The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?!-Chapter 1296: Refresh Around 1 AM, Please Bear With Me

As long as it’s an ingredient, there’s nothing to fear. And as long as it exists, it can be an ingredient.

"Clang!"

The Fish Killing Knife collided with the Willow Blade and together they swung forward.

Two streaks of flaming Sword Energy formed an "X," slashing straight toward the skull’s nose.

Liu Zheng didn’t need to target those two Soul Fires; this strike was enough to cleave the entire head of the Titan Skull into pieces.

Bai Shanming was also aware of this.

The Will-o-the-wisp in the Titan Skull’s eye sockets trembled, and the hundreds of bones comprising its head scattered instantly.

The Sword Energy passed through the scattered bones, slicing through only a dozen or so blocking bones.

Then, the bones reassembled into a slightly smaller head, growing a bit more toward the left shoulder than before.

At the same time, two bony hands emitted an ominous black glow, reaching for Liu Zheng.

"Using such greasy ribs to grab a chef, what were you thinking?"

He said with a strange expression, allowing the bony hands to grab him.

The next second, countless burning feathers shot out from the bony hands, tearing them into numerous evenly sized bone fragments.

The fire on the feathers ignited the Corpse Oil on the bone fragments, and the air was immediately filled with the aroma of roasted ribs.

"Still not making a move? Then all these bones are mine."

Liu Zheng flipped in the air, the blade scraping against the chicken claws, sparking a trail of sparks.

Sparks flew, and the flame feathers that just shot out quickly burned out, the embers attracted by the sparks coalescing into a fiery claw reaching for the Titan Skull’s head.

Compared to the size of the Titan Skull, the fiery claw grabbing its head was like a child’s hand grabbing a watermelon, but the Titan Skull instinctively trembled as if facing a natural enemy, the Soul Fire in its eye sockets shrinking to a pinpoint.

Forget about counterattacking; the Titan Skull couldn’t even dodge.

Seeing that his painstaking creation was about to become an ingredient, Bai Shanming, hiding in the shadows, couldn’t hold back any longer.

A long and thick Bone Cutting Knife shot out from the side, severing the fiery claw in two.

"Eight o’clock direction!"

Bai Tianshi shouted loudly.

"Got you."

Liu Zheng also sensed that faint trace, immediately swinging his knife.

A green Evil Flame transformed into a half-rotten human head, biting down on an empty space.

A thick Big Bone Scissors extended from the void, stuffing it into the mouth of the flame head.

"Crunch!"

The flame head bit onto the Big Bone Scissors, making a teeth-clenching sound.

"Director Bai Shan, you’ve been discovered. Why not come out and meet us?"

Liu Zheng said leisurely.

"Hmph!"

With a cold snort, a tall, slender man with white hair as snowy as his debut appearance.

Despite his full head of white hair, his features and skin seemed very youthful, just like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy.

"Wow, Director Bai looks really young. People who look even younger than you have already become major directors, while you’re still just an associate chief physician. Tianshi, you really should reflect on this."

Liu Zheng teased.

"Brother Zheng, he’s from the Bai Nation and can live up to two thousand years. No matter how young he looks, he’s at least over five hundred years old."

Bai Tianshi explained.

"Oh~ Bai Nation—what’s your relationship with Bai Shan Yiyi?"

He looked at Bai Shanming.

Previously, when visiting the Silver Wolf’s house for a meal, the Silver Wolf mentioned this woman wanting to take his vice director position.

"She’s my niece. How, do you know her?"

Bai Shanming asked back.

"I don’t know her. But my brother-in-law is quite familiar with her." 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Liu Zheng replied.

"Since you’re acquaintances, how about this: hand him over to me, whatever reward the Bai Family offers you, I’ll give you double. If any of your relatives or friends want to become doctors, they can come directly to me for graduate and doctoral studies, and can also join my team after graduation."

Bai Shanming said.

Being in orthopedics, one of the hospital’s most lucrative departments, he has served as the chief for hundreds of years, and although not as rich as a kingdom, he amassed immense wealth.

The additional offer he made was also very generous. A reserved spot for the chief of orthopedics with a graduate and doctoral position, which would fetch at least a million on the Black Market, had limitless potential value.

"Moreover, I won’t kill Bai Tianshi, I’ll just strip him of his medical skills and erase the memories in his mind that must not be disclosed."

Bai Shanming glanced at Bai Tianshi as he spoke.

"Hmph, I see you’re aiming to erase the memories that would incriminate you?"

Bai Tianshi sneered.

"How about it?"

Bai Shanming ignored him and turned to Liu Zheng.

"Sounds good."

Liu Zheng nodded slightly.

Hearing him say this, Bai Tianshi immediately became a bit nervous.

"Too bad, Director Bai, you don’t know one thing."

Liu Zheng said.

"What thing?"

Bai Shanming asked.

"My brother-in-law and your niece aren’t friends; they’re enemies."

Liu Zheng grinned, then raised his knife again.

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"Leave Bai Tianshi behind, and I’ll let you go."

A voice echoed from afar.

"You’ve got it wrong; right now, you should be begging us to leave quickly. Hey, if I help you get rid of this guy, how much will you pay?"

Liu Zheng asked Bai Tianshi.

"I would give everything I have."

Bai Tianshi said without hesitation.

Whether personally or in the public interest, he hated Bai Shanming to his core.

Regardless, he’d have to start from scratch after leaving the hospital, considering it as a complete goodbye to the past.

"Did you hear that, Director Bai, how about you name a price too?"

Liu Zheng shouted.

"Arrogant words."

Bai Shanming sneered coldly, as thousands of bones fell from the sky, assembling into a massive skeleton.

"Careful, Brother Zheng, this is Bai Shanming’s Titan Skull crafted from meticulously selected bones of countless patients combined with a Necromancer’s Spell. If it touches you even once, it’ll absorb the vitality from the bones, truly terrifying."

Bai Tianshi warned.

"And what if there are no bones?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"That... I don’t know."

Bai Tianshi admitted sincerely.

"It’s alright, I was just asking on a whim."

He waved his hand dismissively.

Even when he hadn’t replaced his body with an Artificial Body, his tentacles still contained cartilage.

Just as the two were chatting, the Titan Skull’s palm had already come crashing down.

The bone hand, large enough to cover a table, was composed of hundreds of bones of various lengths and shapes, with each bone exuding a yellowish-black oily sheen.

This sheen was refined from the Corpse Oil of tens of thousands of patients, both an adhesive and lubricant for the bones.

"So much fat, wouldn’t you use it for frying without any oil?"

Liu Zheng said instinctively.

"Brother Zheng, are you alright?"

Bai Tianshi looked at him with concern.

He felt as if this lifesaver’s Spirit state seemed somewhat abnormal.

"Nothing, I feel absolutely fantastic right now."

Liu Zheng replied.

Wearing the ultimate edition cosplay outfit, his strength was infinitely close to that of the White Feather Chicken, and his Spirit was inevitably affected by the latter.

"Alright then."

Bai Tianshi took out his scalpel, ready for battle.

Most doctors’ weapons were related to their professions, and in the surgical hospital, they were mostly scalpels, Bai Tianshi’s included.

However, his scalpel was different from ordinary ones, being carved from a single stone block, with a straight handle and a curved, hooked tip resembling a long claw.

This type of scalpel is called a "Bone Scythe," which was in use as early as the Mid Shang Dynasty in reality, and is one of the earliest existing surgical tools.

Moreover, Bai Tianshi’s "Bone Scythe" was crafted from a Heart Core Fragment given by a Hellfire patient, containing potent Evil Flame Power and regarded as a prime tool among the hospital’s many scalpels.

Being an acting associate chief physician, the project committee couldn’t strip him of his personal property before committing any wrongdoing.

"Nice knife; mind if I borrow it?"

Liu Zheng suddenly said.

"Huh? Oh, okay."

The White Angel reluctantly handed the "Bone Scythe" over to him.

For a surgeon, their personal scalpel is no different from a lifelong companion.