Hospital 444
Chapter 566 - 28 Death Deterrence

Chapter 566: Chapter 28 Death Deterrence

He Jinghan was jolted awake at this moment.

Ever since she had seen that black skeleton, she had been disconcerted and restless.

Such occurrences were not common for He Jinghan.

After losing one of her hands, her sleep became disturbed as well.

Upon waking, she sat up in bed.

In her mind, the image of the black skeleton still lingered.

"Karma Force..."

For the first time, she realized just how terrifying a Curse of Karma could be.

"Jingyan?"

She discovered that her husband, Fei Jingyan, was not in bed.

She immediately turned on the bedside lamp and draped on the clothes hanging on the coat rack.

Then, she grabbed a pair of eyeglasses from the bedside and put them on.

He Jinghan was not nearsighted... to be precise, no Paranormal Doctor would have an ophthalmic disease. A Paranormal Doctor who wears glasses does so either for show, or... the glasses themselves are a cursed object.

Naturally, He Jinghan belonged to the latter category.

She slowly moved to the bedroom door, pushed it open, and switched on the light outside.

A body, hanging from the ceiling light with a ferocious expression, was staring right at He Jinghan.

The very next moment, the light suddenly went out.

Merely a few seconds later, the light came back on, restoring brightness to the room.

However, the hanging corpse had disappeared.

"Jingyan..."

The face of the corpse that had been hanging just now was none other than that of her husband, Fei Jingyan!

A Malevolent Ghost with a completely unsealed cursed object!

"It’s starting a full half-month early..." He Jinghan’s complexion turned ugly. "Could it be because of that black skeleton?"

The curse inside Fei Jingyan... was also a Karma Force object.

This meant that once the cursed object was fully unsealed, Fei Jingyan would become a Karma Force Ghost. Without a doubt, once he became the head of the department, the unsealing of the cursed object would turn him into a Malevolent Ghost.

He Jinghan quickly returned to the bedroom, opened the drawer, and pulled out a box.

If Dai Lin saw this box, he would be surprised to find that it was the same one Mei Quzhen had used to fully unseal his cursed object!

He Jinghan noticed that the box had already been opened at one corner.

This kind of box was an extremely special cursed object.

It was accessible only to senior title doctors in the Curse Object Department and to those at the level of department head or deputy hospital director; no amount of Spiritual Therapy Points could otherwise be exchanged for it. It was a kind of object that could unseal specific curses within safe limits and allow the curses to be sealed again.

He Jinghan now closed the lid of the box.

But this did not mean that all was well and there were no more problems. On the contrary, the real trouble was just beginning.

In recent years, Fei Jingyan had increasingly lost his self-emotions as a human being. As a person, his consciousness was becoming more and more ghost-like.

With one hand holding the box, He Jinghan stepped outside, then walked toward the place where the hanging corpse had appeared.

An average person would have been scared to death by this.

But as a Paranormal Doctor, He Jinghan naturally already had ample psychological preparation.

"Where are you?"

Then, she lifted her remaining left hand and grasped the air.

Meanwhile...

Suddenly, she felt a chill around her neck, and she was hoisted up!

...

"What does that look on your face mean?"

Nian looked at Hai Yunlan in front of her and asked, "Have you already exhausted your back spirit?"

"I..." Hai Yunlan was at a loss for a moment.

A spirit behind?

"You must remember this, Yun Lan," Nian immediately looked behind her with caution and said, "Don’t let anyone know about this! Once the spirit behind is depleted, it means you have no means to counter others. Why has Wumianhui been able to run wild for so many years? It’s because of the spirit behind! They have a strong intelligence network, and as soon as they see our faces, they can quickly find out our names."

Su Wen also said, "That’s right! So, you have to remember, Wumianhui knows our information, but they wear masks, so we don’t know their identities. Therefore, they can freely inform the spirit behind of our names! Once that happens, a black mark will appear on us, and when the black mark appears, the spirit behind will come..."

"I remember it all..."

At that instant, Hai Yunlan suddenly clutched her head, and her eyes became clear!

She remembered... everything!

"Wumianhui..."

She immediately said, "I know what I need to do now!"

Hai Yunlan finally fully recovered her memory.

This small town, Heisong Town, experienced a peculiar phenomenon about half a century ago.

Adults reaching the age of eighteen suddenly would have a strange, sinister and horrifying ghost clinging to their back. This ghost would always stick to them, and only they themselves could see it.

However, the ghost would not harm them. But there was a fixed time each day when they were required to utter a name.

Once a name was spoken... it didn’t matter who it was, whether they were from the island or from outside... as long as the name was said, the ghost could read the face of the person that came to mind, and that person would then develop a black mark.

A terrifying black spot that would appear on the skin.

Once the black spot appeared, it meant that a malevolent ghost was on its way to kill them.

In other words, every person in this town could kill whomever they hated anytime and anywhere without legal consequences.

They could curse anyone in this world whose name and face they knew at will.

Without any cost, correspondingly, it meant that the spirit behind would no longer haunt them.

No one wanted to be entangled with a malevolent ghost for a lifetime, and no one knew when the ghost might harm them. Uttering a name and killing another person would allow them to be rid of the malevolent ghost forever.

At first, people did not understand this rule and chose to give away names to rid themselves of the malevolent ghost. But after discovering that telling a name would really result in death, they began to fear.

So, they endured the fear of being haunted by malevolent ghosts and refrained from giving away names.

People began to understand each other tacitly. In public places, they kept silent about the spirit behind and made a silent promise never to use the spirit behind first.

But one could only see their own spirit behind. So, there was no way to know or distinguish whether others were using their spirits behind!

Heisong Town had since been shrouded in a vast terror.

Anyone could easily kill them without any responsibility, as long as they knew their face and name!

Ordinary people did not dare to commit murder, but just by saying a name, without having to kill personally and being able to permanently escape a horrifying ghost, no one would know.

So...

Could anyone resist such a temptation?

For this reason, a silver lining emerged: Heisong Town, originally chaotic in terms of public security with a high crime rate, started to see a rapid decline in crimes. A town that once had casinos, brothels, and gangs, saw a decrease in the crime rate by over 80%. At the same time, a large number of gang members turned into black skeletons, one after another.

The gangs dared not force people into prostitution, and casinos could hardly operate.

If someone wanted to commit a crime, there was only one way to do it—wear a mask and rob and murder on the roads.

Thus, the regional council made a rule: Only law enforcement personnel in Heisong Town were allowed to wear masks to prevent retaliation, others were forbidden to wear masks, and violators would be fined a huge sum. Hospital doctors were allowed to wear masks, and if patients needed to wear masks for medical reasons, they must produce a diagnosis from the hospital.

Yet, this regulation also caused quite a lot of panic.

What if they offended someone? Police could wear masks, but ordinary people couldn’t, right? At any time, they could become a black skeleton!

And indeed, that was the case.

At every moment, someone would develop black spots on their body.

Even if it meant enduring huge fines, some still chose to wear masks in public.

But people can’t wear masks forever.

People always have to face their relatives. Perhaps due to property disputes or emotional conflicts, they might be killed by someone close to them.

The people lived as if in the Cold War era, under the cloud of a potential nuclear war. But the problem was, when nuclear weapons were launched, everyone knew the launcher, but no one could tell who had cursed them when the black mark appeared on their body!

Ultimately, one day...

Wumianhui was born in Heisong Town...