Hospital 444

Hospital 444.

This hospital, eternally standing in an elusive and dark vacuum of space.

The pure white exterior walls of the outpatient building, adorned with a towering black cross, seemed to capture one’s soul with just a glance.

Even for the Paranormal Doctors, distinguishing directions in the dark misty space was challenging, and if one moved toward the distance, they would be completely lost in the void.

Therefore, doctors from departments other than the Curse Objects Center could never reach the enigmatic building, and the outpatient doctors would never know how such cursed objects were crafted.

At this moment, inside the inpatient building.

Within the pitch-black inpatient building.

Fang Zhou was staying up all night with his daughter.

He watched his sleeping daughter and said to Dai Lin sitting beside him, "Dai Lin, it’s enough that I stay up. There’s no need for you to keep vigil too."

"You helped me a lot with the previous incident involving Luo Ren, this is the least I can do."

"You should go back," but Fang Zhou still shook his head, saying, "If there’s a problem I can’t solve, having you here won’t help. Besides, I am the deputy director of the Department of Fierce Spirits, and you are a resident doctor in the Wraith Surgery Department. If you continue to stay here, Director Song might take issue with it."

"But still..."

"No buts," Fang Zhou patted Dai Lin’s shoulder and added, "If I need your help, I will notify you immediately. Go back now."

"Alright then..."

Dai Lin teleported back to the room he had recently rented.

At that time, in the room next to his... Gao Peipei was naturally no longer there.

And after returning home, Dai Lin released Milan from the space within his right eye.

"Phew... finally out."

After emerging, Milan massaged her temples and looking at Dai Lin, she said, "Dai Lin, you’re going to continue investigating the Shadowy Manor, aren’t you?" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"Yes. I will."

"You’re quite candid with me, aren’t you?"

"Even if I wanted to, it wouldn’t be possible. There are no secrets between us."

Indeed... Dai Lin and Milan could share memories and consciousness completely, meaning they could never lie to each other, not even the smallest falsehood.

Being able to share memories with someone fully means they were the people who understood each other the most in this world. Thus, even if Dai Lin had not decided explicitly to take on a task, Milan would already know the actions he was about to take.

"I want to make something clear," Dai Lin said to Milan: "I am not some kind of saint. But now that I know about this, pretending to be ignorant is no longer an option. As a Paranormal Doctor, I’m not really successful, and there are many patients I couldn’t save."

What Dai Lin found hardest to forget was Lu Yanran.

Initially, she was just a step away from escaping with him during her pregnancy. But in the end, he was unable to save her.

Especially the words of the Qin family butler...

"They’re not doctors. They’re demons."

While Dai Lin didn’t understand the true nature of Hospital 444, at the very least, he believed he was indeed a doctor.

"You remind me of my third brother," said Milan.

Having access to all the memories of Milan’s siblings, Dai Lin was fully aware of what Milan’s brother Lumi An Dailun was like.

Milan’s oldest sister was the most insane and bloodthirsty, a devil through and through. Her second brother acted on whims, with an extreme personality, ambiguously righteous yet wicked. Only her third brother Lumi An was the warmest and most cordial, valuing medical ethics above all. Milan despised her eldest sister enormously—she was a lunatic that even her own family couldn’t stand. Both her second and third brothers loved her deeply, but the third brother, being so gentle and responsible, tragically perished at the hands of the Faust family.

"You’re not planning to go to the Shadowy Manor next, are you?"

Based on the current location of Shadowy Manor provided by Lin Sunzhu, it was challenging to locate. After all, even she had a hard time finding the place following the map navigation. However, with Fang Zhou’s blood coursing through Dai Lin’s veins, he could sense the manor’s location through its call.

Even if he could save just one person, that would be enough.

He didn’t want to feel that helplessness again.

"I think you’re just too nice," Milan said, shaking her head slightly, "When do you plan on leaving?"

"Now," Dai Lin clenched his fists and said, "No one knows when, but eventually, someone will have to make a sacrifice."

"You need to think this through," Milan reminded him, "This is an enemy that even the doctors in the Department of Fierce Spirits dare to threaten."

"I’m not just any Paranormal Doctor in residency. I dare to go because I have something to rely on."

"Your reliance..." since Milan and Dai Lin could share memories and consciousness, she naturally came to understand, "Your reliance is me?"

Since Dai Lin could know Milan’s memories, he obviously understood her abilities. Her role as the department head stemmed not only from the fact that she was the youngest daughter of the Darren Family.

"We need to become strong enough, your enemy is the Faust Family, and my enemy is the doctors in the Demons Department," Dai Lin’s gaze was firm at this moment, "So, let’s leave now."

"Mm."

Now, Milan and Dai Lin had a symbiotic relationship. This symbiotic relationship meant that if Dai Lin died, Milan would surely die as well.

In such circumstances, she still chose to go with Dai Lin to the Shadow Manor, naturally because she was fully confident.

In this respect, she was similar to her second elder brother, Damon. Damon Dailun had always been fearless. If he was committed to something, he would definitely do it. In a good way, he was not afraid of any difficulties, but from a bad perspective, he also did not care if it would harm innocent lives.

Dai Lin bought a new car, but the driver was Milan, who acted as the seasoned driver. Dai Lin, due to his years of working too busy at the hospital, had never found the time to get his driver’s license.

After Milan started the engine, she said to Dai Lin, "You’re in charge of navigation. Can you sense it now?"

"The sensing is weak at the moment, just drive west for now. The closer we get, the stronger the sensing will become."

"All right."

The car set off on the road.

While driving, Milan said to Dai Lin, "I have a rough guess about this whole thing."

"A rough guess?"

"Fang Zhou probably has a guess similar to mine. I don’t need to tell you, right? We can share consciousness."

"That’s true, but occasionally your mind is full of English vocabulary, and I can’t always keep up right away."

Holding the steering wheel steadily, Milan said, "You remember the Black Blood Matriarch of Heizhao Village, don’t you?"

"How could I forget..."

Since they could share memories, Milan naturally had a comprehensive understanding of that experience.

"You mean something similar to that..."

"Not exactly similar. In fact, your classification of all these ghostly entities is too simplistic, like... what Malevolent Ghost? Anything that the existing diagnostic standards can’t define is lumped into the category of Malevolent Ghost? The truth is, this way of classification is far from encompassing all ghostly entities."

"But clinically, it’s very rare for us to encounter cases cursed by Malevolent Ghosts!"

"In ’your world," it’s indeed not easy to come across so-called Malevolent Ghosts."

Then, Milan continued, "Listen carefully... Whether it’s curses or ghostly entities, many can’t actually be defined by your diagnostic standards. But there are certain existences with similar characteristics. For example..."

"For example?"

"Have you read the Cthulhu Mythos?"

Dai Lin said, "I have some impression... Dai Ming used to read similar books and mentioned it to me... I remember now, there was an author called ’The Writer of Black Ghost Fire,’ who wrote a book called ’Cinema of the Dead,’ which talks about something Nyarlathotep, stating it’s a deity in the Cthulhu Mythos."

"In this mythos, the most powerful deity, Azathoth, is referred to as the Blind Idiot God of Primordial Chaos and has spawned countless powerful Evil Gods. But Azathoth doesn’t possess any concept of good or evil, nor does it have a subjective malice towards humans. Even so, Azathoth has caused the death of countless people. Azathoth has another more famous title, which is called..."

"The Blind Idiot God." Dai Lin, who could share consciousness with Milan, said the term, "Azathoth is an existence of chaos without any self-awareness, but possesses terrifying power akin to that of deities."

"Right. So, if... in the Cthulhu Mythos, even the most insane humans rarely dare to summon Azathoth, then... if there really are humans who want to make use of Evil Gods, what would they do?"