Chapter 24 The Third Mental Hospital
◎Where is it hidden?◎
Entering the passage, what appeared before everyone was a standard operating room.
The director's office is on a separate floor, and few people come here normally. Hiding the operating room here makes it really hard to be discovered.
The nurse pointed to a built-in instrument cabinet in the corner and said nervously, "The body is in the cabinet below. I don't know what happened to it now. I'm, I'm a little scared."
It's understandable that ordinary people would be afraid when faced with something like this. Qi Kai, who had the highest martial arts skills, gestured for everyone to move away and walked towards the equipment cabinet.
Already knowing that the cabinet might contain a contaminated core, Qi Kai had already completed metallization of half of his body before going over. A silver metal mask covered his head, and he held a sharp knife in his hand.
Everyone in the operating room held their breath.
A clear "creaking" sound echoed in the operating room, and the cabinet door was slowly opened.
A body fell out of the cupboard, but it was not the person they were looking for.
Zhong Xingchi was no longer afraid and stepped forward with a frown: "How could it be a man?"
Lying on the ground was a male corpse, wearing the white coat unique to the Third Mental Hospital. His eyes were wide open, and his expression was filled with pain and fear, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying before dying.
Qi Kai was close and recognized the identity of the deceased at a glance, saying, "This is the doctor who performed the heart removal surgery. He was killed before the pollution outbreak." Because of the documents that Gu Nian brought over, he specifically looked for the information of the surgeon.
Song Tian let out an "Ah!", his face bewildered. He'd joined in mid-sentence and was already baffled by the whole contaminated core thing, now even more confused. Weren't they looking for the girl suspected of being the contaminated core? How did they find the surgeon's body?
The four of them looked at the nurse at the same time.
They decided to come here because the other party said that the girl's body was hidden in the dean's lounge. If it was the contaminated core that escaped, it would be fine, but there was another body here, and it happened to be placed in the cabinet that the nurse mentioned. This was too coincidental.
Zhong Xingchi asked: "Uncle Qi, this..."
Gu Nian suddenly interrupted him, "Didn't Uncle Qi say the body would move? It seems the core of the contamination has already left. This doctor was the culprit who killed her, so it's only natural that he should be killed. The hospital is so large, perhaps we should expand our investigation beyond the inpatient department."
She turned and walked towards the passage: "Let's go, time waits for no one."
Zhong Xingchi blinked, not knowing what was going on, but he didn't say anything. He ignored the corpse on the ground and quickly followed Song Tian.
Qi Kai maintained his metallic form and walked to the nurse. His voice, emanating from the metal mask, was inexplicably cold and said, "Uncle Qi, let's go."
The nurse still looked honest and sincere. Although he didn't quite understand, he nodded quickly.
As he passed the lounge, Gu Nian quickened his pace and said to the people behind him, "The dean should be back soon. Let's hurry."
Zhong Xingchi was about to respond when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his arm. He looked down at the hand that was pinching him and looked at Song Tian next to him. He gasped, "Fuck, Song Tian, are you trying to strangle me to death?"
However, when he saw Song Tian's condition, he was shocked.
Song Tian, who had been fine just a moment ago, now had a look of pain on his face. His eyeballs were completely covered with the whites of his eyes. He clutched his head with both hands and kept mumbling something.
"What's wrong with you? What are you talking about?" Zhong Xingchi leaned over to listen, but could only hear a few repeated words. He frowned and asked, "Key? What key?"
At this moment, the nurse who came out of the operating room a few steps behind heard his words. She stopped where she was and looked at Zhong Xingchi with a simple face: "What did you say?"
Zhong Xingchi didn't think much about it and replied, "Nothing, Song Tian just kept muttering about keys or something." After he finished speaking, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
Yes, the key.
His eyes swept over the caregiver, who, like most middle-aged men, had a bunch of keys tucked around his waist. The keys made a slight jingle as he moved, but this phenomenon was so common that no one thought it was anything wrong.
But Song Tian is different. His ability is foresight.
The lounge was silent.
Zhong Xingchi had a vague guess in his mind, but he didn't dare to speak out to break the calmness at the moment.
The smile on the nurse's honest face gradually disappeared, and his expression began to change, first happy, then sad, then full of hope, then full of resentment, and finally calm again.
He reached out and touched the key at his waist: "You want my key, right?"
Zhong Xingchi quickly waved his hands: "No, no, I don't want it." After that, he covered Song Tian's mouth, which was still muttering, and quickly answered for him: "He doesn't want it either, and we don't want it either."
But the nurse was already lost in his own world and didn't need their answers. He tightly grasped the key at his waist, as if protecting some precious treasure.
"This is the key to my house. I can't give it to you. I can't give it to you."
"I can't make a mistake. I absolutely can't make a mistake again. I have to guard it carefully. I must, definitely not make a mistake this time. My daughter is still at home. I have to guard her carefully."
"I told them I would pay for it, and I told them I could use my heart, but they didn't listen. They just wouldn't listen! Why wouldn't they let us go?"
The nurse's expression gradually became crazy, and black mist continued to spread around his body.
The situation is already obvious. The caregiver in front of them is the core of the pollution they have been looking for.
Zhong Xingchi was stunned. What was going on?
At this time, Gu Nian also quietly moved over and slashed at Song Tian with one hand. At the same time, he used his hand gesture to cover up the black line between his fingers and moved closer. Wisps of black mist were drawn out of Song Tian's body. When Gu Nian withdrew his hand, Song Tian had already fainted.
Zhong Xingchi came to his senses, hurriedly supported the man, and secretly retreated with Gu Nian, muttering quietly: "What the hell is going on?"
Gu Nian said briefly, "The nurse should be the girl's father."
Zhong Xingchi's eyes widened, but now was not the time to ask questions. The two of them supported Song Tian and began to move towards the door. Meanwhile, Qi Kai was already prepared. After the three of them retreated to a safe distance, he rushed directly towards the core of the pollution.
The heavy metal body slammed directly into the contaminated core, yet it remained motionless. Qi Kai remained calm, and with a "puff" sound, he stabbed fiercely at the heart. However, no blood flowed, instead, a solid black mist spread out.
Qi Kai pulled it out without hesitation, changed direction and attacked the brain of the contaminated core.
But by this time, the contaminated core had completely changed. The last bit of human emotion had vanished, transforming it into a complete monster. □□ could no longer advance.
Qi Kai simply gave up using the □□. Five metal wolf claws appeared on the tips of his fingers. He used the impact of his body and the sharp claws to cut the body of the polluted core fiercely.
The two sides started fighting.
Gu Nian stood at the doorway, observing the situation inside. Zhong Xingchi, standing next to him, seemed more relaxed and soothed him, "Don't worry, this is a D-class contaminated core. With Brother Qi's strength, he can still handle it. We just need to keep an eye on his mental state."
Many times, the greatest danger that people with special abilities face in contaminated areas comes from themselves. The longer they stay in the contaminated areas, the more serious their mental pollution becomes.
However, they have two purifiers this time, so there's really no need to worry too much. As I said before coming in, finding the core of the contamination is actually the biggest challenge.
Now this biggest problem has been solved.
Gu Nian observed for a moment, realizing Qi Kai was indeed gaining the upper hand, and felt somewhat relieved. However, the dark lines on his fingertips were completely dissatisfied with this kind of long-distance observation, constantly pulling Gu Nian towards the center of the pollution.
Gu Nian gently patted the black line to appease him. The situation was very good now. As long as he kept calm and didn't waver, it would be a ready-made opportunity to pick up a bargain. The black line reluctantly wrapped around his fingertips again.
Even so, Gu Nian still felt a little uneasy. She glanced at Song Tian who had fainted beside her. In Song Tian's premonition, a room with a red carpet appeared.
But the carpet in the dean's lounge is pure white.
Gu Nian's brows subconsciously frowned. Zhong Xingchi thought she was afraid, so he deliberately said in a relaxed tone: "Really, don't worry. As long as nothing unexpected happens, we will definitely be out soon."
He said this so quickly that Gu Nian didn't have time to stop him.
Gu Nian wanted to say, at a critical moment like this, let’s not set a flag, okay?
Generally speaking, when you say there will be no accidents, there will usually be accidents.
Just as Zhong Xingchi finished speaking, a roar emanated from the contaminated core in the room, which had been severely damaged by Qi Kai. Then, a sudden movement came from the closet in the room. Something was banging against the door, one after another, as if it was about to break through the door.
Gu Nian and Zhong Xingchi exchanged a glance. Zhong Xingchi couldn't help but slap his mouth with his hand and said hesitantly, "No way." He shouldn't be so unlucky. He quickly said, "It's okay. There's just an ordinary corpse in there. Even if it comes out, it won't be a big deal."
Then with a "bang", the cabinet door was knocked open.
What rushed out was not the ordinary corpse that Zhong Xingchi mentioned, but a torrent of blood.
The blood continued to flow out of the operating room, over the pure white carpet, toward the contaminated core in the center of the room, and then was absorbed by it.
The pollution core, which had been gradually falling behind, roared again, as if it had fully recovered, and even took the initiative to rush towards Qi Kai.
Gu Nian: “…”
Zhong Xingchi made a zipper-like motion with his mouth and said no more.
However, Gu Nian felt as if a boot had landed on the floor. This was the red carpet Song Tian had mentioned. Knowing what you were facing was always better than facing the unknown.
Looking at the blood constantly flowing out of the operating room, Zhong Xingchi felt a little depressed.
After a moment, he said, "This blood all came from the bodies of patients who once lay on that operating table and were sold like commodities."
Those people didn't treat them as human beings at all.
Sometimes he would wonder if it would be better to let the polluted area exist. At least the garbage would be trapped here and would always appear as a monster.
At first, Gu Nian thought nothing of it. Humans are sentimental creatures. As a psychiatrist, she'd met many people and heard many stories. Even an optimist like Zhong Xingchi had moments of sadness. But as she listened, she sensed something was amiss.
Even if one is sentimental, the essence of a person will not change.
Qi Kai and Zhong Xingchi have always been very determined to solve the core of the pollution and would never think of allowing the polluted area to exist.
There must be something wrong!
Glancing down, Gu Nian suddenly realized that the blood had already spread to their feet. Because they had to keep an eye on Qi Kai's condition, they had been standing at the doorway, right where the blood was spreading.
Gu Nian shouted to Qi Kai, "Be careful! That blood has a mentally polluting effect!" At the same time, he reached out and pulled Zhong Xingchi out of the room, and asked him to quickly take off his blood-stained shoes.
Zhong Xingchi woke up after hearing Gu Nian's cry and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. This was the disadvantage of being a purifier. They were naturally more sensitive to pollutants and were also more easily contaminated. It was only because they could purify that they had the ability to resist.
Because of this, Purifiers rarely enter contaminated areas, which also means that most of them are not familiar with the conditions in contaminated areas.
Among the purifiers, Zhong Xingchi is considered to be brave, but he can still fall into the trap if he is not careful.
Zhong Xingchi was already in this state after being stained with only a little blood, not to mention Qi Kai in the room. The two of them hurriedly ran back to the lounge door. Fortunately, because half of Qi Kai's body had been metalized, the situation was not too serious.
But because of the blessing of blood, the pollution core had a constant source of power. Under the double pressure, Qi Kai began to feel a little tired.
Zhong Xingchi carefully avoided the blood on the ground and simply lay down at the door and began to sing to purify Qi Kai.
"You asked me how much I love you~How much do I love you~"
Gu Nian immediately revealed a painful expression. She knew that Zhong Xingchi's singing was not good, but she never thought it was so bad. Not a single word was in tune!
How did he pass the audition and become a trainee?
Qi Kai in the room was already immune to this, his expression didn't change at all, and he even started trying to request a song: "Borrow another five hundred years from the heavens."
Zhong Xingchi ruthlessly refused, "No, this song I sing has the best purification effect."
Zhong Xingchi's singing voice floated in the room.
Gu Nian also came to the door. She didn't go in, but the black line on her fingertips drooped down, slowly along the carpet, and into the blood. Wisps of black mist were extracted.
Soon, Qi Kai's condition visibly improved. Zhong Xingchi excitedly said, "I told you, this is the song I feel most emotionally charged and has the best purifying effect!"
He began to sing even harder.
Gu Nian: ...As long as you are happy.
Song Tian, who had been moved out of the lounge early, was attacked by the magic sound before he even opened his eyes. After opening his eyes, he touched his neck and felt a little pain inexplicably.
"Doctor Gu, what are you doing?"
Hearing Song Tian wake up, Gu Nian saw that Qi Kai was temporarily safe, so he carefully retracted his black line and walked towards Song Tian, "The caregiver is the core of the pollution, Qi Kai is dealing with him."
After explaining what happened after Song Tian fainted in a few words, Gu Nian asked cautiously, "What did you predict this time?"
Song Tian’s previous predictions had all come true, and this time in this small room, he made a prediction again, which means that here, they are likely to face a life-and-death crisis.
The key to solving the problem may be hidden there.
Song Tian touched his aching neck and recalled what happened before he fainted. "It was a door. I saw a locked door, but I didn't have the key. I only remember the feeling at that time. I really wanted to use the key to open that door. There was something inside that I had to find."
What Song Tian "saw" were only fragments, and he could only express his most urgent feelings.
Gu Nian frowned. The key Song Tian was talking about was obviously the key hanging around the waist of the contaminated core. And judging from what happened just now, this key would definitely be difficult to obtain.
Zhong Xingchi finished singing another song and turned to join the conversation: "Well, predictions aren't necessarily accurate, are they?" He thought for a moment and added, "It's not that they're inaccurate, it's just that what we see is very one-sided. For example, the color of the carpet this time, who would have thought it would be blood-stained red?"
In fact, he felt that with Brother Qi's ability, his purification, and Gu Nian as the substitute purifier, they should definitely win this time.
But because of the two previous failures, he didn't dare to speak.
However, the next second, the pollution core in the room emitted a familiar roar.
Zhong Xingchi quickly turned around to see what was going on. No way, was he unable to even think about it?
At the same time, the roars of groups of monsters were heard outside.
Gu Nian quickly walked to the bedside and saw countless monsters running towards the inpatient building downstairs, making huge roars. Among them were the dean and Director Zhou who were out on patrol.
The tainted core is summoning monsters.
The monsters downstairs were gathering more and more, and even footsteps could be heard in the corridor, indicating that some monsters were heading here. But there was no place to hide.
Gu Nian looked at Qi Kai, who was struggling with the pollution core, and then glanced outside, frowning. If this continued, the situation would be very disadvantageous to them.
They have to take a gamble.
Gu Nian shouted to Qi Kai, "Key, take his key!"
If Song Tian's prediction is true, then the key he mentioned will be the key to their victory this time. They must make a quick decision and cannot delay any longer.
Qi Kai didn't ask any more questions and replied loudly: "Okay!"
The floor began to shake, and the monster outside was approaching.
Gu Nian quickly said to Zhong Xingchi, "Give me that whistle, and that halo."
Zhong Xingchi was a little puzzled, but he quickly took out the two items and handed them to Gu Nian, asking, "What do you want these things for?"
Gu Nian took the item and ran towards the door. While turning on the halo and putting it on his head, he replied, "I'll lead them away. You guys cooperate with Qi Kai and get the key!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Nian had already run out of the dean's office.
As soon as she walked out of the corridor, Gu Nian ran into the first wave of monsters coming up the stairs. Zhong Xingchi was right. The halo on her head was indeed very attractive to monsters.
Gu Nian circled in front of the monsters, and after attracting their attention, he quickly ran towards the stairwell at the other end of the corridor. However, perhaps because the level of the halo itself was relatively low, some monsters still did not catch up. Gu Nian deliberately slowed down and blew the whistle again.
With the help of the two pollutants, most of the monsters followed.
Gu Nian ran downstairs as fast as she could. By the time she left the inpatient building, a trail of monsters had already followed her. Gu Nian was running in front, with the strange creatures chasing closely behind.
Gu Nian ran into the Dean and Director Zhou who were out on patrol. He greeted them and blew his whistle. Then a group of younger followers followed him.
The dean was actually not controlled by low-level pollutants, but Gu Nian took away almost all the monsters in front of him, which was something he absolutely could not tolerate!
A mountain of flesh followed.
Gu Nian saw the dean coming over and wiped the sweat off his face. He glanced around and found that Director Zhou hadn't come over. He didn't know where he had gone.
But Gu Nian wasn't too worried. Director Zhou didn't seem like someone who liked to be manipulated. Even if he did go, he probably wouldn't go up to help. He would probably wait for the fisherman to reap the benefits.
After a walk around the inpatient building, Gu Nian led the huge group to run around the hospital. Fortunately, she paid attention to exercise regularly and was able to be the vanguard.
However, there were simply too many monsters in the contaminated area. Gu Nian glanced back and decided to try a different approach. She began to slow down a bit, allowing the closest monsters to catch up. At the same time, the black line in her hand began to move backward.
She is good at sting operation.
Monsters were constantly being eliminated and new monsters kept appearing. However, the farther away from the pollution core, the weaker the monsters became. Although Gu Nian was under pressure, he could still cope with it.
Although the amount of black mist that can be extracted from each monster is very small, it accumulates into a large amount. Gu Nian can feel that the range of the black line attack has become a little larger. This is the only good news.
Passing by the inpatient building again, Gu Nian took a deep breath and blew his whistle loudly. The top window opened and Song Tian stuck his head out.
"It's almost there, almost there, Doctor Gu, just hold on a little longer!"
I don’t know how long I ran before I passed the inpatient building again. Before Gu Nian could shout, there was a sudden "bang" sound from above, the glass shattered, and a figure leaned out of the window upside down.
An object fell from above in a parabola.
Qi Kai shouted loudly: "I'll stop it, you go find the door!"
Gu Nian ran over quickly and saw a key lying on the ground. It was the key that contaminated the core.
While he was picking up the key, the group of monsters behind him approached again. Gu Nian was thinking about how to shake them off and find the door when he saw Zhong Xingchi and Song Tian running out from the gate of the inpatient department.
Zhong Xingchi took the whistle and Song Tian took the halo.
"We'll run with them, you find the door!"
When they reached the corner, the two waved to Gu Nian, changed direction, and ran forward quickly.
But before Gu Nian could breathe a sigh of relief, the dean's voice came from behind. It was because he drank the witch's potion that the dean had to endure great pain every time he moved. Therefore, his speed was extremely slow and even his blood vessels were trembling weakly.
In fact, the reason why they are so close now is because Gu Nian directly circled him.
Gu Nian waved to the dean from afar and said, "Dean, let's train together next time!" After that, he rushed directly into the inpatient building and quickly disappeared.
The dean's angry roar came from behind.
After entering the building, Gu Nian did not search aimlessly, but found a secluded place to hide and began to carefully observe the key in his hand.
This is a very ordinary key, similar in shape to most keys on the market. There is a very old teddy bear doll hanging on it, and there is nothing unusual about it from the outside.
In the dean's office, the contaminated core had said that this was the key to the house, and his daughter was waiting at home. His daughter was the girl whose heart had been removed.
The polluted core, where will it hide her?
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