Chapter 16: Provocation and Accomplishment

After the first rebellious newcomer player was reduced to a still-warm corpse, Wang Renheng, Zhang Yurou, and Chen Wanchong all realized they couldn’t win.

They watched helplessly as the unlucky soul lay quietly in the corridor, the stench of blood slowly seeping out.

Wang Renheng immediately calmed down.

The gap was clear; even combined, the three of them couldn’t overpower the enemy.

However, after the bizarre and brutal ordeal of the previous night, the surviving players were no longer foolish.

None of the newcomers had lost their composure to the point of screaming.

Instead, they gathered together coldly, yet anxiously, fearing that they might be the next to die.

At the same time, they noticed that Chen Wanchong and Zhang Yurou were treated better than them.

Under the looming threat of death, jealousy began to fester in their minds.

Why were those two so lucky to become hospital nurses?

Why didn’t the strange doctor tear Zhang Yurou and Chen Wanchong apart?

Perhaps their hopes influenced fate, for the eerie doctor soon started to trouble Zhang Yurou and Chen Wanchong.

But before their ill will could come to fruition, the plot twisted again.

Wang Renheng and Chen Wanchong created a distraction.

Taking advantage of her small frame, Zhang Yu slipped away right under Doctor Zhao’s nose.

Doctor Zhao was uneasy—if there really was a bizarre figure called Doctor Xie, things would be bad.

According to hospital rules, that would mean these humans were the prey of that doctor, nothing to do with him.

Really! Eating so much at once—didn’t he fear choking himself?

The more he thought, the angrier he became, cursing silently in his heart.

While waiting, a female doctor in high heels approached.

She was unfamiliar to Doctor Zhao.

Though unknown, that didn’t stop him from radiating his hostility toward her.

She introduced herself as the newly appointed doctor.

When he reached out to take her ID badge for inspection, she stepped back and snatched it away.

“If you don’t believe me, we can go see the hospital director,” she said.

“He can confirm whether I’m the new doctor or not.”

“As a doctor, you probably don’t know much about higher-ups, hmph!”

Xie Yunyan said this, folding her arms and casting a disdainful glance at Doctor Zhao.

Her strength was formidable; after a night of cautious development, she was even stronger than Zhao.

Combined with her assertive attitude and suggestive tone,

Doctor Zhao felt increasingly uncertain.

Seeing his momentum falter, Xie Yunyan pressed on relentlessly.

No matter what, she had to provoke Doctor Zhao.

Then, naturally, she would go see the director of Chongshan Psychiatric Hospital.

“What’s wrong? The doctor’s scared to come with me to see the director?”

“If you’re scared, you should apologize to these two humans~!”

No eerie creature would tolerate apologizing to someone weaker.

Sure enough, when Xie Yunyan mentioned the apology, Doctor Zhao grew frantic.

As a fellow D-level eerie entity, why should he apologize to two human players?

Did these humans even deserve it?

He felt humiliated by Xie Yunyan!

Growing angrier by the second, Zhao almost instantly shifted into his eerie form.

His pupil-less eyes glared fiercely at Xie Yunyan, his body poised to attack.

It seemed as if he would leap forward at any moment to tear her apart.

But he was only trying to intimidate.

There was a rule in the eerie hospital forbidding creatures from fighting during the day.

Seeing this, Xie Yunyan smiled, her eyes narrowing with a hint of contempt for the ferocious Doctor Zhao before her.

She wasn’t frightened by his eerie form; instead, she stepped forward confidently in her heels.

She knew this rule well, which is why she dared to provoke the eerie doctor repeatedly.

At the same time, she subtly signaled to the surrounding eerie nurses and players.

She, Doctor Xie, was even stronger than this Doctor Zhao.

Not just powerful, but backed by an extraordinary background.

Otherwise, why would this D-level eerie doctor tolerate her so much?

Though only hinted at casually, once the eerie creatures believed this, they would start to overthink.

Once convinced, everything she did would become easier.

Xie Yunyan smirked inwardly, her expression still strong and unwavering.

Under her pressure, the eerie Doctor Zhao stepped back, confused and hesitant.

The nurses and human players around instinctively retreated as well.

“Ding, congratulations to player Xie Yunyan for gaining 500 horror points from Xue Xiaoxiao.”

“Ding, congratulations to player Xie Yunyan for gaining 1000 horror points from Doctor Zhao.”

“Ding, congratulations to player Xie Yunyan for...”

Unsurprisingly, Xie Yunyan harvested a large amount of horror points again.

Xie Yunyan: Feeling even better now!

She realized eerie beings could generate horror points for her.

Moreover, the higher their level, the more horror points they produced.

Among those present, the same-level Doctor Zhao contributed the most—an impressive 2000 points.

Doctor Zhao: What? Why is she so calm?

Even if she was stronger, she should at least react visibly, right?

Otherwise, it makes him, the entire eerie doctor, look foolish.

Before Zhao could react, the rules of the dungeon forced him back into his normal form the next moment.

Then he heard a mocking laugh.

Without looking up, he knew exactly who it was.

“Doctor Zhao, don’t you know colleagues aren’t supposed to fight?”

“Are you trying to scare me, Doctor Zhao? Hmm?”

Repeatedly embarrassing himself in front of human players and low-level eerie creatures alike.

Doctor Zhao’s face flushed deeply as he returned to normal.

His hands clenched tighter at his sides, avoiding eye contact with Xie Yunyan.

Instead, he glared viciously at others, picking on the weak.

Zhang Yurou glanced curiously once, then quickly looked away.

She lowered her head again.

That was close! She almost got noticed by Doctor Zhao.

Then Zhang Yurou began to brainstorm in place.

Can eerie beings blush?

This was her first time seeing such a thing!

So strange, truly strange.

But this Doctor Xie seemed different from other eerie creatures.

Could it be...

Thinking of her suspicions, Zhang Yurou shuddered uncontrollably.

If Xie Yunyan really was a special player, that would be terrifying for ordinary players like them!

Zhang Yurou’s thoughts were not unfounded.

Their guild leader had once said within the guild that no special player was human!