What kind of dark fairy tale is this?
Xie Qi looked at the long list of options in front of him and couldn't help but complain, "Can such a small place really accommodate so many patients?"
He felt more like he'd stumbled into an RPG than reality. Or was he really playing a game, or was it a 100% realistic holographic game that only existed in novels? The moment he stepped into this unusual hospital, his feelings began.
Perhaps this is still an unknown internal test. In order to provide a better gaming experience, they erased the players' memories, so that all the abnormalities become reasonable.
Xie Qi thought about this and tried to find some clues in his memory to prove his guess. Unfortunately, his memory of this period was very complete, without any blank spaces worth pondering.
The program named Xie Qi has no bugs, so the only one with the bugs is this hospital.
Inherit a mental hospital or a hospital for the supernatural? Xie Qi reluctantly chose the former. At least the people claiming to be aliens in the mental hospital were real people and wouldn't turn into some bizarre creatures.
Those who are not of my kind must have different hearts. Xie Qi was not sure if he could save his life in the supernatural hospital.
"Which ward would you like to go to first?" B11's reminder came at just the right time.
Xie Qi reviewed the list and after eliminating a series of moving things, he chose the latter between mechanical types and weapons.
The slogan "Machines will never be slaves" echoed in his mind, and he was no longer sure if he was dreaming.
[Connecting to the weapons ward for you]
The data receded like waves, and a door appeared before my eyes. Cards with the patients' names were inserted into the door according to their beds, so that medical staff and visitors could find them.
This was a four-person ward, and Xie Qi saw a familiar name at the very beginning - Bed 12, Long Ya.
Yu Qiehan followed the nurse's instructions and used his spiritual energy to give the Longya Sword a thorough health care. Just as he put the sword into the sword box, he felt someone outside.
His years of experience in the world of cultivation made him immediately put two fingers together to form a sword, with invisible sword energy lingering around it, and he suddenly opened the door.
Just as Xie Qi was about to push the door open, it suddenly opened. The instinctive sense of crisis made him subconsciously take a step back, his muscles tensed in alertness.
Although Yu Qiehan was blindfolded, Xie Qi felt a strong sense of being gazed upon, but it soon faded away, leaving only his standing hairs to show his presence.
"Mr. Xie, are you here to visit the patient as well? Please come in." Yu Qiehan put away all his aura and respectfully made way for him.
As soon as Xie Qi walked into the ward, he was almost blinded by a burst of bright light.
Bed number 14, across from Longya Sword, was empty, only a large sword suspended in midair. The blade was a full man's width, its crimson blade lined with seven grooves arranged to resemble the Big Dipper. Five of these grooves were inlaid with gemstones the size of pigeon eggs, their colors matching the colors of the rainbow.
[Name: The holy sword the hero obtained from the Church;
Age: approximately over a thousand years old;
Address: Demon King's Castle;
Disease: Poisoning; Hospitalization Date: 2000 x month x day]
Xie Qi: "..." For a moment, he didn't know whether to complain about why the hero's sword was in the Demon King's Castle, or whether to complain about how a sword could actually be poisoned?
"This sword was originally the sword of a hero, but it was stolen by the Demon King's subordinates and placed in the Demon King's castle. Unexpectedly, the sword's sacred attributes counteracted the dark attributes of the Demon King's castle. The sword was too weak and fell ill without being able to withstand the damage."
The nurse who walked in also saw the hospitalization time on it and sighed softly, "Poor sword! It's been in the hospital for over 20 years. The surgery was completed long ago, but no one came to handle the discharge procedures. The Demon King has been busy with all sorts of things and has long forgotten about it. I heard that the hero also replaced it with a holy sword with better attributes."
"Uh..." What kind of dark fairy tale is this?! Are the Demon King and the Hero a couple? They divorced, and then their child, Holy Sword, became a burden, unloved by his father and mother, unwanted by everyone. He clearly has biological parents, yet he lives like an orphan.
No matter how miserable and pitiful it is, it's just a sword!
Xie Qi refused to listen to this magical realist fairy tale.
He didn't know if it was Xie Qi's illusion, but he always felt that the light of the brave holy sword in front of him had dimmed, and the aura was gloomy and bleak.
"Oh, what a pity." The nurse spoke softly, her tone full of regret.
Xie Qi was about to say something when he suddenly realized something was wrong and a look of shock and vigilance appeared on his face.
He said in his heart: Can you hear what I am saying?
"Of course." The nurse shook the blanket, her tone calm, as if everything was a matter of course. "Boss, every mechanical species has its own strengths. I was just an ordinary lie detector. Reading micro-expressions is my instinct. There's nothing surprising about it."
After she finished speaking, she pulled the work cart out with a blank expression on her face.
Xie Qi watched her back as she walked away, his heart trembling: Nurses have to be able to read micro-expressions, is it so stressful in hospitals nowadays?
Or is this just my hospital?
Fortunately, Xie Qi no longer has any escape route in his heart and has learned to give up on himself.
In addition to Long Ya and the brave sword, there were two other "patients" in the ward, a sun-shooting longbow sealed in a transparent long box, and a mace on an empty bed.
Xie Qi suddenly wanted to call the nurse back and explain what was going on between the two.
"Woof!" Xuebing's dog barking echoed throughout the hospital.
[Unfortunately, it's time to go to work and the inspection is over. Please come again next time, boss.]
Before Xie Qi could react, he was pushed out of the ward. When he opened his eyes, he found himself still in that virtual space made up of data.
Xie Qi fumbled and clicked on the map, only to find that all the ward areas on it were grayed out, with a message stating "During working hours, no one except medical staff, patients and their families is allowed to enter or exit, including the boss."
He looked at the superfluous sentence at the end and had every reason to suspect that Sheng Zhi had written it specifically for him.
Xie Qi fumbled around in the virtual space for a long time, but didn't find anything interesting, so he exited.
He took the elevator to the first floor, and sure enough, the place became lively again, with people coming and going, even more lively than yesterday.
Xie Qi noticed that there were several more machines in the outpatient hall, including self-service payment machines and film collection machines.
A couple was busy operating a film retrieval machine for a long time.
Two hands, two legs, it's normal to follow me from the back.
It's a human! Xie Qi was actually a little excited. He walked forward and asked, "Do you need any help?"
After a while, the film retrieval machine started to work with a buzzing sound.
"Thank you so much. This is the first time we use this ancient machine. We even looked up how to use it online. We thought it would be very simple, but we didn't expect... It's really embarrassing." The lady held her cheek and made an exaggerated expression.
Ancient...ancient machine? Xie Qi was speechless as he looked at the latest version of the machine.
The husband held her hand and sighed, "Our marriage application deadline is almost over. If the marriage medical examination report is not submitted, we will have to wait until next year to get married. Fortunately, we met you. It was you who helped us get the marriage certificate."
Xie Qi didn't want to talk, and even wanted to kick over the bowl of dog food.
The couple was moaning and flirting with each other. Xie Qi took the film from the dispenser and handed it to them, "Here you go."
His eyes fell on the image above, his words stopped abruptly, and his fingers clenched unconsciously.
The husband couldn't even smoke, and was confused, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Xie Qi stared at the photo on the film, muttering, "There's a problem, a big problem..."
How could a human take a CT scan that showed an eight-legged octopus?! This is unscientific!
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