Horror Game Designer

The middle-aged man tossed the empty bottle to Old Sao, “Other than drugs, the different wards will provide different functions at night. For example, when you’re chased by your enemies, you can go to the plastic surgery ward to change your figure and face. To avoid specific curses, you can even change your gender.” Seeing the shock on their faces, the middle-aged man shook his head. “For the sake of my daughter, I will do anything. You better have the same understanding too.”

Leading Old Sao’s team, the middle-aged man walked up the stairs to the top floor. There, the place felt a lot quieter.

“There are many wards here. Some of them have special functions, and others are very dangerous. Remember to pay attention to the Genetics Consultation Ward and the OBGYN. When you are forced to a corner, you can try your luck at these two wards. You might gain protection from some unlucky things.” The middle-aged man appeared to have done exactly that. He expertly unlocked the lock on the safety door.

The smell of disinfectant permeated the air. The tiles on the walls were yellowed, and the lightbulbs in the corridor shattered.

“There are so little people here.”

“This place will be crowded at night. I like to hide here in the morning.” The middle-aged man carried his daughter and walked ahead like he was looking for something.

Su Mo touched Old Sao and whispered, “Doesn’t this mean that no one likes to come here? This floor is not safe. I noticed that the lock on the door was new. It was brought in from outside.”

“I temporarily don’t sense any danger.” Old Sao hesitated.

“This is the genetics consultation ward.” The middle-aged man suddenly spoke. He pointed at a half-open door. The room looked like other rooms. It was about the size of two small wards.

Old Sao went near and curiously looked in. Pregnancy promotion posters decorated the wall. There were a lot of files on the table. Most of the files recorded the illnesses suffered by the patients. The pictures made them feel uncomfortable.

“Physical disfigurement is fine. The bigger trouble is deficiency in brain acuity.” The middle-aged man didn’t touch anything inside the consultation room and walked towards the inner rooms. There were three rooms in the Genetics Consultation Ward: the consultation room and two examination rooms. They were separated with thick, white curtains.

“The doctor will come at night and randomly appear in one of the rooms. If you’re lucky enough to run into the door, it will answer a few of your questions and tell you how to survive.” The man stood outside the curtain. He sniffed the curtain as if trying to smell the presence of the doctor.

“What if we’re unlucky and don’t meet the doctor?” Old Sao and his friends came over. Su Mo stood at the far back.

“There are two inner rooms. One is the doctor’s room, and the other is the patient’s room. If your choice is wrong, then you’ll have the chance to witness the ugliest thing in the world. You’ll resist it on a genetic level.” The middle-aged man made a choice. He pulled back the curtain to the room on the left, “Do you want me to show you around?”

“Sure.” Old Sao didn’t sense any danger. He and Lee Ding poked their heads into the room. The middle-aged man put down the girl and led the way into the room on the left.

The curtain fell, but for some reason, Su Mo and Brother Xiong, who were outside, couldn’t hear their footsteps anymore. It was like the three of them had entered a different world.

They waited for a full minute. Brother Xiong felt that something was wrong. He walked to pull back the curtain. Then, he froze at the door.

“Brother Xiong?” Su Mo was anxious. He wanted to pull Brother Xiong back when the silent little girl suddenly looked behind Su Mo and widened her eyes.

“What’s wrong?”

The girl looked to be around four. She opened her mouth, pointed behind Su Mo and whispered, “He is not my father.”

“Who?” Su Mo’s heart raced. He followed the direction of the girl’s finger and turned around. A torn-open face leaned against the ward door.

The person’s skin and face were ruined. The burnt skin was exposed. His body was covered in bandages, but they seemed pointless.

“Fuck!” Su Mo was so scared. If not for his training at the investigation centre, he would be sitting on the ground already.

Su Mo rushed to the door. He saw the monster waving. However, he couldn’t care about anything else. He closed the ward door and used his body to block it. “Brother Xiong, go and get Old Sao back!”

Brother Xiong didn’t move. The girl picked up a piece of glass and stabbed Brother Xiong’s calf. Then, he woke up.

The monster outside the door had his mouth charred. He yelled something like he was a human and he was the girl’s real father.

“What’s happening?” The middle-aged man returned with Old Sao and Lee Ding from the left room. They looked confused.

“There’s something outside! It’s a charred monster!” Su Mo’s voice trembled.

Old Sao grabbed the wooden chair in the room and slowly opened the door. However, there was nothing outside, “Are you sure?”

“The girl saw it too! She was the one who first saw it!” Su Mo wanted the girl to say something, but the girl only looked at her shoes silently.

“There was something there.” Su Mo felt that the girl was acting strangely. The middle-aged man might not even be her father. However, to maintain the peace, Su Mo changed the subject, “What were you doing inside the room? You went in there for so long and said nothing.”

“The room has the doctor’s suggestions and prescriptions. Once you pay with something, you can trade with the doctors from different wards. For example, you can pay with your life to hunt down a human.” Old Sao thought of something and added, “Different wards have different fees. For example, both plastic surgery and burnt victims wards offer face alteration. At the plastic surgery ward, the price is a fresh internal organ, but at the burnt victim's wards, you only need to survive the extreme pain of fire to avoid the curse of the ghosts.”

“This place is not safe anymore. We should go somewhere else.” The middle-aged man picked up the girl and planned to head deeper into the hospital. Su Mo stopped Old Sao.

“We should check the hospital’s other exits before we do anything crazy.” Su Mo then lowered his voice, “Both the man and the girl are not normal.”

“Okay.” After the middle-aged man walked away, the group turned around and ran down the stairs. The situation inside the hospital was too dangerous. They hurried to the hospital’s side door with the fastest speed.

The door was shut off by an invisible wall. They could see the exit, but they couldn’t cross it.

While they were flustered, a disfigured man in a fast-food restaurant uniform ran into the hospital from outside.

Old Sao wanted to warn him, but it was already too late.

After the server ran away, an office lady in white sauntered into the hospital while carrying her bag. Her extreme beauty and gentle disposition instantly grabbed the attention of the boys.