Chapter 326 Monster Hospital (Twenty-Five)
False C ward.
The group of people who finally found the props, holding a paper cup phone connected to the line in their hands, fell into a brief silence after hearing the system's usage instructions.
It turned out that the solution to their problem was not here, but on the other end of the phone. The reminder said that each call was only five minutes and once every three hours, but neither President Barbie nor Twelve was sure of the three hours. In other words, they only had one chance.
The long and tense time of dealing with those shadows that would unite together if one was not careful consumed a lot of the players' physical strength and attention. This consumption, as time went on, was not a good thing.
"We need to make two plans for help," Nineteen's brain worked the fastest, and he quickly figured out the key to the problem, "One is for our own people, and the other is in case the person who answers the phone is from the player on President Xuan's side."
Xiaodao quite understood that Nineteen did not separate the neutral players. Firstly, besides herself, there were several neutral players here, and they all experienced firsthand how the players from Guild One Alliance treated them along the way. In addition, given the current situation, she was confident that she could convince the neutral players who might answer the phone. Secondly, she had already observed and confirmed before that, except for President Yan who was assigned to Ward B, and the eldest lady and President Yi who were assigned to Ward A, most of the remaining players were in Wards C and D. She felt that it was more likely that the call was connected to the original Ward C. After all, they were originally going to Ward C, but she didn't know why they suddenly came here.
So Xiaodao actually cares about something else. "But what I'm worried about is actually something else. Is the person who answers the phone capable of helping us wake up the person who is eating dinner in his sleep? What if she fails, then we..."
She didn't finish what she said, but most players' thoughts should be similar to hers. After all, none of the players who can be here are willing to leave their fate in the hands of others, so now they are in a passive position, which makes them feel unhappy.
"Probably not," Nineteen answered quickly but very conservatively, "The system won't leave us in a dead end. The person on the other end of the phone must be able to help us solve this matter."
There is no doubt about this, Nineteen is very sure. After all, the system has many ways to kill them, such as directly accelerating the spread of the black net, digesting it, or merging the black shadows. Any of them can kill all the players here within a few seconds, so it will not do this. Giving them a chance to survive, but still leaving them with only one way to die.
After hearing this, the players finally looked less gloomy. But before they could even breathe a sigh of relief, Nineteen added another explanation, "But it probably won't be smooth sailing. After all, it doesn't fit the system's consistent tone. Or I guess the people on the other side who can help us may not be able to find this method in a short period of time..."
She was a well-rounded person, especially at a time like this. She knew that nothing but nice words and lies could solve any problem, so she spoke very bluntly. She was the calmest of all the players present, except for Twelve and President Barbie. "The real action is taken by others, and we can't interfere. We can only try our best to collect all the information on the scene and prepare our speech in advance. We only have five minutes, and this is the key."
President Barbie quickly got into the state, "If it's our people, the focus should be on the current situation. Finding the target and awakening the target are the two most important points."
She has been frowning since she found the paper cup microphone prop. "We can only provide so many clues. The rest depends on the person on the other end of the phone. But if it's someone on President Xuan's side, we have to offer a bargaining chip that will make the other party 100% willing to help. Do you have any good suggestions?"
Before asking this question, President Barbie had already thought about it in her mind. If it was the eldest lady and President Yi at this time, she would have more bargaining chips. After all, the eldest lady had many secrets about this game, or the secrets between her and President Yi could be used as an exchange. But if it was herself, President Barbie thought about it. Apart from being able to guarantee that if the players here really disappeared here, the eldest lady and President Yi would help them get revenge, she couldn't seem to think of any other reason. But this was more like a threat.
"There is a point we can start with," Nineteen spoke only after thinking it through. By the time the others realized where the focus of the problem was, these questions had already gone through their minds. "The players on Guild President Xuan's side immediately chose to become staff members when they first entered the game. The eldest lady and the first guild president had found this a bit strange. They speculated that when entering the game, the players on Guild President Xuan's side were likely to have accepted the tasks or choices of the evil god or the game. We can use the situations of the previous guild presidents during the White Orchid Rain Festival..."
What she said was not actually very detailed. There were many terms and contents involved that the neutral players were not very clear about. She should have told President Barbie in private, but now they had no time. However, even though it was said very obscurely, President Barbie still understood it.
"But we are just guessing," Twelve said with some worry, "If the facts are not like this..."
She was a little hesitant, after all, this was an uncertain matter, so she wanted to discuss it again to see if there were any other ways. However, before she could finish her words, she seemed to suddenly realize something and turned around to look outside the ward.
Then all the players seemed to realize something and instinctively entered combat mode.
"Quick, move to the middle..."
Twelve had already jumped out of the ward and used a bomb to blow up the small shadow that had gathered in front of him.
Everyone saw the black sticky liquid, like a monster with a bloody mouth, moving quickly from a place that was originally some distance away. The electric lights used for warning were swallowed up one by one, and the light became dimmer and dimmer. Even the shadows seemed to be injected with some kind of power and became more active than before.
The situation suddenly began to get worse, because after the united shadows were broken up, the players realized that there was also a large black net approaching rapidly on the opposite side, attacking from both sides. Even if the shadows did not completely unite, the black net would sooner or later swallow up everything in the corridor, and they were like a speck of dust in the universe, without any room for resistance.
"President Barbie, call, now."
The twelve of them only had time to shout before they threw out another small bomb. The situation no longer allowed them to have any room for negotiation.
President Barbie did not hesitate any longer and, following the system's instructions, knocked on the bottom of the paper cup three times.
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The eldest lady and a chairman barged in without any reason, and then ran out as if they suddenly realized something. Chairman Yan took less than a second to react and ran over with them.
The black flowers that appeared around her were not a coincidence. The eldest lady and the president knew about the infection, and their tasks were connected in some ways. In such an urgent situation, her help might be needed.
Soon she thought of these points in her mind, and then realized a problem that she had overlooked for a long time. She always thought that everyone's side quests were separate. After all, if there was a joint mission before, the system would have prompted. But after she entered Ward A, she had not received any prompts. She instinctively thought that her task was separate. She even thought about whether she could not reveal her identity to anyone. The system asked them to disguise themselves as patients, probably because they did not want their identities to be exposed.
But now President Yan understood that their mission might not be a joint mission, but it was definitely related. The system deliberately made her aware of this, and to some extent was using her to create information gaps between players. This made her feel very bad. If this was the case in Area B, what about other wards? Would there be such a situation as well? She thought as she quickened her pace.
Bei Xi hugged Nan Huan very quickly. When they came out of the ward where President Yan was, they could no longer see where the black flowers went. However, they did not lose their direction, or they had already figured out where the other party was going to divert the attention of the other party. Nan Huan also took the time to look at the paper cup in his hand. The pattern on the paper cup was getting fainter and the encirclement was gradually shrinking.
While Nan Huan was feeling angry and having a bad premonition, the whistling wind in her ears finally stopped, and they were safely in the room of patient No. 233.
Unlike other patients who had a faint golden light on their bodies that could block the black flowers and prevent them from getting close, the sleeping Patient No. 233 seemed to have lost some kind of protection. Or Nan Huan could vaguely see that the faint golden light around the other person seemed to have broken open a hole, and those black flowers seemed to appear out of thin air, and one after another sank into the mind of Patient No. 233.
Bei Xi was quick-eyed and quick-handed. Just like in President Yan's room, he waved his sleeves and countless transparent tentacles stretched out, trying to catch the black flowers that wanted to hide in the body of Patient No. 233. But this time, the black flowers seemed unusually flexible and strange, because the moment they came into contact with the tentacles, they turned into a wisp of black smoke. After escaping from the pursuit, they quickly condensed into new black flowers and drilled into the mind of Patient No. 233.
Even if Bei Xi's tentacles could increase exponentially as the number of black flowers appeared out of thin air, they could not restrict the opponent, and it would be useless no matter how many they had.
It seems that the root of the problem should be here. Bei Xi quickly gave up the transparent tentacles and took out the iron axe, but the effect was still not obvious.
President Yan had already entered the room by this time, and took out his sword and other tools, trying to prevent the black flowers from entering the body of the patient on the bed.
At the moment Nan Huan was observing, a telephone rang suddenly in the room.
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