A Guide to Surviving the Mysterious Dungeon and the Twelve Talismans

"You've come at the perfect time; I'm almost off work anyway." After saying this, the strange doctor left the clinic.

Zhou An was taken aback, not expecting this guy to leave so decisively.

Zhou An then glanced around the outpatient room.

The emergency department's outpatient room is not large, about fifty square meters, with two workstations and a separate rest room in the back.

They also have some commonly used medicines, bandages, and the like.

There was only Zhou An in the outpatient room; not even a nurse could be seen.

Yes, the nurses in the emergency room are very busy.

For emergency patients with minor injuries or pains, they can come directly to the outpatient clinic, where one or two doctors are usually sufficient.

Most of them are in the emergency room, where even those on the verge of death can be saved.

"Dr. Liu, Dr. Liu..." At this moment, a nurse walked in, holding a head in her arms.

After calling out a few times, they found that Dr. Liu was not there, and only Zhou An was left.

"Dr. Zhou? What are you doing here? Where is Dr. Liu?" The nurse who came was none other than Liu Jing.

"Nurse Liu, Dr. Liu has finished her shift. I'm the outpatient doctor now."

"What's the patient's condition?" Zhou An sat at his workstation and looked up at the severed head in Liu Jing's arms.

Upon hearing this, Liu Jing placed the severed head directly on the table: "Then I'll trouble Dr. Zhou to take a look. I'll go and get back to work."

After Liu Jing finished speaking, she prepared to leave.

But then he suddenly remembered something and left his phone number: "Dr. Zhou, this is my phone number. You can call me if you need anything, anything at all."

Liu Jing winked at Zhou An, then hurriedly left.

Everyone in the emergency department seems very busy, and everything they do is in a rush.

"Doctor, doctor, a bug has crawled into my brain, please help me get it out," the man said hurriedly.

This person looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, with an extremely pale face, and was actually quite handsome.

"Have you registered yet?" Zhou An asked.

"Registered, registered." The person nodded repeatedly.

"Hmm." Zhou An nodded slightly.

He then glanced at a medical toolbox on the table.

When he opened it, there were some small items inside, including a scalpel.

[Standard Surgical Knife]: This is the standard surgical knife of the First Ghost People's Hospital.

Effect: A Tier 5 item that can easily break through the bodies of monsters of Tier 5 and below.

Zhou An took the scalpel, placed it on the ear of the person's head, and prepared to cut open the ear canal.

At that moment, the man exclaimed in shock, "Doctor, you're going to operate on me like this?"

"What about anesthesia? I'm terrified of pain, but money isn't an issue."

“Anesthesia? Of course, don’t worry.” Zhou An smiled slightly.

It activates the pain-preserving bracelet.

The next instant, Zhou An slashed open the other person's ear canal.

The person could feel their flesh being cut open, but felt no pain.

"Huh? Your anesthesia is so effective, I didn't feel a thing." The man was quite surprised.

Zhou An smiled slightly but remained silent.

Soon Zhou An saw a worm tail the size of a finger deep inside his ear canal.

Zhou An immediately took a pair of tweezers, reached inside, grabbed the insect, and easily pulled it out.

However, when it was pulled out, you could see that the insect had a large chunk of flesh bitten into its mouth.

This also includes the eardrum of a human head.

"Finally out! I was so itchy before, but now I feel so much better." The man's face was full of relief.

"Okay, doctor, please stitch me up and put some medicine on me," the man said hurriedly.

"No need, it will recover quickly." As soon as Zhou An finished speaking, he activated the power of the horse talisman.

A flash of white light appeared on the opponent's body, and the flesh that Zhou An had torn open was instantly restored.

That wasn't all; a wound burst open at the severed neck.

Then a large number of thick bones grew out.

The bones are also covered with a dense network of meridians and flesh.

In the blink of an eye, the head and body grew back.

A young man, about seventeen or eighteen years old and about 1.8 meters tall, appeared in front of Zhou An, completely naked.

"Huh? You..." Zhou An was taken aback.

"I...I..." The strange young man was also stunned on the spot.

He raised his hands, staring at his body in disbelief.

"My body has grown back! Hahaha, my body has grown back!" The eerie young man burst into unrestrained laughter.

"Ahem, um, why don't you put on some clothes first? Walking your bird in broad daylight is a bit indecent," Zhou An said after a couple of coughs.

"Thank you, thank you, doctor." The strange young man looked at Zhou An excitedly.

Then, with a thought, the other person put a set of clothes on him.

"How many years has it been? It must have been ten years. My body has actually grown back." The strange young man really couldn't believe it.

"Twenty years ago, I went to the tenth forbidden area. Although I broke through to the fifth rank, I was also cursed."

"Over the past ten years, my physical body has continuously decayed, leaving only my head. I have tried every method but have been unable to restore it." The strange young man kept muttering to himself, clearly overly agitated.

Zhou An kept nodding with a smile. He hadn't expected that he would actually help the other party recover.

Zhou An thought the strange thing was just a human head, but he never expected it to be a curse.

However, this tenth forbidden area did stir something in Zhou An's heart.

He still has a pass to the tenth forbidden area given to him by Zhang Tiandao, which is equivalent to an entry ticket to the dungeon.

"Can you tell me about the tenth forbidden area?" Zhou An asked.

Upon hearing this, the strange young man shook his head: "Information within the forbidden area cannot be disclosed to the outside world."

"All I can tell you is its name. It's called the Cursed Land, a cursed region."

"Can't tell the outside world?" Zhou An frowned immediately.

He had entered the Ninth Forbidden Zone, the Eternal Night Continent, and he had also shared information about the Eternal Night Continent without any obstacles.

Is this guy lying to him?

"Is it that information about all forbidden areas cannot be revealed, or is it only the tenth forbidden area that cannot be revealed?" Zhou An looked at the strange young man.

Upon hearing this, the strange young man said, "Information from all forbidden areas cannot be disclosed to outsiders."

"Isn't there any way to do it?" Zhou An asked again, a thought suddenly occurring to him.

"I've heard that anyone who reaches the ninth-tier Ghost Emperor level can speak of or hear information about forbidden areas."

“As long as you’re below the ninth rank, even if you say it out loud, no one else will be able to hear you,” the strange young man said.

Upon seeing this, Zhou An immediately realized why he could speak of the Eternal Night Continent and why Zhang Tiandao and the others could hear it.

"The bill has been printed." At that moment, a voice came from a printer on the table.

Zhou An turned his head to look, and then took the automatically printed bill.

He glanced casually at the bill and his eyelids twitched.

“Sir, I’ve helped you recover, but the medical expenses might be a bit high. You should be prepared,” Zhou An said.

"No, it's okay, I have money. My whole family went into the cursed land together back then."

"They're all dead, and I'm the only one who survived. I inherited all their assets," the eerie young man said confidently.

"That's good, here you go." Zhou An nodded slightly and handed the bill directly to the strange young man.

When the strange young man saw the bill, his pupils contracted sharply: "This... how can it be so much? A million?"

"The surgery to remove the worms, plus anesthesia, will only cost a thousand dollars."

"The reason it's expensive is that it removes the curse from you and fully restores your body."

“If you don’t have enough money on you, you can use our hospital’s medical loan,” Zhou An said with a smile.

Although I don't know why the hospital charges so much, there must be a reason.

And the other party did indeed receive genuine treatment.

"I have enough money, but I mainly need it to break through to the sixth rank."

"If I pay for medical expenses, I don't know when I'll be able to save enough money."

“In this way, I’ll take out a loan of 500,000, and I’ll pay 500,000 myself,” the strange young man said through gritted teeth.

“Yes, sir.” Zhou An’s eyes lit up immediately.

This loan of 500,000 is equivalent to an extra 500,000 in sales revenue.

In this way, the patient directly gave Zhou An a performance fee of 1.5 million.

Adding to the previous 300,000 in sales, Zhou An now has 1.8 million in sales.

A top-three finish is practically guaranteed.

However, Zhou An did not intend to only get a top-three finish; he also wanted first place.

I reckon that if the completion score is equivalent to getting the "Excellent Employee" rating, it's probably the most ordinary evaluation.

No, that's not right. It's very difficult. It's highly likely that it will be at least a C grade, or even a B grade.