Chapter 341 Monster Hospital (Forty)
Patients are not like players. Most of them are equal. Although they have been together for such a long time, they also understand each other's special abilities and will not take the initiative to provoke the patients ahead of their numbers.
But they are definitely not a group of people who can only listen to the arrangements of Patient No. 111. Asking them not to go to the activity room at a fixed time every day requires a sufficiently sufficient and defensible reason.
What happened to Patient No. 151 was indeed an opportunity, but they have no evidence now. If something without evidence is made public, it will only cause panic among everyone. Moreover, compared with Patient No. 151, Nan Huan and Bei Xi are strangers who have just arrived here. Even though Nan Huan's number is ranked so high, other patients will have an indescribable feeling when they see her, but they probably won't believe them easily.
Moreover, if this gets out and is discovered by Patient 151, what the other party did in the activity room will be exposed, and Nan Huan and Bei Xi's method of taking advantage of the situation may not work.
"Find a few patients you trust and ask them to interfere with the situation with other excuses. After all, your schedule doesn't require you to go to the activity room during this time period," Nan Huan thought for a moment and suggested safely, "Don't make it too obvious. No matter what happens in the activity room, we will both be there and will try our best to ensure everyone's safety. Also, don't alert Patient 151 and get along with him as you should."
Patient No. 111 heard that Nan Huan was worried about their safety, and after responding to this, he added, "He looks no different from before. Before I came in, he was still chatting with other patients. It seems that after coming out of the activity room, his physical condition has improved a little. I can't see any difference."
He was worried that if he stayed in the treatment room for too long, it would attract other people's attention, so after talking with Nan Huan and Bei Xi, he quickly left.
Nan Huan and the others came out of the acting dean's office much earlier than the end of the treatment, so there was still some time before their activities began. After sending patient No. 111 out, she sorted out the documents she had brought out of the acting dean's office, and then looked at the time anxiously.
According to the previous communication with President Yan and President Barbie, although the conditions in each ward are different, and even except for ward A, the remaining wards B and C already have corresponding treatment schedules, the treatment methods and approaches in the several areas are not exactly the same, but coincidentally, they all have things to do in the same time period. Based on the time of the corresponding side quest in the morning, she and Bei Xi both guessed that the arranged time periods should be able to trigger side quests.
The time limit for the Paper Cup Listening Microphone is to make a call every three hours. Nan Huan only has the answering function on his phone, so he can only wait for President Yan and President Barbie to call. Moreover, after the morning call, they have agreed to exchange information after this time period, so the closer the time is, the more nervous Nan Huan becomes.
Bei Xi noticed Nan Huan's emotions. She always felt that there seemed to be some other anxiety hidden behind her anxious waiting, but she carefully recalled the side quest just now and did not notice anything wrong. In the end, she just pressed Nan Huan's fingers in her palm to relieve her nervousness in this way.
Fortunately, the silence in the room did not last long, and the phone rang as expected.
"Sorry, the side quest was a bit difficult and took up some time," President Yan said in a hoarse voice, coughing twice in between. "President Qian and I are different because one is a staff member and the other is a patient, so we triggered different side quests. I completed the side quest and the reward I got was immunity from the infection source during the mission. She didn't complete the side quest and the infection progress reached 15%. There is no problem on her appearance for the time being, but President Qian said that her thinking has become noticeably slow."
On the other end of the phone, President Yan said all these words in one breath and couldn't help coughing a few times.
Nan Huan guessed that she was injured in the side quest and had no time to receive treatment after the mission. Knowing that it was because the call was too short, he had to integrate all the information and finish it in one breath.
"And you said that other patients and staff might have been infected. I noticed that the condition of several people seemed a little off, but I can't be sure yet..."
"I have confirmed the list of people in Area B who were infected before noon. Please make a note of it." Nan Huanyou did not dare to waste time and reported everything to President Yan according to the records in the file. He also told President Yan everything they found about the source of infection in the acting dean's office, including the fact that there was also a source of infection in Area B. "From today on, find a reason not to enter the staff lounge again. If possible, control this place and it is best if other people don't get close to it."
"Do you want me to go in and observe the situation?" The amount of information this time was indeed a bit too much. President Yan could only write down the information and then pick out the most important ones. "After all, I stayed here all night last night, and I haven't found anything wrong so far, and the degree of infection has not increased."
President Yan knew that the eldest lady wanted to protect their safety and did not want them to explore this place, but President Yan knew in his heart that someone had to be the vanguard, otherwise they would always have only a vague understanding of the source of infection and would not be able to understand the purpose of this copy.
"No, absolutely not," Nan Huan wanted to warn the other party, but he didn't expect President Yan to ask first, so he quickly denied it twice, "You were fine last night, and the infection didn't increase, because the source of infection is still in a state of not waking up, but today is not certain. We just did something in the acting dean's office, and we don't know if it will have an impact, so don't get close for the time being."
"We also have an infection source here, and a patient who was infected has been there. It just so happens that the venue for our next activity is there, so we can go check it out first. It is always much safer during the day than at night. After another three hours, we will have a clear understanding of the situation and then deploy other measures."
Nan Huan was already somewhat worried about the unclear situation, and he was also unsure whether their behavior in the acting dean's office would affect other sources of infection, so he did not dare to let President Yan take risks.
In order to make President Yan give up completely, Nan Huan had to come up with another high-sounding reason, "Besides, there are only you and President Qian in the entire B area. If something happens to you, we will not know the situation in B area at all. And President Qian's infection rate has been increasing, and we are not sure what unknown situation will happen."
Time was running out, so Nan Huan spoke very quickly, only highlighting the pros and cons for the other party.
"Okay, I got it," after a while, President Yan's voice came from the other end of the phone, "I'll find a reason to close the staff lounge and keep others away."
Next, the two sides communicated some scattered information. For example, the tasks triggered by President Yan in Area B were all tasks that had nothing to do with the source of infection. From a staff member's perspective, they were all normal tasks of feeding medicine and treatment. It was just that only when the task was completed would she receive a reward that would prevent her from being infected by the source of infection during the task. The situation with President Qian was similar, except that when the task was not completed, there was no task reward, and the frequency of infection was increasing.
However, according to President Yan's description, President Qian's task seemed to be much more difficult than hers, so the other party's level of infection soon became higher than hers.
This made Nan Huan a little concerned. She always felt that the evil god seemed to want to infect patients more than the staff. Could this mean some kind of selection?
The call was coming to an end. After Nan Huan thought for a while and confirmed that there was no other information that needed to be exchanged, he solemnly said goodbye to President Yan and said, "Take care of yourself."
Not long after the call was hung up, President Barbie called from Ward C.
"Our situation is not very good. The players on Guild President Xuan's side heard last night that their acting guild president was sent to the biochemical zone, and they regarded us as their enemies. Several of the triggered tasks required the players to work together, but their attitude was negative. As a result, some of our players failed to complete the tasks, and the infection worsened."
President Barbie's tone was unfriendly, but full of energy, so she probably wasn't hurt. "As for the infection status of the players over there, I've noticed it but they are very alert. We haven't found anything more for now."
"I'll give you a few lists later. Pick a few with low abilities and keep an eye on them. Don't worry too much about the infected players. The overall tendency of this dungeon is related to infection. It might be a breakthrough point. But there is a place where you should tell the infected players to hide and not get close to it, unless you enter a mission. It's best to have a sober player next to these infected players to spot any abnormal behavior of the infected players."
Nan Huan told President Yan everything that happened in the acting dean's office as he had just communicated with him, and also told President Barbie that the source of infection in Ward C was in the observation room.
The reason why she only asked President Barbie to warn the players in their camp to stay away from this place and pay attention to the actions and behaviors of the infected players was that she did not ask President Barbie to control the location of the infection source like President Yan did and let others stay away from the infection source to avoid stimulating the awakening and activity of the infection source.
First of all, there are only two players in Area B, and the two players are in the same camp. There is a foundation for the alliance between the two, so President Yan does not have to worry about being stabbed.
But it's different in Area C. The players on President Xuan's side had already blamed the Guild Alliance for the death of the previous president. Now that the acting president, President Xuan, has been dragged to the biochemical area, this hatred will only increase and not decrease. Moreover, Area C has the largest number of players among all the wards. Now that the two are facing each other, who knows what will happen.
Furthermore, the roles played by the players are different. President Yan of Area B is the highest-level doctor. Unless there are special circumstances, he can make the decision. Moreover, the staff lounge is also his place to rest. It is not particularly difficult to use some means to temporarily restrict the entry of others, and it will not attract the attention of other staff members.
But it was different in Area C. Patients in the observation room generally had no say in the matter. Plus, there were so many players on President Xuan's side who were staff members. If President Barbie brought it up, someone might object, and it would be disastrous if things got worse. So she didn't ask President Barbie to pay special attention to the situation in the observation room, and only asked the players on her side to stay away from this place as much as possible.
"Miss, is this list time-limited?" President Barbie remembered many of the names of the players that the young lady had just read out.
"Yes, this is the list of players who have been infected before noon, not including the newly infected players during the mission just now," Nan Huan just explained this to President Yan. "The increase in the number of people is inevitable. You can choose to explain it to our players, just don't cause panic."
After the two agreed on the time for the next call and the things to pay attention to during this period, the call time ended.
With so much input and output in such a short period of time, Nan Huan felt dazed for a moment the moment he hung up the phone.
Before she could say anything, a bottle of water appeared next to her mouth. "Drink some water, moisten your skin before you speak."
Nan Huan smiled helplessly and drank half of a bottle of water before he finally suppressed his anxiety. "It's very likely that he went to the activity room in advance to prepare something and is waiting for us?"
Throughout the whole day today, not only is their schedule full, but every treatment will trigger a side quest. With such a high intensity, the players in the other two wards, BC, are already on the verge of collapse. What's more, every side quest in Ward A is more difficult than those in other wards, and is directly related to the source of infection, as well as Nan Huan and Bei Xi themselves.
Even Nan Huan couldn't help feeling a little tired at this moment, but she didn't dare to relax at all, because she already knew what she would face in the activity room later. Although she knew there was a source of infection in the activity room, they had no other clues except this, which made her feel vaguely uneasy.
"We have already obtained all the information to the greatest extent possible under the premise given by the system. The system will not let us know the rest." Bei Xi still looked calm, as if the many side quests before did not have any major impact on her. She still spoke in a leisurely tone, and only when she held Nan Huan's hand did she reveal a little warmth. "Being alert is already an advantage to a large extent. Otherwise, if we didn't know there was a source of infection in the activity room, I'm afraid we would have let down our guard?"
In fact, a part of Nan Huan's nervousness and uneasiness came from the uncomfortable feeling she had when she opened the safe in the acting dean's office just now. Through Bei Xi's response, Nan Huan had confirmed that the other party did not have any strange feeling at that moment, so this made her even more uneasy.
It's not that she has to make Bei Xi feel uncomfortable, but she vaguely feels that the source of infection seems to have something to do with herself. Of course, from a broad perspective, the evil god is related to the source of infection, and she obviously has an inseparable relationship with the evil god who looks similar, so it is not surprising that she is related to the source of infection.
But Nan Huan still felt that the heartache she felt when she opened the safe was too real, and it made her feel instinctively afraid.
The two chatted for a few more sentences, with Beixi talking about some insignificant things to help Nanhuan relax. Seeing that the opening time of the activity room was almost up, he lazily got up from the treatment chair.
Patient No. 111 was relatively reliable. Compared with the players in the entire Area A, the number of patients who were ready to enter the activity room on time was much smaller, only a few dozen.
When the two of them went out, they happened to see Patient No. 151 turning out from another patient's ward and moving towards the activity room with the crowd. He had returned to his original appearance.
Anyway, if Nan Huan and Bei Xi had not seen that there was a hole in the golden protective circle on his body, there would be no indication that there was anything wrong with Patient No. 151 from the outside.
Nan Huan and Bei Xi both believed that Patient No. 151 might have arranged something for him when he entered the activity room early, so they thought it was appropriate for him not to show up now. Unexpectedly, the other party acted as if nothing had happened. Although they were surprised, they did not show it.
Even Patient No. 111, who was following them, couldn't see any clues after watching for a long time. He frowned and asked, "Should we be the first to enter the activity room? Will the other patients be in trouble?"
The number of players has dropped a lot compared to usual, but there are still dozens of them. Patient No. 111 is a little worried, fearing that Patient No. 151 deliberately tricked them in.
"Not for now. He has to go in too. He won't be so stupid as to do it right away."
Nan Huan comforted him, and then quietly assigned some tasks to Patient No. 111, "You and your people should be alert later. If you find something wrong, take all the patients away immediately."
In addition to Patient No. 111, he also brought a few of his own helpers. Nan Huan was not sure what would happen to the source of infection later, and did not want to take any risks, so he only asked Patient No. 111 to prioritize the safety of all patients.
After all, this was the first time the two of them came to the activity room, so they couldn't help but look at each other.
But how should I put it, this activity room seems to be very ordinary, a bit like a senior citizen activity center. Although it is large in area, it does not have too many partitions. It is divided into several areas, and the middle is separated by screens. The sound cannot be blocked, and it must be quite lively when there are many people.
There are areas for playing chess, playing table tennis, and a few radios and a place to drink tea. If you don't consider the existence of infection sources in this room, this would be a great place to relax.
The patients kept up with the times. Several of them gathered together. Board games were also brought out, with some playing cards and mahjong. For a moment, Nan Huan was a little dazed and thought he had come to a leisure and entertainment center.
No. 151, who had been the focus of attention, also seemed to come here to relax. He changed tables to play, played cards for a while, then went to join in the fun at the mahjong table. He also played table tennis for others, looking like he came here to relax.
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