Hospital 444
Chapter 578 - 3 Check-in, The Exam Begins

Chapter 578: Chapter 3 Check-in, The Exam Begins

"As of now, registration for tomorrow’s exam is closed. I am one of the chief examiners for this exam, Fei Jingyan."

Dai Lin looked at the man in front of him with considerable surprise, this Fei Jingyan who always seemed to have a doll-like face.

For the Senior Physician Title Examination, usually two to three department heads are chosen to preside over it.

However, for a non-clinical department like the Department of Cursed Objects, and also not being conducted by a department head, is quite rare.

"An hour from now, I will lead everyone to Oroñe Hotel. Since it is an exam, doctors cannot assist or contact each other; otherwise, qualification for the exam will be revoked."

Dai Lin glanced at Gao Heyann, who was sitting beside him.

An examination naturally had to be completed independently; indeed, doctors should not assist one another. If he couldn’t complete the exam on his own and faced a life-threatening situation, his only choice would be to teleport back to the hospital.

Dai Lin, a surgeon who has yet to publish even a single paper, has never stepped into an operating room, and has just been promoted to attending physician before taking the senior title exam, was truly one of a kind. Therefore, he attracted the attention of the vast majority of people.

The name Dai Lin had already become a living legend at Hospital 444. Countless doctors considered him a favorite for this exam, and had cooperation among doctors not been strictly forbidden, they would have already flocked to him to seek his support.

"The passing criterion for the exam is to survive more than three days in Oroñe Hotel. Death or withdrawal counts as a failure. After three days, the longer you survive, the better the cursed object you will be allocated."

The allocation of cursed objects is the most pressing concern for doctors after being promoted. Curse Object Department Doctors will implant new cursed objects through evaluation, enhancing the doctor’s abilities. The better the cursed object, the rarer it is; after all, cursed objects aren’t mass-produced items—if one is allocated to you, then I no longer have it.

After promotion, the standard for cursed object allocation is not only based on the duration of survival but also on the number of completed academic papers. At Hospital 444, as long as one can defend their paper and have it approved by the dean and uploaded to the official website, even if the exam is not passed, one can still report to the deputy dean for assessment according to the actual time spent in the hotel and the number of papers published. With the approval of the administrative deputy dean, there is still a possibility for promotion. And if you can publish a certain number of papers on the official website after surviving the three days, you can be allocated better cursed objects.

Of course... Paranormal Doctors who can publish enough papers on the official website typically do not choose to participate in the Oroñe Hotel examination. Most of the doctors present had published at most one paper and were often not the first signatory.

"During the exam, you should act according to your own capabilities and are forbidden from using any cursed objects purchased with Spiritual Therapy Points, including Cursed Flesh. If such use is discovered, you will be disqualified from the exam. I emphasize this to you, if you stubbornly persist and face a threat to your life without returning to the hospital, then you bear the consequences. I am only responsible for monitoring cheating and will not intervene to help anyone. Even more, if someone disrupts the order of the examination or hinders others from taking the exam, I have the authority granted by the dean to execute any doctor who violates the rules."

Dai Lin knew that during the exam, it was impossible not to be able to return to the hospital. This was not a regular doctor’s visit but the hospital’s senior title examination, personally overseen by the dean, so it was absolutely guaranteed that the ability to return to the hospital would not be affected, unless the curse power of Oroñe Hotel surpassed the dean’s.

At that moment, Dai Lin was already hearing whispered discussions among the doctors around him.

"There’s no way we’d stubbornly persist—after all, we’re not allowed to use Cursed Flesh. Losing your life means you’re gone for good."

"Right, there’ll always be another chance with the exam."

"If I can be promoted to a senior title, Spiritual Therapy Points could skyrocket to several hundred thousand a month. With the current exchange rate to renminbi..."

"Most of mine goes to exchanging for longevity for me and my family; tens of thousands of Spiritual Therapy Points, that’s a lot!"

"That’s all secondary; the key is getting new cursed objects! The more surgeries I perform, the more dangerous it gets. What’s the use of having a lot of Spiritual Therapy Points when you’re dead? You can’t let your family inherit them; they all get returned to the dean. Otherwise, I’d rather remain an ordinary attending physician."

Paranormal Doctors actually understand very well that being promoted to a senior title means facing higher risks during surgeries, with no guarantee against being required to operate on more terrifying cursed spirits. However, without being promoted, the risks encountered in surgery would still increase. Being an internal medicine doctor doesn’t mean safety; with various curses cropping up endlessly, and as this profession has no end—as long as you’re alive, you must continue—progress is the only way to potentially live longer.

"Lastly, there’s one particular point to emphasize about this exam. This is specifically requested by the dean: during this exam, doctors must try their best to obtain the body of the late Demons Department head, Li An. This is a photograph of Director Li."

Behind Fei Jingyan, a PPT slide appeared on the screen.

The image showed a middle-aged male doctor.

This was the first time Dai Lin had seen Director Li An.

He looked utterly ordinary, the kind who would become unrecognizable the moment he blended into a crowd.

"Take a good look at the photograph for identification. If you have already found Director Li’s body, you can immediately come to see me with the body, or the other chief examiner Director Chen Jun of the Ghost Department. According to the dean’s requirements, anyone who finds Director Li’s body will be considered to have completed the exam immediately and will have the highest priority in cursed object allocation."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the doctors below gradually became more excited.

It sounded like an important shortcut to completing the exam!

The Oroñe Hotel examination is one of the exams with the highest mortality rate. Doctors who pass the exam are also strictly prohibited from disclosing or even selling information about the Oroñe Hotel exam; violators would be immediately dismissed by the dean. So, surviving three days in this hotel is definitely not easy. On average, the pass rate for entering the Oroñe Hotel exam does not exceed 3%. And even though they could return to the hospital, a considerable number of doctors would disappear forever in the Oroñe Hotel and never come back.

"Okay, in the final time slot, I will assign room numbers to each of you. Each doctor will have a separate room. Director Chen and I will stay on the tenth floor of the hotel. During the exam period, without special circumstances, any doctor is forbidden from entering another doctor’s room, and we will monitor all of your conversations. Do you understand?"

"Understood!"

Everyone responded loudly.

And so, as time passed...

All were directly teleported by the hospital to the front desk of the Oroñe Hotel’s first-floor lobby!

Dai Lin appeared at the front of the hotel lobby. He looked at the receptionist, knowing that under the dean’s influence, no one would feel that they had been teleported there.

Dai Lin said calmly, "Hello, I am a guest who reserved a room at the hotel. My room number is..."

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