Having devoted myself to guiding souls, I was surrounded by them after my death.

“No…” the head nurse began, while simultaneously grabbing the door with her hand, her long, sharp fingernails gripping the door frame.

Su Yining leaned close to Chen Shi's ear and whispered something:

"Junior, you don't really expect her to tell you, do you?"

A few strands of red hair fell into view, and the fragrance of crape myrtle wafted from my side.

"It's alright, he's already told me." Chen Shi smiled faintly.

"What if it's a scam... Ah!"

Su Yining realized what was happening.

[Hospital Rule 4: What the head nurse says is all lies; do not believe her.]

Everything the head nurse says must be wrong.

When the only possible answers are "yes" or "no", if the head nurse answers "no", then the correct answer is "yes".

The woman crying in the corridor was Zhang Yan, the severely burned patient in ward 404.

Chapter 26 Head Nurse (Please continue reading)

Was that crying woman Zhang Yan?

To be precise, it was a projection of the Ling Cage onto Zhang Yan.

Because Zhang Yan herself should be lying in ward 404.

But this proves that the evil spirit is definitely closely related to Zhang Yan.

"Was this evil spirit really burned to death?" Su Yining was more convinced of this guess.

The Ling Cage will hint at the cause of death.

The projection of Zhang Yan, along with her notes, is likely meant to imply that the evil spirit died because of Zhang Yan's arson.

Just then, the head nurse spoke up again.

Her mouth stretched into a wide grin, almost splitting her face in two:

"Come out now..."

The voice was incredibly hoarse, as if it were being choked.

Without turning his head, Chen Shi pushed Su Yining, who was staggering forward, back to her senses.

Immediately, he looked directly into the head nurse's eyes and smiled:

"Sure, unless you answer one more question for me."

"..."

The head nurse stopped talking, her eyes bulging even wider, the whites of her eyes bloodshot, as if they were about to burst open at any moment.

Suddenly, her mouth opened wide again, her jaw seemed to dislocate, and her facial features were so distorted that they were unrecognizable.

"come out!"

A sharp roar echoed throughout the entire floor, the sound like needles piercing the ears, reverberating in the empty ward.

The mental intrusion intensified, and for a moment, Chen Shineng felt his consciousness waver for a split second, but as the rope emitted dark red light patterns, he immediately regained his senses.

Looking back, I saw Su Yining with vacant eyes, shuffling away as she began to shuffle out.

This Ling Cage is rife with mental intrusion, and it's difficult to deal with without methods to suppress it.

"Senior, wake up!"

Chen Shi flicked Su Yining's forehead...

"Ouch!"

Su Yining rubbed her forehead, her breathing becoming somewhat rapid:

"No, I get dizzy as soon as she speaks."

"But at least it can wake you up in time."

Chen Shi remained calm. It seemed that the head nurse's mental intrusion was much weaker than Zhang Yan's, who was crying.

Back then, Su Yining's condition in the corridor was much more frightening than it is now.

At the door, the head nurse clearly became more anxious.

She gripped the door frame with both hands, her pale fingers pressing cracks into the door, making the entire frame sway precariously, as if that enormous, eerie figure would burst in at any moment.

"out……"

However, before the head nurse could finish speaking, Chen Shi stretched out his finger and poked her eyeball!

"I do not."

"babble--!"

The head nurse roared instantly, her bulging eyeballs deflated in an instant.

Chen Shi withdrew his finger, and the next second, the hole in the head nurse's eyeball immediately began to heal, as if nothing had happened.

Ordinary attack methods are ineffective against supernatural phenomena.

But taking advantage of this moment of distraction, Chen Shi took the rope off his wrist, then threw it precisely at her neck, looped it around, and then pulled hard!

"Come here."

Chen Shi pulled hard on the rope, and the surface of the rope emitted dark red light patterns, pulling the head nurse into the room.

The restraining effect of the suspending ropes began to take effect. The head nurse tried to escape, but was forcibly pulled forward, her head being dragged into the doorway.

next second...

"Bah—!"

Her head began to burn, and the flames spread along her pale skin, instantly engulfing her entire head.

“Eeee—!!”

The head nurse screamed and desperately tried to escape, bracing her hands against the door frame, but she was tightly bound by the rope.

"You guessed right." Chen Shi tightened the rope, a faint smile appearing on his lips.

[Hospital Rule 1: Please stay in your ward and do not leave between 12:00 and 8:00]

In other words, the wards in this cage are the safe zone at night. The head nurse had just been trying to get them to leave, but they obviously couldn't get back into the wards.

In other words, forcibly entering the ward would definitely harm the head nurse.

Realizing the same thing, Su Yining spun around and kicked the door:

"Oh!"

The door was kicked back, and the edge of the door got stuck around the head nurse's neck, trapping her entire head inside the room.

"Hang in there," Chen Shi gritted his teeth.

Su Yining didn't hold back either. She raised her white leg and kicked the door hard. The spinning kick was clean and neat. Her long hair flew, and the red highlights in her hair were as flamboyant as the bright sun.

"babble--!!"

The head nurse's screams grew even sharper, her massive body convulsing violently, but her head was held captive by both the threshold and the ropes, preventing her from pulling it out.

The flames burned ever brighter, and her head could be seen melting rapidly.

"Tick...tick..."

In the flames, the outline of the head became increasingly blurred, and droplets of water began to fall, gradually gathering into a small pool on the ground.

Chen Shi didn't care about anything else and held the head nurse's head firmly in his grasp.

The head was burned to an even more charred brown color, making its shape and facial features completely unrecognizable.

Flames roared and the heat was intense, but they could not dispel the chill in the ward.

Finally, the head nurse's screams faded away completely. Her entire head had been burned off, leaving only half of her empty neck.

Only then did the rope slip from his neck, and the massive body staggered back a few steps before crashing heavily to the ground.

"Phew...she's dead?"

Su Yining hopped a few steps on one foot, frowning as she frantically pinched her right thigh—she had been kicking and raising her leg for too long, and now she was cramping up.

"No, it's not that simple."

Chen Shi remained vigilant and peered through the crack in the door, only to see the headless body stand up again!

"He can get up even though his head is gone!?" Su Yining was dumbfounded.

"This is the supernatural..."

Chen Shi felt a chill run down his spine. He saw that the body outside the door was at least 2 meters tall, with long, thin arms like braids and black, sharp fingernails.

The initial decision was correct.

Fortunately, I hid in the ward beforehand and made good use of the rules of Ling Cage.

Given the head nurse's size and vitality, he would be no match for her in a direct confrontation outside.

The head nurse straightened up again and began to feel for her missing head with her hands. Realizing that she had really lost her head, she lunged forward, as if venting her anger, and pounced on the door, digging her hands into the wall, leaving two rows of scratch marks.

"It's okay, she can't get in."

Chen Shi said:

"Moreover, she can't speak now."

As he expected, even though the head nurse was bewildered and furious, she only raged helplessly at the door for a while before leaving.

The sound that made Su Yining take naps anywhere never appeared again.

"To think he could survive without a head... truly a spirit."

Su Yining touched her head, seemingly wondering if she could live without it.

“That head nurse might not be a spirit.” Chen Shi closed the door.

The empty room contained only a bed, a bunch of medical equipment, him, and a ghostly female student.

"Not a spirit? You mean... that head nurse, like that bait in the swimming pool?"

Su Yining realized what was happening.

“That’s right. The last time the spirit in the swimming pool proved that once the spirit cage is opened, the evil spirit can control the other spirits in the cage, which can be used as a means of attack or as bait.”

Chen Shi analyzed the situation at the time:

"This cage feels even more dangerous than the swimming pool from last time; there might definitely be more bait."

Su Yining listened and felt that it made sense.

She sat on the edge of the bed, her buttocks sinking into the sheets, her white legs raised.

"From what you're saying... you think the evil spirit's true form is something else?"

“That’s right. After meeting her, I think it’s unlikely that the head nurse is the core member.”

Chen Shi said:

"Remember? I just asked a question."

“The woman crying is Zhang Yan.” Su Yining tilted her head, twirling the tip of her hair with her fingers.

"Yes, that's important."

Chen Shi said, "Even though Zhang Yan was severely burned and was still lying in room 404, Ling Cage projected a new Zhang Yan who was crying and left notes."

As he spoke, he squatted down at the doorway.

On the ground, there was a puddle of water—the water that had flowed down when the head nurse's head was burned.

"Even though his head was completely burned off, he's still dripping water..."

This is clearly illogical.