Chapter 24 Asking the Gentleman into the Vat
Translator: 549690339
Last time in the inpatient department, with Zhao She and Long Yuan around, and with the support of Director Chen, but now...
He had to fight alone!
At the moment, the living room was calm, and his left eye also didn't feel anything for the time being.
Dai Lin began to consider his strengths and weaknesses.
As for weaknesses, there's no need to say much, two days ago at this time, he was still a doctor using a regular surgical knife to treat patients. And compared to those attending physicians, Long Yuan and Zhao She, who were somewhat in a sorry state in front of that ghost, Dai Lin was far too weak.
However, he had now absorbed the Curse of Karma after devouring a phalanx of the Karma Force ghost. Although the quantity of the absorbed Karma Force was very small, it could gradually transform into a powerful Karma Force inside his right eye. Of course, it was too soon, and he could only use it first to arm Grandpa Zhang's ghostly hand, turning Grandpa Zhang's Resentful Spirit Curse into the curse of a Malevolent Ghost! Because malevolent ghosts were inherently stronger than vengeful ghosts, a Karma Force ghost that was close to a malevolent ghost was enough to wrestle with a vengeful ghost!
Of course, that was all in theory, and the bit of Karma Force he had right now was far inferior in facing this terrifying vengeful ghost!
He first came to the front door and tried to use the curse of his left eye to open the door. In the medical cases of Hospital 444, there were too many instances of patients being unable to escape due to cursed doors and windows that wouldn't open, so doctors from Hospital 444 often had to make house calls. At such times, doctors usually had to rely on cursed objects to forcefully break in.
However, the curse attack aimed at the lock was completely ineffective. Dai Lin tried a few times but didn't dare to try anymore, as these attacks couldn't be unlimited; he had to save the key attacks for that vengeful ghost.
He now had another ace up his sleeve, which was the ghostly hair inside the space of his right eye! According to the will of his right eye, devouring this tuft of hair didn't have a hundred percent certainty of success. If the absorption failed, it could lead to backlash, and it wasn't ruled out that it could break through the seal of the right eye space!
He scanned the living room again with his left eye.
Fortunately, the pain hadn't struck yet.
"Good, since that's the case, let's go all out!"
Then, he began to devour the hair in the space of his right eye!
As the tuft of hair was being devoured, it rapidly started to grow wildly! However, the growth speed of the ghostly hair couldn't keep up with the devouring speed of the right eye space!
During this process, Dai Lin's right eye began to transmit severe pain. This pain was much more intense than that of the left eye and had already exceeded Dai Lin's threshold for pain!
But Dai Lin still clenched his teeth, biting his lips firmly. While closing his right eye, his left eye remained wide open, and his body was pressed hard against the wall.
Just then, his left eye also started to feel pain! But because of the intense pain in his right eye, it was hard for him to pinpoint the source of the pain in his left eye.
His lips were bitten till they bled, little by little, and Dai Lin prayed that he would complete the absorption before that vengeful ghost came out to kill him!
Quick... quick... come on!
Although the process was difficult, it was successfully completed after about thirty seconds! The ghostly hair was finally completely absorbed by the right eye!
The cursing ability of his left eye would also be fully enhanced!
Dai Lin began to gasp for breath.
Based on the basic paranormal medicine knowledge he had learned, he could be sure: ghosts couldn't just kill people if they wanted to. Most ghosts pose no life-threatening danger to humans.
Initially, he didn't quite understand this point; diseases can't easily kill humans because of the presence of the immune system, but do humans also have an immune system against ghosts? But this point Gao Heyann couldn't explain either, so Dai Lin thought, perhaps it was a kind of balance between the yin and yang worlds? Otherwise, ghosts would have already killed all the living people.
However, there was no doubt that Hospital 444 was at an absolute disadvantage when facing paranormal entities. This balance wasn't effective against all ghosts.
But... that vengeful ghost could easily kill doctors!
As the pain in his right eye dissipated, the pain in his left eye began to intensify again.
He still couldn't pinpoint the ghost's location.
This made his heart race.
After absorbing the ghost's hair, what kind of abilities he would have, he didn't have the chance to test now, as obviously, such abilities couldn't be used in a short period continuously; he had to make good use of his abilities when necessary.
This time, the pain in his left eye was distinctly different from before! Clearly, this was related to the ghost hair he had absorbed earlier; he now felt as if there was some foreign object on the surface of his left eye!
Dai Lin quickly took out his cellphone. The phone would automatically turn on after leaving the hospital. He switched to selfie mode to look at himself… He discovered that his left eye had become blood red at this moment, and there were many bloodshot veins under his eye socket!
A blood-red left eye made Dai Lin uncertain of what this truly meant.
It was at this moment that something unexpected happened.
A door on the left side of the living room opened!
This was definitely not blown open by the wind! Before this, the door had been securely closed!
But now, the door was open! However, there was no one behind the door!
Then, who opened the door…?
Under these circumstances, most people would probably not have the courage to go in.
However, Dai Lin knew well the saying, "He who does not enter the tiger's den will not catch its cubs."
Currently, the curse of the left eye was evidently limited in range.
If he didn't face off against this malevolent ghost, he would have no chance of escaping.
Therefore, Dai Lin mustered his courage and stepped inside.
Having worked in medicine over the years, he had come to understand that to have the determination to cross over death, one must not always be led by fear. A patient without such a will to survive cannot be restored to health.
As a doctor, one must always be mentally prepared for a confrontation with the Grim Reaper!
Yet, the moment he entered, the door behind him slammed shut!
He tried turning the doorknob, and as expected, he couldn't get out.
The ghost was luring him into the pot!
All the curtains in the room were drawn, causing the lighting to be quite dim.
He suddenly saw Lin Yan lying on a bed, covered with a quilt, just like Sleeping Beauty.
Dai Lin's eyes were still in pain, unable to guide him to the ghost's location.
"I'm here," Dai Lin said solemnly. "If you dare let me in, then have the guts to appear before me!"
He wasn't sure if the ghost would react to reverse psychology, but in order to save the patient's life, he was willing to try anything that might work. If it didn't, he would think of another plan.
There was no response.
The room remained tranquil.
"Aren't you a powerful ghost? Or are you afraid of me and planning to hide?" Dai Lin raised his voice, at the same time, he began to slowly move toward Lin Yan.
Dai Lin's actions might seem suicidal on the surface, but Jiang Licheng had warned him: For a doctor, the scariest thing is not being able to locate the ghost, becoming passive! For a doctor, pinpointing the ghost's location is a major challenge! Therefore, it is essential to find a way to locate the ghost, even if it means resorting to mockery!
It was he who brought Lin Yan to Hospital 444, so he ought to take responsibility for her life's safety!
As he moved closer to the head of the bed, Dai Lin immediately pounced!
He needed to take her away first!
But the next moment, Lin Yan's head was suddenly pulled back like it was caught by something, and she retracted back into the covers!