Hospital 444
Chapter 378 - 31 Hospital and Apartment

Chapter 378: Chapter 31 Hospital and Apartment

Dai Lin felt a sudden spasm in his heart.

He was more aware than anyone how mysterious and terrifying Hospital 444 was. And this Shadowy Estate, was it really a prototype similar to Hospital 444?

No wonder Han Ming would...

At this moment, he wanted to see who this "Father" truly was.

After all, his Devil’s Eye couldn’t see any human form. But conversely, it was self-evident how terrifying it was for something even the Devil’s Eye couldn’t see. If it weren’t for a powerhouse like Fang Zhou backing him up, Dai Lin wouldn’t dare to make such a bold move.

What exactly was "Father"?

And at that time, Qin Yujuan bowed respectfully toward the darkness ahead of her.

After a long while...

Qin Yujuan’s head suddenly lifted.

It was then that Dai Lin saw a mirror inside the room. In the darkness, he could clearly see that Qin Yujuan’s expression in the mirror had completely changed.

Qin Yujuan, with her changed demeanor, slowly turned around, looked behind her, and then said, "Yujuan, according to the Spanish teacher’s report, you have cried. When ’it’ cries, it means ’it’ has gained a new revelation. From now on, you too will become a part of ’it,’ and the knowledge you have learned will also become a part of ’it,’ and occasionally ’it’ will come to understand it."

When Qin Yujuan spoke these words, her expression and tone were completely different from before.

At that moment, Dai Lin was utterly horrified.

This, was this the so-called "Father"?

He immediately remembered what Lin Sunzhu had mentioned. She had said Qin Qingji once talked about what she had told Qin Lanting!

This...

What does this imply?

And Milan, who shared consciousness with Dai Lin, also became aware of everything.

"I see, I understand everything now."

At this moment, Milan’s heart raced as she finally understood.

This family... from the beginning, had offered everything to "it"... this mysterious, indescribable horror.

"It" possessed terror beyond imagination, a force comparable to, or even surpassing, the cursed spirits of Hospital 444, yet it lacked human wisdom and could not have a stable grasp on human common sense and memory. And for some reason, perhaps "it" could not leave the Shadowy Estate.

Therefore, the people of this family, by employing home tutors here... through the knowledge imparted by the tutors, became part of their own memory and knowledge, then merged with "it," endowing the originally insentient, thoughtless, devoid of any concepts of good and evil, "it" that had only curse instincts, with all sorts of knowledge from the outside world.

They let "it" know that beyond the Shadowy Estate, countless humans existed, that the estate was located in a city called W city, where W city was situated, and the specific demographics of the population around W city’s geographical location.

And the so-called Father had long become a part of "it."

Before this, many more children had become the source of "it’s" knowledge and concepts. Moreover, for some reason, only knowledge passed on by teachers could be accepted by "it."

"Unforgivable..."

More than that mysterious "it," Dai Lin found the actions of the Qin Family people even more unacceptable.

Inducing underage boys and girls to dedicate themselves, to offer themselves for this extremely evil cause.

"Why do they do it? Why kill those innocent people outside the Shadowy Estate?"

Dai Lin couldn’t understand, why???

"This isn’t strange at all." Milan Dailun, however, felt his heart pound with terror, "So, so that’s why it has come to this? Their consciousness, thoughts, all the knowledge they have acquired, is for the sake of offering it up to this indescribable horror?"

"Then, if this thing were told all the information of every human being in this world... wouldn’t that be—?"

"That won’t happen." Milan responded, "There is no existence capable of killing off all life in this world. No matter how powerful a malevolent ghost, even those known as cursed spirits, demons, none can achieve that. Because, both the ’apartment’ and the hospital exist in this world. As humans, we can become paranormal doctors, and even though we are overwhelmingly at a disadvantage, we can still treat the curses of malevolent spirits. The fundamental reason this precarious balance can be maintained is due to the mutual checks between the hospital and the apartment. The coexistence of these two allows the creatures of this world a glimmer of hope for survival."

"That theory is just a hypothesis proposed in your second brother’s thesis, isn’t it?"

The hospital naturally refers to Hospital 444 and another hospital, while the apartment is the one located in K-city where Ying Ziye resides!

"But this hypothesis is gradually becoming a consensus among the hospital’s senior staff. Neither can destroy the other. You should know that the residents of the apartment, unlike us paranormal doctors, are all ordinary humans without the ability to defend themselves. However, only on your level can you come into contact with the residents of the apartment."

Dai Lin had once read a thesis about the hellish apartment in K-city on the hospital’s official website.

The thesis mentioned that in the past, paranormal doctors investigated the identities of the apartment residents with the intention of capturing and studying them. The hospital’s regulations only stated that doctors bear the consequences for treating patients cursed by the hellish apartment; they were not prohibited from attempting treatment. Both clinical surgeons and Curse Object Department doctors hoped to peel away the shadows of the apartment residents to create cursed objects.

But then, a horrifying thing happened.

Every apartment resident was an ordinary human being incapable of self-defense. Even intern-level paranormal doctors could easily kill them. However, whenever they got close to the apartment residents with the intent to imprison or capture them, their shadows would automatically start to move and would kill the paranormal doctors! Even leading doctors from the aforementioned departments could easily be killed by the residents’ shadows! Only a very few paranormal doctors with extraordinary life-saving cursed objects could survive.

Because of this, it can be said that the residents of the apartment are the natural enemies of paranormal doctors!

"The apartment restricts the evil spirits in this world, keeping the number of deaths within a certain range," Milan continued to explain, "Of course, killing the two of us paranormal doctors would be no problem at all."

Yes, Dai Lin was very clear about this.

"At the very least, we can be sure, once we enter the domain of the Shadow Manor, ’it’ should be able to kill us with ease. But there’s a problem, if ’it’ is just an uncommunicable existence without intelligence, can the Qin Family control whether or not it kills us?"

"That’s unclear."

"Why not, I could devour the cup and the blood, and read the memories. At this time, isn’t that risk worth taking?"

Milan hesitated too.

There was too little information available. Without clarity on ’its’ information, without knowing its origin and purpose, they would not be able to do anything. Dai Lun and Milan were here to save people and to find opportunities to enhance their powers; they were not here to die.

"I am very happy to be able to assist Father." At this moment, Qin Yujuan’s expression shifted, and she turned again, "Father, Father, from now on, can I become one with Father? Can I become as sacred and great an existence as Father?"

"Yes, Yujuan." The next moment, she switched back to acting as "Father."

This eerie scene sent chills down one’s spine.

Dai Lin watched this scene, and he knew that Fang Zhou could see everything as well.

"Fang Zhou, how do you... see this?"

After a long silence, Fang Zhou finally gave Dai Lin a reply, "Dai Lin, try to bring those children to the hospital, perform surgery on time, and there might still be hope for salvation."

"Does the hospital have a way to perform such surgery? This isn’t a typical case of any known malevolent spirit curse phenomenon."

"We’ll consider the surgical plan once they’ve been brought to the hospital. I’ve seen countless cases of malevolent spirit possession in the clinic and have removed complete malevolent spirit entities from inside many patients, but this is the first time I have encountered such a thorny situation."

"You... You aren’t planning to operate personally, are you?"

"If surgery is to be done, it definitely can’t be solved by the Department of Fierce Spirits alone, we might need the help of Curse Object Department doctors."

Curse Object Department?

"Dai Lin. I’m starting to worry about my daughter’s condition too. If we bring these patients back for diagnosis and treatment, we might find a way to treat my daughter."

For a doctor, the most terrifying thing is encountering symptoms that cannot be treated effectively!