Chapter 26 Madhouse (2)
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"...How did you get yourself into this state?" Yi Han couldn't help but frown as soon as he saw the appearance of the person in front of him.
I remember the last time I saw him, he was like the good boy that the teacher liked the most in the class... He had a gentle and clean temperament, was friendly and kind to others, and his ears would turn red when he got close to a girl (?) to talk.
Now he is like a wronged kitten, covered with scars, hiding in the shadows, with no light in his eyes.
Yi Han spoke a few more words to him, but he didn't seem to hear much.
Yi Han had no choice but to squat down and look at him, but when he was about to speak again, he found that the other party was afraid and shrank back, almost sticking himself to the wall.
"Do you still recognize me?" Yi Han asked.
Then I saw the person in front of me showing that confused and sad expression again, as if he was trying hard to recall, but it was useless.
…It seems that the temporary memory disorder is caused by taking psychiatric drugs.
Yi Han had no choice but to stand up again.
Anyway, it’s good that we have found him. There is no time to ask him in detail because there are still enemies outside the door.
At this time, there seemed to be some hurried footsteps approaching in the corridor not far away. Judging from the sound, there were at least three or four people.
Just now, Yi Han was asking about Jian Lin's whereabouts next door, and then knocked two people unconscious. The whole process was quite noisy. In addition, he did not make any noise when he broke through the door when he just entered the checkpoint, which probably attracted the attention of the evil spirits a long time ago.
Judging from the time, they should be here by now.
After concentrating on listening to the sounds outside, Yi Han looked around the room, then his figure flashed and he quickly hid behind the door.
Almost the next moment after he hid, several tall figures squeezed in through the door, cursing.
"Where are the people? Why is there only a weakling here?" They looked around fiercely, but only found Jian Lin in the corner, and no one else in the room. The strong man in the lead rushed forward, wanting to grab Jian Lin and ask him angrily.
As a result, before I could touch the corner of the other person's clothes, I heard a "whoosh" sound of breaking air in my ears.
An iron chain shot straight towards his neck, then wrapped tightly around it and pulled him back.
Before he even saw the enemy, he was strangled by the neck and thrown out of the door.
The remaining few people only reacted at this time and shouted, but it was useless. The man who flew out was too strong and knocked the people behind him to the ground. Before they could stand firmly, Yi Han suddenly appeared and approached them with an iron pot in his hand.
Yi Han used all his strength to swing the pot, and the strength of the S+ weapon did not disappoint him.
Almost no prisoner in this two-star copy could withstand his full-strength attack.
With the flexible assistance of the off-hand weapon, in just 5 seconds, the four burly men who were just alive and well were all knocked to the ground.
The corpses (?) of several people were stacked together, blocking the door. Yi Han took a casual glance and suddenly remembered his novice level... At that time, he was under the desk in the classroom and knocked out a female ghost for the first time. Then, because he was in a hurry to make braised pork to recover blood, he used the person's body as collateral in exchange for points.
I don't know if he went too far, but since that time, I haven't seen the corpse (?) of a ghost knocked out in the level again. Starting from the one-star copy, every time he knocked out a fierce ghost, the ghost's body would be immediately forced offline by the system, as if it was afraid that he would use it for some strange things... Now, after many days, in this special two-star level, Yi Han finally saw it again after a long absence, and he even missed it for a while... I think it's probably because this level is essentially a "prison" for villains, and NPC evil ghosts are not allowed to go offline at all.
In that case, "These ghosts and the two ghosts next door, all must be mortgaged to me in exchange for points." He said to the system.
system:"……"
[Mortgage evil spirits*6, advance points +120. ]
Yi Han raised his eyebrows, only to find that the price of each evil ghost in the two-star copy had risen to 20 points.
He is no longer the novice player who used to think 5 or 10 points were too little. Although 20 points may not sound like much, if they can be accumulated, it is not a small amount of money.
The floor plan of this insane asylum was posted on the corridor. Yi Han saw it when he walked over there just now. At that time, he just made a rough calculation and knew that according to the scale of the "insane asylum", there must be at least several hundred people in the whole building.
Hundreds of evil spirits, 20 points each, if you clear all of them, you will get tens of thousands of points - tens of thousands of points is equivalent to clearing 30 one-star ordinary dungeons, or 20 one-star difficult dungeons. With these points, you can buy an A-level item, or fully enhance an S-level item.
He spent 10,000 points on the spiritual stone he used to upgrade his iron pot. Even if he opened a shop under the system's nose to make money, he had to madly exploit his housework puppet, making it repeat the process of "distributing ingredients" - "cooking" - "picking up and shipping" for a total of five or six hours to make money.
"There are at least five hundred evil spirits living in the ward. Adding the humans hiding everywhere, the total number should be at least six hundred - that's at least twelve thousand points." Yi Han couldn't help but smile.
This place is a 'prison' for notorious players, but for him, it is a paradise where he can score points crazily.
Fortunately, I bought three tickets. This time, I must get all the points. Then I will treat this level as a leek and grow it for a while. When it is grown, I will come back to harvest it. If I harvest it three times, I will get 40,000 points...
"Great job, my European Emperor."
Yi Han sighed secretly.
He secretly planned his next move in his mind, then lowered his eyes to look at Jian Lin, who was still huddled in the corner looking pitiful.
...The reason he came here was obviously because of his luck. This is indeed a place with high risks and high rewards. However, his martial arts skills are not worthy of his luck, so he turned his luck into misfortune. I don’t know why his soul was trapped in this level and couldn’t escape. This happened to be discovered by Yi Han, a player who has enough martial arts skills and is willing to save him. Is it also his luck that is secretly guiding him?
This kind of question is doomed to have no answer. Now that time is pressing, Yi Han thought about it and used an iron chain to remove a bed leg from the hospital bed, and then walked towards him.
"Here, stand up," he said.
The metal bed leg was thrown at his feet, and with a "bang" sound, Jian Lin reflexively shrank. Then he seemed to be confused and looked at him helplessly.
"It's just a loss at this level, there's nothing to be afraid of." Yi Han also looked at him and said calmly, "You still have a chance, but you have to stand up and rush out with me."
Yi Han doesn't know how to comfort people, and Jian Lin probably doesn't need comfort at this moment.
When he heard "there is still a chance", his eyes seemed to have more spirit. He understood what Yi Han meant, reached out and picked up the long metal stick, and tried to stand up against the drug. Even though his steps were a little unsteady, he still tried to support himself against the wall and came to Yi Han's side.
After just a few words, footsteps and shouting could be heard again outside the corridor. Judging from the noisy and chaotic footsteps, there must be more than three or four people. The "medical staff" and "supervisors" on this floor and the floors above and below were probably all on their way.
Seeing that his teammates were also ready, Yi Han smiled slightly, then turned and went to the door.
From a distance, there were at least 20 people rushing over from the other end of the corridor. Some of them were wearing medical uniforms, and some were wearing hospital gowns, but judging from their demeanor, they clearly looked more like a group of crazy and violent criminals.
"We can't be blocked here. We have to go to the other side of the corridor." Yi Han recalled the floor plan of the asylum and said decisively.
The ward where the two were at this time was on the right side of the corridor, near the end.
Because patients on different floors need to be isolated, there are heavy iron doors at both ends of each corridor. At this time, the door on the right side, which is closer to them, is closed, and the ghosts are coming from the left door in the farther direction. And Yi Han pointed to the left side, the direction where the ghosts were rushing.
——His goal was clear: lock the other door, take full control of this floor, occupy the nurse station and the workstation. Keep the captives, force them to extract some information, and then make the next plan.
Jian Lin followed Yi Han out of the door in a daze, and in a blink of an eye, he saw more than 20 ferocious ghosts, many of whom were people who had captured and bullied him before. His body trembled reflexively, his hair stood on end, and his face turned pale instantly, but this time he was not fighting alone, he gritted his teeth, held the weapon tightly in his hand, and dragged his weak body behind Yi Han.
The moment the two groups of people came into contact, Yi Han's iron chain shot out first, and used the same trick to wrap around the leading evil spirit. Then he picked up the pot and went up.
The sound of the bottom of a pot hitting the head rang out one after another. The ghosts imprisoned in the two-star copy were basically of this level. Even though there were many of them, it did not cause too much pressure on Yi Han. On the contrary, because the iron chains frequently entangled people, they always tripped these villains together.
For a while, there were sounds of fighting and shouting and cursing one after another. Even though they were not knocked unconscious by Yi Han, these people were almost unable to hold back their temper and started fighting among themselves.
The result is that although the scene seems chaotic, Yi Han is actually reaping the rewards along the way.
In the end, it didn't seem to take too long and the battle was over. When Yi Han moved all the way to the other end of the corridor and knocked the last evil ghost that rushed in from the stairwell to the ground by grabbing its neck, only a dozen minutes had passed.
The isolation iron door was closed with a "bang". Yi Han turned around and saw all kinds of evil spirits lying in the corridor.
In addition to the first group that arrived, there were also groups of three or five coming from other floors. Adding them together, it is estimated that there are nearly 40. It seems that these are the ghosts who are most happy to toss in this level.
"Except for the last one, mortgage all the others," he said to the system, "From now on, unless I specifically instruct you, all those who are knocked unconscious will be mortgaged to me for points."
system:"……"
[Mortgage evil spirits*38, advance points +760. ]
Seeing this number, Yi Han was satisfied again. This level was indeed easy to clear.
He dragged up the last remaining person, but as soon as he raised his hand, he saw Jian Lin stretching out his scarred wrist and walking over with difficulty to try to help.
Yi Han felt a little overwhelmed and quickly waved his hand to stop him.
The child was already extremely weak and had little health to begin with, and he and Yi Han had walked through a corridor filled with evil spirits. He could no longer stand steadily at this point, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.
In fact, before he left the room, Yi Han gave him weapons and said those words to him just to cheer him up and not be depressed. He didn't really want him to fight with his current body... But in fact, when the fight started, he didn't know where the strength came from... Even if Yi Han rushed to the front and surrounded all the enemies, he still had to hit many people. Maybe he wanted to vent his anger for the bullying he had suffered.
As a result, it seems that he is not doing well now. Jian Lin seems to have difficulty breathing and cannot stand. His body looks particularly thin under the loose hospital gown. I always feel that if he is not allowed to rest, he will die again soon...
Fortunately, the tool room that Yi Han was looking for was right next to them.
Originally, he wanted to let Jian Lin lie down in the empty emergency room next door and have a rest, but he immediately said that he was fine, and his eyes were full of longing, like a dog who was afraid of being abandoned... Yi Han guessed that he was probably afraid of staying in the ward alone, so he had to let him do what he wanted.
The only evil spirit whose points were not mortgaged was dragged into the tool room and tied to the table.
Yi Han found a container to collect water, then splashed it on his face.
The evil ghost woke up instantly.
This guy is interesting. He started cursing before he even understood the situation.
Yi Han didn't say anything back. After he finished scolding, he took a tube of reagent from the shelf.
Without even looking at what it was, he pried open the man's jaw and poured it into his mouth.
——Anyway, he's already dead. Drinking poison/drug again won't kill him again. At most he'll suffer a little.
This bunch of evil ghosts were so enthusiastic in bullying the innocent child, but this time the situation has changed, and Yi Han didn't feel any psychological pressure at all when doing such a thing.
After the tube of mysterious reagent was filled, the evil ghost's eyes widened in fear. After a while, it hunched over, screamed in pain, and twisted.
But he obviously still didn't understand the situation. He cried out in pain and cursed even more fiercely.
"One bottle for each sentence." Yi Han took another bottle of reagent and waved it in front of him.
The bottle he had just drunk was still torturing his esophagus and stomach. He was holding it in until his face turned red and his lips turned purple. He looked at the slender fingers holding the reagent bottle in front of him, weighed the pros and cons, and finally shut up.
"I ask you questions and you answer them." Yi Han put the bottle down temporarily and asked calmly, "How many people are imprisoned in this instance?"
"...Boss, how would I know that? Huh...there are new people every few days..." The evil ghost said with difficulty and pain on his face.
Yi Han reached out and uncorked the reagent bottle.
"Don't... don't! Let me think..." The evil ghost's face turned red and white, and it was unclear whether it was because of pain, fear, or anger. But after saying that, he really began to frown and think hard.
He twisted his body and counted on his fingers, sweating profusely in anxiety.
"I estimate there are more than seven hundred..." This ghost was obviously not very good at math and was not sure himself.
This number was similar to Yi Han's estimate, so he nodded casually without dwelling on it. "Second question, among these 700 people, how many are players and how many are NPCs?"
The evil ghost collapsed instantly: "I really don't know... Boss, I still can't figure it out even if you kill me again..." It was obvious that this answer would not satisfy the interrogator. The evil ghost was extremely anxious, and with a strong desire to survive, he tried to add: "Here, human players don't live long. The number of those who haven't fallen into our hands should be no more than 10% at most... No, it should be no more than half of 10%..."
"Well, the third question." The first two questions were not very important, so Yi Han didn't bother about it anymore. Only then did he ask what he really wanted to ask, "Have you seen this thing?"
What he was holding in his hand was the cookbook.
Previously, in the novice level and the two one-star levels, almost every time I found a recipe, it was under the supervision of ghosts. This proves that the NPCs know the location of the special items in this level and can actively move them.
It’s just that after each collection, that single page of recipes will be integrated into the book, so Yi Han now has no separate page for demonstration. He can only simply show the material of a blank page and ask the evil ghost if he has seen it in the level.
The evil ghost thought for a long time, and finally said, "It seems a little familiar, if I remember correctly..."
He tried hard to recall, and then gave the location in as much detail as possible.
Yi Han secretly took note... After getting the information he wanted to know most, he knocked him out with the pot again and mortgaged it to the system in exchange for 20 points.
He didn't believe everything the evil ghost said, but it was okay to ask these for now. He had to visit all areas anyway, and if there was a recipe in this level, he would find it sooner or later... What's more, there would be plenty of prisoners who could be used for interrogation later.
Yi Han found a small medical bag, put all the unknown reagents on the shelf in the tool room into the bag, and then took Jian Lin out of the house.
Next to the tools is the nurses' station. In fact, in this insane asylum, these functional rooms are almost just decorations, but Yi Han just needs a table at the nurses' station.
He placed Jian Lin, who was still following him obediently, next to the table, asked him to wait, and turned around to go into the inner room.
Jian Lin had just witnessed the whole process of Yi Han bullying someone, and the person he bullied was a demon who had bullied him before. He felt a little happy that he had gotten rid of his anger, but he was suddenly left behind by someone, and he couldn't help but feel nervous again.
Fortunately, Yi Han came back in just a few minutes.
He was holding an exquisite plate in his hand.
A plate was placed in front of him, with five or six pieces of braised pork on it that made him salivate at the mere sight of it.
The rich aroma of meat penetrated into his nose. Although he hadn't eaten a proper meal for several days, Jian Lin, who had no mood or appetite to eat because of his recent experience, somehow felt hungry for the first time in a long time...
Yi Han pushed the plate in front of him again, indicating that it was for him to eat. Then he took out a small bowl filled with rice and a pair of chopsticks from somewhere and placed them in front of him.
After doing all this, Yi Han ignored him and didn't explain anything. He just put out a few plates of food for himself and started eating.
So, is it time for dinner? Why did you suddenly give me something delicious... Jian Lin stared at the dish, then at him.
Suddenly, the way the person in front of him ate slowly seemed to overlap with certain scenes in his memory, and he had a slightly familiar feeling... He tried hard to recall it, but he couldn't remember it no matter what.
Rubbing his forehead sadly, he hesitated for a while, but finally couldn't resist the fragrance, so he carefully picked up a small piece of meat and put it in his mouth.
Suddenly, the rich, slightly sweet meaty aroma fills your mouth.
The meat is a mixture of fat and lean, tender, crispy and soft, sweet and easy to melt in the mouth, but not at all greasy.
It seemed to carry a hint of warmth along the esophagus into the stomach that had been empty for a long time.
So delicious... so comfortable...
With something in my stomach, my body, which had been feeling cold, seemed to feel a little warm.
The pain was gradually soothed by the energy brought by the food.
Jian Lin ate his food in small bites, then looked up at the person who was feeding him the delicious food. For some reason, he suddenly felt his eyes sore - it must be because the food was too delicious.
Although he couldn't remember much about the past, he was very sure that this must be the most delicious food he had ever been fed in his life!
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Because "underwater vision" was useless in this level and he was not injured and had little health, so he didn't need "braised pork", Yi Han just made himself a honey-glazed chicken leg. But he felt that one dish was a bit too little, so he added some Kung Pao Chicken to go with rice.
As a result, when he had just finished eating halfway, he saw Jian Lin rubbing his eyes opposite him.
...What's wrong? Are you crying because you're hungry?
Yi Han looked down at his two dishes, then at the dish in front of Jian Lin.
The amount of braised pork was indeed a little too little. Even if I made two servings for him to make up for the blood recovery effect of cutting it in half, there were only five pieces of meat in total.
Yi Han felt a little helpless, so he reached out and pushed the Kung Pao Chicken towards him, asking him to eat with him.
For dishes made in the iron pot, you can only get the full buff after eating a whole dish. Yi Han didn't know how the buff would be calculated if one person ate half a portion. However, this Kung Pao Chicken was added with "charm", which was useless in itself and was just made to go with rice, so it didn't matter if I gave him some.
Now that Jian Lin is dead, whether upgrading or changing copies, he must follow the rules of the "ghost" player. However, due to the particularity of the "Madhouse" level, it is almost impossible for him to leave by his own strength - the only way to get out is to become Yi Han's property and be taken out by him.
Since he was destined to become a family member, Yi Han felt that it was only right to treat him well...
Seeing that the child ate so pitifully, Yi Han sighed and silently fed him a bowl of rice.
Seeing that there was not much meat in the half of Kung Pao Chicken that he had eaten... Yi Han silently brought him a new portion of Kung Pao Chicken...
The meal took a long time to finish and half an hour had passed.
After a short rest, Yi Han stood up and prepared to max out the points on the floor he currently occupied.
——Before, he only killed those evil spirits who were eager to give themselves up. But in this corridor, there are actually more evil spirits of the middle level of strength, as well as scattered humans hiding in various corners.
Each of these notorious players could bring him 20 points. Yi Han had no psychological pressure in beating them, and he didn't care at all whether they would disappear from the system after being mortgaged, or be punished and thrown into this perverted "prison".
Yi Han only cares about points, so he will not let any of them go, whether they are evil ghosts or evil people. Moreover, he has the European Emperor in his hands now, so no matter how deep they hide in the cracks of the rocks, Yi Han will definitely dig them all out.
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Yi Han: With the European Emperor in hand, the world is mine
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