It's time to become an evil god.

The monster seemed to sense John Wick slowly approaching and, anticipating danger, immediately turned and rushed towards the door. However, the Assassin Master didn't give him the chance, quickly reaching him.

The monster, which had already half-passed through the doorway, suddenly lost its balance and fell heavily to the ground. It felt a powerful force pulling it back into the corridor. The monster desperately scratched at the ground with its sharp claws, but to no avail. In despair, the doll turned around, opened its sharp, fine serrated teeth, and bit down hard on John Wick's arm.

"Watch out, Mr. Night Demon."

However, it was too late; the monster had bitten Mr. John Wick's arm.

However, the scene of skin being torn apart and flesh being turned inside out, as imagined, did not occur. John Wick even stared at the monster with a calm expression, without even frowning.

The truth is revealed beneath the suit torn open by the doll-like monster: it is no longer a human arm, but a mechanical arm made of high-strength, hard metal!

John Wick looked up and forced a smile at the bewildered crowd. "I forgot to tell you, before I became Nightmare, I had another nickname."

"Johnny Silverhand".

"..."

John Wick pulled a handful of pencils from his pocket and shoved them into the golem monster's mouth, completely filling its gaping maw. At first, the monster struggled wildly on the ground, its claws tearing horrifying scratches into the walls, but gradually its struggles weakened, and it eventually collapsed to the ground, motionless.

Throughout the entire process of killing the monster, John Wick maintained a calm demeanor.

Are you alright?

John Wick reached out his blood-stained hand and pulled Bai Ge, who had fallen to the ground, to his feet.

The hermit of dusk helped his teammate up, gazing at the man before him with awe, and silently swallowed. Only then did he understand a truth.

Some people gain their formidable physical strength and regenerative abilities entirely through the tools and skills at their disposal, but for a natural-born specialist assassin like John Wick, even in a battle royale where all skills are lost, given enough time, he can still wear down his opponents with his rich combat experience and physical strength.

The Twilight Hermit watched Mr. John Wick nervously, swallowing hard, fearing that the man might kill him, who was powerless to fight back, at any moment.

However, John Wick did not make a move. He took out a handkerchief to wipe away the slippery blood and slowly said, "Every once in a while, the poison circle in Silent Hill will refresh. If my analysis is correct, the early Silent Hill will give players enough time to explore. The later the game goes, the shorter the monster respawn time will be and the faster the frequency will be. Eventually, it will become a dangerous world overrun by monsters."

"The way to win by eliminating other players seems simple, but it is actually not feasible. As long as one team hides, the hunting players will have to risk their lives in the monster-infested Silent Hill while fighting monsters and searching for the hiding players, which is not worth it."

Bai Ge interjected, "So the real approach should be for all players to unite, fight against the monsters, and search for clues. If they're lucky, they can clear the level with just a little sacrifice and effort."

"This approach is too difficult; it's practically an impossible task."

The Twilight Hermit shook his head and sighed, "We've tried looking for clues before, but Silent Hill is ridiculously large, and we have absolutely no idea where to start when it comes to finding evidence."

No, you're wrong.

John Wick pulled out a stack of missing person posters and said, "Actually, there are preliminary clues all over the streets, but we've temporarily abandoned the search for the next crucial piece of evidence in order to find Mr. Bai."

"Missing Person Notice?"

Bai Ge took the yellowed missing person poster. At the top was a blonde girl of eight or nine years old, and below were contact information and an address. Continuing to flip through the pages, the missing persons list included men and women, young and old, but their identities were not particularly connected.

However, Bai Ge quickly noticed a detail. He looked up and said, "These people all disappeared near the Aikamila Hospital."

"Yes."

John Wick nodded and said, "So it's very necessary to investigate the relevant information about this hospital."

As soon as they finished speaking, a system notification popped up in their minds.

[A new notification is now playing]

Chapter 533 John Wick's Third Identity

[First clue found: Missing persons near Aycamilla Hospital]

[Item Unlocked: Both teams can use level 1 items and skills]

Are both teams willing to form a temporary alliance: Yes/No

"A temporary alliance?"

Bai Ge asked curiously, "What is a temporary alliance?"

A temporary alliance allows two teams to temporarily disable damage effects and merge into one team. However, the other team can cancel the alliance and revert to an adversarial state at any time.

The Twilight Hermit looked at Bai Ge and John Wick with complicated emotions. He didn't trust that two top-tier players would team up with him, especially since he happened to have a level 1 usable item, the [Plunder Foam Gun].

One bubble can be launched at a time, and the item needs to cool down for ten minutes after use.

The fired foam gun can randomly strip a target of their possessions, including but not limited to blood, internal organs, and even memories. The user also has to pay a corresponding price for the stolen items. Originally, Twilight Hermit also possessed another item, [Price Transfer], which could transfer non-lethal costs within a certain range to other people. Therefore, whenever Twilight Hermit was let down by teammates in League of Legends, he would add those bad teammates as friends as potential targets for price transfer; the only downside was that some of these teammates were useless.

After a fierce internal struggle, the Twilight Hermit finally abandoned the dangerous idea of ​​striking first and said, "I agree to form a temporary alliance. My skills can temporarily revive my teammate War Maniac's injuries, which should be enough to sustain him until the end of the game."

The Twilight Hermit was also worried that the other party might use them and then discard them, so he secretly reminded Bai Ge and Mr. John Wick not to do anything like that, otherwise they would definitely make a last-ditch effort.

After giving the warmonger a quick treatment and regaining their mobility, the group walked to the edge of the street. The black dust floating in the sky had thinned considerably, and the once gloomy town returned to peace.

John Wick pointed to the end of the road and explained, "Akamila Hospital isn't far from here; it's just across this street."

The town was deserted, devoid of even a single NPC. The closer one got to the city center, the more dilapidated and desolate the buildings became. Metal parts were long since rusted, revealing dark brown holes, and the weeds growing wildly in the cracks of the walls had turned yellow and withered. The town, shrouded in white mist, appeared eerie and unsettling.

They saw the faint outline of a huge building not far away and quickened their pace toward the hospital.

The abandoned iron gate at the hospital entrance, eroded by prolonged rain, was completely damaged, teetering on the verge of collapse and leaning precariously. The group squeezed through a gap in the gate and entered the lobby of the hospital's main building.

The floor is tiled, and the two walls are painted white, but after being abandoned for a long time, they have faded and turned yellow, and there are many mold spots on them.

Behind the lobby lies a gloomy, dark corridor, with numerous medical records and empty medicine bottles scattered on the floor, along with some used gauze and medical equipment.

A damp smell filled the air, and the light bulbs on the ceiling lights were broken and unusable.

Bai Ge pulled out a nuclear-powered flashlight from his pocket, and when he turned it on, a beam of light illuminated the dark corridor. He said, "From now on, we'll split up into two teams to search for clues. The poison circle has just shrunk once, and it should be a while before the next shrinkage."

"There should be more information in the hospital director's office and the morgue."

Bai Ge said, "Mr. John Wick and I will go to the morgue to search for evidence, while you go to the hospital director's office to look for clues."

"..."

The Twilight Hermit asked in a low voice, "But splitting up is the biggest taboo in a horror game instance..."

Bai Ge rolled her eyes at him and said, "What if these monsters all had health bars?"

The warmonger beside him rolled up his sleeves and said excitedly, "Then it's alright."

The two teams parted ways in front of the hospital's map. One group went through the central atrium and inpatient department to the dean's office to gather clues, while Bai Ge and John Wick went to the basement to search for the bodies stored in the underground morgue.

“The underground morgue of this hospital has been abandoned for a long time, and we may not be able to find any clues.”

Bai Ge whispered, "Did you notice the cube pattern drawn on the wall just now?"

"wall?"

John Wick suddenly remembered the symmetrical geometric pattern on the ceiling when he stepped through the door.

Bai Ge explained directly, "That's modeled after Metatron's cube."

"The Metatron Cube? A geometric pattern composed of the four elements of earth, air, water, and fire, and the three-dimensional shapes corresponding to ether? This symbol often appears in alchemy and magic circles, so..."

"So if I'm not mistaken, there must be some kind of religious force behind this hospital. The purpose of searching the hospital is to find out what these people are planning inside. Involving the missing persons is just the beginning."

As they talked, they descended the steps. The closer they got to the basement, the colder the atmosphere became, as if they had stepped into an ice cave.

Something seemed to be waiting for me directly below the pitch-black passage.

The little girl's low sobs echoed in the quiet, deathly still air.

The snow-white walls on both sides slowly revealed a dense array of bloody handprints, a sight that sent chills down one's spine.

The sound of a ball bouncing came from below the stairs, as if children were playing there.

Bai Ge frowned, exhaled a puff of white breath, and said, "It's not yet the time for the poison circle to refresh, so why is this happening?"

John Wick said quietly, "Perhaps it's not a monster respawning, but rather a supernatural phenomenon inherent in the hospital?"

"...That would be a huge problem."

Bai Ge sighed and said, "I originally thought that as long as we were fast enough to solve the mystery of the hospital, we would have enough items to deal with the second wave of monsters. It seems that the system of the evolution game will not give us any chance to take shortcuts."

"Don't worry, I didn't want to reveal my true identity to the other two players before."

"What did the people at the Wizarding Guild in London call me before I became Johnny Silverhand and John Wick?"

John Wick took off his suit jacket, rolled up his shirt cuffs, and two burning, flickering flames appeared in his palms. He stepped forward past Bai Ge and calmly said, "They call me Constantine the Magician."

Chapter 534 The Secret of the Silent Hill Orphanage

"The magician Constantine?"

Bai Ge had no idea how many other identities the other person might have, yet the mechanical hand, imbued with cyberpunk aesthetics, was burning with elemental flames, creating a jarringly incongruous scene. Bai Ge silently took a step back, maintaining a safe distance from John Wick. Everyone knew that being Constantine's friend was riskier than participating in a Red Bull-sponsored sporting event, unless one had already purchased life insurance and was planning to commit insurance fraud.

"Cough cough."

John Wick seemed to see through Bai Ge's deep-seated worries and explained, "That's just how they describe me; it has little to do with Constantine in DC."

The other person's eyes still held suspicion, so I quickly changed the subject and said, "If it's just a simple earthbound spirit, I can remove it with magic. Let's finish exploring the morgue before the second wave of monsters spawns."

"and many more."

Bai Ge made a pause gesture, indicating that John Wick should stay where he was, and then he went alone into the dark underground morgue with a flashlight.

"If there really are vengeful spirits at work, we can lure them all out."

The morgue was quite large, with three bodies stuffed into sealed rubber bags lying on a concrete platform. The morgue cabinets had long since stopped operating, but the eerie, cold atmosphere inside had kept the bodies from decomposing. Some of the cabinets had been opened, and the bodies inside had vanished.

After Bai Ge stepped into the morgue, the rustling sounds that had been there disappeared, and the entire morgue became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

The documents on the desk caught Bai Ge's attention. He walked over, picked up one of the memos, and read aloud, "Damn it, Dr. Kaufman brought over three more corpses today, one of which was a little girl of seven or eight years old. Damn it, if the church hadn't blackmailed me with that, I would have gone to the police station already. Dr. Kaufman also gave me a new PTV to experiment on the homeless on the street. Those church bastards."

“Lately, I’ve been feeling that the morgue is strange, but I can’t quite put my finger on it. And the caregiver Bob told me that he heard people walking around and banging on the morgue cabinet doors, which is utter nonsense.”

"I don't know what's wrong, my neck is sore and painful, it's really uncomfortable. I keep dreaming about the dead body that was switched with my body staring at me at night. To prevent things from getting worse, I should burn the body as soon as possible. And Officer Ramon was also at the hospital today. I swear, he's definitely here for the missing persons case. God help me, I hope that what happened at the orphanage won't get out."

The notes abruptly end, but mention a church, an orphanage, and a certain drug called PTV.

Bai Ge wanted to continue looking through other documents, but the flashlight beam flickered a few times before quickly dimming.

Suddenly, the sound of crying behind her made Bai Ge instantly alert. She quickly turned around and saw a little girl squatting in the corner where there had been no one before, her back to her, gently shrugging her shoulders.

"Waaaaah, it's so cold! Someone please save me!"

The low sobbing aroused Bai Ge's curiosity. He slowly stepped forward and gently patted the little girl's shoulder.

The moment the hand touched his skin, Bai Ge shivered. It felt as if he had touched a block of ice that had never melted, and he quickly withdrew his hand.

The little girl seemed startled and slowly turned her head. Her entire face had disappeared, leaving only a bloody, mangled face with her skin cut off. Her dark eye sockets stared at Bai Ge in front of her, and her whole body emanated wisps of black energy.