Chapter 225 Split the Hospital

[Hahahahahahaha, have you watched the Pope’s live broadcast? I almost died of laughter! ]

[What? Isn't the Pope also a doctor? But he should have no patients now, it seems that a sick doctor will not have any patients. ]

[The Pope is too cautious. His live broadcast is not very good to watch. I went to watch it today and saw that he was reading a psychiatric book. It's fucking awesome! ]

[Hahahaha, he's been put in solitary confinement! ]

[? ? Hmm? ? Is this the confinement I was thinking of? ]

[What? This shouldn't be possible! How can someone be caught in the daytime? ]

It is already the second day of entering the game. Players who can participate in the five-star dungeon are not stupid people. Basically, after the first day, they should figure out some rules to avoid restrictions on their actions.

[Something is wrong, isn't the Pope the highest ranked player in this game? I saw that the other few scattered players were only locked out once this morning.]

[Everyone saves their medicine for nighttime. Can the Pope do that? If he can’t make it through the daytime, what will he do at night? ]

[Yeah, what a joke! Is he under a spell that makes him less intelligent? ]

[Hahahahaha, please stop scolding the Pope. He is really a strong contender for this year's chosen unlucky guy.]

[[Picture.jpg] This picture went viral in the Pope’s live broadcast room. When Lu Fan asked the nurse during the day, he got a message saying that the new doctor seemed to have offended Dr. Bai…]

[Yes! Hahahaha, Doctor Bai deliberately asked someone to keep an eye on him! ]

[Puchi——Amen, may there be no evil-hearted colleagues in heaven! ]

But this was Xu Zhiyan's live broadcast room after all, and the audience soon turned their attention back.

In the ward with a faint smell of disinfectant, the little patient sat on the bed and stopped fiddling with the storybook.

"Who are you? Are you the new doctor?"

Seeing that the person who came in did not answer but stared at his book, he could not help but ask again, staring at the person who came in, his eyes full of vigilance and fear.

Xu Zhiyan came back to his senses and looked away from the picture book.

"Little boy, Dr. Bai has something to do today, so let me come and see...see how you are doing." Halfway through his words, he stuttered, which was a rare occurrence.

When he was accompanying the biopsy on the ward rounds, he didn't know what was going on in his other party's brain. He could remember each patient's condition and medication clearly, and then he would choose to adjust the dosage or arrange psychological counseling according to the patient's condition. Xu Zhiyan even thought he had traveled to a real hospital.

Damn, no wonder this slice is so popular in the hospital, people praise it wherever I go.

But the problem is that this major is totally unsuitable for him!

But since he was already here, even though Xu Zhiyan didn't understand anything, he could only hold the notebook, put on a smile, and go ahead.

Seeing that the little boy was on guard and didn't speak, he half-knelt down, level with the child's eyes, pointed at his clothes and explained: "I am Dr. Bai's new assistant. He left in advance for some reason, so let me record it."

As he spoke, he recalled the patient information he had just glanced at.

The little boy in front of him was called Xiao He. Although he didn't understand why someone would enter such a nickname-sounding name into the medical record, considering that this was not a normal hospital, Xu Zhiyan glanced at it and didn't pay any more attention to it.

Xiao He was the patient in the last ward, and strangely, his disease column was empty.

All the previous patient information more or less stated the cause of the disease, but this child named Xiaohe had nothing at all.

And there was one more thing that Xu Zhiyan was very concerned about.

I don’t know if it’s because of special reasons, but in all the wards I checked before, there were family members accompanying the patients without exception. Only in this ward, there was only the patient, without even a nurse.

However, considering that it was almost time for dinner and many family members had gone out to buy food, he subconsciously thought that Xiao He's family members had gone to the cafeteria.

Perhaps because Dr. Bai's name was mentioned, Xiao He's face became much less guarded.

"Do you know Dr. Bai?"

"Of course! We have a great relationship!"

Hearing this, the vigilance in Xiao He's eyes gradually faded, and it can be seen that he has a good relationship with his attending physician.

Xu Zhiyan struck while the iron was hot and walked over with a smile, pushed the picture book aside and sat down on the edge of the bed, showing a complete lack of medical ethics.

Since he didn't know what to ask, he simply started talking nonsense at his own pace, trying to get some useful information from the boy in front of him.

But unfortunately, I hit a dead end on the first question.

"Xiaohe, did your parents go to buy you dinner?"

Xiao He's eyes dimmed, and he lowered his head and whispered, "My parents don't want me anymore."

“…”

Xu Zhiyan wanted to slap himself in the face. His luck was really amazing!

Thinking of how Bai Jin had asked a variety of questions during his previous ward rounds, he coughed lightly to ease the awkwardness and turned the pen in his hand to change the subject.

"The sun is about to set, have you had dinner yet?"

"Not yet. The nurse will come and deliver it."

"Are you feeling unwell today?"

“Nothing.”

…

"What did you do during the day?"

"I'm reading during the day."

"What book? Can I have a look at it too?"

In just a few words, Xu Zhiyan turned the question to the picture book.

Although the book that was opened was beautifully illustrated, it made people feel uncomfortable just by looking at it.

Children also look at appearance, not to mention that Xu Zhiyan has turned on the [Attractive] status.

Although they were only in contact for a short while, Xiao He inexplicably felt that the doctor in front of him was very friendly. He answered all the questions without saying anything, and when he heard that the other party wanted to read a book, he spoke up very generously.

"What do you want to read? I have a lot of books here."

Xu Zhiyan smiled and picked up the book with the wish tree printed on it: "Let's take this one."

Just then, the door of the ward opened.

"Xiaohe, it's time to eat—"

The nurse's gentle voice came in, but it stopped abruptly the moment she saw Xu Zhiyan.

Xu Zhiyan and Xiao He turned their heads at the same time and looked at the nurse pushing a cart outside the door.

He looks familiar. I seem to have seen him when I was writing today.

But before Xu Zhiyan could speak, the nurse outside the door spoke nervously: "Assistant Xu, today's consultation is over! You should go back quickly!"

"Eh? Really?"

Xu Zhiyan immediately stood up holding the picture book.

The nurse's voice was trembling, and it seemed a little ominous. He was not sure if the other party was the NPC who gave him advice.

He has very little confidence in his luck.

There were NPCs who came to give him advice during the day, like the old man in the cafeteria, but they were all blocked by Bai Jin. Now that he had no Slice, he didn't know if he could still avoid the advice.

But surprisingly, the nurse just told him to leave quickly and did not give any punitive advice.

Just as Xu Zhiyan breathed a sigh of relief and was about to leave, Xiao He suddenly grabbed his sleeve.

"Will you come see me tomorrow?"

His voice has the softness that is unique to children.

In an instant, Xu Zhiyan thought of Xu Xiaohua, his adopted daughter who was now thrown like a ball in the safe house warehouse.

However, no matter how much he thought in his mind, Xu Zhiyan did not let these messy thoughts affect his judgment.

"I'm Dr. Bai's assistant. If he comes, I'll come." His voice was as gentle as ever, but there was always some uncertainty in his words.

Xiao He didn't let go, but what he said was not like a child.

"But you borrowed my book, so you have to stay with me." At the end, he repeated the key point: "Always stay with me."

When Xu Zhiyan heard this, he suddenly felt something heavy under his feet. He pretended nothing had happened, turned around, smiled slightly and raised the picture book in his hand.

"I still have work to do, so I can't always be with you. I'll return the book to you next time I come."

Seeing that Xiao He hung his head and said nothing, he sat back on the bed and said mysteriously: "But - although I can't accompany you, I can let my little messenger accompany you!"

After saying that, he put his hands behind his back.

The next second, a magic hat appeared out of thin air, and Xu Zhiyan skillfully pulled out a big white rabbit with lifeless eyes from the hat.

This is one of the survival artifacts obtained in the Nightmare Community before. It is a magic hat that can take out an infinite number of live rabbits. These rabbits were previously given out as gifts for shopping in the safe house.

"!"

Xiao He was dumbfounded.

"!!"

The anxious nurse at the door was also dumbfounded.

Xu Zhiyan held the rabbit in one hand and put a finger between his lips: "Shh, this is a secret between the three of us, you can't tell anyone that I'm a magician." Although he failed to fool Slice with this identity, it should be okay to fool children.

After saying that, he stuffed the rabbit into Xiaohe's arms, and the other party hugged it subconsciously, and finally let go of the corner of his clothes.

"Little... ahem, Big White Rabbit will accompany you in my place. See you next time!" Xu Zhiyan stood up again and the strange feeling under his feet disappeared. He reached out and touched Xiaohe's head.

The nurse standing at the door came to her senses and hurriedly urged.

"Assistant Xu, please go quickly. I remember Dr. Bai asked us to arrange a new ward for you."

The boy holding the rabbit on the bed seemed to want to say something, but in the end he just touched the rabbit's head and said nothing.

A few minutes later, Xu Zhiyan finally left the ward smoothly.

Before he reached the nurse's station, he stopped and asked the nurse who was leading the way: "Hello, I want to ask what's going on with Xiao He?"

Some things seem very strange.

The nurse in front of me was clearly there to deliver meals, but she just stood at the door and refused to go in. She just put the tray of food on the cart and pushed the cart into the door.

What's more, when she gave the hint, there was a hint of anxiety and fear in her voice.

What is the nurse afraid of? Is she afraid of Xiao He?

But the nurse seemed not to have heard him. She quickened her pace, ran to the nurses' station, and told him the new ward number.

Taking the patient's wristband and clothes with new information, Xu Zhiyan did not leave in a hurry, and asked: "Excuse me, should these forms be handed over to Dr. Bai tonight?"

The nurse was very nervous because she thought Xu Zhiyan was going to continue asking about Xiao He. Now she was stunned when she heard other questions: "Ah... No, no, you can give it to me when you go to the office tomorrow. Doctor Bai is very busy today. He went to the confinement building to evaluate the patient. He probably won't be back to the department tonight."

As if she was worried that Xu Zhiyan would ask again, the nurse quickly clarified: "Nurses cannot discuss patient privacy during working hours."

That seems to be the rule among nurses.

Xu Zhiyan did not make things difficult for the nurse in front of him. After making sure that she would not reveal Xiao He's condition, he left reluctantly with his newly acquired picture book.

The inpatient building and the doctor's dormitory building are in the same area.

The only difference is that buildings one to fifteen are inpatient buildings, and the remaining four buildings are dormitories arranged by the hospital for its employees.

Xu Zhiyan did not go to where he was supposed to go.

He found an empty room and changed into his hospital gown, then tiptoed to the old building, bypassed the building with Dr. Bai's specimen room, and entered a slightly shorter building.

Jiang Huaique and Yu Xiu had been waiting here for a long time.

Xu Zhiyan looked around and didn't see Jin Sheng, so he asked in confusion: "Where are Xiaoyi and his father?"

The old building is not a single building but a complex of buildings. After discovering that there were usually few people in the old building, the few people roughly found a room that was heavily covered in dust and obviously empty. They temporarily set it as a gathering point and used it to exchange information.

Hearing the question, Yu Xiu opened the window and pointed outside.

"Brother Jin had an attack, but the area around here was relatively secluded and open, so he simply went down to solve the problem."

Xu Zhiyan stuck his head out of the window and looked at the open space behind the old building.

In the middle of the open space, Jin Sheng stood with a serious face, holding a special weapon in his hand to avoid attracting NPCs. Beside him, Xiao Yi was flying around, with his mouth open, biting something and making noises, looking like he was eating air.

Xu Zhiyan seemed to have thought of something, glanced at Jiang Huaique and Yu Xiu, chuckled, and uttered a devilish whisper.

"Hey, just think about it, Xiaoyi is biting those monsters right now, using his mouth to eat all the brains, rotten flesh, and stinking blood of various colors. After that, he will rush into your arms and lick your faces. To put it in a rounded way, it is the monsters licking you..."

Yu Xiu was stunned, his pupils trembled, as if he realized this problem for the first time.

On the other side, Jiang Huaique rolled up his sleeves and raised his fist, saying fiercely: "Xu Baopi, you will die if you don't talk too much!"

In the entire team, except Xu Zhiyan who is afraid of dogs and cannot even touch a dog's head, the rest of the people have long been captured by Xiaoyi's cute appearance and bow down to him.

"Fuck! I'm just saying it! Don't come over here!"

"Oh, with your small body, you still want to run?"

"Jiang Jiang! Violence can't solve any problem!!!"

"Violence can solve you, Xu Ba Pi!"

The consequence of his bad mouth was that when Jin Sheng sneaked back after his illness ended, Xu Zhiyan was chased by Jiang Huaique and ran around the room for several laps.

"Okay, okay, now that everyone is here, let's get down to business."

After enjoying the pleasure of angering the boy’s mother, Xu Zhiyan collapsed on the stool and clapped his hands weakly.

Jiang Huaiqie paused while wiping Xiaoyi's mouth, and without further taunting, he asked, "The sun is about to set, and the random mission will probably appear in a few minutes. Should we form a team?"

"Yesterday's level 1 mission was easy, but the reward time was too short. What was in it?" Jin Sheng scratched his head and looked at Xu Zhiyan.

As for Yu Xiu, he never had any opinions and remained quiet when discussing the follow-up situation.

Among the four people, only Jin Sheng has not used the bonus time, but the others who have used it did not get any good clues. The bonus time is very dark and there is nothing but concrete walls.

Xu Zhiyan touched his chin.

"I'm not sure yet, but if I'm not mistaken, the so-called 'escape' is to find something within the bonus time."

Maybe it's an exit, maybe it's a monster...

For Xu Zhiyan, who spends every day trying to figure out where the safe house is in the dungeon, this search pattern is extremely familiar.

"Next, we should accumulate the rewards. Otherwise, we will have too little time to find any useful clues."

Moreover, the feeling of the body rapidly decaying when leaving the reward space was not very pleasant. Except that Yu Xiu seemed to have a stronger ability to withstand physical damage, he and Jiang Huaique were more or less mentally affected when they left, and their bodies were almost uncontrollable after leaving.

But now everything is unknown.

Xu Zhiyan spread out the picture book in his hand.

"Let's not talk about escaping yet, take a look at this first."

He briefly explained to his teammates what happened during the day, skipping his interaction with Dr. Bai and focusing on Xiao He.

"This child is very strange. During the attack, I could actually hear him talking normally."

"What? Can we communicate?"

Jiang Huaique frowned. He ran fast and had been running around the hospital for a while when he fell ill. He was confident that his five senses were sharper than his teammates. He was sure that he did not hear any human voice when he fell ill.

"I don't know if he can communicate during an attack, but I can certainly hear him speaking human language, and..."

Xu Zhiyan pointed at the name of the picture book.

[My wish tree]

"I suspect that the things in this picture book will be reflected in the hospital." Everything was too consistent with the strange fragrance he encountered last night.

He flipped through the first few pages of the picture book.

[People who have unfulfilled wishes try their best to find the wishing tree, hoping that their wishes can come true.]

[The wish tree grew desperately in people's desire, and it became bigger and bigger, and its flowers became more beautiful and charming, emitting a charming fragrance.]

[Soon, the wish tree grew bigger, and people no longer had to look for it. They could just sit at home and make their wishes come true...]

When he turned to this page, Jiang Huaique frowned.

"Can this kind of book really be published? If you lie down at home and make a wish, everything will come true?"

Jin Sheng burst out laughing.

"Brother Jiang, have you never read these picture books before? I haven't finished telling you yet. I will definitely stop you later. These fairy tale picture books generally don't convey unhealthy ideas."

Instead, Xu Zhiyan curled his lips.

"Alas, Jiang Jiang, you don't understand the benefits of getting something for nothing. If this book ends here, I will definitely buy it."

"...Xu Baopi, do you think everyone is a dirty adult like you?" Jiang Huaique's mouth twitched, and he turned to look at Yu Xiu and said solemnly: "His concept is problematic. You are still young, don't learn from him."

"Ah? Okay, okay!"

Yu Xiu didn't understand and just nodded blankly.

In the live broadcast room, the audience almost died of laughter.

[Hahahahaha, this is obviously a horror game, but I don’t know why, every time the male mother and Xiao Baiwan get together, it’s so fucking funny! ]

[Wow, wow, wow, I am also a dirty adult like Xiao Baiwan, I also like to get something for nothing! 】

【Haha .... 】

[By the way, you guys just call him mom every day, I even forgot what his real name is, Jiang Queqiao? ]

[…People call it Jianghuai Partridge. ]

[Okay, Mama Jiang! ]

[Pfft—Hey, hey, calm down! When Xiao Baiwan watches the replay, he will definitely take screenshots to mock the male mother! Aren’t you afraid of being beaten? ]

In the picture, several people are still looking at picture books.

The colors of the picture book also change from warm to cold, and seem to have reached a turning point.

[Until one day, people suddenly discovered with horror that their wishes could not be fulfilled!]

The four pages in the middle are filled with pictures of people looking frightened.

[Later, people found the wishing tree and wanted to ask why their wishes could not be fulfilled, but at this time, the wishing tree had changed its appearance.]

['I no longer have the power to grant you wishes. My power has run out. If you want to grant your wishes, you must give me something of equal value.']

Seeing this page, Xu Zhiyan sighed.

What happened next was just as expected. People paid a huge price to realize some of the wishes they had spoken casually. Those who had tasted the pain of losing their loved ones never dared to turn to the wishing tree for help again.

The picture book doesn't have many pages, so I finished it quickly.

After closing the book, Xu Zhiyan put it back into his backpack with a confident look on his face.

"There is something wrong with this tree. The logic is inconsistent."

"It was said earlier that the wishing tree was born from people's desires. The more desires there are, the stronger the tree will be."

Jiang Huaiqie heard the description which was completely different from the book and came to his senses: "Fuck, is it really okay for you to translate it directly like this?"

“It’s not a big problem.”

Xu Zhiyan waved his hand and continued to interpret.

"In theory, the stronger people's desires are, the stronger it becomes. But after satisfying many human needs, it asks for compensation. Hmm, profiteer."

After Xu Zhiyan finished his comments, Yu Xiu thought for a while, then suddenly raised his hand with a very puzzled tone.

"But Brother Xu, what does this wishing tree have to do with our mission?" Their mission tonight may not be this. Even if the wishing tree is included in the mission, they may not be able to draw it.

Hearing the question, Xu Zhiyan smiled.

"Whether it is as I thought or not, I still need to verify it further. I plan to take on another mission in the second half of the night and go to the garden to see if anyone has drawn the mission to eradicate the wishing tree."

Jiang Huaique suddenly stretched out his hand, bent his fingers and was about to knock Zhiyan on the head.

"Hey, Xu Baopi, you are risking your life. What if another player really gets this quest? Why are you joining in the fun?"

Xu Zhiyan quickly moved away from his teammates, stood up, and looked serious.

"I just want to test whether this wish tree can really let me get something for nothing..."

According to the picture book, the wishing tree will only ask people for rewards the next day after the wishes are fulfilled. If a player really receives the instruction to eradicate the wishing tree, wouldn't it be great if he makes a wish in advance to create a time difference?

“I don’t know if my wish for 10 million points will be successful.” This is much better than getting points from the main system!

After hearing this bold plan, his three teammates were all stunned.

Night falls quietly.

After some hesitation, the Pope, who was forced to pay for four pills, finally left the confinement building smoothly.

As soon as he saw the Iron Knight waiting at the door, Saizier rushed forward, furious, and said angrily: "Zoffy, have you seen that white doctor?"

Damn it! He must kill this NPC who blackmailed him in the dungeon!

The Iron Knight shook his head.

She has just arrived.

Seeing this, Saizier said nothing more and called up the game panel.

"Forget it, let's take on tonight's missions first. We took them separately last night and received level 1 missions. If we work together tonight, we should be able to get slightly higher-level missions."

He was a little irritated.

Xu Zhiyan was in the dungeon, but he was constantly dragged down by various tasks, especially being blackmailed by NPCs... Thinking that his current situation would be broadcast live, Saiziye's blood pressure rose a lot.

A new round of tasks appears.

He clicked on the panel and as expected, he received a level 2 random task.

[Task 4: Wish Tree [Random/Level 2]]

[Progress: 0%]

[Note: It is rumored that as long as your desire is strong enough, you can attract the wishing tree, but there is nothing in the world that can be obtained without effort. This is not a wishing tree, but a monster covered in tree bark. Please confirm whether this information is correct before dawn. If a monster really appears, the player needs to clear it. ]

[Tip: When in the sick state, the task difficulty doubles. ]

[Reward: Time 30s]