The apocalypse begins with a dungeon game.

Li Can immediately became serious, his face solemn. How could this not be considered a problem? He spoke all at once.

Through the crack in the emergency exit door, he saw a sudden commotion outside the lobby, with several people in security guard uniforms hurriedly taking the elevator down.

Among them, Li Can also saw Chen Qixiang. She was small and hunched over, but her face was full of joy.

It seems they weren't sent down by their superiors to solve problems, but rather to go on an adventure.

Li Can understood her feelings, after all, he had just come up from down there himself.

"I..." Lin Wanyan hesitated, wanting to speak, when footsteps suddenly came from above in the stairwell.

Li Can guessed that the elevator might be full, so the people upstairs had to take the stairs down. So he grabbed Lin Wanyan's arm and slipped through the emergency exit into a nearby nurses' rest room.

"What are they trying to do?"

Lin Wanyan watched as Li Can picked and chose among the clothes on the hooks on the wall, finally holding up a nurse's uniform to herself, her face full of confusion.

"Change your clothes first, otherwise you'll be too easy to recognize in those lab clothes. Do you want them to take you back? I went through a lot of trouble to get you out of here."

Lin Wanyan nodded upon hearing this. What Li Can said was indeed correct, and she had no reason to deny it.

However, the mysterious young man in front of her made her feel strange; he seemed to have been secretly helping her ever since he appeared.

The hospital returned to tranquility, and patients and medical staff continued with their work as usual, as if nothing had happened.

Li Can peeked out from behind the door of the lounge, and after checking that there was nothing unusual around her, she locked the door from the inside.

"Alright, now you can tell me. I saved your life, you should at least repay me."

"I...I was locked on the 23rd floor after entering the hospital. That's where I saw Fang Yi. I don't know what you think or what you're going to do, but I completely trust him."

"I heard some rumors on my way here," Li Can hinted, though he didn't really believe Guan Ling's words.

Lin Wanyan immediately blushed with embarrassment, and clenched her fists angrily. The wrinkles on her skin seemed to be stretched open, becoming much smoother, but it still couldn't change the fact that she looked old.

"He was my student. I was his homeroom teacher when I was a primary school teacher. I was in my thirties then, and he was only seven years old..."

A knowing look flashed across Li Can's face. It was best to directly verify the rumors with the person in charge.

He now understands the person involved in this soup mystery better.

He was just unsure how detailed the answer to the soup base question would be at the end of the game, so he asked all the questions he could think of.

With Lin Wanyan in his hands, he has the greatest advantage.

"He was always bullied at school, and his family didn't pay much attention to him. At that time, I was a new official and I was determined to educate every child well and care for them."

"So I helped him gradually emerge from the gloom of those years. Later, he graduated and went to a good university. Seeing that this child was promising, I felt that my efforts had not been in vain. I was really happy at that time."

Li Can stroked his chin, his brows furrowing. "These are all things from before. I want to know more about the present, such as what happened after you were admitted to the hospital, or how you were brought in."

"Teacher Lin, based on my observation, you should be mentally sound and have no illness."

Lin Wanyan bit her lip. "That was after a family tragedy. My parents hit and killed someone while driving back to their hometown, but we didn't have enough money for compensation, so they married me off to that family..."

As she spoke, she seemed to recall some painful memories, and her body began to tremble uncontrollably.

In the real world, Li Can had seen such cases of private settlements, but he never expected that there would be a similar plot in the dungeon world.

The illusion felt increasingly real to him, and at the same time, he became even more confused about Lin Wanyan's past.

She's a teacher with a stable job, of high moral character, and although her family isn't well-off, surely she wouldn't risk her entire life by getting married to resolve an accident like this.

There must be a more reasonable solution... but why didn't she choose it? Li Can thought that she was probably coerced at the time, and there were many unspeakable reasons that she couldn't say.

"Did they force you?" His tone softened a little.

She nodded silently, then continued talking about the past, "Actually, I don't resent my parents. After all, the victims' families are the ones who suffer the most. If my efforts can make them feel better, I'm willing to sacrifice myself."

"But then you realize it's impossible," Li Can interjected.

A look of astonishment crossed her face, as if she hadn't expected anyone to empathize with her.

"The victim was actually my husband's ex-wife. She was a very good woman. I've seen their photos together. They had a son and were very happy."

"Zhao Kun, right?" Li Can automatically identified himself with that foolish face.

"That's right, it seems you know a lot about me?"

"That's not important, please continue."

Li Can had almost completed the character relationship diagram in his mind, and after learning some more information, he was confident that he could end the game directly.

"Yes, I know it's hard to be a stepmother, but I still try my best to do this role well and heal the child's inner trauma. But even after I raised him for twenty years, he still hasn't let go of his resentment."

"Until one day, Zhao Kun happily came home and told me that he had gotten a job at Wenxin Mental Hospital and could officially start working. I thought our relationship had improved."

"Little did I know, that was the beginning of my descent into the abyss. He drugged my food that meal, and then I was locked up here on the grounds of mental instability!"

Lin Wanyan became increasingly emotional as she spoke, these painful memories seeming to have touched upon too many of her past wounds.

Li Can pondered in silence. Then it all made sense. Zhao Kun had never let go of the pain and hatred he felt for his mother being taken away in a car accident years ago, so when he thought the time was right, he took action against her.

However, he didn't understand that simply driving a normal person insane and tormenting them with drugs was already incredibly cruel.

Moreover, according to Lin Wanyan's description, it wasn't her who caused Zhao Kun's mother's death, but her family members. So there shouldn't be such a strong hatred.

After more than twenty years, he should have let it go by now... But then he thought, maybe not, what if some people just hold grudges?

Speaking of which, Dr. Fang Yi, whom we mentioned earlier, also works at this hospital. What a coincidence! All the old acquaintances have become entangled in this mess. What role does he play in this whole affair?

"So, Zhao Kun wanted to kill you, and he also orchestrated everything to send you back to the lab?"