The Other Shore Beyond the Door

It was a song that transcended all perception.

Lu Ban couldn't understand the language used in it. The singing, which sounded like noise, formed a complex and irregular melody. The chilling music had a sense of oppression. Just listening to it made one feel as if they were drowning and couldn't breathe.

If an ordinary person were to hear this song, they would likely experience confusion, hallucinations, and a loss of rationality.

Even a well-informed Chosen of the Gods like Lu Ban couldn't help but frown, trying to drive these melodies out of his mind.

Moreover, Lu Ban heard that the singing voice actually came from the ugly monster inside the container.

It's like a lullaby it's humming.

Lu Ban saw many tubes next to the container, which were connected to different instruments. One of them looked like an oxygen mask, and it seemed that the soft monster could spread out from these tubes and flow into the human body through the oxygen mask.

Amidst the frenzied singing, Lu Ban saw a series of footprints extending from outside the door, crawling towards the container, and abruptly stopping beside it.

He had almost understood everything.

"Is this what the ritual summoned?"

Dean Zhao Gongping and that man named Corea used a ritual from a handwritten copy they obtained from who-knows-where to connect with the otherworld and summon this thing, but they didn't summon it completely; it was only a part of it, or rather, its Its Offspring.

This thing seems to have the ability to bring the dead back to life. As long as its flesh and blood are injected into the body of the dead, the dead can stand up again. However, it is not a true resurrection, but rather Walking Corpses constructed by this evil thing from a distant land that controls the bodies of the dead, reads their memories, and imitates their behavior.

Zhao Gongping relied on this to complete many exquisite surgeries, which is why the intensive care unit is on the fifth floor. Whenever an accident occurs, those wealthy people who have paid a lot of medical fees and are barely surviving will be sent to the Room at the end of the corridor. The Monster of Eyes will secrete gray "cement", which will be poured into oxygen masks through tubes and inhaled by those who are dying.

The conversion may take a long time.

This is why He Bixiong saw patients who couldn't even walk before suddenly being able to stand up and wave at her.

This is probably because the body has undergone treatment and has been transformed into a monster, but it has not yet accepted its new body, which is why it appears slow and sluggish.

Such control cannot last long, so many patients who receive treatment die soon afterward.

Xu Xiao, on the other hand, encountered a different kind of trouble.

"The liquid secreted by this monster might just be the cement used to build this hospital."

Lu Ban then thought of an even more terrifying truth.

The reason why the summoning ritual requires Living Stake is certainly not simply due to feudal superstition, but because it is to offer sacrifices to this monster.

The corpses and souls of those workers, along with the "cement" secreted by this monster, formed the foundation and walls of this hospital. The workers who died gruesome deaths within the walls were the raw materials that summoned this monster!

At the same time, the entire hospital became part of the monster. The container that Lu Ban saw was just a part of the monster's manifestation. Its true form was this hospital!

This is why the demolition of Nanhua Private Renji Hospital has repeatedly failed; it's because this monster is trying to protect itself.

The alternate dimension that Lu Ban is currently in is inside the monster's body!

The people who have disappeared from this hospital over the years, like Xu Xiao and Liu Qingjiang, have all become nourishment for the monster, nurturing its growth. It's laughable that Zhao Gongping thought those things were gifts to him, when in reality they were just the skin that the monster shed as it grew up.

Those who went missing were corrupted and eroded, becoming puppets of the monsters. People like Zhao Gongping, who frequently came into contact with the monsters, were also subtly controlled and ultimately met a terrible end.

Within that constantly writhing mud, some new life is being conceived, ready to break through the soil at any moment.

Dean Zhao Gongping was just an unlucky guy who was used. The real culprit was Corea, the man who tricked Zhao Gongping into establishing the hospital and gave him the ritual to summon the monster.

However, Lu Ban had almost never seen this name in the hospital records. It was as if he had vanished into thin air, existing in no records at all.

"It seems we need to solve this problem."

Lu Ban stared at the monster in the container, all its eyes fixed on him, emanating a venomous malice. Lu Ban noticed that the surrounding walls were beginning to melt, like flowing lava, engulfing him.

If he were to be encased in this "cement," Lu Ban felt that it would be similar to what happened in Drywater Town; without a bit of luck, he wouldn't survive.

However, Lu Ban noticed that the cement flowed slowly, like an animal that had not yet awakened. The melodic part of the song coming from the container gradually became weaker, while the frantic babbling became more and more obvious. At the same time, the cement flowed faster.

"Melody Fragment?"

Lu Ban immediately understood.

"When Du Danping visited this place back then, he probably also discovered the strangeness of this place. However, at that time he was not able to completely eliminate the monster, so he could only leave this piece of music to temporarily suppress it and deal with it later."

"Unfortunately, Du Danping died in an accident on the day of rehearsal, so the problem could not be completely solved. Over the years, with the passage of time, the piece of music has been worn down and weakened. In addition, with Zhao Gongping and others constantly provoking the monster, it is finally about to awaken."

"And the demolition was the final stimulus. He fully recovered from that half-awake state. Now, even if Du Danping's melody still exists, it can no longer suppress this monster that is about to be born. He will completely descend into this world and devour others."

Lu Ban realized this amidst the increasingly noisy murmurs.

The only way to survive is to completely destroy this monster.

Right now, in the real world.

The building of Nanhua Private Renji Hospital experienced a subtle tremor.

Ordinary people would hardly notice it, and even the security guards on duty at the entrance were clueless, only feeling a slight tremor in the ground, as if a subway had passed by.

It was the darkest time of night, but for some reason, the two security guards felt that something was about to break through the ground.

They became dazed, stunned, and sluggish, only able to stare blankly at that building.

Suddenly, a clear cry rang in the ears of everyone nearby.

That was the first cry of a newborn baby.

It is a symbol of hope.