There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

The sky was a flawless blue, not a cloud beneath its pale vastness.

In the midst of the ruins, the hospital stood as if it had been forgotten by the world, emitting a faint light within the desolate and vast mountains, black vines coiled around the streets, filling this abandoned place with a silent and confusing sense of decay.

The hospital was eerily quiet, nurses and orderlies were working gently, everything organized and natural.

Ward number thirteen.

Luo Kun's eyes snapped open, and he sat up eagerly, his face full of anticipation.

He looked around his ward and instantly recognized it, this was the very beginning, before anything had happened.

But now, Luo Kun no longer found it dull because in this endless cycle of time, there was someone else who, just like him, was also awake and trapped in this Abyss.

He sat obediently on the hospital bed, ready to wait for Doctor Chu to come and administer his medicine.

After a lengthy anticipation, the door to the ward was opened as hoped, and Luo Kun looked over with eager eyes.

"Little Kun, it's time for your medicine."

The young doctor walked in, speaking in a gentle voice.

But at that moment, Luo Kun was stunned, the smile on his face quickly fading as he stared intensely at the doctor, his expression becoming calm and terrifying.

This was not Doctor Chu.

...

...

[The Script Space for "The Fifth Hospital" has ended, proceeding to the script settlement interface.]

When Xu Shuo's eyes opened, he found himself not at home, but in a space that was stark white from top to bottom.

He walked forward and touched the barrier, discernible by the glassy reflection if one looked carefully.

Then, a familiar transparent box unfolded before his eyes, listing the settlement interface for "The Fifth Hospital", with strings of information itemized below.

"As expected, my task was in conflict with Director Zhang's task, and the nurses' tasks conflicted with the cleaners'." Xu Shuo looked at the task information and contemplated for a moment before the corners of his mouth curved in a strange smile, "Chen Chu was in conflict with everyone."

Because of Chen Chu's Time Retrospection ability, even if they completed their tasks, everything would reset after time rewound, triggered by Luo Kun's death.

That's why the nurses wanted to kill him, and as for Director Zhang killing him, it was solely because he wanted to kill his patient.

Moreover, Xu Shuo discovered that in order to end a Scripted Murder Game, the players had to complete more than 50% of the main tasks—only then could they initiate the game countdown.

In the fourth loop, Xu Shuo had Tao Tao's, the nurses', and his own tasks completed, managing to meet the countdown condition.

At first, Xu Shuo had thought the nurses' task was to kill him, but it was only to blow up the hospital.

"There are definitely conflicting tasks in the game, leading to battles between players." Xu Shuo reflected on the first Scripted Murder Game he had played, stroking his chin thoughtfully, "I just don't know what the penalty really is yet."

The photographer's task had conflicted with his own, and in the end, he had even caused the other's death, but at that time, the system had not stated that death in the game equated to death in reality.

Only the tasks had failure penalties, which was the same this time.

Thinking this, Xu Shuo feigned a sigh, wishing he could have given it a try, if only he didn't dislike failing games.

He hoped that those two who failed their tasks would have some luck.

After reflecting, Xu Shuo looked toward the task settlement panel. It was his first time seeing this kind of thing and also his first visit to this space.

So, did this mean he had passed the test and officially become a "Reincarnator"?

[Click to collect rewards.]

[Based on the results of your script performance, the following rewards have been obtained: Deduction Value 3970, "Chen Chu" Character Card, special skill "Doctor", and the item "Psychic Power Boost".]

Xu Shuo paused for a moment, not expecting to receive such a generous reward this time.

He first opened the Character Card; the card spun and expanded. On the front was a neatly dressed doctor in white, with a few bloodstains on his coat, but his smile was warm and sincere, very comforting to look at.

However, while the card was still spinning, Xu Shuo thought he glimpsed another image on the back.

He tentatively swiped horizontally across the card, and then, the card flipped over, revealing a backside image of a doctor wearing a blood-stained white coat, holding a fruit knife, with a sinister and malicious smile.

Xu Shuo: "..."

[Chen Chu Character Card: Dual-faced Doctor. When transformed into Doctor Chen, you can use the "Time Retrospection" ability to turn back time by one minute (skill can be upgraded). When transformed into Doctor Chu, you can perform a One-Click Kill on your opponent, with skill strength equal to the player's strength.]

One-Click Kill?

What does One-Click Kill mean?

And why is it another killing skill?

Question marks popped up above Xu Shuo's head, but he eventually understood the last description. Simply put, if he did not have the ability to kill the opponent on his own, then this skill would not be able to kill the opponent completely.

He then looked at the other rewards obtained.

[Special skill "Doctor": I have tormented my patients a thousand times, and yet they regard me with fondness as if it were first love. When using the Chen Chu Character Card, you can activate this skill to make characters with the patient identity follow your commands obediently.]

[Item "Psychic Power Boost": When using this item, your psychic power increases by 10 points.]

Xu Shuo: "..."

What in the world is that skill description? The system's skills all seem a bit unserious.

However, the other one is not bad. He directly clicked the item to use it, and after using it, there was no reaction at all.

After Xu Shuo had collected his rewards, he opened the Player's Handbook. His personal information panel looked more complicated now, with added sections for "Performed Scripts," a "Marketplace," and a "Plaza."

Even more importantly, under his profile picture and name, there were now "Follow," "Fans," and "Messages" settings, which strongly reminded him of forum app features.

Huh?

He actually had a fan?

It couldn't be an official account, could it?

Xu Shuo viewed his new personal panel with interest, opened the fan list, and found that a female user named "Hong Rao" had followed him.

He casually glanced at it but didn't click to investigate what this little fan was thinking.

Xu Shuo couldn't wait to open the marketplace.

The marketplace was divided into "Deduction Value Purchase Interface" and "Credits Purchase Interface". After looking through both, Xu Shuo immediately cooled off.

Nice, with over five thousand deduction value, he couldn't afford anything.

He was like those people who enjoyed browsing Taobao even though they couldn't afford to buy anything, checking out each item in the marketplace one by one. There were all sorts of items and special skills, those that existed in reality and those that did not.

Everything seemed to revolve around the service of the Scripted Murder Game.

Xu Shuo stroked his chin, having finished browsing through the marketplace items he couldn't afford, and then clicked on the "Performed Scripts" section.

The interface was arranged like movie streaming software; the first one, "Rainy Night Villa," was in a viewable mode, while the second one, "The Fifth Hospital," was followed by the words "Sealed Off."

Viewable?

Could this mean that they turned the Scripted Murder Games he had performed into films to watch?