Chapter 910: Hospital (Seeking monthly votes at the beginning of the month)

Seeing that local man curled up by the green tree, shouting in near collapse, Franca seriously considered whether to help call the police.

Lu Mian pondered for a few seconds and gave Anthony a wink.

Anthony walked into that backlit

The local man in his forties finally calmed down, as if he had escaped a nightmare that had tormented him for a long time.

Lu Mian leaned in and asked pointedly:

"What happened?"

Having encountered such a mentally collapsed man not long after the bizarre death of the messenger Danitz, he intuitively felt that this should also not be simple, and perhaps it hid quite crucial information.

The man raised his head and looked at Lu Mian and the others.

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw Franca and Jenna, his expression twisted instantly, and he shouted in extreme terror:

"Female ghost! There's a female ghost!"

This voice was unusually sharp and filled with fear, making the security guard at the entrance of the old residential complex notice the commotion and come over with a flashlight to check.

Lu Mian quickly threw out the mirror, creating his own "Mirror Maze."

Franca glanced at him, and seeing that he had reacted in time, she withdrew her right hand from her pocket.

At the same time, Franca muttered to herself:

"Where do I look like a female ghost?

"Where do Jenna and I look like female ghosts?"

The security guard walked over with a flashlight emitting a bright light, circled the green trees twice, and said with a puzzled look:

"The sound was clearly over here, why don't I see anyone..."

He listened carefully again and felt that the voice shouting "female ghost" had become somewhat distant, unable to distinguish where it was coming from.

The security guard shivered violently.

Could there really be a female ghost?

He decided not to worry about this matter anymore and just helped call the police.

Once he had a new idea, he immediately ran wildly toward the security room at the entrance.

Although the "Mirror Maze" only had the level of a Sequence 7, the current dark environment with few people still allowed Lu Mian to successfully deceive the security guard.

He had Franca and Jenna retreat to the edge of the "Mirror Maze" so they wouldn't be seen by the collapsed man, and signaled Anthony to perform another "Pacification."

The mentally collapsed local man calmed down once again, and Anthony asked gently and calmly:

"What happened? Perhaps I can help you."

For some reason, the man felt that the Anthony in front of him was very trustworthy and made him feel very at ease, so he took a breath and said:

"I, I met a zombie!"

"Zombie?" Lu Mian could roughly understand that this belonged to a type of undead creature, perhaps a unique term for a living corpse in this dream world.

The man was silent for a few seconds, looked at Anthony, and received a confirming nod from him.

He gathered his courage and stammered:

"I, I am a hospital orderly, just responsible for sending a corpse to the morgue.

"That corpse was too beautiful, beautiful beyond words. Her ears were a bit small, very cute, mesmerizing, just like those expensive jewelry in gold shops. She wasn't wearing any clothes yet, I couldn't take it anymore, I let my coworker go first, and then I climbed up, bit her ears, and messed with her for a long time."

Hearing this, Franca couldn't help but raise her right hand and cover half of her face:

Bringing shame to the motherland!

Perverts are everywhere; it depends on the specific proportion!

"That feeling didn't feel like a dead person at all..." the man rambled on, as if still reminiscing.

Gradually, his eyes bulged out:

"I had just pulled up my pants, she, that corpse's eyes opened!

"Opened!

"Female ghost! There's a female ghost!"

Lu Mian listened attentively, turned his head, and said to Franca and Jenna:

"If a corpse has such great charm, could it be a 'Witch'?"

"It's possible." Franca nodded.

Jenna then proposed another possibility:

"The corpse of a 'Sex Addict' or a 'Little Cupid' might also be like that."

She had an extremely deep impression of the "Miser" pathway.

Lu Mian glanced outside the "Mirror Maze" and, seeing no sign of police for the moment, had Anthony pacify the orderly again, then used the "Dream Divination" method to draw a sketch.

The woman in the sketch was clearly not a local, looking more like a person from the Northern Continent. Her appearance was bright and beautiful, but her temperament was holy, not feeling like a corpse at all.

Additionally, it was clear that the orderly had the deepest impression of the female corpse's small, exquisite ears and slender, beautiful neck, mixed with intense desire.

"It does look a bit like a 'Witch'." Franca, standing at the edge of the "Mirror Maze," had rich experience in identifying "Witches."

Lu Mian pondered for a moment and asked the male orderly:

"Which hospital do you work at?"

The male orderly did not hide it from Anthony:

"I live nearby, but I work at Mushu Hospital."

"Mushu Hospital..." Franca's eyelids twitched.

"What's wrong?" Lu Mian, Jenna, and Anthony all didn't understand why Franca had such a reaction.

The hospital's name is very normal, isn't it? Doesn't it mean looking at the dawn in the distance?

Franca organized her language and said:

"This is one of the manifestations where you can understand the meaning of the corresponding words, but cannot truly grasp what it symbolizes.

"In my native language, 'Mushu' and 'Mother Tree' are near-homophones, and you should be very clear about what the 'Mother Tree' represents."

Without waiting for Lu Mian and the others to respond, Franca said in a deep voice:

"'Mother Tree of Desire'!"

"'Mother Tree of Desire' can also infiltrate its power into this dream a little?" Lu Mian frowned slightly.

The "Mother Tree" has appeared, can the "Mother" be far behind?

Jenna clearly also thought of this aspect, and only after a few seconds of silence did she say:

"Then the possibility of it being the corpse of a 'Little Cupid' has increased..."

Lu Mian had Anthony ask the male orderly what happened at Mushu Hospital, but didn't get a useful answer.

They didn't waste any more time. Anthony relied on "Hypnosis" to make the male orderly forget the previous pacification and questioning, and he walked out of the "Mirror Maze" by himself and headed to another street.

Dissolving the "Mirror Maze" and looking at the orderly's back, Lu Mian said thoughtfully:

"That corpse definitely has a problem, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a problem, nor does it mean everything else at Mushu Hospital is normal."

Jenna expressed deep agreement:

"That intense desire to even lay a hand on a female corpse is very much like being contaminated by a 'Sex Addict'.

"Of course, it could also be that he was charmed by the female corpse to the point of losing control."

The few of them discussed what just happened while walking into the residential complex they rented.

Franca suddenly sighed:

"We've only been here for half a day and we've already encountered two bizarre events not mentioned in the materials. They weren't mentioned, right?"

"No." Lu Mian gave a definitive answer.

He then smiled:

"Perhaps this is the gold content of the two 'Calamity' pathways.

"When I switch back to the 'Hunter' pathway, I could almost count as an incomplete version of a human corpse oil candle. Maybe I could complete the corresponding secret ritual without relying on anything.

"Hmm, my spiritual intuition tells me that perhaps it won't be long before we encounter that resurrected female corpse."

"Then we have to take turns keeping watch starting tonight." Franca said immediately.

Dying in a dream means dying for real!

"It is indeed worth being this vigilant." Lu Mian nodded approvingly. "Tomorrow morning, we will go outside Mr. 'Fool's' company to observe secretly and recognize the people first."

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Late at night, in the master bedroom.

Jenna suddenly woke up and saw Franca hugging the thin quilt she took out from the "Traveler's Bag," leaning against the head of the bed, sitting in the darkness, as if she had turned into a statue.

"What are you thinking about?" Jenna sat up slowly and asked cautiously.

Franca stared at the wall opposite that had been "painted" by the darkness, and answered in a voice like sleep-talking:

"Why would Mr. 'Fool' name his marionette town Utopia..."

"Is there a problem with this name?" Jenna didn't quite understand the point Franca was concerned about.

Franca was silent for a few seconds and said:

"That is a proper noun from the world before I transmigrated, meaning a non-existent country, an imaginary country... Why would Mr. 'Fool' use..."

Jenna roughly understood Franca's thoughts, and she said in a gentle voice:

"The Great Tarot Cards mentioned in the materials that Mr. 'Fool' has been collecting Emperor Roselle's diaries. Maybe a certain diary just happened to have this term, or maybe Mr. 'Fool' learned this term during his long-term confrontation with the Celestial Worthy. Or maybe, hmm, didn't you say that the 'Ancient Sun God' might also be a transmigrator? Why couldn't Mr. 'Fool' be one?"

"I'm just suspicious. The more I think about the origin of Mr. 'Fool' mentioned in the materials and the experiences of his avatars, the more suspicious I become..." Franca's voice dropped until it lost its weight.

"Don't doubt, go verify." Jenna used her own method to comfort Franca. "After waking up Mr. 'Fool', you can ask this question. Regardless of whether he is a transmigrator or not, having confronted the Celestial Worthy for so many years, he must know the secret of your transmigration. Maybe he can even help you go back. Now, don't think so much, focus on the matter of waking up Mr. 'Fool'."

Franca exhaled slowly and said:

"Right, thinking more now is useless, there's no way to verify it for the time being.

"Hmm... for me, waking up Mr. 'Fool' is no longer just a mission of the 'Tarot Club', no longer just something that must be done to survive the apocalypse..."

After chatting for a while longer, Franca lay back down, smelling Jenna's fragrance, and entered a deep sleep, physically and mentally exhausted.

When Franca was completely asleep, Jenna carefully got up, opened the master bedroom door, and walked into the living room that also served as a dining room.

Lu Mian, in a white shirt and black trousers, was sitting by the wooden dining table, staring at the window in the direction of the shoe cabinet, lost in thought.

"It's my turn to keep watch, you can go rest." Jenna said with a smile.

Lu Mian withdrew his gaze and stood up:

"What were you and Franca chatting about just now?"

Jenna picked out the key points of Franca's suspicions and her own comfort, and Lu Mian nodded gently:

"Right, give her a goal, let her have the motivation to do it, and don't think so much for now.

"When it's dawn, I'll find an opportunity to consult Anthony again to see if there's anything else that needs to be done."

Jenna cast her gaze toward the window in the direction of the shoe cabinet and asked curiously:

"What were you thinking about just now?"

Lu Mian followed her gaze, and what entered his eyes was the scene inside the residential complex. At this very moment, only two or three households in each building still had lights spilling out, and the rest were already in darkness.

Lu Mian's thoughts seemed to drift away again, and he answered in a low voice:

"I was thinking, did Aurore live in a city like this before..."

ps: Asking for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month~

(End of chapter)