Lin Qiye and Extraordinary Fertility

"Ah!!! Stop knocking!!! My brain's getting rattled to mush!" Zhou Meng clapped his hands over his ears, trying to recover from the violent sounds.

Someone was knocking at the entrance with the door knocker, causing a tremendous bell to toll inside the psychiatric hospital. The entire hospital trembled with the sound.

Needless to say, that brat Lin Qiye had to be the one knocking!

Lin Qiye: protagonist of Slay the Gods, Nightwatcher, Blazing Angel, agent of a god, director of the psychiatric hospital, member of Cangnan City's 136th Squad, captain of the Nightfall Squad, the Black Wutong Club's top host, seventh commander-in-chief of the Nightwatchers, God of Causality, Fifth Universe Will.

He had more attributes and titles than anyone could count.

If he went out and introduced himself with that long string of titles, people would surely tell him, "We can't accommodate that many people here."

The kid's finally here! Good thing I didn't have to wait years for him!

Zhou Meng was somewhat delighted. For the patients in this psychiatric hospital, whether Nyx or the other gods who came later, such as Merlin, there was only one way to leave: Lin Qiye had to cure their mental illnesses.

The same naturally went for him. Though he couldn't figure out what illness he had or how to treat it, Lin Qiye surely had something to do with it.

The way out of here must lie with Lin Qiye!

At that thought, Zhou Meng hurried out, crossed the corridor through the ward area, and headed for the entrance.

Lin Qiye, who had just pushed open the psychiatric hospital's front doors, was following an ancient, dimly lit corridor as he explored deeper into the hospital.

His eyesight had only just returned, and his spiritual power had increased. Only then had he been able to open the doors he had spent five years in his dreams trying and failing to open.

Of course, this wasn't actually because he had received Michael's blessing, but because the divine power overload caused by the Mortal Divine Realm had gradually dissipated within him.

After passing through the corridor, Lin Qiye came to a fork. The signpost there looked thoroughly modern, completely out of place with the corridor behind him.

"The wards are on the left, and the activity area's on the right. I'll check out the activity area first!" With that, Lin Qiye headed right.

The multimedia room, recreation lounge, study, outdoor lawn, and exercise equipment were all so similar to those at the Sunshine Mental Hospital, where he had once stayed.

Just as he was about to head for the ward area, he suddenly saw someone standing beneath the signpost at the fork.

The man had a head of messy curls and wore a long black robe. He was looking at Lin Qiye with some confusion.

It was Zhou Meng, who had come out looking for him.

Lin Qiye immediately grew wary. He hadn't expected someone to appear inside the psychiatric hospital. The man didn't look like a doctor, since doctors wore white coats, while this man wore a long black robe. Could he be an escaped mental patient?

But Lin Qiye felt there wasn't much to fear in his own dream, so he plucked up his courage and politely asked, "Hello, may I ask if you work at this hospital?"

Though Lin Qiye was cautious upon seeing Zhou Meng, Zhou Meng was even more shocked.

As expected of the protagonist. His traits and buffs are almost stacked to the limit.

The trait [Fifth Universe Will] alone was so dazzling that he could barely keep his eyes open.

Besides that, there were traits such as [Blazing Angel's Agent] and [Mortal Divine Realm].

However, although Lin Qiye still possessed the Fifth Universe Will trait, he was once again in a new cycle of this universe.

The universe's will needed to undergo repeated cycles to assimilate its consciousness with that of the outsider, Azathoth, the blind and foolish god. It also had to use those cycles to weaken Azathoth until it was capable of killing Azathoth for good and remaking everything in the Fifth Universe.

It was just that Lin Qiye didn't yet know any of this. He still had a long road ahead of him.

Thinking of Lin Qiye's past and future, Zhou Meng, who had originally planned to trick him, simply couldn't bring himself to do it. Instead, he said sincerely, "Uh, I... I'm actually a patient here."

"But I'm not sick!" Suddenly feeling that didn't sound quite right, he hurriedly added.

Looking at the somewhat jumpy man before him, who was staring at him with a complicated expression, Lin Qiye became even more certain that this really was a psychiatric hospital, and that the man before him really was a patient.

After all, mental patients in psychiatric hospitals always said they weren't sick!

But this was the Gods' Psychiatric Hospital. Although this guy was a patient, could he also be some god?

"Uh, my name is Lin Qiye. May I ask your name, sir?" Lin Qiye asked cautiously.

"Zhou Meng."

"Then, Mr. Zhou, could I trouble you to show me around? It's my first time here, so I'm not very familiar with the place."

It's my first day here too! Why does it feel like you've already taken me for a patient?!

Zhou Meng was somewhat annoyed, but he still decided to take Lin Qiye to the ward area. After all, all his hopes of getting out rested on this kid.

Zhou Meng brought Lin Qiye to the ward area and pointed at a room, indicating that it was his.

Lin Qiye walked in and looked around, then fixed his gaze on the wall above Zhou Meng's hospital bed.

Clearly, he was looking at something. Zhou Meng also knew this should be one of Lin Qiye's abilities as the director: seeing each patient's basic information.

"What, is there something written on the wall?" Zhou Meng asked tentatively.

He could see his own information on the wall too, but he wanted to know exactly how what Lin Qiye saw differed from what he saw.

"Mr. Zhou, how did you know I could see writing on the wall?" Lin Qiye asked in surprise.

"Obviously! That wall isn't some giant LED screen! You kept staring at it. If there wasn't writing on it to read, could you be a mental patient too?" Zhou Meng said irritably.

Wait, that's not right. Why did I say "too"?!

"Ahaha, I did see something, but don't get angry when I tell you what it says."

The text Lin Qiye saw actually read:

[Ward 0]

[Patient: Zhou Meng]

[Task: Borrow copied traits from Zhou Meng to advance Zhou Meng's treatment progress. When progress reaches 25%, 50%, and 75%, the quality and quantity of traits that can be borrowed will increase.]

[Current treatment progress: 0%]

Lin Qiye told Zhou Meng exactly what the text said.

Zhou Meng couldn't help frowning.

What Lin Qiye saw really was different from what he saw. Lin Qiye had a task as well. But what's with this task? Borrow traits from me to advance my treatment progress?

What kind of illness do I have? Was I too selfish before I lost my memory, so now I have to be a good god who gives generously?

I've become Lin Qiye's cheat, have I?!

After saying this, Lin Qiye looked at Zhou Meng with some anticipation. Although he didn't really understand the task either, he wanted to try it and see what Zhou Meng could give him.

Seeing the anticipation in Lin Qiye's eyes, Zhou Meng thought it over and decided to try following the task's instructions. If it really worked, all he needed to do was copy the traits from other gods onto Lin Qiye!

At the same time, borrowing meant they had to be returned. Lin Qiye couldn't keep these traits forever, and Zhou Meng could take them back whenever he wanted.

With that in mind, Zhou Meng examined the trait he had just stolen from Nyx.

He currently possessed only one trait, a purple one.

[Extraordinary Fertility]

Zhou Meng's brow suddenly relaxed.

Lin Qiye instantly had a bad feeling.

"Qiye, here, I'll lend you this to play with!" Zhou Meng raised a hand, and a beam of purple light flew into Lin Qiye's body.

At the same time, he suddenly felt something and looked at the wall above the hospital bed.

[Current mental illness index: 99.99%]

The mental illness index is going down!