Chapter 320 Monster Hospital (XIX)
In Area A, President Yan, who had just become No. 212, watched the few people leave after agreeing to President Xuan. He did not take any action immediately. Instead, he waited until the few people disappeared before he stood up and wanted to check how they got in.
She looked back at the white wall behind her. There was no nurse station or anything like that. It should be the end of the ward. In addition to the ward, there were also some lounges and activity areas. However, there were not many people at this time, so it seemed a bit empty. She waited until the voices not far away gradually died down before she turned around and began to feel around on the white wall.
This place can be reached directly from Patient X's bed. It seems that there is indeed a passage from Area B to Area A, but this passage is not in such a conspicuous place. If she had not been lying on the bed, she might not have noticed it at all. Or if someone else found the strangeness of the bed like her, but did not know that Patient X's sense of smell had become abnormally sensitive, they would not be able to find the correct path in the void.
However, no matter how strange and unreasonable this road is, there must be an entrance to Area A, and the most likely location of this entrance is on the wall behind where they had just landed.
This mission would definitely not be that simple. President Yan knew it the moment she heard the system prompt them to enter Area A.
First, they found the passage along the way and came to Area A with almost no difficulty and without encountering any obstacles. After all, even when entering Area A, the system changed their faces, allowing them to disguise themselves as patients to facilitate their actions.
Not to mention any danger, there wasn't even any obstacle. This was not in line with the consistent tone of the system, and even made President Yan feel that things were going too smoothly. According to ordinary players who had not experienced any big scenes, at this point, they would definitely think that they had already found the most critical place and followed Patient X to Area A. Next, she only needed to search Area A one by one, and maybe she could find Patient X directly.
But President Yan doesn't think so. After all, even normal doctors have to disguise themselves as patients to enter Area A. This means that in this setting, the system does not want the existing patients in Area A to notice that other outsiders have broken in. Moreover, President Yan speculates that there should not be a second face among the ones they are wearing. After all, if two patients No. 212 appear at the same time, then the disguise given to them by the system will be meaningless.
According to this line of thinking, the patients in Area A should not have noticed that their fellow patients had suddenly changed, so how could they not know that there was suddenly a new patient X in Area B in the ward? And according to what Nurse Zhang said before, the management of each ward is so strict that no patient or staff can leave without the permission of the acting director, so the management of Area A will only be stricter than that of Area B.
If they had discovered that Patient X knew a passage that allowed them to move between Areas A and B, even if they could not leave the ward for the time being, they would not be as leisurely as they are now. So President Yan speculated that the patients in Area A had not discovered where Patient X was. President Yan did not know how Patient X hid here, whether he had been transformed into a patient in Area A by the system like them, or whether he had other special skills, but she believed that he would not be found so easily.
But no matter whether the person can be found immediately or not, President Yan must ensure a retreat, so she would grope on the white wall first, hoping that this time, just like not long ago, she could find the entrance to the passage. Even if she could not find patient X and failed to complete the task, at least she could return to area B through the passage in time and would not have to get involved in many things in area A.
But unfortunately, just like she did not find anything strange on the wall of patient X's ward, President Yan had already stood there and touched every part of the white wall that he could reach, but indeed found nothing.
Her worst feeling came true. The system deliberately released clues to let them enter Area A, but it was not so kind as to let them find their way back. In other words, only if they found Patient X would there be any new changes.
The fake smile she had shown to President Xuan just now had disappeared, replaced by a very serious expression. She knew that what President Xuan had just said about looking for people separately was actually a cover, and what they really wanted to do was probably something else.
After all, she heard very clearly just now that only two players entered Area A as patients, namely the eldest lady and the president. If she could feel that the abilities or temperaments of some patients were a bit threatening when entering Area B, then this feeling would be more intuitive when standing in Area A.
It is hard to say whether the president and the eldest lady triggered any side quests when they entered Area A, but the prompt the system gave them just after entering Area A was obviously intentional, "In this area, you are no longer restricted by the rules and regulations that staff must abide by." This sentence not only implies that the level difference between her and President Xuan and the other two has disappeared, and that she cannot use her authority to pressure others, but also means that the four people, including President Yan, do not have to abide by the three points listed in the employee information letter for the time being, and do not have to unite with colleagues or care about patients.
So in this case, the three presidents who may have received some secret orders long ago, found out that they don’t have to worry about anything and the system has specially created an enemy that can kill their own guild presidents, what will they do?
The answer is self-evident. President Yan actually does not want to get involved in this matter at this time. Firstly, no matter what the conflict is between the Guild One Alliance and the Anti-Guild One Alliance, she is not an eyewitness after all, and it is difficult for her to judge from a certain perspective which party's behavior is inappropriate. Secondly, she always feels that President Xuan and the others seem to be deliberately concealing something. After all, they are not wholeheartedly willing to work with her to complete the task of finding patient X.
But now it seems that she has to face it all, but she has not yet decided whether to warn the eldest lady and the president.
On the other side, President Xuan also determined his primary goal the moment he heard the system prompt. In other words, he had finally used the system's task to come here unnoticed, and he didn't have to abide by the employee code of conduct. This was simply a good opportunity to nip the thorns in the bud. Or perhaps he finally realized that the system had put the three of them into President Yan's task just for this moment.
The more important reason was that the president and the eldest lady would not notice it at all, nor would they think that they had arrived here at this time, and would not be on guard against them. The task had been completed more than half, and it was completely unnoticed. Moreover, there seemed to be no bedtime restrictions in Ward A now, and many patients were strolling in the corridor. There couldn't be a better opportunity.
Just when President Xuan was about to find out where President Yi and the eldest lady were, he was stopped by a patient outside the ward. "161, 178, 250, what are you three doing here? New partners will be here soon. Hurry up and bring the gifts you prepared to the ward."
The patient who was speaking simply waved his hand, and his long arm was stretched out like a piece of gum, stretching from one side of the corridor to the other, completely blocking the way of the three people.
He became the top student No. 178, and the moment he was stopped, he habitually reached for his weapon to resist, but was stopped by the quick-eyed and quick-handed President Xuan. He knew that the patients in the ward had special abilities, which would be more obvious in Area A. Moreover, he could feel that the patient in front of him with No. 150 embroidered on his chest had no ill intentions. In particular, what the other party said gave him another idea, so he did not want to reveal his identity so quickly.
"What do those two people look like? Have you seen them?"
With a proper curiosity, he asked questions while testing at the same time. The other party mentioned new partners, most likely they should be the eldest lady and the president. He deliberately mentioned two people just to be sure.
Sure enough, 151 didn't notice anything wrong with his words. Seeing that they all stopped, he simply retracted his long arms and said, "I haven't seen him yet, but I heard from 111 that there is a very powerful one, numbered 101. You will definitely see him when you give him gifts later. Now go back and get the gifts, and wait in my room later. Don't waste time, and don't make a fool of yourself in front of the newcomers."
I don't know if the fact that every patient has to give gifts is an arrangement by the patients or a task related to the eldest lady and the president, but no matter which case, they can use this opportunity. After all, compared to going to the president and the eldest lady for no reason, this reason of giving gifts and waiting for the other party to come is much more reliable. Moreover, from the mouth of No. 151, the real No. 161, No. 178 and No. 250 had already prepared the gifts and placed them in the ward, and they just had to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha.
Fortunately, the players' numbers were marked outside the ward, so it was not difficult to find them. President Xuan signaled the three people to look for the gifts separately and wait in the room of patient No. 151 later.
Compared to the quiet landing of President Yan, there can be said to be no progress at all on the side of the eldest lady and President Yi. After confirming that the pattern on the paper cup microphone had changed in the room of patient No. 233, apart from Nan Huan's discovery that the color of the pattern seemed to be weakening and the frame that seemed to be wrapped was also shrinking, there were no more discoveries.
The gifts given by the patients afterwards were nothing practical. They were just for fun or pranks. After looking through the gifts from about thirty patients, Nan Huan still didn't find anything special. His mentality was much calmer than before. He seemed to have finally understood that it was not delivered by the time arranged by the system, so there was no point in being anxious.
In addition to observing the patients' micro-expressions and their interactions with No. 111, Nan Huan was more interested in those strange things. Bei Xi, on the other hand, would look in a certain direction every few seconds since the beginning, and the direction was different.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Nan Huan leaned lazily on her and noticed that Bei Xi's nose moved. A puzzled expression appeared on his face and he asked in confusion.
Bei Xi stretched out his hand to scratch the tip of his nose, then looked in a certain direction before turning back to explain to Nan Huan, "Since a while ago, there has been a sudden increase in the smell of grass here, and the direction of the smell has been changing. I am trying to locate the source of the smell, but I found that the smell is like alive and keeps moving, so I can't determine it accurately."
This was a bit strange. Nan Huan knew that Bei Xi's five senses were much stronger than those of ordinary people, so there was no possibility that she had asked the wrong question. She quickly stood up and looked at the other party, "Isn't he a patient? Could it be that one of the patients has some special abilities, so there might be this kind of aura? Is he threatening?"
Bei Xi shook her head. "There is no threat. It's just that the smell suddenly became very close. Perhaps it realized that I could smell it, so it moved away cautiously. Now I can't be sure which patient is curious and wants to see us. I can only be sure that it is not one of the patients I have seen. If it is one of those I haven't seen, I can confirm it when I see the real person later. Since the other party is not ready to show up now, I will wait until we meet. For now, just pretend that it doesn't exist."
Bei Xi could feel that the other party had no ill intentions, otherwise she would not have let him follow her so closely. After saying that, she hugged Nan Huan and continued walking forward as if nothing had happened.
On the other side, President Xuan, the top student and the loan shark all found the gift that the original patient had placed in the ward. "President Xuan, are we going to take action when the gift is delivered? But the First President and the eldest lady are not weak in ability. Do we need to plan ahead?"
After all, the First President and the eldest daughter had left an indelible impression on the President of the Loan Shark Guild, so he was a little worried. After all, there were only three of them now. "Or should we try to convince President Yan? With her joining us, it will definitely be safe..."
But before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by President Xuan. "No, time is short now. They have remained neutral. It will be difficult to convince them in a short time. It would be bad if we alerted them. I will replace the original gift for No. 161 and use my skills to trap the two of them. Then our chances will be much greater, especially since they can't imagine that we are here. You just need to act like normal patients and deliver the gifts. I will deliver the gifts last."
As President Xuan finished speaking, something appeared out of thin air on his right hand side. He kicked the gift originally prepared by No. 161 to the ground, and then wrapped up his own gift in the same packaging.
On the other side of the communicator, the president of the loan shark guild and the president of the honor student guild finally felt relieved after hearing what he said. "This will greatly increase our chances of winning. When you use your skills later, you can temporarily trap the two of them. Then we can attack them together. I don't believe that we can't get rid of them both this time...ah..."
Before the president of the top students finished his words, a painful groan was heard from the communicator. President Xuan was startled, thinking that the other party had been discovered. Before he could ask any further questions, he suddenly realized that something was wrong with his body, as if his internal organs were being grasped by an invisible hand. His hand trembled, and the gift he had prepared was thrown to the ground. Fortunately, he bent down and supported himself on the bed, so he did not get even more embarrassed.
President Xuan then lowered his head, opened his collar, and saw a palm-sized black spot on his chest, something like a blood clot, imprinted on his chest. From time to time, his heart would hurt, as if someone had penetrated his body and was squeezing his heart. He couldn't help but vomited a mouthful of blood.
"President Xuan, my body... Ugh..."
Immediately afterwards, a painful sound came from the loan shark president's side. Before he could finish his words, President Xuan heard the same noise coming from the other side.
At the same time, because President Yan had been deliberately avoiding the patients here, no one asked her to prepare gifts or anything. She finally found the room of patient No. 212 according to the number. She was just about to sit down to organize her thoughts and take a break, but she didn't expect that before she sat down, she felt very uncomfortable in her heart. She felt short of breath at first, and then she felt a slight chill in her whole body starting from the heart, as if something was forcefully squeezing into her body.
She soon noticed a black mark on her chest, as big as a fist, which was gradually expanding due to the pain.
The pain in her body was still tolerable, and President Yan's mind could only work rapidly. She was not sure whether President Xuan had the same symptoms as her, so she did not say anything. Then she quickly recalled that she had not taken anything in since entering the B ward. If these symptoms were not caused by the system setting, they could only be caused by the passage on Patient X's bed, the white wall in the ward that she had just touched, and the white wall at the end of Area A.
There couldn't be anything wrong with the passage on Patient X's bed. After all, Nurse Zhang must have examined Patient X long ago, and she didn't mention that the patient had this symptom or any other illness.
The most likely scenario was that there were two white walls. Only he had touched them, while President Xuan and the other three had not touched them. However, President Yan quickly rejected his idea. After all, medical staff must have checked the ward of patient X. They might not have touched it as carefully as he had, but they would have touched it more or less. It seemed even more impossible for them to poison them.
As for the white wall in area A, if it is only aimed at myself, then the randomness is too great. It is only intended to harm myself. Is there any explanation?
Thinking of this, President Yan had another idea, but before she could think about it carefully, the system prompt sound finally rang.
【bite--
Congratulations, you have finally discovered the changes in your body. This is the sequelae of entering zone A. 】
President Yan couldn't help but roll his eyes. He knew that there was no such good thing in the world and the system would not be so kind. Sure enough, there were other accidents hidden here.
If you haven’t found patient X within half an hour, you will reach 30% infection.
If you haven't found patient X within an hour, you will reach 60% infection;
If you haven't found Patient X before dawn, you will be completely transformed into a monster and confined to Area A forever.
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