Lin Wan'er raised her hand, signaling them not to rush, "I came here today to tell you the truth. We have plenty of time, so there's no need to hurry."

Her tone changed, becoming icy, "Before that, I have some words for the person who came with you."

Hearing this, Fatty shuddered, knowing it was time to show his loyalty, and hurriedly said, "Doctor, don't be afraid, she can't bribe me. I'll always stand with you..."

But he realized that Lin Wan'er wasn't even looking at him. Instead, she was staring behind Jiang Cheng. The next second, Fatty's pupils constricted. He saw the shadow behind Jiang Cheng stand up!

It solidified into a strange human form in mid-air, and then walked out from behind Jiang Cheng.

Lin Wan'er sized up the shadow for a moment, then nodded and said, "You've become much stronger since the last time we met."

"Going against the current, one must advance or be swept away."

A line of crooked blood-red words appeared on the ground. Clearly, this was Wu's response to Lin Wan'er, but it seemed mocking no matter how you looked at it.

"It seems Number 4 was right. Letting you grow will surely lead to disaster." Lin Wan'er said, "Some things need to be settled today."

A pair of blood-colored eyes lit up, staring intently at Lin Wan'er's face. After a moment, another line of words appeared on the ground: "Based on you?"

Lin Wan'er turned to look at Jiang Cheng.

But this time, Jiang Cheng didn't give her a satisfactory answer. He slowly retreated, moving further and further away from Lin Wan'er, "I can't convince myself to believe you."

Seeing this, Wu became even more excited. The newly appeared red words trembled, "A heart without a woman leads to divine power. The first page of the sword manual: kill your beloved first."

"What nonsense is this..." Fatty suspected that Wu was too traumatized by his sister, leaving psychological scars.

And... and he remembered that the Wu he had seen before wasn't like this. Now, he vaguely had the feeling of the doctor speaking. Was he being assimilated?

But no matter what, he couldn't let the doctor and Boss Lin fight. The consequences would be severe if either of them got hurt.

"You want to deal with me together?" Lin Wan'er looked into Jiang Cheng's eyes, "Xiao Cheng."

"I can't help you deal with it. It's my last bargaining chip." Jiang Cheng paused, then continued, "Although I know it's probably not a good thing either, I have no choice now. The danger it poses to me is obvious, but you're not."

"You're too complicated. I can't see through you," Jiang Cheng finally said.

But to his surprise, a trace of relief appeared in Lin Wan'er's eyes, "You've grown up, you have your own ideas. That's really... good."

"I remember you said that I trapped myself in a city. Now I understand. You're right, but not entirely right." Jiang Cheng raised his head, staring at that familiar face, and said softly, "Because the city that traps me isn't myself, but you, Lin Wan'er."

"But it ends here." Jiang Cheng took a step back, standing next to Wu, "Say whatever you have to say now. After you've explained everything, we..."

A flash of light illuminated the room instantly. Everyone closed their eyes subconsciously. When Jiang Cheng opened his eyes, Wu had already rushed in front of Lin Wan'er, slashing down at her with a knife.

"No!" Jiang Cheng didn't have time to stop him.

But the next second, the scene of a severed head didn't appear. Lin Wan'er was still standing there, her expression unchanged.

Wu had disappeared.

Fatty was dumbfounded. Wu, their life-saving trump card, was instantly killed?

"He was taken to another place. He doesn't need to hear the rest of what I have to say." Lin Wan'er sat down leisurely, signaling Jiang Cheng to sit next to her.

Jiang Cheng walked over, but sat in a position further away from her.

Fatty also followed, sitting next to Jiang Cheng. They both turned their heads to look at Lin Wan'er, clearly with many questions waiting for her to answer.

"I'm a member of the country, from a secret organization. Many years ago, I was sent to infiltrate the Night Watchers as an undercover agent. Intelligence showed that some of the Night Watchers' higher-ups were carrying out a terrifying plan. I was ordered to investigate."

"Before me, several groups of people had infiltrated, but in the end, they all disappeared." Lin Wan'er looked at the two of them, emphasizing, "Not the kind of disappearance you're thinking of, but completely disappeared from this world, leaving nothing behind."

"I entered as a Disciple, a high-ranking Disciple, and my Door's ability is very rare. It can seal, and even fabricate a person's memories."

"It was precisely because of my ability that after several rounds of testing, I was personally recruited by the Night Watchers' higher-ups and became one of the candidates to lead the plan."

"Besides me, there were two other candidates, but I found opportunities to get rid of them all."

"I did it very discreetly. No one suspected anything."

"So I naturally became the person in charge of the plan. It was from then that I learned the plan's name: Abyss."

"The Abyss Plan?"

"Mm." When Lin Wan'er mentioned the word Abyss, her expression became unusually serious, "It was also from then that I learned the Night Watchers' greatest secret, and their most terrifying weapon."

"It's a monster. They all call him the Old President."

"No one knows the Old President's origins. There's never been any information about him in the Night Watchers' internal records."

"He's like he came from the Netherworld."

"Only the current President and the Chief Inquisitor, among others, have come into contact with him."

"He's also a Disciple." Jiang Cheng analyzed, "And his Door is very strange."

Lin Wan'er hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Perhaps. It's just that his existence can be traced back a very, very long time. Although Doors can delay aging, but lifespan..." Lin Wan'er paused, "What's certain is that he's been completely eroded by that Door, but he still retains some consciousness."

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng frowned. In his understanding, Doors are curses. The more they're used, the stronger the ability, the greater the price one must pay for bearing that Door.

Being completely eroded means that the Disciple loses consciousness. The next step is that the Door loses control, evolving into a true paranormal event.

That's how paranormal events in the hospital happened.

"You're not wrong. The Old President himself is a paranormal event, and the level of terror exceeds our understanding."

"What is his ability?" Jiang Cheng asked cautiously. The scariest thing about Disciples is the ability of the Door they bear.

"Absorption," Lin Wan'er said.

Jiang Cheng fell into thought. The word absorption has many meanings. The Door on him, which is Wu, his ability is also similar to absorption, in a way.

Lin Wan'er took a deep breath and continued, "Absorbing all the Disciples, obtaining their Doors, and then forming a new world completely formed by the world behind the Doors."