Chapter 342 Monster Hospital (Part 41)
"Well... are you sure you didn't make a mistake?" Patient No. 111 frowned as he watched Patient No. 151 play a game of Werewolf with other patients, and happily review the game with his teammates. He couldn't help but spoke hesitantly.
Nan Huan and Bei Xi did not answer immediately. After a moment's silence, Nan Huan spoke up, "There must be something we overlooked. Can you tell me again what the other party did after we entered the treatment room?"
In fact, Nan Huan sensed something was wrong after entering the activity room. Not only did Bei Xi's sensitive five senses not reveal any difference in this activity room, but of course the two of them did not have such plans at the beginning. After all, Bei Xi's five senses only reacted to physical buildings. If the system opened a random door or something, it would definitely not be able to detect it. Moreover, even if the source of infection was placed in a safe in the acting dean's office, Nan Huan would never think that it was an ordinary safe.
Another thing that made Nan Huan feel that something was not quite right was with Patient No. 151. Although Patient No. 11 had verified that the other party's behavior was no different from before, Nan Huan still felt that she seemed to have overlooked something. She just couldn't remember it for the moment, so she had to ask Patient No. 111 to recall whether she had overlooked anything.
"Ah?" Patient No. 111 didn't understand at first, but after realizing what was going on, he quickly said in a serious tone, "Not long after you entered the treatment room, he came out of the ward and went to the activity room. After staying in the activity room for fifteen minutes, he came out and chatted with other patients until you came out of the treatment room just now."
There was nothing wrong with the process of entering. Patient No. 111 even pushed the door and found that it could not be opened from the outside. So there was no problem with this process. Then, after coming out, etc.
"You said that after he came out, he stayed in his room for a short time before coming out to chat with other patients?" Nan Huan seemed to finally realize that something was wrong. "Why didn't he just wait in the ward? Didn't he finish his work? Otherwise..."
Nan Huan always felt that from the perspective of Patient No. 151, he might know that he had been targeted by Nan Huan and Bei Xi. He didn't know whether the damaged mechanical spider was the work of Patient No. 151 or a system limitation.
But after the crisis was resolved, Patient No. 151 probably wouldn't have thought that Nan Huan and Bei Xi had sent Patient No. 111 to keep an eye on him, so his actions weren't just acting, but -
"Or these actions are necessary and indispensable..."
Nan Huan finally figured out the key to this, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Bei Xi, "Something is wrong. Except for the few people you brought, all the patients who had contact with No. 151 are not right..."
Before Bei Xi finished speaking, Nan Huan and Patient No. 111 heard the activity room, which had been a little noisy just now, suddenly become quiet. There was something eerie about the quietness.
But after a moment, except for the few people brought by No. 111, the rest of the patients seemed to be controlled by something and walked towards a corner on the north side of the activity room.
And just at the moment when the three were stunned, Bei Xi discovered that No. 151, who was just under his nose, had disappeared at some point.
Patient 111 tried to wake up the controlled patient who was walking past him, but the other person couldn't see him at all, didn't pay attention to the obstacles he bumped into, and his strength became extremely strong. Patient 111 couldn't pull him back or stop him at all.
Click.
The door of the activity room suddenly closed tightly. Patient No. 111 went to try it and found that the door was locked and could not be opened at all.
Although Nan Huan and Bei Xi had props and abilities, they were not clear about the patients' current conditions and did not dare to act rashly. They had no choice but to follow them to see what they were trying to do.
"So, after Patient 151 came out of the activity room, he did something while chatting with other people, all for this moment."
Patient No. 111 gritted his teeth and, after considering Nan Huan's previous inquiries, he finally understood the reason. He also felt a little regretful that he had overlooked this detail, resulting in dozens of patients being trapped here.
"Don't worry," Nan Huan noticed the regret in his tone and hurriedly comforted him, "He should be targeting us. He is just using these patients and will not take their lives. Let's see the situation first. We will find a way to send you out. Don't worry."
Nan Huan didn't say this deliberately to comfort him. After all, if Nan Huan and Bei Xi had noticed something was wrong and interrupted him, No. 151 would probably have thought of another way to interfere with other patients. If it didn't work out today, they could do it tomorrow. There were only two of them, she and Bei Xi, and even if they added the people who took care of No. 111, they couldn't take care of all the patients in Ward A, so this step was inevitable sooner or later.
Patient No. 111 felt a little relieved when he heard her say this.
There was only a screen in the north corner of the activity room. The patients, who seemed to be controlled by something, came in front of the screen and suddenly knelt down one after another, which scared patient No. 111.
"What are you doing..." In Ward A, the patients are used to being free and unrestrained, let alone kneeling down to worship anything. No outside staff has entered here for many years, so this scene is quite shocking to Patient No. 111.
But before he could finish his words, the people in the rows in front of him showed expressions of faith and yearning on their faces, and at the same time began to mutter some incomprehensible words, which sounded like prayers.
"They are not worshipping the screen, but the wall behind it."
Bei Xi casually swept his hand and the screen moved away. Despite the loud noise, the kneeling patients did not seem to be alarmed at all. They just raised their heads and stared at the wall, continuing to mutter those words.
Then they watched as a golden halo suddenly appeared on the white wall that was originally blank. The halo slowly gathered into the shape of a door, and then deepened little by little.
Finally appeared.
Nan Huan and Bei Xi looked at each other, and they both confirmed that what was locked behind the door was not a good thing, especially when they confirmed that there was a source of infection in the activity room.
Bei Xi did not hesitate. Many tentacles stretched out from his sleeves. On one hand, he tied up the patients who were still muttering and tried to drag them up from the ground. On the other hand, he flew directly to the door of the activity room. When he found that the door was locked, he threw out two air arrows with his hands, trying to blow the door open.
Nan Huan and Bei Xi didn't know what it meant that the door was opened. Although infection was a general trend, it had not yet reached the point of no return, so for now they still wanted to send these patients out first.
Fortunately, many of the patients' special abilities are strange, so Patient 111 and the others did not think Bei Xi's behavior was strange, nor did they think it was weird that so many jellyfish tentacles could extend from his body. So the moment Bei Xi took action, everyone else reacted and rushed to help.
However, those patients seemed to have suddenly grown to the ground. Bei Xi used all his strength but failed to drag them up. Even the door of the activity room suddenly became extremely hard. The explosion of the air arrow only caused some sparks and had no effect at all.
Bei Xi and Nan Huan both frowned unconsciously. Before entering the activity room, all their side quests had nothing to do with patients. Their treatment was separate from that of the patients. Although there was a possibility that the patients could be infected, it didn't seem like the system's style to let NPCs and players get close to the source of infection together.
Nan Huan stood there and looked at the wall again. The halo was gradually deepening, and the shape of a door appeared on the wall. The golden light was getting stronger and stronger, as if it was emerging from behind the wall. As the patients' prayers continued to come out, the door had vague signs of being able to be opened.
Nanhua threw a prop out, trying to see if he could stop or interrupt the process, but the prop bounced back before it even got close to the wall, which made Nanhuan frown even more.
The words she had just said to comfort Patient No. 111 were mainly based on the fact that when a side quest is triggered, the system usually does not involve ordinary NPCs. There is a big difference between being led by NPCs and dragging the patients directly into the door where the source of infection is hidden.
But now the door of the activity room is locked, and the patients cannot interrupt the prayer process, which makes Nan Huan very uneasy.
But the system has many ways to directly infect patients. Why choose this time? Nan Huan couldn't understand. Just when she was hesitating whether to try other methods or remind patient No. 111 to protect himself, the door on the wall finally opened a crack.
The sound was heavy and not easy, like a door that had been sleeping for a long time, and was finally pushed open a crack by an external force. With the length of time and the emptiness of years, it finally opened a crack unwillingly due to loneliness.
At the same time, Bei Xi discovered that those bewitched patients suddenly woke up, and the power attached to them magically disappeared. The door of the activity room was opened without warning. Bei Xi's movements still had inertia, and in less than a second, those patients had been packed up and sent out.
Then, after Patient 111 and those who were awake went out, Bei Xi immediately closed the door.
Before Patient No. 111 could react, Bei Xi said, "We still have things to do. Take everyone away. Don't let them get close to here, and don't let them come into contact with Patient No. 151 during this period."
These words were carried by the sound of sharp wind and heavy door closing when they reached the ears of Patient No. 111. Although he had previously felt distrust and speculation about the actions of Nan Huan and Bei Xi, as well as the actions of Patient No. 151, after what happened just now, he had completely believed what Nan Huan and Bei Xi said.
They hurriedly took those patients who had not yet responded and left the activity room.
"It seems that Patient 151 only used those patients to open this door and never intended to involve them here."
After sending all the patients away, Nan Huan and Bei Xi felt a little more at ease. At the same time, the system notification sound finally rang.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for triggering the side quest - Postpone opening of the door. 】
I don't know if it was because the system's prompt sounded, or because the patients' prayers suddenly stopped, but the door that had been opened a crack had stopped opening at some point, and a faint golden light overflowed from inside the door.
[Task Description: The Monster Hospital has been hiding many secrets since its establishment.
One of them is that there is a door hidden in the activity room of Ward A.
The person who originally set up this door intended that there would never be a chance for this door to be opened, so she left a guard here. The guard was in a stalemate with the monster for a long time, gaining a slight upper hand and causing the monster to fall into a deep sleep, so that the location of the door will not be discovered for the time being.
However, due to bad luck, the patients accidentally awakened the monster, and now it is gradually waking up. The ending of the door being completely opened is inevitable, but you can use the activity time to slow down this process. 】
This task description sounds normal at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, you will find a problem. After all, Bei Xi and Nan Huan are already prepared. This task must be related to the source of infection. After all, they have learned that the source of infection is in the activity room, and now the door has been opened.
They had guessed that the mission must be related to the infection, but unexpectedly, the mission was to postpone opening the door? It seemed that the system also intentionally did not want the infection source to wake up and move quickly, and actually asked the players to postpone opening the door.
Another strange thing, or perhaps the system is finally willing to reveal some information, is the task description.
Among the many secrets hidden, are there other specific things besides the location of the source of infection?
Who set up the door in the first place? Who is the guardian?
The system clearly stated that the door would be completely opened, but now there was an opportunity to postpone it. This was also the reason why this task was formed. However, what Nan Huan didn’t understand was that since the outcome could not be changed, what was the point of postponing it?
Without waiting for Nan Huan to think more, the system hesitantly spit out the last two prompts.
[Hint 1: The guard cannot give you any help outside the door.
Tip 2: Those who are not of my kind must have different hearts.
Nan Huan unconsciously looked back at the gate that was emitting golden light. Many scenes that she couldn't grasp flashed through her mind in an instant. Her heart began to throb with pain, and she heard a sound similar to a heartbeat, hitting her hard again and again.
This time it only lasted for a short time. The moment Nan Huan took a breath, all these things disappeared. She pressed her solar plexus unconsciously. Bei Xi behind her noticed something was wrong at the first time and hugged her in her arms, "What's wrong?"
This time was not like the last time in the acting dean's office where there were so many distracting factors. Strictly speaking, they were only aware of what was happening in the acting dean's office, but this time in the activity room, Bei Xi was the first to notice something was wrong with Nan Huan's body.
"All that golden light gives me a headache," Nan Huan responded half-truthfully with his eyes closed. Fortunately, something unexpected happened at this time. Before Bei Xi could ask more questions, he saw black gas coming out of the crack in the door that was shining with golden light.
The black air began to spread out from the four walls of the activity room.
The black gas spread upwards and soon occupied the ceiling of the house, while the other part extended to the ground, creating an encirclement.
Bei Xi did not act immediately, but instead held Nan Huan and retreated to the center of the room. She did not attack immediately, as she wanted to first take a look at what these monsters that the system said were awakened were, and those monsters did not attack directly.
In less than a moment, the entire ceiling was wrapped in black, condensing into black flowers, floating down from the sky like a black snow, falling to the ground and disappearing into the black air.
Those black flowers were exactly the same as the black flowers that Nan Huan and Bei Xi saw emerging from the whirlpool yesterday and the night before. The golden light on the two people's bodies was looming in this environment. After the black flowers touched the golden light, they were bounced away and then fell to the ground with acceleration. They had no effect on the two people at all.
“The system shouldn’t be saying that, right?” Nan Huan had recovered from his previous state. He held his chin with one hand and stared at the black flowers in the sky. He felt that his IQ was insulted. “It’s just a lot of noise but little rain. Are they here to scare us?”
Last night, the fact that the patients had golden light on their bodies had been exposed, and the system naturally knew this. However, these monsters have now turned into some black flowers. Is it just to create an atmosphere?
"Probably not. The highlight is there."
Bei Xi looked at the black gas slowly condensing into a human shape on the ground and said with certainty.
Following the direction Beixi was heading, Nan Huan saw the black air slowly forming one human-tall shadow after another, densely appearing in the activity room. The originally empty room suddenly became crowded.
But these black shadows, with no facial features or faces, were completely pitch black, and paired with the strange black flowers, they gave off a different kind of weirdness.
Nan Huan looked at the black shadows rising from the ground like tall buildings. Although they had no facial features, expressions or faces, there were still differences in height, weight and body shape. She even felt that the figures of some of the black shadows were somewhat familiar.
"Well... do you feel..." Nan Huan spoke carefully, somewhat unsure of his thoughts. But before he could finish his words, he felt a chill on his back, as if something was approaching. However, before the cold dagger could get close to Nan Huan, it was blocked by Bei Xi.
The iron axe and the dagger clashed, and an annoying noise was heard. The dagger party did not expect this to happen, and took a few steps back in shock. The dagger was not held firmly and fell to the ground.
But the dagger that had made a clanging sound just now fell to the ground without any sound. Nan Huan tilted his head and saw a trace of black gas that then sank into the layers of black gas on the ground.
The black shadow that had just launched a sneak attack had already retreated back into the crowd of black shadows, but his gaze was still fixed on Nan Huan. Although the other party had no eyes at all, Nan Huan still felt a deep resentment.
The other party's actions have confirmed Nan Huan's previous guess. The doubt on her face has disappeared, and she confirms with Bei Xi in an affirmative tone, "Is it the president of the Assassin Guild?"
Bei Xi's face was as calm as ever. He looked at the groups of black shadows and recognized their appearances one by one, or what they looked like when they were alive. Then he responded lightly, "Not only that, there are also those who are already dead."
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