Once inside, Xiao Jin's sharp gaze swept across the surroundings.
The flashlight beam shone in all directions, and surprisingly, it wasn't as terrifying as Luo Bin had described.
The door to the inner room was half-open, and the medicine cabinet on the side was already empty, leaving only bare shelves that cast long, slanted shadows in the dim light, like outstretched arms.
The air was filled with a faint smell of medicine and disinfectant, mixed with a musty odor, but it was still much better than the duty room.
After entering, Xiao Jin examined the surrounding items, and Tong Xiaolu and the other two also helped with the search.
The good news is that the medical records have been found; the bad news isn't about the player.
“They must be patients from the sanatorium itself; I don’t know why their medical records are scattered here,” Cui Mingyang said, looking down.
After a moment, he pointed to the medical record: "Look, the signatures below are all from the same person—Lola. Could it be that all the medical records are in his/her possession?"
"Shadow?" Cui Mingyang asked, "Have you noticed who the staff at the sanatorium are?"
Although he didn't know that Xiao Jinqing was unaware, Cui Mingyang inexplicably felt that Xiao Jinqing must have noticed it.
Sure enough, Xiao Jin pondered for a moment and then replied, "There's a notice on the first floor; it's from the head nurse."
"Head Nurse! No wonder!" The three of them looked thoughtful.
Luo Bin suddenly clapped his hands: "Hey! I remember the head nurse's office is on this floor, it should be in the corridor on the other side."
Isn't this good? We thought there wouldn't be anything on the first floor, but we found the answer right away.
Cui Mingyang and Xiao Jin didn't think so.
However, having received a hint, they knew they had to go to the head nurse's office. After checking around and finding nothing else to search, they decided to leave.
Luo Bin, who was at the back, turned to leave, but just as he got close to the door, the pharmacy door slammed shut by itself with a bang, followed by a shrill scream.
The sound seemed to come from several floors above, sharp and piercing, straight to the heart, causing the hearts of the four people present to involuntarily clench.
If Xiao Jin wasn't mistaken, this shout should have come from the female player named Ren Yuan who went to the third floor.
She seemed rather timid; she was the only one who gasped at the gate, so Xiao Jin remembered her voice.
"What the hell?"
Luo Bin couldn't help but curse, and as soon as he finished speaking, the temperature in the room plummeted, as if it had instantly plunged from the height of summer into the depths of winter.
A chilling atmosphere filled the air, making people shiver involuntarily.
Immediately afterwards, a series of intermittent sobs could be heard, the sound appearing and disappearing like a ghost, sending chills down one's spine.
The flashlight in Xiao Jin's hand began to flicker, its light flashing on and off. Finally, the flashlight went out, plunging the surroundings into darkness, leaving only the rapid breathing and heartbeats of the four of them.
Luo Bin felt the mournful gaze from Tong Xiaolu, but none of the four of them forgot to take out their respective props, ready to deal with any possible dangers at any time.
As soon as the crying started, Xiao Jin quickly looked toward the source of the sound. Although it was pitch black, she still managed to spot the figure above her.
Even Xiao Jin felt a chill run down his spine when he saw this scene.
In this oppressive, suffocating darkness, on the pitch-black ceiling, a chilling figure lay silently upside down, like an invisible shadow, lurking without a sound.
The figure had dark eyes and disheveled hair that fell messily over its shoulders. Its sinister gaze instantly locked onto the four people in the room.
She was clearly lying on top of him, but Xiao Jin, Cui Mingyang, and the others, who had been inside for quite some time, completely ignored her.
If the other party hadn't revealed their true intentions, they might not have discovered them at all.
The female ghost on the ceiling was dressed in a tattered nurse's uniform, the fabric stained with unidentified dirt and bloodstains, her long fingernails growing slowly, exuding an aura of death.
Suddenly, time seemed to freeze at that moment.
The figure suddenly raised its head, letting out a shrill roar from deep within its throat. The sound was sharp and piercing, like a wail from the depths of hell. Xiao Jin and the other three couldn't help but cover their heads.
The next second, the nurse's mouth slowly opened, dark and gaping, like a demon poised to pounce. Suddenly, she leaped down from the ceiling, bringing with her a chilling gust of wind.
Upon seeing this, the group quickly scattered.
Luo Bin, who was near the door, kicked the pharmacy door, but clearly, his action had no effect.
"No, it seems the only way out is to kill her!" Everyone understood that this was a trap set by the haunted house.
In the blink of an eye, a blur flashed by, and the nurse, as if she had escaped from the depths of hell, charged towards the crowd with an indescribable aura of terror.
Her nurse's uniform was already tattered, with the remaining fragments hanging haphazardly on her body, revealing her skin underneath, which was covered in bruises and looked extremely gruesome.
Even more bizarrely, upon closer inspection, the nurse's skin appeared to be pieced together from ceramic shards, with ominous cracks on every inch, as if it would completely crumble at the slightest touch.
On the players' side, Xiao Jin, like a cheetah poised to pounce, flashed and instantly stood between the crowd and the female nurse.
She raised the broken shadow and exchanged several blows with the female nurse in an instant.
The dark black fingernails struck the blade, producing a series of crisp metallic clangs. Although the opponent was not strong, he was extremely fast, so fast that even Xiao Jin could barely keep up.
The three people next to Cui Mingyang were also dumbfounded.
What is this?! It's completely useless!
They were moving so fast they couldn't even see the movements clearly, how could they possibly get started! If they forced their way in, they were afraid of accidentally injuring friendly forces.
The nurse seemed to realize that Xiao Jin was not someone to be trifled with. A hint of fear flashed in her dark eyes. Unable to break through her defenses, she simply let out another inhuman roar.
Taking advantage of Xiao Jin's dazed state, the nurse made a nimble turn and, with ghostly speed, bypassed Xiao Jin's defenses, heading straight for Tong Xiaolu, who seemed to be the most vulnerable member of the group.
"Hey! This little devil knows how to pick on the weak!"
Seeing this, Luo Bin swung the prop in his hand forward, but only caught a fleeting afterimage and missed. He couldn't help but curse under his breath.
However, Tong Xiaolu was not afraid at all; she was prepared.
Two golden chains appeared out of thin air in her palms, wrapping around her and forming a wall of chains around Tong Xiaolu.
The moment the barrier appeared, the nurse instantly materialized outside the chains. Her long fingernails lunged forward, only to be deflected by the chains.
This left the female nurse, who couldn't get close to her, with no choice but to stare helplessly.
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