Shi Yu only felt that he had been walking in the darkness for a very long time, until he began to feel warmth all over his body.
Without stopping, he walked faster and faster, and the originally distant sound gradually became clearer.
He opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling for a few seconds, then silently stood up and walked down the stairs, taking a long time before taking a step.
The infirmary was probably equipped with a clean washroom to deal with situations like spilled medicines. The tiles on the wall were chipped at corners, revealing the cement underneath, and the cracks were spreading in a tree-like pattern.
There was a strong smell of disinfectant in the cubicle.
He held onto the ceramic table, put his hands on his throat, lowered his head and spit out the acid in his stomach. The feeling of being pressed on his chest was slightly relieved, and his breathing began to normalize.
After washing up, he rinsed the porcelain table and then turned around and went out.
The door to the lounge was pushed open.
The people outside probably heard the noise and came in to check. The first to come in were two familiar faces: "Idol!"
Shi Yu nodded and went back to sit on the edge of the bed.
The doctor pulled the two people who were blocking his way away, took out the thermometer and took a test. He looked at the number on it: "35.9°C, still low."
Shi Yu listened and said, "No bias."
The other two didn't react, but the doctor understood immediately: "Is your temperature usually this low?"
"Um."
The doctor was a middle-aged man who was already over 40 years old. He looked him up and down and said, "Young man, you need to take care of your body. Although some people are born with low temperature, that is an unusual situation after all. You can get better if you take more care of it. You have lived for so many years and are still like this. I am afraid you have never paid attention to it before. To put it bluntly, if you continue like this for a long time, you will definitely die shorter than a normal person."
Shi Yu's throat hurts every time he speaks now, so he just listens quietly.
The doctor had seen too many young employees who were sent here with rebellious faces. Seeing someone who was so sincerely repentant, he immediately became more excited. He kept talking to him while checking his blood pressure. After he finished talking, he asked, "Have you ever had this happen before?"
have.
Shi Yu said, “No.”
The doctor glanced at him and said, "Now that you're awake, there's probably nothing serious going on. But just in case, I suggest you go to the hospital and get a comprehensive checkup with professional equipment."
After sending the doctor away, Shi Yu looked at the two people and asked, "You sent me here?"
His throat had just been burned, so his voice was hoarse and had a broken feeling like paper being torn.
As soon as Ji Congyang heard the words, he ran outside to pour him some water. He just came back with a paper cup when he heard this, and his eyes were full of confusion: "You don't know? The doctor said that it was an employee of this factory who sent you here."
Shi Yu thought about it and had an impression, but he was in a daze at the time and couldn't hear or see clearly. He only knew that there was someone next to him, but he didn't know who it was.
He asked again, “Why are you here?”
"We were in the botanical garden at the time. You disappeared after walking up the stairs. We waited for a few minutes but nothing unexpected happened. We thought you were fine, so we hurried over but didn't see you." Ji Congyang explained in a proper manner, "We landed at the pharmaceutical factory. Old Joe said at the time that you couldn't stay in that environment. You either left on your own or were found and taken away by someone, so we asked him to look for you. We looked for several possible places, and finally came to the infirmary and found you were here."
Shi Yu didn't ask any more questions.
Only a few hours had passed since they arrived at the film factory. When Qiao Yan saw Ji Congyang finished chatting with others, he only said "Have a good rest" and took Ji Congyang out of the door.
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No matter what kind of person you are, you still have to participate in the game and find the center of the circle.
After arriving here, Qiao Yan first went to the Human Resources Department to get three visiting passes, wrote the date on them, put them in plastic shells, tied blue ribbons, and made up an excuse to others that he brought his friends here for a tour because his family was a senior official in the factory. He fooled all the employees who asked about his identity and also sent away the person who was supposed to lead the way.
When it comes to their identity, the game never makes things difficult for them. As long as they can think of a roughly reasonable reason, they can basically get away with it.
When he was leaving the infirmary, he threw one to Shi Yu and walked around the factory with the other two.
Ji Congyang had a sign hanging around his neck: "Where are we going now?"
Qiao Yan led the group out of the factory and said, "Find the center of the space."
"Ah? Then we won't be taking Shi Yu with us?"
"Together, are we leading him or is he leading us?"
“…”
"When you find him, go back to the infirmary and tell him. Don't you feel uncomfortable following him around and listening to his reasoning for nothing? Now is your chance to make amends."
Ji Congyang thought about how Shi Yu looked in the infirmary just now: "But how can we find him with only two of us?"
"The landing site is in a factory, and people around here are walking, so the center of the circle shouldn't be too far from here, about ten kilometers in a straight line." Qiao Yan asked the guard to open the iron gate, "Find two bicycles, and it won't even take an hour to ride ten kilometers. If you ever find that the scenery around you is repeated, it means that you have passed the boundary of this space. Find the boundary line, ride around it, circle the space on the map, and then find the center of the circle. This space shouldn't be big, and if we're quick, we can find the exact place before dark. This is the dumbest way, do you understand?"
"I understand." Ji Congyang responded, "Is there an easier way?"
Qiao Yan: "Yes, but you don't need to know."
"Why?"
"Do you know how to use it if I tell you?"
"...Can't you just go one day without mocking me?"
Qiao Yan didn't bother to pay attention to him: "Go now."
Ji Congyang: "What?"
"Try to get two bicycles."
"oh……"
Ji Congyang was busy talking and didn't pay attention to the road. The iron gate happened to be a blind spot, so he bumped into someone as soon as he walked out of the door.
He let out a roar, his nose bumped against someone's head, and tears almost burst out: "Who is it?"
The other person was a young boy who looked about the same height as him. He was dressed in an inconspicuous way. He hunched his shoulders slightly as if by habit, and looked timid and cowardly. He was also bumped into, but he apologized immediately without even seeing the person clearly: "Yes, I'm sorry!"
Ji Congyang was not angry at first. He wanted to say "It's okay" when he heard the apology, but the next second he was grabbed by the collar and dragged to the back.
Qiao Yan stood between the two of them: "Player?"
The young boy stammered, "How did you know?"
Qiao Yan's gaze fell on the other person's hand.
The boy quickly put his hands behind his back, and then he remembered that he had been seen and it would be stupid to do this again, so he quickly took his hands out: "Yes, you, too?"
Qiao Yan: "Are you stuttering?"
Boy: “Ah, yes.”
Qiao Yan looked at him expressionlessly. Because of his appearance, even if he didn't say anything, his eyes were very aggressive when they turned cold, as sharp as a knife.
The boy looked at him for two seconds, his eyes darting around nervously: "I, I didn't, I secretly followed you, you, I just happened to arrive..."
Ji Congyang listened and tugged at his companion's collar from behind.
Qiao Yan finally retracted his gaze: "I don't care whether you just happened to pass by or were following me on purpose this time, but if I see you again, I will think you were following me on purpose."
The boy grabbed his collar and stuttered more anxiously: "I, I, I didn't, have, with..."
Ji Congyang tugged at his companion's clothes again.
Qiao Yan threw down his words and pulled Ji Congyang away.
Ji Congyang looked back and said, "Why are you so fierce? He's almost crying."
Qiao Yan glanced at him and said, "Fool."
Ji Congyang: “?”
He was dissatisfied: "How did I provoke you?"
Qiao Yan: "It's an eyesore to me."
Ji Congyang: "..."
If he cares about this guy again, he'll be a dog!
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Shi Yu stayed in the infirmary until the evening and left with his visitor pass.
Although the pharmaceutical factory has the word "medicine" in its name, because the production environment requires sterility, the products are mostly kept in completely sealed machines. Except for the area where the raw materials are processed at the beginning, the air in other places can basically be kept normal.
The temperature here is already as high as that in late autumn, around 20 degrees.
Shi Yu put on his mask again before leaving. Before he saw any employees, he ran into a boy in casual clothes like him downstairs, who was being carried by a security guard who happened to pass by.
"I'm asking you a question. Where are you from? What do you want to do? Don't you know you can't run around in the factory?!"
The boy hunched his back slightly, with a look of timidity and inferiority: "I, I..."
He looked up in panic and caught sight of the figure of the person coming. He was stunned for a second, and then his eyes suddenly lit up: "You, I'm here to find him!"
The security guard frowned and looked over, then looked at the visitor's pass on his neck, and then his tone slowed down when he looked at him: "Do you know him?"
Shi Yu looked at the boy.
The boy quickly pulled open his sleeves to reveal his bracelet, his eyes pleading for help: "Brother, you said, let me come, come to you, you said, right?"
He didn't seem like he was very good at lying. His eyes were wandering around, but he didn't dare to look at me.
Shi Yu withdrew his gaze and nodded lightly.
Upon hearing this, the security guard let the man go, gave a few instructions and left.
The boy regained his freedom and stammered, "Thank you, thank you brother."
The security guards didn't know, but they themselves knew that they were not here to look for anyone at all.
Shi Yu: "Do you know me?"
The boy was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Of course I know him, I know a lot of people."
Because of his stutter, he tried to be concise: "You are very, very famous in the forum."
Shi Yu had only heard the light ball in the player space mention the existence of the player forum, but he had never seen it, and he didn't know what his reputation was like. He nodded and walked down the stairs.
The boy quickly caught up with him: "Hey, great master, you are here too..."
Shi Yu tilted his head: "What are you following me for?"
"I just told that person that I came to find you, and now I want to follow you..."
The boy said, probably knowing that his request was unreasonable, and added: "I, I can repay you."
"I don't need it."
"Yes, yes. You helped me, I want to repay you."
Shi Yu raised his eyes, the color of his eyes was very dark, quiet and clean. But it was not the kind of cleanness that one could see through the bottom of a stream of water, but the kind of cleanness that one could see when a mountain was covered in snow and it was completely desolate.
The boy's heart skipped a beat for unknown reason. He stuttered again, and his ears felt hot. "I, I mean... I didn't come here at first. I've already passed through three spaces."
Shi Yu stopped when he heard the last sentence and asked, "Name?"
The boy's eyes lit up: "Always, always feel it."
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