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Chapter 1283. The Emotional Mental Hospital (13)

“These rainwaters can absorb our negative emotions, and these grooves are for drainage. As long as we drain our negative emotions through the rainwater, we can leave this place,” Lin Xi said.

To verify her hypothesis, she deliberately recalled the tension she felt when she smashed the pillar.

The moment that emotion surfaced, it was quickly absorbed by the rain in my palm, and the water in the groove seemed to become a little more turbulent.

"real or fake?"

Wang Lei stretched out his hand with some doubt. Rain fell into his palm, and he subconsciously recalled the fear of being chased by the monster. He felt a chill rise from the bottom of his heart and flow down his arm to his palm.

The next second, he saw the rainwater in his palm turn a dark gray-black, flowing quickly away along the groove, and the panic in his heart actually lessened a lot.

"Holy crap, it actually works!" he exclaimed in surprise.

“But it’s not that simple,” Zhang Yutong’s voice rang out at the opportune moment.

He pointed to the drain in the corner of the yard, where a metal grille could be vaguely seen under the weeds, with wisps of black mist swirling around it.

"The drain is blocked, so our negative emotions can't be released and will only accumulate in the yard, which may eventually breed even more terrifying monsters."

He paused, then pointed to the wall.

“Look at the vines on the wall. They are absorbing these negative emotions and then passing them on to the old locust tree.”

Following his gaze, everyone indeed noticed a faint black aura emanating from the withered vines, which became even more murky as rainwater flowed over them.

A pool of black water had accumulated on the ground under the old locust tree, and several palm-sized black shadows were wriggling in the black water, looking like the young of monsters.

“Then let’s divide the work.” Huang Jingjing made a quick decision. “Yu Wenjing, Ma Xiaofeng, Wang Lei, you and I will clear the blockage in the drain; Zhang Yutong, Xiaobai, Yu Chen, you are responsible for observing the surrounding situation and alerting us if any monsters appear; Mu Mu, try to guide everyone’s emotions and prevent negative emotions from piling up too quickly; Chen Xiaoqiang, Liu Yun, you stay by Mu Mu’s side and protect her.”

Teacher Huang and Zhang Yutong are such a perfect match!
—That's the kind of dual strength that's the most satisfying.

—I never imagined that the two of them could not only be in a romantic relationship, but also have such great chemistry when playing games.

True couples say these things!

—Real couples are the best to ship!
Chen Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment, seemingly not expecting to be assigned the task of protecting someone.

He looked at Lin Xi, then at the others, and finally nodded.

"it is good."

Everyone took action immediately.

Huang Jingjing and her three companions carried the stones and broken pieces of wood they had picked up from the passageway and headed toward the drain.

The closer they got to the drain outlet, the stronger the oppressive feeling in the air became. The black fumes swirling around the grille seemed to have a life of their own, constantly twisting and surging towards them.

Yu Wenjing gripped the bone tightly in her hand and held it horizontally in front of her. A faint white light emanated from the surface of the bone, blocking the invasion of the black energy.

“These dark wisps must be someone’s negative emotions,” Yu Wenjing explained. “I discovered earlier in the basement that this bone could dispel some unclean things.”

She handed the bone to the grille, and the moment the bone touched the black mist, it made a "sizzling" sound, and the black mist melted away as quickly as ice and snow encountering a raging fire.

Taking advantage of the situation, Ma Xiaofeng used a broken piece of wood to pry open the grille, but the rusty grille remained unmoved.

Seeing this, Huang Jingjing took a few steps back, then suddenly rushed forward and kicked the grille.

With a loud crash, the grille was kicked out of shape, revealing the debris blocking it—a large amount of dead leaves, stones, and some unidentified black viscous substance.

"This sticky substance is solidified emotion," Zhang Yutong shouted from nearby. "Water it with rainwater and soften it!"

Yu Wenjing immediately scooped up the rainwater from the groove and splashed it onto the sticky substance. As the rainwater fell on it, the sticky substance began to slowly melt, turning into a black liquid that flowed away along the groove.

The four had clear roles: Yu Wenjing poured water to soften the black mist, Ma Xiaofeng and Wang Lei cleaned up the debris, and Huang Jingjing was responsible for dispelling the ever-accumulating black mist.

Soon, the drain was cleared, and the water flow in the groove increased significantly.

On the other side, Lin Xi stood in the center of the courtyard, talking to Liu Yun and Chen Xiaoqiang.

Teach them how to manage their emotions.

Liu Yun stood beside Lin Xi.

Chen Xiaoqiang stood behind Lin Xi, his hands clenched into fists, looking around warily.

Seeing a dark, monstrous creature crawling down from under the old locust tree, he picked up a stone without hesitation and threw it, hitting the creature squarely on the head.

The monster let out a shrill scream and vanished into black smoke.

"Thank you." Lin Xi smiled at Chen Xiaoqiang.

Chen Xiaoqiang's cheeks flushed slightly: "It's nothing, it's my task."

Just then, Zhang Yutong suddenly shouted.

"Oh no! A dark shadow has descended from the old locust tree!"

Lin Xi looked up and saw that the dark shadows on the old locust tree had condensed into several monsters similar to those in the room before.

They jumped down from the tree and pounced on them.

Zhang Yutong, Yu Chen, and Bai Ye were wielding their respective weapons, trying to stop the monster.

Chen Xiaoqiang picked up a branch from the ground and whipped it at a monster that approached them.

The branch struck the monster with a dull thud, causing it to stagger, but it quickly pounced again.

Chen Xiaoqiang panicked. The fear of being chased by the monster resurfaced. The rain in his palm instantly became murky, and his aura became unstable.

"Xiaoqiang, hold on!" Lin Xi shouted. "Don't let fear control you, release it, let the rain wash it away!"

Chen Xiaoqiang came to his senses, took a deep breath, and tried to transfer the fear in his heart through his arm into the rainwater in his palm.

The moment that intense fear left his body, he felt a lightness all over, and the rainwater in his palm turned black, flowing quickly away along the groove.

The monster in front of him seemed to have become much slower in its movements because it had lost the nourishment of emotions.

"That's it!" Lin Xi encouraged. "Everyone, let out your negative emotions, don't suppress them, let the rain help us carry them away!"

“These monsters rely on negative emotions to survive. The less emotion we release, the weaker they become!” Zhang Yutong said.

Huang Jingjing and her three companions also arrived and joined the battle.

In an instant, the courtyard was filled with the roars of monsters.

Chen Xiaoqiang was exceptionally brave. Although he didn't talk much, he was agile and could accurately attack the monster's weak points every time.

He had been shrouded in fear and inferiority, but now that he had released these negative emotions, he was a completely different person, with a newfound determination and confidence in his eyes.

“Everyone, release your negative emotions one by one,” Lin Xi said. “The rest of you fight the monster.”