The blood-red eyeball seemed to be splitting.
Qi fans watched helplessly as a sphere slowly bulged out from its left and right sides, then slowly grew larger. Suddenly, identical horrifying eyeballs appeared on both sides at the same time.
Three eyeballs were crammed together, hanging like a barrier just above the wall.
A shrill laugh sounded, and the eyeballs emitted three different scales of notes.
Hehe, giggle, giggle.
"No one who has not recovered...can leave the hospital." They repeated in unison.
Qi Mi frowned slightly, kicked his feet hard against the wall, and used the force to jump back to the ground.
Seeing the eyeball again, she wasn't even surprised. She raised her hand to wipe the mucus off the tip of her nose, only feeling nauseous in her heart.
She glanced at the three big eyes lightly and walked towards the main entrance of the hospital.
Just as she turned the corner of the hall, she heard a sharp cry in the darkness. The cry, "Ah," was cut short just as it began. It must have been because Ye Shiliu covered his mouth in time.
As a junior purification officer, Ye Shiliu was actually not qualified to enter the barrier, but he ended up entering it twice by accident.
The first time, he didn't see the bloody eyeball.
The second time, I was killed directly by the blood eyeball, so it was normal to be scared.
It was dead silent all around.
Qi Mi was the first to walk to the closed main door, and then he waited for the other two with his arms folded.
Lao Wei was the second to arrive.
Compared to Ye Shiliu who screamed, Old Wei, the leader, was much calmer. He just frowned and complained, "This is disgusting, disgusting! Damn, this weird barrier is disgusting no matter how many times I see it."
"Barrier?" Qi Mi's eyes lit up.
An idea that suddenly popped up in her mind made her eager to try it.
Perhaps guessing what she was thinking, Old Wei immediately declared it impossible. "Don't think you can get out by just brute force against this barrier. If it were that simple, previous Purification Officers would have already done it. Why bother trying so hard to find its true form? These strange eyeballs are like ghosts; they're indestructible. Brute force is completely useless. You'll only tire yourself out and still not get out. Stop wasting your energy."
"oh."
Qi Mi lowered his eyes and had to give up the idea.
While waiting for Ye Shiliu, the two exchanged some information and were almost certain that the barrier was bounded by the wall, and the entire hospital was the area where the strange thing was hiding.
A few minutes later, Ye Shiliu, still in shock, arrived and confirmed this.
The three sides of the U-shape are bounded by walls, and the only thing left is the hospital gate in front.
The three of them exchanged glances and approached the double black metal doors.
Probably because this is a mental hospital, every door is hung with chains and locks. This heavy main gate is no exception. A chain as thick as an arm is wrapped around it several times, and an old-fashioned padlock the size of a palm is hung on it.
The main door is completely connected to the front hall, and there is no way to climb over the wall to explore. This door must be opened to confirm where the edge of the barrier in this part is.
However, there are two small ventilation holes on the left and right sides of the door, through which you can observe the outside.
Lao Wei and Qi Mi stood on either side, observing secretly.
Ye Shiliu stood aside and couldn't see anything. He was so anxious that he kept looking out: "What's going on? What did you see?"
He didn't see clearly the black thing that suddenly appeared on the wall just now, but he could vaguely recognize that it was a huge sphere. The shrill and piercing strange sound made him sure that it was definitely not a good thing.
The two were silent for a moment, and Qi Mi was the first to break the silence: "There is a street."
"Street?!" Lao Wei and Ye Shiliu said in unison.
Ye Shiliu was stunned for a moment and tilted his head: "?"
Noticing his subordinates' puzzled looks, Lao Wei cleared his throat and said, "Ahem... I don't have night vision." He looked for a long time but saw nothing but darkness, so he stopped pretending and walked over to Qi Mi and asked, "What is it like?"
Qi Mi recounted the story truthfully.
Through the small ventilation hole on the door, she saw the street in front of the hospital. It was an ordinary cement road with nothing special about it. Because it was night, it was very secluded and quiet. What interested her was the wall connected to the cement road.
The wall is directly opposite the hospital and there is a piece of paper on it.
The wall was blank, with only the piece of paper standing out.
Knowing that there were rules and other things in this barrier, Qi Mi was very interested in these papers that appeared. This piece of paper appeared outside the hospital, so he always felt that it should be something useful.
After listening to her, Old Wei agreed with her: "I don't know about ordinary people, but a trained Purification Officer entering Guishizi's barrier will more or less have an impact on it, revealing some information that may be beneficial to us, so we can't miss any opportunity."
Qi Mi turned his head and said, "Well, wait, I'll go back and get some tools."
"tool?"
Without waiting for Lao Wei to ask any more questions, she created a gust of cool wind and ran out of the hall quickly.
"This girl is as fast as a cat..."
Old Wei smiled helplessly, put his eyes close to the ventilation hole on the door and tried to look through it, muttering softly, "Well, I still can't see anything."
Forget about the paper, he couldn't even see a single thing on such a big street.
Ye Shiliu was also curious, his eyes almost popped out but he could only see darkness.
The two looked at each other, sighed, and had to wait for Qi Mi to come back.
Because the door of Room 302 was locked, Qi Mi could only enter the room through the window.
Just as she grasped the window sill on the third floor with her hands and smelled the faint smell of blood in the air, she suddenly remembered that there was a wild monkey in the room that had run out from somewhere.
When I looked up, I found that the window stained with bloody handprints was tightly closed.
The window was clearly open when she ran out.
It can actually close the window, it seems that the monkey is not dead yet.
She scoffed, adjusted her posture, clasped her fingers tightly around the window sill, and freed one hand to try to open the window.
Can't open.
The window must have been locked from the inside.
Perhaps hearing the noise, the monkey's face covered with black hair suddenly came over, and the tip of the bamboo chopsticks could be vaguely seen sticking out of its neck.
After being stained with blood, this strange monkey face became even more hideous and weird, with its scarlet fangs bared viciously, staring at Qi Mi who was hanging on the windowsill with anger.
Qi Mi smiled slightly and knocked on the glass with his hand, imitating its previous behavior.
Bang bang.
The ape flung open the window and attacked in one swift move.
In a split second, Qi Mi predicted where the monkey would attack, and quickly pulled out the bamboo chopsticks from his waist and held them horizontally in front of his neck.
The monkey was half a second slow, and when the two hands that wanted to break Qi Mi's neck suddenly tightened, they were stabbed hard by the two bamboo chopsticks.
The chopsticks broke.
Qi Mi quickly threw away the useless bamboo chopsticks, raised his hand and clamped the monkey's jaw tightly. The next second, a force that almost crushed the monkey's bones was transmitted.
The ape cried out in pain.
Then, Qi Mi kicked the wall hard and fell to the ground while holding on to the monkey standing by the window.
After landing, she got up, one step ahead of the monkey, kneeled down with her legs to press down its body, and while covering the monkey's mouth with one hand, she pulled out the bamboo chopstick from its artery and stabbed it into its left eye.
The eyes are the softest part of the brain, and even ordinary bamboo chopsticks can easily damage the brain after stirring vigorously.
It’s a pity that chopsticks are fragile and can break into several pieces with a little force.
Qi Mi could feel the monkey she was pressing on twitching rapidly in pain, whimpering in its throat, but because it covered its mouth, it couldn't make any loud noises.
Feeling a cool breeze, she quickly got up from the monkey and stepped aside.
The monkey's hands hit nothing, and after growling a few times, he slowly stood up.
It was not dead, and Qi Mi no longer had any weapons in his hands.
She wiped the blood splattered from the corner of her eye and said softly, "What a waste of time."
Now she really understood how difficult it was to live without [Dead Eyes].
At this time, Old Wei, who had heard the monkeys' cries, hurried over. His heart skipped a beat as he smelled the strong smell of blood. He shouted towards the two blurry silhouettes, "Qi girl, are you okay?"
"I'm not going to die, but it's a bit troublesome." Knowing that Lao Wei's eyesight was not good, Qi Mi raised his hand to signal, "There is a wild monkey that wants to kill me, but I don't have a suitable weapon."
"Then leave it to me. I can wear it out to death."
Old Wei rolled up his sleeves and walked forward. He felt that his long wavy hair would be a hindrance during the fight, so he braided his hair while walking and finally tied a knot at the end. It was done in less than half a minute.
Qi Mi looked at his skillful movements suspiciously and chuckled twice: "Not bad, Old Wei, you can even braid hair now."
"My wife likes it, so practice makes perfect." When he mentioned Liao Yang, the corners of his mouth would unconsciously rise.
But the gentleness was only for a moment. Lao Wei's eyes immediately became fierce. He stood still and shifted his center of gravity to his legs. He switched to a fighting stance and hooked his finger at the monkey: "Come on, I'll play with you."
The monkey glanced at him, let out a heavy breath through his nose, and stared at Qi Mi again.
Qi Mi and Lao Wei exchanged glances and sneered: "It seems that this wild monkey only wants to kill me."
"Good fellow, who are you looking down on?" Old Wei bent down, picked up a stone from the ground, and hit the monkey's head with unerring precision. He then waved his hand, "You! Come here! Fight with me!"
The monkey bared its teeth twice, but ignored it and continued to attack Qi Mi.
Qi Mi stepped back and dodged.
"Hey, I just don't believe it!" Seeing this, Lao Wei ran forward a few steps and clamped the monkey's neck from behind with his arms. He endured the unpleasant smell of blood and stench, and trapped it tightly with his legs and feet.
"Hold on, I'll come down right after I get the things." Qi Mi understood Lao Wei's ability, and knowing that he would be fine, he climbed to the third floor with confidence.
After taking out the steel wire from the thermos, she wrapped the glass water cup on the bedside table with a bed sheet and smashed it to the ground. She picked up two large pieces of broken glass and jumped down.
The man and the monkey still maintained that posture. The monkey did not attack Lao Wei, and did not resist even when Lao Wei locked it up. Then, the moment it saw Qi Mi, it bared its fangs and became ferocious again.
Qi Mi walked closer and gazed down at it.
"I'm sorry, I really don't know where your death gate is, so I can only use this method." She spoke to the monkey in a coaxing tone, but her movements were decisive and she covered its mouth tightly with her hands.
"Old Wei, let it go and give it to me."
"OK."
Old Wei let go of the monkey and stood aside.
Qi Mi used the same posture as Lao Wei, clamping the monkey with one hand, fixing its body with his legs, and then suddenly thrust the glass fragments into the monkey's throat.
In the silence, one can hear the whimpering of monkeys and the sound of stirring flesh and blood.
Old Wei was even somewhat relieved that he could only hear the sound.
After a short while, the whimpering stopped abruptly with the clear sound of bones breaking.
But at the same time, a huge smell of blood quickly spread, aggressively penetrated into the nasal cavity, and rushed straight to the top of the head.
Although Lao Wei couldn't see clearly, he could vaguely see a black ball held in Qi's hand.
No need to ask, you know what it is.
Old Wei closed his eyes and turned his back, enduring for a long time before coldly reminding her, "That's enough, Qi girl. You don't have to be so cruel."
After a few seconds of silence, Qi Mi's soft voice was heard, and it was hard to tell what emotion it was expressing: "If we don't cut the grass at the root, it will always be a problem."
"Oh, you really have learned your master's tricks."
It seemed that he didn't want to see Qi Mi's current appearance for the time being. Lao Wei said lightly that he would wait for her at the door, and then walked away without looking back.
Qi Mi knelt on the monkey and just hummed, saying nothing else.
She knew that Lao Wei hated seeing bloody scenes the most, and that they had parted ways unpleasantly because she had recognized that man as her master. So after they met again, the two avoided unpleasantness and never mentioned that man's name from beginning to end.
Now, because she had killed the monkey, it brought back unpleasant memories between them. Qi Mi thought that Old Wei would be reluctant to pay attention to her for the time being, so she went to the bathroom to rinse the blood off her hands and face before walking back to the main entrance of the hospital with the wire.
As she expected, Lao Wei leaned against the wall with his hands folded and turned his head to the side to avoid eye contact with her.
Qi Mi was tactful and didn't say anything. He just squatted in front of the door and tried to unlock it with wire.
The freezing cold atmosphere made Ye Shiliu dare not say a word. He looked at Qi Mi and then at Lao Wei. He was so scared that he had to breathe secretly.
About a minute later, there was a knocking sound in the darkness, and Qi Mi opened the old-fashioned lock on the iron chain.
Good fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. Although the padlock tied to her restricted her freedom, it also trained her lock-picking skills.
"That's amazing! I didn't expect you could even pick a lock." Ye Shiliu exclaimed. He had wanted to say something to liven up the atmosphere, but after he spoke, he was met with dead silence.
Lao Wei ignored him, and Qi's fans ignored him too.
Ye Shiliu had no choice but to shut up in embarrassment.
Qi Mi took off the old-fashioned lock and put it aside, then gently pulled out the iron chain wrapped around the door and put it on the ground. After turning the small button on the door lock, she pushed the door open.
The empty and wide street came into view, and you could even see a piece of paper stuck on the wall moving in the night wind.
As Qi Mi took a step forward, a huge bloody eyeball suddenly appeared, blocking his way.
Old Wei hurriedly pulled her to the back.
“!!!”
Although Ye Shiliu had prepared himself mentally, the sudden appearance of such a strange thing made him lose his dignity as a purification officer by not shouting out loud.
Relying on the remaining rationality in his mind, he clenched his fists and stood there in a daze.
Qi Mi subconsciously locked eyes with Lao Wei and asked, "The blood eyeball appeared here, so is the street outside useless?"
"That shouldn't be the case. According to the previous experience of the base's purification officers, any scene that appears in the barrier should be able to be entered. Why is it redundant this time?" Lao Wei replied.
When it comes to important matters, he will put aside even the most angry things for the time being.
Although Lao Wei said that brute force attacks were useless, since there was a street that could not be entered, Qi fans still wanted to try to go over and take a look.
She hesitated for a moment, slowly stretched out her hand, and stopped in time the moment the cracked mouth made a sound.
"Those who haven't recovered...can't leave the hospital."
"Those who haven't recovered...can't leave the hospital."
After repeating this sentence, the eye once again let out an unpleasant shrill laugh.
Qi Mi withdrew his hands, covered his ears, and took a few steps back.
Old Wei also stepped back, and caught a glimpse of Ye Shiliu standing there like a telephone pole. He immediately leaned forward and pulled him to his side.
After leaving the gate, the bloody eyeball disappeared.
Without its huge body blocking the view, the street directly ahead once again came into Qi Mi's sight.
She lowered her center of gravity and tried to run out before the eyeball could react. However, as soon as she stepped over the threshold, the eyeball suddenly appeared again, blocking her way without leaving any room.
The bloody eyeball opened its mouth again and just as it was about to make a sound, Qi Mi raised his hand to stop it.
"Stop, don't make any noise, shut up!" Not wanting to hear that harsh voice again, she quickly retreated back to Lao Wei.
Blood Eyeball: "..."
The bloody eyeball disappeared again.
Qi Mi stretched his neck, his eyes lit up with interest: "Interesting, I don't believe I can't get out of this door."
Old Wei glanced sideways: "What do you want to do?"
"Let's go to the duty room on the third floor." Qi Mi turned around.
Old Wei stared at her back for a few seconds, pulled Ye Shiliu, and followed her.
Feeling the coldness on his fingertips, Lao Wei was worried and raised his hand to touch Ye Shiliu's forehead.
Covered in cold sweat.
"How are you?" Old Wei frowned. "Did you wear the alarm ring and Bluetooth headset when you entered the barrier?"
Ye Shiliu nodded dejectedly, then shook his head.
"Are you wearing it or not? Speak up!" Lao Wei said anxiously.
According to the regulations, a junior purification officer who has just taken office for a few days is not allowed to enter the strange barrier. What's more, this is an A-level barrier. If you are not careful, the SAN value will drop lower and lower. Lao Wei did not dare to slack off at all and kept asking Ye Shiliu whether he had brought all the equipment.
Upon learning that Ye Shiliu had given Qi Mi both the alarm ring and a Bluetooth headset, Old Wei sighed and patted him on the back, feeling disappointed. "What are you going to do with all that you gave her?! Are you stupid? She's someone who can go from severe chaos to mild chaos, how could she need those things? You... Tsk, okay, just follow me honestly, do you hear me?"
"Yes, boss!" Ye Shiliu saluted.
Old Wei sighed, wiped the sweat off his forehead with his hand, and pulled him upstairs: "Let's go, silly boy."
I don't know if this hospital was specially designed, but the duty room is located on the third floor. Apart from that room, there is no other duty room on the first or second floor. And it is right opposite Room 302, as if it is deliberately there to monitor the people in that room.
When the two reached the stairs to the third floor, Qi Mi had already poked the door open with the steel wire.
"Killing people and picking locks, what the hell has this girl learned?"
Old Wei complained in a low voice, but when he reached the door, he quickly changed his expression and smiled as he praised Qi Mi's good cooking skills.
Qi Mi ignored him and walked straight to the clothes rack and picked up a red doctor's coat.
"Is this the method you came up with, to sneak out wearing a doctor's coat?" Old Wei asked with his hands folded, feeling that it was not very reliable.
Qi Mi didn't rush to explain. Instead, he asked him preemptively, "Let me ask you, Old Wei, how can someone in a mental hospital prove that they are not mentally ill?"
"Uh, well..."
Old Wei was speechless for a moment.
"You should have heard that eyeball say 'People who haven't recovered can't leave the mental hospital.' People who haven't recovered are also patients. There's no way for patients to leave the mental hospital. So the three of us in hospital gowns couldn't even step out of that door."
As he spoke, Qi Mi grabbed the shoulders of his red gown with both hands, shook it vigorously and spread it on the table. Then, he turned his back to Lao Wei and Ye Shiliu and began to unbutton his hospital gown.
"Going back to the topic of [how can someone in a mental hospital prove they're not mentally ill], we can infer the opposite: what is the process for proving someone [has a mental illness]? Does the hospital need to issue an authoritative diagnosis? Who issues the diagnosis? A doctor, right? So, do I understand that [to prove you've recovered or are not mentally ill], you have to rely on a doctor's report, or do you have to become a doctor?"
Doctor = not patient = someone who has recovered or is normal.
This is the most reasonable and direct speculation that Qi fans have about the blood eyeball's words.
Old Wei listened with half belief and half doubt. Seeing that the thin black figure seemed to be taking off his clothes, he smacked his lips, pulled Ye Shiliu out of the door and closed it.
"You are a girl, and you have no shame in changing clothes in front of two grown men." His words were full of the helpless sigh of the "old father" Lao Wei towards Qi Mi, the "ignorant daughter".
Qi Mi glanced back and said with a smile, "I'm wearing a vest underneath, why are you embarrassed?"
She quickly put on her coat, changed her pants and walked to the door.
Hearing some movement at the door, Lao Wei asked, "Are you ready?"
"Um."
Qi Mi's voice came from just across the door.
Lao Wei waited for a while, and seeing no movement in the room for a long time, he asked again: "What are you doing? Why don't you come out?"
As he spoke, he reached out to push the door, but was pushed back by a strong force.
His heart suddenly skipped a beat: "Qi fan?!"
"Don't open the door. Behind the door is a guide for night duty medical staff."
If Old Wei hadn't closed the door and left her in the room, and the door had been open and against the wall, she might not have been able to see the rules behind the door.
The paper corresponds to the color of the medical uniform, with red text on a black background.
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