Yan Qing couldn't figure out why either, but the most urgent thing right now was to find a way to remove the mark.
Xiao Tao said she had a solution.
"Big sister, do you still have some golden liquid in your bag? Try using it to wash your hands; it will remove the dirt."
Xiao Tao was probably referring to Golden Water, which is worth a fortune! Yan Qing took out a bottle and poured it directly onto the mark on Yue Qi's body. The next moment, a wisp of black smoke rose from the mark and then disappeared without a trace.
In the same way, she removed the marks from her body as well.
Just as the two marks were removed, a violent scream came from deep underground in the sanatorium. The sound lasted for almost the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before finally subsiding.
Yan Qing, of course, was unaware of this. Although the mark had been removed, the knife still hung over her neck; she couldn't stay put and had to actively explore.
At 2:30 PM, it was nap time for all the patients. Taking advantage of her rounds, Yan Qing strolled down the corridor.
At the end of the corridor stood a large white door, always tightly closed. Next to the door was Director Xu's office.
Looking through the glass, I could see Director Xu in his office, hunched over his desk writing something. He looked rather anxious, and his other hand, which wasn't used for writing, was trembling uncontrollably.
Judging from his condition, he had been contaminated for a long time. But for some reason, he didn't seem to be in serious condition. He only had some festering sores from scratching, as if he knew some way to control the worsening of the contamination.
Yan Qing knocked on the door and swaggered in.
Director Xu was somewhat surprised; he seemed not to have expected Yan Qing to come looking for him. Narrowing his eyes slightly, Director Xu appeared quite displeased.
"Dr. Yan, I don't remember calling you here."
Yan Qing smiled, her eyes crinkling, and pulled out a small bottle that shimmered with a faint golden light from her bosom, waving it in front of Director Xu.
"Director Xu, may I come in now?"
Director Xu's eyes were glued to the small, golden bottle the moment she took it out. His expression confirmed Yan Qing's suspicions, giving her more confidence in the negotiations.
"I came to see you today mainly to ask you, Director, to be lenient and spare my life."
"Oh? What do you mean by that?" Director Xu calmed down. How dare this nobody try to negotiate with him?
Yan Qing naturally didn't miss the contempt in his eyes. She continued to wave the golden liquid in her hand and smiled, "Director, I now know that someone wants my life. Moreover, I might not die right now. But you, your injuries are almost out of control, aren't they?"
Director Xu's face and arms were covered with the marks of a normal person being contaminated and about to rot, but he had somehow slowed down the rotting process, which is why they appeared as patches.
However, simply suppressing the pollution is simply not enough to control its worsening. Given Director Xu's current condition, there is no antidote other than the "golden water" that can save him.
Since Yan Qing had seen through him, Director Xu directly admitted, "That's right, you and your companion must have both taken the Golden Water, right? That's why you were marked, but I didn't mark you. Making a deal with me now won't solve your life-threatening crisis."
Yan Qing naturally didn't need him to worry about her. "Don't worry, I'm perfectly clean now. What can a mere death mark do to me?"
"Besides, I don't have any markings on me right now. So, Director Xu, how about we make a deal?"
After some haggling, Yan Qing paid Director Xu a bottle of Golden Water to sign a one-month protection contract. The contract used the rules she purchased from the Lost Spirit app, and once signed, neither party could arbitrarily violate it.
Director Xu's face turned green when he saw her produce the rules and regulations contract. However, for the sake of the Golden Water, he gritted his teeth and agreed.
As soon as the contract was completed, Yan Qing readily handed the Golden Water to Director Xu. Director Xu seemed to have suffered from pollution for too long, and completely disregarded her presence, pouring the Golden Water directly into his mouth.
Next, she saw that the patches on Director Xu's face and body gradually faded and eventually disappeared completely.
Director Xu looked at himself with surprise and delight. All the pollution on his body had been cleared away. It really was worthy of being called Golden Water! When he looked at Yan Qing again, his eyes were much gentler.
"Yan Qing, these are your work IDs." Director Xu tossed her two yellow ribbon work IDs. Yan Qing caught them and noticed that the IDs looked different.
Her work ID had her name on it, but next to it were a few smaller words: Resident Physician.
"Having this work permit means you've passed my test and become a formal doctor at Wenshan Sanatorium. From now on, you won't encounter any danger during work hours." Since Director Xu had chosen to cooperate with her, he naturally became completely open with his information.
Yan Qing felt a chill run down her spine. It turned out that the so-called protection of doctors during working hours in the "Wenshan Sanatorium Rules" was actually a trap.
The "doctors" referred to in the rules weren't their initial status upon entering the facility, but rather the sanatorium's officially registered doctors! In other words, she was at most an intern before, and wouldn't have been protected by the rules at all!
If she hadn't come to negotiate with Director Xu today, she probably wouldn't have made it to the end of the day; who knows what would have happened to her.
Thank goodness!
"By the way, here is your duty roster. From now on, all work will be based on the arrangements on the duty roster. The job descriptions are on it. If you don't understand anything, go ask Mu Yang next door," Director Xu instructed her.
However, when Mu Yang was mentioned, she had some questions: "Director, was this Mu Yang also one of the previous adventurers?"
Director Xu nodded. "He arrived more than three months earlier than you, and coincidentally, he was also one of the first people to be marked."
It seems this Mu Yang is quite capable! She could tell that Mu Yang's contamination was even less than Director Xu's. What's more, she even suspected that he hadn't been contaminated at all!
The book "The End of the World" mentions that each instance in the world of Rules of Strange Tales has its own unique time flow, so she doesn't know how long this "Wenshan Sanatorium" instance has been going on.
Since Mu Yang has been here for three months and is still alive and kicking, he must have something he wants. Following him might just lead us to the secrets to clearing the dungeon!
Yan Qing left Director Xu's office with the duty roster and her new work ID. When she returned to the nurses' station, she found that the nurse on duty had changed.
Jiang Xinxin had disappeared, and in her place was Xiao Shuo, who looked pale and sickly.
At the same time, all the nurses in the department seemed to have vanished overnight, completely disappearing.
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