Chapter 313 Monster Hospital (XII)
Although Nan Huan and the others have not had the chance to experience the terrifying atmosphere of a living patient in Area B disappearing under everyone's noses every night, she was a little dazed for a moment. After all, she had just learned from Patient No. 111 that it was not that there were no medical staff in Area A tonight, but that no staff had set foot here since a long time ago.
So what kind of staff did the system ask them to find here? Was it a ghost?
The suddenly empty nurses' station became part of a horror story in No. 111's mouth. Nan Huan and Bei Xi both felt a chill on their backs.
Even in the most bizarre dungeons, there wouldn't be a hospital that didn't need doctors and nurses, right? Plus, this place had no entrance or exit, it was like a non-existent area, so the system assigned them here, was it really just for a side quest?
Neither of them said anything for the time being, but perhaps the atmosphere in the air was so heavy that No. 111, who had just been immersed in the joy of being praised for his gift, realized belatedly that the two people standing there seemed to have sensed a certain heaviness from his words.
"Are you two okay?" He sat at the long table, swinging his feet much less. "It's hard to get around curfew today. Aren't you happy?"
They had been looking forward to this day with great difficulty, but why do the friends who have just been admitted to the hospital seem not very happy?
I don’t know what thoughts No. 111’s words gave the two of them, or if they realized something at the same time, but Nan Huan and Bei Xi quickly came to their senses and did not pursue the issue further. After all, the system’s task had been released. No matter who the staff member hiding among the patients was or how he got in, since it has come to this, of course they have to catch him and let him out. Then everything will be clear.
As for the unreasonableness and abnormality of Area A, since they had taken great pains to put them here, there would naturally be opportunities to explore later. Now the mission was the most important thing. After all, there were nearly two hundred people and they needed a short time to find them. In addition, there was a clue or a big bomb that came to the nurses' station right now, so they had to go and take a look.
When they first saw the nurses' station, Nan Huan and Bei Xi simultaneously noticed the shiny thing on the right side of the long table. However, the clue was too obvious, especially in the empty nurses' station. It always felt more like some kind of trap, but now the two of them couldn't wait to run into it.
"We are fine, we just got admitted to the hospital and are not used to it here." Nan Huan lied with his eyes open and moved towards the other person's seat, trying to take the opportunity to pinch the thing in his hand, but Bei Xi got there first.
No. 111 didn't notice anything wrong. After hearing Nan Huan's explanation, the nervous and shy mood on his face finally improved a little. However, before he jumped off the table and continued to walk forward with the two of them, he saw Bei Xi shoving something in front of him.
"Since you've been here for such a long time, you should be very impressed by something so unique. Whose patient is this?"
No. 111 was startled by her sudden action. His whole body staggered backward unconsciously, and his center of gravity was a little unstable. Fortunately, he relaxed his vigilance after seeing the long golden hair in Beixi's hand. "Of course I know. Where did you see it? This guy must have put it here on purpose to attract your attention. We had agreed that except for me, you can choose the gifts for the rest of the people. I didn't expect this fat guy to play tricks on me."
No. 111 carefully avoided Bei Xi's hand, moved to the side and jumped off the table, seeming to be disgusted with the other person's hair.
"If that's the case, then let's choose him first," Nan Huan decided directly, "If we finish watching it sooner, can't we all play together?"
She gave No. 111 a reason that was hard to refuse. Although the other party looked reluctant, he was obviously resigned. "Do you really want to go to his room first? He should be asleep. This fat guy cherishes his face and golden hair the most. In order to maintain his beauty, he falls asleep at 9 o'clock every night without fail. It is difficult to wake him up."
"Okay, don't waste time, this is him," Nan Huan and Bei Xi left the nurse station and continued walking forward, "What's his number?"
The two of them soon overtook No. 111, who could only jog to catch up. "He's No. 233, a fat beauty who can eat and sleep well. His room is not far ahead. But I think it would be difficult to wake him up even if you two go there..."
No. 111 was indeed the patient who had stayed the longest. He knew the information of every patient by heart. Nan Huan felt that he alone was equivalent to an entire archive room. While she was paying attention to No. 111's rambling and scientific popularization, she was observing the situation in the ward through the small window outside the ward.
Each room is not big, and you can see everything from the small window. There are two beds, a table, and some other necessities inside. Maybe because there is no curfew tonight, some rooms are crowded with people, while others are empty. The people gathered together seem to be playing cards to kill time. From the outside, these people don't show any signs of being patients. This place doesn't look like a hospital, but more like a board game bar. It's very lively.
However, this kind of liveliness was broken as she and Bei Xi passed by each other's ward. Many people seemed to have not expected that the new gifts had been opened here in such a short while. Everyone stopped what they were doing and wanted to rush out the door as soon as possible, but they were stopped by No. 111.
Nan Huan and Bei Xi did not seem very surprised. After all, from the beginning of the numbering, she knew that No. 111 must be the strongest in the entire A area. Although it was not clear what the lop-eared rabbit looked like in a runaway state, looking at its strict and disciplined appearance, it seemed that many more tragic situations must have happened before.
They are now looking for a minority of people hiding in the majority of the crowd. If everyone swarms around them, it will give the other party an opportunity to take advantage of them. So for the time being, it is better to meet alone in order to discover some problems, especially when there are few people. Nan Huan can also judge some things based on the reaction of No. 111, which is much more efficient than her and Bei Xi running around like headless flies.
Just as No. 111 said, the room where No. 233 was located was not far away. About two minutes later, No. 111 led them to stop outside a ward. Nan Huan was the first to look through the small window and saw that there was a person lying on only one of the two beds in the room. The face could not be seen, but judging from the size, it matched No. 111's description.
Seeing that the other party had fallen asleep, No. 111 pushed the door open without even knocking.
"Look, she's No. 233. Am I right? She's a fat beauty," No. 111 introduced them while standing at the head of the bed. "Look under the bed. The gift she prepared should be there. I don't think there's any hope of waking her up, so let's open the gifts first and then go find the others who are still awake, right?"
This man was really asleep. Bei Xi made this judgment before he entered the room. After all, such long breathing and rhythmic heartbeat could not be faked. Moreover, as they entered, both rhythms maintained their inherent frequencies and did not seem to be disturbed at all.
Nan Huan stood next to No. 111 and finally saw her appearance clearly. As No. 111 said, she was very beautiful, with a smooth face without a single wrinkle, and skin smoother than a baby's. Under the dark yellow light in the room, it reflected fine light, and with her iconic blonde hair, she really had a beauty that was difficult to distinguish between male and female.
But the prerequisite is that the eyes must always be kept above the neck, because Nan Huan has already noticed the other person's high belly, which is blocked by the white sheet and looks like a triplet. It's not that Nan Huan discriminates against fat people, but this face combined with the figure below is indeed quite impactful.
"Do you think he looks like a patient that was impersonated by the staff?"
Nan Huan ignored the place where No. 111 suggested the gift might be hidden. She took two steps calmly, so that she and Bei Xi were on the same level, and they looked at No. 233 who was sleeping comfortably on the bed.
"I tend to think so. Although if a staff member pretends to be a patient, it is very likely that he will be noticed because of unfamiliar body language and facial expressions. Falling asleep is a good way to cover it up, but it is too exposed. After all, we have come all the way here. Just like No. 111 said, because there is no curfew tonight, no patient will go to bed at this time and sleep so soundly."
Bei Xi stood there like a calm coroner, looking at the "corpse" on the dissecting table and gave her own conclusion. She paused for a few seconds and then added a sentence very rigorously.
"Of course, this speculation is not 100% certain. After all, I still suspect that the staff may have become patients from the beginning for this mission and hidden here. In this way, No. 233's behavior pattern every night seems more reasonable, and the system can also use our psychological blind spots to exclude No. 233."
Nan Huan had just breathed a sigh of relief and was about to bend down to see what gift was hidden under the bed, but he was so shocked by Bei Xi's imagination that it was almost out of the Milky Way that he was speechless.
"But the possibility is very small, close to zero. After all, the initial investment is too huge, and the uncertainty in the later stage is too great. Whether it can wait for us smoothly is not clear. Besides, this is just a side quest. Even if it cannot be completed, I will always find a way to take you away from here. The cost-effectiveness is too low for the system."
Nan Huan was already a little distracted due to sleepiness. When he heard Bei Xi's heavy breathing, he turned his head suspiciously and said, "You seem a little excited tonight. Do you want to continue to complete the side quest, or should we continue the totem issue that we didn't finish discussing just now?"
The moment Nanhua saw Beixi wake up, he felt that something was not right with her. If it was the original Beixi, she would not choose to joke with him at this time, nor would she have the time to tell him these unlikely speculations. The original Beixi would be a little colder and would not have such subtle emotions revealed, but now she seemed to be at ease, as if the night made Beixi excited.
This topic was like an atmosphere terminator, decisively turning the excited Bei Xi back into the cold Bei Xi. The latter silently bent down and dragged out a gift box with a bow tied on it from under the bed.
No. 111 was obviously also very interested and wanted to know what the other party had given. After all, No. 233 didn't seem to have anything to give except his face and hair. Of course, the deeper reason was that he didn't want other people's gifts to surpass his own in Nan Huan's heart.
With the previous experience, the two were much more decisive this time. Bei Xi seemed to be worried that Nan Huan would bring up the previous topic again, so she simply provided a one-stop service and directly tore open the bow to reveal the gift inside the gift box.
But compared to the lop-eared rabbit that No. 111 just gave, this gift seemed much more normal, and there was a hint of childishness in it.
Nan Huan picked up the paper cup with graffiti on it from the gift box with some confusion. When he picked up the cup, he found that there was a white line on the bottom of the cup.
"What the hell is this? It's not a hair growth serum? It's not a beauty cream either?" No. 111 showed a rare look of confusion on his face. He stared at the thing in Nan Huan's hand with obvious disdain. "I thought he had some secret to keep his hair wrinkle-free and long. How come this is his most useful thing? What does this mean? Give you a cup to drink water?"
It seems that before the next welcome party, I have to check everyone’s gifts, otherwise some of them will be too perfunctory and will simply lower the overall level of their Area A.
Originally, Nan Huan and Bei Xi did not have much opinion on this thing. For them, the gift from No. 111 just now has been regarded as a gift to Nan Huan by the system. That is to say, in this side quest, Nan Huan has plenty of opportunities to get some props from the patients. Although they are not sure what abilities the patients here have, they are obviously not ordinary people. The number of these gifts is huge, and the system must have corresponding balancing measures, such as filling the vast ocean of gifts with 90% garbage, which means they are useless.
But No. 111's words reminded the two of them to some extent that even though the system had to send some junk to balance it, these junk should also be consistent with the patient's personality or characteristics. For example, in the eyes of No. 111, hair growth liquid or even facial masks are more consistent with No. 233's personality than a paper cup, even though this is not a simple paper cup.
"This is not just a paper cup," Nan Huan laid Bei Xi flat, put the open side close to his ear, and explained to No. 111, "This is a paper cup phone. Within a limited range, you can put a cotton thread through the bottom of two paper cups and speak into the cups. The sound can be transmitted to the other end through the cotton thread, but the usable distance is limited."
And there is only half of it here, where is the other half? Could it be that the other party gave me this thing to keep in touch with someone?
Nan Huan held the cup and looked at it. His attention was easily attracted by the graffiti on the cup. The colors of the graffiti were very impactful and bright, making it hard for people not to notice it. However, the contents of the graffiti were all food, from fried chicken, milk tea, spicy strips, to plums, etc., without any commonality. The whole cup was densely covered with graffiti, and the upper and lower edges were framed with a light pink line.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for receiving the gift from Patient No. 233 - the Paper Cup Telephone.
It can receive calls from incredible areas, wish you a pleasant call. 】
The system prompt sound interrupted Nan Huan's meditation. She looked at Bei Xi and found that it was indeed a telephone receiver. However, it was still unclear where this incredible area was. In particular, the telephone receiver had no buttons, which meant that it was very likely that it could only answer calls but not make calls. After studying it for a long time, apart from temporarily ruling out the suspicion that No. 233 was not a staff member and receiving a phone call, there were no further breakthroughs.
"It's just a phone for playing house?" No. 111 somehow summarized and understood the meaning of this thing, "So my gift is more useful."
She nodded with satisfaction and looked at the person lying on the bed.
"I didn't expect she was still a bit childish."
At the same time, I felt a little puzzled. No. 233 usually hated being disturbed when he was sleeping. He would often wake up and curse at the slightest noise. But today he seemed to be sleeping particularly soundly and didn't even react when I complained about his gift.
Nan Huan didn’t know where No. 111’s confidence came from, but thinking that she might need his help next, she refrained from saying anything and acquiesced to his boasting.
"When he wakes up, come and trouble him again." No. 111 thought that the thing was useless and wanted to take the two away. "He seemed to be sleeping a little deeply today..."
Nan Huan and Bei Xi did not refute and followed him out of the ward.
Compared with the bustle in Areas A and B, the patients assigned to Area C were more confused.
After all, everyone was still in the bustling hall a few seconds ago, but in the blink of an eye, President Barbie, Twelve, Nineteen and a few players entered the C area ward.
The twenty-two people on their side were distributed very evenly. The eldest lady and the first president were assigned to Area A. There were no players from their area B. The remaining twenty people were evenly divided into Areas C and D, with ten people in each area.
President Barbie, Twelve and Nineteen brought several players into Area C, while President Alice, President Pink, the Sixth Vice President and Lingyue brought the remaining players into Area D.
"Wasn't there someone here just now?" Twelve spoke first. She still couldn't accept the fact that she had to watch someone enter a specific area. "Why is the nurse who led the way gone?"
President Barbie and Nineteen did not say anything immediately, because they realized instantly that not only was the nurse leading the way missing, but more importantly, the area C where they were now was too quiet. Even if the geographical location of a specific ward in the hospital was relatively special, then with such a large number of patients coming, there should at least be a medical staff to support them, but there was nothing here.
"Something is wrong here, it seems like there is no one here."
The moment Nineteen opened his mouth, he grabbed Twelve, who was eager to try, and moved him behind him.
"No one is sick. Could we be the first group of patients?"
Twelve couldn't overcome the other person's strength, so he had to stick his head behind her and look forward.
This time it was President Barbie who spoke up, "But the staff assigned to Area C just now are the most numerous."
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