I slay evil in the Department of the Supernatural

Chapter 165 Slaying Evil in the Mental Hospital! Queuing for the Women's Restroom (Long Chapter, Please Subscribe)

The mental hospital awaiting treatment is mainly divided into two areas: the inpatient department and the laboratory and logistics building.

Xu Lindong composed himself slightly and looked at the more information recorded in the data.

He was particularly concerned about the news about the Xunhe Tiankeng, which led to his parents' disappearance.

Seven years ago, the Xunhe Tiankeng first erupted. At that time, the extraordinary energy tide of the Tiankeng field swept around the surrounding area, and the Anning Mental Hospital was in the core area of ​​influence.

All the patients and some medical staff in the hospital died as a result of the sinkhole's erosion. The sinkhole was later sealed off and disappeared.

Recently, due to the lifting of the lockdown on high-risk sinkholes in the Federation, supernatural and extraordinary energies have been stirring around the world.

The pollution from the sinkhole inside the hospital has become active again, with "patient afterimages" being observed recurring periodically. These afterimages exhibit chaotic and aggressive behavior, and also cause mental distortion, noise pollution, and psychological interference in others.

mission target:

Area Purification: Eliminate the "patient afterimages" and other strange entities appearing on each floor of the mental hospital, and try to eliminate them by breaking the patterns.

Formation reinforcement: Carrying specially made sealing materials, inspect and reinforce the twelve original sealing nodes in the courtyard according to the drawings.

Incident investigation: Record and transmit all abnormal phenomena, especially data related to sinkhole fluctuations.

Task execution requirements:

Teams must advance according to their assigned areas; solo actions are strictly prohibited.

All sealed materials must be activated and placed at designated points.

When encountering "Patient Shadows", prioritize using Heavenly Dao methods to suppress them (standard equipment such as "Heavenly Dao Seal" and "Suppressing Bell" have been issued).

If a space distortion area is discovered, evacuate immediately and report to headquarters.

Enemy characteristics (mystical manifestations/phenomena):

Patient Remnant: A spiritual remnant formed by the pollution of the sinkhole, it has no physical form, its behavior is unpredictable, and it can cause severe mental pollution and hallucination attacks.

Distorted and eerie atmosphere in certain areas: Some corridors and wards may exhibit spatial loops and disordered door and window positions.

Sound pollution: Random whispers, screams, and laughter can directly interfere with the operation of supernatural abilities.

mission rewards:

Basic merit points: 1200 points per person;

Contribution points: Additional points are awarded based on the number of purified areas and the completion rate of the seal (200~800 points).

Outstanding performance reward: The team member with the highest overall evaluation will receive 1 Heavenly Dao C-level divine artifact (type optional).

notice

The pollution in this institution falls under the category of the Heavenly Path, and the effects of abilities such as controlling ghosts and mind control are halved.

Mission Level: Joint Operations - Medium Risk

Command Authority: Xu Lindong (Eastern District Supernatural Affairs Division)

Collaborating Units: Teams 2 and 3 of the Southern District's Supernatural Affairs Division, and the Western District Support Team

Note: The essence of this operation is "contamination cleanup and seal maintenance," but the lingering shadows within the compound pose a significant psychological danger. All team members must remain tactically aware and not be misled by hallucinations. The madness of the Heavenly Path is more irrational than any vengeful ghost.

After everyone finished reading the information, their expressions became serious.

Xu Lindong's expression was equally serious.

This was the first time he had encountered a supernatural event related to the laws of nature.

Previously, we mostly dealt with incidents involving tunnels.

Only one subway incident was considered a humanitarian event.

However, he is now more concerned about the regional achievements and merits after completing the mission than the mission rewards.

This was, after all, an operation directly dispatched from headquarters, and the target involved a hospital that had been eroded and destroyed by a sinkhole.

If he can resolve this smoothly, the accumulated regional influence, practical experience, and reputation should be enough for him to advance to the eighth rank of town land.

"Have you finished reviewing all the materials?"

Xu Lindong tapped the table and said, "You all know how dangerous the mission is."

Enough said. Everyone's equipment is ready, so if there are no questions, given the tight schedule and heavy workload, let's set off now.

Each squad must have already met internally and received their equipment beforehand.

At this point, he no longer needed to waste time explaining.

Those present were all experienced executives, and they already had their own assessments of this mission.

"Alright, let's wait for Captain Xu's order."

Qiao Zheng stubbed out his cigar, stood up, and said, "We can set off at any time."

Xu Lindong glanced at the cigar Qiao Zheng had stubbed out: "Don't smoke inside, lest you attract some kind of smoking ghost."

Qiao Zheng was taken aback, realizing that this was a reminder not to make any unnecessary movements, and then nodded and smiled, "Understood."

The people around them exchanged glances.

Qiao Zheng, a notorious troublemaker, actually admires Xu Lindong.

The thirteen people immediately equipped themselves with recorders and headsets and set off.

Apart from Xiao Mufeng, Tang Lei, Wang Shuo, and He Lian and Mo Sheng from the South District, the rest were all Sequence Nine extraordinary individuals.

The lineup for this mission is truly impressive.

...

Seven or eight minutes later, the group arrived at the outer edge of the cordoned-off area.

The area has been completely enclosed by towering iron fences and concrete walls.

A heavy iron gate stood before me, behind which lay the completely sealed-off mental hospital.

Chen Yu glanced at the weathered cement wall and said, "Fortunately, the supernatural events are currently confined to the courtyard and haven't spilled out. Otherwise, these cement railings alone wouldn't be enough to stop them."

Xu Lindong nodded: "This is not inside the sinkhole field after all, but only an area that was affected by it."

However, since it has been affected by the Heavenly Pit, one must be extremely careful once inside.

Pay special attention to areas of potential spatial distortion; once trapped, even if rescued, the person will be crippled.

"Yes, so I suggest that we wandering spirits take turns maintaining our spirit form, hovering around to check for risks!"

Chen Yu reminded him, "This is also experience that our team has gained from previous explorations."

Xu Lindong nodded and said, "Okay, you and Ding Jian will go first, and Qiao Zheng and I will follow."

Everyone nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

It is precisely because of the regional risks of spatial distortion that their team is composed of nearly half of the Sequence Nine Wanderers.

After all, wandering spirits have a natural advantage in areas of spatial distortion. As long as they can detect it in advance, they can quickly etherealize their bodies to avoid being crushed by the distorted space.

The group followed Xu Lindong to the gate covered in rust.

The moment Xu Lindong's palm touched the door panel, the door god's senses quickly spread out.

Only after confirming that there was no danger within 300 meters did they lead the team in.

They hadn't walked far when they saw two old buildings ahead.

The walls are peeling, and the snow from the recent cold snap has covered the roof and awnings and has not yet melted.

The surroundings were quiet, but there was no eerie atmosphere; it looked like an ordinary old, abandoned building.

"In collective action, efficiency is secondary; safety is paramount."

Xu Lindong said calmly, "Let's go to the mission site in the inpatient department first to reinforce the formation."

"yes!"

The crowd nodded and followed, some of them already taking out their detection equipment and beginning to scan the surrounding environment.

But they hadn't gone far when everyone stopped in their tracks.

Next to the public toilet on the side in front, there was a line of people standing there unexpectedly.

The figures, seemingly real yet ethereal, appeared to have no physical form. They stood in neat rows outside the women's restroom, creating an eerie and unsettling atmosphere.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a group of men wearing blue and white striped hospital gowns, quietly queuing up, seemingly waiting to enter the women's restroom.

If this happened outside, a group of men lining up to use the women's restroom would surely be surrounded and beaten to a pulp by a group of women.

They're a bunch of old perverts.

But in this context, a supernatural resurrection occurring in a mental hospital corrupted by supernatural forces seems... quite plausible.

"What's going on? Are these mental patients studying the women's restroom?"

"Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't be able to keep a man like me, who's like an eagle, but now I really want to see what's going on."

"Our three teams explored this area before, and this situation didn't occur."

Everyone was unsure of the situation, and even Chen Yu was confused.

All eyes turned to Xu Lindong.

Qiao Zheng asked in a low voice, "Captain Xu, what do we do?"

Logically, the safest course of action is to simply bypass them; there's no need to provoke these strange figures manifested by the power of the sinkhole.

But their original purpose was to clear up supernatural events and reinforce the seal, and they couldn't leave this glaring anomaly unaddressed.

However, there are too many of these figures, and their strength is unknown, so taking any rash action would be very risky.

Xu Lindong stopped and said in a calm voice, "When dealing with supernatural events, the first reaction should not be to confront them head-on, but to observe and decipher the patterns."

This is the easiest and safest way.

These words are completely incomprehensible to a novice who hasn't experienced enough bizarre events.

However, Qiao Zheng, Chen Yu, and Pan Chao all nodded in agreement.

Xu Lindong looked at Ding Jian and said, "Go, try to test them with a joke. I'll back you up."

Ding Jian grinned: "Alright, I'll go have some fun with them."

If Qiao Zheng had asked him to go, he might have grumbled a bit.

But since it's my own brother and the captain speaking, I have to listen to him.

He shifted in a blur, transforming into a semi-transparent, mischievous ghost, and with a grin, he moved to the front of the queue, cutting right next to the first figure of a mental patient:

"Dude, move aside, I need to pee urgently, it's yellow and I can't hold it in any longer, let me go first."

Professionals are professionals.

The joker started making jokes right away, and he did it on a group of supernatural figures.

This scene is more like a mental breakdown than a mental breakdown.

The man at the front of the line, a balding old man with thinning hair, slowly said, "Can't you see we're in line? If you need to use the restroom, go to the back. You're in a hurry to pee? I'm in a hurry even more than you, and I can't even empty my bladder completely."

"Able to communicate normally..."

Behind him, Xu Lin's gaze narrowed slightly as he thought to himself, while remaining ready to strike at any moment.

At this moment, Ding Jian seemed to be really unable to hold it in any longer, and hurriedly started to undo his belt: "You say you can't finish peeing? I don't believe it. How about we have a contest to see who can pee faster?"

This joke is absolutely outrageous.

The team members watching from behind were all speechless.

We've all seen plenty of wandering ghosts, water ghosts and ghosts who jumped off buildings are nothing new, but a "joke ghost" like Ding Jian is truly a first and extremely rare sight.

To be able to take jokes to such a neurotic level, one can only say he truly has a "talent".

After surviving his brush with death, he used the extraordinary materials distributed by his department to naturally become a joke ghost.

Ding Jian seemed to be on a smoother path than anyone else, and he digested the extraordinary substances very quickly.

At this moment, Ding Jian's pants had been pulled down to his thighs, exposing his buttocks, and he was facing away from everyone, posing as if he was about to urinate.

The line of "patients" had never seen anything like this before, and they immediately started pointing and criticizing.

Only the figure at the very front of the line gave Ding Jian a few serious looks and actually nodded:

"Looks like you're in a real hurry, young man. Alright, you can go first. Once one of them comes out, you can go in. There are only a limited number of stalls inside."

"As expected... queuing is the rule."

Even if someone cuts in line, as long as they agree, it won't cause conflict; that's breaking the pattern.

Xu Lindong then made an analysis, and his voice was transmitted to all his teammates through their headsets.

Everyone nodded in agreement. Qiao Zheng grinned, rarely showing such approval, "This kid is indeed impressive; the joker is actually quite useful."

It was the right decision to send Ding Jian to test the waters.

As a joker, even if his test fails and offends the manifested figures of these celestial powers, he can claim it was a joke and use his joker abilities to escape.

At this moment, Ding Jian had already pulled up his pants and turned to look at Xu Lindong.

Joking aside, he wasn't about to risk his life. He was still a little apprehensive about actually entering the restroom in front of him.

"You can come in if I tell you to."

Xu Lindong calmly said into his earpiece, "I'll go in too in a bit, and we'll share two stalls."

Ding Jian was stunned: "You can joke around too?"

"If you can get in, so can I."

Xu Lindong said calmly, "There are at least three stalls in the bathroom. After we both go in, we'll take care of one as soon as someone comes in from outside. That's the safest way."

"If we alert the group outside and they all rush in, I'll just close the door. We'll separate the inside from the outside; you can deal with some outside, and we'll deal with the rest inside."

The mission documents state that to eliminate these figures, one must use supernatural power to forcibly suppress them and then stamp their foreheads with the standard equipment 'Heavenly Dao Seal' to completely disperse them.

Of course, if you are strong enough, you can defeat them directly without the seal.

Xu Lindong, however, did not intend to take a direct approach.

Since this is our first time exploring this kind of natural sinkhole, we should be on the safe side and first figure out the patterns and test our strength.

"This arrangement is very reasonable!" Chen Yu nodded in agreement, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this captain is relatively new to the job, he is not someone who is all ability and no experience or brains; on the contrary, he is very calm and wise.

Just then, a figure walked out of the bathroom.

"I'm going in."

Ding Jian reacted quickly and slipped inside.

The figure that emerged did not leave; instead, it turned around and silently joined the end of the queue, as if it hadn't been properly dealt with earlier.

Clearly, we need to address this problem.

These "mentally ill patients" will continue to be listed indefinitely.

Xu Lindong suddenly realized that Ding Jian's voice was no longer in his earpiece.

The bathroom seemed to be isolated by some kind of force, and even his quietly activated senses were blocked by the door.

"I can't even use this door to insert a hole..."

Without further hesitation, he stepped forward and addressed the patient with thinning hair who was still first in line:

"Sir, I also need to pee right now, can I cut in line?"

The old man slowly turned his head. His hair was sparse, and his eyes, one facing east and the other west, were full of wisdom.

He stared at Xu Lindong, his tone icy: "No. I can't hold it in any longer. I've been waiting in line for so long, it's my turn next."

Xu Lindong was silent for a moment, then his face suddenly contorted with rage: "Then you can pee in your pants. If you do, you don't need to go in."

The moment he spoke, his face contorted into a hideous, grotesque expression, resembling that of the 'Haunting Ghost', a night-wandering spirit.

The immense human energy within him surged simultaneously, creating a suffocating pressure that was simultaneously demonstrating its power.

The bluffing ghost itself is not strong in combat, but it is extremely good at intimidating and frightening.

When he first entered the ghost market, he experienced the tricks of a frightening ghost at the entrance.

At this moment, the first patient in line was so frightened that his face turned pale and his legs trembled.

"Splash!"

His crotch was soaked, dripping wet.

The figure behind him suddenly trembled and exclaimed, "Who peed in my pants?"

It turns out the guy behind him also peed, but he thought his pants were wet by someone else's urine.

The elderly patient at the front of the line looked down at his wet crotch and said blankly, "I've already peed."

He looked up at Xu Lindong, nodded numbly, and said, "I'm not going in. You go in first."

After saying that, he turned around and walked straight to the end of the line to rejoin the queue.

The figure behind him who had wet his pants stubbornly believed that someone else had done it, and remained standing in the same spot, waiting. He turned to Xu Lindong and said, "You can go in first in a bit."

"What a bunch of lunatics."

Xu Lindong nodded calmly, understanding in his heart. Sure enough, as long as the rule of "queueing" is followed, even if someone cuts in line, as long as the person being "cut in line" agrees, it will not cause a mass riot.

This way, I can safely enter the restroom and then deal with these figures one by one.

Of course, he had prepared a backup plan.

If the old patient turns hostile, he will immediately summon his little finger and use her "lucky buff" to turn the situation around and avoid falling into the worst possible situation instantly.

The other team members breathed a sigh of relief and were somewhat impressed when they saw that Xu Lindong had also used his own methods to quickly obtain the "priority access to the women's restroom".

A moment later, the ghostly figure of a bald old man appeared in the bathroom.

Xu Lindong seized the opportunity and followed closely behind, stepping into the doorway.

He was stunned as soon as he went in.

Several figures were already squatting in the restroom, with several grown men urinating in the stalls.

Even more bizarrely, they made strange hand gestures while urinating, as if they were practicing some kind of martial art.

This old-fashioned public toilet has no door, so you can see all the stalls at a glance.

Ding Jian was squatting in one of the spots.

He was forced to make the same gesture, awkwardly winking at Xu Lindong, and pretending to "cultivate" as well.

The figures squatting in the pit sills spoke as soon as Xu Lindong entered:

"Another new person has arrived."

"Hurry up and start cultivating."

Xu Lindong was completely confused.

Cultivating in the toilet? What kind of excrement and urine cultivation method is this?

Ding Jian quickly lowered his voice and explained, "I heard them say that there is a female director in the hospital who complained that there were too few stalls in the women's restroom and that there was always a queue, so she abused her power and made them give up the men's restroom."

When the female director went in, she found that the number of stalls in the men's restroom was actually the same as in the women's restroom. Unless you were standing to pee, you couldn't use them at all. So she stopped coming, but she didn't return the men's restroom.

The women's restroom was also rejected because it had been used by men.

"Therefore, these people are still going to the women's restroom every day, queuing up and practicing, saying that the female director cultivated her skills in the restroom, which is why she became the director and managed the men's restroom. They also need to cultivate stronger power to take back the men's restroom."

Xu Lindong was speechless after hearing this.

It really is a mental hospital; from the director to the patients, there isn't a single normal person.

But he immediately grasped the key point.

"It seems that to completely resolve the anomaly here, we probably need to deal with that 'female director.' Otherwise, simply clearing out these figures won't be enough. Once the supernatural power of the sinkhole recovers, they'll reappear and continue queuing here..."

Thinking this through, Xu Lindong no longer hesitated and suddenly let out a low shout:

"Everyone, stand up!"

His voice wasn't loud, but it carried the unique intimidation of a door god, booming through the narrow toilet.

"If you're a man, stand up and pee!"

After Xu Lindong let out a low roar, the several Heavenly Dao figures who were squatting and cultivating in the pit all raised their heads.

A figure growled in a low voice, "Don't yell and disturb our cultivation! If we don't cultivate, how will we reclaim the men's restroom? If we can't reclaim the men's restroom, how will we pee standing up?"

His tone was urgent, with a kind of obsessive seriousness: "Hurry up and find a toilet to pee, then cultivate."

We can only practice for ten minutes each day, so don't hogging the space.

"Looks like we'll have to resort to other methods."

Xu Lindong's eyes flashed, and suddenly his body swayed slightly, transforming into a spirit form, once again becoming the frightening ghost form among the Night Wanderers.

But this time, his face was no longer ferocious; instead, it exuded a bewitching, intimate quality, as if he were one of their own.

"Where is your female director? Take us to her and we'll reason with her and get her to return the men's restroom. Why force ourselves to practice our skills in the women's restroom?"

A figure squatting in the latrine, practicing meditation, said without looking up, "We men accept that we're not as skilled as others."

We chose to train here willingly, and we will take it back through our own strength.

Go and reason with the female director? Can you even get through that?

His tone was firm: "Only by overpowering her will power naturally return. Are you going to the bathroom or not? If not, get out."

Xu Lindong maintained his intimidatingly friendly demeanor, but his voice carried an incitement:

"I'm a man too, and my companions are all men. Nobody wants to squat here to use the toilet."

"Take us to that female director. We'll work together to resolve this. Taking back the men's restroom isn't just a matter for a few of you; it's something we should all fight for. That's the point."

He paused, his tone low and carrying a hint of pressure:

"Everything should be done reasonably. If she's unreasonable..."

"Then let's talk about strength."

Several figures from the Heavenly Dao peeked out from the pit, then glanced at the scythe and shield on Xu Lindong's back. Finally, they nodded in unison, stood up, and said:

"Come on, we'll take you to find the female director."

"If you can't take the men's restroom back from her, we'll hold you accountable. You've already wasted our cultivation time."

Xu Lindong said, "Sure, I'm not one to boast."

If I can't handle the female director, then you can handle me.