This strike was the fastest Zhao Yi could deliver!
It accurately hit the director lost in his own world.
As the scalpel's tip pierced the director's forehead, an unforeseen change occurred!
The director, whose strength hadn't completely faded, suddenly widened his bloodshot eyes!
Blood vessels swam in his eyes like centipedes crawling.
The pale claws gripping Zhao Yi's neck were drained of all strength in that moment of near-death.
Zhao Yi fell awkwardly to the ground, pulled off his newspaper mask, coughed a few times, and found several bruised claw marks on his neck!
The director was still hanging from a rope, but his head had drooped.
[You have slain the dungeon BOSS]
[Soul Weapon has been enhanced]
[Attributes have slightly increased]
[Character: Zhao Yi]
[Level: 1]
[Experience: 0/25]
[Ability: None]
[Item: Grenade*1]
[Life: 10/10]
[Strength: 8]
[Spirit: 101 (100+1)]
[Luck: 0]
[Title: None]
[Soul Weapon: Bloodstained Scalpel]
[Item: Bloodstained Scalpel]
[Quality: Unique]
[Description: Your soul weapon, slightly awakened by absorbing the resentment from the Fierce Ghost, now possesses weak chaos damage.]
[Note: Chaos damage ignores resistance, evasion, and damage reduction, and will inevitably deal full damage to all units.]
[Effect: —Data Error—]
"Chaos damage... is it some kind of advanced attribute?" Zhao Yi silently noted this special attribute.
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After killing the director, Zhao Yi carefully looked at the hanging ghost in front of him and pulled the scalpel out of its forehead.
Blood dripped continuously from the tip of the blade.
Zhao Yi went to the director's office, rummaged through the place, and found a letter and the director's access card in a cabinet.
He took the card and carried it with him, then opened the letter to read it.
The Weeping Ghost's diary had piqued Zhao Yi's interest in this world.
Colossus Hospital and the town had clearly been invaded by mysterious forces, leading to their current state.
Although the beginner dungeon didn't give Zhao Yi much chance to explore the world view, he still wanted to gather whatever materials he could find.
It's hard to say he wouldn't enter a dungeon in this world view again in the future.
The letter was sent from the outside world.
The ink on the paper was sparse, and the handwriting was quite sloppy.
[Old Chen, I've contacted the authorities and bribed the guards in the town for you!]
[Hanging Valley Town is no longer safe!]
[Pack up your things quickly, in the next two or three days, go to the station at the south gate of the town, a black truck will be waiting for you.]
[If you delay any longer... unexpected changes might occur!]
Just four lines in total.
There wasn't even a signature on the envelope.
The sender clearly knew what was happening in Hanging Valley Town.
But things still went beyond his expectations.
The director, known as 'Old Chen,' ultimately died in the hospital!
A gruesome death!
Zhao Yi squinted, folded the letter neatly, and put it back in another drawer.
Turning around, he left the director's office and locked the room.
With the access card in hand, Zhao Yi carefully avoided some extremely dangerous unknown shadows and reached the hospital's entrance.
The security guard's corpse was shattered into pieces, scattered on the ground.
In an instant, Zhao Yi felt something, his gaze locking onto a twisted humanoid figure in the shadows!
The figure remained motionless, its back facing him!
[???: Extremely Dangerous!]
[Note: Do not let it out of your sight, or something terrifying will happen!]
Seeing this red warning, Zhao Yi's hair stood on end!
He couldn't clearly see the eerie twisted humanoid figure.
But both the data warning in front of him and his instincts told him this thing was not something he could handle right now!
Zhao Yi calmly walked to the door and swiped the access card.
Beep—
The black iron door emitted a harsh grinding sound, like a machine that hadn't operated in hundreds of years, slowly opening.
The world outside was shrouded in thick fog, obscuring everything from view.
Clearly, this beginner dungeon didn't want to reveal more information to Zhao Yi.
Zhao Yi kept his eyes fixed on the twisted figure in the darkness, slowly retreating, disappearing bit by bit into the thick fog...
As the fog completely enveloped Zhao Yi's body, a white light appeared before his eyes, and his body suddenly vanished from the fog.
After Zhao Yi disappeared, the twisted humanoid figure in the shadows suddenly turned around, freezing like a puppet, coldly staring at the spot where Zhao Yi vanished...
***
[Congratulations, Player Zhao Yi]
[Main Quest 'Escape from Colossus Hospital' Completed]
[Hidden Quest 'Old Liu's Last Wish' Completed]
[Side Quest 'Weeping Ghost's Wish' Failed]
[Plot Exploration Rate 88%]
[World View Exploration Rate 16%]
[Rating Achieved: S+ (BOSS Kill Bonus)]
[Reward Obtained: 25 Experience (Experience can only be gained from dungeon main quests)]
[Item Obtained: Old Liu's Property Deed (Unsealed)]
[Title Obtained: Ghostbane (Unique)]
[Character: Zhao Yi]
[Level: 2]
[Experience: 0/50]
[Items: Grenade, Old Liu's Property Deed]
[Life: 15/15]
[Strength: 8]
[Spirit: 101 (100+1)]
[Luck: 0]
[Title: Ghostbane]
[Soul Weapon: Bloodstained Scalpel]
***
The live streaming room erupted in excitement.
A newcomer.
In the hell-level difficulty dungeon 'Colossus Hospital,' managed to achieve an S+ rating!
Many witnessed everything firsthand, thrilled as if they had cleared the dungeon themselves!
And Zhao Yi, upon returning to the safe zone, received over 99 friend requests!
Eternal Night Camp is a safe zone where players can interact with each other.
In fact, it's not a traditional real location.
It's a virtual platform.
Inside, there are live streaming rooms for all players in the area, and they can trade items with each other.
Within the camp, there's a forum for players in a specific area to exchange dungeon insights and discuss challenges in their region, as well as share experiences in expanding territories.
Zhao Yi looked around and found himself in a special environment.
In front of him was a white circle.
Inside were two different options.
[1. Please choose the guild you want to join—]
[2. Do you want to create a guild on your own?]
One option was to join, the other to create.
Zhao Yi opened his system panel, and among the friend requests, many were marked with a noble gold.
These individuals had extraordinary identities.
They were key personnel in major guilds.
They didn't make any extra moves, wanting to recruit Zhao Yi into their guilds, openly stating they would provide resources for his development, significantly increasing his survival rate in dungeon and world quests!
Among them were top guilds like Five Tigers, Call to Arms, and Skywatch!
These major guilds have strict recruitment standards.
And they rarely accept newcomers!
Their invitation to Zhao Yi was already an exception!
It's known that ordinary players, even if they try their hardest, find it difficult to jump into these top guilds in the Bone Zone!
A good guild, with its rich resources, can quickly advance in world quests, expand the guild's scale, and gain more benefits!
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