"Please do not leave the ward! Please do not leave the ward!"

Upon hearing the broadcast, almost everyone was stunned. None of the ghost story masters who were still alive in the ghost story world were still in the hospital ward!

However, remembering the rule about ignoring the broadcast, most people didn't take it too seriously. After all, how could they progress if they stayed in the ward? They simply couldn't continue exploring!

However, a small number of people chose to believe the broadcast and pretended to sleep in the nearest ward. After all, what's the point of having the broadcast if it's completely useless? Of course, there's also the possibility that it's just a misleading message.

Zhuge Shensuan was on the basement level, so there were naturally no hospital rooms around. Jiang Ran had already returned to the fifth floor, but he had no intention of hiding in a hospital room.

The endless broadcast finally stopped. In the head nurse's office, all the nurses rushed out, carrying knives and glaring with bloodshot eyes, muttering low curses.

"There are patients wandering around... there are patients wandering around!"

They ran angrily down the corridor and bumped into Jiang Ran.

"Ahem, sir, have you seen any patients wandering around outside?"

"Is it possible that the patient you're talking about is me?"

"No, no, no! You're joking, sir. We'll be on our way, we'll be on our way!"

The nurses hurriedly fled, knowing that the head nurse had been with Jiang Ran. Now that Jiang Ran was back, the head nurse was nowhere to be seen, and these nurses didn't want to repeat the same mistake!

"Sigh, why are you so afraid of me? I'm not going to eat people."

Jiang Ran shrugged and smiled helplessly.

However, in the eyes of other ghost story writers, the running nurses were not something to be laughed off. After the broadcast stopped, the nurses moved very quickly, and many ghost story writers were already being watched before they could even react!

"run!"

"No! We need to get back to the ward and hide right away!"

Sitting idly by and waiting for death was out of the question. The ghost storytellers each searched for a way to solve the problem, but the nurse's speed suddenly increased dramatically. Many ghost storytellers were caught before they could get very far and were then killed with a single blow!

The ghost storyteller who was closer to the stairs successfully crossed floors and escaped the pursuit of the nurse in front, but was caught by the nurse on the next floor and died as well. Only the smarter ghost storyteller went straight into the elevator!

Going to any floor with nurses would only lead to certain death, so his only way out was the basement!

The group that first pretended to be asleep did survive the crisis, but the ghost story tellers who later chose to hide in the wards were all killed by the nurses who rushed into the wards once they were targeted!

A few ghost storytellers who possessed the ability to save their lives or kill strange beings survived by utilizing their talents.

In just one minute, the number of ghost storytellers decreased dramatically. Only then did the leaders of various countries realize a reality: because Jiang Ran did not play by the rules at all in this world, they could not give their ghost storytellers any hints based on Jiang Ran's behavior. Everything depended on the judgment of their own ghost storytellers!

After this incident, most ghost storytellers from various countries began to flock to the basement level. With Zhuge Shensuan leading the way, it was better than being completely blind!

Jiang Ran bypassed the now-empty head nurse's office and arrived at the end of the corridor at the back. The entire corridor had no windows, so it was impossible to see anything by the moonlight outside. Walking in would probably be pitch black.

"Don't worry!" Gwen patted her chest. "I'll reluctantly be your eyes!"

The two held hands, with Gwen leading the way. As they walked, she suddenly stopped and crouched down.

"There seems to be something hidden here!"

Gwen reached out her little hand and fiddled around, discovering a hidden door on the lower side of the corridor. If there were a light, the hidden door would be immediately visible, but in such a dark environment, it would be difficult for anyone else to spot it!

Gwen opened the hidden door, but even with the door open, it was only big enough for one hand to pass through. Clearly, it didn't look like a room, but rather like a place to hide something.

Finally, she pulled out a small key from inside.

The two quickly passed through the dark corridor and arrived at the other side of the hospital. The moonlight outside the window was still bright. Gwen handed the key to Jiang Ran, who casually put it in his pocket.

Director's Office.

The room in front of Jiang Ran had the above nameplate hanging on it. The nameplate looked somewhat worn and was stained with blood.

The room wasn't locked. Jiang Ran pushed the door open and entered, and the lights in the room seemed to sense it and suddenly turned on!

[Rule 2: Power has been cut off here for many years, so please stay away from any areas with lights on. If you see any powered-on or running equipment anywhere, please turn it off immediately. If you cannot turn it off, please destroy the equipment immediately.]

Ignoring the warnings of the rules for the time being, Jiang Ran's gaze swept across the entire room. It seemed to be just an ordinary room, furnished much like a regular office, except for some dust and bloodstains.

In the drawer, Jiang Ran found a dusty notebook.

I have to admit, their plan is very audacious!

But if I succeed, I will become a world-famous person! I will be recorded in history and hailed as the greatest person of this century!

[The research process seems somewhat cruel, but I understand! Human progress always requires sacrifice. Even without the research, they would naturally die after living for a few decades. We are merely accelerating this process and gaining further progress for humanity—it's a very worthwhile trade!]

People only care about a glamorous facade. I know they only care about the research results and never about the research process, and I won't let them know!

The hospital is a great place. Here, I can legitimately obtain a lot of corpses. The most important thing in research is money, because with money you can get anything, including unwanted babies.

One research lab was clearly no longer sufficient, so I cleared out space on the first floor to set up a second one. However, there's one thing I'm concerned about: why did they insist I set up the research lab inside the hospital? Wouldn't it have been better to find another location? That way, there wouldn't have been any space issues, and it wouldn't have been so easy to expose me.

Good heavens, I've been feeling a bit tired lately, but it's okay. As long as the research succeeds, all my exhaustion will be worth it. It's all for the progress of humanity!

The latest experimental results were somewhat beyond my expectations, but that's a good thing, proving that I'm one step closer to success...