When Lao Wei heard that Qi’s fan’s friend was nearby, he drove to pick him up without saying a word.
Qi Mi ate the wontons in a few bites, quickly ran to the edge of the base, and stood at the place closest to the five small red dots waiting.
But after half an hour, Lao Wei still hadn't come back.
Logically speaking, it only takes a few minutes to drive a kilometer, so it doesn't make sense that he hasn't returned yet in half an hour.
And she noticed that the five red dots had not moved in the past thirty minutes.
Qi Mi's mobile phone screen could only show the general direction of the red dots. There was no specific map, so she didn't know the specific locations of the five red dots. So she immediately ran back to the kindergarten to find Liao Yang.
"Don't worry, I'll call Lao Wei." Liao Yang quickly took out his cell phone and called Lao Wei.
After a series of beeps with no one answering, a mechanical female voice came from the other end of the phone: "Sorry, the number you dialed is currently out of service. Please try again later..."
Liao Yang's face changed and he hung up the phone.
Qi Mi looked at her pale face and couldn't help but feel a pang of fear: "What's wrong?"
"It's okay. Lao Wei's phone is out of service... maybe he ran into some weirdo again. The barrier is easily disrupting the signal. It's okay, he should be back soon. Don't worry, they'll be fine."
Liao Yang twitched the corners of her mouth. She was not good at lying. Although she said it was okay in a relaxed tone, her panicked eyes had already revealed her inner worries.
Qi Mi hummed and turned to look at the classroom.
The three kids have become friends with the other kids and are having a great time.
Seeing Qi Mi coming back, the three of them put down their toys and ran over: "Teacher Qi, you're back! Are Teacher Zheng and the students back?!"
"Where is my baby Jiaojiao?" Fang Xinyue asked excitedly.
In front of the children, Qi Mi didn't dare to reveal his anxious emotions, and just smiled: "He hasn't come back yet, but he should be soon."
Hearing this perfunctory remark again, Fang Xinyue didn't buy it this time. She pouted and said, "Teacher Qi, you always say it's almost time, but how long does it take to be almost time?"
"It's just... it's almost there." Qi Mi was speechless.
In the end, Liao Yang found a way to interrupt the conversation and coaxed the children back to the classroom.
Ten minutes passed and there was no response from Liao Yang's phone.
She had to glance at her phone every few seconds. She knew Lao Wei. As long as he saw that there was a missed call from her on his phone, he would definitely call back if he got the chance. There was no movement for such a long time, he must still be in the strange barrier and had not come out yet.
Liao Yang took a deep breath and continued to wait.
Finally, half an hour later, when Ye Shiliu hurried over to find Lao Wei to go out for the task, Liao Yang finally couldn't wait any longer. She hurriedly took off her kindergarten apron and ran out.
Qi Mi raised his hand to stop her: "Leave Lao Wei to me, I'll go."
Liao Yang was worried and shook his head: "No, I feel really bad today, I have to go find him."
"You are not alone now. You cannot be in danger. You must stay here." Qi Mi refused to let go of his hand and signaled Liao Yang's lower abdomen with his eyes.
Earlier in the car, Lao Wei had already revealed the good news that he was going to be a father soon. The child was still seven or eight months away from being born, and he had already urged his aunt Qi Mi to prepare red envelopes.
Liao Yang was stunned for a moment, her hands gently caressing her lower abdomen, her expression becoming even more conflicted. She only found out she was pregnant during the last apocalypse, and this time it was a combined apocalypse, requiring her to pass through three stages before she could leave... If she had known she was pregnant, she would never have entered the game this time.
For her part, the wife wanted to rescue her husband.
But as a mother, she really can't take risks with her children.
"Sister Liao Yang, Old Wei was trapped by Guishizi because of me. I promised you that I would bring him back safely, so I'll leave my three students in your care for the time being."
After saying that, fearing that Liao Yang would still insist on going, Qi Mi quickly pulled Ye Shiliu away.
The two rode the motorcycle for a distance, but before they left the base, Ye Shiliu suddenly stopped the car and urged Qi Mi to get off.
Qi Mi was extremely anxious and was kicked out of the car again, so his tone was naturally unfriendly: "What are you doing?!"
Ye Shiliu pulled out his communicator and said sternly, "You were just discharged from the hospital yesterday. Your consciousness is still unstable and you are very vulnerable to re-contamination by Guishizi. You can't go."
Qi Mi was too lazy to talk to him, so he jumped out of the car and prepared to run out of the base.
Ye Shiliu quickly grabbed her and said, "Don't worry, you really can't go! Secondary contamination is very difficult to treat, don't forget you have three children waiting for you! I'll ask the higher-ups to send someone down to rescue the eldest brother, don't worry!"
Mentioning the three children seemed to have touched her soft spot, and Qi Mi stood still.
However, Ye Shiliu asked for instructions and reported to everyone, but still couldn't find any suitable rescue.
The intermediate and senior purification officers were all out on missions, and there were only a few junior purification officers left nearby. They were only responsible for searching, so it would be useless even if they were contacted.
Ye Shiliu lost and took back the communicator.
"See, in the end, we still have to rely on ourselves?" Qi Mi sneered, shook off his hand, and sat back on the back of the motorcycle. "Let's go?"
Ye Shiliu sighed heavily. "See? This is why I insisted on getting you to be a Purification Officer. This job is short on people and the workload is high. If you get into danger, you won't even have a companion to rescue you."
"Don't waste time, go quickly." Qi Mi said anxiously.
"This is the only way..."
Ye Shiliu pressed the button and continued riding.
Following the general directions provided by Qi Mi and the map on Ye Shiliu's phone, the two quickly located a dilapidated private hospital. From a distance, they saw Lao Wei's black car parked at the door, confirming their suspicions.
To be on the safe side, the two did not rush in, but stood at the door and observed first.
I don’t know if it’s because Qi Mi had experienced a strange barrier, but she seemed to be much more sensitive to this kind of aura. Looking at the hospital in front of her, she inexplicably felt a chill.
She had never felt this way before. Even when she was face to face with the female ghost on the bus, she had never felt such a chill down her spine.
Although it is noon and the sun is shining brightly, the street is too narrow and the buildings on both sides block most of the light, so that very little light can penetrate into the hospital. The abandoned and empty hall is extremely dark, giving people the illusion that night is approaching.
Although Ye Shiliu next to him was nervous, his hands were busy fiddling with the tools in the suitcase.
He first handed Qi Mi a bracelet. "Wear this. It monitors your SAN value in real time. Once it reaches the critical point of 60, it will sound an alarm..." He then took out a pair of Bluetooth headphones and handed one to her. "Because we enter the barrier with our consciousness, we can only rely on external sounds to influence our brains. There's therapeutic music produced by an institution in here that can slow down the process of consciousness confusion. Let's each have one."
Ye Shiliu put on the remaining earphone.
Qi Mi took the two things and frowned: "Give them all to me, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I just measured my SAN value today and it's 89, which is still far from the critical value. You have a sensitive physique, so you need this thing even more. Besides, I still have one." Ye Shiliu smiled and tapped the earphones on his ears.
Qi Mi put on the device.
Then, Ye Shiliu took out a magnifying glass from his suitcase.
The moment his fingertips touched the lens, a crosshair appeared on the lens. Strange numbers were written on both sides of the crosshairs, and these numbers would change as he moved.
This is an important tool for detecting strange barriers. Once the barrier is detected, all the values on it will become 0 and the lens will turn into a warning red.
After getting ready, the two walked in together.
The glass door of the hospital was open, and they walked into the hall without touching anything.
The air was filled with the smell of dust. Looking down, the floor tiles at the foot of the hall were covered with a layer of dust, and some messy footprints could be seen.
Many of the notices posted on the notice board were torn and yellowed, including missing person notices and miscellaneous small advertisements.
Qi Mi was watching when she suddenly heard a voice calling her over.
After detecting a hidden barrier net deployed by the purification officer at the corner of the corridor, Ye Shiliu used tools to break it open and saw six unconscious people.
Old Wei sat cross-legged at the outermost position, holding a timer in his hand, while the other five people, big and small, were all lying on the ground beside him.
The timer is something that the purification officer will hold before entering the barrier. Its purpose is to tell his companions how long he has been in the barrier. If it exceeds three hours, the timer will automatically send a distress signal to his superiors.
Qi Mi leaned over to take a look and saw that the time displayed was one hour and thirty-nine minutes.
Ye Shiliu pointed the magnifying glass at the wall behind Lao Wei. The number immediately returned to zero and the lens turned blood red.
Then, an A appeared on the lens.
“!!!”
Ye Shiliu's pupils shrank and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Qi Fan noticed that his expression was not right: "What's wrong?"
"This is an A-level weirdo, very difficult to deal with..." Ye Shiliu frowned with an ugly expression.
Qi Fan couldn't understand the grading of these weird things and kept asking, "Is A-level the most powerful? What level was the weird thing I met the other day?"
"Yours is only B-grade, the most common one."
"oh."
After hearing Ye Shiliu's explanation, Qi Mi understood that the ordinary B-level weird thing almost prevented her from getting out, not to mention the A-level one which was even more powerful than it.
Ye Shiliu swallowed silently and tried to contact his superiors again with the communicator, but was disappointed as no rescue was found.
He glanced at Qi Mi and, worriedly, warned him again, "Although I shouldn't have taken you, a recently recovered patient, with me, your abilities are truly formidable... Grade A wily creatures are even more potent against human consciousness, so you must be careful."
"Well, don't worry, I can do it." Qi Mi nodded.
Then the two of them carried Lao Wei to the side and sat him down safely, and found the entrance to the barrier on the wall behind him.
Ye Shiliu took out the timer and exchanged glances with Qi Mi. The moment they pressed the timer, they both touched the wall with their hands at the same time.
Consciousness is instantly pulled into the flat world.
Bang!
Ye Shiliu and Qi Mi fell to the ground at the same time.
Soon, Qi Mi opened his eyes and what came into view was a snow-white ceiling.
After a few seconds of daze, she remembered that she had entered the barrier of Guishizi, and her mood gradually calmed down.
There is plenty of light during the day, which makes the room bright. She can take in the entire layout of the room by just tilting her head slightly.
This should be a hospital ward. The white walls and white floor tiles make this small room look very bright. A window next to it has a half-drawn blue curtain that blocks the glaring sunlight.
The whole room had only the bed where she lay, a thermos of water and a quilt on the bedside table next to it, and a chair next to the bed. Apart from that, there was nothing else in the room.
Qi Mi moved his wrist and suddenly felt that his wrist was unusually heavy. He also heard the sound of metal chains colliding in his ears.
She was stunned for a moment, then immediately raised her hands.
Two thick black iron chains were tied to her wrists, and small old-fashioned padlocks were fastened on them, leaving her no chance to break free.
The chain was long enough to reach the floor when her hands were placed flat on the edge of the bed.
Qi Mi tried to move his legs again. It was still heavy, and there was the same sound of iron chains hitting the bed... Suddenly, he felt his head buzzing.
All four limbs are entangled in chains?!
She quickly sat up and tried to shrink her hands as much as possible to pull them out of the chains, but she tried several times until her wrists were red, but it was no use.
"No way, so unlucky?" Qi Mi sighed.
She originally came here to save someone, but she didn't expect her consciousness to be transferred to such a bound body.
Not to mention saving people, I'm afraid I still have to wait for someone to rescue me.
She took a deep breath and suppressed her impatience. There was no mirror in the room, so she could only rely on her eyes to observe this body.
Judging from the two pairs of slender white hands, it should be a girl, and the slightly raised chest also confirmed this. She was shorter than Qi Mi herself, thinner, and wore a black and white vertical striped hospital gown with the name of the hospital written on the left chest.
Senlan Mental Hospital.
Qi Mi blinked. Is this a mental hospital?
So she is a mental patient now?
She laughed dryly. She had just been discharged from the mental hospital yesterday, but she hadn't expected to be incarcerated again today after entering a barrier. And it was obvious that this girl's condition was much more serious than hers, otherwise she wouldn't have been bound by four chains.
She was sitting on the bed thinking about her next move when she heard the sound of a cart's wheels in the corridor outside. Then the door of the ward was opened and a young nurse came in pushing a cart full of medicine.
Seeing Qi Mi sitting up, the young nurse was stunned. She stopped from a distance and held the cart.
"Feng Ran, you're awake. How do you feel today?" She pulled the corners of her mouth, her smile a little stiffly.
"fine."
Qi Mi replied calmly, silently repeating the name 'Feng Ran' and memorizing it in his heart.
"Well, that's good..."
The young nurse seemed to be unsure of what to say next. After hesitating for a moment, she lowered her head to prepare a few pills. She leaned forward and placed the pills on the bedside table. She said sheepishly, "Here are the medicines for this morning. Take them quickly."
Qi Mi looked up and down at the little nurse's expression and couldn't help raising his eyebrows.
No one knows who this locked-up girl Feng Ran is. Even the nurse who came to deliver medicine didn't dare to get too close to her.
However, although the young nurse did not dare to get too close, she stood there responsibly and watched her take the medicine.
Qi Mi smiled at her.
The young nurse was stunned and pulled the corners of her mouth together, her expression very unnatural.
Qi Mi immediately became more certain that the young nurse was afraid of her!
No, to be precise, the young nurse was afraid of this girl named Feng Ran.
Qi Mi slowly turned around. Perhaps the chain was made so long so that she could move freely. She stood up and reached out to touch the pills on the bedside table.
She looked at the nine pills of various colors and sizes and gasped, "Do I have to take all of these?"
"Yes, you have to eat it all." The young nurse said firmly.
“…”
Qi Mi frowned slightly, glanced at the nurse, and threw the nine pills into his mouth at once.
She kept in mind that she was Qi Mi, not Feng Ran. If she took the psychiatric medication, she didn't know if it would make her consciousness worse, so she didn't dare to swallow it rashly, but instead swirled the pills in her mouth.
As if she could tell that Qi Mi didn't want to take the medicine, the nurse deliberately put on a stern face and said, "Feng Ran, you have to take your medicine obediently, okay? Otherwise, I'll call the doctor to give you an injection. Injections are painful, right?"
As she said this, the young nurse pretended to turn around.
When Qi Mi saw that he might be given an injection, he quickly swallowed the pill. After all, he didn't know what they would inject into his body, so it would be safer to take medicine.
She opened her mouth and uttered an "ah" to signal to the nurse that her mouth was empty. The nurse nodded in satisfaction and turned to walk out of the room: "I'll bring you food in a while. Feng Ran, you have to be good, okay?"
The tone of coaxing a child gave Qi fans goose bumps.
She watched the young nurse leave calmly, and when she heard the sound of the cart, she immediately bent down to take out the urinal from under the bed, lay on the bed, pressed her stomach against the edge of the bed, and pounded it hard.
vomit--
After a few spittings, she spit out nine pills into the urinal.
Qi Mi breathed a sigh of relief, took out a tissue and wiped the corners of his mouth, then picked up the thermos on the bedside table and poured some hot water into the urinal to disperse the pills.
Because the hot water was not very hot, the pills dissolved slowly. In an emergency, she did not care about the dirt and quickly crushed them one by one with her hands to quickly destroy the evidence.
After pushing the urinal back under the bed, she turned over and lay back on the bed, thinking seriously about what to do next.
Even the urinal was placed in the room, which meant that Feng Ran had no chance of leaving. At this rate, she didn't know how much time she would have to waste in the barrier. She had to get rid of these chains as soon as possible so that she could go out and look for someone.
But the question is, how can she move freely?
She didn't even know what kind of illness this girl named Feng Ran had, so she had no way of prescribing the right medicine.
The only information she had so far was the young nurse's fearful attitude towards her, which allowed her to conclude that Feng Ran must be a dangerous person.
Other than that, there is no useful information.
After thinking about it, she could only ask the next nurse who brought her food, and then she lay quietly on the bed and waited.
More than ten minutes later, the young nurse came in pushing a cart.
Seeing Qi Mi lying obediently on the bed, he became a little bolder. He pushed the cart to the side of the bed, took out a set of lunch boxes and chopsticks and placed them on the bedside.
She caught a glimpse of the full urinal under the bed, so she bent down and pulled it out, as if she was curious about the excess liquid inside. She glanced at Qi Mi with a complicated expression, turned around, took the urinal and walked out the door.
Qi Mi immediately stood up and pulled the cart next to him.
Just now she noticed that the young nurse was preparing medicine for her by looking at the list on the cart, which might have Feng Ran's diagnosis record on it.
Sure enough, after turning a few pages, Feng Ran's message appeared.
[Name: Feng Ran Gender: Female Age: 20 Ward: 302
Symptoms: Strong self-awareness, poor empathy, emotional indifference, etc.
Diagnosis: suspected antisocial personality disorder
Danger level: High
Treatment advice: …………]
Qi Mi hurriedly read the treatment recommendations, immediately put the treatment sheets away, gently pushed the cart aside, and lay back on the bed as if nothing had happened.
She knew that the young nurse was afraid of her, so she pretended to be good so that she could find an opportunity to ask the young nurse some questions.
The young nurse pushed the door open and walked in, just as she bent down——
"Thank you, nurse." Qi Mi smiled, trying his best to look as harmless as possible.
Probably not expecting the girl on the bed to say such a thing, the young nurse put the urinal back under the bed and jumped up like a spring with a bang. Because the amplitude of the movement was so large, it knocked the small cart next to it to the side.
Qi Mi was stunned for a moment, and what she saw was still the stiff smile on the little nurse's face.
?
No, wait.
How terrifying is this Feng Ran? How can this scare people?
Qi Mi thought about it and kept smiling: "Sister nurse, why are you so afraid of me?"
She didn't know what was going on and just asked, but in the eyes of the young nurse, this smile was the last tenderness of a mentally ill patient before killing someone, and it was full of danger.
"I'm not afraid of you, Feng Ran, you're the best. How could I be afraid of you? Just eat your meal. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." The young nurse soothed him in a gentle tone, but her speech and movements were extremely fast. When she finished speaking, she had already rushed out of the ward with the cart.
With a bang, the door of the ward was locked again.
Qi Fan was completely confused.
It's over—it's over—it's over! It's not good!
If the nurse continues to treat her like this, she will never have the chance to go out!
Qi Mi tried to pull the iron chain on her wrist again. The end of the chain was firmly welded to the side of the bed. They were probably afraid that she would take the bed with her when she got sick. Even the four corners of the bed were fixed to the ground with nails.
One ring inside another, very solid.
In order to know how long these chains were, she even put on her shoes and went out to test them. She could only get one meter away from the bed. Not to mention going out, she couldn't even get close to the door of the ward.
Qi Fan: "..."
Knowing that there was no point in being anxious, Qi Mi took a deep breath, suppressed his anxious heart again, and sat back on the hospital bed.
Smelling the aroma of food, she licked her lips, not daring to eat anything carelessly, and hurriedly pushed the lunch box farther away.
While thinking, she kept looking around.
As she was looking and thinking, she suddenly noticed a piece of A4 paper stuck on the back of the door, so she stood up and walked over, trying to lean forward to read the words on it.
[Daily schedule of Senlan Psychiatric Hospital
morning:
8:00-8:30, get up.
8:30-9:00, wash and go to the toilet.
9:00-9:30, breakfast and medicine.
9:30-10:30, doctor's examination and diagnosis.
10:30-11:30, radio gymnastics and free time.
noon:
11:30-12:00, lunch, take medicine.
12:00-12:30, go to the toilet.
12:30-14:00, lunch break.
afternoon:
14:00-14:30, get up.
14:30-15:30, free time.
15:30—15:30, reading time.
15:30-17:00, go to the toilet.
17:00-17:30, dinner, take medicine.
night:
21:00-21:30, wash and go to the toilet.
22:00: Turn off the lights and go to bed.
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