Chapter 580 - Ultimate Horror’! (2/2)

However, after bracing himself and pulling the door open, no corpse dropped from above, and nothing scary appeared. Instead, the room was lit as per normal.

The walls were pure white, and the floor tiles were flat. The place looked just like a consulting room in an ordinary hospital. Several relaxing oil paintings of landscapes hung on the walls, and there was only one desk, two chairs, and one hospital bed in the space. Beside the bed was an electrocardiograph (ECG) machine.

At once, Qiao Liang felt comforted and… confused.

What was going on? He had almost thought that he had transmigrated.

He looked at the golden lantern in his hands, which looked out of place there.

A female doctor dressed in a white coat smiled at him and said, “Hello. I am a doctor here. Before you go in any further, I have to conduct a simple ECG and psychological test on you.”

Qiao Liang lay down on the hospital bed, and the doctor began to wipe his chest, where the electrodes were to be placed, with alcohol. This felt like a regular medical examination that one would sit through in a hospital.

The female doctor did not look very old—just about thirty. Although she wasn’t beautiful, she wore a smile on her face the entire time, causing Qiao Liang to feel very comfortable.

Soon, the ECG test was done. The ECG chart would be released in about two minutes.

Qiao Liang reached out to get a paper towel and wiped the alcohol off his body. Then, he followed the doctor to the desk.

“Look at those pictures and tell me what first comes to mind.”

Qiao Liang had an impression of the pictures. It looked like the ‘inkblot test’, which was a projective psychological test. The subject was to observe the pictures. After that, what he answered, his reaction time, the amount of time he paused for, and subconscious actions would all reflect something about his mental state.

Since Qiao Liang did not know much about the details, he could only answer the questions based on his first impression.

The biggest advantage of a projective psychological test was that the intentions behind the questions were hidden, so that a more truthful answer could be obtained.

Ordinary psychological test questions often contained ridiculous questions like ‘Do you think you are mentally ill’. Naturally, that would affect the accuracy of the tests.

On the other hand, the projective method required the host (the doctor) to have professional knowledge. Ordinarily, it would take twenty minutes for one to finish the full inkblot test. However, such tests were normally only prepared for patients who had a mental illness.

The test that Qiao Liang was taking was merely meant to determine visitors’ psychological state. Thus, it did not take that long; it was done in about two minutes.

The doctor kept the pictures, smiled, and nodded. “Alright, don’t be nervous. I’ll go and look at your ECG results.”

The doctor took the ECG graph and sat in the chair across from Qiao Liang again.

“Congratulations, your test…”

Qiao Liang was overjoyed that he would be able to continue with the project. However, at that moment, the doctor fell backward without any warning. At the same time, there was a loud bang, and all the lights in the room went out!

The originally snow-white walls were instantly covered with all sorts of terrifying pictures. There were hideous, roaring faces, twisted arms, dense and bloody handprints… all those scary images of various colors glowed faintly as they surrounded Qiao Liang!

For some reason, all the oil paintings of landscapes became blood-red as well. There was even a fluorescent red, twisted, and bloody handprint at the back of the ECG results in Qiao Liang’s hands!

Obviously, this room was not without a set-up. All those pictures had been drawn on the wall using transparent, glow-in-the-dark ink. Once the lights went out, they would become visible!

At the same time, there were bursts of sniggers and mocking laughter coming from around Qiao Liang. Some were high-pitched, and others were low. They echoed coolly around the entire space, causing Qiao Liang’s psychological barriers to collapse at once!

Qiao Liang screamed and stood up, trying to run. However, he tripped on something. Luckily, he held onto the table and prevented himself from falling.

The feeling of something grabbing his ankle and dragging him scared him half to death. He subconsciously shook his trapped ankle… but to no avail.

At that moment, the mocking laughter and sniggers around him got even louder. They sounded maniacal now. There were even some voices that wheezed and coughed as they laughed.

In the chaos, Qiao Liang felt around. Thankfully, it was just a simple noose around his ankle. The other end of the noose was connected to the desk, and the doctor—who had fallen to the ground earlier—had disappeared without a trace.

Clearly, the table and chair were scene props. The four legs of the table were completely fixed in the ground, and there were mechanisms under the chair where the doctor had sat.

It was just that Qiao Liang had no more time to think about those issues. Flustered, he lifted his foot and struggled to free himself from the noose. His first instinct was to try and run for his life. He tried hard not to look at the hideous graffiti on the wall as he ran to the ECG machine beside the bed and picked up the golden lantern on the table.

This was his life-saver!

However, at that moment, a blood-stained hand reached out from underneath the bed!

Qiao Liang was scared out of his wits. He panicked and ran towards the entrance, but that door had already been locked automatically. No matter how hard he tried, he could no longer get it open!

The beast under the bed was going to crawl out at any moment. Qiao Liang had no choice but to run to the other door—the only other exit.

Clearly, when he was lying on the bed for the ECG test, the ‘beast’ had already been lying quietly underneath it, waiting for him to turn back to retrieve his golden lantern.

Qiao Liang opened the door in a panic, wanting to rush out. However, the moment he pulled open the door, a dead body dropped from the opposite wall without warning!

It was a tiny corner. After opening the door, Qiao Liang was to turn right. However, that ‘corpse’ hung from the wall directly opposite the door. A noose had been tied around its neck, causing the corpse to dangle in the air. It was the female doctor that had given Qiao Liang his ECG test earlier.

‘She’ was now bloodied all over, and there was an inexplicable smile on her face.

Obviously, this was a doll that had been created after that doctor’s image. However, it looked so life-like. Coupled with the little light that permeated into the corridor, it still terrified Qiao Liang.

He took two seconds to recover from the shock… before he gripped his golden lantern tighter and escaped!