WTNL Chapter 28

Fukang Hospital
Chapter 28: Double insurance, absolutely foolproof!

Seemingly realizing that the current situation was disadvantageous to them, all the faceless people slowly retreated backward.

Soon, the pale faces disappeared into the darkness surrounding the delivery room, leaving Wen Jianyan standing alone in the massive operating room.

In the “Integrity First” live broadcast room:

[…Fuck.]

[…Fuck.]

[Male mommy is the GOAT!]

[But then again, the bug the streamer exploited is too awesome! Won’t he be able to walk sideways (do whatever he wants) in this instance?]

[Hahahahahaha the person above must be watching a live stream for the first time, right? Rest assured 120%, the bigger the bug exploited, the harsher the restrictions the instance will give. For the sake of instance balance, the live broadcast room can pull out any ruthless move.]

A heavy scent of blood permeated the air.

Under the illumination of the single surgical light, Lin Qing’s corpse lay motionless on the operating table. Her dull and cloudy eyes were wide open, staring fixedly at a distant place. The slit on her neck was still gurgling with blood. Her pale limbs were lifeless, looking bloody and miserable.

Wen Jianyan stepped forward, his gaze landing on the corpse, and fell into a thoughtful silence.

Just before having her throat slit, Lin Qing had shouted the words “the second basement floor”.

Whether it was the map or the elevator, the deepest they went was only the first basement floor. This meant that this Fukang Private General Hospital should have an entire hidden floor, and the core secret of the entire hospital was buried there.

Moreover, after experiencing this, Wen Jianyan had formed some vague guesses about it in his mind.

Sewn lips, slit throat—such familiar methods of death.

And what the faceless person said:

“Lin Qing, you have disappointed me too much.”

“Since this hotbed is useless, you will be the next.”

Since the role he was playing just now was “Lin Qing” herself, then, was it possible that the scene that just occurred was a reflection of reality?

Wen Jianyan lowered his eyelids, reached out, and gently closed Lin Qing’s wide, ashen eyes.

Just then, a mechanical voice rang in his ear.

[Ding! Hidden side quest completed!]

The next second, the scene before his eyes abruptly changed.

He returned outside the empty delivery room. A familiar wave of dizziness hit him, making Wen Jianyan almost unable to stand steadily.

As soon as he opened his eyes, it was the mohawk guy’s face leaning in very close.

Wen Jianyan was startled and subconsciously leaned backward.

[Ding! Live broadcast special quest completed, special route unlocked. Reward points: 5000]
[Live broadcast quest rewards are being calculated for you:
Instance Exploration Progress: 60%. Reward Points: 10000
[Current Stage Plot Modification: 76%. Reward Points: 10000]

[Remaining points in account: 75000]
[Wow, congratulations on becoming the richest streamer in the entire instance!]
[Achievement Unlocked: With all due respect, everyone here is a pauper]

“Special route?” the mohawk guy asked curiously.

Since the contract was signed, their cooperative relationship was guaranteed by the system, so Wen Jianyan had no need to hide it from him. He nodded: “Mm.”

Good heavens, awesome.

The mohawk guy gasped inwardly.

On the way over here, he had casually opened his live broadcast interface and was startled by his viewer count, which had dropped by nearly half.

After all, viewership usually enjoyed a surplus. If streaming with a highly popular advanced streamer, his online viewership should be dragged up as well, because viewers in the other’s room would occasionally want to switch perspectives. But this time, although he teamed up with a big shot, his online viewership decreased instead of increasing. The mohawk guy couldn’t really figure it out in his heart.

But now, he didn’t care to think about it anymore.

This was a big shot, a 100% big shot!

Even if he wasn’t an advanced streamer yet, he was an advanced streamer in reserve!

Wen Jianyan took out his phone and turned on the screen.

The blood-red countdown ticked away drop by drop, and now only a few seconds remained.

[Instance Mutation Countdown]

[00:00:00]

“Ding!”

Just then, the familiar mechanical voice rang in the ears of all streamers.

“The [Fukang Private General Hospital] instance has mutated successfully! Difficulty increased! Deploying eight new streamers—”

“The successfully mutated instance will open a brand-new team battle mode. Streamers, please carefully consider your stance and make your choices cautiously!”

The mohawk guy: “???”

What the heck?

Instance mutation? Difficulty increased? Brand-new mode?

Although he had experienced four instances before, he had played by the rules in every single one. He had never met a teammate whose fierce operations pushed the plot modification beyond the threshold. Therefore, he was completely unfamiliar with the current plot direction, even feeling an unreality as if this wasn’t happening to him.

Does this kind of thing… have anything to do with me?

The mohawk guy took out his phone and opened the Nightmare backend.

A faction selection interface appeared.

Red faction and Black faction. The Red faction had 8 people, which should be the so-called newly deployed streamers.

The Black faction…

Only had 1.

Looking lonely and utterly miserable.

In this situation, anyone would choose the side with more people and higher odds of winning, right?

The mohawk guy muttered in his heart.

However, before he could make any choice, a pop-up abruptly appeared on his phone screen:

[Since you are already bound to the Black faction streamer by a contract, you cannot select the Red faction and cannot change factions midway. The system will automatically assign you.]

The next second, the number of people in the Black faction jumped, changing from “1” to “2”.

The words [Black Faction] slowly appeared in his live broadcast backend.

The mohawk guy: “…”

Hah?

Hah????

What is going on?!

He raised his head in a daze, subconsciously looking toward the young man who was the only one he had formed a contract with—

Under the mohawk guy’s shocked gaze, the young man’s eyes wandered somewhat for some reason: “…Ahem.”

He cleared his throat and shyly offered a word of comfort:

“Although we have fewer people on our side, it’s not like we don’t have any advantages at all. After all, look, at least our faction’s population doubles very quickly!”

The mohawk guy: “…”

Mm, right, “1” turning into “2,” the doubling speed is indeed very fast.

Looking at his only teammate in front of him, the mohawk guy couldn’t help but feel dazed.

…For some reason, he suddenly felt as if he had boarded a pirate ship.

It must; it must be an illusion, right?!

The instant the mutation countdown reached zero, the sign hanging outside the [Fukang Private General Hospital] live broadcast hall changed.

The data on the sign flashed, and every rating leaped up one or even several levels:

Hall Difficulty Level: C+
Historical Highest Unlock Rate: 63%
Viewing Value: A

The next second, the shortcut channel for the entire hall leaped violently, directly entering the very front of the entire live broadcast plaza! It even surpassed the other two A-rank and B-rank instances currently broadcasting!

The viewers in the live broadcast plaza were instantly in an uproar.

Wh-what is going on?

Why did this C-rank instance suddenly jump to such a prominent position? Did the live broadcast room system algorithm glitch?!

While the viewers were discussing animatedly, an eye-catching line of blood-red text appeared on the screen of the [Fukang Private General Hospital] instance:

“This instance has successfully mutated and will soon open the team battle mode.”

“Betting is about to begin!”

Instantly, the entire plaza exploded!

—Team battle?!

There were only two ways to open a team battle instance. Either as the instance developed, the system determined that clear factional divisions had emerged among the surviving streamers, disrupting the game balance and resulting in too low of a viewing value; or one or several streamers made excessive modifications within the instance, to the point where the instance could not adjust internally.

The first situation was more common. After all, guilds existed, and grouping up in instances happened often. So from time to time, an instance would be judged by the system as having too low of a viewing value, triggering a team battle.

But the second situation was very rare.

This situation was often referred to by viewers as a “hunting instance.” Because those who broke the rules were usually only a few, this kind of team battle ultimately developed into an encirclement and hunt of a single streamer by multiple streamers, and the development was always bloodier and more thrilling.

No viewer disliked team battles.

Team battles made the situation within the instance more treacherous and unpredictable, providing the most thrilling viewing experience.

More importantly…

In team battle instances, all viewers could participate in “betting.”

They could tip their points to the Red or Black faction streamers participating in the battle. Every point counted as one bet, accumulating votes for both sides. The system would also calculate odds based on the votes and the performance of both sides. Winner takes all.

Blood, thrills, and gambling.

In this world of amusing to death, who could refuse?

[Ahhhhh I haven’t seen a team battle in a long time, I’m so excited!]

[I just don’t know what type it is. I hope it’s a hunting instance, at least I can make a guaranteed profit.]

[Come on, although hunting instances guarantee a profit, the odds aren’t great either. I actually hope it’s a guild team battle. The point rankings of Oracle, Dark Fire, and Eternal Day haven’t changed in a long time, right? So looking forward to it, so looking forward to it!]

The enthusiasm of all the viewers in the plaza was fully ignited. While discussing passionately, they scrambled to surge toward the direction of [Fukang Private General Hospital].

Outside Fukang Private General Hospital, eight figures abruptly appeared in the night.

They cautiously nodded to each other.

Although they were unfamiliar with one another, they were perfectly clear about each other’s affiliated guilds.

Three from Oracle, two from Dark Fire, two from Eternal Day, and one freelance streamer not belonging to any faction.

After greeting each other, they successively took out their phones and began reading their assigned identities and plots from the system.

[You are a doctor in Fukang Private General Hospital, and also a member participating in the hospital’s secret project. On the night before the project is about to be completed, you suddenly receive a message: an intern nurse on night shift patrol stole the most crucial piece needed to complete the project. If you do not catch him, your efforts will fall short.]

[Main Live Broadcast Quest 1: Retrieve the item before the instance ends (7:00 AM) and annihilate all members of the Black faction.]
[Main Live Broadcast Quest 2: Ensure the project is completed smoothly.]

[In-system Identity Hint: From the fourth-floor operating room, you can directly access the second basement floor. There, you will learn everything about the project.]

“Cheng Mi, C+, Oracle.”

One of the streamers wearing glasses spoke first: “Regarding the Black faction, do you guys have any thoughts?”

“What thoughts could we have?”

A burly streamer wearing a tight shirt scoffed, “Do you really think that streamer can survive this kind of hunting instance?”

He introduced himself as Liu Yuze, a member of Dark Fire.

“I’ve always wanted to play a hunting instance.” Liu Yuze rolled his sturdy neck and wrists, his joints cracking. An excited glint shone in his falcon-like eyes: “I’ve heard of these kinds of instances. There are no easier points to earn than this.”

“I think it’s better not to be too careless.”

Said a slender, soft-spoken female member of Eternal Day. “Didn’t the introduction say it? That streamer obtained the most crucial piece for completing the project. If it’s some highly destructive, rule-breaking item, a reversal of the situation isn’t impossible. I think it’s best we play it safe.”

“Moreover… if my guess is correct, the difficulty within the instance should have increased as well. Don’t end up planting yourselves on ghosts and monsters before even finding the Black faction.”

Finally, they reached a consensus.

The four from Eternal Day and Dark Fire would enter the second basement floor to investigate clues. The three from Oracle and the freelance streamer would hunt down the remaining streamers in the instance to increase the Red faction’s numbers—the fewer people the Black faction had, the smaller their advantage, and the easier it would be to gang up on them.

Before acting, Cheng Mi took an item out of his backpack.

It looked like a small, exquisite bagua compass, only the size of a palm. Bizarre gears began to turn, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, before slowly coming to a halt after a dozen seconds.

“How is it?” Another member of the Oracle guild leaned in: “Are our odds of winning high?”

Cheng Mi smiled, his eyes behind his glasses flashing with excitement:

“Very high.”

“Oh?” His companion grew excited: “How so?”

“The karma on that streamer is very deep. I’m afraid he hasn’t just offended many people but also many vengeful spirits and ghosts. And more importantly—”

Cheng Mi pointed to a black line on the compass, stating with certainty:

“He is deeply hated by a very powerful, very terrifying existence. With the item the Vice President gave us, even if something goes wrong during our operation, we can summon it here to eliminate the Black faction.”

“Double insurance, absolutely foolproof!”

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Author’s Note:

Gong: Cuddle!!!!

Traveling a thousand miles to deliver the hubby, the gift is light, but the affection is deep (x)

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