Chapter 328 Monster Hospital (Twenty-Seven)
"Try to control these black flowers again. Two seconds should be enough," the president quickly responded. "Controlling these black flowers can temporarily alleviate the situation over there. Let's try it first."
The president did not stop her actions. She was still trying various methods to try to stop the black flowers from entering the brain of Patient No. 233. After hearing what President Yan said, she seemed to have come up with a solution in her mind, but she did not say it directly. Instead, she put forward her own opinions with an extremely serious attitude towards research.
Although President Yan was confused and felt that two seconds was too short, after all, she still failed to attack the black flowers in this state. But she knew that the problems she could think of would definitely be thought of by President Yi, so the moment she responded, she concentrated and activated her personal skills.
As expected, those black flowers paused briefly at the moment the skill was activated, as if they were bewitched and stopped for two seconds. Bei Xi still used her black iron axe. She was fast enough to lock onto a black flower within two seconds, but the iron axe could not exert its power on a small black flower no matter how huge it was. Even if it was hit, the black flowers would still disperse briefly like mist, then gather together again, and finally gather in the brain of Patient No. 233.
Still useless? When President Yan saw the black flower being hit, his happy expression froze on his face.
Either they haven't found the right method yet, or the clues he provided are inaccurate. President Yan has once again begun to recall every detail since he received the task, for fear of missing out on anything important.
However, Bei Xi and Nan Huan on the side did not show any anxiety or disappointment on their faces. Instead, the president readily took the iron axe back and winked at Nan Huan.
Nan Huan understood what he meant and stepped forward, pulling President Yan, who was about to sink into his memories, back. The two of them stood with their backs almost against the door of the ward. "Don't worry, we've found a way. Let's stand a little further back to avoid accidental injuries."
As soon as the eldest lady finished speaking, the president took out a golden whip from nowhere, did some tricks with it, and rolled it directly towards the black flowers in the air.
The golden whip looked very delicate, but the handle was not like Twelve's whips, which had no special marks engraved on it. It also did not look like a prop in the control panel. Just when she was wondering what the use of the whip was if she couldn't even touch the iron, she felt that the rolled-up whip seemed to make some ethereal sound.
The next second, the originally flexible black flowers, when they were caught by the whip, seemed to be frozen in time and stopped in mid-air. It was not the two seconds that the skill allowed, but they stopped completely in mid-air, just like black snowflakes, stopped in mid-air.
President Yan raised her eyebrows, realizing that the long whip wielded by the first president was different from the previous props, and even had a power that was difficult to understand. Just when she was puzzled, the second whip had already swept over, and the black flower seemed to have been attacked. Obvious cracks appeared from the pistil, spreading along the texture to the petals, as if it was about to wither, hanging on the branch and swaying.
The president's final whip arrived as promised, and the cracked petals eventually could not escape the fate of withering, finally shattering like delicate porcelain. However, its destruction was unintentionally more thorough, because President Yan noticed that as the black flowers withered, they disappeared into the air like dust.
Is it so easy to solve? President Yan felt that her heart was up and down like a roller coaster, but she was very happy to see that President Yan solved these black flowers without any effort. However, before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she saw another batch of black flowers reappear where those black flowers disappeared.
To be precise, it was as if an invisible channel had opened in mid-air. As soon as the president dealt with the black flowers that had appeared, an endless stream of flowers would re-emerge, scrambling to take the opportunity to drill into the brain of Patient No. 233, increasing the difficulty for President Barbie and speeding up the digestion time.
"Can't it be completely eliminated?" President Yan was a little stunned, and turned to look at the eldest lady, "Should we take advantage of this moment to see how to wake up patient 233? These are only temporary solutions, and will eventually kill us, and still won't solve the root of the problem."
"It will be fine soon. She has found the problem." The eldest lady felt that it was not good for President Yan to be so startled, so she patiently explained, "There is a way to wake up patient No. 233, but that person is difficult to catch. She is taking the opportunity to lock the direction."
The eldest lady spoke in a low voice, as if she didn't want someone in the room to hear her, but her tone was full of confidence.
President Yan was a little stunned, and for a moment she could not understand the meaning of the other party's words. She thought that her ability was not weak, and coupled with her unique personal skills, in a copy, whether someone wanted to kill her or there were some difficult problems, she could find a solution in a very short time, or sort out useful clues. But for the first time in front of the young lady, she honestly shook her head and humbly asked, "Did I miss something? Why can I understand every word you said, but when you put them together, I feel like I missed something in the middle?"
It was not known whether it was her straightforward explanation that made Nan Huan realize that the information gap between the two sides was indeed a bit large, or whether it was the other party's sincere tone that made Nan Huan feel a little guilty. She turned her head and looked at President Yan, "I'm sorry, my explanation was not detailed enough. You just briefly introduced your mission, which was to find a patient X, and you found this place along the passage. Based on this and the situation on President Barbie's side, I thought of some situations. President Barbie normally had to go to Ward C, but because of the mission, they entered a fake Ward C, triggering a side quest. From the information we have received, we know that Wards A, B, and C are separate and cannot be reached by our own efforts, but the appearance of Patient X explains one thing..."
President Yan quickly caught up with the other party's thoughts, "Patient X accidentally learned about the passage between Area A and Area B. As for Area C, I can still think of it for the time being. Is it indeed related to Patient X?"
"You didn't find it because you have a fixed mindset and you think it was Patient X who found the passage. But what if he himself is the passage? As long as he wants, he can connect any two wards A, B, or C and reach any ward. I believe that after you came here, you should have checked the place you came from and didn't find any passage, right?"
The eldest lady explained step by step. Her words did not sound condescending. Instead, she linked one thing after another, trying to use the simplest words to make President Yan understand. When the other party heard this common guess, it suddenly dawned on him why he felt something strange from the beginning. Since the passage existed, it was impossible that there was no clue at all. And why the system limited the time for them to find patient X, but was not worried at all that they had found the way back. After the eldest lady's explanation, she understood everything.
Because Patient X is the channel itself, the system is not worried that they will find the channel first. The reason is that they cannot find Patient X and cannot leave Area A at all.
So patient X appeared in area A and invisibly affected patient 233, which led to the side quest on President Barbie's side. All this is really as the eldest lady said, not only are the three side quests related, but the connection is also very deep.
"So if we find him, we can close the channel and wake up patient 233?" President Yan thought of another question, "But didn't they just say that these black flowers are infected? Will it have any impact on President Barbie?"
Because of time, she is temporarily not affected by the black flowers of those years. She also saw the eldest lady, the first president, and even the patients in Ward A. Except for the patient lying in room 233, the rest seemed to be unaffected by the black flowers. But she was not sure what was going on with President Barbie.
"We have tried to use ordinary physiological methods, but we can't wake up Patient 233. The difference between her and other patients in Area A who are not affected by the black flowers is that there is a hole in the light golden light on her body, so someone took advantage of it. That person couldn't come to the ward in person to release the source of infection, so he thought of this method. Patient 233's original ability is related to dreams. In order to achieve this goal, that person needs two things, one is a channel, and the other is a source of infection. The black flowers are the source of infection, and Patient X is the channel. As long as the channel is cut off and the source of infection is eliminated, Patient 233 will wake up. President Barbie is temporarily in danger. As for the infection situation, we will have to wait until the mission is over to know. However, I tend to believe that all patients in all wards have this light golden light, which can temporarily prevent infection. But there are exceptions. For some reason, Patient X and Patient 233 had their protective shields broken, so they were taken advantage of."
President Yan finally understood the deep connection between the three side quests that the eldest lady mentioned. It was not only because they faced the source of infection and the special channel together, but also because there was an invisible hand behind it, manipulating everything. Even though they hadn't met yet, just from this task that could not be considered a meeting gift, President Yan had already felt some kind of unspoken malice.
After all, according to the eldest lady, since President Barbie and the others are patients in Ward C, they should theoretically have protective shields on their bodies, so under normal circumstances, that person should not be able to infect them. However, that person directly used the ability of Patient No. 233 to control them all in the fake Ward C, wanting to kill those people, and put everyone's fate in the hands of the eldest lady. His malice is obvious.
"You already know who she is?" President Yan said in a very sure tone, "So the reason we entered this ultimate dungeon is also related to that person. She was also the one who caused trouble in the guild league dungeon."
In addition to the players from the Guild One Alliance, Nan Huan really wanted to educate the neutral players about the existence of the evil god and that his abilities should not be underestimated. After all, the Anti-Guild One Alliance must have contacted the evil god by some unknown method, so they were able to make the decision to become staff members in a very short time.
Many of the players on the Guild Alliance side are eyewitnesses of the Guild League and do not need any science popularization at all. Strictly speaking, neutral players like President Yan are the pure victims of this ultimate event. They even have information gaps, which is fatal.
However, after entering the copy, everyone was forced to start the mission directly. In addition, if she spoke rashly, it might have a counterproductive effect if the other party did not believe her, so she had not said anything until now, facing the doubts of President Yan, she finally found the opportunity.
"Yes, it should be the evil god. Not only has she entered these copies, but also the previous copies have her shadow. Even the whole game is inseparable from her and us. She is very powerful. Just now, when we exposed the fact that President Xuan and the other two were disguised as patients, they were instantly half infected and then directly taken away by the black vortex. That's why President Yi and I rushed to your room in such a hurry. It seems that those who are not chosen by her will still follow the rules of the game, or Xuan Hu Zihang and the others are also following the rules of the game, but because they have made their choice, I don't know what this rule will bring."
The Guild League instance, as well as the instance that Nan Huan had entered before, was too long to describe now. In addition, Nan Huan still hadn’t figured out the details, so he could only briefly explain some of the details so that President Barbie would have an idea. “I will tell you the details after the entire side quest is completed.”
As she spoke, her eyes were still observing the situation over there. President Yan finally came to his senses and realized that although President Yan had found a way to deal with those black flowers, Patient X had not been found yet. He only saw that President Yan was trying to determine the direction by some unknown method. In short, after locking the direction where the black flowers reappeared in an endless stream after a few seconds, President Yi once again cracked the whip with a faint smile on his face. When no one realized it, he suddenly reached out his hand in a certain direction and grabbed in the air.
President Yan saw that a figure was held in the hands of the president. The figure appeared from virtual to real, wearing a hospital gown and his face was a little pale. After being pulled out, there was an expression of relief and embarrassment on his face.
"I'm sorry."
The president did not whip Patient X, but took out a spray-like substance from the control panel and sprayed it up and down in the direction of Patient X without any hesitation. The latter was very obediently held in Bei Xi's hand, and did not move, especially when his eyes met the eldest lady, he jumped a little.
President Yan quickly recognized that it was the deodorant in the control panel. It was colorless and odorless, and could quickly remove the strange smell on players or NPCs.
President Yan shrugged her nose. To be honest, she hadn't smelled any smell since patient X appeared in the ward. This was different from when she was in the semi-enclosed space of the corridor. At that time in the corridor, she paid special attention to the smell because of the nurse's reminder, and because she was in a semi-enclosed space, she caught the subtle scent of grass. But now in the room with good air circulation, the scent of grass was almost negligible. However, President Yan was able to accurately determine the other party's position based on this. This was no longer a gap between players, but a fundamental difference in some things among individuals.
As the last trace of grass scent on Patient X was removed, the last batch of black flowers, fearing that they would not be able to arrive in time to die, rushed to appear in mid-air. Bei Xi held Patient X in one hand and swung the whip with the other, and got rid of the remaining black flowers.
The fake C ward. After getting the eldest lady's reply, all the players were excited, but the environment on the scene was not really good. In the blink of an eye, the large net woven by the black mucus in front and behind was only a dozen meters away. They were confined to a narrow range and had to pay attention to the combination of black shadows at all times. In order to ensure that the small bombs would not hurt the players, they were forced to squeeze very tightly. Some of the players responsible for the attack on the periphery had been touched by the shadows several times and had to immediately cut off their contaminated skin tissue. Soon many players were injured.
The sticky net was getting closer and closer, reflected in the eyes of all the players, like an invisible net. Twelve was already holding the bomb and blocking the outer periphery. Even if the eldest lady and the president were too late, she had to buy more time for other players.
As they got closer, the small bombs were no longer useful, so they could only use their bodies to attract the shadows. Because they were too scattered before, it would take some time for them to be completely gathered together. This period of time was enough for the two large nets in front and behind to completely close together and digest them all.
The sticky liquid was getting closer step by step. The sweat on President Barbie's face had been mixed with blood. All the players were smelling a mixture of gunpowder and corrosive liquids. Twelve still had a small bomb in his hand, which he prepared for the last moment. The black net surged in front of him like a wave. A black shadow passed across the shoe surface, and the tip of the shoe had been corroded. Just when Twelve was about to press the small bomb,
The black sticky liquid disappeared without a trace like the receding tide. The lights in the corridor that had been extinguished were suddenly lit again. The black shadows that looked like ants disappeared without a trace as if they were reflected in a magic mirror.
In Ward A, Patient No. 233, who had slept for most of the night, finally opened his eyes.
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