Chapter 2 Recruitment

After that...

In this corridor, only Dai Lin was left.

However, on his neck, there were only two severed, semi-transparent hands gripping his throat!

That... "ghost"... had it run away?

Afterward, those semi-transparent hands completely disappeared...

Dai Lin clearly saw in his mind that the two severed hands appeared in the deep space to his right!

It seemed to be...

The inside of his right eye?

Having those two hands inside his eye was terrifying; could he remove them?

As soon as the thought occurred to him, the two severed hands inside his right eye began to slowly dissipate, just like food being broken down by stomach acid. Following that, some new information emerged in his mind.

Had he absorbed the severed hands? And the information he had gained was...

Suddenly, Dai Lin's body began to... disappear bit by bit!

Inside a pure white room.

Three people were sitting behind a desk.

In front of the desk, there were about a dozen empty chairs.

All three were wearing doctors' white coats.

The one sitting in the middle was a rather young, handsome-looking man.

Beside the man was another man and a woman.

The young, handsome man said, "Since the curse in these eyes was implanted into a candidate by the dean, no one has ever survived the recruitment process! This person, he definitely possesses amazing potential and talent."

"Talent is just talent," the woman beside him said. "It all depends on his fate."

At that moment, a figure started to materialize bit by bit on one of the chairs in front of them!

It was, unmistakeably, Dai Lin!

"Congratulations, Doctor Dai Lin."

Dai Lin then astonishingly composed, asked, "Who... are you?"

The young man answered, "First, let me explain two things to you. First, you have passed our Hospital 444's recruitment, and you are the only survivor of this quarter's recruitment. From now on, you are an intern at our hospital, and whether you are willing or not, you cannot resist, just as we were chosen in the past. Second, I hope you don't resent us because, like you, we all received that message and went through this dreadful recruitment to get here."

Dai Lin looked stunned, his mind utterly unable to comprehend the young man's words.

"If I... haven't misunderstood, my entire experience just now was part of a... recruitment?"

"I personally feel very sorry for this. Had the choice been mine, I would never use such inhumane methods to recruit doctors. But these are the rules set by the dean of the hospital, and I have no power to interfere. I fully understand how you feel right now; I once sat in that very chair.", the young man spoke eloquently, effortlessly bringing their unequal statuses to a common ground.

But Dai Lin was no fool, and such an easy persuasion couldn't sway him. He kept his guard thoroughly up, simply wanting to know what the other party truly intended. To have him work as a doctor here?

This was clearly not any regular hospital. And then he remembered the text message, which stated that this hospital treated patients... afflicted by paranormal curses?

"Allow me to introduce myself now." The young man showed no surprise at Dai Lin's wary expression and continued, "My name is Yin Wuque, and I am the deputy director of Hospital 444, responsible for personnel affairs. That said, the specific selection of staff is decided by the dean. So, if you wonder why we chose you, I cannot answer; only the dean knows."

Dai Lin took a look around, estimating the pure white room to be about seventy square meters, but completely devoid of doors and windows.

Those empty chairs around them, based on what Yin Wuque said about being "the only one," must have been intended for the other candidates who made it through the recruitment. But now, he was alone.

The three people in front of him, besides Yin Wuque, included a muscular man who appeared strong and fit, and a very seductive and cold-looking woman.

With no evident escape route, outnumbered, and considering the muscular man's physique, Dai Lin knew that if it came to violence, he would surely be at a disadvantage.

Moreover, this was obviously not a normal kidnapping. He was aware he hadn't been unconscious for long, and the ability to move him here abruptly, wasn't within current human technology. As a doctor, he also knew ludicrous hypnotism like that found in novels and films couldn't exist.

Fortunately, the other party's intention seemed to be to employ him at the hospital, not to extort money or inflict harm. With such a vast difference in power, there was no need to lie to him.

"To put it simply..." Dai Lin gathered his thoughts about the current situation and said, "I must work here from now on, right? And your hospital treats... patients afflicted with paranormal curses? So you are something like exorcists from the movies?"

When he said this, Dai Lin also felt it was absurd, but the series of experiences had shattered the materialistic education he had received from childhood.

However, as a clinical doctor who always valued case studies over theory, his acceptance of abnormal phenomena was far greater than that of most people. He too had encountered clinical cases that completely contradicted textbook theories, which had substantially reshaped his worldview.

Yin Wuque appeared taken aback; clearly, he hadn't expected Dai Lin not to yell or attempt to fight back violently.

"Correct. However, we don't have such great powers." It was then that the seductive female doctor spoke, "In fact, every one of us is like you, forced into these white coats. We have no means to kill ghosts; at most, we can only rely on implanting cursed objects... like your eyes, to barely keep them in check. The so-called cursed objects are items imbued with curses. It's only possible to combat ghosts with the curse of ghosts."

"Fight fire with fire?" Dai Lin accepted these words, typically found in movies and games, to rebuild his entirely overturned worldview.

"Even so, we are still completely at a disadvantage when facing ghosts."

The mention of being "completely at a disadvantage" caused a sudden chill in Dai Lin's heart.

To talk like this during a recruitment, how 'under' could it be?

"Dr. Gao, please show Dr. Dai the contract," Yin Wuque instructed.

The seductive and cold-looking female doctor stood up, picked up a stack of papers, and approached Dai Lin.

"This is our hospital's intern contract," the female doctor said. "Please sign it."