Chapter 1650: Self-Defense and Instance Clearance Tips
Liao Jie believed that spending time completing the other two tasks was not a wise move. Instead, the psychological treatment conducted by the hospital was more convenient and faster, because he thought it was absolutely impossible for him to be affected by the instance's mental interference so quickly, and this was only a D-rank random instance.
Xu Huo could roughly guess his psychology. He probably thought the instance level was too low, not worth wasting many brain cells on, and that he could directly confront the instance boss.
This way of thinking wasn't really a problem, especially for a player-held instance, which was easier to operate than a naturally formed one. So Xu Huo didn't hold back and used the hypnosis technique he had recently learned.
The instance venue itself was a place that could enhance mental interference, so the hypnosis effect was naturally better than usual. If he weren't afraid of causing changes in the instance, he might even have taken out "Angel's Eyes" to entertain him.
But hypnosis was enough.
As long as Liao Jie didn't have the ability to directly destroy the instance, he couldn't get past the psychological treatment hurdle no matter what, because among the three instance tasks, only this one had a strong subjective nature.
Xu Huo didn't show himself. Instead, he arranged for a doctor to treat him in the isolation ward, not caring whether he could actually break free from the restraining straps. As long as he was lying there, that was fine.
After the hypnosis session ended, he also gave him a triple-layer spiritual world set, continuously interfering with him every second until he began to doubt the reality of everything around him.
Meanwhile, the other players were having a much more enjoyable time. Under their joint efforts, the hospital had almost turned into a slaughterhouse. One unlucky guy even entered Building Two and brought out the bacteria—real bacteria. Combined with their free imagination, the hospital, which had originally only looked a bit old, was now covered in all kinds of disgusting wriggling flesh masses and fuzzy fungi, making even breathing feel suffocating.
But the players from Brown Skin City weren't faring much better either, especially Cong Yu. His "triplets" had now turned into "nineteen siblings." Identical people, like neatly arranged insect eggs, walked through the hospital without speaking or showing any expression. No one knew what they would eventually become.
Xu Huo felt it was time to send him off, so he also arranged psychological treatment for him.
Unexpectedly, this guy not only didn't want to leave but instead wanted the doctor to send him to the sixth-floor ward. All the patients in Hope City who had been diagnosed with worsening conditions and violent tendencies were sent there. But because the hospital was filling up with more and more things, Cong Yu found it harder to sneak to the sixth floor, so he came up with the trick of "deceiving the doctor."
Xu Huo laughed. "You say you saw something last night?"
"I saw Nurse Liu and a few security guards grab two patients and eat them. The hospital ward turned into a monster's stomach cavity, full of living flesh chunks everywhere. And I also saw my parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents... more than twenty of my relatives from up the family tree all came to see me."
After saying this, Cong Yu mysteriously pointed out the window. "Look, they're floating right there."
Xu Huo put down his pen. "Do you think that by refusing to cooperate with treatment, the doctor can't tell what's going on with you?"
Cong Yu, with his fresh face mottled pink and white, said, "I think the hospital is pretty good. Free food and lodging, no work required. My great-grandparents said it's fine."
Apart from the "nineteen siblings," he hadn't been too severely affected, especially after he started focusing on killing other patients.
Letting him speed up the instance process wasn't impossible, but the "nineteen siblings" still needed to be stopped.
"I've looked into your background. Natural disasters are unavoidable. You don't have to bear the burden of your compatriots' deaths all on yourself." Xu Huo said, handing him a fabricated newspaper. "Have you heard of Dr. Wu?"
"Of course I have." Other players might not have, but someone like Cong Yu, who had been searching for antidotes all along, definitely had. "But this person is very hard to find. Some say he died long ago."
"He's not dead," Xu Huo said. "Look at the content in the newspaper. Someone claiming to be his disciple has invented a genetic potion that can fundamentally change the genetic disadvantage of a certain group of people, successfully saving many lives."
Cong Yu knew this was inside the instance, but he couldn't help asking, "Can this genetic potion be bought? Is it expensive?"
After a pause, he added, "But even if people are saved, it's useless. My hometown is no longer livable, and we have no place to relocate..."
"Find a way to try this potion," Xu Huo encouraged.
Judging from the state near the "Star River," the J13 genetic potion left by Dr. Wu had some effect on purifying the environment, though it was unclear how effective it was. Moreover, compared to a small river, the scope of an island was too large, and there was only so much potion.
But this was hope. It proved that the environment of Zone 013 was not unchangeable.
"So can I be discharged now?" Cong Yu asked cautiously.
Xu Huo smiled kindly and called out for the nurse. "This patient is not cooperating with treatment. Take him to the sixth floor. No need to tie him up."
Cong Yu silently got up and followed the nurse.
With the help of the Brown Skin City players and the bacteria brought out by the Hope City players themselves, the hospital's living environment had been continuously compressed. Several players who could no longer open their game panels died from bacterial infections. The other players, wearing protective suits, wouldn't die immediately, but watching the bacteria's contamination area gradually expand, Xu Huo found the cleanup a bit of a headache.
He began to induce players to attack themselves during psychological treatment to speed up the mental interference process. During this time, he "justifiably defended" himself and killed two C-rank players. Then, as the Brown Skin City players actively entered the instance, the Hope City side turned to a disadvantage. After a day passed, all the Hope City players were dead except for Liao Jie.
Trapped in the spiritual world, Liao Jie could no longer endure the endless mental attacks. He broke out of the ward and found Xu Huo, who was "coincidentally" holding a mobilization meeting with the medical staff. After breaking through the security personnel, he publicly exposed Xu Huo's identity, intending to kill him and forcibly destroy the instance.
This was really good news.
Xu Huo, who had been waiting somewhat impatiently, with the help of the Brown Skin City players, took no time at all to deal with this biggest nuisance.
Next came letting the Brown Skin City players clear the instance.
Through the Under Dimension, Xu Huo taught Cong Yu the mental-type instance clearance tip of "don't think about unnecessary things," and spent one night sending all these people out of the instance.
If it weren't for eliminating future troubles, Xu Huo actually didn't want to use the instance. First, the number of Hope City players wasn't large. Second, once the instance was activated, ending it would take a long time, which was a bit of a delay.
After the instance closed, he realized that Chi Xian and Tong Qi were waiting nearby.
(Chapter End)