Weird Game: My Talent is a Bit Strong

Ebony Mental Hospital, in front of the main gate.

Looking at the swirling mist outside the iron gate, the players had different expressions.

"It's been almost half a minute. They... they've really left?" He Yichao asked in surprise.

He slapped his thigh, his face full of regret: "I should have tried to build a better relationship with them!"

The four members of the Madstorm Guild were standing together.

The blond-haired man looked at the bald man and asked, "Brother Yezi, what do we do?"

"Damn it, we should have done it sooner." The bald man was also furious.

As a member of the raiding team for the Kuangbiao Guild, he was entrusted with an important task for this raid: to find a way to eliminate Fan Chen.

If you succeed, you can leave the exploration team.

He was already a level 15 player, far surpassing Fan Chen.

To further enhance his strength, the guild even gave him a new demon tattoo...

Just as he was feeling frustrated, the male player in sunglasses suddenly turned his head and said, "There's a sound. They're back."

Everyone else was taken aback, but they didn't hear anything.

A few seconds later, footsteps could be heard in the mist outside the iron gate.

The three of them, shrouded in the light of the oil lamp, returned.

"Hmph." The bald man snorted coldly, a grin spreading across his face.

"You're back." Fan Chen breathed a sigh of relief upon returning to the courtyard.

I'm really afraid that if I go out, I won't be able to come back and will miss this great opportunity in the instance.

He really wants medical-related skills.

"You can't leave either?" He Yichao asked as he walked over, with a hint of schadenfreude.

After trying so many times and failing, how could they possibly leave so easily!

"We left, but we're back now," Zhou Muchen explained.

"Stop joking, buddy," He Yichao laughed, and the others had similar expressions.

Fan Chen smiled and shook his head, stopping Zhou Muchen from saying anything more.

Given his personality, if other players haven't offended him and beg him to help send something away, he won't refuse to help for a fee and earn some ghost money.

But since you don't believe me, then forget it...

At this moment, Fan Chen's expression suddenly changed, and his gaze turned to the hospital building shrouded in mist ahead.

Inside the previously pitch-black building, a small light appeared in a room on the first floor.

A ghostly figure was standing at the window, looking this way.

"There's a ghost!"

"It looks like it's looking at us!"

Everyone else also saw the ghostly figure.

While they hesitated, Fan Chen had already led his friends into the building.

"Brother Chen, could this be that ghost-hunting streamer?" Zhou Muchen whispered.

According to the Fengdu Daily, a terrifying secret is hidden behind the missing anchor.

The appearance of this message indicates that they are very likely to encounter the ghost that the streamer has transformed into in the instance.

"Perhaps," Fan Chen thought, making a similar deduction.

Seeing the three of them walk towards the building, the other players hesitated for a moment, but then followed.

Passing through the lobby where the instance opened, Fan Chen used the light of an oil lamp to walk into the dark corridor.

The players' chaotic footsteps were particularly noticeable in the dim and silent atmosphere.

There is no moonlight here anymore, only the scattered light from the lighting items in the hands of the players.

"It's the room in front," An Ran said, identifying the location.

Fan Chen suddenly stopped, a look of confusion on his face.

"Wh-what's wrong?" He Yichao, who had followed, asked in a trembling voice.

"Do you... feel like you're being watched?" Fan Chen asked.

"Yes," Zhou Muchen said.

When Fan Chen looked at him, he explained, "Qing Tong is watching me; I can feel it."

"...It's not a ghost bride, but a pair of eyes full of malice," Fan Chen said speechlessly.

His vigilance and perception did not detect any hostility, but his 400 points of mental attribute gave him keen perception, allowing him to sense malicious gazes.

An Ran shook her head, and the other players also showed wary but bewildered expressions.

Only Fan Chen sensed the gaze upon him.

Fengdu Daily: Beware of being spied on from the shadows!

"So, it means I'm the only one being targeted by some kind of ghost?"

Fan Chen used the lamplight to survey the dark corridor.

His gaze quickly settled on a door to the side.

The sign on the door indicated that this was a "storage room," and the door was not closed tightly, with a crack in it.

The malicious stares came from this gap.

Fan Chen carefully walked over and approached the gap.

Then, he saw an eye through the crack in the door.

A bloodshot eye with tiny pupils was staring at him, its pupils trembling constantly.

[Warning: You have been attacked by a curse!]

Spirit +16

Endurance +8

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Fan Chen: What are you looking at?

Bang! He kicked the door open, followed by a series of loud crashes and noises.

The storage room was filled with clutter. When the door was kicked open, a shelf was bumped, and a bunch of random things fell down.

Fan Chen, carrying the Ghost Eye Tiger-Slaying Blade, peered inside and found the room to be small and easily identifiable.

"Fan Chen, what's wrong?"

"What's inside?"

The other players were startled by Fan Chen's actions and asked in trembling voices.

"Oh, it's nothing."

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the storage room, Fan Chen explained to the others, "However, it seems like I'm being watched by some ghost."

Beware of being spied on in the dark. This message seems to be a warning to players that there are special ghosts in the mental hospital who will be watching them from the shadows.

Many ghosts exhibit this behavioral pattern:

First, exert subtle influence to make the player increasingly tense and panicked, and then launch an attack once their rationality has declined.

Fan Chen was the first to be targeted.

The other players were all shocked, they were being targeted by a ghost... So why are you still so calm?

"Playing hard to get." Gold Tooth Bald Man sneered.

His expression suddenly changed as soon as he finished speaking.

Because he heard a faint yet remarkably distinct strange sound.

creak, creak...

The others then heard the sound as well.

"Yes, it's coming from that room," the man in sunglasses said, pointing to the room in front of him.

This is the room where the ghostly figure was seen earlier.

Fan Chen walked over and saw a sign outside the room that read "Activity Room".

This is the place where mentally ill patients can carry out their daily activities.

Was that strange sound coming from that ghostly figure?

Fan Chen gripped the doorknob and, click, pushed the door open.

Because of the windows, moonlight shone in, making it barely possible to see inside the activity room.

This is a large house of over 100 square meters, furnished with tables, chairs, sofas, and other furniture.

There was even a large CRT television and an old VCR on the cabinet by the wall.

Fan Chen quickly found the source of the "creaking" sound.

In the middle of the room is a rocking chair with a curved wooden base, which allows you to rock back and forth when you sit on it.

No one is sitting on it now, but it keeps shaking, and the creaking sound is coming from it.

The ghostly figure I saw earlier is not in this room.

"Was it sitting here just now?" Fan Chen wondered.

He walked up to the swaying rocking chair and used the Demon Eye Tiger-Slaying Blade to stop it from rocking.

Then he reached out and carefully touched the rocking chair.

[Note: This was once a mental patient's favorite chair.]

A prompt message appears before your eyes.

When players touch items in a dungeon, regular items will not trigger a notification.

If it is a strange item, the corresponding information will be displayed.

The simple reminder message indicates that this rocking chair, although an ordinary item, has special characteristics and may reveal something strange at any time.

"Was it once a favorite chair of a mental patient?"

Fan Chen thought for a moment, then sat down in the rocking chair and swayed back and forth.

But nothing was triggered.

The other players watched in astonishment as Fan Chen acted recklessly, and quickly moved away from him.

Zhou Muchen and An Ran were not surprised at all; it was just normal procedure.

He Yichao muttered to himself, "He'll get himself killed sooner or later!"

Afterwards, the players began exploring the activity room.

Most players don't expect to find hidden clues or trigger any quests.

But in such places, one might find usable, bizarre items.

"How annoying!"

Suddenly, the energetic young woman, Feifei, shouted, stomping her foot loudly, "More bugs! They almost crawled onto my leg!"

"Where are the bugs? Don't be so dramatic!" retorted Sister Spirit No. 2.

"It really is there, it went down there." Feifei pointed to the cabinet in the corner and wanted to go over and move it.

"Don't touch anything," the bald man scolded.

Fan Chen, who was exploring the room, turned his head and glanced at Fei Fei with a puzzled look.

More bugs... Could this energetic young lady have been targeted by some kind of ghost too?

Just like spying in the dark, seeing bugs nearby might be a way for some ghost to influence the player?

At this moment, Fan Chen came to the wall inside the activity room.

There was a group photo hanging on the wall, with dozens of people in it.

It appears to be a group photo of doctors and patients at a mental hospital.

Fan Chen tried reaching out and touched the photo frame.

[Note: This is a family photo from Ebony Mental Hospital.]

Spirit Level: 2

Introduction: Mr. Kun, a well-known musician from Fengdu City, came to Ebony Mental Hospital for a performance to comfort patients. After the performance, this group photo was taken in the auditorium.

Staring at it will drain your mental energy.

"A family portrait?"

Fan Chen's heart stirred, and he took the photo down and examined it carefully.

He was affected by the curse, but it was all turned into a positive benefit.

In the eerie dungeons, players will usually suffer attribute losses when they look through items such as newspapers, books, and photos.

An Ran and Zhou Muchen also curiously came over.

Unlike the Fengdu Daily, this photograph is not limited to being seen only by the owner.

The people in the photo are easily identifiable.

The patients were all wearing blue and white hospital gowns, and there were more than forty of them.

The hospital's doctors and staff, all wearing white coats, numbered about a dozen.

Standing in the very center of the first row was a middle-aged female doctor with an elegant demeanor.

Standing in this position when taking the photo, she is very likely the director of the mental hospital.

On the dean's side, there was only one middle-aged man wearing a suit.

This man should be the famous musician, Mr. Kun, mentioned in the message.

"When the Dark Sonata begins, the Red Moon will begin." Fan Chen recalled this information from the Fengdu Daily.

What is the connection between the Dark Sonata and the musician Mr. Kun?

An Ran and Zhou Muchen had clearly thought of this, and exchanged glances with Fan Chen.

At this moment, the tall He Yichao suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Gentlemen, there's something going on here."

He was standing not far away, shining a flashlight on the open space to the side, looking very nervous.

"What's wrong?" asked the female player dressed as a sophisticated urban woman.

"Can't you see it? There's a shadow standing right here," He Yichao said, pointing to the open space in front of him.

But there was nothing there.

Fan Chen frowned and looked over, activating his Spirit Detection Eye.

Still nothing... No, that's not right.

Fan Chen's expression shifted as he noticed a pair of black footprints on the ground.

He Yichao hurriedly took a few steps back to the side.

Black footprints followed Xiang Hechao a few steps forward.

I kept a distance of about two meters from him.