Hospital 444
Chapter 682 - 14 Cursed Object and Technique

Chapter 682: Chapter 14 Cursed Object and Technique

Director Yin Wuque, having learned of this matter, naturally understood the reason behind Mei Yang’s curse. The curse contracted after a trip to Suyuan Mountain was naturally the result of an Abyss Invasion, and judging from the medical records he accessed, it was clear that Mei Yang was suffering from a high-level Abyss Invasion. The first patient Dai Lin encountered, Lin Yan, also went to Suyuan Mountain. Fortunately for her, she experienced a lower level of Abyss Invasion and hadn’t shown signs of the Devil yet, so her case fell within the scope of treatment by the Evil Ghost Department.

Speaking of which, the establishment of the Evil Ghost Department itself was a testament to the intensified impact of the Abyssal contamination on this timeline. Without the contamination from the Abyss, the normal classifications for ghosts should be Apparitions, Resentful Spirits, Fierce Ghosts, Ferocious Spirits, and Cursed Spirits. There should be no such things as Karmic Obstacle Ghosts or Malevolent Ghosts, let alone Devils. After the appearance of Malevolent Ghosts, Mei Quzhen proposed the creation of a dedicated department to diagnose and treat curses from Malevolent Ghosts, which aligned exactly with the intent of the Director, hence Vice Dean Lu naturally provided strong support.

This was also why Mei Quzhen, who was originally the fiancée of Fei Jingyan, ended their engagement. Fei Jingyan’s mother, who was the previous Executive Vice President Han Ming and Gong Cheng, belonged to the faction that was assigned by the apartment to the residents, tasked with obstructing the Director from invading this timeline. Thus, Mei Quzhen’s actions were equivalent to adding more Devil’s Cursed Objects to the hospital. To break up the pair, Gong Cheng arranged for Fei Jingyan to marry He Jinghan against his will.

As for Fang Zhou’s ex-wife, the history of her Fierce Ghost curse led Fang Zhou to firmly believe that his wife’s death was a recurrence of the Fierce Ghost curse.

His wife naturally believed her husband’s diagnosis, but this ultimately led to her death.

The more Fang Zhou learned about the truth of Suyuan Mountain, the more pain and guilt he felt.

Director Yin Wuque had initially thought that Fang Zhou had moved on and married a second wife, but recent intelligence indicated that his marriage with his second wife was not going well and they had even separated recently. From this perspective, there was still hope to use the death of his first wife to win him over.

Unless absolutely necessary, Yin Wuque was reluctant to wield the lives of doctors’ family members as a threat, adhering to an unspoken rule between battling doctors: bring no harm to family members. After all, the doctors under his command also had families to care for. Once the line was crossed, and everyone started killing each other’s kin, the blood debts would fall upon his head.

"Director Yin, what exactly are you trying to say..."

"What if your wife, I mean your deceased first wife, could be brought back to life?"

Without waiting for Fang Zhou to respond, he continued, "Your wife’s death should not have occurred in this timeline."

Yes... everything originates from the High-dimensional Abyss’s contamination of this timeline. Initially, in this timeline, Suyuan Mountain was just an ordinary mountain. Both Mei Yang and Wei Shirling should have lived a normal existence until now.

Just like the Spiritual Therapy Points, they represent patients’ normal futures when the hospital does not interfere with ghosts. These points, once turned into Dark Soul Points and entered into another timeline, the initially isolated timelines start to converge and gradually become one.

"Your former wife, Mei Yang, her death is merely a past of this timeline. Her soul is still here. Hmm... Speaking in high-dimensional terms might be a bit complex, so let me put it this way, the place where her spirit resides still exists within the river of time. This layer that we are in at this moment should not be the only possibility. You have the choice of another possibility."

Fang Zhou gripped his wine glass tightly.

"Your daughter doesn’t know to this day that your current wife isn’t her biological mother," said Yin Wuque, sensing the lack of an immediate rebuttal, happy inside and further pressing his psychological attack, "And it has come to my knowledge that you have also continued to assist your ex-wife’s family financially."

"It seems you’ve taken a special interest in my family affairs, Director Yin, looking into them quite meticulously," Fang Zhou’s expression cooled.

"From now on, as the head of the Department of Fierce Spirits, you will be my right-hand man. Of course, your true allegiance is not to me, but to the Director. Once our big endeavor is accomplished, both of us can live in the future we hope for. Rest assured, I, Yin Wuque, am not just luring you with empty promises!"

To show his sincerity, Yin Wuque continued, "I am willing to give you one of my ribs. You should know that all the bones in my body are Cursed Objects from the Dead Soul Bone Tomb, genuine Quasi-curse spirit Cursed Objects. Under my will, it can become a trump card weapon for you."

Fang Zhou, being a Surgeon of Malevolent Spirits, knew better than most the difference between Ferocious Spirits and Quasi-curse spirits.

Fang Zhou leaned back slightly and said, "What do you want me to do?"

In this world, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Fang Zhou was well aware of this.

"Kong Ming once left his thatched cottage to help Liu Xuande achieve greatness. I’ve read ’Three Kingdoms’ and have always been captivated by it."

"I don’t have such ambitions," Fang Zhou put his wine glass back on the table, "In the future, I’d hope that Director Yin doesn’t meddle in my family matters."

"My proposal is always valid," Yin Wuque was not surprised, such a load of information, Fang Zhou needed time to digest it, "I’ll give you tomorrow off. Take your time to think about it at home."

Fang Zhou replied, "I am only responsible for matters within the framework of the hospital’s rules and regulations."

"You don’t have to answer me in haste." Yin Wuque picked up a wine glass and said, "The director is not someone we can contend with. Standing with the director is the most ideal choice."

Yin Wuque had long subtly implied to those loyal to him that obedience was the only way to survive in this time layer assimilated by the Abyss.

In the eyes of four-dimensional and five-dimensional beings, the three-dimensional space is too fragile. "Death is irreversible" is an ironclad rule in three-dimensional space, but to four-dimensional and five-dimensional beings, it becomes incomprehensible.

And for ten-dimensional, even eleven-dimensional existences, the Abyss, which is so enigmatic and unpredictable to them now, would only be considered an extremely fragile low-dimensional existence. But that level is too far away from them; the Abyss, at most, is five-dimensional, the highest dimension observable at this stage.

Fang Zhou, of course, had also learned about these through various channels early on.

After Fang Zhou left, he realized that what Yin Wuque was planning to do next must be something insane. Everyone knew that Fang Zhou was a person with principles, and Yin Wuque’s attitude confirmed that what he intended to do was something that completely breached those principles!

...

"What we need to do next is to kill Yin Wuque at all costs," Renice Dailun said, not even glancing at the curtain behind her, showing complete disdain for the Quasi-curse spirit outside.

"He has the Dead Soul Bone Tomb Curse." Dai Lin was well aware of the danger Yin Wuque posed: "Are you confident?"

"Fifty percent."

"You seem not to fear the Quasi-curse spirits at all, but you only have a fifty percent confidence in killing Yin Wuque?"

"I simply am not afraid, but I don’t even have a ten percent chance of killing a Quasi-curse spirit. Having a fifty percent chance to kill Yin Wuque is already quite difficult. He truly is a genius, one of the rare kind."

"So how do we kill him?"

"Good question." Renice Dailun continued, "At this point, we can’t avoid discussing the technique related to Cursed Objects. About Cursed Objects... wait, you don’t need to ask me, do we not share memories and consciousness?"

"There’s no need for me to deliberately access your memories unless necessary, and I think it’s better for people to communicate with each other using normal language."

"Then, let’s talk about the technique. First, there are two basics for using Cursed Objects... one is the way the apartment residents are controlled and suppressed by the apartment, ensuring absolute safety without backlash. The other is through the director, who pollutes objects tainted by Ghosts curses or the curses themselves, applying contamination."

"The director’s... contamination?" Dai Lin was visibly shocked: "You mean all Cursed Object are essentially Abyssal Curse?"

"Not exactly the same. During this process, the director’s contamination suppresses the backlash of the Ghosts within the Cursed Object, but if the contamination is too strong, it would turn into an Abyssal Curse. Therefore, Curse Object Department Doctors have to learn basic techniques during their internship to control the level of pollution. If it doesn’t exceed a certain level, it can’t be considered an Abyssal Curse."

"Is learning the basic technique for this purpose?"

"Yes. The so-called basic techniques are underwritten by the apartment to guarantee their efficacy. Both are applied at the same time to ensure that Paranormal Doctors can successfully use a Cursed Object, or use it to treat patients. And there are some special techniques that require the creation of a separate Cursed Object..."

Dai Lin immediately thought of something.

That incident involving Jiang Lan...

The box Yin Wuque gave to Mei Quzhen...

Was that the Demon Cursed Item used to suppress him, created with a special technique as another Cursed Object?