Ch. 26Service taken care of

After Zhang Zhihao was critically injured, Lin Luo agreed to treat the fourth patient in Ward 103 in exchange for Zhang Xiaoli and Liu Yanyan’s Ghost Coins. He discovered the patient was Perverted Ghost, a powerful and depraved ghost who wanted new kidneys, and began using Emotion Stitching on him.

  • Director Ghost condemned Zhang Zhihao and demanded that one of the three classmates treat the fourth patient in Ward 103.
  • Zhang Xiaoli asked Liu Yanyan to take her place, but Lin Luo offered to go in exchange for their Ghost Coins, and both women agreed.
  • Director Ghost escorted Lin Luo to Ward 103, where he met the impatient Perverted Ghost.
  • Lin Luo examined Perverted Ghost with Crimson Demon Finger and learned that he had died of kidney cancer after a life of abusing women and later gained the backing of a Ghost King.
  • Lin Luo promised to replace Perverted Ghost’s kidneys and asked Director Ghost to fetch four kidneys from male dogs.
  • Lin Luo pressed his thumb against Perverted Ghost and used Emotion Stitching.

Ch. 27Earth-Burial Wine

Lin Luo operated on Perverted Ghost, earning a black card for the Nightfall Hotel and the promised Earth-Burial Wine. He bonded with Director Ghost over underworld wine and gained a chance to meet the Hospital Director, then used his Crimson Demon Finger to access Director Ghost's memories.

  • Lin Luo used Emotion Stitching to make Perverted Ghost enthusiastic about the operation, and Director Ghost brought four dog kidneys for the procedure.
  • Lin Luo replaced Perverted Ghost's necrotic kidneys with the four dog kidneys, satisfying him and earning a black card granting access to the Nightfall Hotel.
  • Director Ghost gave Lin Luo the promised Earth-Burial Wine, which he produced from his mouth.
  • Lin Luo praised underworld wine and asked about the Hospital Director's Yellow Springs Wine, prompting Director Ghost to offer to recommend him the next day.
  • Lin Luo touched Director Ghost with his Crimson Demon Finger and managed to access his memories.

Ch. 28A Friendly Drink

Lin Luo earned Director Ghost’s approval, returned to the dormitory, and cultivated the Ghost-Raising Art. The next morning, Zhang Zhihao appeared as a half-ghost and confronted Lin Luo, whose ghost power overwhelmed him as the ghost inside Zhang Zhihao began to take control.

  • Lin Luo praised Director Ghost’s eloquence and appreciation of liquor, winning the director’s approval before leaving for the dormitory.
  • Lin Luo encountered Liu Yanyan, Zhang Xiaoli, and the gravely wounded Zhang Zhihao; after Lin Luo walked away, ghosts attacked Zhang Zhihao and his screams stopped.
  • Lin Luo returned to his room, bathed, and practiced the Ghost-Raising Art, gaining five points of ghost power overnight.
  • At breakfast, Zhang Zhihao grabbed Zhang Xiaoli by the throat before releasing her and confronting Lin Luo.
  • Lin Luo identified Zhang Zhihao as a half-ghost and overwhelmed him with ghost power, while two Chef Ghosts offered to help Lin Luo.
  • Zhang Zhihao coughed up black blood as a ghost’s face appeared on his body, and his fading self-control allowed the ghost within him to gain influence.

Ch. 29The Faceless Ghost

Lin Luo used Emotion Stitching to calm the Starving Ghost in the VIP ward and learned about its history of anorexia and starvation. He offered to make it congee, while the other players struggled with their assigned patients.

  • The Director Ghost assigned Lin Luo, Zhang Zhihao, Zhang Xiaoli, and Liu Yanyan to treat patients in the VIP ward, while promising Lin Luo a meeting with the Hospital Director.
  • Lin Luo chose to treat the Starving Ghost in bed one, and the Director Ghost left after assigning the other players their patients.
  • Lin Luo used Emotion Stitching to change the Starving Ghost's attitude, while Zhang Zhihao watched in disbelief and the other players faced trouble with their patients.
  • Lin Luo used Crimson Demon Finger to uncover the Starving Ghost's history of picky eating, anorexia, and starvation.
  • Lin Luo offered to make the Starving Ghost congee, but the ghost remained fixated on eating human flesh.

Ch. 30A Gruesome Death

Lin Luo earned the Starving Ghost’s praise by serving it intensely spicy porridge and received the Soul-Burying Armor. Meanwhile, Zhang Xiaoli was killed and eaten, Liu Yanyan was left traumatized, and Zhang Zhihao earned a positive review from a zombie after it drank his blood.

  • Lin Luo made chili-filled porridge for the Starving Ghost, which devoured it and promised him a glowing review.
  • Lin Luo received the defensive Ghost Artifact Soul-Burying Armor as a reward.
  • A Faceless Ghost gouged off Zhang Xiaoli’s face, killed her, and used her face to imitate her.
  • The Corpse-Eating Ghost ate Zhang Xiaoli’s remains while Liu Yanyan watched in horror.
  • The zombie bit Zhang Zhihao and drank his blood, then gave him a positive review after its toothache disappeared.

Ch. 31Nurse Ghost

Lin Luo sought Director Ghost’s help in meeting the Hospital Director, but first agreed to treat Nurse Ghost’s festering skin. After learning her history and deciding she needed replacement skin, he went to the cafeteria and discovered the Chef Ghosts had none.

  • Lin Luo told Liu Yanyan to stop giving up on life, then went to Director Ghost’s office to request a meeting with the Hospital Director.
  • Director Ghost agreed to take Lin Luo to the Hospital Director after Lin Luo offered to help treat Nurse Ghost’s itchy skin.
  • Nurse Ghost threatened Lin Luo, but he examined her with the Crimson Demon Finger and learned about her past and persistent skin disease.
  • Lin Luo told Nurse Ghost he could cure her but needed time to prepare, then decided to replace her damaged skin.
  • Lin Luo asked the two Chef Ghosts for intact human skin, but they said they had none.

Ch. 32Unlocking the Ring Finger

Lin Luo cured Nurse Ghost’s skin ulcers by grafting on Demon-Tusk Boar hide, earning her praise and Director Ghost’s favor. Using his newly unlocked Enchantment skill caused Nurse Ghost to become infatuated with him, and Director Ghost offered to help him with anything he needed.

  • Fat Chef Ghost brought Lin Luo a Demon-Tusk Boar hide, which Lin Luo took to Nurse Ghost for a skin graft.
  • Lin Luo operated on Nurse Ghost and cured her skin ulcers with the exotic beast hide.
  • Nurse Ghost offered to marry Lin Luo, but he refused and received her positive review, unlocking the Enchantment skill in his Ring Finger.
  • Lin Luo used Enchantment on Nurse Ghost, who became infatuated with him and offered him a Ghost Artifact dudou, which he declined.
  • Director Ghost mistook Lin Luo’s haste for a failed treatment, but Nurse Ghost confirmed the cure and praised him, prompting Director Ghost to offer his help.

Ch. 33The Hospital Director Ghost

Lin Luo visited the Hospital Director with the Director Ghost and used Emotion Stitching to change the vampire’s attitude toward him. He ended the meeting by asking to check the Hospital Director’s pulse, leaving the Director Ghost stunned.

  • Lin Luo asked the Director Ghost to take him to the Hospital Director, and the Director Ghost led him to the third floor.
  • The Hospital Director recognized that Lin Luo had developed Ghost Power and offered him a cup of blood disguised as tea.
  • The Director Ghost tried to intervene, but the Hospital Director transformed and pressured Lin Luo to accept the drink.
  • Lin Luo clinked cups with the Hospital Director while touching him with his thumb, using Emotion Stitching to make the vampire feel close to him.
  • Lin Luo asked the Hospital Director if he could check his pulse, and the Director Ghost was shocked by his audacity.

Ch. 34Scurvy

Lin Luo discovered that the Hospital Director Ghost suffered from scurvy and severe anemia, then agreed to cure him. When Wang Lei and Liu Xueru attacked Lin Luo, the Director Ghost defended him and offered to destroy them, but Lin Luo chose to keep them alive for now.

  • Lin Luo used Crimson Demon Finger to examine the Hospital Director Ghost’s memories and learned that scurvy had led to his blood-drinking habit.
  • Lin Luo told the Hospital Director Ghost that he had scurvy and severe anemia, and agreed to treat him.
  • Lin Luo left the office with the Director Ghost and assured him that he could cure the Hospital Director Ghost.
  • Wang Lei and Liu Xueru confronted Lin Luo and tried to attack him.
  • The Director Ghost drove Wang Lei and Liu Xueru back and asked Lin Luo whether he should destroy their souls.
  • Lin Luo told the Director Ghost to spare Wang Lei and Liu Xueru because they could be useful.

Ch. 35Blood Exchange

Lin Luo drew ghost blood from Wang Lei and Liu Xueru, then used it to perform a blood exchange that cured the Hospital Director Ghost’s scurvy. After receiving the movement technique Ghost Shadow Trace as a reward, Lin Luo asked the Hospital Director Ghost for a bottle of Yellow Springs Wine.

  • Lin Luo drew blood from Wang Lei and Liu Xueru while the Director Ghost kept them from resisting.
  • Lin Luo and the Director Ghost returned to the Hospital Director Ghost’s office with the collected ghost blood.
  • Lin Luo performed a blood exchange on the Hospital Director Ghost, whose ghost power became even more terrifying afterward.
  • The Hospital Director Ghost praised Lin Luo and rewarded him with the movement technique Ghost Shadow Trace.
  • Lin Luo asked the Hospital Director Ghost for a bottle of Yellow Springs Wine.

Ch. 36Yellow Springs Wine

Lin Luo obtained Yellow Springs Wine and work clothes, then headed to the Abandoned Building to fulfill the Drunkard Ghost’s requests. There, Liu Yanyan claimed Zhang Xiaoli’s spirit was covering her body and begged to enter the building.

  • The Hospital Director Ghost gave Lin Luo a flask of Yellow Springs Wine and invited him to drink in the cafeteria that night.
  • On his way to the Abandoned Building, Lin Luo found Zhang Zhihao arguing with the Flaying Ghost, accepted work clothes from the Flaying Ghost, and sold a set to Zhang Zhihao for 600 Ghost Coins.
  • After Lin Luo left, Zhang Zhihao secretly vowed to make him regret crossing him, while the Flaying Ghost considered killing Zhang Zhihao to gain Lin Luo’s favor.
  • At the Abandoned Building entrance, Lin Luo warned Liu Yanyan to leave, but she said Zhang Xiaoli’s spirit was covering her body and showed him a face-shaped tattoo on her arm.

Ch. 37Different Treatment

Lin Luo freed Liu Yanyan from Zhang Xiaoli’s control and entered the Abandoned Building, where the Elevator Ghost’s trap injured him. As a female ghost attacked, Lin Luo prepared to fight back despite his injury.

  • Lin Luo agreed to help Liu Yanyan if she followed his instructions, then used his ghost power to force Zhang Xiaoli out of her body.
  • Zhang Xiaoli fled into the Abandoned Building, and Lin Luo sent Liu Yanyan back to the dormitory before following her alone.
  • A ghost trapped Lin Luo in a ghost wall, which he broke through with the Blood Rope, triggering the Elevator Ghost’s explosive restriction and curse.
  • A female ghost lunged at Lin Luo, who dodged her attack with Ghost Shadow Trace and declared that he could still defeat her.

Ch. 38The Disheveled-Hair Female Ghost

Lin Luo defeated the Disheveled-Hair Female Ghost’s rule-based attack, then was cornered by her and several ghosts while searching the Abandoned Building for the Drunkard Ghost. The Security Guard Ghost intervened, and Lin Luo learned that the Disheveled-Hair Female Ghost was Liu Xueru’s younger sister before asking about her connection to the Elevator Ghost.

  • Lin Luo mocked the Disheveled-Hair Female Ghost’s beauty question, weakened her rules, and gravely wounded her.
  • Lin Luo searched the Abandoned Building for the Drunkard Ghost but found no trace of him.
  • The Disheveled-Hair Female Ghost returned with several ghosts and surrounded Lin Luo, who prepared to escape.
  • The Security Guard Ghost arrived and severely wounded or destroyed several of the attacking ghosts.
  • Lin Luo told the Security Guard Ghost that he had obtained Earth-Burial and Yellow Springs Wine, then asked the Disheveled-Hair Female Ghost about Liu Xueru.
  • The Disheveled-Hair Female Ghost admitted Liu Xueru was her older sister, and Lin Luo asked about her relationship with the Elevator Ghost.

Ch. 39Setting the trap

Lin Luo recruited the female ghost, Wang Lei, and Liu Xueru to help lure Elevator Ghost to the Abandoned Building, where the female ghost could take revenge on him. He left the cafeteria with Security Guard Ghost and prepared to set the trap.

  • The female ghost told Lin Luo that Elevator Ghost had tortured her to death and offered to become his Ghost Slave if he helped her kill him.
  • Lin Luo learned that Elevator Ghost was stronger in the elevator and that the female ghost could only leave the Abandoned Building if he lured Elevator Ghost there.
  • Lin Luo left with Security Guard Ghost, declined his offer of help, and invited him to share a meal in the cafeteria.
  • Lin Luo encountered Wang Lei and Liu Xueru, who feared he would drain their ghost blood again, and told them he wanted to help kill Elevator Ghost.
  • Wang Lei and Liu Xueru agreed to help Lin Luo lure Elevator Ghost to the Abandoned Building.

Ch. 40Playing Mind Games

Lin Luo forced the Elevator Ghost to remove the curse on his arm by threatening to summon the Director Ghost. Wang Lei and Liu Xueru escaped while the Elevator Ghost was weakened, and Lin Luo left him to pursue them.

  • The Security Guard Ghost intimidated Wang Lei and Liu Xueru into entering the elevator with Lin Luo.
  • Lin Luo confronted the Elevator Ghost, who shut the elevator doors and prepared to attack Wang Lei and Liu Xueru.
  • Lin Luo threatened to bring the Director Ghost if the Elevator Ghost refused to remove his curse.
  • The Elevator Ghost absorbed the curse from Lin Luo, weakening himself in the process.
  • Wang Lei and Liu Xueru smashed through the elevator doors and fled, and Lin Luo refused to help the Elevator Ghost catch them.
  • The Elevator Ghost rushed after Wang Lei and Liu Xueru, revealing that he could leave the elevator all along.

Ch. 41Karmic Suppression

Lin Luo lured the Elevator Ghost into the Abandoned Building, where Liu Xueru, Wang Lei, and Liu Yanru ambushed him over his crimes. As the Elevator Ghost suffered defeat, he began inflating his ghostly body to detonate himself and take Lin Luo with him.

  • Wang Lei and Liu Xueru led the pursuing Elevator Ghost into the Abandoned Building, where they revealed their true forms and Liu Yanru appeared.
  • Liu Yanru confronted the Elevator Ghost over torturing her to death, while Lin Luo used Ghost Shadow Trace to block the exit.
  • The three ghosts attacked the Elevator Ghost, and the Security Guard Ghost’s presence helped ensure they would not turn on Lin Luo.
  • Badly wounded, the Elevator Ghost tried to turn the ghosts against Lin Luo, then swelled his body to prepare to detonate himself.

Ch. 42Slaying the Ghost

Lin Luo defeated the Elevator Ghost with the Security Guard Ghost’s help, then recruited three ghosts as Ghost Slaves and tasked them with finding the Drunkard Ghost. At the cafeteria, Lin Luo learned the Drunkard Ghost had visited an hour earlier but could be anywhere.

  • The Security Guard Ghost stopped the Elevator Ghost from detonating himself and dissolved him with black mist.
  • Lin Luo spared Yanru, Wang Lei, and Liu Xueru, and all three signed Ghost Slave Contracts with him.
  • Lin Luo ordered the three new Ghost Slaves to search for the Drunkard Ghost, then left the Abandoned Building with the Security Guard Ghost.
  • Lin Luo invited the Security Guard Ghost to eat at the cafeteria, where the Chef Ghosts welcomed them and said the Drunkard Ghost had bought wine on credit an hour earlier.
  • The Chef Ghosts told Lin Luo they did not know where the Drunkard Ghost had gone and that he could travel anywhere outside Yellow Springs Hospital’s rules.

Ch. 43Granny Ghost

Lin Luo continued searching Yellow Springs Hospital for the Drunkard Ghost and encountered a Granny Ghost who demanded that he find her missing eyeballs. After learning about her tragic past, Lin Luo faced her impatience as he prepared to answer how he would find them.

  • Lin Luo shared a meal with the Security Guard Ghost, then declined his offer of help and went alone toward the Morgue.
  • The new Elevator Ghost threatened Lin Luo, but backed down when Lin Luo revealed his number, 9527, and offered to ask other ghosts to search for the Drunkard Ghost.
  • On the way to the Morgue, Lin Luo met a Granny Ghost who demanded that he find her eyeballs in exchange for one wish.
  • Lin Luo used Emotion Stitching to calm the Granny Ghost and searched her memories, learning about the losses and hardship that had marked her life.
  • The Granny Ghost grew impatient and asked Lin Luo how he planned to find her eyeballs.

Ch. 44Underground Second Floor

Lin Luo recovered Granny Ghost’s eyes and persuaded her to help him locate Drunkard Ghost, who was in the Cold Storage Room on Yellow Springs Hospital’s dangerous Underground Second Floor. After heading down, Lin Luo faced Hanged Ghost and a little girl in red, then invoked his connection to Hospital Director Ghost to deter Hanged Ghost from attacking.

  • Lin Luo used the Crimson Demon Finger to discover that Granny Ghost had hidden her missing eyeballs in her pocket, and she put them back in.
  • Granny Ghost agreed to search for Drunkard Ghost and sensed that he was in the Cold Storage Room on the Underground Second Floor.
  • Despite Granny Ghost’s warning about the dangers below, Lin Luo went down to find Drunkard Ghost before his chance to sign a Companion Ghost contract expired.
  • Lin Luo encountered Hanged Ghost and a little girl in red; he dodged Hanged Ghost’s attack with Ghost Shadow Trace.
  • Lin Luo claimed that Hospital Director Ghost would punish Hanged Ghost for harming him, making Hanged Ghost hesitate.

Ch. 45Hide-and-seek

Lin Luo outmaneuvered the Hanged Ghost, but the ghost girl destroyed it with one attack and challenged him to hide-and-seek. After using Emotion Stitching to make her fond of him and winning a chance to claim her Red Cord, Lin Luo ran to exploit the ten-minute head start, while she pursued him with confidence.

  • Lin Luo dodged the Hanged Ghost's attacks and tangled its tongue, but the ghost girl killed it with a flash from her Ghost Eyes.
  • The ghost girl challenged Lin Luo to hide-and-seek, wagering that she could take a piece of his body if she caught him within half an hour and offering her Red Cord if he won.
  • Lin Luo agreed to the wager and discreetly used Emotion Stitching during their high five, making the ghost girl develop affection for him.
  • When the ghost girl closed her Ghost Eyes to give him ten minutes to hide, Lin Luo decided that hiding would be futile and used Ghost Shadow Trace to run as far as possible.
  • The ghost girl opened her eyes and chased Lin Luo at great speed, believing she would catch him before the half-hour ended.

Ch. 46Winning through trickery

Lin Luo used the Girl Ghost’s love of sweets to evade her and win their game of hide-and-seek. After conceding and handing over the Cursed Red Rope, the Girl Ghost called Lin Luo back as he was about to leave.

  • Lin Luo lured the Girl Ghost away with candy, and she repeatedly stopped to eat the sweets he had planted along her routes.
  • After finishing the sweets, the Girl Ghost transformed and raced after Lin Luo, nearly catching him.
  • Lin Luo threw another lollipop to distract the Girl Ghost, then revealed that time had run out and he had won.
  • The Girl Ghost protested that Lin Luo had won through trickery but honored their agreement and gave him the Cursed Red Rope.
  • Lin Luo inspected the high-tier ghost artifact and started to leave, but the Girl Ghost called him back.

Ch. 47Ghost Loli

Lin Luo learned that the Drunkard Ghost had left Yellow Springs Hospital and would be gone for several days, putting Lin Luo’s chance to contract with him before the seven-day deadline in danger. He befriended the powerful Ghost Loli by giving her sweets, but she attached herself to him as his self-appointed bodyguard and stayed with him the next morning.

  • The Ghost Loli paid Lin Luo in Ghost Coins for sweets and told him the Drunkard Ghost had left Yellow Springs Hospital to find booze, likely for several days.
  • Lin Luo took the Ghost Loli to the cafeteria, where the Chef Ghosts gave him a large pile of sweets, and he handed them all to her.
  • The Ghost Loli followed Lin Luo to his dorm room and declared she would be his personal bodyguard, then took over his bed.
  • The next morning, the Ghost Loli accompanied Lin Luo to breakfast and revealed her power by exerting pressure with her red ghostly eyes.

Ch. 48Permanent Identity Card

Lin Luo accompanied Ghost Loli after Director Ghost excused him from work, and kept her from leaving Yellow Springs Hospital by luring her to the Cafeteria for sweets. Ghost Loli promised him a Permanent Identity Card if he kept her happy, giving Lin Luo a chance to remain at the hospital and continue searching for Drunkard Ghost.

  • Ghost Loli interrupted Director Ghost's work assignment and demanded that Lin Luo play with her, but Director Ghost approved and assigned Zhang Zhihao and Liu Yanyan their work.
  • Ghost Loli asked Lin Luo to go shopping outside, but he redirected her to the Cafeteria, where she devoured all the sweets the Chef Ghosts had prepared.
  • When the Cafeteria ran out of sweets, Ghost Loli proposed going out to buy more, and Lin Luo explained that he still needed to find Drunkard Ghost before his three days at the hospital were over.
  • Ghost Loli offered Lin Luo a Permanent Identity Card if he kept her happy, and Lin Luo agreed to do his best as long as her requests stayed within his abilities.

Ch. 49Death Bus

Lin Luo accompanied Ghost Loli onto the Death Bus, where his former classmates were among the passengers. After he killed the Stuffed-to-Death Ghost, Wang Hao and Four-Eyed Frog cowered in fear.

  • Ghost Loli protected Lin Luo from a starving ghost and scared away the ghosts stalking him.
  • Lin Luo and Ghost Loli boarded the Death Bus, where the driver noticed Lin Luo’s unusual presence and generous fare.
  • Lin Luo found three surviving classmates aboard, including Lin Xiaojing, Wang Hao, and Liao Qi, while another classmate had been killed.
  • The Stuffed-to-Death Ghost threatened Lin Luo, and Wang Hao and Liao Qi insulted him as Lin Xiaojing urged him to apologize.
  • Lin Luo gouged out the Stuffed-to-Death Ghost’s eyes and destroyed it with a punch, leaving Wang Hao and Liao Qi terrified.

Ch. 50Turning His Back

After Wang Hao paid Lin Luo a million to protect him, the Death Bus reached Mass Grave, where a Drowned Ghost boarded and eyed the passengers. Lin Luo told Wang Hao to stay quiet, leaving the ghost’s threat unresolved.

  • The ghost driver tore off Liao Qi’s left arm and ate the flesh after Liao Qi relieved himself on the bus.
  • Wang Hao turned against Liao Qi, and the two traded insults until the ghost driver threatened to rip out their tongues.
  • Wang Hao transferred a million to Lin Luo for protection, and Ghost Loli warned him not to curse at Lin Luo.
  • The Death Bus stopped at Mass Grave, and Wang Hao and Liao Qi were injured when they fell while Lin Xiaojing steadied herself.
  • A Drowned Ghost boarded the bus and eyed the passengers, and Lin Luo told Wang Hao to keep quiet.
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