Hospital 444
Chapter 447 - 27: The Long Night (Part 1)

Chapter 447: Chapter 27: The Long Night (Part 1)

Now, regardless of Dai Lin’s own wishes, he only had one choice: to guard the morgue.

"As you know, after midnight, doctors are forbidden to enter the outpatient area. Therefore, we can only go to the underground morgue through another passage."

Lu Ming was leading the way for Dai Lin, and at the same time, he said to him, "Doctor Dai, there won’t be anyone accompanying you. By the time you get there, Lin Qian’s body will also be sent in. You know what needs to be done when guarding the morgue, right?"

"Of course I do." Dai Lin was very clear about this point.

"Hmm, that’s good," Lu Ming said, his words leaving Dai Lin unsure of what he was truly thinking.

"Doctor Lu, may I ask, have I offended you?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming quickly shook his head with an exaggerated motion.

"No... no! I have no complaints against you. My attitude is the same toward all doctors, I’m definitely not targeting you!" Lu Ming’s expression was unusually comical as he spoke.

The last time Dai Lin encountered such a strange doctor, it was Xie Chengjun.

"I understand."

Dai Lin had nothing more to say at this moment, and could only follow along, heading down the stairs with him.

At that moment, Dai Lin suddenly thought of something.

"Doctor Lu, as far as I know... like this punishment I’ve received, being dispatched to guard the morgue alone for a week, if I survive in the end... I can directly be promoted from resident doctor to attending physician, correct?"

If Dai Lin could be promoted to attending physician, then he could directly apply for the advanced professional title promotion exam at Oroñe Hotel.

"Yes, there is such a rule. Although it is a punishment, it is also an opportunity. However... Doctor Dai, as I said earlier, this rule is actually meaningless, because you are unlikely to come out alive."

"Is that so... well, maybe not!"

Dai Lin was well aware that guarding the morgue alone was very dangerous for others, but for him, it was not necessarily so. After all, he was an absolutely exceptional existence in the entire history of Hospital 444.

Lu Ming was clearly surprised by Dai Lin’s confidence, so he sized him up carefully and chuckled, "I didn’t expect there to still be ignoramuses like you. I’ll be waiting to collect your corpse tomorrow. Rest assured, Doctor Dai, I’ll make your remains look very handsome."

Dai Lin no longer bothered with Lu Ming. Afterwards, when the two of them reached the bottom of the stairs, they faced a wall.

"This..." Dai Lin was stunned and looked at the wall with the Devil’s Eye, but he could not see through it.

"Follow me, Doctor Dai. This is a special wall in the hospital, with a special folded space inside."

Then, Lu Ming walked up to the wall and suddenly, out from that wall... emerged a human head!

Clearly, it was a cursed object!

The human head lifted up, revealing a hideous and terrifying face.

Looking at the human head, Lu Ming said in a clear and precise voice, "Well, cough, the password is ’Eternal Drizzle’!"

The human head then retracted back into the wall.

Obviously, if the password wasn’t correct, that human head wouldn’t care whether you were a Paranormal Doctor or not, and would immediately attack you. This was something Dai Lin had witnessed before.

Then, Lu Ming walked straight through the wall and passed to the other side.

Dai Lin also quickly followed, passing through the wall.

The next moment, Dai Lin was surrounded by pitch black.

Even as he activated the Devil’s Eye, the visibility ahead was still not very high.

And then, Lu Ming said to Dai Lin, "Doctor Dai, today is special, so you don’t need to clock in for now. However, it will be recorded. You must not leave here until after six o’clock. This is the elevator card that allows you to leave, you can take it."

"Okay, thank you."

Dai Lin took the elevator card from Lu Ming’s hand.

"Doctor Dai, then, I wish you good luck."

Then, Lu Ming vanished without a trace right in front of Dai Lin.

"I hate him," Dai Lin heard Milan in his right eye say. "If I have the chance, I will definitely kill him."

"That’s not necessary... is it?"

"I will definitely kill him," Milan repeated. "It’s useless even if you try to stop me."

Naturally, Dai Lin wouldn’t discuss this matter in detail with Milan, because whether or not he could leave here alive was the key issue.

The expressions and demeanor Lu Ming had just shown were all telling Dai Lin that he didn’t believe Dai Lin could leave the underground mortuary alive.

Dai Lin looked towards the corridor ahead and slowly walked on.

For a surgeon, the mortuary was never an unfamiliar place.

But the mortuary of Hospital 444 was indeed a very dangerous place. Many doctors didn’t dare set foot here. Even with several doctors on duty, there would often be casualties.

Some even believed that it was far more dangerous here than in the emergency room.

Dai Lin had no choice but to continue his duty here.

After all, the dean’s regulations were inviolable.

Dai Lin roughly knew some of the rules for duty in the mortuary.

As he recalled, there were a total of six codes of conduct.

...

Mei Ge took another sip of coffee.

The second round of patrols was about to begin.

There hadn’t been any changes reported from the Nightmare Bug.

In any case, this was also a good thing.

However, Mei Ge knew that to survive this long night, it was just the beginning. As time passed, there would always be the dead rising.

Then, it would be her time to work. She would have to guide the deceased in the right direction.

For a long time, most doctors in the hospital believed that the morgue was directly connected to the entrance of hell, and the souls of the deceased would automatically step into hell under guidance. In theory, no matter what kind of evil spirit the deceased turned into, it was impossible for them to escape from the morgue. However, a portion of the evil spirits would not heed the guidance and would instead wander around the morgue.

When such a situation occurred, the one to suffer would naturally be the Paranormal Doctor on duty.

Mei Ge remembered that when she first heard that the doctors were terrified of the morgue, she couldn’t understand it at all. Ordinary people fear ghosts, the morgue, and the revival of the deceased, which is perfectly normal. But as a Paranormal Doctor, what reason is there to fear evil spirits?

And to this point, her uncle couldn’t provide her with an answer either. A position like department head is the backbone of the hospital, and someone of this rank would never be scheduled for duty unless under special circumstances (such as the punishment Dai Lin faced).

So, there are clearly two possibilities.

First, the evil spirits in the morgue become stronger.

Second, there are ghosts in the morgue that are even more terrifying than these evil spirits.

And now, she had a faint idea of the reason.

Is it because... the dean’s true form is in this place?