“What exactly was the situation with that fire?”
Wei Kexin posed the question.
Lily sighed and then revealed the truth: after the first patient died, he survived as a spiritual energy body. He had been lingering in the hospital in this form, able to possess other people.
However, it seemed that due to the medication, his consciousness was extremely frenzied. Whenever he possessed someone, that person's mind would be affected and driven mad.
The organization above, to prevent anyone in society from investigating the matter, orchestrated this fire to cover up the truth.
The moment the fire broke out, Lily's ability also manifested: spatial construction.
Lily constructed a room and hid inside, and she also used her ability to trap the patient in another sealed space.
However, the three people possessed by the first patient also transformed into spiritual energy bodies after their deaths. They were then imprisoned by Lily's ability in corresponding rooms.
Fang Xinhan now understood. It was likely that those three spirit entities were the people who had been possessed by the first patient and then locked up by Lily. But those three were truly unlucky.
〈Stage 3: Find the last patient and understand the truth of the fire (Completed)〉
〈Quest rewards will be issued after Players exit the instance.〉
〈Final Stage Quest activated〉
〈Stage 4: Eliminate Experiment Body Number One〉
〈Reward: Free Attribute Points x2〉
〈Friendly Reminder: Players have understood the full scope of the hospital incident. You can exit the instance directly or continue to explore it.〉
〈Do you wish to leave the instance?〉
Seeing this prompt, everyone hesitated. In previous instances, some people had encountered such a prompt, but after the first person completed the instance, others followed suit and continued exploring. As a result, that team, except for the member who exited, never returned.
Later, instance creatures appeared in the area where they were doing the quest, making it certain that the remaining people had died. Everyone thought that the exiting member was an important support character or something similar, but he himself spoke up. He said that he was just a burden to the entire team, hindering their progress single-handedly. In the final stage, to prevent him from holding them back, the entire team voted him out.
Subsequently, there were a few instances with this prompt, but only a very small number of pro Players completed the final stage quest.
“Should we withdraw?”
Li Gang asked, as currently, no one except Fang Xinhan could deal with spirit entities.
“Why don't you guys retreat first? You can't inflict damage on spirit entities right now.”
Fang Xinhan said to the three.
“You want to handle it alone? Even if you're Lv6 now, you might not win.”
Wei Kexin frowned slightly. Although she knew Fang Xinhan had the ability to deal with spirit entities, it was still a boss, and it definitely wouldn't be easy to defeat.
“What? Not planning on leaving?”
Fang Xinhan was already holding fluorescence and warming up.
“Abandoning my companions isn't my style. Besides, I feel like we've just been tagging along in this instance, with no sense of participation at all.”
Lin Yue voiced her thoughts. In other instances, they had all displayed great power, but in this instance, their abilities had no place to be used, which made them quite frustrated.
“Alright.”
Fang Xinhan twisted his neck, picked up a chair, and walked in front of the three.
“If you can't hit a spirit entity, then turn him into a physical object.”
Fang Xinhan used Alchemy to refine the chair into a puppet. This operation stunned everyone present.
“No… how did you do that?”
“Besides being a healer, I'm also an Alchemist! I've inscribed a Spirit-Locking Array on this puppet. Once he enters the puppet, you'll be able to damage him.”
Fang Xinhan thought for a moment and looked at Lily.
“But we should still ask the person involved for her opinion.”
Fang Xinhan walked up to Lily and said gently,
“Actually, you're the first patient, right?”
Lily was slightly startled. The innocent, childlike expression on her face instantly vanished, replaced by madness and wild laughter.
“Hahaha, how did you find out?”
Lily asked, laughing maniacally.
“I don't know? I was bluffing you. I didn't expect you to actually fall for it.”
The patient: ……
Fang Xinhan spread his hands, indicating that he just said it casually and she admitted it.
The three behind him were also bewildered. What exactly happened?
“So everything Lily said before was a lie to us?”
Fang Xinhan shook his finger.
“No, no, no, that was true, otherwise our quest wouldn't have shown as completed.”
Then Fang Xinhan looked at Lily.
“But you're still hiding something from us, aren't you?”
Lily laughed even louder after hearing that.
“That's right, I did hide it. Now that it's exposed, I might as well tell you the whole truth.”
Then Lily began to scratch her own skin while recounting the events.
After Lily trapped him in a sealed space, she frequently admonished him, trying to stabilize his mental state, but she failed. Instead, she was possessed.
However, the moment he successfully possessed her, Lily used her power to lock him within her own body. After that, Lily and he had been constantly fighting for control of this body.
“So, the current Lily is both the first patient and Lily, right?”
Wei Kexin had a bit of a headache now. She felt like the other party had schizophrenia. Look, she was almost scratching her face raw.
In a trance, Lily's consciousness gained the upper hand again, but quickly reverted to a frenzied state, like a patient with schizophrenia.
“What do we do about her like this?”
Lin Yue looked at the girl, her heart filled with mixed emotions. She found it hard to lay a hand on her.
Fang Xinhan saw the troubled expressions on their faces, said nothing, walked up to Lily, grabbed her wrist, and restrained her.
“Don't just stand there, come help! I'm going to expel this guy's consciousness.”
Fang Xinhan's words brought them back to reality.
The three restrained Lily's left and right hands and body. Fang Xinhan held the Alchemy puppet and pressed its head against Lily's head. He seemed to be chanting something, but in reality, he was secretly clenching Seven's Eyes and the Light of Return, using Ultra Telekinesis.
Then, from everyone's perspective, a spirit entity was as if yanked from Lily's body and stuffed into the Alchemy puppet.
Fang Xinhan collapsed to the ground, indicating, “You guys go first, I need a moment.”
The group first shielded Lily and Fang Xinhan behind them, then looked at the Alchemy puppet. Then, the boss health bar appeared before everyone.
〈Experiment Body Number One: 2000 / 2000〉
“Damn it, this instance has been so stifling. Finally, we can start fighting.”
Lin Yue rubbed her hands together, eager to fight.
Experiment Body Number One tried to escape this body, but just like Lily's body, he couldn't break free. He let out a roar, as if saying it was unfair, then fired an air bullet at the people opposite.
Lin Yue couldn't see the air bullet, but she keenly sensed something flying towards her, so she immediately dodged.
With a “boom,” the glass behind her shattered.
Seeing that the attack missed its target, Experiment Body Number One directly burst out the door and left the room.
(PS: I feel like what I wrote isn't very good (●—●))