"Director... Director?!" The head nurse froze.
She never expected her information to be wrong.
Not only was the director still in the hospital, but he had also come looking for her!
Why did this happen? He should have left the hospital by now!
Of course, the head nurse had no idea that, after the director had been slapped by Gu Zhan, he couldn't stop thinking about him, leading to his change of plans to stay at the hospital.
She simply thought her luck was bad and resented the patient who had asked her to "buy some time."
If it weren’t for him doing those dirty and disgusting things, Gu Zhan wouldn’t have had the chance to escape! If Gu Zhan hadn’t escaped, he wouldn’t have gone to the third floor, and the director wouldn’t have been alerted!
Now, faced with this unexpected situation, she had no idea how to explain herself!
How could she explain it? The conversation she just had with Gu Zhan had surely been overheard.
If she'd known, she would have acted immediately! Saying nothing at all would have left her some room for denial, even if caught by the director.
"Director, I... I was momentarily confused." The head nurse’s arrogance vanished, and she, like Gu Zhan, wished she could stick to the wall and pretend to be a little kitten.
However, the director’s gaze didn’t land on her at all. His attention was entirely focused on his "beloved" collection.
As expected, his most cherished piece had done something most surprising.
It had to be him, the one who had stretched out his hand from the wall and slapped him.
He recognized those hands, pressed tightly by his side.
Such beautiful bone structure, with tiny moles between the fingers... the slender wrists and slightly prominent wrist bones, each feature touched his heart deeply.
The director walked up to Gu Zhan. This poor kitten was stuck against the wall, with fair skin and delicate features. Even his indifferent expression carried a certain charm. His jet-black eyes reflected his incomprehension and indifference toward the world.
What a beautiful person, what a perfect collection.
And yet, someone dared to lay a hand on him.
With this thought, the director finally glanced at the head nurse.
This woman was ordinary and vulgar. Someone like her dared to think she could steal this perfect collection.
Did she even understand the true beauty of a collection?
The director was dissatisfied. He needed to deal with this presumptuous woman... but the most important task was to lock up this collection piece that had a tendency to run away.
He knew Gu Zhan had a strange teleportation ability... In this world, there were a few people with such abilities, like the space hidden within his watch.
He couldn’t let Gu Zhan escape.
The director didn’t deal with the head nurse right away. Instead, he pulled out a pair of handcuffs from his coat pocket and cuffed himself to Gu Zhan.
Now, when he stood, Gu Zhan had no choice but to follow.
Seeing this, the head nurse let out a sigh of relief. Perhaps the director wasn’t planning to deal with her.
But before she could celebrate, the director suddenly turned and said to her, "Stay here and behave."
Her face turned pale—this meant he intended to deal with her later.
After speaking, the director locked the door behind him. Without the ability to teleport, the head nurse was trapped.
Then he led Gu Zhan away.
He didn’t go far, just into the director’s office next door.
Once inside, he opened a small door leading to a resting room and took Gu Zhan inside.
It was the first time Gu Zhan had entered this room with the director himself. The already narrow space felt even more cramped with two men inside.
The director still hadn’t let go of Gu Zhan. He walked over to the table and pressed a small mechanism on its surface. Immediately, a previously blank wall opened, revealing a staircase leading downward.
The staircase was narrow, allowing only one person through at a time. The director went first, with the handcuffs ensuring they stayed connected.
This time, even if Gu Zhan touched the walls, he had no way to escape.
He couldn’t bring the director into Xiaoling's space.
The staircase wasn’t long, and they soon reached the bottom. Behind a small iron door was a cold, narrow, enclosed space.
As soon as Gu Zhan entered, a chill washed over him. This sensation was familiar... it felt like being back in the side space where Sun Jingqiu resided.
Gu Zhan remained silent, letting the director lead him to the iron bed.
The director unlocked the handcuffs from his own wrist and instead secured Gu Zhan to the bed’s iron railing.
The bed seemed to be welded to the floor. No matter how much force Gu Zhan used, it didn’t budge.
The director noticed the slight movement and said, "This is my secret space. Every facility here is carefully designed for you."
Gu Zhan stopped moving. The message was clear: the bed couldn’t be moved, and there was no chance of escape.
Gu Zhan placed his hand on the ground, but it didn’t seem to qualify as a "wall" in Xiaoling’s space. There was no response from the wall.
It seemed the director noticed his actions, a subtle smile forming on his lips.
He walked over to the nearby table, removed the watch from his wrist, and placed it on the table in full view of Gu Zhan.
The table was just two arm lengths away from Gu Zhan—close enough to see, but no matter how hard he tried, Gu Zhan couldn’t reach it.
【As expected of the biggest pervert in the game, he knew what 707 wanted and intentionally left it there】
【How cruel!!】
After removing his watch, the director walked over to a nearby cabinet and began taking items out one by one.
Surgical gowns, surgical caps, gloves, scalpels... and various unidentifiable silver instruments.
He meticulously laid everything out, but didn’t use them immediately. Instead, he stood by and observed.
After a while, he suddenly walked out.
He needed to take care of the head nurse first before enjoying his prized collection.
The director left the room, locking the door behind him.
Once he was gone, the room fell into a deep silence.
Gu Zhan looked around. It was a dark and windowless room, with the bed far from the walls. His hands were cuffed to the bed, and no matter how much he stretched, he couldn’t touch the walls.
【Completely trapped】
【The director is probably dealing with the head nurse. Once he’s back, it’s over】
【Think of something, quick, think of something!】
【Is there even a way out? From the moment he agreed to leave the room with Wen Ge, it was already a death trap】
【I knew Wen Ge was suspicious! Why didn’t he stay more cautious?】
【If, when the head nurse was chasing him, he had gone downstairs and avoided the director, he might have had a chance to escape her grasp... I’ve observed that the director never acts where there are cameras. Of all the rooms, he chose the third floor... this is...】
【What’s the point of hindsight now? The situation was too urgent to think that far ahead】
After leaving, the director naturally returned to the room where the head nurse was locked.
After the director left, he naturally returned to the room where he had just locked up the head nurse.
He transferred the head nurse to a special prison cell. There were always some unpleasant collectibles who, upon discovering the truth, went mad. He disliked such insane collectibles, and neither did the live-stream audience. These people would be locked up in cells, silently awaiting death.
At this moment, there was already a player locked inside the cell. Due to his decreasing sanity, he had gouged out his own eyes.
When the head nurse was thrown into the cell, the player lay in a corner, so weak that he was barely breathing.
As the head nurse entered, he barely managed to open his eyes and take a glance.
Upon realizing that it was the head nurse, he curled his lips into a smile...
A madman's smile was typically meaningless, but in the head nurse's eyes, it turned into the mocking grin of a defeated person.
She began to harshly reflect on where exactly she had gone wrong. Even if the information had been incorrect, she could have avoided the director as long as she had captured Gu Zhan right from the start! It was that patient who had worked with her...
She must have been out of her mind to listen to him and agree to "give him more time."
If she'd known things would go this wrong, she would have acted sooner!
While the head nurse was filled with regret, on Gu Zhan's side, the viewers were also growing increasingly anxious.
They watched helplessly as Gu Zhan tried various ways to escape, all to no avail—he couldn’t free himself from the handcuffs.
At this moment, the director wasn’t even in the room, but Gu Zhan still couldn’t escape and could only wait, eyes wide open, for the director to return.
Seconds and minutes ticked by. The director could come back at any moment.
Many people started predicting doom.
【It’s over, it’s over. This newbie is done for.】
【Can he even survive this? He’s dead for sure. Good thing I didn’t bet on him.】
【I knew it. I said from the start this newbie wouldn’t make it.】
However, where some doubted, others cheered.
【Says who? I believe my waifu will definitely pass!】
【Player #5102 has bet 1,000 points in the [GJ707 livestream room]. Current odds are...】
【Player #5102 has bet 4,000 points in the [GJ707 livestream room]. Current odds are...】
【Player #5102 has bet 5,000 points in the [GJ707 livestream room]. Current odds are...】
One person remained silent but placed a bet of 10,000 points in the livestream room all at once.
To a top player on the leaderboard, 10,000 points was nothing. Their daily spending in the game hall, even just the loose change, was more than that.
But for most players, struggling to survive, such a generous spender caused a ripple effect, like a stone thrown into the ocean.
【Damn, that's a real boss.】
【That's nothing, you guys haven't watched Yuan He's livestream.】
【I get it, but this is just a newbie!】
【Some people just aren't short on points. A Grade-A room in the Hive costs 10,000 points per day.】
【Wait... stop talking about your damn points! Don’t you notice the streamer is missing?!】
Only then did the audience focus back on the livestream screen.
In that familiar small room where Gu Zhan was supposed to be handcuffed, the person was gone. All that remained was a pair of unopened handcuffs hanging empty on the bed's railing.
Meanwhile, the director was striding confidently down the corridor.
Just thinking about how he would soon be seeing his perfect collectible again caused his normally cold lips to curve slightly upwards.
He was in an extremely good mood.
Back at his office, he carefully locked the door and opened the door to the resting room. The room was quiet. His collectible must surely be behind the door, trembling as they awaited his arrival, right?
With this thought, the director slowly approached the door to the secret room, standing outside for a moment before opening it.
But when he passed through the narrow stairs and entered the secret chamber, he was stunned to find that his collectible... was gone.
All that remained was an empty pair of handcuffs... and blood, horrifically pooled across the floor.
Where was his collectible?
Who had stolen the carefully preserved collectible he had kept here?!
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