"You little punk, you made me miss a prime opportunity for a breakthrough. You ate such a huge monster and didn’t leave a bit for me."

Tang Ming was filled with rage and glared at Little Honghong, gritting his teeth, he shouted, "Hand over the eggshell immediately. I’m in a crisis now, and I must break through to Martial General to have the power to protect myself."

At these words, Little Honghong flashed a red light and vanished into Tang Ming’s collar.

"Stop playing dead, come out and give me a bit of the eggshell."

Tang Ming angrily shouted at Little Honghong, who was clinging tightly to his shoulder blade, as he lifted his clothes, but...

The other end of the passageway led to a fan-shaped space identical to the beginning, only in the opposite direction, with dozens of doors facing one exit.

At this moment, the room was filled with many people, all participants in the medical competition, each wearing protective clothing. Aside from a few who appeared calm, most looked pale.

Everyone had gone through the same ordeal, encountered that monster, and witnessed its horrors; they all realized that the medical competition wasn’t as safe as they’d assumed.

"Huang Hexian, come out here! Why did you make us face such a monster?"

"It’s sheer negligence of life, so poisonous, it spreads!"

"I’m protesting, I will complain to the school about you guys."

...

After entering the room, everyone’s emotions ran high; anyone facing such a situation couldn’t stay composed.

"Damn it, why hasn’t Tang Ming come out yet?"

Hua Yingjie anxiously looked toward door number five; he had been out for a long time, and with so many others having passed, Tang Ming should have shown up by now.

Given so many made it through, with Tang Ming’s abilities, he should have been out long ago, but he was nowhere in sight now; Hua Yingjie was getting truly worried.

"Oh dear, your companion hasn’t come out yet?"

Just then, Bai Shengqi walked over, "I bet he’s been poisoned to death."

"Get lost! Even if you died, he wouldn’t die."

Hua Yingjie fiercely glared at Bai Shengqi.

"Heh heh, that’s not necessarily true. After all, we are disciples of the same Sect. Although that guy has some skills, his medical abilities may not be strong; he might not be able to detoxify the patient."

Bai Shengqi smirked, gloating as he stroked his chin, "According to my inspection, it’s a poison that can cause mutations in the human body. Your friend might already have turned into a monster."

"No, that’s absolutely impossible."

Hua Yingjie’s face turned grim as he yelled.

"Nothing is impossible."

Tang Xinhai, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, "Didn’t you notice that there are far fewer people here?"

"Hmm?"

Hua Yingjie was stunned for a moment, then he looked around and only noticed that there were just thirty people left in the room, meaning besides Tang Ming, ten others hadn’t come out.

"I’ve studied the door at the passage entrance; it’s made of special metal that can’t be opened from inside. Once contestants enter the passage, they can only reach here by passing through the monster’s glass room."

Tang Xinhai squinted his eyes, scanning around, "It seems no one can neutralize the monster’s poison. Our ability to arrive here is due to our skill in protecting ourselves from the poison."

"You, what do you mean by that?"

Hua Yingjie’s face turned pale.

"He means everyone who hasn’t arrived here is already poisoned."

Hua Yingjie wickedly added.

"No, this can’t be. Tang Ming couldn’t have been poisoned; his Medical Skill is definitely on par with ours." 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Hua Yingjie shook his head madly, refusing to believe such a thing.

"Then let’s just wait."

Bai Shengqi shrugged, his eyes filled with anticipation and malice, secretly hoping Tang Ming perished inside.

After some time, Huang Hexian opened the door and walked in, smiling as he looked at the thirty people in front of him, "Congratulations to all of you on passing this round."

"Huang Hexian, you went too far, making us pass through such a dangerous place."

"Exactly! That poisonous monster can’t be cured, and yet you made us treat it — are you trying to kill us?"

"I’m quitting, I want to go home."

...

Seeing Huang Hexian appear, the crowd immediately erupted in fervent curses.

"Hmph!"

Huang Hexian snorted coldly, his body emitting an overwhelming aura that suppressed everyone, leaving them unable to move.

"What do you think this place is? Come and go as you please?"

Huang Hexian’s stance shifted from his previous gentle courtesy to an icy cold demeanor as he looked at everyone, "Let me tell you, now that you’re here, unless you can pass through, there’s only one path — death."

With his words, Huang Hexian pulled out a remote control and activated the display on the wall.

"See for yourselves, this is the fate of those who didn’t make it through this round."

Huang Hexian pointed at the screen, explaining, "This round tested your poison resistance. If you lack enough experience and skill, relying solely on protective clothing won’t ensure your safety here; otherwise, this is the outcome."

Everyone turned toward the big screen, where a figure in protective gear roamed around a monster, their face twisted and decayed.

"Ah!"

While everyone was intently watching, the camera suddenly zoomed in, and the figure in protective clothing howled with a vicious face, scaring many people into instinctively retreating.

"That’s Zhang Zizai, a contestant from Capital University, just like us."

Someone shouted in disbelief.

"God, this is terrifying. Being infected turned him into this."

The crowd became horrified, realizing that people were indeed infected, and turned into monsters, albeit less terrifying; nevertheless, it seemed their life was over.

Huang Hexian was pleased with their reactions, switching to different shots, all showing contestants infected.

"Have you seen it clearly? Up to now, everyone who hasn’t arrived here has already been poisoned. You should be grateful for having some skills; otherwise, you’d be the ones alongside the monster now."

Huang Zhixian looked around smugly, "Do you think those monsters inside came from nowhere? I’ll tell you, they’re all last year’s medical competition failures."

"Bastard, why are you doing this, treating us like this?"

Someone glared furiously at Huang Hexian, crying out, "I want to go home, I’m not playing anymore."

"It’s too late to leave now, let me tell you! On the outside, the medical competition is considered over, and you have disappeared from the outside world. To survive, you must complete the next two rounds and join us to gain boundless power; otherwise, there’s only death."

Huang Hexian gave a cold smile, "You all are medical geniuses, and we’re conducting great research. Only by passing the tests can you become valuable to our research; otherwise, you’ll just turn into monsters."