Chapter 63: Chu Doctor's Medical Mini‑Popularization

At the same time.

In Jiang Hai City, inside a brightly lit apartment.

Chu Che held a cup of warm milk, standing before a huge floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the city's myriad lights.

The corner of his mouth curled into a just-right arc, tinged with appreciation.

"What a splendid performance."

He murmured softly, his tone gentle as if commenting on a drama that had just ended.

"How interesting...... some actors never realize what they did wrong, even to their death."

He lifted his hand to push up the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose; behind the lenses, his deep eyes held no ecstasy, only a calm that perceived everything.

He opened the Weird Editor, and its light shone upon his handsome face.

"Suffocating Ghost Girl"'s data page appeared.

Chu Che's gaze fell upon the 【Murder Rule】 column in the data page.

There, the complete murder pattern of the Suffocating Ghost Girl was clearly displayed.

【First Stage: Bell Invasion/Drowning Echo. The Suffocating Ghost Girl can move ultra-long-distance via any communication network, instantly reaching the location of the communication terminal, materializing and attacking the target. Additionally, she can move in water and control her hair to attack.】

Lin Fan's first contact with the weirded Ling Xinyu came when he received her unanswered phone call.

Chu Che's gaze then moved downward.

【Second Stage: Fear Erosion/Suffocation Curse. The Suffocating Ghost Girl can continuously weaken a target's mental defenses (SAN) through hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, etc. When the target's SAN drops below 50, the Suffocating Ghost Girl's power gains a significant boost, unlocking 'Telekinesis' and 'Possession' abilities.】

【Special Rule: After possessing a target, the Suffocating Ghost Girl can use the target to exert her abilities, but the exerted abilities are weakened according to the target's resistance to her.】

Chu Che looked at these lines of text, and the smile at the corner of his mouth deepened.

"Water is merely a medium; the true 'path' is your ever-present...... signal."

He sighed softly, like a patient teacher pointing out a student's most fundamental mistake.

The Ninth Division, those who claimed to be elite, had taken the wrong direction from the start.

They thought cutting off the water source was tantamount to cutting off the ghost's legs.

But they didn't know that the Suffocating Ghost Girl's means of movement was far more sophisticated than they imagined.

Although she cannot move freely like a Cavity Person, nor can she shuttle through solids like a Ghost Wall.

But wherever there is a communication terminal and a water source, that is her home turf.

Why did that strong, silver-haired man die?

Because the military-grade encrypted communicator on him, which could stay in contact with the command center at any time, was an open door for Ling Xinyu.

How did the tragedy on that military transport plane happen?

The source was precisely that encrypted call after the command center issued the retreat order.

At the instant the signal connected, the ticket to death had already been delivered.

Chu Che even felt some appreciation for the boy named Lin Fan.

This hot-blooded, impulsive youth, after experiencing the drastic change of his girlfriend's tragic death, had matured greatly in mindset.

In the process of revenge, he actually displayed a near-monstrous stratagem.

From beginning to end, he deliberately guided the Ninth Division, making them focus all their attention on the most conspicuous feature, 'water,' using himself as physical bait to draw all fire.

And the true killer, Ling Xinyu, had long since lurked beside every prey through the intangible network, awaiting the most lethal strike.

One in the light, one in the dark.

One an open plot, one a hidden scheme.

Truly...... a match made in heaven.

Chu Che felt himself like a director.

Responsible for pulling back the curtain, appreciating the performance.

Then, at the curtain's fall, to applaud his own actors.

Ling Xinyu's perfect curtain call brought him unprecedented rich rewards.

Nearly 4000 points of karma.

Plus the efforts' results from the 'Smiling Dummy' period.

Chu Che looked at the striking number on the editor's interface.

【"Karma": 6250】

An indescribable sense of satisfaction spread through his limbs like a warm current.

He felt that he had stepped another step closer to the supreme 'God' rank.

"Then, where should the next performance be arranged?"

Chu Che's gaze shifted from the Suffocating Ghost Girl's data page to another equally glowing weird avatar.

It was a plastic dummy model with a stiff smile on its face.

【Smiling Dummy】

【Murder Rule:】

【First Stage: The dummy's smile. The image of the Smiling Dummy possesses memetic contamination. When the image is observed, the Smiling Dummy can trigger the second-stage murder rule on the observer.】

【Second Stage: The dismemberer's curse. The Smiling Dummy can project its doppelgänger near any 'observer'. When the same 'observer', at different times and places, observes the Smiling Dummy for the third time, it fulfills the trigger condition for the third-stage murder rule.】

【Third Stage: For an 'observer' who has gone through the first two stages, once touched by the Smiling Dummy, they will be assimilated into a new Smiling Dummy. Moreover, if the observer attacks the Smiling Dummy, they will suffer the same damage.】

Chu Che's gaze turned playful.

Compared to the Suffocating Ghost Girl's clear‑cut, relentless revenge.

The rules of the Smiling Dummy are more like an infinitely spreading memetic virus.

Although its individual strength isn't that high, it makes up for it with its terrifying contagiousness.

His thought stirred.

Under the apartment's lights, the shadow he cast on the floor began to undergo a weird change.

That patch of pure darkness, as if it were a living thing endowed with life, began to writhe, twist, and stretch violently.

Finally, a clone identical to Chu Che, entirely composed of pure darkness, slowly "stood up" from the floor!

It had no facial features, no solid form, merely a mass of deep darkness maintaining a human shape.

Yet it exuded a bone‑chilling cold that sprang from the depths of the soul, enough to stop one's heart.

This is one of the abilities accompanying the "Smiling Dummy": a clone.

A "seed" that, with the aid of the internet, can descend upon any corner of the world.

Chu Che walked to his desk and opened his laptop.

He skillfully logged into a short‑video account that had been registered only a few days ago.

The account's name is very simple.

【Dr. Chu's Medical Mini‑Science】

The profile picture shows him in a doctor's lab coat, taken in a hospital office—a work photo that is gentle, professional, and full of approachability.

For now, the account's follower count is still very low.

Chu Che extended his slender fingers, pointing at the account's homepage on the screen.

"Go."

He issued a command to the shadow clone behind him.

That pure black figure mechanically raised its arm, and with a fingertip made of shadow, lightly touched the computer screen.

The next second.

A miraculous scene occurred.

That shadow clone, as if sucked into the screen like ink, instantly turned into a twisted data stream that merged into the internet!

The computer screen flickered once, then returned to normal.

It was as if nothing had happened.

But Chu Che knew that from this moment on, everything would be different.

He gazed at his own "karma" balance, which had reached 6250 points; the curve of his mouth rose higher, and his eyes revealed an almost frenzied anticipation.

He no longer needed to, as before, painstakingly search for "fuel" and build a "stage".

All he needed to do was make the face of "Dr. Chu" and those so‑called "medical science popularization" videos he posted appear on screens worldwide.

When countless people have watched his videos and remembered his warm, harmless face,

then the whole world will become his stage for creating weirdness.

He can, at any corner he wishes, freely scatter the "god's" seed and bring down the "god's" will.

This will be a game that sweeps the globe.