Chapter 336 Monster Hospital (Thirty-Five)
Nan Huan's mind was a little confused. Just as the system said, although she completed the task, her mind did not restore all her memories. Some of them were still the scenes she saw during the task just now. But these scenes alone were enough to give her a great shock. However, she soon felt that Bei Xi had opened her mouth and a slightly cool liquid poured in.
Beixi's recovery ability was amazing. Almost the moment he took the potion, he had recovered to his original physical condition. After all, this mission was not a combat mission. Apart from those memories and the pain from the electric shock, Beixi's body was fine. But because Nanhuan was relatively weak, it took him a while to raise his head from Beixi's arms, with some obvious fatigue on his face.
"So it's because they think I won't be deceived anymore, so they didn't set up any false memories for me in the fourth stage?" She looked at Bei Xi in a daze, summarizing everything she had just experienced in the mission, with some doubts but also some understanding, "So, it has been basically confirmed that their purpose is not to deliberately interfere with us?"
Although this was a question, the tone was very firm.
Bei Xi wiped the sweat off her forehead and carried her to a chair. "Don't worry. The system's task rewards haven't been announced yet, right? Maybe there will be some clues."
Nan Huan's thoughts were very complicated, so he had not had time to carefully ponder the system's prompt for completing the task, but Bei Xi noticed that the system seemed to deliberately ignore the task reward, or wanted to wait until Nan Huan woke up before announcing it, so she deliberately picked the first one to test it. Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, the system's prompt sounded.
[Mission Reward: Free from infection from the source of infection during the mission.]
This short task reward contained a lot of meaning. After Nan Huan and Bei Xi looked at each other, they both showed an expression of "as expected".
Nan Huan immediately wanted to stand up from the chair, but before he could get up, Bei Xi held him down, "Don't worry about it. It's past the morning treatment time. Even other patients can be seen when we eat later. Don't worry about it. It will take some time for your body to recover. Just stay still for a while and don't move."
Bei Xi's tone was very calm, but his actions were firm and unyielding, and he forced Nan Huan to take two more tubes of medicine.
Nan Huan had to lean back in the chair and rest for a while. Although she was physically calm, her mind was still racing. "It seems that this sudden new treatment method is not random, but comes with a purpose. According to our situation, as long as we complete the task, we will not be infected. I just don't know what the situation is like in other wards and other players."
Bei Xi used her hands to press Nan Huan's solar plexus to relieve the pain. She didn't stop her after hearing this, but she didn't have a good opinion of this matter. "The situation will only get worse. The evil god wants all patients or players to be infected. The situation of the three people of President Xuan last night should be what she would like to see. Even if other players can easily complete a task or a treatment, from now on, I'm afraid that the tasks will be one after another, and there will always be times when they fail and get infected. This is just the beginning."
Nan Huan agreed with Bei Xi's opinion and knew that what the other party said was already a relatively good situation, because they could not guarantee that all players could complete the first task. After all, President Xuan and the others had already done that last night.
"Okay, it's almost time. We have to go out and check on the other patients. Didn't the system say yesterday that starting from yesterday, not all patients are 100% immune? And I have a bad feeling."
Nan Huan's face was a little gloomy. She was under a lot of pressure in the last ultimate copy. After all, those innocent players were bound to her. If she couldn't find out the truth and completely solve the problems in the ultimate copy, she didn't know what she would face when she got out.
"Don't worry," Bei Xi guessed what Nan Huan was thinking, squeezed her palm, and walked out holding Nan Huan's shoulder, "There will be no dead end in the copy, there is always a way."
At first glance, there was nothing wrong with this, but Nan Huan always felt that there seemed to be some hidden meaning in Bei Xi's words. But before she could ask, she found that Bei Xi seemed to have sensed something and stood there in a daze.
Now the morning treatment time is over, and there are some patients with listless looks in the corridor. It seems that the new treatment method has tortured everyone to a bad state. However, Bei Xi's eyes are fixed on Patient No. 151, who is not unfamiliar to them.
Patient No. 151 behaved similarly to the others. His face was a little pale, and he would occasionally stop to take a breath after walking a few steps, as if he had suffered some kind of physical torture. From what Patient No. 111 had just said, Nan Huan already knew that in addition to the electric shock therapy listed in their schedule, the treatments for other patients also included a lot of pain therapies, all of which were somewhat harmful to the body.
After all, this is a setting of the game. Even if the patients have many special abilities, like them, they cannot use them during treatment, and the damage these abilities cause to the patients is still very obvious.
But these were not the focus of Nan Huan and Bei Xi's attention, because they could see that the golden light around Patient 151's body was no longer as complete as when they first saw it last night. Instead, like Patient 233 and Patient X last night, the golden light had a small hole and was no longer complete.
Nan Huan's guess was confirmed. It seemed that not only the players who could complete the task would be affected by the source of infection in the process of completing the task, but even the patients here, during treatment, would be affected by the source of infection for unknown reasons, causing the protective shield on their bodies to rupture.
But Patient 151 was not immediately sent to the hibernation area like Patient 233 and Patient X were last night. He was still standing here. Could it be that Patient 151 had not been infected yet? Or was it just because the source of infection last night was a little different, which caused such a difference?
There are quite a few patients in Ward A, and the two thought of this problem at the same time, worried that other patients being treated were also affected in the same way. If many other patients also became like this, then their situation would be bad.
Five minutes later, inside the restaurant in Area A.
"How's it going? Any new discoveries?"
Bei Xi had just sat down with her prepared meal when she heard Nan Huan's question.
She fed Nan Huan a mouthful of rice and shook her head. "No, I checked all the patients. Only patient No. 151 had his golden light broken. The other patients were treated and although they felt unwell, their protective shields were fine and not damaged. It seems that the impact of the infection source is not as great as we thought."
Nan Huan held the food in his mouth and finally let out a sigh of relief. "We have to follow the other party carefully. Since she has placed a time bomb here, it may explode at any time. Fortunately, there is only one patient, No. 151, and we can still take care of him."
Before she finished speaking, Bei Xi fed her another mouthful of food, "Okay, don't worry, I won't miss any of his moves. Now just eat your food obediently and don't look over there anymore."
Bei Xi turned Nan Huan's head helplessly. There were many patients in the restaurant. Although they had just arrived and were a little unfamiliar, Nan Huan's staring at them without blinking had attracted the attention of several people.
After realizing that he was indeed attracting too much attention and Bei Xi took over the surveillance work, Nan Huan obediently withdrew his gaze and started to eat lunch. Although there were no staff members here, food appeared in the restaurant at a certain time. As if to soothe everyone's mood left by the treatment in the morning, their appetite was satisfied accordingly.
After a busy morning, Nan Huan felt a little hungry and ate a lot. Just as lunch was about to end, she suddenly heard the phone ring. She was stunned for a moment before realizing that it was the paper cup telephone receiver.
"This is President Yan," an unexpected voice came as the call was connected, "I triggered a side quest this morning, and the paper cup phone was found during the quest. Last night I saw President Barbie communicating with you, so I think this call should only connect to you."
The other party's logic was coherent, and he explained the whole story in just a few words. Nan Huan raised an eyebrow, but she didn't expect that the person calling would be President Yan. In fact, she really wanted to understand the status of the players in Area B and Area C at the same time, but the paper cup phone in her hand could only answer calls but not make calls. Last night, she confirmed that the paper cup phone on President Barbie's side was not a disposable phone. Although it can only be used once every three hours and each time for five minutes, it was enough to exchange information. But President Barbie has not called until now. Nan Huan expected that there should be some changes in the situation over there.
Just when she was thinking about how to get in touch with Area B, she received a call from President Yan. It was like someone delivering a pillow just when she was about to go to sleep. She didn't act pretentiously and asked the point directly, "How is the situation over there? Have you completed the mission? Have you been infected again?"
"I have completed the mission. The reward is immunity from infection during the mission. My infection level remains at 5% of last night. It has neither increased nor decreased. I have not shown any strange behavior so far. I can confirm that all players' missions are a process of infection. If you complete the mission, the reward is immunity from infection during the mission. If you fail to complete the mission, you will be infected."
"Has your confirmation been verified?"
Nan Huan had a bad feeling when he heard her say "confirm" instead of "guess".
"It's President Qian." President Yan didn't dare to delay the call, as they only had five minutes to talk. "She became a patient in Area B. She triggered a mission in the morning, but didn't complete it. She's now been infected, and the infection level has reached 10%. So I can confirm this, but she hasn't shown any discomfort or weirdness at the moment."
"Besides the players?" Nan Huan asked, wanting to know the conditions of everyone else besides the players. "Are there any signs of infection among the patients or staff?"
"Besides the players?" President Yan obviously hadn't thought of this, so he subconsciously repeated what the other party said. After a moment, he realized what Nan Huan meant and quickly integrated the information in his mind. "Besides the players, I can't judge the patient's performance. You know, without you and President Yi present, I can't see if the patient has the golden protective circle like last night. In addition, they all have special abilities, so I can't tell for the time being. I haven't found anything wrong with the staff for the time being, but I think the possibility of them being infected is relatively small."
"Because I received a notice this morning that I would be responsible for the new treatment of the patient, while other staff members were responsible for the original treatment. The working environment did not change at all, so there were fewer cases of contact with the source of infection."
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for triggering the side quest - injecting medicine into the patient.
Task description: As the doctor in charge of Area B, you are obliged to inject medicines into patients. However, patients in Area B usually take medicines, and they may not be able to adapt to the sudden change in treatment methods.
Tip: A qualified doctor needs to understand his patients from all aspects. 】
This was the side quest that President Yan triggered in the morning. She originally thought that the method of treatment had been changed due to the arrival of the players, but now it seems that this is not the case. From the eldest lady's questions, she understood that it was not only the players who were targeted, but also the patients and staff who were in danger. This new treatment method was intended to gradually affect both the patients and staff.
"Time is running out. President Yi and I haven't been infected yet, but we have a patient here who has been infected, so the targets are not all players. The ward is currently a closed space, so in addition to the players, you must also pay attention to other people to prevent infection. In addition, you must also observe President Qian's condition at all times. You have already seen the condition of President Xuan and the other three last night. It's always right to be careful."
Five minutes is not a long time, so Nan Huan could only explain the key points. "I can only listen to this call, but not answer it. We should keep in touch every three hours. Unless there is a special situation and you can't call, we should keep each other informed. I will also observe the infection status of patient No. 151 at any time to see if there are any other clues."
"Okay, I understand. Unless I can't make the call, it'll be every three hours. I won't forget."
President Yan understood what the eldest lady meant, and also understood that the system gave them this prop, and it must be intended for them to share what they have. This means that even if the illness is independent, all things are probably related. At the same time, at the moment of speaking, she was still searching her mind to see if she had missed any clues. Finally, she was sure that there should be nothing she had forgotten. Seeing that the five minutes were coming to an end, she was about to hang up the phone when she heard the eldest lady on the other end add another sentence.
"President Yan, please be careful. Information and other things are secondary. Your life should always be the first priority. Just do what you can."
She didn't have time to say anything. She only heard the last sentence and the call was automatically terminated because the time was up.
Although Bei Xi didn't say anything, she kept one ear open to what was happening in Nan Huan, and heard what President Yan told them on the phone. "It seems that the infection is not limited to Ward A. Judging from the situation at President Yan's end, the evil god's primary target is still the players. Or maybe she wants to get rid of us first so that we don't notice anything wrong. It's just that other people can't see the golden halo on the patient like we can, so they can't accurately judge the patient's condition. We can only wait for President Yan's next message. She's very smart, and she'll definitely pay attention after she understands what you mean. Don't worry for now, because the performance of Patient No. 151 is very obvious."
Bei Xi raised his hand and pointed to the corner of the restaurant. Nan Huan's attention returned to Patient No. 151, and he immediately understood what Bei Xi meant.
Because in the entire restaurant, most of the patients were eating heartily because of their morning treatment. The few who looked sad were all complaining to other patients. But only patient No. 151 had found excuses to send away several of his fellow patients, and then sat in a corner by himself, neither greeting others nor deliberately avoiding the crowd.
The food in his mouth tasted like chewing wax, but his eyes were mechanically staring at a certain spot on the table, which looked a bit scary.
He only took two bites of the food on the plate before putting down his chopsticks. A look of disgust flashed across his face, and then he left the restaurant in a panic. Nan Huan and Bei Xi quickly followed him.
Patient No. 151 immediately rushed to the bathroom and vomited out all the food he had just eaten.
With Bei Xi by her side, Nan Huan was not worried that their following would be discovered. But she didn't know if it was her illusion, but Nan Huan always felt that Patient No. 151's face was a little paler than before, and even his physical weakness seemed to have never recovered. He staggered back to his ward.
There are two people in a ward. Nan Huan and Bei Xi cannot monitor Patient No. 151 closely. Bei Xi took out a mechanical spider from the control panel, which is specially used for monitoring. It is like a monitor. The user can see the actual picture. It has all kinds of props. This is the most convenient. Bei Xi doesn't care what props are used to monitor Patient No. 151, but she is a little concerned. When she entered the room just now, she seemed to inadvertently look in the direction of the right side of the corridor. That location seems to be the activity room of Area A.
"Let's go and have a look, what if there is something fishy going on?"
Nan Huan naturally also noticed the gaze of Patient No. 151. After confirming from the images sent back by the mechanical spider that the patient had gone to bed and was ready to rest for a while, Nan Huan withdrew his gaze, looked towards the closed activity room, and made a proposal to Bei Xi.
Bei Xi paused for a moment, acquiesced to Nan Huan's proposal, and the two walked towards the activity room together.
Nan Huan reached out and pushed the door, only to find that it was locked. Moreover, judging from the lack of any handle or door lock, it did not seem that it could be opened by brute force.
At the same time, Nan Huan received a second call.
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