Chapter 38: The Monster
Lin Qiye placed the letter down, his expression somewhat strange.
He had initially thought that the letter would contain the secrets of the psychiatric hospital, or perhaps a message from a mysterious powerful figure, or even reveal the truth about the world...
But… what was with this damn elementary school-level composition vibe?!
Could it be that the previous director of this hospital was really a little girl?
That didn't make sense!
What kind of little girl could beat the Goddess of Night in the art of creation?
There wasn't much useful information in this bizarre letter. From what he could gather, before him, this hospital had been under the control of another girl, who had also taken some things from the patients.
Lin Qiye's brow furrowed again as he thought about it.
The letter mentioned "several patients."
In other words, besides Nyx, had she also opened the rooms of several other gods and won their belongings through some sort of "competition"?
What kind of freakish monster was this...
But, she mentioned that there was something beneath the office?
Lin Qiye crouched down and, with his mental energy, began probing the floor below. As he approached the twenty-meter mark, it seemed like he had found something unusual...
"This room has a mechanism?" Lin Qiye lifted his head to look at the wall behind the office. From his perception, there was a hidden passage behind the wall, and the method to open it…
Lin Qiye carefully sensed for a while, then stood up, walked over to the bookshelf in the corner, and gently pressed on a secret compartment.
Immediately, the wall behind the office slowly parted to reveal a dark passageway.
Without hesitation, Lin Qiye began walking down the passage.
The passage was long and deep. Lin Qiye walked for quite a while before finally reaching the end.
When he opened the door at the end, he froze in place.
Before him stretched a dim, damp corridor, and along the sides were dark, eerie prison cells!
Yes, prison cells.
Unlike the six rooms in the upper hospital ward, what Lin Qiye saw before him were actual prison cells, the kind that only existed in jails. The iron doors of the cells were also covered in intricate patterns, though it was unclear what they were for.
Lin Qiye moved forward along the corridor, his mental energy constantly alert.
At the bottom of this already mysterious psychiatric hospital, there were two rows of eerie prison cells. It was clear that this was no ordinary place.
Strangely, both sides of the cells were empty, not a single person inside.
"Is this just an abandoned prison?" Lin Qiye muttered to himself as he continued forward.
Soon, he reached the end.
However, when his gaze landed on the first cell at the end, his pupils suddenly contracted!
Inside the cell, in the corner, crouched a muscular figure. It seemed to have heard Lin Qiye's footsteps, and it stiffly turned its head...
Revealing a pale and twisted ghostly face!
The Ghost-Face King!
Lin Qiye recognized the familiar figure and a fierce killing intent erupted in his eyes. He instinctively took half a step back.
The Ghost-Face King, like a beast, let out a roar and charged toward Lin Qiye. However, the moment it reached the cell bars, it was blasted back by an invisible force, crashing into the wall behind it.
Lin Qiye frowned deeply.
Hadn't he already killed the Ghost-Face King? Its face had been shredded into eighteen pieces; it was dead, beyond any possibility of survival. Its body should have been taken by the Nightwatchers…
So why was it here?
As Lin Qiye pondered, the familiar panel appeared before his eyes again.
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**Criminal: Ghost-Face King.**
**Choice:** As a mythological creature you personally killed, you have the right to decide its soul's fate:
**Choice 1:** Completely erase its soul, making it disappear from the world forever.
**Choice 2:** Make its fear value reach 60, and hire it as a hospital attendant. While taking care of patients, it can offer a certain degree of protection to you.
**Current Fear Value:** 1.
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After reading the message, Lin Qiye finally understood what was going on.
It seemed that besides imprisoning the six mysterious patients, this psychiatric hospital also had the ability to turn mythological creatures that were personally killed into attendants.
In other words, every time he killed a mythological creature, he would have the opportunity to make it an attendant?
Would this also apply to ancient gods?
What if, and this was a big "what if," in the future, if he killed a real god, could he turn them into an employee to work for him?
Lin Qiye's heart began to race at the thought.
"Rooooar!!"
The Ghost-Face King's roar snapped Lin Qiye out of his thoughts. He looked up at the terrifying figure in the cell, his gaze slowly turning cold.
"Ghost-Face King…" Lin Qiye spoke calmly. "You're strong, and if I make you my attendant, it would be quite a good choice..."
Hearing this, the Ghost-Face King gradually quieted down.
Lin Qiye slowly extended his hand, seemingly to touch the Ghost-Face King's ghostly face.
The Ghost-Face King's eyes flashed with murderous intent, but its survival instinct forced it to suppress the urge to attack. After all, once it appeared here, it had learned of its two potential fates.
It knew that its destiny was now in the hands of this insignificant ant before it.
It didn't want to completely vanish from the world, so… it could only choose to submit.
It lowered its head, quiet like a dog.
Lin Qiye's hand touched the Ghost-Face King's ghostly face, lightly caressing it.
"You've killed many people, but it's fine. I wasn't close to them. That doesn't stop me from hiring you…" Lin Qiye's eyes narrowed, a cold glint flashing in them.
"Unfortunately… you killed someone very important."
Suddenly, Lin Qiye's hand tightened!
"Ahhh—!!" The Ghost-Face King's ghostly face twisted in agony, a sharp wail echoing through the cell.
It struggled desperately, trying to escape from Lin Qiye's grip, but it was futile…
This was Lin Qiye's hospital.
He was the director here.
If he wanted it dead…
It had to die!
A murderous gleam flared in Lin Qiye's eyes. Amid the pitiful screams, the Ghost-Face King inflated rapidly, like a balloon!
Then... it exploded with a loud bang!
Blood and shredded flesh covered the entire cell, only to be quickly devoured by the walls and floor. In mere seconds, the mythological creature from the Chuanjing region had completely disappeared.
This cell was like a living, bloodthirsty monster!
Lin Qiye's white coat was also stained with blood. He looked at the empty cell, his expression unchanged.
"You were strong, but unfortunately..."
"My hospital doesn't welcome you."
With that, he turned and casually stuffed his hands into the pockets of his white coat, walking out.
The blood on his white coat quickly soaked in, vanishing…
Like a monster that devoured humans.