Death Draw System: Infinite Revives in the Horror Dungeon

Chapter 67: Taking Yang Jin Out of the Instance

Another figure appeared before him after the ghost bride left.

Dressed in a deep pink nurse’s uniform, Yang Jin looked at Shen Yu with weary eyes.

"Why?" she asked softly. "Why didn’t you keep moving forward? Isn’t life supposed to keep moving ahead?"

"If you relax for even a moment, people call you unmotivated."

"Shouldn’t we face every hardship head-on?"

"Even if our bodies are exhausted..."

"Even if our minds are breaking..."

"...even if—"

"Enough."

Shen Yu slowly stood up and looked at her seriously.

"You know..."

"I like you not because of your achievements."

"Not because you’ve become stronger."

"I just want you to be happy."

"Even if your life is completely ordinary..."

"Even if it’s nothing special..."

"I still hope you can live a healthy, happy, carefree life."

"Avoiding something isn’t shameful."

"If stepping away lets you find genuine happiness, then that’s happiness worth choosing."

"Life isn’t a road someone else gets to define."

"The way you want to live..."

"...should be your own choice."

He slowly reached out his hand.

Yang Jin stared at him.

For the first time, the icy expression she had always worn completely crumbled.

Her body trembled.

Warm tears rolled down her cheeks.

She rushed forward and threw herself into Shen Yu’s arms, hugging him tightly.

"Thank you..."

"Thank you, Shen Yu."

Ding!

Yang Jin’s Affection +13

Current Affection: 100

Target Conquered Successfully.

’Sweet Room’ feature unlocked.

Holding Yang Jin in his arms, Shen Yu stood there awkwardly.

Above her head floated a glowing pink heart displaying 100.

Just as he was about to inspect the newly unlocked Sweet Room feature—

Crack!

The darkness surrounding them split apart.

Countless rays of white light poured through the fractures like spiderwebs.

A solemn notification echoed in his ears.

Congratulations.

Participant Shen Yu has successfully escaped Qing Shan Mental Hospital.

You are about to leave this instance.

Choose one:

• Remain for 30 minutes.

• Leave immediately.

Performance Rating: S

Achievement Obtained: Dream Breaker

Reward: Talent Upgrade Fragment ×1

Next Instance Available In: 15 Days

Reward Skill Acquired: Illusory Flower Moon

Skill Description:

Once per day, you may briefly allow a person or creature to witness the illusion they most desire to see.

After reading the notifications, Shen Yu silently selected Stay while holding Yang Jin close.

Buzz...

The surrounding world shook violently.

The next moment—

Whoosh!

Shen Yu suddenly sat upright in a hospital bed.

Pulling off the oxygen mask covering his face, he looked around in confusion.

It was a sealed hospital ward.

At the center stood a large circular bed.

Yang Jin lay sleeping peacefully upon it.

Tears still lingered at the corners of her eyes, and her eyelashes trembled slightly, as if she were still dreaming.

"...What is this place?"

Looking around, Shen Yu discovered ten thick black data cables extending from Yang Jin’s bed.

Each cable connected to one of ten hospital beds surrounding her.

His own bed was one of them.

The others...

Fu Jia.

Yu Ji.

Yan Bing.

And the rest of the participants.

Every one of them lay motionless.

Their faces were dark.

Their breathing had long since stopped.

"So that’s it..."

"We were captured from the very beginning."

"Then all ten of us were dragged into Yang Jin’s dream."

"So escaping Qing Shan Mental Hospital..."

"...meant finding a way to wake up from that dream."

Scratching his head, Shen Yu walked over to Yang Jin’s bedside.

Her long eyelashes fluttered gently.

The corners of her lips slowly curved into a faint smile.

Then—

Her eyes suddenly opened.

Before Shen Yu could react, Yang Jin grabbed his wrist and pulled him onto the bed.

Her eyes had turned red with emotion.

Without saying a word, she wrapped her arms around him and kissed him deeply.

Caught completely off guard, Shen Yu had no chance to respond before she embraced him tightly.

The two tumbled onto the soft mattress together.

The room fell silent as she refused to let go, clinging to him as though afraid he might disappear again.

The bed swayed slightly from the force of the embrace.

At that moment, a system notification appeared.

Current scene involves participants’ privacy.

Visual feed has been temporarily hidden.

Congratulations.

Participant Shen Yu has successfully cleared the challenge.

Ending sequence in progress.

The livestream abruptly faded to black.

The barrage exploded.

"What?! A black screen at the critical moment?!"

"He actually cleared an S-rank instance!"

"Forget the ending—I still don’t fully understand how he solved the dungeon!"

"Same here. Incredible run."

Meanwhile, outside the instance, Ho Yong finally let out a long breath and collapsed into his chair.

"I really didn’t expect it..."

"He actually cleared it."

He clicked his tongue and smiled faintly.

"Shen Yu..."

"He’s got something special."

"Did you notice?" Lu Xian asked, her eyes fixed on the black livestream screen.

"The final dream mirrored an entire person’s life."

"Kindergarten... high school... university... entering society..."

"Every stage represented another source of pressure and fear."

"Most people endure that pressure until they break."

She paused before continuing.

"But Shen Yu saw Yang Jin’s vulnerability."

"He realized she had been running away—not because she was weak, but because she had been crushed by expectations."

"So instead of telling her to keep fighting..."

"...he told her it was okay to stop."

A faint smile curved Lu Xian’s lips.

"That guy..."

"He really knows how to win a woman’s heart."

"No woman can resist a man who truly understands her."

Ho Yong chuckled.

"What? Interested in him?"

As he spoke, he quietly pulled up Shen Yu’s personal file on his computer, already planning to contact him the moment he returned from the instance.

Lu Xian immediately shook her head.

"No thanks."

"That man is bold enough to flirt with ghosts."

"Even if I liked him, I wouldn’t dare compete with supernatural beings."

Ho Yong laughed.

"That’s not necessarily true."

"He can flirt with ghosts..."

"...but he can’t exactly bring them back into the real world."

The two exchanged amused smiles.

Moments later, several black government vehicles sped out of the J City Special Security Department, heading straight for Blue Screen Community.

Meanwhile...

Inside the hospital room.

Shen Yu lay on the large round bed, breathing heavily.

Yang Jin, on the other hand, looked thoroughly satisfied, as if she had finally gotten everything she wanted.

Did you think their roles had been reversed?

Not at all.

In front of a powerful supernatural being like Yang Jin, Shen Yu was the defenseless one.

Straightening his clothes, Shen Yu sighed.

"Yang Jin... you’re awfully bold."

"What if there are cameras in here?"

Yang Jin simply smiled and playfully smacked him on the hip.

"What is there to worry about?"

"This hospital is practically my home."

"My room doesn’t have surveillance."

She lazily wrapped her arms around him from behind.

"The dream-sharing technology was created to treat me."

"That stubborn old man kidnapped all ten of you as experimental subjects."

"I doubt he ever imagined that a human could actually unravel a supernatural being’s mental world."

She licked her lips mischievously before whispering beside his ear,

"So..."

"Shen Yu..."

"Want to go another round?"

"I already gave you my first time."

"I know you’ll be taken away soon."

"...and we may never see each other again."

The teasing smile gradually faded from her face, replaced by quiet loneliness.

Shen Yu turned around and looked at her silently.

After a long pause, he asked,

"Yang Jin..."

"Do you want to leave this place?"

She froze.

"...What?"

"I’m the creator of this instance."

"How could I possibly leave it?"

For a brief instant, hope flashed across her eyes.

Just as quickly, it disappeared.

She lowered her head and quietly hugged Shen Yu from behind, savoring what she believed would be their final moments together.

Neither of them spoke.

Shen Yu quietly looked at the 100-point affection heart floating above her head.

Then...

He reached out and tapped it.

Ding!

Heart Cabin activated.

Target: Yang Jin

Preparing to transfer target into the Heart Cabin...

Shen Yu blinked.

"...What is this?"

"A Pokémon storage system?"

The moment he complained, the pink heart above Yang Jin’s head suddenly burst into a brilliant rosy light.