Horror Game Designer

Fear soaked through Old Sao’s every pore. His gaze froze on the screen, and he held his breath. He was scared that people in the video would hear him. The front building of the Li San Hospital was filled with people who wouldn’t show up on the video; the back building was empty but was filled with people on the video.

“Why is this happening?”

This was the first time Old Sao used his brain so hard. His brain was about to smoke, but he couldn’t reach a conclusion.

“What did you see?” Su Mo just spoke when Old Sao shushed him, and they slowly retreated. When they were far from the room, he shared his video with the others.

“The back building is more crowded than we thought. Those people in the front building might not be ghosts, but these people in the back building are definitely not humans.” Old Sao said sadly, “The most efficient way to seal off a news is to silence everyone involved.”

The boys were busy discussing when Xuan Wen, who stood beside the vent, said, “Since the front and back buildings have different rules, can we take one or two pairs of shoes here and then throw them at the ghosts at the front building?”

Hearing her words, Old Sao, Su Mo and the rest were stunned.

“Ah?”

Each pair of shoes was worn by an invisible person. Was she suggesting using these ‘people’ as weapons?

In the video, everyone was worshipping Situ An silently. Xuan Wen silently approached the room and picked a pair of heels that had cute bows. Xuan Wen seemed to be able to see the female owner. She waved at the air before taking the heels out. She moved so fast that both the people in the room and the students were stunned.

“Quick! Run!” Xuan Wen knew that she had attracted trouble. She abandoned her ‘little brother’, grabbed the heels and ran. In the death portrait, Situ An’s eyes moved. Footsteps echoed in the small room.

Old Sao was scared that the shoes would chase after them. He called after the rest and left quickly. Old Sao, who was captivated by Xuan Wen’s beauty, had also calmed down. He admitted that Xuan Wen was beautiful, but what was the use of beauty at the hospital?

After leaving the back building, Old Sao took out his recorder and aimed it at Xuan Wen. In the video, Xuan Wen stood there with the heels, and behind her lingered a long-haired woman in a blue dress. The woman kept her head lowered, and her body was almost stuck to Xuan Wen’s back. Xuan Wen didn’t notice it.

“I think you should toss the shoes away.” Old Sao reminded her kindly.

Xuan Wen tried to drop the heels, but the woman in the blue dress didn’t leave.

“This is not good…” Old Sao was ready to give up on Xuan Wen. He didn’t blame Xuan Wen. He merely moved away from her. An expert womaniser like him would never use words to hurt someone.

“Is there something behind me?” Xuan Wen didn’t feel uncomfortable, so she picked up the heels again. She picked this pair of shoes for a reason.

“Just some dust.” Old Sao coughed. He acted normal and quietly sent a message in his group chat to warn his friends. “Your little brother should be hiding. We should focus on gathering resources to find weapons to deal with ghosts before we go searching for your brother.” Old Sao moved to the front. In the guise of protecting her, he arranged for Xuan Wen to walk at the back of the team. They returned to the front building. The patients started to mutate. The group didn’t dare to waste time. They ran to the second floor and started to search through the rooms. Most of the wards were empty. The longer they searched, the more unsettled Old Sao felt. They couldn’t find any ‘items’ mentioned by Xiao Xia’s ‘father’. The night was like a knife chasing after them. Just as it was about to slash their throats, the patients in the building became rowdy. Arguments and fights broke out. Everyone was in a hurry.

“Every ward has its own function. I saw a list inside the Genetics Consultation Ward.” Old Sao sent the message in the chat group. He abandoned the other wards and raced down the third-floor corridor.

“The psychiatry ward includes the psychology ward, addiction ward, Chinese medicine ward, criminology ward and so on. They have items to identify cursed objects and medicine to recover sanity there.” Old Sao didn’t share the news with Xuan Wen. He shared it through the chat group.

“No jostling! Go and line up!” Most of the rooms in the psychiatry ward had long queues. Old Sao looked around and found a ward with no queue. They hurried over. They pushed open the door and realised the room was empty except for a pool of blood and a bloody coat draped on the chair.

“Was the doctor killed?” They entered the room. Old Sao’s heart suddenly pounded. Chaos appeared outside the room. The patients who were queuing earlier suddenly ran down a specific direction.

A heavily mutated patient exited one of the rooms. Folds of flesh grew out of the back of his head. His eyes were sunk into his face. He had a pair of giant pupils. He looked very lanky. His fingers were stained with blood, like he had just committed murder.

“Doctor, I’m so drowsy, but I can’t fall asleep…” The patient seemed to be in an illusion. He attacked people around him indiscriminately. “Doctor, can you put me to sleep?”

After the murder started, Old Sao grabbed Brother Xiong and ran. Lee Ding followed them. Su Mo wanted to run, but the patient had already caught up to him. He had two choices: Either abandon Xuan Wen as bait or hide inside the room with Xuan Wen.

His brain was still working when his body had already made the choice. He backed away and closed the room door.

Bang! Bang!

The knocking seemed to land on Su Mo’s heart. The door wouldn’t be locked for long.

“Doctor! Doctor! I can’t sleep. My brain is about to explode! Many things are stuffed into my head. I can’t stand this anymore!”

The door trembled. Su Mo started to go numb. He turned around to shout at Xuan Wen, “Come help me!”

However, as he turned around, Su Mo almost passed out. He saw Xuan Wen pick up the bloody coat and put it on herself.

“What are you doing?!” Su Mo felt like he was going crazy.

“I’m going to be his doctor.” Xuan Wen sat on the chair and smiled with her eyes. “Do you want to be my patient too?”