Chapter Fourteen: Rehabilitation and Nursing Home 5

Outside the door, the bodyguards had already explained the situation to Wu Peng in a way he could understand.

As soon as Yun Xin came out, Wu Peng ran over and whispered, "I saw their police IDs, and they're real. It turns out the old folks were cursed and would encounter all sorts of accidents! The police wanted to help them, which is why they brought us here. No wonder they knew about what I did."

Now that things were out in the open, there was no point in hiding anything from each other. Yun Xin simply asked, "What's with that ability of yours?"

Wu Peng smiled awkwardly, "My ability is rather capricious."

"For example, on a certain day, month, and year, at a certain time, in a certain place, for a certain reason, an accident occurred."

"If it were the full version, all the information should be included, but my ability is more like an abridged version. It only gives half the information. Occasionally it gives the date and location of the event, but it doesn't know the specific time, the reason, or what happened."

"So when you ask me, I'm actually just as clueless as I am..."

"Moreover, this ability doesn't react to every unexpected event. I wasn't alerted when someone jumped off a building, nor was I told when a venomous snake entered the house."

Yunxin comforted him, "Maybe things will get better once your abilities improve."

Wu Peng was frustrated. "This ability suddenly appeared a while ago. I don't even understand how it appeared, so how can I improve it?"

Yunxin couldn't very well say, "You'll improve if you experience two more life-threatening crises."

His ability is unreliable; what if he really gets himself killed?

"Then let it be," Yunxin said. "Something is better than nothing."

Wu Peng thought about it and agreed.

"By the way, how are the elderly doing?" Yunxin asked.

"Don't even mention it," Wu Peng sighed. "One person died from taking the wrong medications. Another suddenly fell ill and didn't have time to take his medicine, and he died too."

Even Yun Xin was secretly alarmed by this mortality rate.

Is there a monitoring room?

“Yes, come with me.” A bodyguard volunteered to lead the way.

Yunxin called to Wu Peng to follow.

"You said you also have precognitive abilities, what kind of abilities do you have?" Wu Peng asked curiously.

You'll find out soon enough.

As we were talking, we arrived at the monitoring room.

Upon entering, one is struck by the sight of hundreds of square screens hanging together, each displaying different content in real time.

Wu Peng: They're all police officers, but the more I look at them, the more they seem like bad guys... Not only are they illegally imprisoning people, but they're also monitoring every corner.

Yun Xin walked to the screen and, while watching quickly, said to Wu Peng, "At first, you can see the death aura on other people and know that people afflicted by death aura will die within one to three days."

"Later, my perception improved, and I was able to gradually judge whether I was in danger. If I was in danger, my eyelids would twitch violently. If an accident was about to happen within the next 15 to 30 minutes, I would also feel palpitations. The more serious the accident, the more severe the palpitations."

"I wonder if it's because my sixth sense has become stronger again, but something seems to have changed recently..."

Wu Peng, who was standing next to him, was dumbfounded.

Compared to my own complete ignorance, Yunxin's abilities are simply too impressive!

"Then you..." Wu Peng wanted to ask, how exactly did you do that? Could it be that abilities could be enhanced? How could they be enhanced? If he did it the same way, would his superpowers become a little more plausible?

Unexpectedly, as Yun Xin was looking at it, her expression suddenly changed. "Something's happened in the cafeteria!"

With that, he dashed away and disappeared.

When the security guards heard that something had happened, their expressions turned serious, and they ran out as well.

Wu Peng stared blankly at the screen.

It was nearing dusk, roughly the time when the elderly would eat dinner. On the screen, the elderly were seen eating peacefully in the cafeteria, showing no signs of disturbance.

He couldn't help but marvel. Was this the power of a prophet? Sensing potential danger before anyone else even noticed anything amiss?

In the cafeteria, an auntie was serving soup while telling an old man, "This mushroom soup is a good thing. Not only does it taste good, but it can also prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and it also has anti-aging, lipid-lowering, and blood sugar-lowering effects."

The old man grinned from ear to ear, "Okay, I'll try it."

As soon as Yun Xin entered the cafeteria, she saw that the deathly aura emanating from several elderly people was becoming increasingly intense, even more alarming than what she had seen in the monitoring room.

His gaze darted around.

She noticed that the elderly people at the other windows were all normal, but at the mushroom soup window, when the old man took the bowl of soup, the deathly aura on his body, which was originally grayish-black, suddenly turned pitch black, and its intensity increased dramatically, almost enveloping the old man completely.

Yunxin quickly stopped her, "Don't eat it."

"What's wrong?" The old man was stunned when the soup that had been served was refused to be drunk.

"Xiaoyun works in the kitchen. Did you put the wrong seasoning in the soup today? It doesn't taste right, so we can't let everyone drink it." The aunt said as she put the lid on the pot and carried the whole pot of soup away, pretending that there was no soup today.

The security guard who arrived later helped to smooth things over, saying, "If you can't have the soup, then forget it. I'll go with you to get some food."

After saying that, he helped the old man to another window.

"But I want to drink soup..." The old man reluctantly left.

"Tomorrow! The tea will be even better tomorrow!" The security guard half-persuaded and half-lifted the person away.

Yun Xin breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the thick, dark aura of death on the old man turn grayish-black again.

At this moment, a group of medical staff rushed over upon hearing the news.

Yun Xin pointed to the two elderly people, indicating that the medical staff should take them to induce vomiting and preferably have them undergo a physical examination.

The medical staff understood and dispersed.

"Oh dear, why are you drinking mushroom soup and eating chicken! Didn't I tell you that you shouldn't eat too much oily food because of your illness?" the doctor said, feigning anger.

"Huh?" The old lady was confused.

Didn't you tell me that I should eat some mushrooms and meat in my daily diet? Did I remember wrong?

The old lady began to doubt herself.

"That old lady is really reckless. Come on, let's go get a checkup, lest we make ourselves sick from eating that."

The doctor had already said that, so what could the old lady say? Halfway through her meal, she followed him away in a daze.

The nurse next to me exclaimed, "Oh dear, I already told you that you need to fast for the tests this afternoon. Why did you come here to eat?"

The old man froze. "When did you tell me I was going to have a check-up this afternoon? You even specifically told me to fast? There was no such thing."

He wanted to say something, but suddenly felt a little dizzy and wanted to sleep.

"Something's wrong! The patient's condition has worsened! Get him to the operating room quickly!" the nurse shouted.

Others immediately went to help.

Moments later, the elderly man, still unconscious, was lifted into a wheelchair and then quickly pushed out of the cafeteria.

When others saw this, they couldn't help but sigh, "When people get old, their memory fails, and they become senile. They even dare to forget what the doctor said."

"I must remember the doctor's orders carefully, I can't forget them or make mistakes. I was afraid I would get them mixed up, so I wrote them down and carried them with me at all times."

"This is a good method. I'll do it this way from now on. I can't be like them and always cause trouble for others."

The elderly people ate their meal together in a harmonious and peaceful atmosphere.

Half an hour later, the investigation results came out.

The bodyguard reported in a low voice, "We sent the sample for testing, and the mushroom soup was indeed poisonous. Eating it will cause vomiting and diarrhea. It might just cause discomfort in young people, but if an elderly person eats too much, it could be fatal."

"Fortunately, it was discovered early. Only four elderly people ordered mushroom soup, and two others didn't have a chance to drink it."

"The two who drank the soup suffered a lot when they vomited."

"Why did you think of making mushroom soup?" Bai Wei frowned. "What's going on here? Doesn't the kitchen know? Mushrooms are an ingredient that should be avoided in the first place."

"The chef said that it would be good for the elderly to eat some mushrooms. And he was very sure that these mushrooms were not poisonous, so he used them to make soup." At this point, the bodyguard became more and more helpless. "Later, after checking the ingredients, we found that it turned out that some non-poisonous mushrooms had been mixed in with poisonous ones, which caused the food poisoning."

"Non-poisonous mushrooms have larger, sparser circles on their surface, while poisonous mushrooms have smaller, more densely packed circles. It is difficult to distinguish between the two types of mushrooms when they are placed together."

"What's even more outrageous is that there are poisonous mushrooms that I've never seen before; they might be a new species."

Upon hearing this, Bai Wei felt a sense of powerlessness.

It was the same before.

Everything was fine until the existence of the Evolution Game was announced, and then all sorts of problems started to arise.

It's impossible to guard against.

"The poisonous mushroom incident is considered resolved. Wu Peng also said that something will happen in the apartment building tonight. However, he doesn't know the exact time or what will happen," the bodyguard continued to report.

"First, send people to check for dangerous items, and increase patrols at night to ensure the safety of the elderly," Bai Wei instructed.

Yunxin received the message when a large bucket of mushroom soup was disposed of.

[Congratulations to the player who successfully survived the "Poisonous Mushroom Soup Food Poisoning Incident" in instance number 113888.]

[Because you pointed out the source of the disaster and destroyed it in time, preventing the danger from spreading further and avoiding more human injuries, your performance rating is "A" and you are rewarded with the following attribute points: Strength +0.2, Agility +0.2, Constitution +0.2, Spirit +0.2.]

In an instant, she felt the world had changed.

Looking around again, Yun Xin noticed that in addition to being surrounded by deathly energy, some of the elderly people also had a line of text on their bodies.

"Expected to die in 4 hours, 17 minutes and 23 seconds."

"Expected to die in 4 hours, 12 minutes and 49 seconds."

"Expected to die in 4 hours, 26 minutes and 11 seconds."

The numbers kept decreasing, much like a countdown to life.

(End of this chapter)