As Fang Xiu pondered, noon had arrived. He found a noodle shop at random and had a bowl of noodles before continuing on his journey.

He wanted to observe more strangeness and uncover more truths.

Soon, it was afternoon, and the sun was already setting over Green Vine City. The whole city seemed to be shrouded in a haze, and the strangeness within the city became even more obscure and grotesque.

Finally, Fang Xiu arrived near the Bai Liu Academy.

Bai Liu Academy was a luxurious villa area, although it was quite remote and the surrounding streets were empty, with no pedestrians. However, the high prices for the villas here could not be denied.

The villas were designed to be both luxurious and secluded, providing a convenient place for hiding one's treasures or operating underground clubs.

Most of the people who could afford to buy houses here were chauffeured in luxury cars. The distance was nothing to them, and they appreciated the peace and quiet of the area.

Fang Xiu rode a shared bicycle on the quiet tree-lined road. The greenery on both sides was well-maintained, with trees providing shade and flowers and plants arranged into various beautiful shapes.

This road had been heavily renovated by the Bai Liu Academy developers, as it was the main road leading to the academy. At the end of the road was the Bai Liu Academy itself.

Perhaps because the area was quite remote and sparsely populated, there were very few instances of strangeness nearby, only a few scattered here and there.

Fang Xiu passed through this main road and suddenly stopped in his tracks, carefully examining the building in front of him.

His calm eyes were churning with hidden currents.

The Bai Liu Academy had disappeared!

In its place was a psychiatric hospital.

The hospital covered a large area, with several buildings connected by overpasses.

The walls were dilapidated, with many areas where the paint had peeled off, giving the impression that it had been abandoned for a long time. Overall, it exuded a creepy and terrifying feeling.

The sign at the entrance was already tilted and covered in dust, but the name could still be made out.

Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital.

Fang Xiu stared expressionlessly at the psychiatric hospital in front of him, knowing full well that he had not taken a wrong turn.

"This used to be the Bai Liu Academy, not some Qing Shan Mental Hospital. Is this another strange occurrence? Unlike the previous living anomalies, this time it's a mental hospital. Or is the mental hospital also created by the anomalies?"

Fang Xiu was curious and felt that there may be some hidden secrets about the anomalies in this place. He parked his bicycle and took out his phone.

He had turned off his phone because his manager, Wu Dahai, had been harassing him with calls, and he found it bothersome. When he turned on his phone, he saw that there were 13 missed calls from Wu Dahai and three from his colleague, Zhao Hao.

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Zhao Hao was Fang Xiu's closest colleague, and they had a good relationship. After some thought, Fang Xiu called Zhao Hao.

Ring... ring... ring...

After about thirty seconds, Zhao Hao answered the phone with heavy breathing and deliberately lowered his voice.

"Brother Xiu, why did you take so long to call back? What's going on over there? Wu Dahai is furious and said he wants to fire you and not give you a penny."

Zhao Hao's words came out in a rapid-fire manner, filled with anxiety and concern. Fang Xiu fell silent.

Is everyone okay?

Although the Bai Liu Academy had turned into a mental hospital, it seemed that his colleagues who worked there were not affected.

Is this an illusion?

Or is this mental hospital, like the other anomalies, a strange building that only he can see?

"Brother Xiu, why aren't you saying anything? Is everything okay over there?"

"I'm fine," Fang Xiu's calm voice replied. "Are you all still at the office?"

"Yes, we're all still here. You didn't come in today, and that bastard Wu Dahai took it out on us. He made us work overtime. Oh, by the way, Brother Xiu..."

"I'll talk to you later."

Fang Xu interrupted Zhao Hao's words and hung up the phone, then turned off his phone again.

He planned to go into Qingshan Mental Hospital to investigate, and during this time, he couldn't risk having his phone ring at a critical moment and cause unnecessary trouble.

Fang Xu walked straight to the entrance of Qingshan Mental Hospital.

The entrance was gloomy and dilapidated, and with the dim light, it looked like a giant mouth ready to devour people, very frightening.

However, it was difficult to evoke fear in Fang Xu, or rather, he seemed to have lost the emotion of fear.

Whenever he encountered something eerie, his first emotion would always be anger, hatred, or even excitement.

But never fear.

Tap, tap, tap.

The only sound in the silence was the sound of Fang Xu's footsteps.

But the next second, bang!

Fang Xu hit the air heavily, and his face was sore.

"An air wall?"

He was standing at the entrance and trying to enter, but it seemed like there was a wall blocking his path.

He reached out to touch it, feeling the cold and rough texture.

"This is not an air wall, but a real wall that is invisible. Does that mean I can't enter this mental hospital?"

Fang Xu didn't believe it. He was like a blind person, constantly groping on this invisible wall, trying to find a way in.

"Xiaofang, what are you doing there? Is this the latest performance art?" A slightly teasing voice came from the side.

Fang Xu's heart moved slightly, but his face remained unchanged.

Having been killed by his wife many times, he had long practiced the ability to remain calm in the face of such strange situations. In such a creepy mental hospital, if someone suddenly called out to you, the next second you might be devoured if you reacted.

But he was not completely motionless. Instead, he continued to grope and move in the direction of the voice.

After a while, he glanced to his left and saw a person standing there.

It was a young man in a security guard uniform, with a cigarette in his mouth and a smirk on his face.

He recognized him as one of the guards at Bailiu Academy.

Unlike guards at other residential areas, the guards at Bailiu Academy were quite young, as the area was upscale.

As for when they would be replaced by old grandpas, that would have to wait until most of the properties were sold.

Was it an illusion or some kind of strange impersonation?

As he pondered, the guard walked over and patted his shoulder.

"Xiaofang, why are you ignoring people? I saw you hitting the wall from afar just now, and then you started touching the wall. What's wrong? Is this wall sexy?"

Feeling the warmth from the guard's touch on his shoulder, Xiaofang wondered.

Could he make physical contact?

Wasn't he strange?

Then, Xiaofang turned around and asked, "Zhao, were you here the whole time?"

Zhao, the guard, seemed confused and even waved his hand in front of Xiaofang's eyes.

"Xiaofang, do you need glasses? I was standing guard in the pavilion, standing upright. Didn't you see me?"

Pavilion?

Xiaofang was certain that there was no pavilion in the Qingshan Mental Hospital.

He couldn't help but look in the direction Zhao had come from, and was stunned.

A pavilion had indeed appeared where there was nothing before.

He used to see this small pavilion every day when he worked there, and even went inside where there was a small air conditioner to keep it cool in the summer.

How was this possible?!