Miraculous healing (2): Quack

[Name: Yuan Shiyan]

[ID: P-QS091152]

[Status: null]

[Bound system: C00211]

Li Qing could now confirm that the anomaly in this Dungeon Instance came from the player standing before him, a man named Yuan Shiyan.

He had used some kind of ability (currently under system analysis) to see at a glance that Li Qing was pretending to be ill. He had very likely relied on that same ability to survive safely until now, and had even become the director.

What Li Qing needed to do now was determine what Yuan Shiyan had done to this Dungeon Instance, assess its impact, remove his cheat, and send him out of the Dungeon Instance.

With his objective established, Li Qing immediately adjusted his plan and changed his story. "Yes, I'm not ill. I'm a medical intern who's been transferred here."

With a turn of his wrist, he easily produced a medical intern's identification document and handed it to Yuan Shiyan.

"You're also... ahem." Yuan Shiyan looked a little surprised. He instinctively wanted to confirm whether Li Qing was a player, but caught himself and shut his mouth, lowering his head to examine the document.

"Li Qing?"

He compared the photograph with Li Qing himself-

White hair and pale eyes were rare even in a Dungeon Instance. Yuan Shiyan stopped doubting him and asked, "You know what you're supposed to do during your seven-day internship, right?"

"First, doctors must diagnose their patients' illnesses and issue the corresponding prescriptions. A correct prescription earns +3 performance points; an incorrect prescription incurs -5 performance points; if a prescription causes a patient's death, the doctor must bear the consequences;

"Second, doctors must follow the duty roster. Absence from work and violations of the clinic's other rules and regulations are prohibited;

"Third..."

Seeing that Li Qing was about to recite the entire set of player rules clearly and without the slightest change in tone, Yuan Shiyan hurriedly interrupted him.

"Since you understand everything, I won't say any more. Your information was entered into the clinic's records the moment you walked in with that document. Let me check your shift..."

Yuan Shiyan switched on the boxy desktop computer on the desk.

It was true that the Dungeon Instance automatically recorded players who entered, but Li Qing wasn't a player. A casually copied identification document would naturally have no effect.

Li Qing put his left hand behind his back and curled his fingers a few times.

At the same time, Yuan Shiyan opened the duty roster.

The page hung while loading. Only when Li Qing tapped the air with his index finger did it finally load, and Li Qing saw his name on it-

"This afternoon's day shift." Yuan Shiyan smiled. "Lucky you."

Li Qing studied the roster. Each day was divided into three shifts: morning, afternoon, and night. It was currently morning, and Yuan Shiyan was listed for that shift, as well as the night shift.

The box for the previous night's shift, however, had a line drawn through it.

Noticing Li Qing's confusion, Yuan Shiyan said, "That means no one was assigned to that shift. When the clinic is short on doctors, we can't make one person work all day, can we?"

Li Qing said, "Then if a patient comes in during that time..."

"You don't need to worry about that." Yuan Shiyan gave him a meaningful look. "There'll always be 'someone' to see them."

Li Qing gave a slight nod without commenting.

A pale-skinned nurse walked in and took Li Qing to the dormitory to settle in for the time being.

Yuan Shiyan watched them leave, no longer able to conceal the greed in his eyes.

In his eyes, the young man who had just left looked like an X-ray image, every lustrous bone clearly defined.

There was naturally nothing wrong with the parts of his body where he had claimed to feel discomfort. Even the "energy" around his heart was calmer and more complete than that of an ordinary person.

His brain, meanwhile, was filled with a dazzling mass of white light.

This was the ability he had been born with.

In his original world, he had relied on this X-Ray Vision ability to rise from a rural clinic all the way to director of a top-tier hospital.

Even after coming to this strange world of Death Instances, his ability had never failed him.

Not only could he identify the sources of people's illnesses, he could also see through concealment to find anything valuable hidden away.

"An S-Rank system at the very least..." Yuan Shiyan murmured. "System, you're in luck. If I devour this kid too, you might immediately go from a C-Rank beginner system to S-Rank."

A faint electronic voice sounded in his ear. "No, maybe... we shouldn't..."

Yuan Shiyan sneered. "How did I end up bound to a useless thing like you? Right, open the livestream. Let me see what they're saying. That kid does have a pretty face. He should bring in quite a bit of revenue."

But as soon as the comments loaded, Yuan Shiyan was stunned.

Since when had there been so many people in his livestream???

[Heard the news and rushed over!]

[Li Qing, my darling husband who vanished for a whole month! I finally found you!]

[I was still stupidly camping in Gong Yao's livestream... sob sob sob, it makes sense, though. The Dungeon Instances are so big, how could those two possibly run into each other every time!]

Yuan Shiyan: ???

Although he had hoped the kid would bring in revenue, seeing every comment focus on Li Qing left Yuan Shiyan feeling rather displeased.

He watched with a dark expression for a while before finally spotting a comment that improved his mood:

[Who's this player? Why is he the director, so much higher up than Li Qing?]

The corners of Yuan Shiyan's mouth slowly curled upward.

That was right. He was the director, already above every other being in this Dungeon Instance.

Apart from having to obey a few necessary rules.

But those were nothing for him to fear.

Li Qing... heh. I'll let you stupid viewers see for yourselves how that pretty face you love struggles under my thumb!

"...X-Ray Vision?"

Outside the director's office, Li Qing looked at the data sent back by the system and felt vaguely uncomfortable.

According to the system's analysis of Yuan Shiyan's second use of his ability, Yuan Shiyan could activate an ability called "X-Ray Vision" at any time.

The game shop had sold similar items before, but their activation always came with restrictions.

Given that Yuan Shiyan had only recently entered the world of Death Instances, he shouldn't have been able to afford such an item.

That left only a so-called "golden finger" cheat.

Once an illegally obtained "golden finger" appeared, it would wreak havoc on the game's balance.

Li Qing had long since established a rule for such cheats: confiscate every one discovered.

...But even Li Qing himself had to submit a request to the main system before taking action, just as he had when he encountered Wan Yingjun in the Fortune Star Matchmaking Dungeon Instance.

The stated reason was "to prevent major incidents caused by modifying player data." As for the real purpose...

Zhang Qin, who controlled the approval process, had told Li Qing not to pry, so Li Qing naturally wouldn't dwell on it.

In any case, if something went wrong in the end, whoever up top had approved it as "no problem" would take responsibility.

After submitting his request, Li Qing changed into the white coat the clinic had prepared for him and headed to the cafeteria.

I wonder what they'll have to eat.

Although this place was terribly rundown, the food it made was still meant for humans, after all.

Li Qing picked up his pace by 10%.

Just as he was about to turn into the corridor leading to the cafeteria, a piercing wail erupted in the lobby-

"Yuan Shiyan, you quack! Give me back my son!"

Li Qing stopped and turned toward the person shouting.

It was a woman in shabby clothes with graying hair. In front of her lay a man in his prime, wrapped in a quilt, already lifeless.

The woman wailed her accusation. "My son was fine when he came here yesterday, and today he's dead! Yuan Shiyan, give me back my son!"

Despite the commotion she was making, the other medical staff merely glanced at her before returning to their work, as though they were used to it.

The security guards stood to one side and watched in silence, doing nothing.

Yuan Shiyan had killed someone through his treatment?

If Yuan Shiyan had X-Ray Vision, how could his treatment have failed?

Had his ability suddenly stopped working while he was treating the patient yesterday?

While Li Qing was pondering this, the woman's sobbing abruptly stopped. Then she tried to charge upstairs like a madwoman.

Li Qing looked up toward the upper floor.

At the top of the second-floor staircase, Yuan Shiyan had appeared without a sound. He stared expressionlessly at the woman, whose eyes blazed with fury as the security guards finally restrained her.

He turned a deaf ear to her accusations, but tilted his head and looked toward Li Qing.

Then he gave Li Qing a meaningful smile, turned, and went back into his office.