"It seems… you're not a patient in this hospital…" Feng Bujue asked tentatively.

His hands moved constantly, and his mind raced.

The content of the story the little girl told, the tone in which she presented it, and the clothes she wore all conveyed the same message—she was likely one of the earliest J缚灵 (Jibaku-rei, earthbound spirits) in this land.

"Why do you say that?" the little girl asked.

"I've looked at the first-floor map three or four times and personally explored many areas. I can basically confirm… that on the first floor, on the lobby side, there are only eighteen rooms with door numbers, from 101 to 118; and in Block B on the other side of the cafeteria, the door numbers should start from '101B'…" Feng Bujue replied, "So… this Room 125 simply doesn't exist."

After hearing this, the little girl didn't respond. She just sat there, silent.

"What's going on… my words didn't trigger further plot development? Or… have they triggered some bad event?" Brother Jue wondered to himself, "Or… is it because I didn't comb her hair well?"

"If you can't comb, then don't waste any more time." At that moment, the little girl suddenly spoke, changing the subject.

"Um…" Feng Bujue squinted, hesitated for two seconds. During those two seconds, he was considering whether to persist, "Alright…" He gave up.

"Put the comb down." The little girl said coldly, "I'll do it myself." As she spoke, she raised her small hand and continued, "As agreed, here's this…" He didn't know when, but a piece of candy had appeared in her hand.

It was a square candy, wrapped in black paper, and faintly exuded a fragrance of grains.

[Name: Little Black Rabbit Milk Candy]
[Type: Plot Related]
[Quality: Ordinary]
[Function: Perhaps it can be used to trade for something]
[Can it be brought out of this script: No]
[Remarks: A strangely flavored snack, a favorite of the White Wolf Tribe.]

"Phew… great, so handing over the comb is enough." Feng Bujue secretly rejoiced.

Brother Jue quickly put the comb on the bedside table, then reached out and took the candy.

"Uncle, you still have a lot to do…" the little girl said immediately after handing over the candy. She tilted her head back, glared at Brother Jue and said, "You'd better hurry… your time… is running out."

Cold, bone-chilling cold…

The little girl's words were like a bucket of ice water, drenching Feng Bujue to the core.

This was not a mental illusion, but real cold, a violent chill that almost suffocated him.

"Then I'll take my leave…" As Feng Bujue said this, he could clearly see his breath turning into white vapor. He opened the game menu and looked, and the [Frostbite] status was clearly visible.

These changes were sending a clear signal—this place was not suitable for a long stay.

"It seems this 'Room 125' is like the security room… once a certain flag is triggered, the player has to leave immediately, otherwise it's certain death." Feng Bujue thought to himself.

Since he realized the situation was wrong, there was nothing to hesitate about… he grabbed his flashlight and turned to run.

Brother Jue's movements weren't slow, but it was still a little late… in just those few seconds, a pair of invisible, icy hands had gripped him. A piercing pain came from his joints, and his muscles suddenly became stiff and numb…

At this moment, the door that was so close felt like it was a hundred miles away… every step was extremely difficult.

"Wo… crap!"

Feng Bujue didn't mean to curse like that, look closely… he actually "Wo—" spat out the gum in his mouth with a shout, and then said "Crap!"

It turned out that the wad of triple-sized chewing gum in his mouth had already turned into a large ice lump. If he had spat it out a few seconds later, that lump could have solidified in his mouth, then blocked his throat.

"No way…" Feng Bujue looked at his rapidly decreasing survival value and was genuinely surprised.

Five seconds later, he finally gritted his teeth and moved those few steps, reaching the doorknob.

Fortunately, there were no difficulties in the door-opening process. He twisted and turned, and the door opened smoothly.

"Just a little bit more…" Brother Jue used all his strength, rushing and falling, to flash out of the door; at the same time, he slammed the door of Room 125 shut.

Bang—

After the door closed, the cold feeling suddenly disappeared.

Feng Bujue knelt in the corridor for a long time to catch his breath. The rising temperature quickly dispelled his [Frostbite] status, and the loss of survival value also stopped.

"Close call…" He rolled over and sat on the ground, picked up the flashlight that had rolled to his feet, and muttered, "This difficulty came out of nowhere…" He took out the candy from his pocket, looked at it in his palm, "A plot that isn't even a 'side quest' has such difficulty… could it be…"

A flash of inspiration, a slight change in expression.

"Um… I understand." Feng Bujue breathed a long sigh, stood up from the ground, "Anyway… let's find 'that key' first…"

…………

Half an hour passed in a flash… Feng Bujue walked out of that dark corridor, muttering, "So the key to the pediatric clinic isn't in this area after all…" After returning to a relatively bright area, he turned off the flashlight and put it away, "Fortunately, I have other gains…"

Obviously, the goblin's task was far from easy as he imagined…

After Brother Jue came out of Room 125, when he looked back, the door to that room had disappeared. Afterward, he tried every door in that dark area… apart from the nursery he had visited earlier, only two rooms could be entered; the other doors all indicated [Cannot be opened].

So, he rummaged through those two rooms, turning over boxes and overturning furniture… finally finding two items, but… neither of them was a key.

The first item was:

[Name: Torn X-ray Film]
[Type: Plot Related]
[Quality: Decrepit]
[Function: Unknown]
[Can it be brought out of this script: No]
[Remarks: Only half a sheet, seems to show some blurry images when illuminated by light.]

This was found on the back of a charred child's corpse. When Brother Jue was about to take this "half" sheet of X-ray film, the system gave a line of subtitles: [This X-ray film is stuck to the charred material and may be damaged if torn off directly].

With such an obvious hint, he naturally followed suit, and with the help of spray hair wax, slowly peeled the thing off the corpse's back.

And the second item he found was undoubtedly the other half of the torn X-ray film.

However… in the end, Feng Bujue didn't bring those two sheets out. Because the two things themselves were of no value, what was useful was the six-digit password recorded on the sheets…

Brother Jue had already used his flashlight to observe these two items with "unknown" functions in the dark environment. So… after coming out, he went straight to Room 109 and rushed to the treasure chest as soon as he entered.

The unlocking interface appeared in front of him, and the prompt [Please enter a six-digit password] sounded.

"Two zero three zero four zero…" Feng Bujue finished entering the password, and immediately heard a sentence in his ear: [Password correct].

With a click, the treasure chest opened in response.

Brother Jue hopefully thought he could get equipment or skills, but…

[Name: Key to the Pediatric Clinic (Emergency)]
[Type: Plot Related]
[Quality: Ordinary]
[Function: See the item name yourself]
[Can it be brought out of this script: No]
[Remarks: Very strange… why is this key locked in a password box? And why is the password for the password box recorded on an X-ray film? And why is that X-ray film torn in half and placed in two different places? What exactly is going on?]

"Yeah! What exactly is going on!" Feng Bujue looked at this malicious item description and couldn't help but roar, "The system is almost vomiting all the clichés! Speaking of which, keys are the most bizarre items in all puzzle games, right? Hiding the key to Room A in Room B, and then hiding the key to Room B in Room C, looping and setting up layers of puzzles… isn't that the most illogical thing?"

Indeed… to summarize, most horror games use this method to guide players, so that players can explore in a certain order.

"Hmph…" After Feng Bujue roared, his unpleasant mood was slightly vented, "Well, at least it's considered completing a task." He picked up the key, turned around and went out, heading towards the pediatric clinic not far away.

He used the key to open the door to the clinic and went inside. There were no lights in the room, so he turned on his flashlight and began to search.

Although the atmosphere in this room was quite depressing, it didn't hide any jumpscares. Of course, even if there were… it would be surprising without being scary for Brother Jue.

Before long, he found the mission item in a drawer of a desk.

[Name: Victor's Key]
[Type: Plot Related]
[Quality: Ordinary]
[Function: Open the wine cellar in Victor's house]
[Can it be brought out of this script: No]
[Remarks: Many years ago, Victor रीडवॉक्स (리드왁스, Reedwax) was just a second-hand dealer who resold old goods, an insignificant little man. Until one day, he obtained a recipe for a mysterious drink from a distant Eastern country. After that, he frequently traded with dwarves and had smooth sailing in business, quickly becoming a well-known nouveau riche. When asked about the secret to his success, Victor always said, "Dwarves are generous entrepreneurs, and my wine cellar is like a printing press."]

"It's you!" Feng Bujue instantly remembered something after reading the remarks, and he exclaimed, "So it's you!"

That's right, Victor रीडवॉक्स (리드왁스, Reedwax), was the guy who bought the [Blood Corpse Must Die] from the legendary dwarven artisan "ऑल. केंडेडिस (ऑल. केंडेडिस , All. Kenddes)".

Mr. "Kenddes'" life can be described as an epic tragedy. He was scammed countless times because of the four words wine, women, wealth, and anger, and it was these scammed experiences that prompted him to create many legendary artifacts.

And Victor's appearance can be said to be the prologue to this epic…

"Hehehe…" Feng Bujue suddenly smiled sinisterly, "I always feel… I can use this to get something out of him…" He lowered his face and pretended to say, "Hey Victor… if you don't hand over ten or eight legendary-level equipment today, I'll eat your precious key…"

After yying for a while, Brother Jue carefully put away his "blackmail capital", then walked out of the room and headed towards the cafeteria.

He didn't know… that there, an "old friend" was waiting for him.

…………

At the same time, in the cafeteria kitchen.

A burly figure was busy in front of a spacious cooking table.

His body was human-shaped, but he had a pig's head. He was wearing a white vest and camouflage military pants, sticking out a big belly; his exposed muscles were a faint pink color, and the knotted muscles on his arms looked as hard as rocks…

Suddenly, he turned his head slightly and murmured, "Finally… here?"

As he said this, he put down the long spoon in his hand, covered the pot of food in front of him, and turned the gas down to a low flame.

Then, he picked up a kitchen knife and turned to walk out of the kitchen.