Chapter 70: Delusional Disorder? Gu Meng's Account

Chapter 70: Delusional Disorder? Gu Meng's Account

"Don’t mind these meaningless things..."

Ji Yan’s lips twitched as he stared at the empty ceiling, his skin crawling. At the same time, he tried to deduce the nature of this patient’s illness.

Delusional disorder?

Split personality?

If the "child" she mentioned was a figment of her imagination...

Then where did the Pig Player go?

The room was completely bare—how could such a large player just vanish into thin air?

Ji Yan pulled up a chair and sat down, forcing himself to maintain composure as he took out a report form. "Could you specify whether it’s you or your child whose condition is the issue?"

The female patient picked up an oil pen and began sketching something on a drawing board, her eyes brimming with a pitiable melancholy.

"Just call me Gu Meng."

"My child is fine."

"It’s just here to keep me company, afraid its mother would be too lonely."

The brush, dipped in dye, streaked across the paper, staining her pristine hospital gown with splashes of color.

"My illness is simple—heart disease."

"A sickness of the heart. I’m trapped in something I can’t escape, so I’ve been undergoing treatment."

Gu Meng’s narrow eyes flicked toward Ji Yan.

"The reason my condition worsened today is because last night, I dreamed of that heartache again... so I lost control a little."

Ji Yan pretended to jot something down on the report form, raising an eyebrow as he asked reflexively, "What do you mean by 'lost control'?"

Gu Meng continued painting, her tone apologetic. "The orderlies and nurses assigned to care for me... I tore them apart and fed them to my child."

"They were all very kind. I just couldn’t control my emotions."

Ji Yan: "..."

At this point, Gu Meng’s voice shifted, laced with frost. "But this was also their own fault."

"They shouldn’t have kept brushing me off, making my condition worse."

"My lover died in this hospital, yet they refused to let me see his body—not even once."

"Such a simple request, and they either tried to deceive me with other corpses or stalled with excuses."

"You can’t imagine how I’ve spent every sleepless night, closing my eyes only to see my lover begging me to see him one last time..."

As she spoke, the brush in her hand crumbled into dust.

The coldness on her face vanished in an instant, replaced by a gentle smile as she addressed Ji Yan. "Goat Doctor, you’re a good doctor."

"Will you take me to see my lover?"

"If you just bring me to the morgue, you don’t have to do anything else. Once I see his body, my heart will be at peace, and your mission will be complete."

"Isn’t that a win-win?"

Ji Yan listened in silence.

The morgue—the hidden map area he’d unlocked last night.

Using his treatment privileges, taking a patient there wouldn’t violate any rules.

But...

If the mission could be completed just by letting her see her lover, why had so many players been killed by it?

According to the Goat Supernatural Doctor, half the Zodiac Players had taken on A44’s treatment—without exception, all had failed.

Some had even died horribly on the spot.

Just like the Pig Player.

There was definitely a fatal danger zone here!

At that moment, Ji Yan suddenly felt a warm sensation on top of his head, followed by something thick and sticky sliding down his face...

Then, he heard Gu Meng scolding, "Little Gu Meng, the Goat Doctor hasn’t refused yet."

"Put your tongue away!"

Ji Yan’s scalp prickled with fear.

Wait, this wasn’t a delusion.

There really was an Invisible Supernatural Entity on the ceiling above him!

And it was licking him with its tongue.

Gu Meng’s words were essentially giving Ji Yan a choice—either take her to the Morgue to find her lover and free her from the mental torment, or end up like the Pig Player, swallowed whole by her unseen child...

"Miss Gu, if we find your lover, it might help your condition."

"I’ll naturally do everything I can to assist."

Ji Yan’s smile was strained.

"Really? Thank you, Goat Doctor."

"I just hope you won’t be like those other doctors, fobbing me off with another patient!"

Gu Meng’s face lit up with joy, but traces of suspicion remained.

This gave Ji Yan a point of confusion.

Why would those players rather bring her a random corpse to deceive her than let Gu Meng see her actual lover?

What was the reason?

Or was her lover some kind of forbidden NPC, something the players couldn’t even interact with, leading Gu Meng to believe she was being tricked, thus triggering her Blackening and getting them killed?

"Goat Doctor, come, let me show you our Family of Three."

"This is a portrait I painted of us."

In better spirits, Gu Meng tore the drawing from the paper and handed it to Ji Yan.

As his eyes fell on the drawing, Ji Yan couldn’t stop the twitch in the corner of his eye.

In the picture, Gu Meng sat gracefully on a chair, elegant and poised.

Beside her leaned a tall man in a suit—but his face had no features.

Above them, a spider-like monster hung upside down, its limbs grotesquely elongated, its facial features completely distorted, and a corpse dangling from its bloody maw.

"So, Goat Doctor, what do you think?" Gu Meng leaned in, her face beaming with a sweet smile.

"It’s beautifully done. Just looking at it, I can feel how happy your Family of Three must be."

Ji Yan’s praise sounded as if it came from the depths of his heart.

"Goat Doctor, you’re so much better than those cold, stiff doctors. At least you know how to sweet-talk."

"So, I hope you won’t lie to me like they did."

"You’d never lie to me, right?"

The more hopeful Gu Meng sounded, the more Ji Yan sensed the stench of death.

When Gu Meng took the drawing back, Ji Yan seized the chance to lock eyes with her.

Their gazes met—not in intimacy, but to trigger his Talent.

"Ding! Omniscient Understanding has been activated. Player consumes 25% Mental State. Hidden Information obtained—"

"My name is Gu Meng. In my life, there was someone who loved me deeply. But one day, he fell ill and was sent to this hospital—only to die under mysterious circumstances."

"The doctors and nurses kept finding ways to stop me from seeing my dead lover, insisting instead that I was the one who was sick. What secrets are they hiding? Where did my lover really go?"

"Is he... truly dead?"

Ji Yan withdrew his gaze, his head spinning.

Gu Meng asked in confusion, "Goat Doctor, are you alright?"

"Nothing, just... probably too tired from working late last night."

Ji Yan brushed it off, quickly analyzing the Hidden Information he’d obtained.

The Hidden Information is a first-person account from the perspective of the Supernatural Patient.

Gu Meng is so desperate to see her lover because she believes he isn’t truly dead!

It’s the Undead Hospital that has concealed some unknown secret from her, deliberately obstructing and delaying her, worsening her Heart Disease and driving her further out of control.

In other words, is Gu Meng truly ill from Heart Disease?

No!

It definitely can’t be that simple.

This Hidden Information appears to explain the reason, but in reality, it remains ambiguous.

"Goat Doctor, why are you still spacing out?"

"You should take me to the Morgue now!"

Gu Meng’s pale, delicate face leaned in, her expression frantic. Her pristine white hospital gown was stained with glaring Dye.

Ji Yan snapped back to attention and nodded.

But then he noticed something unusual about the Dye on Gu Meng’s Drawing Board— The Dye was actually made entirely of skin tissue!

"This Dye..."

"These dyes are made from the doctors who treated me. I must say, the ones made from corpses are far more vibrant and lustrous, don’t you think?"

Gu Meng cradled the Drawing Board, her smile brimming with satisfaction.

Ji Yan remained silent.

He simply stared intently at the Dye—and then, he successfully triggered his Talent once again!

This second activation of Omniscient Understanding revealed Hidden Information from the Players' perspective.

The content of this information was completely contradictory to Gu Meng’s own account...