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Chapter 1276. The Emotional Mental Hospital (6)

"Where is the core of the emotion?" Wang Lei asked hurriedly. "It's not marked on the blueprint!"

“There should be clues in the dean’s diary.” Lin Xi picked up the diary and started flipping through it again. When she reached a page in the middle, she suddenly stopped. “Look at this.”

The diary contained a simple map with the location of the "Core Room" marked on it, which was located underground in the dean's office.

"Underground? How do we get down?" Yu Wenjing looked around the office. "I don't see an entrance here."

There should be a hidden door.

Bai walked to the desk and carefully examined the desktop and legs. He noticed a raised button on the side of the desk and pressed it.

With a "click," the floor behind the desk suddenly cracked open, revealing a staircase leading underground.

It was pitch black inside, and a strong smell of blood could be faintly detected.

"Found it. The core of the emotion should be down there. But it's definitely dangerous down there. Old Zhao's incident has already reminded us that no matter what we encounter down there, we must control our emotions."

"I'll go first." Bai Ye picked up a lighter and walked into the hidden door first.

Lin Xi did not stop Bai Ye.

Anyway, if Bai is in danger, he will automatically go to that villa, otherwise he might be forced out of the game.

No, no, given what happened last time, even if Bai is eliminated in the game, he probably won't die in real life.

Let's see what Bai Ye says to Jin Shujiu.

Everyone walked through the hidden door one by one. Wang Lei, who was at the very back, closed the hidden door behind him, and the office returned to silence, as if no one had ever been there.

The underground staircase is very steep, and the steps are covered with moss, making them slippery to walk on.

The smell of blood grew stronger, mixed with a putrid odor that was nauseating.

Lin Xi remembered the cactus that could purify the air and immediately summoned it.

The rotten smell disappeared immediately.

"You're using props just for a little bit of flavor, aren't you afraid of the prop limit?" Huang Jingjing said.

"It's okay, we can just go with random selection." Lin Xi smiled.

—123, you've changed.

—No, I don't think so. Skilled people are bold, and 123 has always been like this.

—But she had tried to avoid using it as much as possible before.

—It must have smelled awful. I saw everyone covering their noses just now.

Lin Xi didn't hold the cactus in her hands, but put it in her backpack. The backpack was open, which also helped to purify the air.

Lin Xi was amazed that this prop was actually used.

She thought that things like "purifying the air" were really useless.

After climbing about several dozen steps, a light finally appeared ahead—an eerie purple glow shining from behind an iron gate.

"The core chamber should be just ahead." Bai stopped and turned back to remind everyone. "The emotional energy inside is definitely very strong, so everyone must stay calm and not be affected."

He pushed open the door, and purple light instantly enveloped everyone.

The core chamber was vast, with a massive device in the center, identical to the emotion extractor on the blueprints. At the center of the device was a crystal sphere emitting a purple glow. Scattered across the surrounding floor were numerous skeletons, clearly victims of the experiments from years past.

"It should be that crystal ball!" Bai pointed to the crystal ball in the center of the device. "Destroy it and we can pass the level!"

Just then, the door to the core room suddenly closed.

The skeletons around the device suddenly came to life, slowly piecing together into shadowy monsters that surrounded the group.

These monsters were larger than the ones we had encountered before, their eyes flashing with purple light, and they emitted shrill roars.

“Are they controlled by an emotional core?” Huang Jingjing asked. “We must destroy the crystal ball before we’re surrounded!”

Lin Xi rushed forward first, now holding a plastic hammer. She dodged an attack from a monster, leaped onto the device, and smashed the hammer at the crystal ball.

A dark, monstrous creature roared and lunged at her, its claws reaching for her back. Yu Wenjing quickly picked up a bone from the ground and smashed it hard against the monster's head. The monster, in pain, slowed its movements.

"Quick! We'll cover Xiao Mu!" Ma Xiaofeng shouted, and together with Wang Lei, they blocked the oncoming monster.

Zhang Yutong, Liu Yun, and Yu Chen protected Chen Xiaoqiang, preventing him from being attacked by the monster.

Huang Jingjing teleported to Lin Xi's side and looked around warily.

With a "crack," the crystal ball split open, and the purple light inside began to dim.

The monsters around them let out painful roars, and their bodies began to turn transparent.

But the crystal ball did not shatter completely.

—Damn, it's actually pretty hard to smash.

—It looks fragile, but it's harder to beat than a ghost.

—Yeah, our 123 hammer can smash anything.

—I suppose the crystal ball has gathered people's emotions, so it's not easy to break it?

—Hey, is that a human bone that Yu Wenjing is holding?

Lin Xi smashed the crystal ball again.

This time, the crystal ball shattered completely, the purple light vanished instantly, and the core room was plunged into darkness.

The surrounding monsters let out their final roars and slowly disappeared into the air.

"Did it work?" Chen Xiaoqiang's voice was uncertain.

Just then, the lights in the core room suddenly turned on, and the floor began to glow.

The people's bodies slowly became transparent.

--what's the situation?
—Didn't you clear the level?
—It seems not.

—Did they only destroy one crystal ball, or were there others?

—Very likely.

—It wasn't a complete elimination, was it?
—Impossible, Xiaobai is still here!

—Did they come out of the basement?

--Seems to be.

—Back in the dean's office.

—That's good, it's automated, it can't teleport, and it doesn't need to move around on its own.

Lin Xi and the others looked at each other and then went to observe their surroundings.

Instead of the dean's office, they found themselves in a narrow corridor.

Where the wall plaster has peeled off, dark yellow brick surfaces are exposed, and the ground is littered with the same withered yellow leaves as before. Even the smell of disinfectant and mildew in the air is exactly the same.

It seems they've returned to the hospital corridor.

It just seems a little different from the corridor we just left.

Behind them was a wall covered with portraits.

The painting depicts a man in a white coat, his features blurred, but a strange, indescribable expression lingers at the corner of his mouth.

"Didn't we destroy the crystal ball? How did we end up back in this crappy place?"

Bai also turned on his phone's flashlight, and the beam of light swept across both ends of the corridor.

To the left was endless darkness, and ten meters to the right was a corner where an incandescent light flickered.

Just then, a cold, electronic voice sounded.

"Welcome to the Emotional Mental Hospital. The rule of this instance is 'emotions are weaknesses.' Please control your emotions and do not let yourself be filled with negative energy."