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Chapter 38 Bloodstained Hospital (17)

A nearly silent energy surge exploded around Dr. Du.

The air around him distorted slightly, and strange dark blue veins appeared on his blood vessels. A visible pollutant aura was spreading across his body.

[He has already begun the fusion!] the system exclaimed.

"Think of a way..." An Jing said in a low voice.

This damn mystery uses emotional pollution.

The father's obsession with his daughter can completely destroy a person, turning them into a puppet who only wants to believe in fantasies and be bewitched.

[Anjing, it's started!]

[I've detected that the Mysterious Core has been embedded in his cerebral cortex! This fusion is in its final stages. Once complete, he will become a "Mysterious-like conscious entity," and because of his obsession, he will retain human emotions!]

[He...will evolve into an uncontrollable Rank A mysterious entity!]

The system's speech rate increased dramatically, and its voice even had an electronic popping sound.

An Jing has already made a move.

She rushed forward and snatched the weapon from 003's arms.

Then she looked up and stared intently at Dr. Du.

The instrument's core was flashing with a "beep beep beep" sound.

"We can't hesitate any longer," An Jing said coldly.

The simplest and most straightforward way now is to kill Dr. Du!

An Jing's hands were shaking.

Why is it always her who makes these decisions?

The moment he took a step, the entire corridor shook violently!
Then—BOOM!

It was as if the foundation of the entire building was collapsing, the chandelier on the ceiling was shaking violently, and the light and shadow fell on Dr. Du's body, causing his face to lift up.

In that instant, An Jing saw it all clearly.

He is no longer Dr. Du.

His pupils were asymmetrical, with one side being the original human iris and the other a constantly rotating, bottomless vortex-like black hole.

Mystery had completely entered his body.

"The fusion is complete," the system whispered.

An Jing took a deep breath, quickly made a decision, and turned to rush towards 003.

He was still lying on the ground, breathing steadily but unresponsive.

"003, wake up!" She pulled him up and slapped his face.

The other party, however, remained unresponsive, as if in a deep sleep.

“003!” she raised her voice.

Still no response.

An Jing gritted her teeth and slapped him with all her might.

"Snapped!"

003 suddenly opened his eyes, staring blankly at her, his cheeks burning with pain.

"...Why did you hit me?"

"Get up." An Jing pulled him. "Hurry up! Dr. Du and the Mysterious One have completed their fusion. Run!"

"Huh? Who merged..." 003 was still dazed, not yet recovered from the mental pollution.

"Shut up! Stop talking nonsense!" An Jing had already grabbed him and started running back.

She didn't look at Dr. Du over there again.

Because it's too late.

The mysterious fusion is a done deal; the only thing to do now is to escape as quickly as possible.

The mystery will definitely target her, and target Chu Yuan.

The space was shaking violently, and pieces of the surrounding walls peeled off, falling like shattered glass to reveal the original corridor structure.

It seems that because the mystery is in an unstable phase after fusion, the entire constructed dream space is rapidly collapsing.

And this was their chance. "Don't fall, stay close to me!" An Jing grabbed him with one hand and held a dagger in the other, rushing cautiously toward the exit of the space.

003 was being dragged along by her, his steps faltering, when suddenly his earpiece made a "ripping" sound. He instinctively reached for his earpiece.

The sealed space collapsed, and the signal finally came through.

A familiar voice suddenly burst out of my ears.

"003? 003, are you there? Answer me! 003!"

Before he could even speak, An Jing had already snatched his headset away.

"He Lin!"

She practically screamed, "This is terrible! We fell into the Mysterious Trap, and now the Mysterious One has successfully merged with a human! It's at least A-level! And the mental pollution is off the charts! Where are you? Where's the backup?"

There was a pause on the other end of the headset, followed by He Lin's tired and anxious voice:

"003 and you have been out of contact for over twenty minutes! The location signal disappeared after you entered the space, and external instruments can't lock onto your coordinates at all! We can only search the area where the coordinates last disappeared, but there's nothing there! Absolutely nothing!"

"We thought you..."

An Jing gritted her teeth, "Don't tell me you thought that. Where are you people?"

“It’s right outside your vanishing point, and we haven’t left,” He Lin replied. “But the spatial coordinates are unstable, so we haven’t been able to get in.”

"Can we go in now?"

“Your coordinates are displayed. Go find them and meet up with them. I’ll notify them as well.” He Lin’s tone became urgent. “Give the communicator to 003.”

An Jing handed it to him.

003 took it, and by then he had almost recovered.

"003, space is collapsing. You must protect An Jing, even if it costs you your life. You absolutely cannot let the mysterious force capture him. This is a mission that must be carried out!"

"Yes."

003 replied seriously.

An Jing glanced around and saw that large sections of the floor had already begun to rise and collapse.

The corridor beneath their feet was like a narrow bridge hanging in mid-air, which could break at any moment.

"He Lin," she said softly, "get ready to pick someone up."

"Ready," He Lin replied. "I've already notified the rescue team. You can now head straight ahead!"

An Jing nodded and pulled 003 in: "Stay close to me, don't fall asleep again."

"I didn't..." 003 wanted to argue.

"So you were sleeping so soundly just now? I had to slap you to wake you up." She gave him a cold look.

003 promptly shut up.

They ran towards the exit one after the other. The corridor gradually took on a realistic appearance, with distorted afterimages of the dream still lingering around them, stuck to the walls like splashed ink, some of which vaguely revealed Ruan Ruan's face.

It is a fragment of a polluted space, and also Dr. Du's obsession.

I can't imagine what Dr. Du would become if he were to merge with the mysterious.

"Is that mystery still to come?" 003 asked in a low voice.

"Why don't you just look back and see?" An Jing said irritably.

003 A subconscious glance.

At the far end of the distance, a dark figure was slowly crawling, one hand dragging a strange instrument, the other hand seemingly still retaining human movements, groping for something on the ground.

But that wasn't Dr. Du anymore.

It was a newly born, A-level mystery struggling to "become some kind of new existence".

At this moment, he was still trying out his new body, and An Jing dared not imagine what would happen once it came to its senses.

"...Tell me, what if I went back now?"

“You’re the lamplighter, not the deliveryman,” An Jing said calmly.

003 Shut up.

He was just worried that the mysterious would catch up, and he thought he could buy An Jing some time.

"Don't overthink it." She lowered her voice. "He's no longer human."

(End of this chapter)