Chapter 1: How Many Leg Hairs Do I Have
[Beep——]
[Game loading——]
[Generating character data——]
[Character: Zhao Yi]
[Level: 1]
[Experience: 0/25]
[Abilities: None]
[Items: Three hand grenades (why does a mental doctor carry three hand grenades?)]
[Health: 10/10]
[Strength: 2]
[Spirit: 101 (100+1) (unknown error code)]
[Luck: 0]
[Title: None]
[Soul Weapon: Rusty surgical knife (unknown error code)]
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[Unknown error in character data...checking for error source...]
[Failed to detect error in character data...retrying check...]
[Unknown disorder detected...attempting to repair...repair failed...]
[Repair failed...]
[Repair failed...]
[...]
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The dazzling white light slowly woke Zhao Yi from his faint.
He opened his eyes to see the surgical room's overhead light.
There was a strong smell of dust and rust in the air.
He slowly sat up and surveyed his surroundings, realizing immediately that he had been pulled into the real-life horror game "Hell" that had descended on the world three years ago!
This game continuously pulls humans into a world of horror, where they execute various terrifying tasks, and broadcasts them live on the virtual platform "Eternal Night Camp"!
Successful players receive rewards and become stronger!
And failures permanently deduct life until death!
The health data displayed above is not the player's character's health bar, but the player's own life bar!
After confirming that there was no danger around him, Zhao Yi opened his mission panel for the first time.
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[Dungeon: Giant Hospital (Novice)]
[Main mission: Escape from Giant Hospital]
[Mission reward: 25 experience points]
[Difficulty: Hell]
[Note: Novice dungeon difficulty is medium, and monster resistance is reduced by 50%.]
[Introduction: You randomly entered the Hell difficulty dungeon, wish you a happy game!]
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"A novice dungeon with a Hell difficulty... looks very dangerous, I have to be careful!" muttered Zhao Yi to himself.
He got up from the broken iron bed, stretched his muscles, and verified that everything was intact.
His state was currently in a frenzy.
He came to the broken vintage glass window and roughly observed the scene outside, his gaze falling on the outside wall of the hospital.
In the depths of his eyes, a faint dark red glow suddenly flashed!
Immediately afterward, Zhao Yi received some unstable data.
[Unknown shadow: Dangerous]
[Note:——]
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[Wall: Neutral]
[Note: cannot be climbed over, cannot be destroyed.]
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[Door: Neutral]
[Note: Requires access card.]
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"Access card?" Zhao Yi rubbed his chin.
These data, which he did not know where they came from, revealed important information!
To escape the hospital, an access card was needed.
It seemed that this was his ultimate goal.
He carefully pushed open the door.
The corridor was pitch-black.
In the distance, a bleak light flickered, intermittently!
A cold wind blew into the bones of people.
Such a scene was enough to scare an ordinary person into paralysis.
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[Eternal Night Camp live broadcast hall]
: Strange, one of these newbies actually has a spirit value of 101?!
: What? Isn't the maximum spirit strength for game players capped at 100?
: I remember that the highest player currently only has 100, and it's not from our Bone Zone. I heard it's from the Blood Zone, and it's the top player on the Blood Zone leaderboard.
: Is the system bugged?
-: What the heck! Look at this newbie's starting dungeon, it's the Giant Elephant Hospital!
-: Oh no, this newbie is doomed from the beginning!
-: What? Another newbie entered the Giant Elephant Hospital? Let's go watch the livestream!
-: What's his name?
-: Zhao Yi.
In the Camp of Eternal Night, many players clamored and clicked into Zhao Yi's livestream room.
They wanted to see how this unfortunate guy who entered the Giant Elephant Hospital would die.
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Fourth floor.
Zhao Yi continued forward, along the mottled walls.
The paint was peeling off, and the floor was covered with moldy patches.
Clearly, the hospital had been abandoned for many years.
401... 402... 403...
The doorplates were about to collapse.
Finally, Zhao Yi stopped at the door of Room 409.
He saw an elderly person lying in the ward, on the verge of death, thin and with white hair all over.
The old man had many tubes inserted in him to sustain his life.
With pleading eyes, he moved his lips slightly.
"Young man... Please... Help me..."
"I need to go to the bathroom, can you help me get up?"
Zhao Yi carefully examined the old man.
Those unstable and strange data appeared again.
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[Liu Lao Han: High-level danger!]
[Note: Unable to move, slow speed.]
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"A bait-type monster?"
"It has strong combat attributes but cannot move, and its attack range is narrow, even having a deadly weakness."
Zhao Yi's mind raced as he approached the old man step by step.
The old man on the hospital bed watched Zhao Yi approaching, a trace of resentment and sinister smile flashed in his eyes. But he expressed gratitude, saying, "Thank you, young man!"
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In the livestream room, the players who saw Zhao Yi enter the room showed regret and mockery on their faces.
-Tsk tsk tsk, he actually dared to go in! There's no way there would be any living person in a place like this, even if you use your butt to think!
-He will probably die at the hands of Liu Lao Han. I bet he won't even last a hundred seconds!
-Thought the newbie from the Mental Hospital 101 was awesome, but turns out he's an idiot. The one from last time, level 78, was even better.
-Let's disperse, this newbie is too weak!
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The viewers in the livestream room discussed animatedly.
However, they soon realized that Zhao Yi stopped at a distance of about three meters from the old man.
The old man's cloudy eyes were filled with urgency and impatience.
Come on! Hurry up and touch my hand!
It screamed desperately in its mind!
In Zhao Yi's hand hidden behind his back, a rusty scalpel appeared out of nowhere. He took another step but avoided the old man's front and went behind him instead.
The old man's smile froze.
"What... What are you doing?"
Zhao Yi stared at the back of the old man's head for a while and calmly said, "I'll ask you a question. If you answer correctly, I'll take you to the restroom."
"And if I answer incorrectly?"
"Then I will cut off your head."
Liu Lao Han was dumbfounded!
The audience in the livestream room was dumbfounded too!
Wow, this newbie completely turned the tables!
This new guy seems to be a little... ruthless?
"Fine... go ahead, ask me."
Liu Lao Han couldn't turn around due to the system settings. At this moment, it became a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, regardless of how fierce it was.
Zhao Yi pointed the tip of the scalpel against the back of Liu Lao Han's head and asked, "How many leg hairs do I have?"
Liu Lao Han: ?????
Livestream room: ?????
Splat!
The sound of the scalpel piercing the flesh resounded.
Zhao Yi's scalpel had successfully penetrated Liu Lao Han's brain!
Liu Lao Han's face turned terrified as he screamed, "Don't kill me!"
"Ask me another question! Ask another one!"
Zhao Yi fell into silence for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright."
"I'll ask you another question."
"Where is the hospital access card?"
This time, Liu Lao Han breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "There are three hospital access cards in total. One is in the logistics department, one is with the hospital director, and there's another..."
As he spoke, Liu Lao Han suddenly widened his eyes, and his body started convulsing!
[Your soul weapon touched the grudge of the ghost creature and successfully unsealed it.]
[The scalpel can inflict additional damage on ghost creatures.]
[You killed Liu Lao Han, and the scalpel gained a slight enhancement.]
After a few struggles, the old man lowered his head.
Zhao Yi withdrew his scalpel and noticed that some of the rusty marks on it had disappeared.
He glanced at the iron window and noticed a slight elevation at a corner of the bedside. If one wasn't careful enough, they wouldn't notice it at all.
Zhao Yi searched around and surprisingly found a property certificate.
At the same time, the system's voice sounded.
[Triggered Hidden Quest: Liu Lao Han's Last Wish]
[Note: Within the dungeon, hidden quests are randomly triggered by players. They are more difficult than main quests. After triggering, players can choose not to complete them without punishment. They also won't affect the completion of main quests. After completing hidden quests, players will receive additional rewards.]
With the system message, the corpse of the old man had turned around at some point, silently watching Zhao Yi. His eyes no longer held any ferocity.
His figure was fading away.
"Young man, thank you for setting me free."
"This property certificate was the only savings of Old Han's lifetime."
"My daughter, Liu Xue, once... for this..."
In his final moments, he narrated his story.
It turned out that Liu Lao Han's daughter, Liu Xue, had secretly had an affair with the hospital director in order to obtain this property certificate, and together, they conspired to kill him!
But later, Liu Xue died due to a tragic elevator accident in the hospital.
Thus, this matter was left unresolved.
Liu Lao Han entrusted Zhao Yi, asking him to help kill the hospital director in exchange for the property certificate.
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[Item: Liu Lao Han's Property Certificate (Unsealed)]
[Rarity: Green]
[Description: A laborer's lifelong effort.]
[Effect: -]
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Inside the livestream room, hundreds of viewers were stunned in place.
For a full three seconds.
Then, they burst into an uproar!
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