Xu Kai was dumbfounded. His mind was a mess, as if he was thinking a lot, yet thinking nothing at all.
Everyone knew that ghosts in Urban Legends were creatures with only an appetite and no reason.
All their actions were merely to better devour humans.
If not for the constraints of rules, they would tear humans to shreds the moment they entered.
But now, a beautiful Guayi had saved him?
Seeing Xu Kai still not standing up, Jiang Ning frowned slightly. “Why aren’t you getting up?”
Xu Kai shuddered and stood up immediately.
He stood still, daring neither to move nor approach Jiang Ning, nor to easily move away, fearing he would anger her and cause her to reveal her true form and swallow him whole.
[ Heartbeat Points +1889 ]
Jiang Ning looked at him, confused as to how she had scared him again, but she didn’t care to know. “Follow me.”
Xu Kai agreed meekly, a wry smile appearing on his face.
This ghost really intends to keep me as emergency rations.
[ Heartbeat Points +2368 ]
In just one minute, Jiang Ning’s Heartbeat Points, which had just been zeroed out, increased by four thousand.
The System was right; Xu Kai was indeed a fat sheep with excellent wool.
Jiang Ning threw her medical record to Xu Kai for him to hold.
Xu Kai took it flusteredly, holding it by the corners with both hands, afraid there might be a trap inside.
The hospital in this Urban Legend instance wasn’t large.
There were five buildings in total: an Inpatient Department, an Outpatient Building, a Staff Dormitory, a Cafeteria, and a building furthest away that was abandoned, its original purpose unrecognizable.
Xu Kai had been dragged out to be a scapegoat while eating breakfast in the cafeteria, and came here alone to wait for death.
It was now 9 AM. Those who had just finished breakfast were responsible for cleaning the cafeteria.
Jiang Ning looked up, her gaze lingering on the blood-red hospital name for a while.
The signboard of this hospital was also an incarnation of a ghost, and a high-level one at that.
If a human stared at it for too long, their mind would be seized, and they would automatically deliver themselves to be fertilizer.
Xu Kai stood two meters behind her, staring at his nose and heart, not even daring to breathe too loudly, trying to minimize his presence, hoping Jiang Ning wouldn’t notice him.
Panshan Hospital occupies about a thousand square meters.
All five buildings were hidden in the mountain forest.
Xu Kai secretly speculated about Jiang Ning’s rank.
Jiang Ning didn’t go to the cafeteria. She walked a few laps in the hospital’s small garden and saw quite a few flowers and grasses with teeth.
There were still traces of blood on the grass blades; she didn’t know which human had left them.
The more Jiang Ning looked, the deeper the suspicion in her heart.
This place was too similar to the Main God’s game instances. Except for the different energy system, everything from the structure to the internal operating rules was practically the same soup with different medicine.
If she weren’t certain she had escaped the Main God’s Survival Game, she would have thought she was in a colleague’s dungeon right now.
The System was also observing this Urban Legend. The more it looked, the more envious and sad it felt.
Sob, my Ningning used to have a big house like this too!
Jiang Ning walked around and felt a bit hungry.
The cafeteria bell rang.
A unique fragrance wafted from the mess hall.
Xu Kai heard the ghosts cleaning nearby whispering.
“Mealtime. It’s been so long since we had meat.”
“Yeah, really nostalgic.”
A ghost with a huge tongue stared at Xu Kai covetously. “Such a pity I didn’t get to eat him. If I had known, I would have gotten up earlier this morning.”
Xu Kai shivered.
He looked up again and suddenly realized Jiang Ning was walking toward the cafeteria.
The ghosts present stirred slightly, but a cool glance from Jiang Ning made them behave instantly.
Xu Kai’s heart skipped a beat. Instinctively, he didn’t want Jiang Ning to go near the cafeteria.
Although he had no affection for the people there, he couldn’t just watch so many people die.
What if this Guayi in front of him suddenly went feral and ate everyone in the cafeteria?
He summoned his courage. “Do… do you need me to run any errands?” So, don’t go over there, please.
[ Heartbeat Points +999 ]
As soon as he finished speaking…
“Ah—”
A terrified scream came from the cafeteria.
It was Jiang Shu, mixed with several other voices.
Xu Kai jerked his head toward the cafeteria.
He didn’t notice that Jiang Ning’s gaze was also fixed there.
“Let’s go take a look,” Jiang Ning said.
By the time Xu Kai came to his senses, he realized he had nodded and agreed at some point.
The cafeteria was now in chaos. Endless fear spread in everyone’s hearts.
The cafeteria lady, her face covered in blood, flashed a brilliant smile at everyone, bits of flesh still stuck in her teeth.
Those with weak mental fortitude threw up on the spot.
The cafeteria ghost’s face changed instantly. It stared gloomily at the person vomiting. “Destroying cafeteria hygiene, wasting food. Drag him down.”
The vomiting blond boy cried and screamed, trying to escape the cafeteria, but before he could reach the door, he was caught by the cafeteria ghost’s minions.
He was shaking all over, looking at Jiang Shu, whose life or death was unknown on the ground, his teeth chattering.
He didn’t want to die! He really didn’t want to die!
He didn’t even dare drive too fast when drag racing on the winding mountain road, always staying last. Even if he was mocked, he didn’t dare truly race.
If he had known there was an Urban Legend here, he wouldn’t have come for anything!
But it was too late to say anything now.
Someone broke down and shouted, “How can there be an Urban Legend in the suburbs!”
“Who knows how this Urban Legend came to be?!”
Every Urban Legend had a reason for its birth—born of hatred, accumulated resentment, or folklore passed down by word of mouth until it became real.
This was discovered by the Special Abnormalities Administration when Urban Legends first appeared.
They had tried to solve Urban Legends through their causes but found nothing.
Over time, they gave up.
But Panshan Hospital was just built this year. Even if there was something bad, it shouldn’t have turned into an Urban Legend so quickly!
A girl in a white dress spoke up weakly. “I heard that when Panshan Hospital was built, there was an explosion. Many people died, including several doctors who had just applied for jobs, and some young returnees were poached at high prices.
“But it was suppressed. At the time, the investors were afraid it would affect the hospital’s business, so they lied to the families, saying the deceased were busy with work and couldn’t be contacted, and buried their bodies under this hospital.”
“What’s the use of knowing this? We want to get out of the Urban Legend!”
Getting out of an Urban Legend was too hard.
Even Awakened faced nine deaths and one life, let alone them.
The girl in the white dress shook her head helplessly.
She had been in the dungeon for almost a day and was the only person present who wasn’t injured. However, because the blood on her white dress was too conspicuous, no one had noticed this yet.
Someone realized the girl knew too much about the hospital and couldn’t help asking, “How do you know about this?”
The girl paused, then revealed a smile. “My brother used to work here.”
And he’s underground right now, too.
I wonder where he’s buried.