Lin Qiye put down the letter in his hand, his expression somewhat strange.
He had initially thought the letter contained the secrets of the hospital, a message from some mysterious powerful figure, or perhaps it would reveal the truth of this world…
But... what's with this damn sixth-grade elementary school essay vibe?!
Could it be that the previous director of this hospital was really a little girl?
That doesn't make sense!
What little girl could possibly defeat the goddess of night in creation?
Lin Qiye couldn't glean much information from this strange letter. Before him, the hospital had been in the hands of another girl, who had also taken some of the patients' belongings.
Thinking of this, Lin Qiye frowned again.
In the letter, she referred to "several patients".
In other words, besides Nyx, she also opened the sickrooms of several other gods, and even won one of their items through a "competition".
What kind of monster is this...?
However, she said there was something underneath this office?
Lin Qiye crouched down and carefully probed the floor with his spiritual sense. Just before reaching the twenty-meter boundary line, he seemed to encounter something different...
"Is there a hidden mechanism in this room?" Lin Qiye looked up at the wall behind the office.
In his perception, there was a hidden passage behind this wall, and the way to open this wall...
Lin Qiye sensed it carefully for a while, then stood up, walked to the bookshelf in the corner, and gently pressed a hidden compartment.
Immediately afterwards, the wall behind the office slowly opened to both sides, revealing a dark passageway.
Without hesitation, Lin Qiye walked down the passage.
The passage was long and deep; it took Lin Qiye a long time to reach its end.
When he opened the door at the end, he froze on the spot.
Before him was a dark, damp corridor, with gloomy cells on both sides!Yes, a prison cell.
Unlike the six wards in the ward above, what Lin Qiye saw before him were cells that truly only exist in prisons. The iron doors of the cells were also covered with dense patterns, the purpose of which was unknown.
Lin Qiye walked forward along the corridor, his mental energy constantly alerting his surroundings.
At the bottom of this already mysterious Gods' Hospital, there are two rows of eerie cells, clearly not a benevolent place.
Strangely, both cells were empty, with no one in sight.
"Could this just be an abandoned prison?" Lin Qiye muttered to himself as he continued walking forward.
Soon, he reached the end.
However, when his gaze fell on the first cell at the end, his pupils suddenly contracted!
In the corner of the cell, a burly figure crouched. It seemed to have heard Lin Qiye's footsteps and stiffly turned its head...
It revealed a pale and hideous ghost face!
Ghost-Faced King!
Upon seeing this familiar figure, Lin Qiye's eyes flashed with intense killing intent, and he cautiously took a half-step back.
Like a wild beast, Ghost King roared and charged at Lin Qiye, but the moment he touched the cell fence, he was thrown back by an invisible force and crashed into the wall behind him.
Lin Qiye frowned deeply.
Wasn't Ghost King killed by him? His face was chopped into eighteen pieces, he was dead beyond any doubt, and his body should have been taken away by the Night's Watch... How did he end up here?
Just as Lin Qiye was wondering, the familiar panel reappeared before his eyes.
"The sinner: Ghost-Faced King.
Choice: As the mythical creature you personally killed, you have the right to decide the fate of its soul:
Option 1: Directly obliterate its soul, causing it to be completely annihilated from the world.
Option 2: Get its 'fear level' to 60, and you can hire it as a hospital caregiver. While taking care of patients, it can also provide you with some protection.
Current fear level: 1."
After reading this passage, Lin Qiye finally understood what was going on.
It seems that, in addition to the six mysterious patients being held together, this mental hospital also possesses the ability to transform mythical creatures that it has personally killed into caregivers.
In other words, every time I kill a mythical creature, I will have the opportunity to turn it into a caretaker?
So, do the mythical creatures here include ancient gods?
What if, I mean what if, I kill a real god in the future, could I make him work for me?
Thinking of this, Lin Qiye's heart beat faster and faster.
"Roar! Roar! Roar!!!"
The roar of the Ghost-Faced King pulled Lin Qiye back to reality from his fantasy. He looked up at the ferocious and terrifying Ghost-Faced King in the cell, and his gaze gradually turned cold.
"Ghost-Faced King..." Lin Qiye looked at Ghost-Faced King and calmly said, "You are very strong. If I were to have you as my caregiver, it would surely be a very good choice..."
Upon hearing this, Ghost-Faced King gradually quieted down.
Lin Qiye slowly reached out his hand, seemingly wanting to touch the Ghost Face King's face.
A murderous intent flashed in the Ghost King's eyes, but the instinct for survival forcibly suppressed it. After appearing here, it knew of its two possible fates.
It also knew that its fate was in the hands of this ant in front of them.
It did not want to be completely wiped out from the world, so... it had no choice but to submit!
It lowered its head, as quiet as a dog.
Lin Qiye's palm touched its ghost face and gently rubbed it.
"You've killed a lot of people, it doesn't matter. I'm not familiar with them, that doesn't stop me from hiring you..." Lin Qiye's eyes narrowed, a cold glint flashing in them!
"It's a pity... you killed someone very important."
Suddenly, Lin Qiye began to exert force with his hand!
"Screech—!!" The demon king's face twisted violently, and a sharp wail echoed throughout the cell.It frantically waved its limbs, trying to escape from Lin Qiye's grasp, but alas... it couldn't.
This is Lin Qiye's hospital.
He is the dean here.
He wanted it to die.
It had to die!
A cold glint flashed in Lin Qiye's eyes, and amidst a shrill scream, the Ghost-Faced King expanded rapidly like a balloon!
Then... it exploded with a bang!
Blood and bits of flesh stained the entire cell, but were quickly swallowed up by the walls and floor. In just a few seconds, a mythical creature from the 'Chuan' realm had completely vanished.
This cell is like a living, man-eating beast!
Lin Qiye's white coat was also stained with blood. He stared at the empty cell and spoke expressionlessly."You are very strong, but it's a pity..."
"My hospital doesn't welcome you."
After saying that, he turned around, put his hands in the pockets of his white coat, and walked out step by step.
In the dimly lit corridor, the bloodstains on the white coats were rapidly seeping in and disappearing...
It's like a man-eating monster.
...
"Hemera! My sweetie! M daughter! Y-You have come back! Where have you been in those years?" As soon as Lin Qiye returned to the patient ward, he heard Nyx's voice coming from her room. She sounded incredibly excited while speaking to someone she called Hemera.
Wait a minute....
There is only 3 people here! Himself, Nyx and the mystery girl!
Then who is the fourth person here!?
Lin Qiye furrowed his brows and mused to himself as he stood outside, eavesdropping on the conversation between Nyx and the stranger.
"M-Mother!? I-I... Um.... Who is the owner of this place.... Mother...?" The other person's voice held a hint of panic and a tremor, as if they could hardly believe it themselves. After all, that had been Lin Qiye's own reaction when he first began treating Nyx.
"Oh, that belongs to your older brother, Thanatos! He's probably almost finished with his work, so you'll see him soon."
This voice..... Why is it familiar...?
Knock! Knock! Knock!
"May I come in....?" Lin Qiye gave a light knock on Nyx's door and asked politely; after all, the person inside didn't seem to harbor any ill intent—in fact, they even had the audacity to play along. He wanted to see the face of the little rat that dared to sneak into his hospital!
"Ah! Thanatos! This is a good timing! I found your sister, Hemera!"
Clack!
"H-huh...?"
Large, round golden eyes gazed at him, and he looked back into them! Bright, sun-gold hair floated in the air; a high-bridged nose and red lips completed the look.
Isn't this Lin Xi Chen....?
"Eh?" Lin Xi Chen paused, offering no resistance as Nyx playfully pinched her cheek. Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped when she realized that Lin Qiye was none other than "Thanatos"—the very person Nyx had spoken of and the master of this place.
"Lin Qiye!? Stinky Brother!? Why are you here!?"
"How and why are YOU here?"