Chapter 102: The Fish Bites the Hook, the Snake Hunts the Goat

Chapter 102: The Fish Bites the Hook, the Snake Hunts the Goat

Ji Yan straightened his back, his body bearing the horrific wounds of radiation, yet healing rapidly under the operation of the Supernatural Organs.

How much he had despised this reward before.

Now, how precious it seemed.

The Mission had no time limit, but the Supernatural Pregnant Woman gave Ji Yan little time!

Her child was about to be born.

Between the bent legs clad in a white dress, a continuous flow of blood and amniotic fluid gushed out, splattering onto the floor...

Ji Yan glanced around, then withdrew his gaze and called for his assistant, the Ghostly Nurse.

The Ghostly Nurse sat slumped against the wall. Hearing the summons, she stood up and walked over. "Teacher."

"Aren’t you my assistant? Lend a hand and help me dig out that Malevolent Fetus."

The Ghostly Nurse spoke woodenly, "The Malevolent Fetus... where is it?"

Ji Yan picked up the Other Shore Scalpel from the floor and replied calmly, "In the belly."

The Ghostly Nurse was puzzled. "But the pregnant woman said the Malevolent Fetus has already escaped her belly."

Lifting his head slightly, Ji Yan smiled faintly. "Who said it’s in the Supernatural Pregnant Woman’s belly?"

"Isn’t your belly also a belly?"

Before the Ghostly Nurse could react, the scalpel flashed before her eyes, its cold edge slicing across her abdomen.

Thick blood immediately stained her nurse’s uniform crimson!

In truth, Ji Yan had also used his Talent to uncover hidden information about the Supernatural Fetus.

This Malevolent Fetus could parasitize the abdominal cavity of any male or female creature, rapidly developing by feeding on the host’s nutrients while completely concealing its presence.

The room was only so big.

Ji Yan couldn’t detect the Supernatural Fetus’s scent at all.

That meant it had to be in the Ghostly Nurse’s belly!

If the Ghostly Nurse was deliberately setting a trap for him, she wouldn’t reveal its hiding place even if it was concealed there.

Yet, the moment he sliced open her abdomen, Ji Yan fell silent.

The Supernatural Fetus wasn’t inside!

The Ghostly Nurse pulled open her nurse’s uniform, her hands rummaging bloodily through her own belly.

Pulling out intestines, she looked up at Ji Yan in confusion. "Teacher, you said the Malevolent Fetus was in my belly. But where is it?"

Facing the Ghostly Nurse’s pale, innocent face, Ji Yan remained expressionless, showing no embarrassment. He said lightly, "The Teacher was just making a guess."

"If it’s not there, then it’s not there."

He was baffled. There were only two maternal hosts in this room—where else could the Supernatural Fetus be hiding?

"Waaah—"

From the Surgery Bed, as the flow of amniotic fluid and blood grew heavier, indistinct cries began to emerge. The healthy child was about to be born.

The Supernatural Pregnant Woman began Blackening again, her convulsing limbs leaving twisted bloody words on the bed: "It... isn’t dead... you... die!!"

The marks of Blackening spread once more.

Feeling the Terrifying Radiation enveloping him again, Ji Yan stared at the empty corners of the ward.

Then, his Talent unexpectedly activated!

Hidden Information appeared before his eyes in bloody script: "In their eyes, you are like a fish, and the way to bite the hook is to use that Sheepskin Scroll."

"Since that’s the case, why not use this Fish Hook to reel them out instead?"

"Them..."

"The Fish Hook... reverse fishing..."

Ji Yan’s mind raced as he processed the meaning behind the Hidden Information.

Watching his body begin to rot again, Ji Yan fell silent for a moment before sighing. "I give up."

"This tempting prize... I can’t take a bite of it."

"I can only use the 'Privilege' to exit."

As Ji Yan spoke these words, a Sheepskin Scroll appeared in his hand. His fingers pressed against the rough parchment, and as they moved, bloody letters were left behind in their wake.

Within mere seconds, Ji Yan had written his lie.

The moment the Ghostly Nurse saw the Sheepskin Scroll, her pale white eyeballs burned with intense greed.

Her gaze was like that of a luxury-obsessed woman spotting a limited-edition Chanel bag...

As soon as the Sheepskin Scroll appeared, Ji Yan keenly sensed a third distinct scent in the ward!

In his vision, a pair of golden vertical pupils materialized in the air, opening wide.

The next instant, something bound Ji Yan’s entire body, and a scalpel dripping with purple liquid—a Poisoned Scalpel—plunged straight into his neck!

Ji Yan’s pupils contracted.

A slender, alluring figure coiled around him like a black python strangling its prey, immobilizing him completely.

With each twist, the white lab coat was pulled up bit by bit, revealing long, stocking-clad legs that wrapped around Ji Yan’s lower body with boneless flexibility.

A bewitching face slowly appeared beside Ji Yan’s, her red lips brushing against his ear as she whispered, her breath fragrant: "The little Goat has finally taken the bait."

"Now, you’re about to be swallowed by the snake~"

This face was not unfamiliar.

It was the Snake Player who had entered the Instance with him, "born" in the Delivery Room after passing the interview!

Ji Yan stared at the Snake Player, his expression shifting between suspicion and hostility. "Why are you here?"

"All the other Zodiacs want a taste of Goat. Isn’t it only natural that I’d want a bite too?"

Sharp black nails trailed down his chest as the Snake Player pressed her body against his, her tone seductive yet laced with murderous intent.

The scene was strangely intimate, yet utterly horrifying.

Ji Yan’s gaze lowered.

He clearly saw that beneath the Snake Player’s lab coat, large amounts of Amniotic Mucus had begun to flow out.

"So the Supernatural Fetus is in your abdomen."

"It seems you’ve been lying in wait here all along, just waiting for me to enter."

"Were you so sure I’d come in?"

The Snake Player smirked. "The rewards for this Mission are too tempting. You could never refuse."

"Greed is human nature. Everyone has it."

As she spoke, her lower abdomen writhed.

Amidst the gush of amniotic fluid between her legs, a pale white Snake Egg dropped to the ground.

Ji Yan was stunned—had the Supernatural Fetus really been birthed by her in the form of an egg?

The Snake Egg cracked open upon hitting the floor, and the Malevolent Fetus crawled out.

Unlike a normal infant, the Supernatural Infant did not wail upon birth. Instead, it let out a series of eerie giggles—"Hehehe..."

The Snake Player spoke to it gently. "Child, eat him!"

And the Supernatural Infant obeyed.

It clung to the Snake Player with an intimate dependence.

Was this... Motherly Love?!

Ji Yan immediately guessed that this was one of the Snake Player’s [Wish Privileges]—likely an ability to tame Supernatural Entities through incubation.

The Supernatural Infant crawled onto Ji Yan, preparing to devour him before moving on to the unborn child and the Supernatural Pregnant Woman.

Ji Yan struggled, but the Poisoned Scalpel in his neck had paralyzed him completely.

As the Supernatural Infant loomed over his face, Ji Yan sneered and spat out, "Hey, little monster, how about I give you a gift?"

With that, he flicked his fingers.

Then a piece of paper drifted down from the Toolbar before his eyes.

The Supernatural Infant saw the paper and, feeling tricked, grabbed it in a fit of shame and anger.

The Snake Player sensed something was wrong and urgently tried to stop it.

"Wait, don't—!!"

But the paper had already been torn to shreds.

It was a Drawing Paper.

On it was depicted a Medusa-like woman intimately embracing a boy, her smile enchanting.

They looked exceptionally affectionate, like lovers.

This was the reward obtained earlier from treating the patient Gu Meng in [A22] Ward.

That patient with "Delusional Disorder," whom Ji Yan had forcibly "treated" into "Dissociative Identity Disorder."

Ji Yan had no idea just how formidable the Alternate Personality Gu Meng, created using the Lies Parchment Privilege, truly was.

But she had left that Drawing Paper with him as a keepsake, warning him to keep it safe—or she'd break his legs.

Now that the paper had been torn, he wondered how she would react.

The Supernatural Infant was the one who tore it, not him.

Surely that woman wouldn’t direct her fury at him, right?