Chapter 62: Chapter 62: The Eerie Director is Furious, Immediately Adjusting the Treatment for Dragon Country Players

There were no pork floss buns.

The Ghost Doctor did, however, bring a pile of buns from the hospital cafeteria.

As it happened, Yun Zhenyue was hungry too.

So she and Shangguan Mu started eating.

The Ghost Doctor hung a sign on his office door.

—Not Seeing Patients.

He sipped his hot tea.

He grew increasingly fearful of the panda doll.

After the two had eaten and drunk their fill,

Yun Zhenyue began to use the two items.

First up was the director’s notebook.

The medical insights inside were exceptionally clear.

The handwriting was neat and elegant, making it easy to read.

Yun Zhenyue calmed her mind and immersed herself in it.

By the time she had read it from cover to cover,

an unknown number of hours had passed.

All around her, it was silent.

[Ding! You have obtained the expert-level skill: Medical Skill!]

Just then,

the system’s notification chimed.

Yun Zhenyue stretched and saw that Shangguan Mu was also looking at the notebook.

She then picked up the Memory Surgery Needle from the table.

The Memory Surgery Needle glinted coldly under the light. A dried bead of blood was congealed on its tip, and dark red, cotton-like wisps drifted inside the barrel, like living things clinging to the inner wall.

"Senior, how do I use this surgical needle?"

Yun Zhenyue studied it for a while, unsure of what to do, and asked Shangguan Mu.

"You just need to stick the needle into a blood vessel, not too deep. Let me help you."

Shangguan Mu stood up.

She took the surgical needle and carefully inserted it into Yun Zhenyue’s skin.

BUZZ!

The next moment,

Yun Zhenyue felt a flood of medical memories pour into her mind!

It covered practically every specialty, including the massage techniques she wanted!

The memories felt as if they had always been hers, flowing unimpeded from inside the needle’s barrel into her mind.

Any parts of the director’s notebook she hadn’t understood before

were now instantly clear, everything clicking into place.

[Ding! You have obtained the skill: Master-level Medical Skill!]

The system’s alert sounded again!

Yun Zhenyue’s mind felt incredibly clear. She took a deep breath, a pleasant warmth spreading through her body.

’The mission to learn medical skills was a complete success!’

"Master-level Medical Skill... Senior, thank you so much."

Yun Zhenyue thanked Shangguan Mu.

"It’s nothing. I should be the one thanking you."

Shangguan Mu shook her head and sighed lightly.

Her three years of hard work couldn’t compare to a single casual act from Yun Zhenyue.

’Am I envious? I can’t even begin to be.’

’The girl has immense luck on her side, protected by a panda doll—a thing I’ve never even heard of!’

’How could I possibly be envious?’

’The gap between us is too vast.’

’So vast that she couldn’t even harbor any other feelings.’

’Someone else might have developed malicious thoughts, perhaps even tried to trick Yun Zhenyue out of her doll.’

...

Master-level Medical Skill?

The international audience went wild when they heard this!

You have to understand...

Until now, the highest-level skill any human had ever obtained

was merely an expert-level carving skill!

The skills of the Ghost World are vastly different from those in the real world!

A doctor from the real world going to the Ghost World to treat its denizens?

They’re not even the same species!

Even if you were a top national doctor, you’d be completely helpless!

Likewise,

even experts from any and every field had to learn new skills from scratch upon entering the Ghost World!

What’s more, the denizens were exceptionally stingy. Forget about teaching you anything; sometimes they wouldn’t even let you watch, terrified you might steal their techniques!

Learning a single technique, a single ghost skill, meant you could actually earn Ghost Coins and live a stable life in this dangerous Ghost World!

This was especially true for medical skills. Knowing even a little would earn you the respect of many of the world’s denizens.

It just goes to show how precious these skills were!

But Yun Zhenyue?

She obtained a Master-level Medical Skill so easily?

She was probably just a step behind the hospital director.

Once she performed a few more surgeries on the denizens, she might even have a chance to break through to the ultimate Unrivaled Level Medical Skill!

By then, no matter which dungeon she entered, what creature wouldn’t be falling over themselves to curry favor with her?

At the very least, she could stay at Reincarnation Hospital as a department head, with an annual salary likely in the tens of thousands of Ghost Coins!

If she could find a way to bring those Ghost Coins back to the real world,

the Dragon Country would inevitably pull far ahead of every other nation in the world!

Envy, despair, jealousy, helplessness, shock...

A whirlwind of emotions churned in the hearts of viewers from every country.

[Just like that... she got the highest-level skill a human has ever obtained?]

[It wasn’t exactly simple. She was probably the only one who could have completed those two tasks.]

[Baka! What the hell is going on? Is she really the chosen one?]

[Don’t get too excited. The Dragon Country has a saying: ’extreme joy breeds sorrow.’ Wasn’t that marital prospect from the Great Cold Country, Piao Dagen, saying he was going to go after her?] 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

[Even a Master-level Medical Skill is useless. In front of Piao Dagen, she’s nothing but a helpless lamb!]

...

「The night grew late.」

A few uneaten buns still remained on the table.

Yun Zhenyue was just about to throw them in the trash can.

Shangguan Mu quickly stopped her. "Don’t throw those out!"

"Give those buns to me."

"Huh?"

’Is Senior hungry again?’ Yun Zhenyue wondered.

She paused, packed the buns up, and handed them to Shangguan Mu.

Only then did Shangguan Mu explain, "There are still a number of players from the Dragon Country in the hospital. I want to give these buns to them."

"Dragon Country players?" Yun Zhenyue asked, surprised.

"Yes, about ten or twenty of them, all hiding out here in Reincarnation Hospital."

Shangguan Mu gave a somewhat helpless smile.

She explained the origins of these Dragon Country players to Yun Zhenyue.

Over the last few years, many players from the Dragon Country had entered Reincarnation Hospital, only to be exploited for hard labor by the various ghost doctors.

But in any case,

as long as you avoid a few dangerous areas, Reincarnation Hospital is relatively safe.

Some players, unwilling to risk any more adventures, chose to stay behind, hoping to become ghost doctors themselves.

But... it was just too difficult.

Even Shangguan Mu, who was known as a child prodigy, had been powerless to help them.

They scrimped and saved, but they all lived extremely hard lives. Many had lost hope and reached a breaking point.

Moreover,

there were also many players from other countries in the hospital.

What angered Shangguan Mu the most was the group of players from the Great Cold Country.

They banded together, gaining some status by acting as slaves and beasts of burden for the hospital’s denizens. They committed all sorts of evil among the player community, and many Dragon Country players had fallen victim to their schemes.

Previously, players from the Dragon Country could at least scavenge for leftovers in the cafeteria.

But now, that area was controlled by the Great Cold Country players.

They’ve forbidden anyone from the Dragon Country from setting foot inside!

As a result, many Dragon Country players were emaciated and pale with hunger.

In contrast, the players from the Great Cold Country were all strong and well-fed.

"That’s happening here?" Yun Zhenyue was also angered by the story. She took the initiative and said, "Senior, please take me to see them. I want to help."

"Okay."

...

Nearby,

the Ghost Doctor heard their conversation.

Beads of cold sweat began to trickle down his temples.

He knew there were plenty of "little mice" in the hospital.

’But then why are there still signs of a labor shortage?’

’It’s all because we ghost doctors exploited those mice too harshly!’

’They’ve all chosen to hide instead of working for the hospital.’

’Of course...’

’...he had a hand in it too.’

’If Yun Zhenyue found out he used to bully those ’little mice,’ wouldn’t his righteous facade shatter instantly?’

Seeing the two of them leave the office,

the Ghost Doctor immediately rushed toward the personnel office on the seventh floor!

As luck would have it, the ghost deputy director, dressed in white, was inside.

The Ghost Doctor reported the matter to him.

After hearing him out,

the ghost deputy director was utterly shocked.

"...What?"

"The director’s relative?"

"And she’s going to meet with those ’little mice’—those humans—right now?"

He hadn’t noticed before the Ghost Doctor mentioned it, but now he recalled that the panda doll on Yun Zhenyue’s shoulder did indeed look just like the director’s own!

’Is she really the director’s relative?’

’Maybe even immediate family!’

’...Could she be the director’s daughter?’

The ghost deputy director’s heart sank!

If this got escalated, it would be seen as a failure of his supervision.

That’s what allowed the ghost doctors to exploit the humans so freely.

And those Great Cold Country people had gone that far?

They nearly drove the Dragon Country people to their deaths?

Normally, he could turn a blind eye to such things, but not now!

This was the director’s relative!

If she got truly angry and launched an investigation, he would be the first one to go down!

The ghost deputy director slammed his fist on the table!

He immediately summoned a group of his subordinates.

"Quickly! Relay my orders!"

"Immediately improve the treatment of all personnel from the Dragon Country!"

"Give them the best of everything! Treat anyone who’s sick, pay out any withheld wages immediately! I want them all taken care of!"

"From now on, anyone who dares to bully them will be making an enemy of me..."