NOVEL NEXT Chapter 22
Thump, thump, thump…
In the tense silence, Yu Qing’s ears twitched slightly, and he heard the faint sound of something hitting the ground, thump, thump, thump…
Very regular, but very quiet, very muffled. If not for the surroundings being so quiet, he wouldn’t have noticed it at all.
Thump, thump, thump…
Gradually, the sounds became more frequent, getting closer and closer, as if they were gathering from all directions, wrapped in a thick cold air.
This sound… when did it start?
Yu Qing became suspicious: Was it just now? It was still after twelve o’clock, but the fight was too fierce, and he never… noticed?
Thump, thump, thump…
And besides, didn’t he want to take his life? The doctor was so badly treated by him that he had already erupted with such obvious murderous intent, why hadn’t he taken action yet?
But his only reaction was his mouth twisted strangely, even widening. He was laughing!
For a moment, Yu Qing seemed to realize something. He raised the golden needle and scanned the surroundings with vigilant eyes.
Thump, thump, thump…
The sound had already reached him, half a step away!
At the door!
Yu Qing’s heart began to beat wildly. He hadn’t eaten for a day, and his empty stomach began to spasm and contract with his heartbeat due to nervousness. The blood vessels throughout his body tightened, and his breathing began to become sluggish.
A layer of sweat quietly broke out on his forehead. His instinct told him not to turn his head, just to look at the doctor.
This sanatorium relied on name badges and clothes to identify people. If he took away the doctor’s white coat and name badge, all defeat would be reversed.
But… there seemed to be some mysterious force attracting him at the door, forcing him to turn his head slowly, slowly despite the deep uneasiness.
What caught his eye was a pair of gray-white feet that kept tapping the ground: “Hehehehe.”
Then, a sharp female voice came. Yu Qing felt the thing was about to show its head, so he immediately turned his head away, panting, and stared closely again at the doctor.
However, his breathing was much faster than before.
In the lower right corner, the nervous live broadcast room paused for a moment, and then——
[Ahhhhh! Host, can you kill the female ghost first? I’m so curious what she looks like!]
[Ha ha ha ha! No need to embarrass the host, you can go to the main broadcast room of “Angel Sanatorium” and exit to see the panoramic view. This room is very lively now!]
[OMG! After watching the dungeon for so long, this is the first time I see this battle!]
[Ha ha ha ha! Hosts, I wish you all well.]
His keen eyes rolled across the screen, and Yu Qing knew that he had no time!
So, he took two steps forward, approached the doctor as quickly as possible, and reached out to pull his clothes.
However, as soon as his fingertips touched the corner of the clothes, the system, which had been quiet for a long time, suddenly exploded in his mind, and the entire live broadcast screen turned a horrifying red.
[Alarm! Alarm!]
[BOSS wants to play a game temporarily, please ask the host to play with him for five minutes.]
[Play content: Unknown (as the BOSS likes)]
Bang!
Suddenly frightened, Yu Qing’s heart skipped a beat, and he almost lost his breath.
But almost at the moment the broadcast ended, four pitch-black tentacles suddenly stretched out from the wall behind him, directly binding his limbs and tying him to the wall.
Yu Qing’s emotions were changing violently. For a moment, he was completely restrained before he even had time to scream.
Before his nervous breath could calm down, he saw a strand of blood-stained hair falling on his shoulder.
“Cough, cough, cough, cough! Cough…cough!”
When he finally regained consciousness, Yu Qing’s eyes were already red. The intense emotional relaxation caused him to retch, and his limbs were numb.
Now this strand of hair… Without even thinking about it, he knew what a great scene was on top of his head.
Without even raising his head, he decisively pricked the tentacle with a golden needle.
“Damn it!” Yu Qing couldn’t help but curse: “Do you have to do bad things now? Is it fun to tease me?”
The next moment, swish – the fifth tentacle oozed out, even snatching away the golden needle that could have saved him from the ghost.
A desperate feeling of powerlessness swept through his whole body. For a moment, Yu Qing was so overwhelmed that his breathing became chaotic, and his eyes went blank for a moment.
But! It was in this lost second that he saw a scene that had made his scalp numb all his life – at least fifty ghosts hanging upside down on the top floor of this ward of less than fifty square meters.
They were all wearing the same hospital gown, their entire heads covered by thick black hair, and their faces could not be seen at all. Their gray toes hooked up to the ceiling, arranged neatly, and they stepped over each other from time to time, making regular “thumping” sounds.
It turned out the one outside the door was just an appetizer!
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!
Yu Qing’s breathing became faster and faster, and goosebumps had already appeared on his arms, but his heart was gradually becoming calmer.
‘Don’t panic, don’t panic, calm down and think carefully, why did the boss spare his life? Why do you want to catch him suddenly at this time?’
‘It’s just for fun.’
Therefore, before the BOSS lost interest, he had an invisible gold medal to avoid death!
While thinking, all the ghosts slowly floated down and gathered in an orderly manner toward the doctor.
They tiptoed to the ground, floated forward, and soon surrounded the doctor. The cold and sky-high resentment gathered more and more, as if it wanted to devour the doctor.
But soon, a sharp whipping sound was heard, and Yu Qing saw the doctor had taken off his belt at some point and slapped a female ghost hard on the back.
The female ghost fell to the ground wailing, and the remaining female ghosts instantly became extremely well-behaved. They stood neatly behind him like an invincible army. The doctor raised his hand and casually pointed in the direction of Yu Qing: “Kill. Kill him.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a ghost stepped forward without hesitation, and a mouth full of fangs slowly appeared under her hair that looked like splashing ink. She was about to bite Yu Qing’s neck, but suddenly she heard the young man open his mouth: “Big Sister!”
The voice was gentle, not like other hosts crying and howling like ghosts, but instead… it had a bit of kindness.
Not begging for mercy, not scared, not shouting for help.
The clean young man called her big sister.
Simply, just calling out big sister!
The female ghost was stunned, and her biting movement stopped instantly. After a while, she slowly stood up straight in front of Yu Qing and landed on the ground.
The cold, gray hand with long nails raised and slid across his face lovingly – “a bit… like my brother.”
“My younger brother died when he was five years old… I haven’t heard anyone call ‘big sister’ for a long time… It’s been a long time… No one respects me so much. It’s true. They never respect me as a person…”
“Hiss…”
Yu Qing’s goosebumps grew even more. He looked at the half Ultraman toy around the female ghost’s waist and knew that he made the right bet. So, he slowed down his breathing to ensure that his voice continued to be steady and sweet: “Big sister, beautiful sister, I am here to save you. I know that you are suffering.”
Suddenly, the female ghost paused in stroking his face, her long and terrifying nails slowly shrank, and her fingertips trembled uncontrollably.
It was working!
Yu Qing continued: “I… I have a way to help big sister get revenge, so that you will no longer be whipped and driven by others, so that you…!!!”
The words suddenly stopped, because in front of him, the female ghost suddenly approached. She finally opened a crack in her thick hair, and struggled to squeeze out a bloodshot eye. Her questioning gaze penetrated deeply into Yu Qing’s pupils and struck straight into his soul.
“Don’t worry, big sister.” Yu Qing was still smiling.
His face was pure, and his smile always looked honest, which made people feel inexplicably reassured: “I will succeed, and I will definitely be able to save you, look.”
He even moved his right hand, which was wrapped in tentacles. Guaranteed to win: “My husband is playing with me. He is the most powerful person here… Ughh!”
As he spoke, the tentacles on his wrist tightened again. It was obvious that the boss was dissatisfied with his lies.
However, in front of such a low-level brat, he would not come forward to clarify.
A good chance!
Yu Qing looked at the female ghost and his voice became more and more determined: “Big sister, I can help you, but people have to save themselves, right?”
It was obvious that he was restrained by the BOSS, hated by the doctor, and almost besieged by the NPCs in the entire dungeon, but at this time, Yu Qing’s face had long lost the initial panic.
His pupils moved, staring at the doctor opposite him who was holding a belt, and he faintly said: “Big sister, take off his clothes and name tag and bring them to me!”