Chapter 59: Sincere Prayers, Sheepskin of Lies

"You flatter me, Teacher."

"This is my report form."

Ignoring the terrifying sheep's head, Ji Yan handed the report form in his hand forward.

The sheep-headed ghostly doctor took it and briefly scanned the patient's information on it:

"Patient: Liu Yan."

"Condition: Stockholm syndrome, special case."

"Current treatment plan: Psychiatric treatment, emotional soothing, follow-up pending..."

"The report is good, but the treatment plan is completely wrong."

The sheep-headed ghostly doctor glanced through it crudely and gave a brief evaluation.

Completely wrong?

Ji Yan was puzzled. Completely wrong meant total negation.

Shouldn't psychiatric treatment and soothing the condition come first?

The sheep-headed ghostly doctor offered no explanation and handed over a key: "This is all your reward for today."

Ji Yan took the key, his fingertips brushing against the rust on it: "Just... a key and that's it?"

What about the promised psychiatric drugs, sumptuous dinner, and so on?

"The room is already fully equipped."

The sheep-headed ghostly doctor seemed able to hear Ji Yan's inner thoughts: "Lights out at the hospital at nine, bedtime at twelve."

"According to the hospital rules, if you sleep quietly after twelve, nothing will happen. Still, it's best not to sleep too deeply, and pay special attention to two players among the zodiac."

"Because their respective [Prayers] love to come out to work at night, and they particularly like to maliciously target us [Sheep]. You have three senior martial brothers and sisters who were all 'eaten' in the middle of the night."

The sheep-headed ghostly doctor, usually taciturn, exceptionally explained so much nighttime information to Ji Yan.

Through the chicken player, Ji Yan knew that [Prayer] referred to the allegorical traits represented by each zodiac sign.

Through [Prayer], players would be granted certain privileges, dungeon walkthrough progress, special rewards, and so on.

Which two zodiac signs could travel at night?

Several zodiac signs flashed through Ji Yan's mind.

At this moment, the sheep-headed ghostly doctor, staring straight at Ji Yan, suddenly raised a palm covered in white hair.

The next instant, a scalpel appeared in its palm, swiftly lunging toward Ji Yan's throat!

Ji Yan couldn't even react in time.

He thought his throat was about to be slit, but the precision tip of the blade merely pierced a tiny opening just below his laryngeal prominence.

With a gentle flick, it pulled out a fine black thread resembling a shrimp's vein...

"You had too much contact with patient A22, and you were parasitized by something unclean."

"This worm would gradually devour your flesh and multiply."

Ji Yan was alarmed.

Covering the tiny bloody opening on his neck, which felt like a silver needle pricking down without even causing pain.

How exquisite must the force control have been to achieve this?

Putting away the scalpel, before leaving, the sheep-headed ghostly doctor left a final reminder.

"Do not leave the ward at night, even though there are no restrictions."

"However, the hospital at night has too many unclean things. Coincidentally, the thing I least tolerate is my intern getting contaminated."

"If the contamination is too heavy, no matter how outstanding your performance or potential, I will give you up."

Looking at the departing back of the sheep-headed ghostly doctor, Ji Yan repeatedly squeezed the key in his hand.

Immediately afterward, the talent information panel popped up.

"Ding! By touching, you consumed 30 points of mental state and triggered [Omniscience and Omnipresence]."

"You have obtained the right to stay in Room 444, which is equipped with dinner and psychiatric drugs. An empty-looking ward, yet it seems shadowy and unusually bustling?"

"You must rest and sleep as soon as possible to absorb the 'psychiatric drugs' quickly. Otherwise, once the symptoms of infection appear, you will have a very miserable time!"

"Touching can still trigger the talent, and the mental state consumed is less than half of what staring consumes."

Ji Yan thought to himself that this talent was quite user-friendly.

Because of the continuous consumption of his mental state, he now felt increasingly hungry, weak, and muddle-headed.

He had to eat something as soon as possible!

"Judging by the hidden information, didn't that ghostly sheep-headed doctor assign me a ghostly room?"

Just hearing the number 444 sounded inauspicious!

Although he had obtained the psychiatric drugs, Ji Yan inexplicably wanted to see what he would look like once his infection symptoms manifested.

Of course, such a self-destructive thought was just a mischievous passing fancy...

Without lingering, Ji Yan followed the ward door number above and headed toward his accommodation.

The Undead Hospital had a total of four ward buildings: Building A Inpatient Building, Building B Outpatient Building, Building C Emergency Building, and Building D Dormitory Building.

The dormitory building was where players stayed. Ji Yan currently held the identity of an intern and could only operate within the inpatient building and the dormitory building.

The outpatient and emergency departments were forbidden from entry, belonging to un-unlocked dungeon sectors, requiring promotion to the positions of attending physician and director, respectively.

Undoubtedly, the map was much larger than the Scarlet Apartment.

Thinking back on his survival days in the apartment, it felt like a large-scale underground palace battle stage play.

Ignoring the gloomy environment, Ji Yan quickly found Room 444.

Upon entering the room, it was very crude and clear at a glance.

A simple dinner was placed on the table.

However, there were no so-called psychiatric drugs.

"Where are the drugs? Could they have forgotten to put them there?"

Ji Yan was stunned, searching everywhere to confirm that there was only a single portion of dinner.

Or were the psychiatric drugs already mixed into the dinner, or was the dinner itself the treatment drug?

Finding nothing, Ji Yan could only guess this way.

Since he had continuously triggered his talent and had been starving for a long time, Ji Yan opened the lunchbox and began to devour the food ravenously.

There was no such thing as civilized dining here; it was all about the desire for and respect of food!

Even though it was all vegetarian food without much grease, the harsh environment still made Ji Yan find the meal exceptionally delicious.

At that moment, the belated game quest finally sounded in his mind:

"Ding! Congratulations to player for soothing and effectively treating patient A22, successfully completing the task and advancing the first-stage plot of the dungeon."

"The ghostly guide doctor is relatively satisfied with your performance, granting 15% walkthrough progress. Due to your honest report form, the [Prayer] — 'Honesty' was fulfilled, granting an additional 5% walkthrough progress, accumulating a total of 20% walkthrough progress."

"You have obtained the quest reward — [Fine Medical Kit], rare quality."

"You have achieved walkthrough progress on your medical mentor, obtaining the rewards — [Lying Sheepskin Scroll] (special reward, no quality), [Othershore Scalpel] (collector's quality)."

"You have completed 78% of the walkthrough progress for patient A22, increasing your favorability to adoration, and obtained the patient's heartfelt reward — [Grease Perfume] (rare quality)."

There were three rewards, but the [Lying Sheepskin Scroll], this special ghostly item, was undoubtedly the most attractive to Ji Yan.

After all, Ji Yan had already witnessed the overbearing nature of special ghostly items through the [Blood-stained Paper Doll].

He first clicked on the analysis of this ghostly item.

"[Lying Sheepskin Scroll] Ghostly Item Introduction: In ancient legends, primitive tribes would cut off the sheepskin they used for worship, believing that sheep carried the prophecies of the true gods, and that the sheepskin scroll could make prophecies come true."

"Ghostly Item Detailed Explanation: Within the permitted scope, the player can write lies on the sheepskin scroll and make the target believe them, and the lies will be converted into a real existence through game privileges."

Lies come true?!

Ji Yan took a deep breath.

Oh, damn!

As expected of a special ghostly item, it could even be played this way, directly mobilizing game privileges.

Compared to the abstraction of the [Blood-stained Paper Doll], this sheepskin scroll was much more practical!

Seeming to hear Ji Yan's silent complaint, a sharp pain shot through his scalp as the blood-stained paper doll in his hair part directly plucked out a tuft of his hair, making him hurriedly shut his mouth.

But soon, Ji Yan discovered a blind spot.

"My prayer is [Honesty]."

"Then why reward me with a sheepskin scroll that makes me lie?"

"If I use the ghostly item, I will definitely have to lie. But once I lie, it violates the [Prayer], which will definitely make the sheep ghostly doctor furious."

"The contradiction here is too great. Is it a hidden, unknown Easter egg, or a bug?"

While eating his meal, although Ji Yan muttered to himself like this, he certainly didn't believe it was a bug. Clearly, the hospital dungeon harbored quite a few secrets...