"Cough cough cough~" Cui Mingyang quickly lowered his head.
Everyone came to their senses, and those who had lighting equipment took it out, and soon the surroundings gradually lit up.
With the lights on, much of the fear in everyone's hearts was instantly dispelled.
At that moment, Xiao Jin had already taken out a flashlight and began to observe the surrounding scenery.
On the first floor of the sanatorium, the large glass windows were now completely covered by dust.
Upon entering, one immediately feels a chilly aura creeping over them, carrying an indescribable sense of antiquity and dampness.
The central gathering place of the hall was now deathly silent, and for some reason, the few remaining light bulbs on the ceiling chandelier began to sway gently in mid-air.
In the corner, an old-fashioned wheelchair stood alone, its wheels turning softly, making a creaking sound that seemed particularly jarring in the empty hall.
Xiao Jin then shone the beam of light onto the ceiling, but found nothing unusual.
Several faded oil paintings hang on the wall in the distance, the figures in the paintings are blurry and seem to be watching every visitor who steps into this place.
Spiderwebs hung from the edges of the picture frame, and even the benches on either side were covered in dust.
The surrounding objects were scattered all over the ground, and the tables and chairs were in a mess. Oxidized bloodstains formed large patches of mottled black drag marks, seemingly telling the story of the past tragedy.
"The NPC said we need to find our medical records and escape the sanatorium to successfully complete the game. There's not much to say about the latter," said a rather well-dressed female player.
"Usually, haunted houses either have another exit or you can leave through the main entrance to pass. Judging from this situation, it should be the latter, so our most important task right now is to find the medical record."
You can tell from the way he speaks that he's been to a haunted house before.
Then someone else asked, "So where do you think the medical records will be kept?"
"We need to find a map first, otherwise, since no one is familiar with this place, we won't be able to pinpoint the location."
Everyone nodded, and then they noticed that the player who had turned on the flashlight first had actually walked to the other side.
Some people couldn't help but be taken aback.
That's incredibly brave of her! Doesn't she know that in horror movies, the first to die are always the lone survivors?
Xiao Jin didn't know whether she would die first, but after glancing at the duty room in front of her and finding that the door was only slightly ajar, she decisively pushed it open and went in.
As soon as she entered, a pungent stench assaulted Xiao Jin's nostrils, reaching straight to the top of her head, so strong that she almost couldn't open her eyes.
Xiao Jin decisively pulled out a gas mask and put it on his head before daring to take a deep breath.
That's good now.
"Wow! What's that smell?"
Just as Xiao Jin was about to continue her investigation, other players who had seen her movements came running over. Caught off guard, they gasped for breath and almost vomited.
"Damn it, don't go in!" The young man Luo Bin, who was standing at the door, quickly stopped the people behind him, and then he himself hurriedly ran out.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" The player, unaware of the situation, took a slight step back out of caution.
Luo Bin gagged twice, rolled his eyes, and said, "It looks like something exploded inside. It stinks terribly. I advise you not to go in, or you'll be so disgusted you won't be able to eat. Don't blame me."
"Is it really that bad?" Someone curiously peeked out, but she couldn't smell anything at all while standing at the door.
"If you don't believe me, then go in."
After he said that, the others didn't want to move forward anymore, since Luo Bin didn't seem to be lying.
"Huh!" someone exclaimed in surprise.
He pointed to Xiao Jin inside: "Why isn't she afraid of the smell?"
The light shone through and landed on the gas masks, and everyone realized that the other party had been prepared all along!
Since Xiao Jin had taken over the investigation, the others didn't have the courage to go in, so they stood outside to provide lighting for Xiao Jin.
Although it wasn't very clear with the light, we could still get a general idea.
Something had happened in the duty room; bloodstains had even splattered onto the ceiling. The surveillance screen was shattered, and glass was scattered all over the floor.
The source of the stench was the resting bed in the corner.
The small single bed had sheets that had been soaked in blood multiple times, turning them a deep black. Bones were scattered haphazardly around it, some of the broken bones bearing clear knife marks.
Over the years, the small bed developed an unbearable stench.
After a while, Xiao Jin came out. She took off her gas mask and put it into her spatial storage, and also secretly put a mint in her mouth.
"Um, did you find anything?" A little girl wearing a Peter Pan collar looked at Xiao Jin curiously.
She looks young, maybe 15 or 16, but she must have some skills to have survived this long.
Xiao Jin stretched out her hand, her fingers gripping a piece of white paper. There were traces of tape around the edge of the paper, clearly indicating that it had just been torn from the wall.
"I found a floor plan of a nursing home."
Everyone happily accepted it; it really came without any effort on their part, as they had just been wondering how to find the map.
The paper was placed in the middle, and everyone gathered around, looking down to examine it.
The entire sanatorium building has four floors and is roughly divided into three categories: medical area, living area and work area.
"Medical records can exist anywhere. We're in a supernatural instance right now. If we look for them based on established experience, we might not find them."
The sophisticated female gamer looked at the floor plan and pointed: "First, the head nurse's office, the doctor's office, the archives room, and the dean's office."
These are the places we absolutely must search. As for whether other locations are possible, I'm not sure.
Luo Bin rolled his eyes: "Then you might as well just say you're searching every single floor."
"Then let's search them all!"
As soon as Luo Bin finished speaking, Cui Mingyang suddenly looked up and said.
"Huh? You mean it?"
“Otherwise, we don’t have any other options!” Cui Mingyang looked at everyone: “Since we’re not sure, to avoid missing any key information, we might as well search everything.”
That makes sense, and after thinking about it, the players agreed.
"Then... how do we search?"
Cui Mingyang: "Naturally, we should divide into groups. Too many people will slow down the process."
"Huh? Wait a minute." At this moment, a muscular male player with a buzz cut asked Cui Mingyang, "Grouping is fine, but how do we do it? We need to agree on who will search which floor beforehand."
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.
"There are four floors in total. We'll divide into four groups of three people each. As for which floor to search, we'll decide by drawing lots!"
"I disagree." The muscular male player immediately objected as soon as Cui Mingyang finished speaking.
Cui Mingyang frowned: "Why don't you agree? Do you think it's unfair?"
“Of course,” the muscular male player said matter-of-factly. “I don’t believe you don’t know that different floors present different dangers.”
No matter what you say, I'm definitely not going to the fourth floor.
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