Chapter 64

Shijian once again offered a new succinct phrase.

Dr. Feng, a middle-aged male doctor who looked gentle and refined, could no longer pretend with Shijian.

He glanced at the corpses, then at Shijian, even his hands trembling.

He was furious.

If corpses reanimated in the real world, that would indeed be a medical miracle worth researching — but this wasn’t a real world, it was a horror game dungeon!

What good would researching them do?

Dr. Feng wanted desperately to grab Shijian’s shoulders and shake her, asking why she was standing there. He himself was a medical miracle!

And he was a psychiatrist — as if he could really research the reanimated corpses!

Dr. Feng just wanted Shijian to compensate him for the unfinished medicine. He didn’t have such lofty ambitions — just to give Shijian the medicine and have her die.

…

The corpses were also confused. They had been passionately chasing Shijian.

They weren’t just trying to eat her — they were fighting for their dignity.

They wanted to tear Shijian apart, making her pay with blood to understand — the eggs and hair aren’t to be attacked at will.

But the corpses hadn’t expected to encounter a doctor from Renxin Hospital here, and that pretty-looking but dirty-fighting female patient wanted the doctor to study them.

The corpses quieted down, then whispered among themselves.

“I don’t want to be taken to the operating room.”

“As if anyone wants to go to the operating room.”

“I know that doctor — he’s from psychiatry…”

“So he’s probably good at electric shocks?”

“Let’s run.”

Can’t provoke them, but can’t run from them either?

They couldn’t run.

Shijian finished talking with Dr. Feng, furrowed her brows, and looked at the corpses. “Why are you running?”

“No running!”

“I can hear everything you say.”

“Everyone stay, let Dr. Feng do medical research.”

The corpses, who originally planned to sneak away, “…”

Their bodies stiffened.

Though they were already stiff, now even more so.

…【Hahahahaha, I admit when I first stayed in the streamer’s personal livestream room, I was just appreciating her looks, but I didn’t expect her to be this strong—totally hooked.】

【Who can resist a streamer who’s both beautiful and skilled? She has so many slick moves.】

【I have evidence to suspect Shijian told the corpses she could hear them talk as revenge because when they were in the morgue, the corpses told her they could see the clock and the skylight and knew it wasn’t even ten o’clock yet. (dog head emoji)】

【Maybe some still remember Shijian pulling back the cloth on a corpse, making it keep staring at her. (dog head emoji)】

In summary, the streamer is such a good dog, so lovable!

Shijian’s longtime viewers are still wavering over whether to assign the role of big unlucky in this new dungeon to Dr. Feng or the head nurse.

Now they know, it has to be Dr. Feng!

Some viewers like watching the streamer get chased by ghosts and scream, but most prefer watching her crush and toy with the ghosts.

It’s just very satisfying, very joyful.

Just minutes ago, the corpses were chasing Shijian, not letting her run, but now the roles have reversed quickly—Shijian is not letting the corpses run.

When Tang Tian came over panting, planning to support Shijian, she saw Shijian had already handled everything.

Shijian didn’t linger here; after seeing Tang Tian, she quickly slipped away.

“Dr. Feng, study hard, good luck, I’m counting on you.”

She said this perfunctorily, gave a perfunctory cheer, then settled the corpses by Dr. Feng and rushed toward Tang Tian.

Dr. Feng looked at the corpses and each other; he wanted to confront Shijian but couldn’t react in time, and Tang Tian’s arrival tied his hands, leaving him to take charge of these “medical miracles.”

…

“How’s the situation?”

“When I rushed over, I saw Sun Zhuo and the others heading upstairs.”

After regrouping, Shijian and Tang Tian exchanged updates.

Shijian: She was just asking routinely; otherwise, she didn’t seem able to do much.

But now everyone could gather at the director’s office. Shijian, chased by corpses all over, had long forgotten the way, but Tang Tian still remembered.

So the two found the stairs again and climbed up; this time, they encountered no danger.

Shijian’s ability to attract hatred was top-notch—she led away a large number of corpses, buying Sun Zhuo and the others a breather and valuable time.

Viewers in the public livestream room were also watching the streamers’ progress entering the director’s office.

After escaping the corpses’ pursuit, Sun Zhuo and two other streamers successfully reached the director’s office door. This path had no infrared sensors.

The director’s office was locked but could be broken open; getting this far was considered smooth.

According to the intelligence gathered, as long as they used the director’s office computer to modify the streamers’ status one by one to “recovered,” they could then quickly leave the hospital.

Sun Zhuo and the others were both nervous and hopeful.

Nervous that medical staff might suddenly burst in and expose their actions; hopeful that if they solved this now, they could exit the dungeon and successfully clear the stage.

They had survived another dungeon.“I’ve never felt a computer boot up this slowly before.”

The streamer sitting in front of the director’s computer anxiously stared at the boot-up prompt, palms sweaty.

Sun Zhuo was still worried about Shijian and the others; he kept watching outside while saying, “I hope everyone is safe now.”

Shijian and Tang Tian had just arrived on this floor; the other streamers arrived one after another. Seeing the surviving streamers were all fine, Sun Zhuo relaxed a lot.

If they could finish modifying the info now, it would be a happy ending for all.

The director’s office computer finally booted up slowly, but a streamer with some computer knowledge noticed:

“…We can’t modify it.”

“We need the director’s permission first.”

Everyone had already gathered in the director’s office, the chance to clear the dungeon seemed within reach, but now they found out it was impossible.

No permission.

The streamer wanted to slam the table but feared attracting medical staff, so in the end, could only hit their own thigh.

Shijian also moved closer. Seeing this, Sun Zhuo felt a flicker of hope. After these days together, the streamers had witnessed Shijian’s ability to turn the tide in critical moments.

Sun Zhuo asked Shijian, “Can you do this?”

Public livestream chat: [Shijian can’t hack a computer too, right?!]

How many surprises did they not yet know?

Tang Tian looked at Shijian as well. Did her sister know computers? She wasn’t sure since Shijian hadn’t shown it before.

Shijian stepped back two paces, hands in pockets, calmly signaling it wasn’t the case; she was just glancing casually.

Computers weren’t Shijian’s specialty.

The streamer also noticed that forcibly decoding might trigger some mechanism—a security alarm.

…

This trip, the streamers came full of hope but left deeply disappointed.

A small meeting had to be held.

A heated discussion started around the fact that only the director had permission to use that computer.

Some more radical streamers shouted, “Can we control the director?”

Shijian actually thought so too, but it wasn’t feasible here.

Tang Tian shared her thoughts, “Maybe at first, it could’ve worked, but after Wei Yuanlong, probably not… By the way, I don’t think we’ve ever actually seen the director.”

The female streamer who had been burned by high heat suddenly became alert, looking around, “Who’s speaking?”

Her suspicious state made Shijian’s heart race too, but she quickly realized what the other was doing.

Shijian grabbed Tang Tian’s hand and said to that female streamer,

“If you’re not asking about something else… that’s probably my friend?”The female streamer blinked. Shijian held Tang Tian’s hand, so she couldn’t ignore Tang Tian. The female streamer instantly blushed and apologized to Tang Tian.

“Sorry, I didn’t notice... just came out of the morgue and haven’t recovered yet.”

Tang Tian didn’t mind much, just like Shijian was used to being the center of attention, Tang Tian was used to being overlooked.

Tang Tian’s point was indeed reasonable.

Wei Yuanlong’s plan to take control of the doctors at Renxin Hospital not only failed to leave the dungeon but also added more restrictions to Shijian and the others. Besides, where was the director?

Shijian shook her head, “I haven’t seen the director.”

Sun Zhuo had seen him once.

The plan to control the director was unlikely to work; the director’s combat ability was unknown, and the medical staff were on higher alert.

The conservative faction felt they needed to curry favor with the director.

Shijian was no longer as helpless as when facing the computer. Tang Tian noticed Shijian seemed about to say something and cued her.

Everyone’s eyes focused on Shijian, including the livestream audience waiting for her to speak.

Shijian adjusted her posture and boldly said, raising her eyebrows, “Why can’t we just be the director?”

Shijian’s logic: Since director’s permission is needed, instead of thinking about controlling or currying favor with the director, why not just become the director ourselves?

Controlling our own fate is better and more reliable than relying on some ghost.

A mentally ill patient who doesn’t want to be the director of Renxin Hospital isn’t a good star.

Dr. Feng had no ambitions; Shijian felt they could have them.

The atmosphere immediately ignited.

…

[Wow!]

[Crazy, expectations are sky-high. I really didn’t expect it to come to this. Are we really going to try to become the director of Renxin Hospital now?]

[I can never keep up with Shijian’s thinking. I’ve seen many top streamers clear dungeons, some relying on brute force, some super smart using brains, but this streamer is different. She’s toxic.]

Shijian hadn’t really solved the problem properly. At first glance, her answer seemed ridiculous, but after thinking it over, it actually seemed feasible.

One question after another was raised as if Shijian was holding a press conference, with Tang Tian as her manager.

For example, “temporary manager” Tang Tian prepared water for Shijian and told the other streamers, “Don’t rush, one question at a time.” The reporter lady didn’t have to worry.

Question one: How to become the director?

Is it that easy to become the director?

Shijian’s red lips parted slightly, “Buy!”

Renxin Hospital wasn’t public but private, so since it was private, they could buy it.

Question two came up.

“Can we actually afford to buy Renxin Hospital?”Shijian obtained quite a bit of paper currency circulated among the ghosts through the Qingshan No.1 fan meeting and by dressing up Cinderella.

But many streamers had never even seen such paper money, with no channels or opportunities to get in contact with it.

Wanting to take over Renxin Hospital wouldn’t be easy, right?

This wasn’t like upgrading a ward or paying a small amount for ghost labor.

Shijian asked everyone a question in return: “In today’s society, what is the most valuable character?”

During the newbie dungeon, Shijian had already learned that although the streamers came from different parallel worlds, their levels of civilization were the same.

As expected, almost everyone answered in unison—

“拆 (Demolish)!”

The most valuable character is “拆” (demolish).

In many old, dilapidated places, once the character “拆” was stamped, the homeowner’s material conditions skyrocketed.

While Shijian was casually drinking afternoon tea on camera, she had learned that the chairman wanted to demolish the factory buildings outside the hospital to build dormitories and shopping malls.

Shijian looked around and clapped elegantly, “Everyone, it seems like a chance to get rich is coming.”