Weird Rules Rumor: At The Beginning, He Insisted That He Was Not Dead
Chapter 124: Healing Town (1)

Upon returning to the Player Space, Bai Lian immediately selected a dungeon to search for.

“Searching for dungeon…”

“Search successful! Waiting for other players 5/50!”

“50/50, entering dungeon soon, please prepare yourselves!”

As soon as the sound cue finished, his body began to turn translucent, revealing his blood, bones, organs, and vessels beneath the skin.

Hands in white gloves appeared, holding a surgical knife and forceps.

The knife incised the skin, cutting through fatty tissue—the operation was underway.

First, his stomach was extracted, then his kidneys, then his liver… and finally, his heart!

However, Bai Lian felt nothing, even though his body truly looked like an empty shell.

“Patient’s stomach removed, health status check—all normal…”

“Kidney function excellent, healthy, can be preserved; kidneys removed…”

“Heart beating powerfully; looks like the patient exercises regularly—an excellent heart…”

“All procedures completed, all organs preserved, room cleared, ready for hospitalization…”

“Room No. 7, bed No. 703, Nurse Liu Shiqing, Attending Doctor Zu Wei…”

Bai Lian felt as if he had a long dream, in which many doctors appeared, and one with long hair held a surgical knife, performing an operation.

After the operation, he was moved to a room, where a nurse set up an IV drip and then left…

After lying motionless for a long time, Bai Lian finally opened his eyes.

But before he could understand what was happening, a wave of weakness washed over him, as if his body had been hollowed out, and even lifting his eyelids felt incredibly difficult.

“Cough… cough. What kind of hellish dungeon rips out your heart and lungs?” Bai Lian coughed violently, so hard it felt like he was about to cough up his lungs.

But he remembered that his lungs were supposedly removed, so how was he breathing at all?

Never mind that for now; the main thing was to figure out what kind of dungeon this was and what he needed to do next.

After a long bout of coughing, Bai Lian began to recover slightly. His face was ghastly pale, drained of all color, like someone who had died three days ago.

He turned his head and looked around. Three other people lay on the adjacent beds; one had just woken up and looked as if he was on the verge of death too.

The person closest to the door seemed relatively normal; it was an elderly man half-sitting on the bed, his face much healthier than those of the two young men.

This elderly man was probably not a player, while the one lying beside him, almost dying, was definitely just like him… Bai Lian instantly concluded.

But what to do now?

In the current situation, there were no hints, let alone walkthrough hints; not even a single rule was given.

“Hey, brother… cough-cough, do you know what kind of dungeon this is?” At that moment, the young man on the neighboring bed turned and asked Bai Lian.

His voice was so weak it sounded like he was about to die. It was as faint as a candle in the wind.

Bai Lian looked at him, his voice hoarse:

“I don’t know, do you?”

He genuinely didn't know, but that didn't stop him from extracting information.

The young man froze in confusion. He had thought that if Bai Lian didn't know, he wouldn’t say anything himself, but he hadn't expected Bai Lian to show interest and ask.

After a moment of thought, he eventually spoke:

“I don’t know much, but I once saw someone in the public chat mention that this dungeon is called ‘Healing Town.’ Players, once they enter the dungeon, become patients and randomly have some organs removed.”

“Ahem… and what else?”

“Ahem… Nothing else, I don’t know anymore. You have to buy the walkthrough with Rule Points; no one reveals it in the public chat…”

They both coughed like old tuberculosis patients, exchanging information.

The young man was fine, but Bai Lian’s coughing sounded quite frightening. Seeing this, the young man asked:

“They probably took your lungs, didn’t they? You’re coughing so badly…”

Bai Lian nodded:

“And you? Did they take your lungs too?”

“No, they took my kidneys and lungs; I was a bit less lucky,” the young man shook his head.

…Bai Lian didn’t respond. He felt malice from the dungeon. Why did they take all his internal organs? Was this specifically targeting him?

He looked at his pet lying next to him and found that it had fallen asleep!

If he could raise his hand, he would definitely want to give it a kick. What kind of luck was this pet having after its enhancement?

Suddenly, a system chime sounded in Bai Lian’s mind, temporarily distracting him from the thought of kicking.

【Skill Extraction in progress… Extraction complete!】

【Initial Advantage】: The player starts with a healthy body and a card with a balance of several billion.

A random skill had appeared, but Bai Lian didn't quite understand its meaning.

A healthy body – that was clear. But a card with a billion-dollar balance… What was he supposed to do with it? These weren’t Rule Points, and if it was just money, in this Mysterious World, it might just be a set of numbers.

After the skill appeared, Bai Lian felt his body suddenly return to normal. His pale face gradually regained its color, and his breathing became light and clear!

Phew…

Exhaling, Bai Lian felt he had never been so happy. The feeling of being on the verge of death was so unpleasant that he never wanted to experience it again.

Suddenly, he felt something cold in his hands. He raised his hand and saw a black card appear in his grasp. Under the sunlight streaming through the window, it gleamed.

This was probably that card…

A card with a balance of billions. Although Bai Lian didn’t know what it was for, his intuition told him that if this item had been given to him in the game, it would definitely be useful in this dungeon.

Tap, tap, tap!

Clear footsteps echoed from the corridor, and soon they approached the room.

The three people in the room simultaneously looked towards the door, and a girl in a medical uniform, holding a notepad and pen, walked in.

Upon entering the room, the nurse first paused by the bed of the first elderly patient, inquired about his condition, and wrote the details in her notepad.

Then she approached the second patient, quickly checked the information on the chart at the head of the bed, confirmed it was correct, checked the medications, and then asked a question.

“Patient No. 702, how are you feeling?”

“I feel like I can’t breathe properly, and my kidney area feels empty…” the young man replied honestly.

“Shortness of breath is normal; emptiness in the kidney area might indicate kidney issues. Pay attention to your sleep; it shouldn’t be less than 9 hours.”

The young man remained expressionless, thinking to himself, “If my kidneys are completely gone, it’s no wonder I’m not getting better.”

Finishing with him, the nurse approached Bai Lian’s bed. A soft smile appeared on her lightly made-up face, and she quietly asked:

“Are you Bai Lian? Do you have any health complaints?”

The change in her attitude was immense, but Bai Lian was already used to it, as he held the title of "Friend of Anomalies."

The young man and the elderly man sitting nearby stared at the scene with a “What the hell?” expression, bewildered.

“Damn it, is this a two-faced act?”