Chapter 52 The Generous God (Bonus Chapter for 11,000 words) Cleansing the flesh and blood...

An abandoned hospital in the northern suburbs... Zhou Fangdong remembered that there was indeed a red dot on the map interface near a hospital in the northern suburbs.

Tomorrow, we can send Hong Zhong over to take a look. There should be quite a few ordinary people imprisoned there. Even if there's no one there, it would be good to catch a few cult members.

"I understand." Zhou Fangdong put the business card into his inventory. Seeing that the vendor had nothing more to say, he picked up the knife and the paper doll's head and teleported back to his apartment.

Not long after I returned to the apartment, it was already dawn.

The familiar system pop-up window appears again:

[Dynamic Event, Night Attack of a Hundred Demons (Countdown: 12 days)]

Zhou Fangdong opened the rental preview interface and saw that Hong Zhong had already gotten up. He then teleported directly to room 106 with his knife in hand.

Hearing the sound of chains appear out of nowhere in the room, Hong Zhong, who was doing push-ups on the floor, paused and looked up in confusion.

Then he saw a huge, gleaming blade, like a cleaver, very close to his head.

Fortunately, the one carrying the knife was the landlord… Hong Zhong stood up and wiped the sweat from his forehead: “Landlord, did you need something?”

It's only a little past five in the morning, just as dawn is breaking. There must be something urgent that's causing him this early.

"I've discovered a location that might be where the Heirs of the Bone Society is imprisoning ordinary people. I'd appreciate it if you could lead a team there today to deal with it."

Zhou Fangdong told him the detailed address of the abandoned hospital in the northern suburbs that he had just learned from the ghost market.

Hong Zhong's expression turned serious: "Okay, I'll pack up and lead the team there immediately."

Zhou Fangdong dragged the huge cleaver away from room 106.

...To be honest, this thing is a bit heavy. Last night, when I was using Mu Yuechan's body to carry the knife, it was as easy as carrying a piece of paper.

Zhou Fangdong arrived at the activity room of Liwan Apartment.

Controlling the five cultists with the [Ghost Eye] skill was surprisingly easy; Zhou Fangdong had thought they were incredibly determined.

...But that makes sense, who in their right mind would believe in a cult?

Zhou Fangdong led five cult members to the second floor in a grand procession.

The flesh and blood in the second-floor corridor had grown back quite a bit, and Qian Duolai and the other two were diligently cleaning it up.

Zhou Fangdong first manipulated the cultists to use the Blood Compass to dispel the curse of the flesh spirit mushroom on Qian Duolai and the other two.

While Qian Duolai and the other two were in a daze, Zhou Fangdong placed the paper effigy's head on their necks and, to prevent them from being affected later, kicked them off the building.

Not long after Qian Duolai and his group tumbled down the stairs, the cultists, whose heads had already turned into three lumps of flesh, also began to undergo strange changes—their bodies collapsed rapidly like melting wax figures, and soon their human forms were no longer visible. Only three dark red lumps of flesh remained on the ground, slowly writhing and devouring the fresh flesh and blood in the corridor.

Afterwards, Zhou Fangdong once again manipulated the remaining two cultists to use the Blood Compass to dispel the ever-growing blood and flesh curse in the corridor.

It went very smoothly. The festering flesh and blood on the walls, floor, and ceiling quickly disappeared completely, replaced by two complete human figures with heads that slowly appeared in the corridor.

Before Zhou Fangdong could even get a good look at the two men, the two cultists, who were suffering from the backlash of the Blood Compass, exploded like a firework of flesh and blood.

This time, the flesh curse erupted exceptionally quickly. The scattered pieces of flesh on the ground rapidly grew into huge, scarlet chunks of flesh as tall as a person, invading all the space in the corridor at a terrifying speed.

Quan Wuming and Ming Wuqian, now restored to human bodies, appeared amidst the flesh and blood of the Meat Spirit Mushroom, their faces still blank, on the verge of being swallowed up by the doubled burst of flesh and blood...

In that critical moment, Zhou Fangdong hurriedly swung the giant blade in his hand, attempting to cut through the surging torrent of blood and flesh surrounding the two men—

[Insufficient balance; this special item requires top-up to use]

Zhou Fangdong: ? ? ?

Damn it! No wonder that butcher wouldn't take my money!!

In this critical situation, he couldn't care less about anything else. Anyway, he had gotten two thousand for free yesterday, so Zhou Fangdong rushed straight for five hundred.

Although this knife is a rip-off, the effect is not bad. After recharging with ghost coins, the giant blade actually started moving on its own.

Crimson malevolent energy coiled around the blade. As the chains rattled, several flashes of cold light appeared. Wherever the blade touched, the fleshy spirit mushrooms sprang up and burst into countless fragments, scattering on the ground, quickly withering and dimming, losing their vitality for regeneration.

Although this giant blade is huge and looks clumsy, it is very flexible and swift when wielded, hitting wherever it is pointed and moving at will.

Add to that the constant flying and exploding chunks of meat falling to the ground, and the sense of impact and rhythm made Zhou Fangdong feel like he was playing Fruit Ninja.

When Quan Wuming and Ming Wuqian regained consciousness, they saw that ghost-like figure.

The enormous blade, radiating a terrifying, blood-red aura, danced around the man as if it had come to life, while his dark eyes, devoid of any emotion, coldly observed everything before him.

Clusters of blood and flesh fireworks bloomed in the cold light, and countless scarlet pieces of flesh scattered on the ground, yet they did not stain his clothes in the slightest.

That powerful demon came riding on mountains of corpses and seas of blood, dragging them back from the boundless hell to the human world.

*

While Zhou Fangdong was upstairs cutting meat with a knife, Hong Zhong had already finished washing up and was preparing to leave the apartment for the abandoned hospital.

This time, he doesn't plan to lead a team; he will go alone.

The abandoned hospital is located in the northern suburbs, so there is no need to seal it off, nor is there any concern that the supernatural power that erupted will affect the surrounding residents.

It would be easier for him to sneak in alone and take out the cultists more quickly. Moreover, with the protection of the apartment's power, he wouldn't have to fear those guys' evil magic methods at all.

But to Hong Zhong's surprise, he encountered other tenants in the apartment corridor even though he left home so early.

It was a little girl who looked about ten years old. She seemed to be blind and had an old injury on her foot.

Although she appeared to be unwell and unable to move easily, she encountered no obstacles as she walked. Her lifeless eyes seemed to be able to discern traces of another world, allowing her to move forward normally.

Sure enough, you can't judge an apartment by its appearance; this little girl might have some special abilities.

As the little girl passed Hong Zhong, she paused and said to him, "Are you also an apartment tenant? I'm Xiao Xiaoyu, the tenant of room 105. Do you have a moment?"

Hong Zhong didn't answer, but instead asked, "Do you need my help?"

Xiao Xiaoyu said, "Do you know that abandoned private hospital in the northern suburbs? I'd like you to take me there; I have something to take care of."

There are no bus stops near the hospital. Yesterday, after returning from Chuyun Temple, she sat on the ghost bus for a long time, listening to the announcements about the bus stops, but she didn't hear anything about the North Suburb Hospital.

The reason she wanted to go to that hospital was because when Xiao Xiaoyu was staying at Chuyun Temple the day before yesterday, her [yin-yang eyes] noticed that there seemed to be an unusual spiritual fluctuation in a place separated from the temple by a mountain.

She had grown accustomed to the world becoming a place overrun by ghosts and monsters, and to the pervasive fluctuations of supernatural power. She intended to ignore it, but suddenly sensed something was amiss—

This massive convergence of supernatural fluctuations is strikingly similar to the reward instance of the main god! Only when more than ten kinds of supernatural items gather together at the same time will this stable but not chaotic abnormal supernatural fluctuation appear.

Xiao Xiaoyu immediately thought of the supernatural items she had lost.

She learned from Zhang Qingyang, the head of the Taoist temple, that it was an abandoned private hospital in the northern suburbs.

From the funeral home in the southern suburbs to the abandoned hospital in the northern suburbs, although it spans an entire city, no one can say for sure whether something unexpected happened along the way when she was teleported from the funeral home to the apartment—for example, the power of the apartment might have crushed her storage space, and then the items inside were randomly teleported to the other side of the city.

Moreover, even if those aren't her items, it's still worthwhile to take a stroll through the reward dungeon.

Because these reward instances don't contain ghosts or monsters, don't trigger quests, and don't trap you inside—you can leave whenever you want. Once all the items in the instance are taken, it disappears completely; it's entirely first-come, first-served.

After returning to her apartment from the Taoist temple yesterday, Xiao Xiaoyu thought about it all day and decided that she should still go.

Not having any tools is really unsettling; even having the apartment key doesn't provide much security.

After all, in the ten years since she left, this world has been filled with all sorts of ghosts and monsters, and what was originally an ordinary world has become as dangerous as those supernatural dungeons.

She needs to prepare more ways to protect herself... If she lives long enough, she might run into her parents one day.

Hong Zhong never expected that the little girl was going to the same place as him.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Since we're both apartment tenants, you must have some special abilities that allow you to survive against monsters, right? I can share my equipment with you first, and similarly, I hope you won't hold back. The hospital we're going to is a very dangerous place. If I take you there, I'll need to conduct a combat capability assessment and devise an infiltration plan."

He paused, then added, "Of course, this isn't mandatory. You can choose not to tell me, but I won't go with you. You'll have to figure it out yourself."

Xiao Xiaoyu agreed without any hesitation.

In her view, all the tenants in the apartment were on the same side, and everyone was working for the landlord, so there was no need for them to keep anything to themselves.

After agreeing on the terms, Hong Zhong drove Xiao Xiaoyu to the northern suburbs.

That abandoned hospital was originally a private hospital, located halfway up a mountain.

It was the height of summer, and the surrounding vegetation was lush, providing excellent concealment.

Hong Zhong carried Xiao Xiaoyu and, under the cover of bushes, arrived at the back gate of the hospital.

On his way there, he had already retrieved all the floor plans of the abandoned hospital from the bureau's database and memorized them.

Hong Zhong had already prepared a detailed infiltration plan. Although he would be carrying Xiao Xiaoyu along the way, as a teammate, he felt he should inform her of the specific route and where they should meet up if they were unfortunately separated.

He placed Xiao Xiaoyu in front of a window with all the glass shattered, pointed at the window, and said, "My plan is like this...?!"

He had only spoken half a sentence when Hong Zhong suddenly felt a flash of white light before his eyes, and the scenery in front of him changed instantly.

Fortunately, the two were close enough that he managed to grab Xiao Xiaoyu in time.

In the blink of an eye, the two had arrived at a hospital ward.

Looking around, Hong Zhong paused, his brows furrowing. "I think I just heard something talking in my ear."

Xiao Xiaoyu heard it too, and her face turned deathly pale.

The familiar electronic voice said:

[Rank B dungeon, Flesh and Blood Priest...opens...uh...!]

The points system that reappeared on her didn't finish a single sentence, as if an invisible hand had gripped her fate by the throat, leaving only a broken scream before disappearing.

Xiao Xiaoyu was stunned, then suddenly understood why Duan Wenyu had said he didn't have a points system at the funeral home—so becoming an apartment tenant completely exempted her from the control of the main god?!

She was both surprised and delighted, and the fear she had felt earlier because of the points system vanished completely.

Xiao Xiaoyu tugged at Hong Zhong's sleeve, saying anxiously, "We need to get out of here quickly. I don't know what happened, but this place suddenly turned into a supernatural dungeon of the main god. But we're apartment tenants, this dungeon can't hold us. Come with me, I can see a way out, I'll take you away."

“We can’t leave.” Hong Zhong shook his head.

Xiao Xiaoyu was blind and could not see how cruel the scene before her was, nor could she understand his complex and angry feelings at that moment.

Hong Zhong began to understand why the electronic voice that had suddenly disappeared had called this place the 'Flesh and Blood Ranch'.

They are currently in a hospital ward.

In the dilapidated and dimly lit ward, rows of neatly arranged iron beds held many 'patients'. They were wearing hospital gowns, bound with restraints, and had IV needles inserted into the backs of their hands.

There were bags of blood hanging on the rack next to the hospital bed... not for blood transfusions, but for blood collection.

Some patients had their sleeves rolled up, revealing neatly cut bloodstains seeping from their gauze-wrapped arms.

On the cold iron plate on the bedside table, which hadn't been removed yet, were still many freshly cut pieces of meat.

Those people in the hospital beds are still alive, but they can no longer even struggle; all that remains in their eyes is numbness.

This is treating humans like livestock, breeding them for the purpose of producing flesh and blood...

*

When Hong Zhong and Xiao Xiaoyu were inexplicably drawn into a main god instance, it happened in an ordinary residential house in the city center.

"High Priest! Something terrible has happened! In the northern suburbs, our blood and flesh catalyst... that abandoned hospital!" A bald man barged in without knocking, his words coming out breathless, as if he had run from a great distance.

Under the cold gaze of the middle-aged man in the melon-shaped hat, he took a deep breath and said in one breath, "The supernatural dungeon created by the main god has descended upon our flesh and blood medicine breeding farm, and we can't contact any of the believers inside!"

After hearing what he said, the middle-aged man wearing a melon-shaped hat suddenly turned very gloomy.

After a long silence, the middle-aged man in the melon-shaped hat sneered: "First, the main god instance in the tourist town suddenly underwent an anomaly, inexplicably expanding its range and devouring and annihilating many followers..."

"I connected a girl to the cause and effect of the life and death of the followers. I gave her the talisman given by the gods in the morning and before I could read her memories, an infinite flow player took the talisman away at noon."

"And now, ha, they're not even going to put on an act anymore? They're openly sending players over, using players as a medium, to erode the church's strongholds through dungeons, attempting to destroy the catalyst the church has painstakingly created."

"The failure of the Yaoshantang project was probably also due to the work of the main god, just to prevent us from cultivating the flesh spirit mushroom."

"They promised to share the world with us, but now they're secretly doing these underhanded things to hinder the development of our church..."

“Damn God…” The middle-aged man in the melon-shaped hat looked increasingly grim as he spoke. He waved his hand and gave the order, “Activate the summoning ritual, awaken the consciousness of the gods, and let the gods drive that treacherous bastard out of this world.”

"This world can only be our possession."

*

After spending a thousand ghost coins, Zhou Fangdong finally used the knife to clean up all the fleshy Ganoderma lucidum in the second-floor corridor.

The enormous blade had turned completely red, and two palm-sized chunks of flesh were skewered on the hooks behind it. Scattered on the ground were many dark red, lifeless flesh mushrooms.

Zhou Fangdong stared blankly at everything before him, remaining motionless for a long time.

After the two ghosts, Quan Wuming and Ming Wuqian, regained their senses, the cleaning job contract from the apartment came to mind.

They learned of their current situation and that the ghost who saved them was none other than their future landlord.

In fact, they didn't need any employment contract to be bound by it; they were already completely subjugated to the landlord's power.

In the eyes of the two ghosts, Quan Wuming and Ming Wuqian, their landlord dealt with the erupting fleshy spirit mushrooms as easily as breathing, and in no time at all, all the flesh and blood in the corridor disappeared.

For some reason, even though it was resolved so easily, the landlord looked extremely unhappy... probably out of anger? Seeing his apartment hallway filled with such filth.

Quan Wuming and Ming Wuqian exchanged a glance and decided to help the landlord clean the house properly later.

Zhou Fangdong stood there, trying to comfort himself for a long time.

...No heartache, no heartache. I made two thousand for free last night. After cleaning up all this blood and flesh in the corridor, I practically earned a thousand ghost coins.

But it took him a long time to recover. Having spent a thousand ghost coins in one go for the first time, Zhou Fangdong felt a pain in his heart.

Zhou Fangdong opened his system panel, ready to check the progress of side quest 4.

Before he could even see it clearly, a new system pop-up window suddenly appeared:

[Beep—Tenants in rooms 105 and 106 have been detected entering the main god's supernatural instance! The instance erosion and concealment function can be activated!]

[The host can use the room key as a medium to select a ghostly instance in one of the tenants' rooms and steal the main god system's energy!]

Upon seeing the pop-up window, Zhou Fangdong did not hesitate and quickly opened the map of the dungeon erosion interface.

In the live broadcast video, Xiao Xiaoyu and Hong Zhong are standing in a ward of an abandoned hospital.

Xiao Xiaoyu went out? Why did she go to that abandoned hospital with Hong Zhong?

Zhou Fangdong was completely focused on cleaning up the pile of blood and flesh in the corridor and didn't notice the tenant's movements at all.

Moreover, they even triggered the main god instance.

Zhou Fangdong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and directly used the Ghost Erosion instance in Xiao Xiaoyu's room.

This instance appeared just in time, completely soothing his wounded heart...

Completely corrupting the main god's dungeon can earn two thousand ghost coins, and destroying this dungeon can make up for the one thousand ghost coins he just lost.

Thanks be to the generous God.