The Location of the Second Ward

"Help!!"

The Sanjiu Yinyu screamed as it frantically fled.

The world before him transformed into the familiar corridor of the Second Ward. All the offices were locked, and the wards were empty. It was as if he were the only person left in the entire Second Ward.

But behind him...

Heavy breathing could always be heard.

The smell of burning plastic was accompanied by the piercing low scraping sound of something sharp scraping against the wall.

He prided himself on not feeling fear.

At this point, I was completely terrified and burst into tears.

He couldn't remember how long he had been on the run, only that he knew this place intimately, as if he had lived there for many years. He knew every corner and every floor like the back of his hand, and he was instinctively running away from something.

"Brother, what exactly are you running away from?"

"It's like the person you plagiarized is chasing after you to demand their rights."

What exactly happened in Second Ward after I died?

Little Door followed Sanjiu Yinyu at a leisurely pace.

Zhang Ze had instructed him not to kill Sanjiu Yinyu, otherwise Sanjiu Yinyu would also die of cardiac arrest in reality, leaving him with no choice but to endlessly hunt down Sanjiu Yinyu.

Once caught up, the dream will restart.

It's like a replica of Zhang Peng's experience.

Little Door naturally accepted this condition with pleasure.

Kids love playing chase games, and he certainly enjoys the process.

"You... aren't you that bastard who was burned to death back then?"

"It's all because of you that the Second Ward became such a horrible mess. If it weren't for you, none of this would have happened!!"

Sanjiu Yinyu cried out.

The Little Door moved a little slower.

"I'm not called a bastard, my surname is Men."

Sanjiu Yinyu seemed to have thought of something, "You mean, that kid surnamed Men from the closed ward next door?"

"You two are both bastards!!"

Little Door:...

He was really starting to feel an urge to kill Sanjiu Yinyu.

This guy is completely insane. If he didn't have access to important clues, he would have loved to tear Sanjiu Yinyu to pieces.

"I'll ask again, what exactly happened in the Second Ward after I died?"

"Deep in your memory, that thing has been erased; the only indication of your terrified reaction is your profound fear of its existence."

Little Door pressed further for answers.

The closer they got, the more it seemed to recall something, clutching its Sanjiu Yinyu and frantically banging its head against the wall, even as it splattered blood all over the wall, it felt no pain.

"I have no idea..."

"I don't know, please don't ask anymore!"

Zhang Ze witnessed the entire process.

"When the human brain experiences severe external stimuli, it blocks memories to protect consciousness. Like your friend in the Third Ward, whose surname is Men, he actually has three personalities."

"One is a personality that split off from his mother. His mother had bipolar disorder and died a long time ago, so that part of his personality became his safe haven."

"One of his personalities is his protective personality, the one you saw last time... You might not have recognized him, after all, many years have passed, and he's grown up; he's no longer a tiny child."

"As for his true personality, it is the Door Pusher of the Third Ward, hidden deep within his brain."

Zhang Ze explained Men Nan's multiple personalities to Little Door.

The Little Door seemed to sense something.

"You mean, Sanjiu Yinyu actually activated some kind of protective personality, which is why the secret of the disappearance of the Second Ward was hidden along with that part of his personality?"

"I can't be sure, after all, I'm not a psychologist," Zhang Ze said.

He's just a half-baked amateur.

If it were Doctor Gao instead, he'd probably give Sanjiu Yinyu a good beating.

People like this would be the most ruthless to join the Ghost Story Association.

"Then what are you talking about?"

"So what? I don't know what happened in the Second Ward."

"If you don't know, then go find out. Even if the Second Ward is separated, it's still part of the Hanjiang City Third Mental Recovery Center. At most, it's just a different ward."

"Hiss... that makes sense."

Zhang Ze slapped his forehead.

He really didn't realize it.

As expected of Little Door, having lived in a mental hospital since childhood, his thinking is truly unique.

"Then you better treat our plagiarist well, but be careful not to kill him. If I can't find the place, I'll have to pry information out of his head later."

Zhang Ze emerged from the dream.

This dream did not belong to Zhang Ze.

It belongs to Sanjiu Yinyu.

Sanjiu Yinyu stared in terror at Little Door, whose body was covered in burns, and slowly extended her bony claw. "I really don't know anything, please, please let me go!"

All that was left for him was a piercing scream.

Zhang Ze woke up in bed and opened his eyes. The Crow that filled the entire city became his eyes and ears, like surveillance cameras. Tens of thousands of images flooded into Zhang Ze's brain almost simultaneously.

A breakfast shop opened early, with steaming hot buns and mantou bubbling out.

At the Hanjiang Forensic Medical School, Gao Ruxue and He Shan were discussing something, and one could vaguely hear things like "a crying statue."

In a secluded room in a village within the city, a man and a woman are cuddling intimately, their hands placed inappropriately...

"Ugh, this Crow spot needs to be moved. Who the hell wants to see this thing?" Zhang Ze felt his eyes were being offended and quickly told the Crow to move to another location.

Eliminate irrelevant images.

East Outskirts of Hanjiang City.

An abandoned hospital came into Zhang Ze's view.

This is a small hospital located on the outskirts of the city. From its exterior, it looks more like a nursing home or sanatorium, but the abandoned characters on the top read:

Hanjiang City Third Mental Recovery Center.

East Suburban Campus.

Zhang Ze understood what was going on.

"For some reason, the Second Ward was separated and the East Suburban Campus was established in the Eastern Outskirts, while the official name of the Third Ward should be the Western Outskirts Campus of the Hanjiang City Third Mental Recovery Center."

The Second Ward is located in the East Suburban Campus.

The Third Ward is located in the Western Outskirts Campus.

No wonder Chen Ge didn't trigger any missions related to the Second Ward in the original novel; the Eastern Outskirts are a place of outstanding people and abundant resources, with all sorts of high-difficulty dungeons located Eastern Outskirts.

But...

Zhang Ze is not Chen Ge, after all. He doesn't have to personally handle every situation. He could appear in the Second Ward by using the Crow, but he didn't.

Out of caution, Zhang Ze sent a Crow into the Second Ward.

The Crow flew over the rusty high wall and barbed wire, heading straight into the building, where it found a dilapidated, deserted place; no one had been there for a long time.

Just as Zhang Ze was controlling the Crow to travel to other regions.

"Sizzle..."

Suddenly, I heard the sound of electricity crackling from somewhere.

The next second, the Crow was instantly killed, turning into a blob of black liquid.

"Hiss..."

Zhang Ze felt a sharp pain.

Unlike the incident at the Midnight Police Station, where the Crow could be recovered after it died, this time, with the crow dead, the black liquid cannot be recovered. It's like cutting flesh off Zhang Ze's body.

It seems there are people in the Second Ward.

Not only are there people, but there are also people who can deal with Crow. Whether it's a mental illness or something else, it's necessary to make a trip.