chapter 6
It was now one o’clock at midnight in Qingshan. Perhaps it was the upright posture of the police officers that gave the onlookers a strong sense of confidence, but the dense crowd had surrounded the area so tightly that not even water could seep through.
However, no one dared to approach recklessly-after all, they were dealing with mental patients, and no one thought they could win in a fight.
“There’s a mental patient!”
Suddenly, a startled cry came from the crowd, and the tightly packed people immediately scattered.
“Where, where?”
“Damn, stop pushing this way!”
“Shit, who kicked my shoe away?”
“Hey, you up front, I saw you touch my wife’s butt. Just you wait, don’t run!”
Taking advantage of the chaos, Li Yi straightened his back and walked directly to the front.
These onlookers are both timid and love to watch the excitement. They’re so afraid of mental patients, yet they still dare to crowd around here.
If it’s a matter of mental patients, what if there’s a Fierce Ghost? Wouldn’t that scare you all out of your wits?
[“Streamer, you’re really something.”] The Live Streaming Room was filled with admiring comments.
From this position, nothing unusual could be seen inside the hospital. All that was visible was the perimeter of Qingshan Hospital, guarded by fully armed police officers, as if the entire place had been completely sealed off.
Li Yi frowned slightly, recalling the conversation he’d had with the taxi driver earlier.
A riot? Dealing with a few out-of-control mental patients shouldn’t require such a large operation.
It seemed he’d have to find a way to sneak in first.
“Looks like there’s no way in from the front. Brothers, watch me use my stealth wall-climbing technique.”
With that, Li Yi slipped out of the crowd like a fish, quietly searching for a suitable spot to infiltrate the hospital.
[Holy crap! Streamer, are you for real?]
[With the police making such a big show, have the patients inside lost control? This is risking your life!]
[Forget it, I don’t believe the Streamer actually dares to go in. With so many police officers here, I bet there have already been casualties inside. Who in their right mind would go in?]
[The comment above is off the mark. Can a normal person slap a Fierce Ghost to death with one palm?]
At this moment, inside the security cordon below the Qingshan Hospital building-
A young woman with delicate features jumped down from a police car. Dressed in a tight black uniform that accentuated her graceful figure, her long, lustrous black hair was tied high behind her head, giving her a clean and efficient look. Her exquisite features made every man present feel their hearts skip a beat for a moment.
Even the fully armed guards standing by the building couldn’t help but glance her way.
“What’s the situation inside? Any casualties?”
Seeing that no word of safety had come from inside the building, a trace of anxiety flashed across Wu Qian’s delicate face.
“It’s been thirty minutes!” a guard said, lowering his head to check the time.
“With the captain’s strength, ordinary ghosts shouldn’t be his match. It seems this incident at Qingshan Hospital is really troublesome.”
Wu Qian frowned slightly, then turned back to the car and retrieved a sharp, slender short blade.
“Keep the main entrance sealed. Don’t let even a fly out. If we’re not out in half an hour, report immediately to the Spirit Bureau.”
At her words, the guard looked up in disbelief. The Spirit Bureau-a special organization established to deal with supernatural events.
Once they were mobilized, it meant an incident threatening an entire city had occurred.
Had the situation really escalated to this point?
Noticing the guard’s panic, Wu Qian’s expression grew somewhat grave.
Still, she gripped the short blade tightly and headed into the building.
Meanwhile, Li Yi had also found a low wall at the back of the hospital, about two or three meters high, topped with an electric fence. Normally, no one would be able to climb over, but Li Yi was no ordinary person.
With the boost from his twenty years of Master’s Cultivation, Li Yi’s body was like a spring. He leapt lightly into the air, flipped once, and slipped perfectly through a shattered floor-to-ceiling window, landing steadily on the ground.
“Streamer has reached the designated scenario coordinates. Mission successfully accepted.”
Your Character Panel:
Fierce Ghosts Slain: 1
Items: None
Passive Skills: Sage’s Heart, Heroic Charge, Yin-Yang Eyes.
Active Skills: Palm Thunder, Golden Light Incantation.
Cultivation: 20 years
Achievements: None
Popularity Value: 100 million
Draw Attempts: 0
System Quest: Who Is the Real Patient (In Progress)
Quest Location: Qingshan People’s Hospital, Shen City
Quest Requirement: Find the source of the anomaly at the hospital.
Quest Hint: When everyone becomes a patient, who will you – the only normal one – be?
Quest Difficulty: Hell
Completion Reward: Master’s Inheritance. Once you receive it, you will no longer be a powerless rookie.
The Centennial Peachwood Sword, aside from its age, is hardly remarkable, but it is particularly effective against evil entities.
[“Oh my god… What did I just see! The Streamer just jumped three meters high? Our Streamer is actually a master?”]
[“I give up, I admit it. Even if I were Wu Dalang (a famously weak man from folklore) bedridden with a serious illness and Pan Jinlian (the femme fatale from the same story) stripped to feed me medicine, I wouldn’t be convinced – except by the Streamer. He obviously has the skill, but still chooses to show off. Poor Brother Wang.”]
[“You above just don’t get it. What the Streamer did is called ‘the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.'”]
[“I’m watching the Streamer’s live broadcast on the subway. The moment he put on a show, I shouted ‘awesome!’ Now the transit police want me to crawl out. I tried a leap of faith – hilarious, I couldn’t jump at all.”]
[“Don’t worry, just show the live stream to the transit police. In a minute, the whole car will be shouting ‘awesome’ with you!”]
“Everyone, sit down. This is all basic operation, basic operation. Isn’t a two-meter jump just the average score for us Doulong Viewers?”
As soon as Li Yi finished, a wave of joy filled the Live Streaming Room.
[“The Streamer is right. Usually, we can jump five or six meters; three meters at most is just above average.”]
[“You can’t compare everyone the same way. Once, when I was extremely angry, I jumped all the way to outer space.”]
“Ding, Side Quest triggered.”
Seeing the barrage of comments in the Live Streaming Room, Li Yi couldn’t help but laugh. Just as he snapped back to reality and prepared to explore what had really happened in the hospital, the System notification sounded again.
“Check quest information.” Li Yi looked around, confirmed there was no danger, and then opened the details.
“Legend says wandering spirits in the mortal world fear excrement.
But in truth, the Place of Grains Reincarnation in the mortal world is also the point of rebirth for the Six Paths, linking the human world and another realm.
Quest Requirement: Proceed to the building.
Quest Difficulty: Easy.
Li Yi read it carefully. He was still quite familiar with Qingshan Hospital; his conversation with the driver earlier wasn’t entirely made up – the original Li Yi had worked there for some time.
Every patient there was extremely aggressive, but now it’s abandoned.
The place in Qingshan where they were kept was set up three years ago, when the hospital decided to update the corridor equipment. Yet the floor tiles have always remained spotlessly clean.
According to the night-shift nurses, when passing by-
[“I never expected the Streamer would really sneak into the hospital.”]
[“I think my grandfather mentioned this hospital. Back in the day, several serial killers were anonymously sent here for treatment. In the end, they all committed suicide. Really creepy.”]
[“I’m the grandpa upstairs, I can vouch for this.”]
Li Yi’s Live Streaming Room was growing more and more popular, the Popularity Value surging. For viewers used to watching dragon dancing and wild antics, a taste of outdoor adventure was a refreshing change.
That night-shift nurse described the sound she heard as something like gnawing on bones.
But three years ago at the hospital – Li Yi thought to himself as he walked up the stairs.
“Tonight, I will join you in witnessing the true face of the abandoned floor that once held Severe Patients.”