resuming communication with 666 and pressed "Start Game".

On the other side, Xu Ning also used a prop—a tracking card.

Tracking cards are items in the shop, but they are expensive. Although not many people like to watch Xu Ning's live streams, they are all very generous with their money.

The tips given to Xu Ning are often thousands or even tens of thousands of points.

Xu Ning spent 1,000 points to get a tracking card and a team-up card, which she felt was quite worthwhile.

Choose to follow player - Qi Tong.

Tracking players entering the game...

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Qi Tong opened her eyes again, her consciousness returning. Facing her was the operating room's shadowless lamp.

Before Qi Tong could figure out what was going on, the headlights in front of him suddenly turned on with a "click".

The swaying made Qi Tong unable to open her eyes, so she could only squint.

A doctor walked over from the side, holding a syringe filled with a light pink liquid.

He gently flicked the syringe to release the air inside, then used tweezers to pick up a cotton ball soaked in iodine and wiped Qi Tong's arm.

Qi Tong then realized the danger; the needle was meant to be injected into her!

When she struggled, she discovered that her hands and feet had already been handcuffed to the operating table.

Seeing Qi Tong struggling, the doctor smiled gently behind his mask and murmured, "Don't be afraid... it'll be over soon..."

As the pale pink potion was injected into her body, Qi Tong's consciousness gradually faded...

[Host... Host... Wake up!]

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Qi Tong immediately sat up in bed.

Did she just get a shot?

Qi Tong flipped open the hospital gown on her arm, and there was indeed a needle mark on her arm.

"Rokuji, what's going on?"

【Host, you finally remembered me, waaaaah.】(ಥ﹏ಥ)666 *facepalm*

[Don't worry, host. The injection is just part of the procedure; it's an anesthetic that won't harm the body.]

Qi Tong was relieved and looked around the ward.

Besides her, there are two other patients in this ward.

On the bed next to her, a girl wearing a hospital gown had her hair disheveled and was holding a delicate rag doll, which she kept hugging and admiring.

In the bed next to hers, another woman was fast asleep.

There was a separate bathroom not far from her bed.

Qi Tong's hospital bed was at the very back, next to the window, which was surrounded by heavy security bars.

There is a water dispenser next to the window, and the patient guidelines are posted on the wall above the water dispenser.

Patient Guidelines:

1. Take your medicine obediently.

2. Eat well.

3. Daily tasks required

morning

Get up at 7:00 AM and wash up.

Eat breakfast at 8:00.

Do morning exercises at 9:30

Lunch at 11:30

in the afternoon

Dinner is at 5:30.

6:30 Walk

The patient guidelines were very simple. Qi Tong glanced at them and then pushed open the door and left the ward.

Many players had already gathered in the corridor, and she was clearly the last one.

Qi Tong spotted Xu Ning, who was also wearing a hospital gown, in the crowd and walked over to her.

Qi Tong looked around at the other players; there were ten of them, including her and Xu Ning.

All players have arrived.

[Ding—The dungeon "Mental Hospital" has been opened.]

Nestled atop Zhongshan City's only mountain is the city's only mental hospital. What untold secrets does it hold?

【Players, please use all your strength to escape from here.】

[Note: There are sources of pollution in the hospital; please stay away.]

[Note: This game will not be streamed live. Enjoy your game time, everyone!]

After hearing the system's announcement, everyone was understandably flustered.

Two points to note: This is the first time I've heard about the source of pollution in a dungeon.

And since they don't stream it live, no one will even know if they die in the dungeon.

In the far corner, a man leaned against the wall, arms crossed, listening to the system announcement, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Qi Tong, are you ready to receive the gift I'm sending you?

Qi Tong narrowed his eyes, becoming wary.

This instance is very different.