Chapter 1650: Chapter 1650: Justifiable Self-Defense and Clearance Tips
Liao Jie believed that spending time completing the other two tasks was unwise. Instead, undergoing hypnotherapy at the hospital was more convenient and quick, as he thought it was impossible for him to be influenced by the dungeon’s mental interference so quickly, especially since this was just a Level D random dungeon.
Xu Huo could roughly guess his mindset, likely feeling that the dungeon level was too low, not worth wasting many brain cells on, and that he could directly confront the dungeon boss.
This line of thinking wasn’t exactly wrong, especially considering dungeons run by people are easier to manage than naturally formed ones. So, he didn’t hold back and used the hypnosis techniques he recently learned.
The dungeon venue itself was a place that could enhance mental interference, so the effect of hypnosis was naturally better than usual. If he wasn’t worried about causing changes to the dungeon, he might even take out the "Angel’s Eye" to entertain him.
But hypnosis was more than enough.
As long as Liao Jie didn’t have the ability to directly destroy the dungeon, he couldn’t pass the hypnotherapy stage no matter what he did, because out of the three dungeon tasks, only this one had a strong subjective element.
Xu Huo didn’t appear in person but arranged for a doctor to go to the isolation ward to treat him, not caring if he truly couldn’t break free from the restraints. It was enough that he lay there.
After the hypnosis session ended, he gifted the other party a three-layer spiritual world, continually interfering with him until he began to doubt the reality of everything around him.
During this period, the other players were having much more fun. The hospital, under their concerted efforts, almost turned into a slaughterhouse, and one unlucky person entered Building Two and brought out germs—real germs. Coupled with their free imagination, the hospital, which originally just looked a bit outdated, was now filled with all sorts of nauseating writhing flesh masses and furry fungi, making it repressive to even breathe.
However, the players from Tan-skinned City weren’t much better off, especially Cong Yu. His "triplets" had now become "nineteen siblings," identical people walking around the hospital like neatly arranged insect eggs, silent and expressionless, unsure of what they would eventually become.
Xu Huo thought it was time to send him away, so he arranged for psychological treatment for him too.
Unexpectedly, this guy not only didn’t want to leave, but he also wanted the doctor to send him to the sixth-floor ward—patients diagnosed with worsening conditions and a tendency towards violence in Hope City were all sent there. But because there was more and more stuff in the hospital, Cong Yu found it harder to sneak to the sixth floor, so he came up with the idea of "deceiving the doctor."
Xu Huo laughed, "What did you say you saw last night?"
"I saw Nurse Liu and some security guards catch two patients to eat; the hospital wards turned into the bellies of monsters, everywhere living flesh. And I saw my parents, grandparents, great-grandparents... over twenty relatives from my family came to see me."
Cong Yu continued mystically, pointing outside the window, "Look, they’re floating right there."
Xu Huo put down his pen, "You think if you don’t cooperate with treatment, the doctor won’t notice your condition?"
Cong Yu, with his fresh face of interlacing pink and white, replied, "I think the hospital is quite good, food and accommodation are provided, no need to work, my great-grandparents said it’s fine."
Apart from the "nineteen siblings," he wasn’t severely affected, especially as he began focusing on assaulting other patients.
It was possible to let him accelerate the dungeon process, but the "nineteen siblings" still needed to be restrained.
"I understand your living environment, natural disasters can’t be avoided. You don’t need to bear the deaths of your compatriots on your own shoulders," said Xu Huo, handing him a fictitious newspaper, "Have you heard of Dr. Wu?"
"Of course, I’ve heard of him." While other players might not have, someone like Cong Yu, who has always been pursuing antitoxin, certainly knew, "But this person is hard to find. Some say he’s long dead."
"He’s not dead," Xu Huo said, "Look at the content in the newspaper, someone claiming to be his disciple invented a gene potion that can fundamentally change the genetic disadvantages of a group of people, which has successfully saved many lives."
Although Cong Yu knew this was in the dungeon, he couldn’t help but ask, "Can this gene potion be bought? Is it expensive?"
After a pause, he added, "But saving people is useless, my hometown is no longer suitable for living. We just don’t have a place to move to..."
"Find that potion and give it a try," Xu Huo encouraged.
Judging by the nearby state of "Galaxy," the J13 Gene Potion left by Dr. Wu had some environmental purification effect, though it was unclear how effective it was. Additionally, compared to a small river, an island is too large, especially since there’s only so much potion.
But this is hope, proving that the environment of Zone 013 isn’t unchangeable.
"Can I be discharged now?" Cong Yu cautiously asked.
With a kind smile, Xu Huo called a nurse loudly, "This patient is uncooperative in treatment, take him to the sixth floor, no need to bind him."
Cong Yu silently got up and followed the nurse out.
With the help of Tan-skinned City players, and the germs Hope City players brought out themselves, the living environment of the hospital had been repeatedly compressed. Several players, who could no longer open the game interface, died from germ infections. Other players in protective suits wouldn’t die for a while but watching the area of bacterial contamination gradually expand, Xu Huo was a bit headache about the aftermath.
He began to induce players to attack themselves during hypnotherapy to speed up the process of mental interference. During this, he killed two Rank-C players in "self-defense," and then with Tan-skinned City players voluntarily entering the dungeon, Hope City turned disadvantageous. A day passed, and except for Liao Jie, all Hope City players were dead.
Liao Jie, trapped in the spiritual world, finally couldn’t endure the incessant psychic attacks anymore, broke through the ward, and found Xu Huo, who was "coincidentally" having a mobilization meeting with the medical staff. After rushing through the security personnel, he publicly exposed Xu Huo’s identity, intending to kill him to forcibly destroy the dungeon.
This was indeed great news.
Already somewhat impatient, Xu Huo, with the help of the Tan-skinned City players, didn’t take long to solve this biggest trouble.
The next step was to let the Tan-skinned City players clear the dungeon.
Through Beneath the Dimension, Xu Huo imparted Cong Yu with the spiritual dungeon-clearing secret of "don’t overthink things," spending a night to send all these people out of the dungeon.
If it weren’t to eliminate future troubles, Xu Huo actually wouldn’t have wanted to use the dungeon. One reason was the number of Hope City players wasn’t large, and secondly, once the dungeon was opened, it would take a long time to close, causing some delays.
After the dungeon closed, he found Chi Xian and Tong Qi waiting nearby.