23: Chapter 23 Ghostly Encounter and Yin-Yang Breaking Formation

The Fourth Psychiatric Hospital, deep within the outpatient building.

After dealing with those three stitched corpse demons, Lin Ye, accompanied by Leng Yue and Frost Star, followed the directions on the map fragment and pushed open a rusted iron door leading to the fire escape.

Behind the door was a narrow staircase leading underground.

There wasn't a sliver of light in the stairwell, and the air was thick with the heavy scent of damp mold and a faint, lingering smell of blood.

The plaster on the walls was peeling off in large chunks, and one could vaguely see twisted smiling faces painted all over the surface with some kind of dark red pigment.

"Tap... tap... tap..." In the empty stairwell, only the footsteps of Lin Ye's group echoed.

"Husband, the terrain here is like a gaping abyss opening downwards."

Leng Yue walked by Lin Ye's side, her deep red eyes shining like two precious rubies in the darkness. As a zombie, her vision in the dark far exceeded that of a living human; she could even see the black particles of Yin Qi floating in the air.

Lin Ye shone his flashlight on the steps beneath his feet and sneered, "Good eye, my wife. In Feng Shui, this is called 'White Tiger Opening its Mouth, Yin Qi Backflowing'."

As he walked, he began his little metaphysics lesson: "Look at the design of this staircase; each section has exactly thirteen steps, and they are all steep, right-handed structures. In Yang dwelling Feng Shui, this is a major taboo called the [Noose Curse]."

"A hospital is naturally a place of birth, aging, sickness, and death, so the Yin Qi is extremely heavy. The person who built this hospital back then deliberately connected the morgue to the underground air-raid shelter and set up such a malevolent formation, clearly intending to turn this place into an extreme Yin pool for raising zombies."

"Who cares what kind of pool it is, as long as the things inside taste good!" Frost Star walked at the very front like an excited little guide, toying with the small bone knife stained with the black blood of the corpse demons.

The three continued to descend the stairs. Five minutes passed. Ten minutes passed.

Lin Ye's footsteps suddenly stopped. He frowned and shone the flashlight on the wall beside him.

On the wall, a creepy smiling face was prominently painted. And at the corner of this smiling face, a small piece of red paint was missing.

"What is it, Husband?" Leng Yue keenly sensed the pause in Lin Ye's Qi and blood.

"We've run into trouble." Lin Ye took a deep breath, his expression becoming very grave.

He pointed to the smiling face on the wall and said, "We passed this smiling face with the missing corner ten minutes ago. Based on our speed going down, ten minutes should have been enough to reach the fifth underground level, but in reality, we have been walking in circles."

"Ghost Wall?" Leng Yue frowned slightly, and a murderous intent flashed in her eyes. "A mere illusion; let me burn this corridor clean with the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, and the formation will surely break."

"Don't!" Lin Ye quickly grabbed Leng Yue's cold hand. "Calm down, my wife! This is official territory, and we are here to make a fortune quietly. If you burn this place down and blow up the entire building, won't the people from The Ninth Bureau hunt us down all over the world? Besides, this isn't an ordinary Ghost Wall."

Lin Ye pulled a Sanyuan compass from his bag and took a look: "The magnetic needle is completely locked. This isn't ghosts confusing our vision, but rather this underground extreme Yin formation twisting the space here into a 'Möbius strip' that connects head to tail. If we try to force it, we will suffer the backlash of the earth vein formation."

"Then what should we do?" Leng Yue naturally held Lin Ye's hand back; it seemed as long as she was with Lin Ye, this Thousand-Year Red Hou didn't care at all, even if trapped in a desperate situation.

Just then, on Lin Ye's retina, the "My Lord, Please Behave Yourself" System's semi-transparent light screen popped up on cue with its tingling sound effect.

"Ding! "My Lord, Please Behave Yourself" System prompt: Detected that the host is trapped in a high-level spatial formation, the 'Five Elements Bewitching Formation'. Please make a choice within three minutes to break the deadlock!"

[Option A: Physical Transcendence—Pull out the ancestral C4 explosives from your crotch, shout "Art is an explosion," and blow through the stairs.] [Reward: Obtain the title "Terrorist." Consequence: You will be buried under the ruins and enter a coffin early to accompany your two wives.]

[Option B: Pure Yang Breaking Formation—Bite your tongue tip and ten fingers, and use a massive amount of Pure Yang Essence Blood to draw a "Formation-Breaking Talisman" on the wall.] [Reward: Talisman proficiency +100. Consequence: You will go into shock on the spot from excessive blood loss, and Frost Star will take the opportunity to drain you dry.]

[Option C: Yin-Yang Communion, Opening the Dharma Eye—Utilize the Pure Yang Dao Body to perform deep soul resonance with the origin Yin Qi of the two female zombies, opening the 'Yin-Yang Dharma Eye' to see through the 'Life Gate' of the spatial formation.] [Reward: Yang Qi limit +10, Harem Harmony +10. Note: This method requires close physical contact and the blending of auras.]

[Option D: Give Up on the Spot—Sit directly on the steps, shout "I'm tired, just destroy everything," and then take out your phone to play Connect-the-Dots.] [Reward: Game proficiency +5. Consequence: The system will despise you and forcibly deduct 500 points.]

"System, I've discovered that you're just a pure pervert! Every time, the methods to break the deadlock are so... so hard to refuse!" Lin Ye complained wildly in his heart, but his body honestly gave the answer. "I choose C!"

Lin Ye took a deep breath, stuffed the flashlight into his tactical backpack, and let the surroundings fall into absolute darkness where one couldn't see their own fingers.

"Husband?" In the darkness, Leng Yue's voice carried a hint of confusion.

"My wives, Frost Star. This formation is very evil; I cannot see through the formation eye with my Pure Yang Qi alone. I need to borrow your origin Yin Qi to open the Yin-Yang Dharma Eye," Lin Ye's voice said.

"..." "..." Leng Yue was stiffened by Lin Ye's sudden embrace.

She instinctively wanted to struggle, but one of Lin Ye's large hands pressed firmly against the back of her head, forcing her cheek to press tightly against his neck.

"Don't move, focus." Lin Ye's voice was terrifyingly hoarse.

He lowered his head and accurately found Leng Yue's cold, soft red lips. The moment their lips met, a violent electric current exploded within their bodies.

"..." "..." "Frost Star wants to help too!" At this moment, Frost Star's pair of cold little hands pressed against Lin Ye's Dantian, injecting the ghostly blue mutated White Zombie Qi into his heart meridian.

One Red Lotus, one ghostly blue. The two strands of extreme Yin Qi and the Pure Yang Qi collided with a roar at the spiritual platform!

"Hum!" A crisp sword ring exploded from the depths of Lin Ye's mind. The Yin and Yang energies spun crazily, tearing open a mysterious slit at the center of his eyebrows.

The three people's auras connected, forming a perfect energy closed loop.

"Yin-Yang Communion, Dharma Eye Open!" Lin Ye suddenly opened his eyes in the darkness.

Deep in the pupils of his left eye, golden-red Pure Yang and Red Lotus Karmic Fire burned, while his right eye flickered with ghostly blue, extreme cold zombie Qi.

Under this pair of eerie "Yin-Yang Dharma Eyes," the absolute darkness around him instantly faded away.

He clearly saw that the stairs, which originally seemed to lead downwards, had actually long been twisted by a layer of viscous black formation patterns into a dead loop. And above their heads, in the corner of the ceiling, a "Life Gate" emitting a faint red light was hidden.

"Ding! Daily option task completed. Yin-Yang Dharma Eye activated! Harem Harmony +10, current harmony: 35. Obtained limited-time status: 'Insight into the Finest Detail'."