The mortal world.
Dongli Hospital.
The sky was a murky gray, as though a thin veil of mist separated it from the outside world.
"I... I can't get out."
Shen Bai adjusted his glasses, his face full of panic.
He was just an ordinary office worker. He had come to the hospital with a mild cold, only to be caught in a supernatural incident. The gray mist had sealed off the entire hospital.
No matter which way they went, even if they jumped out a window to escape... they always ended up back in Dongli Hospital's lobby.
Even worse, everything they had that could contact the outside world had stopped working.
And inside the hospital... there was a ghost!
By now, only a few dozen people in the entire hospital were still alive.
I can't die! I have to survive!
Shen Bai panted hard. He felt as though the terror might crush him at any moment, but he kept frantically bolstering his courage.
If I run faster than everyone else when the ghost comes, I can survive!
That was the lesson he had learned from several brushes with death.
Tap, tap!
The next moment, footsteps echoed through the empty lobby.
"It's... it's here..."
Shen Bai broke into a run. "The ghost's in the lobby. I have to move now... It'll go after the survivors on this floor first..."
Tap, tap!
He hit the stairs and bounded up them like a monkey.
Before long, he spotted a fat man in the second-floor ward, panting heavily. "Hey... kid... listen to me... I'm... I'm a businessman. I have money... You..."
Before he could finish, a vicious look crossed the fat man's face. He pulled an iron bar from somewhere and swung it hard at Shen Bai's shin.
Smack!
Pain shot through Shen Bai's