Hospital 444
Chapter 641 - 11 Milan

Chapter 641: Chapter 11 Milan

"Who cares," Jack said, pinching the playing cards in his hand. "Let’s just focus on our poker game."

"Jack," Bob passed him another cigarette and said, "did you pop pills again today? You seem pretty hyped."

"What? Why do you ask?"

"If there’s new stuff, share some with me. After all, recreational marijuana is now legal in Virginia."

Including the capital, Washington, adults carrying small amounts of marijuana were now completely legal. This was like a blessing for addicts. With marijuana legalization, the price of cannabis on the market had naturally plummeted and became "good quality for a low price."

"I don’t think that’s a good idea," another companion, Jason, interjected. "There are kids in this car; your voices are way too loud."

"So what?" Jack lit up the cigarette and said, "It’s normal for kids to get high at this time."

At this point, Jack suddenly pulled out a cigarette from his pocket.

"Jason, you want one? It’s on me."

It was clear...

This was no ordinary cigarette.

Jason shook his head and said, "I’ll pass. I’ll stick to regular cigarettes."

"Heh, scaredy-cat..."

Jack handed the cigarette to Bob.

"Here, Bob. Don’t smoke it in the carriage; the best thing about this stuff is that it boosts your libido. Hahahahaha..."

Just then, all of a sudden, the train came to an abrupt stop!

The immense inertia sent Jack flying forward, and the cigarette flew out of his hand!

"FUCK!"

Jack yelled, unable to comprehend what had happened.

The sudden train stop caused a stir among the passengers.

Hadn’t they just left the border of Georgia?

What was going on?

Panic ensued among the train’s passengers.

Melody clenched her hands tightly.

"Another curse..."

Could it be that she wouldn’t get to see Alex after all?

...

Alex’s phone rang, and he answered within three seconds.

"Hello, Melody?"

"Our train suddenly stopped. It doesn’t seem like they’ll repair it soon. The train conductor told us to wait for now. We’ve just entered South Carolina."

"Really?"

Alex hadn’t even left yet and Melody was already in trouble?

"Are you and your daughter alright?"

"We’re fine, don’t worry. But, I’m a bit unsettled about something..."

"Earlier, there was a middle-aged man sitting opposite us who left his seat for an unusually long time and still hasn’t returned. His bag is still here."

"What did you say?"

"Yeah, I’m concerned now..."

Amid the noisy train interior, Alex struggled to hear clearly, catching only intermittent shouts of FUCK.

"Melody, you might be overthinking it; it couldn’t be related to the curse we’re under, could it?"

"I hope it has nothing to do with the curse..."

Jack overheard this.

"Hey, she just now..." Jack looked toward Melody and Melias’ seats, "she mentioned hoping it has nothing to do with a curse... Was she talking about a curse?"

"Seems like it," Bob replied. "My hearing’s still pretty good."

"You must have heard wrong, right?"

"They both seem kind of crazy."

"The two of them both look nuts."

Meanwhile, Alex said to Melody, "If things look bad, get off the train as quickly as you can."

"Okay, I understand..."

At that moment, Dai Lin had just returned.

"Dai... Dai Lin... I..."

A voice suddenly surfaced in his head!

As he approached the door of Alexis’s house, his face shifted slightly to the side.

"Milan???"

He sensed Milan’s presence.

Then, voices began to filter through his mind.

"Dai... Dai... Dai Lin..."

The voice was faint at first but gradually grew clearer to Dai Lin.

"Milan!"

He was somewhat excited at this moment; he finally had a lead on Milan! He had thought he would never see Milan again as a human being.

For a long time, Milan had been the only person Dai Lin could fully trust and confide his deepest secrets to. And now... Had she regained some degree of consciousness and was able to reach out to him? Or was this the last flicker of awareness before being assimilated by the Abyss?

Milan, who endured the Demon Cursed Item, was beginning to fail under high-dimensional contamination. If this continued and she became fully integrated with the high dimension, she would become part of the Abyss.

Dai Lin couldn’t help her. From the start, the Darren Family relied on Rod Dai Lun’s Necrodeic Formation to ensure normal Paranormal Doctors could endure the Demon Cursed Item. But this process wasn’t absolute, and as time passed, it was hard to ensure there wouldn’t be rejection like that from an organ transplant.

Yet for some reason, at this time, Dai Lin’s psychic connection to Milan was growing stronger.

He remembered the red balloon incident from long ago.

"Milan... It seems she anticipated this possibility a long time ago."

Integrating with a Demon Cursed Item was already extremely difficult. This was a Level Six Abyssal Invasion, utterly incurable, and the Department of Cursed Objects in both hospitals couldn’t produce a real Sixth Level Abyssal Curse.

But now...

"Milan, has your consciousness been completely extinguished or are you awakening bit by bit?"

Dai Lin had a premonition.

For Milan, this could even be an opportunity. If she could survive this ordeal, maybe she could become an even stronger Paranormal Doctor than before, someone who could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Dai Lin as he was now.

Could she weather this storm?

Dai Lin shared sensations with Milan. Because of this, he could sense her thoughts and consciousness, and understand if she was in pain. In this, he was clearer than anyone else.

For this reason, Dai Lin understood Milan’s situation better than anyone. Conversely, Milan’s high-dimensional contamination was impacting Dai Lin as well. If not for his position as the Executive Vice President of Hospital 444, he might not have been able to hold on.

"Dr. Dai?"

At this time, Alex opened the door and saw Dai Lin outside.

"Dr. Dai, what’s wrong?"

"Nothing much..."

After entering the Alexis house, Dai Lin said, "Mr. Alexis, I will do everything in my power to help you. But please, brace yourself; this process will be excruciating."

Causal Law Curse...

Whether they could survive it was probably a matter of luck.

"Okay."

At that moment, Dai Lin suddenly looked toward a particular place – the direction of the bathroom.

"Wait, Alex, were you just talking to your wife?"

"Yes, I was. But based on past experience, our communication isn’t affected. So..."

Dai Lin looked in the direction of the bathroom and told Alex, "Stand behind me."

Then, Dai Lin’s eyes began to emit an unusual light, and his left eye activated.

At this moment, Dai Lin could harness over 50% of the eyes’ power. This was already terrifying.

With the Sixth Level Abyssal Cursed Object, he could discern the difference between all matter and ideational entities in low-dimensional space. Under a high-dimensional view, ordinary ghosts had nowhere to hide.

But inside the bathroom, Dai Lin saw nothing.

"A curse unrelated to the high dimension... it’s either Ferocious Spirits or Cursed Spirits at this point."

More fearsome than a Demon were only Ferocious Spirits and Cursed Spirits.

If it were Cursed Spirits, Dai Lin would have to run as far as he could immediately. But with Ferocious Spirits, there could still be a fight.

"Alex, I’ll repeat, stand behind me and stay close. If Ferocious Spirits really invade..."

Then, they would have to take a serious gamble.