Chapter 57: A Mysterious Insider Appears!

Hearing Zhang Yangqing's arrogant words.

Normally, the audience from the Dragon Kingdom would fall into one of two categories.

The first is concern.

After all, the difficulty of the Weird Tales world was increasing, and this instance even contained so-called [Instant Death] items. No one wanted to see Zhang Yangqing kill himself through some reckless maneuver. Not everyone could guess what was going on in his head; many of his actions had already transcended the cognition of ordinary people.

The second type is the "fun-seekers."

These viewers simply felt that Zhang Yangqing was powerful enough to sweep through the Weird Tales world. No matter what he did, it was within the realm of understanding. They watched him purely for entertainment and rarely learned anything useful.

But now, neither of these reactions appeared. Instead, expressions of confusion were etched on everyone's faces.

This was because Zhang Yangqing had exploited a significant bug.

When choosing to disembark at the Smiling Hospital, the other Chosen Ones had all refueled heavily. Refueling was done to trigger the disembarkation conditions and avoid being attacked by Travelers. Consequently, 112 Chosen Ones disembarked here, and for the vast majority, the view outside the windows was gloomy and dim. They needed light to determine the path. Combined with the fog outside, the distant scenery was essentially invisible, leaving them with extremely low visibility.

They could see hazy dark shadows and a few pairs of eyes lurking in the mist outside the windows, but the sound of barking dogs reached the Chosen Ones' ears with startling clarity. To avoid violating Rule 8, most people dared not move, fearing an attack from the shadows outside.

This was where Zhang Yangqing's heaven-defying bug came into play.

He hadn't refueled much before reaching his stop because he wasn't afraid of being attacked by Travelers at all. Therefore, the sky was only slightly dim, and his visibility outside the window was relatively higher than that of the other Chosen Ones. What he saw was somewhat clearer.

The Dragon Kingdom audience could see three figures near the distant mist. These three figures were the source of the barking, yet they appeared to be humans walking upright. Even more peculiar was that they were all patients dressed in white.

Zhang Yangqing clearly remembered Rule 10: *Those in gray clothes are psychiatric patients; please ignore what they say. Those in white clothes are ordinary patients; please try to satisfy their requests.*

Since the rule stated this, it meant the patients in white definitely knew something. Much critical information could be obtained from the mouths of white-clad patients. This was the essence of understanding the rules.

It wasn't just Zhang Yangqing; many Chosen Ones had already guessed this. But the prerequisite was to satisfy their requests as much as possible.

When Zhang Yangqing was touring the hospital, he had encountered some white-clad patients. However, these patients didn't seem interested in him, muttering to themselves and ignoring the greetings of the Chosen Ones. Since the gray-clad ones were psychiatric patients, their words might not be trustworthy, so Zhang Yangqing didn't waste his time on them.

Now, these three white-clad patients were barking in his direction. Many might find it incomprehensible, but Zhang Yangqing felt that these white-clad patients seemed willing to communicate with him—or perhaps they were seeking his help.

However, Zhang Yangqing didn't understand "dog language." So, he opened the window and shouted, "What the hell are you barking at?"

As for the danger of hearing barking, Zhang Yangqing actually wanted to see exactly what kind of danger it was. Just because others were afraid didn't mean he was. Moreover, aside from his little assistant, he had 37 Travelers with him. The group looked quite imposing, and there didn't seem to be any eerie atmosphere around them.

But on the side of the other Chosen Ones, a special situation suddenly erupted.

At this moment, Saburo Mitarai's heart was racing wildly. Because it was already dim outside and he had brought very few people, his mask had already changed color. If he didn't replace it in time, he felt his own abnormality would increase rapidly.

This T-shaped corridor was very long and desolate. To the front left was the nurse's station; to the right, the unknown. Passing through here always gave him a heavy, stifling feeling, as if he were being watched. Yet, looking around, there seemed to be no movement.

In this oppressive atmosphere, the sound of barking dogs echoed. It was as if all sorts of eerie elements were being mixed together; a single moment of discomfort could lead to death.

Just as Saburo Mitarai was frantically wondering if he had done something wrong, a sudden "click" sounded.

The lights in the entire corridor instantly went out.

In that moment, even the great detective Saburo Mitarai's heart jumped into his throat. *I didn't do anything wrong, so why is this happening?*

Amidst his thousand doubts, the barking stopped.

Not long after, a sound similar to the previous one occurred. The corridor lights turned on again. Additionally, a faint "footstep" appeared.

Many timid Chosen Ones breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the dark shadows outside the window disappear. When they regained their senses, they realized their pants were damp with sweat.

Saburo Mitarai also breathed a slight sigh of relief, knowing that the "danger" of the barking had passed. This place was far too eerie; he quickly headed toward the nurse's station to replace his mask. But before that, he had to investigate the source of the footsteps. Those two "clicks" should have been the sound of a light switch, meaning the footsteps were the work of whoever flipped the switch.

It seemed that as long as there were no lights, the barking would not occur.

"Perhaps this person knows the hospital's secrets."

With this thought, Saburo Mitarai ran over. It must be said that his intuition was correct; many experts outside made the same judgment. Unfortunately, he was a step too late. By the time he reached the vicinity of a switch, no one was there.

Due to his different perspective, Saburo Mitarai judged that this person might be friendly to him; otherwise, why would they help him out of a predicament? As a detective, he had many ways to track someone, but unfortunately, he couldn't bring his professional tools into the instance, and there wasn't much time left. There was no need to waste it here.

The nurse's station was on the other side, so Saburo Mitarai went directly to change his mask. This nurse was different from the one at the entrance; she had a graceful figure and a very beautiful face. Even wearing a blue mask, she looked like a beauty.

While chatting with the beautiful nurse, Saburo Mitarai kept shifting his position, his gaze dropping low, seemingly trying to look at the nurse's legs.

This caused the Sakura Kingdom audience to panic.

[Is Sir Saburo Mitarai a leg fetishist? Even at a time like this, he hasn't forgotten to look at legs!]

[No way! The last Chosen One died because he was looking at a beauty. Why is Sir Saburo Mitarai repeating the same mistake? If you want to see legs, wait until you get out, and I'll have my wife wear black stockings for you!]

[Where is the expert group? Hurry up and call him to tell him to stop looking! This isn't a time for joking!]

The Sakura Kingdom expert group was speechless upon seeing the viewers' frantic tagging. Then, an expert explained: "Everyone, calm down. Saburo Mitarai isn't looking at her legs; he is looking at the nurse's shoes. He wants to know if this nurse is the one who helped him turn off the lights just now."

Just as the Sakura Kingdom audience finally understood, they saw something in the nurse's hand on the big screen.

They had seen this object before—it was exactly the [Cleaner] that the bloated nurse had given to the Dragon Kingdom's Chosen One.