# 323
**Chapter 323: Doctor Li’s Bad Habit**
Xie Yu narrowed his eyes at Doctor Li, a cold killing intent surfacing in his gaze. “So what if I am? You think you can kill me?”
Doctor Li spread his hands and shook his head helplessly. “I’m just a doctor. I don’t do the whole fighting and killing thing.”
“At least you know your place,” Xie Yu sneered.
“Xie Yu…” Doctor Li looked into his eyes and spoke slowly, “You’ve been in the Purification Chamber for three years now, haven’t you?”
Xie Yu raised an eyebrow. “What, trying to play the emotional card? ‘Turn back before it’s too late’? You really think that kind of soap opera crap would work on me?”
“No, I’m not trying to redeem you…” Doctor Li shook his head. “I just want to ask—do you remember how many psychological counseling sessions I’ve given you over these three years?”
Xie Yu frowned slightly. “What are you getting at?”
“Three times. I gave you three sessions.” Doctor Li held up three fingers. “You people who deal with prisoners every day need regular psychological support to prevent the long-term exposure to darkness and violence from corrupting your minds. In the Purification Chamber, it’s about once a year. Not just you—every guard in this prison has received counseling from me…”
“What the hell are you trying to say?” Xie Yu was growing impatient.
Doctor Li’s lips curled into a faint smile. “I have a bad habit… Whenever I treat someone, I can’t help but plant a few foreign subconscious thoughts in their minds. For most people, these thoughts are like a single grain of sand in the desert—completely harmless, easily ignored.
But under certain conditions… they activate.”
Xie Yu froze, a sense of dread beginning to rise in his chest.
“Like… now.”
A strange light flashed in Doctor Li’s eyes. Xie Yu’s body trembled, the light in his eyes vanishing instantly. His pupils dilated, and he stood frozen like a statue, completely unconscious.
Doctor Li calmly stepped forward and gently pushed Xie Yu. His rigid body toppled straight to the ground.
“Why couldn’t you just live peacefully? Why pick a fight with a psychiatrist?” Doctor Li sighed.
Suddenly, he seemed to sense something and turned toward the room, his gaze meeting two pairs of stunned eyes.
“Doctor Li?”
“It’s you?” Doctor Li’s eyes showed surprise as he looked at Cao Yuan. “Cao Yuan? What are you doing here?”
Cao Yuan hesitated for a moment before replying, “I came to save my brother…”
“Your brother?” Doctor Li glanced at the unconscious Xie Yu on the floor, frowning slightly. “You’re with them?”
“No.” Cao Yuan waved his hands quickly. “My brother is Lin Qiye. He’s probably your patient too. I came to save him, but we have nothing to do with these people.”
“Saving Lin Qiye, huh…” Doctor Li nodded thoughtfully. “Then don’t bother. He’s already left the psychiatric hospital.”
Cao Yuan was stunned and quickly asked, “Where did he go?”
“He left not long ago. He should be near the main entrance by now.” Doctor Li replied after a moment of thought.
Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang exchanged glances, then quickly ran out the door, heading toward the main entrance of the Purification Chamber.
“Oh, right.” Cao Yuan suddenly turned back to Doctor Li, his expression odd. “Doctor Li… did you also plant… subconscious thoughts in my mind?”
Doctor Li was taken aback, then smiled and shook his head.
“You’re overthinking it. I was just bluffing him. Don’t take it seriously.”
Cao Yuan’s mouth twitched slightly. Looking at that smiling face, he was clearly unconvinced.
He waved at Doctor Li and quickly left with Baili Pangpang.
…
Having already distanced himself from the fighting, Lin Qiye sprinted toward the main entrance of the Purification Chamber. Since leaving the open-air exercise yard, he hadn’t encountered any more trouble and soon arrived near the front gate.
Before he could even see the entrance, the booming of explosions made his ears ache. Blinding flames erupted one after another—whether from military weapons or the prisoners’ Forbidden Ruins, he couldn’t tell.
The ground trembled slightly as Lin Qiye passed through the shattered prison blocks. Finally, he got a clear view of the main entrance.
Between two towering steel walls stood a massive metal gate over ten meters wide. Now, it was completely blocked by a large number of armored vehicles and tanks.
Among them, hundreds of defense soldiers fired their weapons nonstop. Continuous muzzle flashes lit up as bullets poured out like a flood.
Just fifty meters from this defensive line, a large group of prisoners in black-and-white striped uniforms charged like madmen toward the gate. All kinds of Forbidden Ruins activated—wind blades, fireballs, beasts, lightning—countless bizarre attacks rained down on the military line, constantly breaking through.
At the same time, several Night Watch members stood at the front of the defense, fighting desperately against the vanguard of prisoners. They held the line with their lives, but the prisoners were too numerous. In moments, they were swallowed by the tide.
Boom!
Boom!!
Boom!!!
Several tanks fired at once. Shells whistled into the densest groups of prisoners. Flames burst, killing a few, but many more used their Forbidden Ruins to block the blasts and roared as they kept charging.
“Kill them! Once we get through that gate, we’re free!!”
“Charge! Charge!!”
“Hahaha, I’m finally getting out!!”
“Kill those Night Watch first! Then blow up the tanks!”
“I’ll block the artillery! Follow me!!”
Forbidden Ruins, guns, and artillery clashed amid endless screams and roars. The main entrance of the Purification Chamber had descended into absolute chaos.
Lin Qiye’s eyes swept across the battlefield until he finally spotted a lone figure in a corner.
“How’s it going?” Lin Qiye asked as he approached.
An Qingyu exhaled in relief when he saw Lin Qiye finally arrive. “It’s been going on for over ten minutes. The defense’s Forbidden Ruins users are almost spent, and the artillery reserves are probably running low. The prisoners have taken losses too, but the dead were mostly the weaker ones. The real threats are still standing.
Whether this gate falls or not… is still up in the air.”