[Beep ——][Game loading ——]
[Generating character data ——]
[Character: Leo]
[Level: 1]
[Experience: 0/25]
[Ability: None]
[Items: Grenade x3 (As a psychologist, why do you carry three grenades with you?)]
[Health: 10/10]
[Strength: 2]
[Spirit: 101 (100 + 1) (Unknown error code)]
[Luck: 0]
[Title: None]
[Soul Weapon: Rusty Scalpel (Unknown error code)]
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[Unknown error occurred in character data... Detecting the source of error data...]
[Failed to detect character error data... Retrying detection...]
[Unknown disorder occurred... Attempting to repair... Repair failed...]
[Repair failed...]
[Repair failed...]
[Repair failed...]
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The glaring white light gradually roused Leo from his fainting state. When he opened his eyes, he saw the operating room's shadowless lamp. A thick smell of dust and rust filled his nostrils.
He slowly sat up and surveyed the surrounding environment. Instantly, he realized that he had been drawn into the real - life horror game 'Hell' that had descended upon the world three years ago!
This game continuously pulls humans into terrifying worlds to carry out various horror tasks and live - streams them in real - time on the game's virtual platform, 'Eternal Night Camp'! Those who succeed receive rewards and grow stronger, while those who fail have their lives permanently deducted until they die.
The health value shown above is not the health bar of the character the player is controlling, but the player's own health bar!
After briefly making sure there was no danger around him, Leo immediately opened his mission panel.
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[Dungeon: Colossus Hospital (Novice)]
[Main Quest: Escape from Colossus Hospital]
[Quest Reward: 25 experience points]
[Difficulty: Hell]
[Note: The difficulty of the novice dungeon is moderate, and monster resistance is reduced by 50.]
[Introduction: You randomly got a hell - difficulty dungeon through your 'abilities'. Have a good game!]
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"A novice dungeon with Hell difficulty... It seems quite dangerous. I need to be careful," Leo murmured to himself.
He got up from the tattered iron bed and stretched his body. Everything seemed fine, and he was in peak condition.
Approaching the broken vintage glass window, Leo took a general look at the scene outside. His eyes landed on the outer wall of the hospital. Suddenly, a faint, almost imperceptible dark - red, bloody glint flashed deep in his eyes! Right after that, Leo obtained some unstable data.
[Unknown Shadow: Dangerous]
[Note: ——]
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[Wall: Neutral]
[Note: Cannot be climbed over; cannot be destroyed.]
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[Door: Neutral]
[Note: Requires an access card.]
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"Access card?" Leo touched his chin. These data, of unknown origin, revealed crucial information! To escape the hospital, he needed an access card. It seemed this was his ultimate goal.
He carefully pushed the door open. The corridor was pitch - black. In the distance, a pale lamp hissed and flickered, its light wavering. A cold gust of wind blew, sending a chill through one's bones. Such a scene was enough to make an ordinary person collapse in fear.
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[Eternal Night Camp Live - streaming Hall]
: Strange, among this batch of newbies, there's actually someone with a spirit value of 101?!
: What? Isn't the maximum spiritual power of the game players 100?
: I remember so. The current highest - ranked player also only has 100. His name is something like Dragon Emperor Demon God. He's not from our Bone Region. I heard he's from the Blood Region and is the number one on the Blood Region's overall leaderboard.
: Could there be a bug in the system?
: Holy crap! Look! This unlucky guy's novice dungeon is actually Colossus Hospital?
: He's doomed. This newbie is going to die right at the start!
: What? Another newbie has entered Colossus Hospital? Let's go, let's watch the live - stream!
: What's his name?
: Leo.
In Eternal Night Camp, many players exclaimed and clicked into Leo's live - stream room. They were eager to see how this unfortunate soul who entered Colossus Hospital would meet his end.
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On the fourth floor, Leo continued walking forward along the mottled wall. The paint was peeling off along with the wall - skin, covering the floor, and there were patches of mildew. Clearly, the hospital had been abandoned for years.
401... 402... 403... The doorplates were hanging precariously. Eventually, Leo stopped at the door of 409.
He saw a dying old man lying in the ward. The old man was emaciated, with a head full of white hair. There were many tubes inserted into the old man to keep him alive. The old man looked at Leo with a pleading gaze, his lips moving slightly.
"Young man... help me..."
"I want to go to the toilet. Can you help me get up?"
Leo carefully examined the old man. Those strange, unstable data appeared again.
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[Old Man Jack: High - level Danger!]
[Note: Immobile, slow speed.]
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"Is it a luring - type monster?"
"With super - strong combat attributes, but immobile, with a narrow attack range, and even having a fatal weakness." Leo's mind raced. Then he pushed the door open and walked towards the old man step by step.
The old man on the hospital bed watched Leo approaching. A malicious and cold smile flashed across his eyes, but he said gratefully, "Thank you, young man!"
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In the live - stream room, the players who saw Leo enter the room showed expressions of pity and mockery.
: Tsk tsk tsk, he actually dared to go in! Even a fool would know there can't be a living person in this kind of place!
: I'm afraid no less than a hundred people have died at the hands of Old Man Jack!
: I thought this newbie with a spirit of 101 was something special, but he's actually an idiot. He's even worse than the one with a spirit of 78 last time.
: Let's go. This newbie is too useless!
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The people in the live - stream room were chatting animatedly. However, soon they noticed that Leo stopped about three meters away from the old man.
The old man's cloudy eyes were filled with eagerness. Come on! Come and touch my hand! He was screaming in his mind.
Somehow, a Rusty Scalpel appeared in Leo's hand, which he had hidden behind his back. He took another step, but instead of going to the front of the old man, he walked around to his back.
The old man's smile froze.
"What... what are you going to do?"
Leo stared at the back of the old man's head for a long time and said calmly, "I'll ask you a question. If you answer it correctly, I'll take you to the toilet."
"Well... what if I answer wrong?"
"Then I'll cut off your head."
Old Man Jack was stunned! The audience in the live - stream room was also stunned! Goodness, this is turning the tables! This newbie seems to be a bit... fierce?
"Okay... okay, ask, ask."
Due to the system settings, Old Man Jack couldn't turn around. At this moment, as fierce as he was, he had become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
Leo pressed the tip of the scalpel against the back of Old Man Jack's head and asked, "How many leg hairs do I have?"
Old Man Jack:???
Live - stream room:???
Puchi! The sound of the scalpel piercing the flesh was heard. The Rusty Scalpel in Leo's hand had successfully stabbed into Old Man Jack's head!
Old Man Jack's face showed panic, and he shouted, "Don't kill me!"
"Ask me another question! Ask another one!"
Leo was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."
"Then I'll ask another one."
"Where is the hospital's access card?"
This time, Old Man Jack let out a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "There are three access cards in total. One is in the logistics department, one is on the dean, and the other one..."
As he was speaking, his eyes suddenly widened, and his body began to twitch!
[Your soul weapon has touched the ghost's resentment and has been successfully unsealed.]
[The scalpel can cause extra damage to ghosts.]
[You have killed Old Man Jack, and the scalpel has been slightly enhanced.]
After a few struggles, the old man lowered his head. Leo pulled out his scalpel and noticed that there was a bit less mottled rust on it.
He glanced at the iron window. There was a slight uplift at the corner of the bed. If one wasn't careful enough, it would be impossible to notice. Leo fumbled around for a while and actually found a property certificate.
At the same time, the system's voice sounded.
[Hidden Quest Triggered: Old Man Jack's Last Wish]
[Note: In the dungeon, hidden quests are randomly triggered by players. The difficulty is higher than that of the main quest. After triggering, players can choose not to complete it without being punished, and it will not affect the completion of the main quest. After completing the hidden quest, players will receive an extra reward.]
With the system message, the old man's body somehow turned around and quietly looked at Leo. There was no longer any ferocity in his eyes. His figure was fading.
"Thank you, young man, for setting me free."
"This property certificate was the only savings of this old man in his lifetime."
"My daughter once..."
In his last moments, he told his story slowly.
It turned out that Old Man Jack's daughter, Snow, in order to get this property certificate, had an affair with the dean of Colossus Hospital in private and tried to conspire to kill him! But later, Snow died in an accidental elevator accident in the hospital. So the matter was left unresolved.
Old Man Jack entrusted Leo to help him kill the dean of Colossus Hospital. In exchange, this property certificate would belong to Leo.
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[Item: Old Man Jack's Property Certificate (Unsealed)]
[Quality: Green]
[Introduction: The painstaking effort of an old worker throughout his life.]
[Effect: ——]
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In the live - stream room, hundreds of players watching the live - stream were stunned in place. For a full three seconds. Then it suddenly became noisy!
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