276: Chapter 275: Open the door and die, don't open it and you still die?

"I just don't know if everyone with a Specter inside them receives a mission to kill me upon meeting, or if it's only some of them..."

Chu Xuan's thoughts flickered, guessing it was likely the latter.

After all, when he stripped the Specter from Luo Xiaotian's body, the other party hadn't mentioned this.

Chu Xuan didn't pay it much mind; as the saying goes, when you're buried in debt, you stop worrying, and when you're covered in lice, you stop itching.

He was already completely at odds with the Resurrection Society.

His previous act of impersonating the Azure Dragon through the Chapter of the Azure Dragon must have been exposed long ago, and he was likely already a primary target for the Resurrection Society.

Meanwhile, as Chu Xuan killed Xiao Wei with a single punch, the others were shocked and horrified that someone who had been walking among them was actually a monster, but a spark of hope also rose within them.

Their expectations of escaping this place grew a bit more.

"Brother Xuan, the security guards won't be patrolling again for a short while. Let's leave quickly; we have about six minutes left..."

Lin Jie spoke cautiously, but as soon as he finished, his face turned deathly pale, and more white hairs appeared on his head.

"How can this be?!"

"The time has already hit zero. How could I be wrong again?!"

Intense terror surfaced on Lin Jie's face: "Why does it keep going wrong? I clearly sensed just now that there should have been some time left..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the survivors fell into a panicked commotion.

"So, is your Talent really Heavenly Secret?"

A calm voice sounded, and Lin Jie abruptly looked up at Chu Xuan.

He hurriedly explained: "My Talent is indeed Heavenly Secret. It's the Talent I Awakened in this hospital. It's only because of this Talent that I've survived until now; otherwise, I would have died long ago. But now..."

Lin Jie was somewhat lost and helpless: "Before this, I sensed that even if I took the spotted pills, I'd be fine as long as I spat them out within half a minute. In the end, I was wrong. Now the time to leave is wrong too. Why is this happening..."

"Is that so? This might be related to your Talent being overextended, making it hit-or-miss..."

Chu Xuan looked at the increasing white hair on Lin Jie's head and his youthful face, which was now turning sallow, with crow's feet appearing at the corners of his eyes at some point.

Chu Xuan suddenly asked: "By the way, are you so certain about the specific times because you received a System mission?"

"Mission?" Lin Jie paused, then shook his head: "Although I'm bound to a System, I haven't received any missions. I know these things because of my Talent."

That made them the same.

Chu Xuan was thoughtful; he had also been wondering why he hadn't received a mission yet.

He had clearly confirmed multiple times that this was not a dream.

Could it be that this place isn't the Dark Place?

Is it just very similar?

Or perhaps the trigger conditions for the mission haven't been met...

"The situation has become extremely critical. The rules of this inpatient building are beginning to finalize. A large number of Strange Creaturess will revive. The Red Mask Nurses, Black-mask Nurses, the Under-bed Specter, the Mirror Specter, the Corridor Specter, and the security guards—they will constantly respawn even if they die, and they will become more and more terrifying. Even the Attending Physicians and the director will appear soon..."

Lin Jie was now completely distraught.

The amount of white hair on his head increased rapidly, occupying more than half of it, while the wrinkles on his cheeks became more pronounced, forming deep furrows.

He no longer looked like a teenager; instead, he looked like a little old man.

"So, their killing rules haven't actually changed?"

Chu Xuan's sudden voice interrupted Lin Jie's muttering.

"You must answer when the Red Mask Nurse knocks, and when she demands you take medicine, someone must step forward to take it."

"The Black-mask Nurse—you're not supposed to let her see you, right? Otherwise, you'll violate a death rule."

"The Mirror Specter's rule is that you can't stare at the mirror for a long time, and the Under-bed Specter's rule is that you can't crawl under the bed, right?"

"Is the Corridor Specter's rule that you can't look back if you hear footsteps?"

"Then, what is the security guard's death rule?"

Hearing Chu Xuan's succession of questions, Lin Jie's expression dazed for a moment. He first nodded, then shook his head:

"The Black-mask Nurse is fine as long as you don't run into her outside. If you run into any room and close the door, you'll be fine even if she sees you through the observation window."

"For the Corridor Specter, you indeed cannot look back, but if you don't look back, a blood shadow will keep following you, absorbing your vitality until you are completely dead!"

"As for the security guards, they are very difficult to deal with. While he is patrolling, you must never let him see you outside a ward; even being hit by the light of his flashlight is forbidden."

"But he happens to have an ability similar to teleportation. Sometimes with one step, he can appear dozens of meters away!"

"So, when the guard is patrolling, we must hide inside a room and not make too much noise, or we'll still attract his attention."

"As for the Attending Physicians and the director who haven't appeared yet... my spirituality is exhausted, I'm almost at my limit..." Lin Jie's eyebrows were streaked with white, and he began to pant as he spoke.

"In that case, there's no problem." Chu Xuan nodded slightly. Confirming these matters was enough for him.

At this moment, Chu Xuan already had a plan in mind for how to bypass these death rules.

"You have a way..."

Lin Jie was immediately overjoyed upon hearing this.

Knock, knock, knock.

Just then, the sound of knocking echoed from outside again.

Lin Jie's face instantly turned pale.

Through the observation window, he saw that besides a Red Mask Nurse, there was actually a Black-mask Nurse standing next to her.

If they didn't respond to the red-mask's knocking, someone would die.

But if they responded, the door would be opened.

Without the cover of the door, being seen directly by the Black-mask Nurse would result in immediate death!

What should they do?!

Lin Jie's heart trembled.

It wasn't just Lin Jie; the others had clearly realized this as well. Everyone was terrified, none of them certain if they would be the next victim.

At that moment, the familiar voice sounded, still calm.

"Come in!"

Lin Jie's whole body shuddered, and then he suddenly noticed that Chu Xuan had put on a black cloak at some point.

The cloak billowed without wind, snapping loudly.

Almost the instant the door was pushed open.

The already dimly lit ward instantly plunged into pitch darkness, without a single ray of light.

Before the Red Mask Nurse's voice could command them to take medicine, a sharp ringing sound erupted, followed by continuous, deafening explosions.

When the darkness dissipated and everyone's vision returned, they were horrified and stunned by the sight before them.

The door and the entire wall in front of them, including the ward opposite them and the beds inside it, had all been reduced to ruins, turned into fragments and dust.

"What just happened..."

"The nurses are gone!!"