Chapter 353 The Local Police Captain

"What do you mean? Comrade, hurry up and save them, my team members are all missing!"

Upon hearing this, the police officer in front of him said indifferently, "I am the local police captain here. Based on your description, your companions are mostly unrecoverable!"

"What did you say?" I was so nervous that I directly grabbed the police captain's collar and cursed, "Don't talk nonsense, how could they..."

"I'm not lying to you. More than a dozen of my colleagues have gone missing before. Oh, and I'm also a new police captain, so you understand, right?"

"How could this be..."

"Comrade, it's good that you're out safely. Didn't you know there's a legend here? Anyone who enters Anxi Town Mental Hospital disappears mysteriously. From seven years ago until now, there have been no exceptions. My friend, you are a miracle."

I didn't have time to listen to the captain's flattery. My heart sank to the bottom. I knew all my team members were inside!

The police captain saw my dejected look and patted my shoulder with a sigh, "Go back, don't linger here. I'm really worried you'll disappear into the void like them..."

I don't know if it was my imagination, but I noticed that the police captain spoke with a chilling wind and felt unusually cold on his body, like the temperature of the dead.

I let go of his hand, stepped back a few paces, and was about to rush into the mental hospital again when the police behind me surrounded me. "What are you doing?"

"If you're not helping me search, you're trying to stop me?"

"We're not stopping you, we're just looking out for you. What's the use of you going back now?"

"You are police officers, police officers!! Are you afraid of ghosts and gods!"

The police captain excitedly grabbed my arm and said, "Comrade, about half of our companions have already gone missing. We really don't want to risk it."

I forcefully shook him off and maintained some distance from them. However, at this moment, someone suddenly appeared from behind and hit the back of my head with their arm with a bang.

I immediately fainted. I don't know how long it took before I felt a sharp pain in my head. I struggled to open my heavy eyes and rubbed my aching temples with my hand.

When I sat up, I was horrified to find myself locked in a ward in Anxi Town Mental Hospital, wearing the same gown as the madmen. My hands were handcuffed, there was an iron ring around my neck connected to a chain behind me, and shackles on my feet. The situation seemed even worse than that of a death row inmate!

How could this be? I wanted to shout, but I found my mouth sealed with black tape.

I struggled, but even if I moved a single part of my body, even my eyelids, I felt pain all over. It must have been because I maintained this posture for too long. Due to long-term compression of nerve fibers, blood vessels were blocked, muscles were numb, and I felt weak all over. After resting for a while, I felt a little better, but my body was bound, so even with sufficient strength, it was useless.

Just as I was agonizing over what to do, the ward door suddenly opened with a click. A familiar figure walked in. This guy turned out to be Gao Mingqiang!!

Mmm...

Seeing a familiar face, I thought I was saved this time, so I struggled and called out a few times. However, the moment Gao Mingqiang came beside me, he had a cold expression. His eyes were closed. I don't know why, but as he approached me, he raised his hands straight and placed them on my shoulders. I initially thought he was going to do something, but then he squeezed my shoulders hard, and I felt something being rapidly injected into me through my pores.

Is it an IV drip? I turned my head to look at his palms, but there was no syringe. Both his hands were on my left and right shoulders, and then he muttered like chanting, "Do you like this dream?"

Mmm...

My mouth was covered with black tape, and I couldn't answer at all. Seemingly noticing my situation, Gao Mingqiang forcefully tore off the tape from my mouth, and I immediately said, "Mingqiang, what are you doing? Let me out!"

"I asked if you liked the dream, didn't you hear me?"

"What dream?"

"This dream, didn't the Nightmare Sage tell you?"

Nightmare Sage??

I didn't understand Gao Mingqiang's meaning for a moment. Gao Mingqiang impatiently let go and slapped my face hard, "Bastard! You're not worthy of talking to the Nightmare Sage!"

This guy actually dared to hit me. This had never happened before. I was certain that something was wrong with Gao Mingqiang. The moment I saw him, I noticed he was different from before.

He left these words and turned to leave. No matter how much I shouted behind him, he acted as if he couldn't hear. The heavy iron door of the ward was closed, and peace returned. I even had a delusion that Gao Mingqiang's visit just now was a dream. What exactly was this Nightmare Sage he mentioned?

What was his connection to Anxi Mental Hospital? Could he be the mastermind behind this place? Were all the disappearances related to him?

If that were the case, then Gao Mingqiang was likely being manipulated by him.

Looking at Gao Mingqiang's reaction just now, it reminded me of hypnosis. If only He Qing were here now.

He would definitely be able to break the hypnosis and rescue us immediately.

I had called for backup earlier, but only the people from Anxi Town Police Station came. I don't know what happened to them now. When I was captured, didn't they resist? Or were they also imprisoned here?

I don't want to investigate further, otherwise, the doubts will only increase.

Heavy stones were pressing down on my head.

It made me unable to breathe.

There was no other way but to rest for a while. Unexpectedly, when I fell asleep in a daze, I found myself outside the ward. However, after going out, I arrived at a place surrounded by intestines and some bones scattered around. This environment was somewhat like the cleaning room of a mental hospital, but the added bones were something I hadn't seen before. My feet seemed to be equipped with a controller, completely disobeying my commands, and I was forced back here. I noticed a person standing with their back to me in front of the wall. He had long, floor-sweeping hair that covered his body, but judging by his height, he should be male. He raised his hands, but his legs seemed to be bent, because I saw him kneeling on the ground with the soles of his shoes facing outwards!