Intuition told him that 'g' was not Gu Sang. There must be some information he had missed, but events were piling up, leaving him no time to think.
Could this 'g' really refer to Gao Tiankai?
With Gu Sang's confirmation of the origin of the subspace, coupled with Xiao Li's mention of [g], almost all fingers pointed to Gao Tiankai.
Could he truly be the one who betrayed the guild and defected to the Evil God?
But Duan Chen knew Gao Tiankai's strength best. They had spent ten years together like family. He had no reason to be so misguided by the Evil God and lose himself.
Even if he did, he would have discussed it with him, not directly walked down the path of evil.
The more evidence was laid before him, the more suspicious it became. Perhaps it was all a conspiracy to sow discord?
Duan Chen planned to have a heart-to-heart talk with Gao Tiankai after the hospital matters were settled.
Hiss—!
Duan Chen's left eye suddenly felt a sharp pain again, as if something was about to split open.
He gasped, and his vision was filled with a few white, flashing dots, but they disappeared in an instant.
"Strange, what is this?"
The sharp pain came and went quickly.
Duan Chen was very confused, feeling something unusual about his eyes.
The beautiful nurses finally recovered, but Xiao Lian had fainted among them.
Fortunately, they were all nurses, and their first aid measures were very effective.
In their shock, the nurses gently patted their chests with their fair hands, trying to calm their frightened hearts.
"So he's the one Xiaofang has been longing for." Zhang Yuxiu said softly.
"No wonder she switched shifts with me that day to personally take care of the patient. I didn't think much of it. If we had helped them get together, it wouldn't have ended in regret." Tian Qi said sadly, wiping away tears.
"Yes, I didn't expect someone so beautiful to have had plastic surgery. Otherwise, how could we not have recognized her."
The nurses chatted amongst themselves, the atmosphere very sad.
Only Ding Ding sat quietly to the side, saying nothing.
Seeing Duan Chen's gloomy expression, she rolled her eyes and leaned in, saying gently,
"Brother Duan Chen, don't be too worried. Gu Sang has his own path to follow. He's not a child, you don't need to worry about him."
Seeing this, Tian Qi frowned and squeezed in from the other side,
"Ding Ding, what are you saying? Gu Sang is Brother Duan Chen's brother. If he gets possessed, Brother Duan Chen will naturally be concerned. If it were your sister who got possessed, wouldn't you be worried? Don't you have a heart?"
"What are you talking about, Tian Qi? How could any of us sisters get possessed? Stop your bad luck."
Duan Chen waved his hand, not wanting to listen to their nagging.
"Alright, stop talking. Let's go to room 202 first."
After meeting up with Gao Tiankai and Qin Ze, they must find the formation eye and break the spatial domain as soon as possible.
If the teleportation wasn't stopped, it would lead to a tragedy like the school.
Duan Chen seemed a little anxious, his mind restless.
Things were already bad enough, but for some reason, he had a strange feeling that something else was waiting for him ahead.
Everything had just begun.
As everyone walked forward, a nurse, unnoticed by anyone, bent down and picked up a piece of sharp broken glass from the ground, secretly wrapped it in her pocket, and quickly rejoined the group.
Passing through the corridor, room 202 was in sight. There were no more white-robed vengeful spirits, and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Duan Chen's bad premonition grew stronger.
"The smell of blood." Zhang Yuxiu suddenly said, her face grim, her brows furrowed.
"I smell it too."
Several nurses echoed. This was a professional skill; they were very sensitive to the smell of blood.
Duan Chen's steps quickened, and he started to run!
Something was wrong.
Why was it so quiet?
The second floor had 28 rooms. Even with an 80% occupancy rate, there should be at least 20 people gathered inside, so why was there no sound?!
Recalling the little boy who was playing with ducks coming from this direction, Duan Chen's heart skipped a beat. He ignored the nurses walking barefoot behind him and started sprinting.
"Brother Duan Chen!"
Ding Ding called out tenderly from behind. Everyone else sped up, but they were instantly left far behind.
When Duan Chen reached the door of room 202 and saw the scene inside, his body trembled, and his eyes turned blood red.
Inside, more than 30 corpses lay scattered.
All of them had their hearts gouged out, their faces contorted in rage, dying with their eyes wide open.
Blood and internal organ fragments splattered all over the room, the ceiling, the floor, the sheets, the walls... everywhere, emitting a nauseating stench.
A tall, thin man stood in the center of the room, his back to the door.
One hand in his pocket, the other raised high, his fingers clamped onto Qin Ze's face like iron tongs, effortlessly lifting him off the ground with one arm.
Qin Ze looked extremely pathetic, covered in blood, his arms bent unnaturally, his legs hanging limply, his breath faint.
A faint light flickered in Qin Ze's listless eyes. He moved his eyeballs slightly, looking at Duan Chen through the gaps in the man's fingers.
"Teacher Duan..."
His lips trembled as he whispered in a voice almost inaudible.
Duan Chen's molars were almost crushed. He pushed off the ground and charged forward.
The man didn't turn around, only tilted his head slightly, a faint smile seeming to hang on his lips.
"You've come, Duan Chen."
Duan Chen's pupils contracted, his heart struck by a heavy hammer.
Anger, confusion, grief, and countless complex emotions surged in his heart, turning into the most ferocious punch he threw at the man.
"!! It's actually you!!"
............
At the bottom of the sea, in Mirror City.
In a low octagonal pavilion in the center of the city, the lights were bright, as if it were daytime.
Twelve black-robed priests were scattered throughout the pavilion. Some were huge, some had fierce eyes, some were leaning against stone pillars, wiping their gleaming sabers. The atmosphere was somewhat tense.
Suddenly, a man who had been dozing off on the left side of the pavilion woke up abruptly. His body trembled, and he gasped for breath, almost falling to the ground. His black robe's hood fell off, revealing a bizarre three-holed black mask.
"Damn it! I'm seeing ghosts!" Ye Yan stabilized himself and cursed.
In the dream realm, he should have been invincible, yet he had been killed twice by that strange kid with glasses.
This was unbearable!
He trembled with anger, clenching his fists so tightly that his fingernails dug into his flesh.
"Divine Envoy? Divine Envoy!! Damn it, my actions were so subtle, how could they have alerted the Divine Envoy! Ptooey!"
The group of black-robed monsters, seeing him wake up, immediately put on fawning expressions and welcomed him.
"Your Excellency Apostle has returned!"
"Greetings to Your Excellency Apostle!"
"Get lost!" Ye Yan shouted, his face full of gloom.
The group of terrifying black-robed monsters retreated a step at his reprimand, their faces filled with awe, not daring to step forward.
Suddenly, a supremely dangerous youth emerged from the shadow of a stone pillar.
The youth wore a black stand-collar long coat, tall and straight. His black hair, slightly longer than his jaw, was tied into a short knot at the back of his head. A cartoon red flower hung from the elastic band, cheap and rough, utterly mismatched with his mysterious and suppressed aura.
His skin was pale white, almost devoid of blood. He wore a half-mask over his eyes. The center of the mask had a black vortex, very similar to the one Ye Yan wore.
However, Ye Yan's had three holes, while the trench coat youth had one.
"It's... it's Apostle 01!!"