Chapter 90

Chapter 90

With the weight of a fate-determining decision pressing on his chest, Xiyu didn’t sleep a wink all night.

As soon as the clock struck six and Nurse Xia opened the door to draw his blood, Xiyu shoved her aside and dashed out.

Nurse Xia, completely innocent, stood frozen and called out, “Hey…”

Actually, for today’s operation, the impromptu mutual aid group had already divided the tasks—

The other three were responsible for locating Nurse Chun and Caretaker Dong, while Xiyu had one job: at all costs, find the key to open the door—Head Nurse Lin or Director Hao’s index finger!

After sizing up the situation in his head, he decided that although Director Hao held the highest rank, it was the ostentatious and domineering Lin Fengyang who usually had more help around. If he had to go all-in now, it would be easier to target the unreliable pervert Hao Zhong.

With that decision made, Xiyu rushed upstairs toward the director’s office.

Meanwhile, Sun Xiuya and Ma Guanshan regrouped and headed to the ward where Nurse Chun was held.

Unfortunately, one of them was naturally frail, and the other had a crippled leg—their combat effectiveness was truly worrisome.

Waiting near the ward all along, Ying Zhixing appeared fearlessly and sneered without even lifting his eyelids: “This has nothing to do with you. Why meddle—Ma Guanshan, isn’t this what you want? I’ll give it to you. Take it and scram.”

As he spoke, he held up a bottle of nutrient solution.

Ma Guanshan couldn’t help swallowing hard.

Ying Zhixing’s plan was spot-on. If Ma drank that, then found a place to hide, the game would basically be over for him. There’d be no reason to stay involved.

But Sun Xiuya frowned and scolded, “Not everything in life is about self-interest. Even if Ma Guanshan gives up, I’ll help Xiyu. Because I owe Luo Xi a debt.”

Ying Zhixing scoffed, “Even an artificial human talks about debt?”

Sun Xiuya frowned again: “Artificial humans are still human—why wouldn’t they have feelings?”

Ying Zhixing nodded, pulled a scalpel from his pocket, and said with disdain, “Fine, then let’s try it. I may not be able to kill you—but I can make you wish you were dead.”

At that moment, Ma Guanshan really did waver. But seeing Ying Zhixing charge at the frail Sun Xiuya, he couldn’t help but recall how his own sister had been abused by Mu Yuan without any power to fight back. Rage welled up in him. On impulse, he raised his crutch and struck out fiercely to block the attack and protect Sun Xiuya!

By now, Xiyu was already panting at the door of the director’s office.

He hid around the corner and waited until Lin Fengyang stormed out with fury. Only then did he slip in swiftly and gracefully.

Director Hao Zhong was frowning and reading the newspaper at his desk when he looked up and barked, “What are you doing?”

Xiyu quietly shut the office door, looked at Director Hao under the sunlight, and said, “I came to borrow something.”

Director Hao, who never interacted with patients directly, was wary and resistant: “I have nothing for you to borrow. Get out. If you need anything, talk to Doctor Yao.”

“What I want, she doesn’t have. After all, her hands can’t open the front gate of the facility!” Xiyu suddenly leapt onto the desk and yanked the unprepared Hao Zhong out of the sunlight, pinning him to the ground. He punched his face twice, then quickly covered his mouth and tied his hands with rope he had prepared earlier.

Hao Zhong was terrified and in pain, kicking frantically.

Xiyu ripped off his tie and stuffed it into his mouth, then gasped for air from the burning pain in his guts. He picked up the scalpel he had hidden for a long time.

Hao Zhong could only make muffled sounds as he struggled desperately against this terrifying patient.

“Sorry,” Xiyu said, “I don’t want to do this either. But you brought this on yourself.” He flipped Hao Zhong over, grabbed his wrist, and forcefully sliced off his index finger.Ten fingers connected to the heart — Director Hao was in such agony that his eyeballs nearly popped out, and his whole body trembled like a sieve.

Xi Yu, now that he had started, didn’t hold back. Using the small surgical knife, he painstakingly sliced along the gaps in the bone to sever the finger, then securely tied up the nearly unconscious Director Hao before finally standing up.

Director Hao’s glasses had slid to the side, his vision completely blurred.

Xi Yu looked away, pulled out several rolls of bandages from his pocket, and began wrapping the exposed skin on his body. Bit by bit, his handsome features became unrecognizable, as did the determined, no-turning-back look on his face.

Meanwhile, Ying Zhixing and Ma Guanshan, who had already been fighting, quickly showed a clear winner. After all, Ying Zhixing was protected by the NC system — though his illness wasn’t cured, his physical strength was unaffected.

Sun Xiuyá trembled with fear as she watched them rolling and grappling on the ground, unable to find a moment to step in and help.

In the corner, Fu’er was sneakily watching, thoroughly entertained, and it was impossible to tell from his filthy, perverse expression who he wished worse luck upon.

At that crucial moment, Luo Xi silently appeared behind Fu’er and said coldly, “Rats hiding in the gutter may live long, but they never make it to the final scene.”

Fu’er turned around in shock.

Without hesitation, Luo Xi sprayed the lipstick lure agent straight into Fu’er’s face.

Fu’er’s pupils dilated slowly, as if he were witnessing the most terrifying ghost in the world. He let out an ear-piercing scream and immediately began thrashing wildly on the ground in a pathetic mess!

The system broadcast delivered the emotionless message:

[Unfortunately, patient Fu’er has left us. Our condolences.]

Hearing the commotion, Sun Xiuyá immediately looked up.

Ying Zhixing, however, remained fully focused on dealing with Ma Guanshan. Finally, he got the chance to lock Ma Guanshan’s neck in a tight chokehold and panted, “Still not giving up? Meddlers never meet a good end!”

Ma Guanshan, eyes bloodshot, struggled with all his strength to break free.

Ying Zhixing, already accustomed to the brutal fights between streamers, slashed a knife at the corner of Ma Guanshan’s mouth and then pulled hard — the wound ripped all the way to Ma’s ear in a savage, unrelenting tear!

Blood gushed in thick streams. Sun Xiuyá screamed in horror and hurled a trash bin at Ying Zhixing’s face!

Ying Zhixing let go of Ma Guanshan and immediately lunged at Sun Xiuyá!

The miserable Ma Guanshan clutched his mutilated face, rolling on the floor in agony, completely incapable of helping.

Panicked, Sun Xiuyá backed away. Just as she was about to flee, Luo Xi finally appeared, struggling to block Ying Zhixing.

Ying Zhixing panted and sneered, “I know you won’t give up on Xi Yu. But you’re not qualified to fight me. Maybe on a normal day, but now—”

As he spoke, he grabbed Luo Xi by the neck and punched him hard in the stomach.

Luo Xi’s once-proud reflexes and speed had long been eroded by ossification. He couldn’t even raise his hands to defend and was forced to take the full brunt of the blow.

Terrified, Sun Xiuyá looked around in a panic and finally remembered to rush into Nurse Chun’s room. She helped her up and said, “Let’s go — Xi Yu is coming soon. Come with me!”

After receiving treatment, Nurse Chun’s condition had improved significantly. She worriedly said, “What about Attendant Dong…”

Sun Xiuyá trembled all over from nerves and said, “I know where he is!”Unfortunately, Ying Zhixing wasn’t some brainless fool—he immediately realized what Sun Xiuyas was doing and tried to stop her blatant rescue attempt.

Fortunately, Luo Xi hadn’t collapsed. He seized the opportunity to lock Ying Zhixing’s waist from behind and shouted angrily, “Make the most of this time!”

Sun Xiuyas dragged Nurse Chun and fled in another direction.

Just then, the mummy-like Xi Yu arrived with Attendant Dong.

One glance at the carnage in the hallway was enough—no matter how much his heart ached, he couldn’t waste this hard-won chance.

Xi Yu grabbed Nurse Chun and Attendant Dong by the arms and led them down the stairs without looking back.

Sun Xiuyas stopped. “I’ll hold Ying Zhixing off for you!”

Xi Yu had no time to reply.

Because the escape of the two undercover agents seemed to trigger some kind of mechanism—shadows emerged from corners, many shadow attendants trying to attack him and the undercover NC!

But after so many life-and-death battles with players, enemies within the game were no longer enough to stop Xi Yu.

Attendant Dong, being a police officer, had some combat ability, so Xi Yu only needed to protect Nurse Chun. Within ninety seconds, they reached the rear door of the sanatorium building that he had already scoped out.

Seeing the glimmer of victory, Xi Yu lunged at the electronic lock, panting, and took Hao Zhong’s finger from his pocket, pressing it on the scanner.

Beep beep—

The iron door began to open instantly.

But just then, a bloodied Ying Zhixing burst out from the elevator.

Even at this critical moment, there was no twist—it seemed Ying Zhixing truly had no secret weapon left.

“Go grab the delivery guy’s vehicle!” Xi Yu shouted to Attendant Dong and then courageously threw himself at Ying Zhixing!

Usually, fighting a porphyria patient was easiest by dragging them into the sunlight.

But now that Xi Yu had wrapped up all his exposed skin, Ying Zhixing had no easy way to attack him!

Their stamina was already heavily drained, and every punch or kick they threw now relied purely on willpower.

Xi Yu’s voice was much deeper than usual. Suddenly, he fiercely kicked Ying Zhixing to the ground and cursed, “Stop struggling! I won’t die, and you’re not going to win big either!”

Ying Zhixing sneered and got back up, suddenly throwing himself at Xi Yu and forcing a small bottle into his hand, gritting his teeth as he said, “Really? One wrong spray and you’re done!”

It turned out to be that silver bullet inducement agent that was supposedly useless—somehow it had ended up in Ying Zhixing’s hands.

Xi Yu’s trembling hand was gripped so tightly by Ying Zhixing that it nearly drew blood.

In just 0.1 seconds, that liquid would be sprayed by Xi Yu himself!

But thinking of Luo Xi, who still hadn’t had the nutrient solution, Xi Yu suddenly summoned strength from nowhere and yanked his hand away.

Ying Zhixing’s fingernails scratched a deep bloody mark across the back of Xi Yu’s hand.

And at that very moment, due to the sweat and blood making his hand slippery, Ying Zhixing accidentally pressed the bottle’s nozzle.The transparent, colorless liquid sprayed all over Xi Yu’s face.

Ying Zhixing froze for a moment.

Xi Yu, gasping for breath, stared at him.

Blood began pouring from all the wounds across Ying Zhixing’s body—large and small—like opened faucets, endlessly flowing.

Only then did Xi Yu shove Ying Zhixing aside and stumble forward into the morning sunlight.

The system broadcast sounded calmly.

[Unfortunately, patient Ying Zhixing has left us. Please accept our condolences.]

At that moment, Attendant Dong was struggling alone against the attacking shadows, while the delivery workers scattered in panic.

Xi Yu rushed forward, frantically swinging the surgical knife to drive off the shadows, pushing the two NPCs onto the delivery truck. “Go! We can’t waste time!”

Nurse Chun was already in tears and couldn’t help but say, “Thank you…”

The warmth of the sunlight seeped through the gaps in the bandages, constantly tormenting Xi Yu, who was now soaked in blood.

Xi Yu gave a bitter smile.

Nurse Chun stuffed two bottles of nutrient solution into his hands. “I will come back to save you.”

Xi Yu took them, waved a hand, and watched as Attendant Dong drove the truck through the iron gate and disappeared into the distance. Only then did he let out a sigh of relief.

Strangely enough, the shadows—so aggressive just moments ago—vanished instantly.

Xi Yu gave a bitter smile.

The system broadcast did not disappoint.

[Today’s informant mission completed. Reward: x2 Nutrient Solution]

[Ultimate informant mission completed. Congratulations to streamer Xi Yu]

Outside Nurse Chun’s hospital room, blood covered the floor.

Luo Xi, Sun Xiuyas, and Ma Guanshan lay in pools of blood. Though not dead, they were indeed left barely alive—just as Ying Zhixing had threatened.

Having finally returned, Xi Yu took out the two bottles of nutrient solution. Without hesitation, he fed one to Luo Xi. Then, after weighing the other bottle in his hand, he turned and gave it to Ma Guanshan, whose mouth had been slashed to pieces.

He said softly, “My mission is complete. You need it more than I do. Thank you.”

Ma Guanshan’s eyes were lifeless—he had clearly relapsed and was completely unaware.

Exhausted, Xi Yu collapsed to his knees, gently leaning on the motionless Luo Xi, and closed his eyes with a smile.

[Instance #11 concluded]

[Peak live viewers: 2,771,832,119][The following are the victorious qualifiers——]

[Xi Yu]

[Luo Xi]

[Ma Guanshan]

[Sun Xiuyas]

[Two remaining qualifier slots to be determined by vote——]

[Voting in progress……]

[Voting results——]

[Ying Zhixing]

[Zhou Rong]

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