“I want to tell you that although the hospital seems chaotic, the management of the staff is very strict. I happened to see you in the garden last night, and today I had someone pull up the records and surveillance. Sure enough, you two have not only failed to meet the minimum requirements of your work these past two days, but you also love to wander into areas that are not your own.”
“Adding to that spectacular scene of evasion just now, I can confirm that you are back again.”
Lu Qingjia frowned slightly, “What do you mean, back again?”
He asked this question, but deep down, he already had an answer. He had to admit that due to the inconvenience of his identity, he had used rather crude and simple methods to gather clues earlier, which easily left him with vulnerabilities.
However, to be honest, if viewed from the hospital’s perspective, these vulnerabilities were not worth making a big fuss over. Moreover, it was clear that this person had quickly investigated Mrs. Lan’s network of connections.
And just now, despite his numerous transformations, Ji Yu had ultimately confirmed that he was indeed an intruder.
Everything pointed to the worst possible outcome.
Sure enough, Ji Yu smiled, and the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose could not hide the chilling light of a hunter in his eyes.
He said, “It’s people like you, appearing inexplicably, with backgrounds and information flawless, yet extremely unfamiliar with the hospital, who do not care about their own work responsibilities, and only think about uncovering the secrets of this hospital day and night.”
As soon as he said this, the doctors’ faces changed, their eyes betraying their shock.
The NPC had already noticed—no, confirmed their player group—and had long since prepared corresponding identification and protective measures.
So, any slightly awkward movements they made would be right under the other party’s watchful eyes.
Ji Yu stood up from his seat, his white coat neat and immaculate, and combined with his outstanding appearance and demeanor, he was a visual delight even while standing.
But no one present had the heart to appreciate his looks.
Because he continued, “Is this the fifth or sixth batch? You could say that.”
“I know that people like you are very dangerous, each one powerful. Even the trained professionals around me, who have been through life and death on the battlefield, might not be your match if they were unarmed.”
“But you are also heavily restricted, and many things can make you hesitant.”
“I just praised you as the best quality batch ever for a reason. If you act impulsively like the previous fools and make a move, even if you manage to control me, the wanted notices will be flying everywhere.”
“By then, the hospital will close, operations will be suspended, and you will hide and seek amidst the pursuit, only to naturally disappear from this world in a few days.”
“So I understand, if you achieve nothing in the hospital, you won’t even need us to deal with you; you will naturally vanish.”
At this point, some players could not suppress their anxiety.
What a precise strike to the weak point; the other party didn’t even need to exert much effort. With the hospital’s connections among the powerful, there were plenty of ways to send the players back empty-handed.
Lu Qingjia’s eyes flickered. To be honest, this character was indeed beyond his expectations. However, he was clear about his game progress; on the surface, he seemed constrained, but inside, he remained relatively calm.
However, some matters could not be taken lightly.
He spoke up, “It can’t be that simple, can it?”
“If your response methods are so passive, at least four waves of people like us have come since the opening. Even if there are frequent suspensions, I haven’t heard of similar news.”
“And those wealthy and powerful people you rely on, can they tolerate you being closed for a long time in front of a product with such high dependency and side effects?”
“I’ve heard that many strangers have died here, but clearly, the beneficiaries are not those good friends. Tell me, what useful purpose have you found in us?”
Ji Yu looked at him as if he were an artwork that met all his aesthetic standards. Although he appreciated it, it was as if he were looking at an inanimate object.
He gently explained, “I generally do not disclose commercial secrets, but considering you are a beauty and are about to die—”
“The nutrients you can bring are several times that of ordinary people.”
“What nutrients?” Doctor asked.
But Lu Qingjia immediately thought of the black worms that needed to be fed regularly in the well, and the hair that had spread out from the well last night.
The Transgender Ghost had said that besides the ghosts left from the old site, several groups of people had already died here, and the way to clean up the bodies was simple—just throw them into the well.
And the resentment here and the number of active monsters in the well had been developing rapidly over the past two years.
At first, Lu Qingjia thought it was the accumulation of resentment and the strength of the ghosts that made the dungeon difficult to break, but now it seemed clear that they were being fed by the players.
Although this news indicated that their current situation was dire, for Lu Qingjia, it was a step forward.
However, at this moment, an unexpected change occurred. Ji Yu suddenly stopped in front of a nurse, glanced at her, and disapprovingly said, “No, as part of the hospital, everyone should do their own job.”
“Your activity range does not extend to here.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the nurse suddenly looked up, her face twisted with hatred, her fingernails extending sharply, black and sharp like blades, swiftly attacking Ji Yu with a clear intent to kill.
But before the bodyguards could even react, the nurse let out a scream, being grabbed by the neck and thrown onto the coffee table.
Her hands were bound by a mass of long hair, which tightened like a living thing, causing her bones to creak, rendering her sharp nails useless.
Yang Qian looked at Lu Qingjia in horror, for she recognized that this was the same hair that had spread out from the well last night.
Initially thought to be a self-defense mechanism of the well’s contents, it was unexpected that this person had already mastered a way to use it flexibly.
No wonder the other party had never taken them, the players, seriously; there were simply too many chips that could restrain them.
But the most shocking part was yet to come.
The other party tightened their grip on the nurse’s neck, causing her face to turn red, her mouth opening wide like a fish on the verge of death.
His voice still carried a sickly calmness as he extended a hand, and a bodyguard stepped forward to put on medical gloves for him.
Ji Yu said softly to the nurse, or rather to the entity possessing her, “The existence of the hospital is what allows you to occasionally have food and a way to vent. As a form of repayment, isn’t it your duty to maintain the hospital’s operational order?”
“Why must you abandon your post and even run around causing chaos? You really are a nuisance.”
While speaking, he thrust the gloved hand into the nurse’s mouth, the scene resembling a form of torture.
Then he grasped something and slowly pulled it out, and the players witnessed him forcibly extracting a ghost from the nurse’s mouth.
First came the black hair, then the entire head, followed by the neck, torso, waist, and legs.
A Female Ghost, roughly the same size as a normal person, was pulled out from her mouth.
This image was too shocking, and the actions performed by the NPC were even more unbelievable. The players had basically concluded that this guy was the big boss of this level.
They were mistaken; the true terror of this level was not the cunning ghosts or the monsters in the well, but this big boss.
The ghost that was pulled out was recognized by Yang Qian and the others: “It’s her—”
It was the Female Ghost with a ruptured chest that had appeared and disappeared before; they thought it was just a false alarm, but it turned out the nurse had long been attacked.
Ji Yu tossed the ghost into a plastic bag and handed it to a bodyguard: “Put it back in place.”
The Female Ghost was now extremely weak and unable to resist.
But the players in the room were drenched in cold sweat; after being possessed, the nurse was even weaker now.
Ji Yu peeled off the gloves like a snake shedding its skin, his movements eerily graceful.
He took out a handkerchief from his suit pocket, approached Lu Qingjia, and wiped the thin sweat from his face.
His voice was regretful, “I originally wanted to pursue you because you meet my aesthetic standards in every way.”
“What a pity!”
As he spoke, he waved his hand dismissively at the bodyguards: “Take them away and lock them up; throw them into the well tonight to feed the ugly things.”
The players were escorted out under the threat of wooden guns, leaving only Zhong Liyu alone in the office.
Game suddenly appeared, looking as if it were getting goosebumps: “Tsk tsk tsk, your acting skills are no less than your partner’s.”
“I can see that he might have suspected you, but right now, he definitely won’t be thinking along those lines.”
Zhong Liyu did not respond to it. Game thought this fool was feeling guilty for scaring his crush with such coldness.
It maliciously said, “Hey, I said your comprehension ability is good, you can’t directly or indirectly help the players clear the level, and you have to hide your identity while wanting your crush to notice you.”
“Steady now, just act like the big boss; that way, the other party’s attention will probably be entirely on you.”
“I mean, do you lack morals? This is increasing the difficulty for the players, right? If they succeed in clearing the level, I’ll have to allocate more points. Given the current situation, there’s no doubt this dungeon qualifies as intermediate level.”
Game rambled on for a long time, and seeing that the fool still hadn’t responded, it wondered if this guy was usually this quiet. Was he spying on Lu Qingjia?
It became dissatisfied: “Hey! Can you at least say something? Does the boss have no pride?”
Then it saw Zhong Liyu staring at the handkerchief he had just used to wipe Lu Qingjia’s sweat, his eyes dazed, his cheeks flushed, and he was in a dangerously unstable state.
Game’s heart tightened, sensing something was off: “Hey, what are you doing? What are you doing—my eyes.”
Then it saw that pervert pressing the handkerchief to his nose, inhaling deeply.
What the hell, If this isn’t fucking called pervert, then what is pervert?
