Hospital 444

Gone again... no one left again...

Now, Lu Yanran’s atheistic and materialistic beliefs had been completely shattered. If before she might have thought that it was some kind of magician’s trick, she was now one hundred percent certain that ghosts truly exist in this world!

Everything her grandmother had told her when she was little was true!

That boy had said to her, this raw meat, it couldn’t protect her for too long?

"He knows what this is!"

But what on earth was that boy?

First, he told her not to go up, then he said she couldn’t escape?

Looking at the stairs above, Lu Yanran’s steps became heavier and heavier.

If she went up again, would she too lose her life here?

But if she didn’t go up, no one would be able to save Zhang Bei!

This situation left her in a dilemma!

What should she do?

Suddenly, she felt as though there was something behind her.

Lu Yanran instinctively swallowed hard. She didn’t dare to turn her head, only moving instinctively towards the top.

That thing behind her seemed to be still there!

Her nervousness intensified, and she couldn’t help but grip tightly the doll in her hand and the box of raw meat.

Lu Yanran thought several times about looking back, but she didn’t have the courage. She could only continue to move upwards until she reached the very top of the stairway.

Suddenly, a soccer ball came rolling from behind her, almost tripping her up, then it rolled through the door of the stairwell into the corridor.

Lu Yanran followed the soccer ball, step by step, until she arrived at the corridor ahead.

She walked slowly along this corridor by herself.

The soccer ball was still rolling.

It was as if it were a marker guiding Lu Yanran forward.

Finally, the soccer ball stopped in the corridor ahead.

It was at the doorway of a room at the end of the corridor.

Lu Yanran cautiously made her way forward, but after only taking two steps, she stopped herself.

The warning from that boy downstairs, as well as his sudden disappearance, filled Lu Yanran with unprecedented fear. However, if she didn’t move forward, she felt that she might never see Zhang Bei again.

Zhang Bei was still alive! He had been standing right in front of her so alive just moments ago!

But if she just walked over there, would she lose her life?

Lu Yanran battled with herself for about three minutes before her feelings for Zhang Bei finally managed to just outweigh her fear of death, allowing her to move on.

Honestly, Lu Yanran felt that if she had pondered for another minute, maybe she would have turned and run without hesitation.

Just as she was about to approach the soccer ball, her phone suddenly rang!

Lu Yanran was scared out of her wits and immediately picked up the phone and answered it!

"Hello... hello hello hello?"

"Hello, is this Mrs. Zhang Bei?"

"I, I am, that is, I’m in a bit of an emergency right now..."

"Hello, Mr. Zhang Bei has not come in for his scheduled follow-up at our hospital. Is there something wrong?"

Hearing this, Lu Yanran suddenly realized something.

"You, are you Doctor Liang?"

"No, no, Doctor Liang had a sudden matter to attend to. The department head asked me to call and check in on him. Because Mr. Zhang’s condition is quite special, we had him provide an emergency contact number."

Lu Yanran began to step back slowly. If the other person knew Doctor Liang, perhaps she could get more clues from them.

"Doctor, can you save me? My husband has been captured by ghosts! You’re the witch doctors that can drive away ghosts, aren’t you?"

Lu Yanran felt hopeful!

"Mrs. Zhang, are you currently in the Dusky Sun Building?"

"Yes, I’m here! I just saw my husband, he was brought up by a ghost!"

"Did you follow the doctor’s orders to eat the Cursed Flesh?"

"Curse... Flesh? Yes, yes, one gram in the morning and evening each!"

"How long ago did the ghost take Mr. Zhang?"

"Yesterday, he disappeared early in the morning! Just now, I saw him still alive, but then the ghost..."

"Then you need to get back home right now. You’ll be safe within the protective period of the Cursed Flesh, but you can’t save Mr. Zhang. Listen to me, now that you know there are ghosts, you’re dealing with fierce ones! Hurry! Go back home!"

"I, can’t I save my husband?"

"You can’t save him, Mrs. Zhang. Mr. Zhang is beyond saving now. The person you’ve seen is probably a ghost already."

A ghost?

Exactly what Grandma had said!

"My husband... is he dead?"

"Yes, the probability is high. I’ll be right there, please go back to your home immediately. The protective effect of the Cursed Flesh depends on the range around the Cursed Flesh Source. The further you are from the Cursed Flesh Source, the weaker the protection will be! Therefore, the ghost will try by all means to make you leave the Cursed Flesh Source! You have eaten the Cursed Flesh, only then can you be protected within the range of the Cursed Flesh Source! I’m on my way!"

Cursed Flesh?

Is it that strange meat?

At this moment, Lu Yanran immediately understood that the ghost had intentionally made her see her husband. It was purposefully tempting her out, and then up to this floor, even using this soccer ball to guide her...

With that thought, Lu Yanran didn’t hesitate any longer and immediately sprinted away!

Just as she had not run far, the door in front of the soccer ball opened behind her, and then, a pair of pale hands reached out and pulled the ball inside!

Lu Yanran kept running downstairs, glancing back continuously.

She must get back to where the Cursed Flesh Source was!

Meanwhile, on the other end of the phone, the male doctor also said he would hurry over!

After escaping to the fourteenth floor, she rushed to her front door, took out the keys, opened it, and immediately locked it!

At that moment, Lu Yanran realized that what had been protecting her all this time was the so-called Cursed Flesh.

"Hello, hello, hello..." Lu Yanran, holding the phone, continued, "Doctor, I’m back home now, are you still there? I don’t know your surname?"

"My name is Dai."

"Dr. Dai," Lu Yanran, struggling to support herself, said, "I’m back home now, can you tell me what my husband talked about when he went to your hospital?"

"I didn’t diagnose him personally, but I have his medical records from the hospital. Simply put, we can be certain that he was afflicted with a ghost curse. Dr. Liang also came here and has diagnosed you too."

"What? I don’t remember any doctor visiting our home?"

"Dr. Liang is able to diagnose you without your complete awareness. We are no ordinary hospital."

"I don’t think you are ordinary doctors either..."

"To put it simply, we at Hospital 444 specialize in treating supernatural curses that humans encounter. One month ago, Mr. Zhang Bei went to our hospital and consulted with a specialist in the Ghost Surgery Department; it was Dr. Liang Zhigao who diagnosed him then."

"Ghost curse..."

The word ’ghost’ was terribly frightening for Lu Yanran.

"However, since you’ve been cursed for only a short time, there’s still the possibility for conservative treatment and follow-up. As long as you can successfully escape this building, conservative treatment may lead to clinical cure."

Hearing the word "clinical cure" made Lu Yanran feel extremely uneasy.

"So, when it’s a full moon night..."

"I’ll explain the details when I get there. Since you are already home, you are temporarily safe. I should arrive in about half an hour."

"Alright... okay... Dr. Dai, when you arrive, could you please give me a call first?"

After putting down the phone, Lu Yanran felt her mind was in total chaos.

Zhang Bei... is he really dead?

He can’t be saved?

This half-hour felt unbearably torturous to her.

She came up with dozens of questions she wanted to ask Dr. Dai in her head.

"The Ghost Surgery Department... does it mean there are also departments that treat other ghostly curses?"

Suddenly, her phone rang.

She immediately picked up the phone: "Dr. Dai, have you arrived at the building?"

"I have entered the Sunset Building."

"Good, Dr. Dai, please be careful..."

"I know. Mrs. Zhang, be careful too, I’m now on the third floor."

"Okay..."

"Stay put at home and wait for me..."

But then, Dr. Dai’s voice stalled.

Lu Yanran was stunned and quickly asked, "Dr. Dai? Dr. Dai?"

But on the other end of the phone, there was no reply anymore.

And then, the phone call disconnected automatically!