The elevator door closed and Lu Ban felt that the noise outside had become less noisy.
He looked at the girl in the mirror and asked.
"Obstetrics and Gynecology Department...Are you the only child born in this hospital?"
There is no obstetrics and gynecology department in Nanhua Private Renji Hospital, and Lu Ban never understood why.
This has no direct relationship with the monster incident. Whether there is an obstetrics and gynecology department or not, it should not affect Zhao Gongping's use of the monster's power to "resurrect" those people.
But it’s not.
If it was only the power of monsters that was at work, then how could those people who were corroded and alienated leave messages for Lu Ban, and how could they drive away the anchor who came to the fifth floor?
Therefore, there must be some kind of power here that is fighting against the monsters.
And this power is this little girl.
In Lu Ban's arms, in the red-covered notebook, on the first few torn pages, on the pages stained with blood and stains, words emerged.
It was a distinctly feminine handwriting, gentle, dignified, and full of infinite affection.
"I could feel the movement in my belly and it was our baby, she was kicking me and telling me how she felt."
"Although the doctor told me that my physical condition was very weak and even a normal delivery could be dangerous, I still wanted to keep this child. This is his last legacy to me."
"I always have a strange feeling in the hospital, as if someone is watching me. I am the only patient in the department. Maybe it's because the fees here are too expensive and everyone goes to public hospitals to give birth. But my physical condition is something only the doctors here can take care of. They told me that my child will be the first born in this hospital. I feel very happy. The child brings hope and new life, and it is the continuation of my memories with him."
"It's just that my health is getting worse and worse. I've always been weak and sickly. Now, this child seems to be sucking away all my energy. Many times, I don't even have the strength to get out of bed. I know I'm very haggard. The nurses won't even let me look in the mirror. Right now, I can only try to hold on, at least for this child, at least for her happiness."
"Director Zhao was very concerned about me. He said that it was not easy for a girl like me to give birth to a child, and he would definitely use the best treatment to ensure the safety of me and the child. He looked at the child in my belly with a very kind look. I thought that if he were still alive, he would probably look at our child with the same eyes."
"My belly was getting bigger and bigger, but the rest of my body was getting thinner. I was losing my hair every day, in handfuls, and my hands were so thin that they were just skin and bones. I hadn't felt the feeling of walking for a long time. Sometimes, I would wonder if giving birth to her was a mistake, but I quickly denied such a thought. My child is the person I love most in the world. No matter what, I must let her come into this world, even if it costs my life."
"Director Zhao came to see me. He said my condition was not optimistic and I might need to be admitted to the intensive care unit. I came to the fifth floor, which was very quiet. The director said I was one of the first patients to be admitted to the fifth floor, but I no longer had the energy to sigh. Just being alive was already the best I could do."
"I met a strange man today. He seemed to have walked into the wrong door and came to my ward. He played a tune for me using a harmonica that he took out from somewhere. Unbelievably, I felt much better and the baby in my belly was not so noisy. The melody was very good and I wrote it down. But the man left soon and then the nurse came over and seemed very worried. She said that there might be someone wandering around in the hospital doing bad things, but I think that person is a good person."
"Accompanied by a burst of abdominal pain, I knew that she was about to be born. I was sent to the operating room. The lights were bright and there were many equipment I had never seen before. I felt a lot of pain, as if my internal organs were being eaten by something. My eyes were blurry and the pain that was beyond human touch almost made me faint."
"Director Zhao delivered my baby personally. My blurred consciousness could only feel pain, endless pain, enough to make one doubt life. But even in such pain, I did not regret giving birth to her."
"After a pain that seemed like eternity, I suddenly felt a sense of loss, as if something important had disappeared. I saw Dean Zhao's face suddenly brighten, and I knew that my child was finally born."
"I smiled with relief and wanted to speak, to see my child. Then, I heard the first cry of my child since he was born into this world. It was... it was... an indescribable, low, sharp, and strange sound, like the fear spreading from the throat of some dying creature. I lowered my head and saw my child."
"Inside the huge transparent glass container, there was a pool of rotten stuff that looked like mud, and a mouth with countless eyes and sharp teeth. It was something even stranger than a monster."
"Your child is very healthy," Dean Zhao said to me with a fanatical expression on his face.
"My child...my child...this is, my child?"
"I felt that all the strength in my body had been drained away, and I couldn't take in any air from my lungs. It was then that I saw my current appearance for the first time through the lampshade on the ceiling."
"There was a huge wound on my abdomen. All my internal organs were devoured. I looked like a mummy. My hair had already fallen out and my eyes were sunken. I looked like a dying person. No, I was already dead."
"My child...my hope...all my hopes...I don't accept it, I don't accept it, I don't accept it!!!"
The text in the notebook ends here. Through these words, Lu Ban can feel the intense despair transformed from a kind of passionate love.
Every time this happened, he really hoped that there were ghosts in this world.
"You are a real baby. Zhao Gongping's ritual replaced you with that monster, but you still survived in that monster's body. It's like a miracle. I don't know whose power allowed you to survive, but you did survive in the monster's body."
Lu Ban said to the little girl.
The little girl didn't answer, but just hummed a song.
In the overflowing cement, in the monster's bloody mouth, under the gaze of millions of eyes, the gentle, kind, and loving chant flowed into Lu Ban's ears.
He knew that this was the real melody left by Du Danping.
Du Danping, who was unable to completely kill the monster, left behind a melody that gave hope to those who came after him.
In this melody, Lu Ban heard a different sound.
"Good luck to you, I wish you good luck, good luck brings joy and love..."
It's his cell phone.
The caller ID showed Song Yunyan's secretary, Li Zijian.
Lu Ban answered the phone and heard the secretary's panicked voice. At this point, Lu Ban felt that it was simply the sound of nature.
"You finally answered the phone. Listen to me, there was an earthquake here. It seemed to be coming from the hospital. Are you really okay? Hello?"
Lu Ban chuckled somewhat self-deprecatingly, and instead of answering Li Zijian's words, he spoke directly.
"Start the blasting charge. Quickly, as quickly as possible, blow this hospital up to the sky!"