"Well, they are usually very quiet."
The young nurse was a little puzzled. These patients had never been so active before, but today, as soon as Lu Ban arrived, they all gathered around him and started to act up.
Didn't they take any medicine?
It can’t be that Lu Ban’s appearance triggered their illness, right?
"Nurse Tao, I think I have interviewed almost all the people here. Can you take me to the patients with more serious symptoms?"
Lu Ban was eager to try.
"Uh, let me ask Dr. Hao."
The young nurse sent a message to Dr. Hao, but did not receive a response for a long time.
"He might be busy. Let's go first. It's okay. I'm a filmmaker. I've seen a lot of storms. A few patients don't pose any threat."
Lu Ban patted his chest and gave a confident and ordinary smile.
"threaten?"
Before the young nurse could come to her senses, she saw Lu Ban walking towards another ward.
"Wait, wait."
She hurriedly caught up with Lu Ban, but Lu Ban had already arrived at another entertainment room.
There are obviously fewer patients in this recreation room, and unlike the previous patients who looked dull and rigid, the patients here are more active.
"roar!"
A patient slammed the ping-pong racket in his hand down violently, knocking the ping-pong ball flying. He seemed to have a grudge against the ball and repeated this action again and again.
Another patient was holding a worn-out teddy bear, pressing it against the wall and punching the poor thing again and again, with no intention of stopping.
"The patients in your ward are obviously in more serious condition."
Lu Ban sighed and opened the door and walked in.
The patients paused for a moment, glanced at Lu Ban, and most of them turned their heads away without interest and continued doing their own things.
Only one person came over.
"Hello, are you admitted to the hospital today?"
The other person seemed very cheerful and sunny, not like a patient.
"right."
Lu Ban responded.
This patient looked to be in his twenties, young and promising. He was confident and cheerful, completely different from the gloomy appearance of other patients.
"Let me tell you, life here is actually pretty good. I used to think life was hard, but now I think life is wonderful, and I feel much more energetic."
"That's great."
Lu Ban responded.
"Yes, I used to work in a big Internet company. I got up early and went to bed late every day, and I earned 100 yuan a year. My wife was a teacher, and we usually hired a nanny to do housework at home. It seemed like we were happy and content. But later I found out that my wife had an affair with a fitness coach and had cheated on me for several years."
The man spoke calmly, even with a hint of interest.
"Later, I found out about it. My wife cried and begged me to forgive her. What could I do? Of course I chose to forgive her. But I didn't expect that six months later, she cheated with that fitness coach again!"
“How abominable!”
Lu Ban echoed.
"Yes, later, I figured it out. It was meaningless, really meaningless. I asked someone to find out where they had cheated, and drove downstairs to wait. I was very calm, and then when I saw them appear, I picked up the knife and stabbed both of them to death, twenty times each, no more, no less."
The corners of the man's mouth curled up, as if he was savoring the memory.
"And then they brought me here and said I had some mental illness, but I had no illness at all, it was them who had the illness."
“…”
Lu Ban looked at the man.
The disease is quite serious.
The young nurse came over at this time and pulled Lu Ban away.
"Don't listen to his nonsense. He has Freilig's delusion syndrome, which is a type of delusion. Patients usually become particularly fond of socializing and talking to strangers. They also fantasize about some cruel settings on themselves."
She explained softly.
“Is this social bullshit?”
Lu Ban asked subconsciously.
"Social... what? Well, he actually doesn't have a wife anyway. He's just addicted to games and doesn't want to interact with people. One time he used up all his savings just to draw cards and ended up like this."
The young nurse explained.
"If it were me, I would probably sit here too."
Lu Ban felt the same way and asked again.
"Do you have any patients with more severe or bizarre symptoms? Like a killer wearing a vest and flip-flops, or a killer wearing sunglasses and talking to a potted plant?"
"Well...the patients here are all good people and have never committed any crime."
The young nurse was a little embarrassed. She thought for a moment before she came up with an idea.
"But if it's the intensive care unit, there might be something you want."
She pointed to the building next door, where the ward looked like a bunker or a prison.
"Critically ill patients are kept in separate wards and are generally not allowed out because their mental illnesses are so severe that they are likely to harm others or themselves."
Bringing Lu Ban to this building, the young nurse explained patiently.
"You have to be careful when you interact with them so as not to irritate them."
"Don't worry, I'm a very sensible person."
Lu Ban saw the young nurse leading him to the door of a ward. He pushed open the door and saw a middle-aged man in his forties sitting inside.
"He has very strong delusions. Ordinary doctors can't handle him. Don't let him fool you."
The young nurse said in Lu Ban's ear.
"no problem."
Lu Ban sat on the chair, approached the other person, and greeted him first.
"Hello, I'm Lu Ban."
"You're not a patient, you're a doctor? It doesn't seem like..."
The middle-aged man muttered.
"I want to help you."
Lu Ban imitated the psychologist's words.
"You can't help me. Everyone will die, you and I are the same. This world is hopeless."
The man sighed.
"Huh? Why is there no hope?"
Lu Ban became interested.
"Haha, you don't know that this world is not as safe as you think. Outside this world, there are many powerful and extraordinary evil gods who are coveting this place. The stars in this sky are among their gazes. Outside this world, there are many more worlds that have been destroyed. Those great beings cross the world just to bring destruction."
The man said seriously.
"What a coincidence, I thought so too."
Lu Ban suddenly became excited. He didn't expect that someone would share the same opinion as him.
Could this also be a chosen one of God?
The man glanced at Lu Ban and his expression became a little different.
"There are not many people as humble as you. Humans are too arrogant and think they are the masters of the world. But who knows that they are just ants, humble beings that can be destroyed by those great beings at the touch of a finger."
He said again.
"Yes, that's right, brother."
Lu Ban couldn't help but applaud and added.
"I have some opinions about these. For example, regarding Aldebaran, I believe there is an indescribable great existence on it. Whenever the star reaches a fixed position, the god sleeping on it will cast his gaze on it..."
Then, he discussed with the other party what kind of evil gods there were and what their characteristics were.
At one side, the young nurse watched Lu Ban chatting and laughing with this patient, who even doctors could sometimes fool, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.
Between the two of them, who is the mentally ill one?