Hospital 444

Hei Dongxie watched the Lin sisters disappear, and he had to admit...

he was starting to like Lin Yunfen more and more.

This woman, although insane, struck him as being of the same kind.

From a young age, Hei Dongxie had always felt...

that humans were extremely hypocritical creatures.

Society was constructed on compromises and concessions for mutual benefit, which shaped morality.

Living in this parallel space, another version of himself seemed to care much about morality and the social status it could bring, but Hei Dongxie was the polar opposite.

Morality had always only constrained the weak.

The strong possessed the privilege of being above reproach.

In the past, he had neither power nor influence, but now, he was extremely close to the pinnacle of authority at the hospital.

Yin Wuque was sparing no effort to win him over, needing something from the residents about Suyuan Mountain, something incredibly important. Whatever it was...

Hei Dongxie wanted to take it for himself!

Returning to his bedroom, he glanced at the curtains.

For most people, the first thing upon waking in the morning was to draw the curtains.

Some even slept without ever drawing them at all.

The apartment had twelve floors and was located in a prime real estate area, mostly populated by young homeowners and working-class renters.

They would surely draw their curtains first thing in the morning and then get ready for work.

So...

were all the people who drew their curtains dead?

However, the Blood Letter prohibited residents from enticing others to draw their curtains; otherwise, he would have liked to know.

"The curtains inside this apartment have been opened by quite a few people already, so..."

The Quasi-curse spirit must have entered, right?

"Next, I need to consider my way out carefully, otherwise..."

I definitely can’t afford to confront a Quasi-curse spirit head-on.

Quasi-curse spirit.

These words hung over Hei Dongxie like the Sword of Damocles, leaving him gasping for air.

In truth, even though it wasn’t yet a true Cursed Spirit, a Quasi-curse spirit was already akin to the master brother from "King of Destruction" for any Paranormal Doctor...

"Even becoming a Paranormal Doctor, I still can’t break the shadow curse!"

This fact left Hei Dongxie feeling powerless and helpless.

So, now...

Suddenly, his phone rang.

Huh?

The phone was in a no-signal state, how could anyone be calling? That wasn’t normal.

Hei Dongxie looked at his phone and quickly walked over.

He quickly thought of the call Liu Yuan had received.

Could it be...

He grabbed the phone and saw an unfamiliar number displayed.

Then, he answered the call and switched to speakerphone.

"Sir, hello, our company is currently conducting a customer appreciation event in your neighborhood. If you draw your curtains now, you’ll see our hot air balloon which has our company QR code on it. Just scan it, and you’ll receive a free gift."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Hei Dongxie coldly asked, "Who exactly are you?"

"Sir, we are offering very useful household appliances for this event, please..."

"Why do you want me to draw my curtains?"

Hei Dongxie knew full well that even if he asked, the caller wouldn’t give an honest answer, but he wanted to see their reaction.

"As I said, we have placed a hot air balloon in the neighborhood, you just need to scan the code."

"I don’t need any household appliances."

"Then sir, I’ll hang up now..."

The phone call disconnected.

Hei Dongxie looked at his smartphone; if he tried calling back, it showed no signal and couldn’t place a call.

"They wouldn’t be pulling this trick on everyone who hasn’t drawn their curtains, would they?"

For instance, if Liu Yuan had received the call, he might very likely have drawn the curtains.

"Why are they trying so hard to make me draw my curtains?"

Hei Dongxie paced around, then sat down.

"This Quasi-curse spirit should..."

Be completely unaware of the apartment’s existence!

Reaching the level of a Ferocious Spirit, they should possess high intelligence, even being close to omniscient and omnipotent. But the apartment could limit or even suppress the ghosts’ cognitive abilities, so for the Quasi-curse spirit...

Hei Dongxie was just an ordinary apartment owner.

He had completely failed to realize that he was both a doctor and a resident.

"This advantage might have been given to me by the apartment."

Ghosts continuously used various methods to entice him to open the curtains. Conversely, the apartment suppressed it. Without him opening the curtains, the ghost’s abilities were greatly limited.

"We’re back."

Hei Dongxie heard voices at the door, so he went over to let the Lin sisters in.

"How did it go?"

"We... can’t get out."

Hei Dongxie, looking at the dejected faces of the Lin sisters, had already guessed this answer.

"Indeed... we can’t get out even without the blood letter restrictions."

Lin Yunfang added, "We filmed a video, do you want to see it?"

"Um... let’s take a look for now."

Hei Dongxie wasn’t very hopeful.

Then, the three of them watched the video.

As the Lin sisters walked downstairs, when they reached what should have been the first floor, they found that descending from the second floor... it was still the second floor! No matter how many floors they went down, it was always the second floor. However, going up one floor would surely take them to the third floor.

Then Lin Yunfen also tried the elevator... Hei Dongxie really admired Lin Yunfen for her craziness in daring to try such things.

The result was the same, if they reached the first floor, coming out would definitely be the second floor.

In short, there was no exit!

"We also didn’t find any windows to check the outside," Lin Yunfang continued. "The situation is dire. We have no way to understand what’s happening outside, nor do we know how many living people are still inside the building."

What steps does a Quasi-curse spirit need to become a true Cursed Spirit?

No one could say for sure.

Ferocious Spirits seemed to be just a step below Cursed Spirits, but in fact, the gap between Cursed Spirits and Ferocious Spirits was far greater than between Ferocious Spirits and Apparitions!

If that’s still not intuitive enough, consider this—it’s easier for a Cursed Spirit to kill any Paranormal Doctor than for a Resentful Spirit to kill an ordinary person!

Any Cursed Object, in the presence of a Cursed Spirit, is no sturdier than paper!

Quasi-curse spirit, Cursed Spirit, a difference of one word, yet a chasm as vast as heaven and earth!

And this process could just be a matter of time passing, or some accumulation inherent in the curse itself, with no discernible pattern.

Now, the apartment was suppressing the Quasi-curse spirit, but once the suppression lifted, a Cursed Spirit could instantly wipe out everyone in the building!

"Time... How much time do I have left?"

This was the most agonizing concern for the current Hei Dongxie!

"Cursed Spirits are indeed a troublesome issue."

At this moment, Hei Dongxie had no idea that a living person was sitting right behind him.

However, neither he nor the Lin sisters would perceive the person behind them as an entity existing in the three-dimensional physical space.

Dai Lin!

At this moment, Dai Lin had already completely accessed all the information he wanted to know through Hei Dongxie.

And Dai Lin discovered... he couldn’t leave the apartment either!

"The Hell’s Apartment on Heitu River Road is truly fearsome; my Demon Cursed Item has become so powerful, yet that apartment actually..."

The Abyss was the only high-dimensional realm that Paranormal Doctors could explore at this stage, so the Abyss and high-dimensional were essentially synonymous. However, the apartment seemed to exist in a dimension even higher than the Abyss, easily meddling with hospital doctors, residents, and Ghost Objects!

Thus, Dai Lin didn’t dare to defy the apartment’s Blood Letter instructions and risk his life by opening the curtains.

His Devil’s Eye, when directed at the curtains, felt as if blocked by a wall.

The suppressing force from the apartment could easily overwhelm his Demon Cursed Item!

"Staying here won’t solve any problems," Hei Dongxie continued. "Let’s leave this room and explore outside. There should still be a few people who haven’t opened their curtains and are alive!"

"Alright, let’s do that!" Lin Yunfen licked her tongue, "I’m getting more and more excited!"

Dai Lin looked at the three people before him, still maintaining the Devil’s Eye’s mental contamination state on them, ensuring they did not detect his presence.

He must find the last possible way out before the Quasi-curse spirit transforms into a Cursed Spirit!

...

"Most people don’t know what so-called Cursed Objects and Cursed Spirits are."

Feng Xiao and Fei Jingyan were sitting face-to-face.

"If it weren’t for that mistake, this hospital would never have been born. It all originated from the failure of Salgeni Medel during that Blood Letter Task."

Feng Xiao looked at Fei Jingyan and continued, "Salgeni Medel’s failure released entities that were originally in a dimension that had no interference with the three-dimensional physical space."

"I’ve been thinking... whether the apartment is truly unable to suppress it completely, or it intentionally doesn’t suppress it fully..."

"In any case, everything is gradually moving toward the most terrifying consequence."

"All Cursed Objects, are contaminated Ghost Objects by the dean... The reason why Cursed Spirits cannot be made into Cursed Objects is only due to the suppression of The Sargenic Blood Covenant."

"Hospital, doctors, Cursed Objects, and Spiritual Therapy Points... and the dean, everything is just something that came into being from Salgeni Medel’s failed Blood Letter Task which triggered a dead end!"