Chapter 23 First Hospital (22) [VIP]

When Bai Jinshu, Lu Changfeng and Fang Shaoning came out of the archive room, it was almost half past six in the afternoon.

This time period was originally the treatment time agreed upon by the attending physician in the morning, but there were too many critically ill patients in the department, so the treatment had to be temporarily canceled. The three of them went upstairs. The door of the orthopedic ward, which was always the gathering place for several people, was empty. Lu Changfeng went up and took a look, only to find that the remaining three people were gathered in Lu Mingcheng's ward.

When he walked in, Zheng Yunyun was holding her phone and talking about something. The three of them looked hesitant. When she saw Lu Changfeng coming up, she quickly handed over her phone: "Brother Lu, look!"

"What are you looking at?" Lu Changfeng was puzzled. He took a closer look and saw that the message on Zheng Yunyun's phone was actually from Liu Meixin.

"Meixin said she's in the oncology department now," she said hesitantly, "She regained consciousness yesterday morning and wanted to come see us, but she didn't see you and Ao Ge's ward in the general surgery department, so she went to the oncology department to look for Brother Lu and Brother Xu."

Several people entered here with the foundation's combat watches. After the experience of the first night, everyone realized how important it was to communicate and exchange rules in a timely manner. Otherwise, Liu Meixin would not have been frightened because she did not know the rule that "no travel after 11:30"

Originally, the Foundation's team would automatically open the team channel after entering the unknown space, in order to provide team members with an opportunity to communicate about the rules. But this time the situation was special, there was a killer named Yang Pei in the team, and everyone didn't dare to talk in the team channel, so this communication method was left idle.

The next morning when Bai Jinshu got up, he saw a group of people gathered at the door of the orthopedic ward. They were gathering together to add friends on social software.

This method was proposed by Zheng Yunyun.

The mobile phone appeared automatically after entering this unknown space. It should be a daily necessity allocated by the world view to complete their patient status. However, the phone book and friends in the social software on the mobile phone are blank. It is obviously just a prop.

In the real world, Liu Meixin is a sophomore student who has not yet graduated. As soon as she got the phone, she added Zheng Yunyun, the only female member of the exploration team, on WeChat. After last night, Zheng Yunyun communicated with several other people and found that it was indeed inconvenient to have no way of contact. She simply followed Liu Meixin's method and suggested that everyone use the mobile phones in the mission to download WeChat and add friends. In this way, if they find rules like "you can't go out after 11:30" in the future, they can notify each other to avoid tragedy from happening again.

The other three naturally agreed.

Bai Jin didn't add Chi who was mentioned earlier, but the remaining five people all added each other as WeChat friends, so it was not surprising that Liu Meixin would send a message to Zheng Yunyun.

"Meixin said that when she entered the oncology department, it seemed that some unknown rules were triggered and she entered a strange space," Zheng Yunyun frowned, her face a little excited and confused, "She wanted to get out, but couldn't find the way out. She wanted to send me a message, but her phone kept showing no signal."

"Meixin was too timid to explore alone, and she hid in a corner, waiting for us to come in and find her. But after a day and a night, we still didn't get into that space. She panicked and ran around, trying to find a way out, but she accidentally got a signal on her phone, and that's how she was able to contact us outside the strange space."

"Brother Lu..." Zheng Yunyun hesitated, "Do you think she really found the unknown rules to get in?"

She was excited because Liu Meixin was not dead, but she also felt that something was a little strange.

But the message sent by Liu Meixin seemed very reasonable and there was nothing wrong with it.

Lu Changfeng: "…It's possible, but not very likely."

He keenly felt that something was wrong.

Is Liu Meixin the only team member who violated the rules and was stimulated to develop the corresponding disease? Chen Fei, who also violated the rules during the day, was also torn by Doctor Fang with a wound that was consistent with general surgery. Looking at Chen Fei's injuries, it is clear that even if the person in that body is now replaced by Doctor Fang, it will not affect the continued deterioration of the wound.

How is it possible that Chen Fei's wound didn't heal after one day and two nights, but Liu Meixin recovered to normal in just one night?

Moreover, Liu Meixin's bracelet is likely to have been taken away. After losing the bracelet, can she really survive safely for a day and a night in this strange space full of unknown rules, and bump around in a panic until her cell phone gets a signal?

"But this is her phone," Lv Mingcheng said, "It can't be someone else who sent it, right?"

He seemed very excited about discovering a new hidden rule. "And since Chen Fei was so seriously injured and was fine after a night, doesn't this mean that it is normal for Liu Meixin to regain her sanity after a night?"

"That's right..." Zheng Yunyun was convinced by him, "Meixin's injury is much lighter than Chen Fei's."

Lu Changfeng: "...No, you can't think like that!"

How can he tell these three people that Chen Fei is no longer Chen Fei!

Moreover, Fade Chen's injury had not healed at all. The reason why Fang Shaoning was so petty and still couldn't stand him was because he had to repeat what he did in the restaurant that day every night. When he saw others injured, his throat tightened, his hands couldn't help shaking, and his eyes were full of white light. He couldn't stand steadily and couldn't control the strength of his hands at all.

If this method was not the only one that could keep Fade Chen alive, Fang Shaoning would definitely stay eight feet away from him.

But he couldn't just give out the news that the person inside Chen Fei's skin was Doctor Fang. Firstly, this was a rule discovered by his brother Ao, and it was Scarao who told him after he found out. Scarao not telling others the news meant that he didn't want the information to be shared with the whole team. Then, as an information sharer rather than the discoverer of the information, Lu Changfeng naturally had no right to tell others such an important clue.

Secondly, once they spread the rule, if the other three people figured out the correct rule, they would not necessarily be reluctant to enter the rule into the foundation program, unlike himself, who was a member of the Skao faction. In this way, once the rule was established, the new rule was announced within the team, and Yang Pei would also be able to see the rule, and their advantage over Yang Pei would be completely gone.

"Could it be that this is a text message sent by someone else?" Lu Changfeng pondered for a second and decided to ask a question from the side. "Is it possible that Liu Meixin's phone was picked up by someone else, and this is a text message sent by someone else to confuse us?"

"But Brother Lu, how could that be possible?" Zheng Yunyun looked bewildered. "Meixin's text message mentioned something about the Foundation. In this unknown space, no one except us knows about the existence of the Foundation. How could he know this information?"

Lu Changfeng: “emmmmm…”

But he had to find a reason to ask Zheng Yunyun and the others not to go to the oncology department. Tonight was the Ghost Festival, and it was also the seventh day after the misdiagnosed patient. The hospital would issue many critical illness notices, and many people would die. As the department where the prototype of the rules had been, something bad was bound to happen to the oncology department.

And it will definitely not be a trivial matter.

In this case, he said that these three people who don't know any rules are going to the oncology department to die.

He wouldn't tell these people the rules he had discovered, but he also wasn't reluctant to let them leave safely while remaining ignorant.

Last night, Fang Shaoning slept all night on the spring bed in Lu Changfeng's ward without any problem, which means that as a patient, he does not necessarily need to return to his own ward at night. He came here mainly to persuade Lu Mingcheng and Xu Ze to stay with him for one night and avoid the special date tomorrow.

Who could have thought that someone like Liu Meixin would happen.

"Is it possible that it was sent by Yang Pei?" Lu Changfeng racked his brains to try to persuade them not to go. "Yang Pei wants to lead you all to the oncology department tonight."

"Brother Lu," Xu Ze looked a little puzzled, "Just because we are afraid of Yang Pei, can we ignore Liu Meixin who might be in danger? After all, with you, us, Brother Ao, and that...that Chen Fei, the five of us can always beat Yang Pei alone, right? His points were all cleared yesterday, so he can't buy any props."

Lu Changfeng was really speechless now.

The amount of information between them was uneven, and Liu Meixin's news seemed to be without any clues. He couldn't persuade these three people not to go to the oncology department tonight to commit suicide.

"Brother Lu, I know you have concerns. It's a hospital rule that you can't go out after 11pm." Xu Ze's words were too much, and there was a hint of moral kidnapping. Lu Mingcheng came up to smooth things over, "Why don't the three of us go?"

"Where to go?"

Just when Lu Changfeng opened his mouth but couldn't speak clearly, a familiar voice came from the door.

"Brother Ao!" He turned around and felt that his savior had come.

I usually see him fooling people and they always believe whatever he says, but why is it that when it comes to him, they always refute whatever he says?

"Where are we going?" Before Bai Jinshu entered the ward, he heard several people inside talking about where they were going.

Zheng Yunyun saw Scarao and Chen Fei coming over and repeated what she had said before.

"Liu Meixin?" Then she saw Skao raised his eyebrows, "Can I see the message she sent you?"

Zheng Yunyun handed the phone to him, and Bai Jinshu flipped through it. In addition to what Zheng Yunyun said, there were also some chats between them after they added each other on WeChat.

In the top part, the two were discussing Yang Pei and Chen Fei. Liu Meixin said angrily that Chen Fei was not a good person, and that he wanted to exchange bracelets with her because he wanted her to die.

Bai Jinshu glanced at the time. It was shortly after they entered the unknown space and the real Chen Fei was cut in half.

The two of them probably added each other on WeChat after arriving at the ward.

Liu Meixin looks young and her mental age is probably that of a little girl. She sent a lot of angry ragdoll cat emoticons during the chat.

After flipping through the pages, it was past ten in the evening. Liu Meixin nervously asked Zheng Yunyun why the nurse hadn't knocked on her door yet. Zheng Yunyun comforted her by saying that she didn't hear it either, and it might be that it wasn't their turn for the examination yet. Liu Meixin breathed a sigh of relief and shared with Zheng Yunyun several games she had found online to kill time.

Then, at about twelve o'clock, Liu Meixin sent a message saying that she was very sleepy and her phone was running out of battery. If the nurse didn't come, she would fall asleep. Zheng Yunyun asked if she should go to her ward to find her. Liu Meixin said no, her phone still had some battery left, so she went to read a novel to refresh herself. She found a few very interesting books in this new world that she could stay up late to read. She also sent a screenshot of the remaining battery of her phone: 23%.

Then it was around two o'clock, when Zheng Yunyun was awakened by the nurse knocking on the door. She probably didn't dare to stay too far away from the nurse at first, so she followed the nurse away while calling Liu Meixin. The chat records showed that she called Liu Meixin several times, but the other party didn't answer. Later, Zheng Yunyun must have turned back and pulled Liu Meixin up from the bed.

The next content was posted by Zheng Yunyun when she contacted Liu Meixin yesterday, and then 24 hours later, Liu Meixin suddenly replied with content about "accidentally entering a strange space".

After reading the above content and roughly understanding the tone of Liu Meixin's speech, Bai Jinshu felt that this paragraph was a bit strange.

Liu Meixin is a young female college student. She looks socially anxious, introverted, and timid. However, she is the exact opposite of that in online chats, cheerful and talkative. She is a typical example of a socially anxious person in real life who is also socially anxious online.

After understanding this premise, when reading the message she sent to Zheng Yunyun, she seemed too nervous and not lively enough.

Of course, if the other party really stayed in a strange space for a day and a night and couldn't find the exit, he would definitely feel nervous and scared, but a person's speaking habits will not change. In the passage sent by Liu Meixin, although there were modal particles and habitual punctuation aids that often appeared in the chat records before, a closer look reveals that the wording and grammar used between them are different, and the use of modal particles is also strange and stiff.

"Do you think this was sent by Liu Meixin?" Bai Jinshu had a rough idea in his mind. He returned the phone to Zheng Yunyun and asked a very strange question, "Are you familiar with Liu Meixin?"

"I'm not familiar with her," Zheng Yunyun hesitated. "We just met the day before yesterday. I just feel it's not good to abandon her. After all, she's a life. If we're not acquaintances, can I just watch her die?"

To be honest, she was a little skeptical about the content of the text message, but Lu Mingcheng's words did convince her. There was no reason why Chen Fei's wound would heal but Liu Meixin's would not.

"Oh, not familiar, no wonder." Bai Jinshu had already gotten the answer he wanted and withdrew his gaze with lack of interest.

Most people don't have his habit of analyzing language and grasping the usage of grammar to judge whether it is a person. Zheng Yunyun couldn't see any reason for this.

Moreover, the thing on the opposite side was intentionally imitating Liu Meixin's speech. It was really hard to tell when you didn't know that the person on the opposite side might not be her real self.

And this thing was obviously meant to lure them over there. Considering that it was the Mid-Autumn Festival after midnight, it was hard not to think that nothing would happen in the oncology department.

"You also think we shouldn't go?" Seeing that Lu Changfeng and Skao both had the same attitude, Xu Ze couldn't help but feel a little unsure.

Although he was impulsive, he knew from the previous night that Scarao's observation skills were far better than theirs. If Scarao had not discovered the patients and the rules of the corridor, they would not be alive today.

"No, on the contrary, I really want to go there," Bai Jinshu raised his eyebrows, "Even if you don't go, I must go."

"But do you know how to find her? Do you know how to get out after you find her?"

After these words were spoken, the three of them looked at each other.

Liu Meixin said that she had accidentally entered a strange space, but she didn't say how she got in. She asked for help because she couldn't get out, let alone know how she got out.

"Just ask," Bai Jinshu sat on the chair, raised his chin and instructed Zheng Yunyun very naturally, "Doesn't she want us to rescue her? She will definitely tell us how to enter that space."

Zheng Yunyun subconsciously responded according to his instructions.

"Are you two planning to go too?" Bai Jinshu turned his gaze to the other two team members.

"Let's... go." The two nodded.

【bite--】

Just then, Zheng Yunyun's cell phone suddenly rang.

The reply from "Liu Meixin" came.

"She said that this place seems to be accessible only at the integer hour of 6. If you climb up the stairs of the oncology department, there will suddenly be an extra step. If you look up at this time, you will enter this strange space." Zheng Yunyun read the content word by word and said in horror, "But it's almost seven o'clock now?!"

The only time left to go in is...

24:00 midnight.

"See you tonight, everyone," Bai Jinshu stretched lazily, "We'll go back to sleep first."

He turned around and walked away with a relaxed look, and Lu Changfeng quickly followed behind him.

"Wait a minute, Skao," Fang Shaoning took the initiative to stop Bai Jinshu, which was rare, "I have something to tell you."

*

At 11:30 p.m., several members of the exploration team gathered at the fire escape staircase on the seventh floor.

The footsteps of the nurse on duty faded away, and Lu Mingcheng dared to speak: "Well... Although we plan to look for Liu Meixin, she can't remember which floor she went to. The oncology department has two floors, the eighth and ninth floors. How should we group them?"

There were six of them in total, and it was just right for three people to share.

"That's easy," Bai Jinshu yawned, "You guys form a group of five, and I'll form a group by myself."

"Ah?" Lv Mingcheng was a little confused. "Let's split into three groups, shall we? What if you form a group by yourself?"

He seemed a little unresponsive, and subconsciously turned to ask for others' advice: "Brother Lu?"

"I have no objection." Lu Changfeng expressed his opinion quickly.

Chen Fei, who was standing behind him, also said: "Me neither."

These two people have always followed Scario. If they have no objections, it is useless even if others do.

"Then... who is on the eighth level and who is on the ninth level?" Lu Mingcheng had no choice but to proceed to the next step.

"Whatever," said Skao again, "choose the remaining one for me."

"Then we'll be nine and you'll be eight?" He opened his mouth, not knowing what to say to this strange grouping. "It's only twenty minutes until midnight, so we'll go up first."

Bai Jinshu put one hand in his pocket and nodded, then leaned against the wall and yawned halfheartedly.

During the day, Fang Shaoning suddenly called him and asked him a very strange question.

"Do you feel like we're having too much success?"

While investigating the consequences of Director Sun's violation of the rules, he successfully met an elderly couple who knew the inside story. After arriving at the community, he successfully met an old man who played chess and happened to live downstairs from the patient.

After returning, I successfully took away the statue and restored its approximate shape. I also happened to find the red-footed falcon among the possible species provided by the master of Baidu Bird Bar, confirming the information that "the cuckoo has occupied the magpie's nest".

In the end, it went so smoothly that it was even weird. They had just learned that tonight was the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was also the seventh day after the death of that patient. When they were worrying about how to enter the oncology department, someone came and replaced Liu Meixin's identity, trying to lead them to the oncology department.

If there is even a small problem in any link, everything will not go so smoothly.

If it wasn't arranged by someone all the way, then my luck must have been so good that it was unimaginable, to the point where I could buy the big □□ in this issue.

After listening to his analysis, Lu Changfeng asked: "Uh...how do you know it's not just luck to a certain extent?"

He finally found a little sense of superiority over Fang Shaoning: "How about you guess, what is the fixed attribute of the one in front of you, the God Skaaoao?"

Bai Jinshu leaned against the wall and looked at his watch. It was eleven fifty-seven.

Three minutes left.

He walked towards the eighth floor.

Lu Changfeng was wrong about one thing, that the fixed attribute of the person in front of Fang Shaoning was the character in the play, but he was right about one thing, that Skao's fixed attribute was indeed luck.

Just like his past, his life, his failures and successes, luck is also an attribute that others attribute to him. As long as you believe it firmly enough, it is one of the labels of Skao. Bai Jinshu is not lucky enough, but once Bai Jinshu becomes Skao, he will be lucky enough.

The more he becomes a Skaol, the luckier he will be.

Eleven fifty-nine.

Bai Jinshu stood in front of the steps and closed his eyes without hesitation.

【10%. 】

【20%. 】

At this moment, he seemed to be in front of countless cameras. On his left was the script supervisor who was preparing to clapboard, and on his right was the director holding the script in front of the monitor. The camera on the crane swept across his profile, capturing every detail of the pores on his face.

This is on the set.

Then all these things faded away like the tide. Everything that belonged to the set at noon turned to ashes. The figures walking back and forth gradually faded. The bright spotlights were suddenly turned off, and were replaced by old lights flashing a faint yellow light in the emergency corridor of the hospital, echoing the light green emergency exit sign in the corner of the wall.

The scene began to reconstruct. The surroundings were quiet and bright. Birds could be heard faintly outside the window, and the sound of the lawn mower was noisy and familiar.

【30%. 】

【40%.】

In his left hand was the community clinic's newspaper rack, and in his right hand was his usual notebook and glasses holder. The breeze from the Alps swept across his face, and he inhaled the smell of grass after the lawn mower outside the clinic cut the weeds into his nostrils, revealing every detail of the reality.

This is inside Skao's clinic.

【50%】

Bai Jinshu took a deep breath of the scent mixed with grass.

【60%. 】

Twelve o'clock sharp.

Skao opened his eyes.

He took the first step.

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