After parting ways with the others, Qin Nuo tio wander ihe hospital.

  He checked the time; it was already nearing 2:30 AM.

  "Not going home to sleep by 2:30 AM will lead to something terrifying," was a saying often heard from the elders in the tryside.

  Qin Nuo didn't want to believe in suinous words, but perhaps it sychological; he felt the light from the oil mp seemed to dim, and the visible space around him gradually became stricted.

  "Just an illusion."

  "The more you fear something, the more likely you are to see its shadow."

  Qin Nuo shook his head vigorously to dispel these chaotic thoughts, fog ily on following the guidance of the puzzle pie his hand.

  After cirg the floor, the puzzle piece still showed ion.

  "It seems the pieces aren't that easy to find, and this hospital is much rger than I thought."

  Holding up the oil mp, Qin Nuo muttered to himself, "Could there be a basement?"

  Basements in horror movies always hide some earth-shatteri or terrifying thing. Would he discover something if he went to the basement?

  As Qin Nuo pohis, he reached the stairwell.

  Just as he was thinking of heading downstairs, the puzzle pie his hand suddenly sparked aed, floating in a certain dire.

  Qin Nuo looked up towards the fire exit at the end of the corridor.

  After a moment of hesitatiourned and walked in that dire.

  Pushing open the fire exit door, he found a hidden room on one side of the passage.

  "So lucky?" Qin Nuo was taken aback. He had just mentioned how hard the puzzle pieces were to find, and now here it was.

  He gently pushed the door open, first raising the oil mp into the room, then poking his head inside.

  The spaside was suffog, cluttered with various items, and pletely airtight.

  At the far end, there was a light.

  It was a television that was on, possibly with a pnal, as the s kept flickering, seemingly pying some cartoon.

  Opposite the TV, an old man was leaning ba a sofa, eyes closed, whether asleep or...

  In the custrophobic space with such a chilling se, ah a weak heart would have turned and fled.

  Qin Nuo wao leave too, but he couldn't.

  Because he saw what he was looking for.

  o the old man's remote trol uzzle piece!

  Qin Nuo hesitated for a moment, then quietly walked over, keeping an eye on the old man's movements, reag out with his right hand towards the remote.

  However, just as his fiips touched the puzzle piece, the old man's hand, covered in corpse spots, suddenly grabbed Qin Nuo's hand tightly, along with the puzzle pied the remote.

  The grip was strong!

  Like an iron cmp, his entire hand quickly became enged with blood.

  Qin Nuo frowned, "Grandma, I just saw you were asleep and wao help you turn off the TV, no other iions."

  The old man didn't move, nor did she open her eyes.

  With no other choice, Qin Nuo had to let the Blood-Eyed Ghost intervene.

  A blood eye appeared on the back of his hand, yet the old man still showed no iion of letting go.

  The ghost power of the blood eye did not intimidate the old man!

  Just as Qin Nuo uzzled, a game notification suddenly echoed in his mind:

  "gratutions, Pyer, fering a D-level instaask—The old dy has always been lonely, watg TV alo night. Apao finish watg a movie. Task duration: 30 minutes!"

  "Ohe viewing time ends, the task will be pleted!"

  Qin Nuo hadn't expected ter an instaask from an unfamiliar old dy in the middle of the night.

  But the task didn't seem difficult.

  Just apanying the old dy to watch TV, though the process might be a bit dull.

  "Childless and lonely, she is indeed quite pitiful."

  Qin Nuo accepted the instaask.

  The old dy's withered hand suddenly released its grip.

  The puzzle piece was right there, but Qin Nuo had no iion of grabbing it and running.

  Not to mention failing the instaask, deceiving an old dy—who knows what terrifying things might happen?

  The old dy opened her eyes, her eye sockets pitch bck.

  Qin Nuo pulled over a chair and sat down, saying, "Grandma, I'll watch TV with you for a while, but I'm not sure about the TV..."

  Before he could finish, the broken TV suddenly returo normal, the s stabilizing, switg from a cartoon to a movie.

  The movie was shot in a dotary style, not as dull as Qin Nuo had imagined, nor were there any horror ses.

  It was a silent film, with no sound throughout, relying solely on body nguage to vey the story.

  It depicted the daily life of a family of three, with warm and harmonious ses.

  But one day, the husbaurned home with a troubled expression, and the old mother hurriedly made dumplings to fill her son's stomach.

  However, the husband was in a bad mood and had no appetite. When the old mother asked what was wrong, the son didn't answer and turned into his room.

  Soon, the se shifted to the room, where the husband and wife were arguing about something, while the baby cried incessantly.

  Finally, the wife proposed something with a firm attitude, leaving the husband no choice but to talk to his mother in the living room.

  The old mother looked sad but nodded, and was subsequently sent to a nursing home by her son.

  At this point, Qin Nuo could somewhat dis the plot.

  The husba bankrupt, and the elderly mother was a burden, so she was sent to a nursing home, at least supported by a pension.

  Qin Nuo rubbed his .

  The plot wasn't as dull as he thought.

  It was quite engaging, with a bit of a soap opera vibe.

  Qin Nuo tinued watg.

  After the old dy was sent to the nursing home, the son's financial situation didn't improve, and he was stantly troubled. Eventually, the pa bankrupt, leaving him i, with creditors ing to collect, spshing red paint, and defag the entrance.

  The creditors' relentless pursuit nearly drove the man insane.

  The once happy family of three became impoverished and fragmented.

  Every night, the wife argued about divorce, wanting to take their son away.

  However, the husband, driven to desperation, suddenly thought of a way out.

  The day, they brought the old dy back from the nursing home, treating her well, and even discussed taking her on a trip.

  The se then abruptly shifted to the trip.

  The son carried the old dy on his back, t the sic area, the two chatting and ughing, even though the son was sweating profusely, he didn't let his mother walk on her own.

  On a rock, the so his mother down, took a sip of water, a her gaze at the sic mountains and rivers.

  The son also took a sip of water, came to his mother's side, said something that made her ugh tinuously.

  But at that moment, the son suddenly pushed the old dy off the cliff, rocks tumbling down, the son stood up, expressionless, while his wife ran up excitedly, even peering over the cliff to firm the old dy had fallen...

  Then, the se shifted.

  To a year ter.

  The couple used the mother's insurance moo revive the pany, being more prosperous.

  The family of three returo their previously harmonious life.

  One night, the wife snuggled in her husband's arms, watg TV.

  But then, the lights suddenly went out.

  The TV in the movie switched to a bd-white film.

  A dotary-style film...

  Qin Nuo's expression suddenly became a bit unnatural.

  Because the opening of the movie was the same as the one he was watg now!

  The couple stared at themselves oV, their expressions gradually turning fearful.

  When the old dy ushed off the cliff by her own son, the TV turo static, with blood gushing out from the s...

  The couple turned pale with fright, pletely unaware of the blood-soaked, hunched shadow silently appearing behind them.

  A pair of withered hands reached for the couple's terrified, twisted faces...

  The se abruptly stopped.

  Finally freezing on two blood-soaked corpses...

  Qin Nuo swallowed hard, turning his head stiffly.

  Beside him, the old dy had somehow bee a bloody, mangled figure.

  A chilling cold suddenly appeared at the back of Qin Nuo's head, as if a hand was also gripping his head...

  JOSOLUNA