Chapter 115 Survival Challenge This is the highest-rated sanatorium ever...

The emergency lights shone with an eerie red glow, permeating every corner of Wangjiang People's Hospital.

This also includes the small cleaning room on the seventh floor of the inpatient department.

The red light made Liang Jun's deep brown pupils look even more eerie, but she was completely unaware of it and remained sitting there, exhausted.

“Don’t be afraid,” she gasped, trying to catch her breath, “Pick up that bone.”

Jiang Zhiling, who was closest to the target, had considered giving it a try, but as the adrenaline surge subsided, she began to feel terrified.

Faced with the wriggling maggots, Jiang Zhiling hesitated, "But Sister Jun, there are so many of them..."

"So what if there are bugs?"

Liang Jun took a deep breath, her legs trembling with pain, and pushed herself up to the stump that was emitting a foul stench.

She was not afraid of the larvae that ate raw, rotting flesh; her calloused hands gripped the bones through which the flesh had separated.

As she expected, the system indeed played the background music for this dungeon—

Welcome to Wangjiang City Sanatorium, the highest-rated sanatorium ever built—but for some reason, people always seem to call it a "madhouse"...

Our dean is kind and approachable, our medical staff are understanding, and our patients are always smiling. They often immerse themselves in their own world, reveling freely without a care in the world, so please don't mind.

Shh, they're here...

[Level information loading...]

[Current progress: 0/1 successfully survived...]

[Successfully surviving by following the rules will allow you to clear the level. Keep up the good work!]

Hearing the system announcement, which was no different from usual, Liang Jun's brows visibly furrowed.

Jiang Zhiling and Gu Keke, who were squatting around her, were also very curious, and even Luo Chuange, who was behind the two of them, came over.

"Could it be that this bone..."

"We are currently in the cleaning room, and there are no items around that are related to the instance."

Although Liang Jun seemed to be still struggling with something, she immediately shared her judgment with her teammates: "As before, if we want to trigger the dungeon background, we have to test the objects related to the dungeon - in our space, there is only this broken arm left."

She stood up, took two steps back, and gave the other players enough space.

"And I've tried it, and it does trigger the system notification sound."

A small cheer erupted from the crowd.

Although everyone is anxious, they are all teammates after all, and there is no need to rush to do so.

Luo Chuange used his position to touch the bone first, and then, suppressing his physical nausea, he patted away all the remaining maggots on it for everyone.

Seeing them slowly and methodically triggering the background, Liang Jun remained completely unhurried.

Because she saw that more and more people, like herself, had expressions of confusion on their faces.

Everyone had been touched, except for Old Ren, who was still lying in the pile of junk, half-dead from pain.

Seeing this, Ge Lin handed over the sticky bone that had been touched, saying, "Uncle Ren, feel it."

Luo Chuange's stab was an accident and did not hit any vital organs. Lao Ren did not suffer from excessive blood loss; his clothes were just stained red, which looked rather horrifying.

When the bone was handed to him, Old Ren's lips twitched, and he reluctantly touched it.

"This thing is so dirty and smells so bad..."

The moment the system's voice rang in his mind, Old Ren looked at it with disgust, as if he had thrown away something unlucky. "I've never seen such rotten meat before, not even when I was at the market..."

Before he could finish speaking, doubt began to slowly solidify in his eyes.

Old Ren looked at Liang Xun in confusion, "Little Liang, is there something wrong with my system? Why is the game still located in Wangjiang City?"

Because he was the oldest, Lao Ren was usually the slowest to react.

But now, even he has realized this problem, and everyone who has been frowning all took this opportunity to look at Liang Xuan.

She remained calm and focused her gaze on Qi Zhixia and Luo Chuange.

If nothing unexpected happens, the two of them should be locals from Wangjiang City. Liang Jun asked, "Do you remember the 'Wangjiang City Sanatorium' mentioned in the background of the dungeon?"

Unexpectedly, both of them answered "I don't know".

“I’m not a native of Wangjiang,” Qi Zhixia said with an extremely serious expression. “I came here when I was a teenager, and I don’t know much about so-called sanatoriums. All I remember is this People’s Hospital.”

Luo Chuange's answer was similar: "I had never had the opportunity to contact a sanatorium before, so I don't know what this is all about."

Liang Jun turned her gaze to Lao Ren again.

But when Liang Jun thought of his initial bewildered expression, she knew without even thinking that he probably didn't know anything about the "Wangjiang City Sanatorium".

The situation appears to have reached a stalemate.

But this isn't the only confusing one.

"Have you noticed that the objective for clearing this level seems a little different this time..."

Leaning against the door and sitting on the ground, Xin Sang said softly, "Before this, the system would accurately list the detailed conditions for each level. For example, when we were at Wuxie Amusement Park, the system would explain in detail that the player needed to complete seven amusement park rides, and even marked that the last one had to be the Ferris wheel—"

"But this time, the system only uttered four light-hearted words..."

Xin Sang's Adam's apple bobbed as if his throat was a little dry. "'Successfully survived,' what does that mean?"

There was no specified survival time or set objectives.

As long as you can survive in the "Asylum Carnival" instance, you can be considered to have successfully completed the instance and thus receive the corresponding points reward.

How long can it survive?

One day? One week? One month?

Or a lifetime?

An eerie silence returned to the cleaning room.

A copy without a detailed objective looks very tricky.

In the words of game programmer Luo Chuange, it's like a player being thrown into an empty house without any warning. The player, with zero perspective, thinks it's a novel survival game, so much so that the player doesn't even realize it's actually an escape room game until they are slowly worn down to death.

Apart from the system, no one can obtain a god's-eye view and thus witness the actual mission that can be completed.

This instance might be the "empty house" in the metaphor. But they have to find a way to force their way in and escape from the "secret room."

Just when everyone was at a loss, a series of message notifications broke the silence.

Doubt, surprise, disbelief.

Their furrowed brows relaxed in that instant, and they all eagerly rummaged through their pockets, pulling out their long-forgotten cell phones.

Geng Qing: [A dungeon suddenly appeared, are you all alright?]

Geng Qing: [I'm still in the emergency department, and my movements aren't restricted.]

Geng Qing: [I'm not sure if the phone is still working properly, so I'm taking this opportunity to test it.]

These messages were like timely rain after a long drought, giving everyone a sense of relief and hope.

It's important to know that in previous dungeons, large and small, mobile phones and other communication devices were completely unusable and would even be forcibly shut down—which is why Liang Jun purchased walkie-talkies.

Now, not only can the basic functions of the phone be used normally, but even the most convenient WeChat chat is not restricted in any way, which is a huge surprise for them.

Most importantly, this situation indicates that Geng Qing and the others are in the same instance, and they have not been forcibly separated.

The WeChat group was instantly flooded with messages.

Liang Jun: [I can receive messages, everything is normal.]

Qi Zhixia: [Director Geng, how are things on your end?]

Luo Chuange: [Please be careful, Director Geng.]

Gu Keke: [crying.jpg]

Liang Jun: [Are there other people around Director Geng?]

Xin Sang: [We should be in the cleaning room on the seventh floor of the inpatient ward right now.]

Qi Zhixia: [Remember to lower the brightness and silence your phone.]

Geng Qing seemed to be in a relatively safe environment because she was able to reply to messages instantly, even with some network latency.

Geng Qing: [I'm alone right now, so the situation is relatively safe.]

Geng Qing: [Why did you go to the seventh floor? That floor is mostly inhabited by people with mental illnesses; it's very unsafe for you.]

Geng Qing: [I'm coming to find you now. Don't move from your current location; ensure your safety.]

Upon seeing the last dialog box, Liang Jun became unsettled.

If it was extremely difficult for several of them to deal with a single zombie, wouldn't Geng Qing, who was wearing high heels, become a hot commodity in the eyes of the zombies?

Liang Xun typed rapidly on her phone screen.

Liang Jun: [Director Geng, be careful. There might be a lot of zombies in this instance. They all rely on sound to locate things.]

As soon as she sent the message, Qi Zhixia followed suit and sent an invitation to share her location.

Liang Jun clicked on it immediately and saw the orange dot representing Geng Qing moving rapidly.

A new message popped up at the top of the phone screen.

Geng Qing: [I've already met them.]

Geng Qing: [But I happen to have a few vials of propofol left. I used them one by one, and the effect was good, but it was a bit wasteful.]

Liang Jun coughed lightly twice; these were indeed words she would say.

However, when she returned to the location sharing page, she witnessed something extremely strange.

When the orange dot moved to the very edge of the outpatient building, it suddenly disappeared, and two seconds later, it miraculously reappeared on the map as the inpatient building.

And the orange dot is rapidly approaching their location at an inhuman speed.

Not only Liang Jun, but everyone who has joined the location sharing program has noticed this suspicious point.

Just as they were taking a deep breath, a knocking sound suddenly came from the tightly closed door behind them.

Geng Qing's familiar voice came from outside, "It's me."

To ensure everything went smoothly, Liang Xun quietly gestured to Ge Lin and Luo Chuange.

The others wisely positioned themselves behind the door, while the two of them gripped the powerful mop handles, ready to deliver a fatal blow to each other in case of an accident.

Liang Jun slowly opened the door a crack.

Outside the door, Geng Qing's hair was slightly disheveled, and his gold-rimmed glasses were stained with some cloudy liquid.

She shook the syringe in her hand. "This thing is still the best."

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Author's note: Watching the military parade today really got my blood pumping...

Although I missed the live broadcast this morning, I was still very excited when watching the replay!

May our motherland prosper and flourish!

Propofol is a potent general anesthetic that takes effect rapidly within 30 seconds of injection.

However, the statement in the article that "it can provide instant anesthesia regardless of whether it is administered intravenously" is somewhat exaggerated, so this is to clarify and avoid any misunderstanding.