Chapter 10: Breaking Through the Eerie Defense

Before the new player could utter any more flattering words, a slightly distorted child’s voice suddenly echoed from outside.

"Doctor sister~ Jiao Jiao is scared of the dark. Doctor sister, can you come keep Jiao Jiao company?"

The eerie little girl, with wide innocent eyes, reached out her hand toward Xie Yunyan. Her smile was sweet, yet her pale complexion and somewhat rigid face made the smile appear unsettling.

Both Xie Yunyan and the eerie girl numbered 203 heard the voice from room 118. Yet, neither paid it much mind, still locked in their silent standoff. After all, they saw each other not just as prey but as rivals—and, more importantly, doctors and patients were not on the same level.

Suspecting a trick, Xie Yunyan did not respond to number 203’s words but instead repeated what she had said to number 208. "You should go back to your ward now."

"You’re so pretty, sister, why do you say things that make Jiao Jiao dislike you so much?" The eerie girl mechanically lowered her hand and then vanished from in front of Xie Yunyan in the next moment.

Meanwhile, the new player inside the ward was so frightened that their legs went weak, collapsing onto the floor. "Wang... Wang, Brother Wang! Are we... are we..." Before they could finish, Wang Renheng cut them off sharply.

"Shut up! There are two eeries outside! If you keep babbling, I’ll send you straight to meet Satan!"

After Wang Renheng’s impatient threat, the talkative new player immediately covered their mouth, sitting pitifully on the cold white porcelain floor, letting out a couple of whimpering sounds toward Wang Renheng.

In the corridor, after the eerie little girl disappeared, Xie Yunyan instantly became alert. As she quietly guarded against the eerie girl, a sharp child’s voice suddenly came from behind.

"Doctor sister, why won’t you agree to Jiao Jiao? Jiao Jiao hates going back to the little empty room!"

Before Xie Yunyan could reply, number 203—the eerie little girl—pressed herself against Xie Yunyan’s back. Then, her corpse-stained hand reached up to touch Xie Yunyan’s face.

"Doctor sister, will you play with Jiao Jiao?"

As the eerie girl’s rotting face nearly brushed against Xie Yunyan’s neck, Xie Yunyan suddenly smiled and said, "Sure!"

With a smile curling the corner of her mouth, the next moment Xie Yunyan’s hand, now transformed into a corpse-like claw, swiftly grabbed the eerie little girl’s ponytail. Without hesitation, she yanked the eerie girl off herself and, using the momentum, forcefully slammed her onto the floor.

With a loud thud, the white porcelain floor cracked in a spiderweb pattern at their point of contact.

Seeing the floor tiles fracture, Xie Yunyan raised an eyebrow, pulled the eerie girl up again, and threw her down once more.

After two or three harsh slams, dragging the eerie girl by her hair, Xie Yunyan finally tossed her aside.

The white porcelain floor beneath them had been sacrificed, now a large pit of broken cement.

If she hadn’t thrown the eerie girl out, the splattering corpse fluids would have surely soaked her.

The eerie little girl arced through the air, landing about twenty meters away. Xie Yunyan watched her from afar, disdainfully shaking her hand.

The eerie girl quickly stood up, her form twisting grotesquely.

Her twin ponytails hung loosely, once neat blue-and-white striped hospital pajamas now stained with yellow-brown and dark red blood.

After Xie Yunyan’s recent handling, the eerie girl’s facial features appeared sunken into the flesh, making her pale gray face even more horrifying.

Though Xie Yunyan couldn’t clearly see the eerie girl’s expression, she could sense her intense anger.

From their recent physical encounter, Xie Yunyan deduced the eerie girl’s attacks were simple illusions and mental contamination—both of which barely affected her.

Moreover, the eerie girl was weaker, which explained why Xie Yunyan had been able to dominate the fight.

Having analyzed the situation, Xie Yunyan gave a blunt assessment as the eerie girl tended to her injured arm.

"Ugly! Truly ugly!"

The eerie girl, who had just straightened her arm, froze for two seconds, glanced at her hand, then broke down emotionally.

"I’m not ugly! I’m the prettiest!"

With a furious roar, the eerie girl charged at Xie Yunyan.

Seeing she had provoked the eerie girl, Xie Yunyan smirked proudly.

Her crimson eyes gleamed as she unleashed an illusion upon the eerie girl.

With a sudden lunge and sidestep, her sharp long nails became blades, slicing toward the eerie girl’s neck.

The eerie girl’s head was cleanly severed, her body continuing forward for two steps due to inertia before convulsing twice and collapsing onto the floor.

"Ding! Congratulations to player Xie Yunyan for killing an E-level eerie—Delusional Patient 203."

"Ding! Congratulations to player Xie Yunyan for gaining 20,000 fear points."

"Ding! Congratulations to player Xie Yunyan for earning 400 eerie coins."

As for the fear points given by the players hiding inside the ward, Xie Yunyan didn’t bother to check.

She waited a moment on the spot but heard no further system notifications.

"System, is… that all?"

Upon hearing her query, System 368 sounded uncertain.

"Host, let me check."

"Host, that’s all. These are the rewards."

Calming herself, Xie Yunyan reverted to her human form.

It seemed all games followed the same formula.

She walked to the door of ward 118 and knocked four times.

After earning a batch of fear points, she left.

Xie Yunyan then headed to the other side of the first floor and found an F-level eerie in the corridor.

Without even testing, she immediately dealt with the F-level eerie.

This time, a single-use supernatural item dropped—a substitute puppet.

Xie Yunyan glanced at it briefly, then told System 368 to store it for her.

She then began to head back.

Passing through the first-floor lobby, she spotted Zhang Yurou and Chen Wanchong, both looking wary.

After a casual glance, Xie Yunyan withdrew her gaze, ready to head upstairs, when the system issued her new rewards and tasks.