Chapter 339 Monster Hospital (Thirty-Eight)
No wonder the system let them in and did not restrict them from obtaining this information in the room. On the one hand, it might be because of the game settings that they needed some clues so that they could always be at the same information level as the evil god and not fall too far behind. On the other hand, the system felt that they simply could not leave here, so it was not worried at all that they could leave with this information.
Bei Xi was pressed down by Nan Huan, but he did not object. He instantly understood the other party's reaction. But at the same time, these butterflies could not be eliminated by physical means, so this photo frame probably could not be easily broken.
There was no need for any other drastic measures. Nan Huan simply loosened his grip and saw that although the photo frame had fallen from such a height, the mirror surface was very intact and not broken at all.
Nan Huan spread his hands towards Bei Xi, bent down and picked up the photo frame again, wanting to hold it in his arms again, but Bei Xi pulled it out and put it on the table. The other party's attitude was very clear. She was not sure whether butterflies would fly out of the photo frame again, and she didn't want Nan Huan to get so close.
Nan Huan always cared about this photo frame. Seeing Bei Xi put it back on the table, he did not object. He just instinctively put the photo frame back to its previous position and adjusted it to its original angle.
Bei Xi noticed her adjustment and some doubts flashed in his eyes, but he did not ask any questions. Then they both turned their eyes to the safe that they noticed as soon as they entered the door.
The blue butterflies were temporarily blocked by the fire spewed out by the dragon god Hel. Although they could not kill all the butterflies, at least they did not let them get close to Nan Huan and Bei Xi. The two of them walked to the corner together.
“Have you ever played an escape room?”
Nan Huan looked at the one-foot-square safe and asked Bei Xi in confusion, "Will some dungeons not have this kind of decryption-type tasks?"
Bei Xi lifted the safe from the corner and placed it on a flat surface created by the fallen bookshelf against the wall. "It doesn't exist in the real world. Although there have been similar puzzles in the game world, they usually don't lock the player in and then tell them it's a secret room escape. Moreover, there is a lethal threat approaching with no solution at all."
It doesn't seem like a normal escape room. Apart from the cabinets full of books and documents, and the password box, there is no more information. It doesn't seem like a serious decryption, and the hints given by the system don't seem to prove that this is just a simple escape room.
While Bei Xi was speaking, he had already pulled out the Dragon God Hel's dragon bone knife and stabbed it directly on the ordinary password box. There was a loud bang and the wind created by the blade messed up Nan Huan's hair at the temples, but after the shock, the black box was intact. The two men did not look overly surprised, as if they had anticipated the situation.
"Just as the system said, we entered here without permission and triggered the punishment of the acting dean. Logically speaking, we should not be able to use the personal skills and props given to us by the control panel. However, your ability does not come from the system, so it is not affected. However, you will not be allowed to use this loophole to solve the problem in this room. Otherwise, wouldn't it be naked cheating?"
Nan Huan seemed to have made up his mind, but he was hesitant for some reason, or maybe he was weighing something, so the two of them didn't move for the time being. The room was already smaller than when they entered just now, and the wall behind the desk was now pressed against the desk. The space was shrinking, but the two looked very calm.
"Do you think there are other ways to get out of here besides this? Or is the system deliberately doing this to make us think there is no other way, but end up making things worse?"
Nan Huan rarely trusted his own intuition and confirmed with Bei Xi in a serious tone.
Bei Xi shook his head calmly, appearing very sure, "It shouldn't be. The prompt given by the system is very clear. On the surface, it gives us an opportunity to choose, making us feel that we can see hope and find a way out of here, but in fact, the two choices given to us are not good choices. It's just a matter of seeing which one is worse."
The Dragon God Hel seemed a little tired, and the fire he spewed out was already very weak. Seeing this, Bei Xi took it back and called out the Rebellious God Hel at the same time, continuing to stalemate with those blue butterflies.
She spoke with certainty, but like Nan Huan, she did not take action immediately. Instead, like Nan Huan, she was thinking about something.
I just don't know if it was because the system couldn't stand the two of them being too leisurely, or if the game was set up like this, but in the room that had originally reached a balance, at this moment, a large group of blue butterflies emerged from the frame and flew towards the two of them.
Bei Xi reacted faster. She used her antennae to push away a few butterflies and pin them to the wall. She hugged Nan Huan and rolled to the side. She was accidentally pinned by a butterfly on the hem of her clothes and was pushed hard behind the door with a clang.
Bei Xi tore off half of his clothes and took Nan Huan to jump over the collapsed bookshelf. Finally, they managed to avoid a large number of butterflies that flew out just as the rebellious god Hel spewed fire.
This is not a solution. The number of butterflies in the room is constantly increasing. They can still cope with it now, but it is not a long-term solution. Moreover, the area of the room is gradually shrinking, and there will always be a time when it will be completely squeezed out and nothing will be left.
The system was forcing them to make a decision, and Nan Huan was almost certain.
Should he choose to wait for death here, or choose another way to get out but with unknown consequences? Nan Huan had to look at the locked safe again.
On the other side, in Ward A, out of the sight of Nanhuan and Beixi, was the ward of patient No. 151.
Back in time, the other party had just returned to his ward from the restaurant. Patient No. 151 felt particularly unwell, and it seemed that even his appetite was affected in some way. However, he attributed all his physical problems to this sudden new treatment method. He suspected that the monster hospital saw that they were used to having a carefree life, so it deliberately came up with such a treatment method to torture them. Fortunately, there was no other treatment in the afternoon, so he could rest in bed for a while.
The moment he entered the room, a mechanical spider had already crawled under another bed, aimed at the position of bed 151, and broadcast a live broadcast to Bei Xi.
Patient No. 151 used to sleep well, but today, perhaps due to physical reasons, he was unable to fall asleep quickly. He always felt groggy and half asleep and half awake. After an unknown amount of time, he seemed to feel something in his body that was constantly pouring out, like a force that he could not control, trying to fight for his control.
When he raised his head again, his eyes were completely stained by black air, and at the same time, the mechanical spider under the other bed seemed to be disturbed by something and interrupted the transmission of the picture, and the timing was just right, just when Bei Xi and Nan Huan walked into the hypnosis treatment room.
When Patient No. 151 on the bed stood up again, he seemed like a different person, with dull eyes.
"Didn't you say you were not feeling well and needed to lie down for a while? Why did you suddenly get up?" The patient in the same ward looked at Patient No. 151 who suddenly sat up. He originally thought that the patient had suddenly had a nightmare and was awakened by the fright, but when he saw that his face was too calm and he didn't seem to react at all, he couldn't help but ask another question.
But Patient No. 151 ignored him and walked out of the ward directly. This scene was seen by Patient No. 111 who had been standing not far away. He looked at Patient No. 151 moving towards the activity room and felt even more puzzled. After all, the activity room was not open yet, and the new patient had just told him to pay attention to Patient No. 151 for any strange behavior, but then he saw that the other party's behavior was somewhat indescribable and weird. It seemed too much of a coincidence.
However, he still followed Bei Xi's instructions and did not get too close, just following the other party from a distance.
Patient No. 151 did not notice that there was a tail far behind him. He just seemed to feel the call of some power. He looked straight ahead and soon arrived at the door of the activity room.
The activity room was not open yet, and patient No. 111 originally thought that the other party would be blocked outside the door, but he saw patient No. 151 put his forehead against the closed door, as if praying, and then the door opened after a while.
But in fact, in a place that Patient No. 111 could not see, a wisp of black gas emerged from the body of Patient No. 151 and penetrated into the activity room through the crack in the door. The things inside seemed to be confirming the identity of the person at the door through the smell. After a while, after finally smelling the familiar smell, the door of the activity room was opened.
At this time, there were almost no people in the corridor. Other patients had been treated for no reason for the whole morning, and most of them were exhausted and resting in their own wards, so Patient No. 111 did not dare to get too close. He had to wait until Patient No. 151 completely entered the activity room before pretending to pass by and gently pushed the door that had closed again, only to find that the door had been locked again.
Even though there were no staff in Ward A before and the treatment method was very gentle, except for the patient's ward, the rest of the treatment rooms and activity rooms were closed and only opened when needed. So when Patient No. 111 saw Patient No. 151 being able to enter the activity room freely, his face became heavy.
They have been staying in the Monster Hospital for a long time. As for why they have to stay here, other patients including Patient No. 111 can no longer remember. Where they came from and why they are temporarily confined here, they have no impression of these things. But even so, they have never thought of leaving here. It seems that someone has told them something, and besides not being able to go out, there is nothing wrong with being here.
It was just that something seemed to be different after Patients 233 and X were sent to the nutrition cabin yesterday. These things always made Patient 111 feel very uneasy, and the strange behavior of Patient 151 aggravated this feeling.
There were few patients in the corridor. In order not to attract attention, patient No. 111 did not dare to stay in front of the activity room for too long. When he found that the door could not be opened, he immediately retreated to a nearby ward and bumped into a patient who was just going out. He stood at the door and chatted while paying attention to the movements in the activity room.
About ten minutes later, the door of the activity room was reopened and Patient No. 151 reappeared. He looked around carefully and found that no one was paying attention, so he left quickly. However, Patient No. 111 became even more confused when he saw that the other party's face was obviously not as pale as before, and his body and movements were smooth.
The acting dean's office had become even smaller. Bookshelves were crushed, butterflies flew out of photo frames, and the flames spit out by the rebellious god released by Bei Xi to restrain the butterflies raised the temperature of the entire room by several degrees. A dark dragon tail had hooked onto Nan Huan's wrist at some point.
Nan Huan had seen the complete form of Nishen before, and had also seen her in human form, but this was the first time he saw her and the Dragon God in half-complete form. How should I put it, she was quite cute.
Nishen opened his mouth and breathed fire like a little dragon. Nan Huan couldn't resist the itch and scratched his tail. He was somewhat surprised to see Bei Xi pause for a moment, and a trace of shyness flashed across his face that only Nan Huan could understand.
Nan Huan was a little surprised. He glanced at the little dragon transformed by Nishen, and then looked at Bei Xi thoughtfully. Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by the other party, "You can't even deal with a butterfly, but you are still so energetic. Be honest."
These words were not spoken to Nan Huan, but to Xiao Long. Then, whether due to Bei Xi's threat or Bei Xi's control, the tail that had climbed onto Nan Huan's wrist was retracted, leaving Nan Huan with an aggrieved head.
"It seems that there is no other way." Bei Xi did not give Nan Huan a chance to tease or ask further questions. He stared solemnly at the photo of the Acting Dean on the table. "I have a hunch that the things we tried our best to avoid will still happen, and we need to use this incident to understand the process and the reasons why the Acting Dean did this. So even if something is really triggered, it cannot be avoided."
Seeing that Bei Xi had already brought the topic to the point, Nan Huan did not dare to ask any more questions, but he secretly remembered this point in his heart, and wanted to have a good chat with Bei Xi after getting out of here, "Then open the safe. It has been here for such a long time. It seems that the system likes to use this method to remind us."
"The safe is so obvious. The system wants to tell people who come here that the way out is hidden inside the safe. As long as you open it, you can get out. But there is no obvious hint about the password in this room. Moreover, the first thing to be destroyed when the punishment of the acting dean is triggered is the bookshelf. The safe is exposed so clearly outside, but the password is hidden so deeply. Do you think the system wants us to open this safe or not?"
Even though this was a question directed at Nanhuan, there was no hint of doubt in Beixi's tone. Both of them were smiling, as if they were actors rehearsing a play, very smoothly.
"Then let's see what might be inside this safe?" Nan Huan was also very cooperative. The two of them had retreated to the wall opposite the door and were looking at the safe at the same time with some indescribable disgust on their faces, as if they didn't want to touch that thing with their hands.
But because he had no other choice, Nan Huan finally stretched out a finger and poked the black box. "Ordinary players cannot see the golden light on the patient. If it weren't for the two of us who could see it and knew about the source of infection, then the people who came here would only be confused about the source of infection recorded just now, and would not know what information the recorded text conveyed. Or they would only be surprised that the system gave such an important clue and recorded the location of the source of infection in each ward, thus ignoring the most important information in the file."
Bei Xi was not surprised at all, and followed Nan Huan to add, "The records say that a total of five infection sources were found in the entire Monster Hospital. The biochemical area cannot be explored, so it is temporarily called one. There is one in each of the A, B, and C wards. So where is the remaining infection source? The Acting Dean's records did not have a detailed record, but he was very sure where this infection source was. In addition, when we entered this room, the punishment was immediately triggered, so the location of this last infection source is self-evident."
As soon as Bei Xi finished speaking, they both felt that the color of the safe seemed a little darker, whether it was an illusion or some other reason.
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