Chapter 20: Xincheng Hospital - Teammates Dissolved, Entering Confrontation Mode...
Shi Yu walked to bed number 5 and glanced at the sheet on the bedside table—
Name: He Yuan.
Age: 24
Symptom: Homosexuality.
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In the snow-white corridor, He Yuan obediently followed behind the nurse.
The nurse would walk a few steps and then look back at him, walk a few steps and then look back at him again, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.
Finally, the nurse couldn't help but speak up: "Apologize first, don't be stubborn, don't throw a tantrum. Don't you know how much suffering your stubbornness has brought you?"
He Yuan retorted, "Didn't he bring all this suffering upon me?"
Nurse:"……"
There was no way to refute it.
The nurse ignored him and walked quickly forward.
But after walking a while, he stopped and waited for him.
The nurse led He Yuan into the rehabilitation center, but not to the rehabilitation room for ordinary patients. Instead, they took the elevator to the third floor and went to the private rehabilitation room.
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Looking out the window at the hospital still shrouded in night, Shi Yu felt a sense of foreboding.
Although the situation was already bad, he still felt vaguely uneasy.
Last night, He Yuan got up in the middle of the night and told him that by noon tomorrow at the latest, they would become like them. At this moment, the semi-transparent state of assimilation that he and Shen Su had been in had already spread to their chests. At this rate, they might not even have to wait until noon before they were completely assimilated into ghosts.
What will happen to them then?
Will they be permanently trapped in the game, or will they simply disappear?
These are all unknown.
He Yuan, who was in bed number 5, was called away by the nurse. The two aunties and the chubby boy in bed number 6 also went out to play. At this moment, only Shi Yu and Shen Su were left in the ward.
Shi Yu didn't know what would happen next, nor could he think of a way to solve or delay assimilation.
Chen Su leaned against the headboard, resting with his eyes half-closed, seemingly indifferent to the changes in his body. Was he already thinking of a solution? Or was he truly indifferent to life and death?
However, based on Shi Yu's understanding of Shen Su, he felt that the second possibility was more likely.
"Sinking into the night."
Shi Yu sat down beside Shen Su's bed.
On the ninth day after entering the game, Shi Yu spoke to Shen Su for the first time.
No, it should be said that after knowing each other for twenty-five years, this was the first time he had taken the initiative to start a conversation between the two of them.
Shen Su opened her eyes and looked at him.
Shen Su's eyes are blackish-brown, but they take on a beautiful amber color under sunlight, clear and transparent.
Under the lamplight, the dim light and the shadows cast by his eyelashes in his eyes made them appear dark and deep, leaving Shi Yu unable to guess what he was thinking for a moment.
Shi Yu organized her thoughts: "Something happened to me last night that I want to tell you, and there are other things I also want you to know."
The condition for completing the hidden side quest in the game is to survive until the dungeon timer ends.
There are only two days left in the dungeon, but their bodies can't wait that long. At this rate of assimilation, they might not even make it to noon today.
Shi Yu didn't know what would happen to them after they were assimilated.
Maybe I'll die, maybe I'll disappear, maybe I'll stay in the game forever.
At this moment, Shi Yu wanted to share all the clues he knew about the game with Shen Su. It might help Shen Su, or it might not, but he had no other choice.
Shi Yu told Shen Su everything He Yuan had said to him in the middle of the night, the dream he had last night, and all the details. He also told Shen Su about some things he had encountered before, as well as some information that he had not told Shen Su.
This conversation lasted for more than half an hour.
Shi Yu's mouth was dry from talking. Shen Su, who still had one hand, was in a normal state. He poured a glass of water and fed it to Shi Yu while speaking naturally, "If we can get out of here, won't you stop hating me?"
Shi Yu almost spat out her water.
If it weren't for the current difficulty in getting water, forcing me to ask for help from others...
Shi Yu swallowed the water in her mouth with difficulty and said, "I never hated you, I just couldn't stand you."
"Oh?" Shen Su raised an eyebrow, lowered his head slightly, and fed Shi Yu the water glass again. "What do you dislike about me?"
Shi Yu slowly finished the remaining half glass of water from Shen Su's hand before saying, "There are many things, such as you being two-faced, having a hundred schemes at such a young age, being rebellious but pretending to be well-behaved and harmless, and sometimes forcing yourself to smile even when you're clearly unhappy."
“Of course, what I can’t stand the most is…” Shi Yu raised his eyelids, his cold eyes looking straight into those dark and deep eyes. His voice was very soft, but every word was very clear, “You don’t take your own life seriously.”
Chen Su looked puzzled for a few seconds.
“I can accept the rest, but, you don’t value your own life?” After expressing his deep incomprehension, he chuckled and gave a forceful rebuttal, “I’ve always been a person who values my life very much, are you misunderstanding something?”
Shi Yu stared at Chen Su for a few seconds: "That summer vacation, at the beach, you've forgotten?"
The smile on Chen Su's lips gradually disappeared.
When he looked at Shi Yu again, his gaze seemed to pierce through him, carrying a scrutinizing quality.
After a long silence, he finally moved his lips, his voice low and hoarse: "Was that you?"
Shi Yu did not answer. She got up, went back to her hospital bed, lay down, and closed her eyes: "Wake me up when it's light."
Shen Su stared blankly at his hand, which was suspended in mid-air.
When Shi Yu stood up, he subconsciously wanted to grab her wrist, and he did, but he watched helplessly as Shi Yu's translucent hand passed right through his...
He entered the game with an indifferent attitude. He didn't care whether he could complete the game, whether he was assimilated into a ghost, whether he could not leave the game, or even whether he would die in the game.
But now, he suddenly hates this state of being.
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Shi Yu let herself fall into a deep sleep.
Sure enough, he was dreaming again.
In that same cramped and stuffy room, he sat at his worn-out desk doing his homework. The sound of things being smashed outside the door was still clear, the only difference being that the oscillating fan in the room was no longer spinning.
He had no control over his body in the dream. The protagonist in the dream was doing homework, and he could only do homework. He focused his attention on the homework and noticed that it was a high school math problem.
In the dream, the protagonist solved math problems very quickly. He only took a little longer to think about the problems marked with an asterisk, but he was still able to solve them in the end. When Shi Yu looked up, he saw a perfect score math test paper.
Shi Yu often got full marks on exam papers in high school, so she didn't think much of it.
He froze when his gaze fell on the "name" field.
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Shi Yu woke up naturally.
Shen Su hadn't called him, which meant it was still dark.
It is now noon.
The ward door creaked open, and He Yuan returned.
The treatment today seems to be very intensive, because He Yuan is walking very slowly and taking very small steps.
He had taken off his hat and mask, his hair was a bit messy, the collar of his hospital gown was wrinkled, and one of the buttons near his neck had popped off, revealing a section of excessively pale neck skin.
Although ghosts shouldn't have good or bad complexions, He Yuan looked listless.
Shi Yu sat at the foot of the bed, and as He Yuan brushed past him, he called out softly.
"Lin Fengbai".
He Yuan stopped in his tracks.
A few seconds later, she stiffly turned her head to meet his gaze.
The game panel popped up at this moment—
[Congratulations to the player for triggering the [Twins] storyline!]
Due to gameplay mechanics, you and Shen Su have been separated as teammates. You will now belong to two different factions and enter a competitive mode.
[You belong to Lin Fengbai's faction and need to help Lin Fengbai fulfill his wish. Failure will result in death.]
[Game time extended to 15 days.]
Best of luck!
At the same time, Chen Su also received the same system message.
The only difference is that Shen Su belongs to Lin Qinghe's camp.
The live stream chat exploded:
Twins? Two factions? Versus mode? This is exciting!!!
How come I didn't know this dungeon had this storyline before?
[Because only four players had unlocked the hidden side quest before this, and none of those four players recognized He Yuan as Lin Fengbai, and they died shortly afterward!]
[Is this considered a side quest within a side quest? So all the content I've seen before was incomplete? I even paid for a membership!! The game operator needs to refund my money!!!]
What does this have to do with the game operator? It's clearly the previous streamers who were incompetent.
Am I the only one who noticed that they just made up?
[Finally, someone has spotted the blind spot! They really do know each other in real life! And their relationship is definitely more than just ordinary!]
Wait, they just made up, and now you want them to fight each other again? Are you even human?
Humans can't do this, but systems can.
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