Chapter 174 World Seven [3]
Even though the dean in front of him looked pleasant, it did not affect Number One's alertness to the highest level.
"Nothing, I'm just thinking about where to rest tonight." Number One tried to maintain his composure. "Dean, is there anywhere nearby where I can stay?"
"You mean near the hospital?" Jing Ke raised his eyebrows and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Number One controlled his breathing, keeping his heart rate relatively steady. "Well, didn't the director say that the hospital regulations stipulate that each patient can only have one family member accompany them at night?"
"Indeed, but there's nowhere to stay near the hospital. Strictly speaking, the land outside the hospital also belongs to the Century's First Miracle Hospital. In order to provide patients with a better recuperation environment, no development has been carried out around it." Jing Ke said, and at the same time, he slowly took a step forward, closing the distance between him and Number One.
"Ma'am, are you worried that you won't have anywhere to go at night?" Jing Ke asked.
Number One swallowed, trying to keep his expression steady. "I'm a little worried. If the area around here isn't developed, I don't think I'll have anywhere to rest."
"What's your name, Madam?" Jing Ke suddenly asked.
"My friends are used to calling me Number One, so the dean can just call me Number One too." The smile on Number One's face began to become forced.
It’s too close. The distance between me and the boss in the copy world is too close.
At such a close distance, if the other party attacked her, she was not sure she could escape unscathed.
But now this boss only asked him some questions and showed no obvious malice. If he took action first, he would definitely be besieged by everyone.
"Number One?" Jing Ke raised an eyebrow. "That's not a good name. A true friend shouldn't call you by that code name."
Number One did not respond. It was not a wise choice to tell the boss his real name in the copy.
It is said that an ignorant player told the boss in the dungeon world his real name. In the end, although he had completed the corresponding task, he could not leave the dungeon world and could only watch other players leave.
Later, some players said that when they were clearing the same dungeon, they found an extra forbidden item next to the boss.
After a brief silence, Jing Ke suddenly raised his hand, and the ID card that No. 1 had hidden in the inner pocket of his jacket appeared in Jing Ke's hand.
"Huo Yi, do you mind if I call you that?" Jing Ke pinched the ID card between two fingers and put it into the pocket of his white coat.
Number One, Huo Yi's pupils shrank slightly, and he almost activated the props in his hand to attack the boss in front of him.
Her real name was known by the boss, the dean. She would not end up in the same situation as that old player, would she?
Absolutely not. Even if she was crushed to death by the boss, she would not allow herself to become the boss's exclusive lover!
"Dean, I'm still used to calling you Number One." Huo Yi said.
Huo Yi's voice sounded normal, but if you listened carefully you could hear the tremor hidden deep within her voice.
"Okay, No. 1. If you really want to stay in the hospital, you can come to the seventh floor. You can get a rest room as a family member of a medical worker." Jing Ke smiled.
"By the way, if you come to the seventh floor, remember to keep quiet. The seventh floor is my territory. I don't like noise, and I don't like people chasing and playing around in my place."
After saying that, Jing Ke took a step back, gave Huo Yi a meaningful look, and left the ward.
After making sure that the dean had left the ward, Huo Yi couldn't help but slowly exhale. He stood there and took several deep breaths before he managed to calm down.
But when he thought about the fact that his ID card and real name were known by the big boss, Huo Yi couldn't help but feel heavy.
Registration at the hospital requires proof of identity. So if you think about it from another perspective, after the director takes away your ID card, can he turn yourself into a patient anytime and anywhere?
Huo Yi had a headache, but she didn't forget the dangers lurking on the fifth floor. After discovering that the door to Ward 504 was still made of frosted glass, she went straight to the fourth floor.
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"Is the gap between the fifth floor and the fourth floor so huge? It seems that being a caregiver for patients on the fifth floor is not that easy." After listening to the information shared by Huo Yi, Xiaolu couldn't help but frown.
"If we can't go to the fifth floor, what should we do? Should we try to become other patients' family members, or temporarily become patients?" Xiaolu asked.
Huo Yi did not respond. Her intuition told her that it would be very difficult to become a family member of another patient at this time, and if she became a patient, she might encounter more dangers in the next six days.
"Let's take a look. There are seats on the first and second floors. If I can't stay in the ward after eight o'clock, I'll try to spend the night there." Huo Yi said.
"I really can't. I'll use feeling unwell as an excuse." Huo Yi let out a breath.
The difficulty of this copy exceeded her expectations. Huo Yi really didn't expect that she would encounter such great danger on the first day of a seven-day survival copy.
"Okay, if you are hospitalized, tell me and I will be with you as your family member. It will be safer for both of us." Xiaolu's expression also became serious.
"It's already seven forty-five. Starting at eight o'clock, no one is allowed to enter the hospital at will, and the ward has also reached its fixed rest time." Xiaolu took out a prop from her backpack and stuffed it into Huo Yi's hand.
"It's a defensive item. Theoretically, it can withstand three attacks from the boss, and more from monsters. It will break directly after it loses its effect." Xiaolu briefly introduced the usage of the item.
"I asked Wang Liu. While it's true that the hospital opens at 8 a.m., the cleaners start work at 6 a.m. Breakfast is at 7 a.m., so you need to be back in Room 407 before 7 a.m. and follow the rules of eating three meals a day on time."
Huo Yi nodded, accepted Xiaolu's props, and told her to be careful.
The ward at night sounds a little more dangerous than the ward during the day, not to mention that the patients in the ward are all sick and need limbs and organs.
If you fall asleep on it without any precautions, you may find that you have lost something when you wake up the next day.
"Dear patients and their families, the world's first miracle hospital will close its doors in three minutes. Patients and their families who are staying here, please leave as soon as possible to provide the patients with a good rest environment. Dear patients and their families, the world's first miracle hospital..."
The broadcast in the corridor began to play the so-called reminder in a loop. Seeing this, Huo Yi did not linger and quickly left the ward and came to the stairwell that was not part of the inpatient area, wanting to see what would happen after eight o'clock.
clatter--
The hospital's original lights all dimmed at eight o'clock, and then a dim light with a hint of green came on.
Huo Yi took out the lighting props from his backpack and put it on his shoulder, then looked towards the nurse's station which was originally bright.
The lights around the nurses' station are a little brighter than other places, and the brightness can be seen from a distance.
But if you want to see clearly whether there is anyone at the nurse's desk, you need to get closer and keep a distance of about three meters to see clearly.
As for other places, there is a ceiling light every five meters or so in the corridor, but the light can only illuminate a very small area. Only if you stand right under the ceiling light can your head and shoulders be fully illuminated.
hiss--
This kind of corridor looks very strange. When you are walking in a place with lights on, you might suddenly see a ghost face appear.
Or if someone suddenly pats your shoulder from behind and you turn around, your head will be bitten off by a bloody mouth.
If you don't look back, the person behind you will stick to your back, first snatching your body, and then quietly replacing your existence.
Huo Yi pinched his brows and after confirming that the hospital rules he had found did not stipulate that lights should not be turned on after 8 o'clock in the evening, he turned on the light on his shoulder.
The originally limited field of vision suddenly became brighter. Aside from the poor lighting at his back, Huo Yi could now clearly see that the semicircle with a radius of five meters and centered on himself was all covered by bright lights.
There are no seats on the fourth floor except for the nurses' station and the accompanying chairs in the ward.
The danger of sitting on the floor seems to be significantly higher than sitting on a chair.
After Huo Yi confirmed that no other players on the fourth floor needed to leave, he silently walked towards the corridor where only the emergency exit sign was flashing green.
Huo Yi's target was the second floor. She had already figured out the layout of the second floor during the day. In addition to the normal seats, there was also a row of massage chairs that could be paid by scanning the code.
If no ghosts appeared on the second floor, then she could consider spending a pretty good night in the massage chair.
Da-da-da
Huo Yi, wearing boots, walked up the stairs alone. Although she didn't count them out loud, she was counting the number of steps in her mind.
There are thirty steps to climb one floor, and there is a corner in the middle, so you need to count fifteen twice.
There was no problem with the number of stairs from the fourth floor to the third floor, but when he reached the third floor, Huo Yi discovered that the corridor door on the third floor, which was locked during the day, was now open. The light inside was a little dim, but under the illumination of the shoulder lamp, Huo Yi still saw something.
There was a hospital bed near the entrance of the corridor. The bed was empty, but the irregularly placed pillows and bedding reminded Huo Yi that perhaps a few minutes ago, there was a living person on the bed.
Huo Yi wanted to go in and find out what was going on, but her reason told her that the probability of something going wrong was very high if she explored alone at night.
The wise thing to do is to write down the information you can observe first, and then observe again during the day, or tomorrow night, and call on more players with ideas to join you.
After counting to thirty silently again, Huo Yi reached the second floor safely.
The lights on the second floor are dimmer than those on the fourth floor. Those seemingly bright lights are just for show. Unless someone reaches out to cover them, they cannot provide any information.
According to his memory from the day, Huo Yi found the department with massage chairs. After walking around and finding that there was no one around, he chose a chair that could be used for both offense and defense and sat down.
Nothing unusual happened to the massage chair. Huo Yi seemed to be sleeping with his eyes closed, but his mental state was extremely tense.
After maintaining this alert for more than an hour, Huo Yi activated a prop that could keep him on alert for eight hours and fell asleep in the truest sense of the word.
A dreamless night.
At five o'clock in the morning, Huo Yi opened his eyes before the props lost their effect.
After making sure there were no monsters around, she stood up from her chair and began to move her body.
Although it was not yet dawn at five o'clock, Huo Yi felt much better than at eight or nine o'clock in the evening. After her pupils adapted to the darkness, she could see most things.
Apart from doctors on duty, the earliest people to start work in the hospital are cleaners.
According to the information provided by Xiaolu, the cleaners start work at six o'clock, which is almost when the sky is just getting light.
After stretching his body, Huo Yi walked around the second floor, found the screen with a timer, and confirmed the current time.
Five twenty-one, it sounds like a very good number. Huo Yi let out a sigh of relief.
When he reached the stairs, Huo Yi hesitated for a moment. Instead of going back to the fourth floor immediately, he walked down and chose to go to the first floor.
Unlike a normal 24-hour hospital, the first floor was also dim. The lights in both the outpatient department and the emergency room were dark, as if there was no living person.
After arriving at the door, Huo Yi found that the entrance to the outpatient clinic, which was where they first came in, was open.
After standing at the door for three minutes, Huo Yi chose to walk out.
Now that she was here, and since her intuition didn't tell her that there was danger outside, she should seize this opportunity and find more information.
After stepping out of the hospital gate, Huo Yi saw the intact stairs, which looked completely different from when they came.
Huo Yi stepped on the part that was intact during the day according to his memory. After walking down the stairs, he tentatively stepped on the part that was broken during the day.
Huh? You can actually step on it?
Is there something wrong with my perception, or were the stairs and hospital exterior I saw during the day an illusion?
Huo Yi took a few steps back and looked up at the seven-story hospital building.
Looking out the window, the first to the sixth floors were all gray and there was no light at all, as if there was no one inside and the place was filled with dead silence.
The seventh floor was different. It looked brightly lit. Not just in one room, but in every room on the seventh floor.
If the first to sixth floors are hell, the brightly lit seventh floor looks like heaven.
The seventh floor seems to look very different at night. Do you want to pick a time to go there and check it out?
Such a thought flashed through Huo Yi's mind, and then she kicked it away in the second moment.
There was no reason, Huo Yi just remembered his ID card that was taken away by a certain dean, and his real name that she knew.
If I had known that my ID card would be taken by the dean, I should have left it in the car from the beginning, or destroyed it directly when it was discovered.
Huo Yi couldn't help but grit his teeth, then continued to look up. His sight left the hospital building and looked towards the sky that was twinkling with stars.
What a beautiful starry sky! It doesn’t look like the scene that would appear in a dungeon at all. It has a kind of incompatible beauty.
Well, come to think of it, the eyes of a certain dean seem to look a lot like the sky.
Huo Yi couldn't help but have such an idea in his mind, and then he quickly looked towards the hospital gate.
A figure in a white coat appeared in front of the originally empty gate. The dim light made Huo Yi unable to see clearly who was standing at the door.
But Huo Yi's intuition told him that the person in front of him was the dean he had just been talking about in his mind.
"Number One, why are you here?" Jing Ke's voice rang out, confirming Huo Yi's guess.
What bad luck, what bad luck, what a bad luck.
Shouldn't the dean be on the seventh floor at this time? The lights on the seventh floor were still on. How could he have disappeared?
No, this hospital monster might have the ability to teleport, just like the nurse on the fifth floor before, who could instantly leave the ward and appear at the nurse's station.
"I woke up and came out for some fresh air." Huo Yi said in a steady tone, "Dean, why are you here too? The light in your office seems to be on."
"I saw someone missed me, so I came." Jing Ke said, took a step forward, and walked down the stairs step by step.
"If you want to get some fresh air, you can come to me. You can enjoy the starry sky better on the rooftop of the hospital." Jing Ke said, stopping beside Huo Yi.
Huo Yi entered a state of extreme alert. She began to control her breathing and heartbeat to make herself look normal.
"Really? The patients and doctors should be resting at this time. If I go to the seventh floor, I might disturb their rest." Huo Yi said.
"Maybe if you take the stairs, but the elevator is fine." Jing Ke smiled friendly. "Would you like to go to the rooftop?"
After hearing the invitation from a certain dean, Huo Yi's rational mind told her that she must find a way to refuse the other party. With her real name known to the other party, the longer she spent with him, the greater the possibility of being kept here forever.
But Huo Yi's intuition told her that the dean in front of her didn't seem to have any ill will towards her. Her purpose in inviting her was really just to allow her to enjoy the stars in the sky more comfortably.
"Then, thank you for your help, Dean." Huo Yi spoke and agreed as if possessed by a strange force.
With the help of a certain dean, Huo Yi experienced the joy of riding an elevator.
When the elevator opened, it was pitch black inside. But after a certain dean stepped on it, the lighting system inside the elevator seemed to have suddenly been repaired, so bright that Huo Yi couldn't help but squint.
The seventh floor is the same. It looks no different from a normal hospital. It is very bright, even brighter than during the day.
"The elevator and stairs can only go to the seventh floor. You need to take a special passage to get to the rooftop." Jing Ke introduced and took the initiative to lead the way.
After using her ID card representing the dean to swipe open a door with a smart lock, a spiral staircase appeared in front of her.
Snap——
Jing Ke turned on the light inside, and the stairs that originally looked scary suddenly became bright, as if the negative buff had been dispelled.
At this point, Huo Yi still had no chance to turn back.
Huo Yi followed the dean's footsteps in silence. After walking up twenty-eight steps, he saw another smart lock.
As usual, the real rooftop appeared in Huo Yi's sight after being unlocked by a dean with his ID card.
The rooftop looked nothing like what Huo Yi had imagined. It had nothing to do with the word eerie or scary. It only had a tent that looked like a camping tent, but there were also romantic light strips around it and two lounge chairs that looked comfortable to sleep on.
There is also a small table in the middle of the lounge chair with a few oranges and apples on it.
Not only that, there is also a small flower bed behind the tent, where flowers of various colors are in full bloom, which looks very beautiful.
Oh, there seems to be a small refrigerator outside the tent. Is there any ice cream in it?
What is going on? Why do the first to sixth floors of the hospital look like horrible places where people are eaten, while the rooftop of the hospital looks like a place for vacation?
Huo Yi fell silent. He began to feel puzzled. He questioned whether this was an illusion and then bit the tip of his tongue.
Hiss—it hurts so much, this shouldn’t be a simple illusion.
"Want to see the starry sky? Just lie down on it." A dean said, and lay down on the comfortable recliner first.
Huo Yi gently stroked his palate with the tip of his tongue. After making sure that there was nothing wrong with his senses, he slowly walked over and carefully sat down on the recliner.
"Would you like something to eat?" Jing Ke, who was lying on the recliner, took off his glasses and looked at Huo Yi with a smile.
"No, thank you, Dean." Huo Yi was distracted after seeing Jing Ke's appearance. The Dean looked less abstinent without his glasses, and seemed to become more approachable.
"Then let's have something to drink." Jing Ke said, and relying on his long arms, he directly opened the refrigerator, took out two bottles of iced cola, and then placed them on the middle table.
"This is a drink that is said to bring happiness. You can try it." Jing Ke said, putting his hands on the back of his head and admiring the stars in the sky.
Huo Yi frowned and stared at the very familiar Bing Kuoluo for a long time before slowly lying down.
However, Huo Yi couldn't put his hands on the back of his head, so he chose to put them on his lower abdomen, with his palms still holding the prop that could be activated instantly.
According to common sense, it is almost dawn at this time, so you shouldn't be able to see any stars.
But this is a copy world, and as long as Jing Ke is willing, the sky can always remain dotted with stars.
Huo Yi was a little confused. When she saw Jing Ke didn't say anything, she also fell silent and began to look at the starry sky seriously.
After an unknown amount of time, when Huo Yi was so bored that he started counting the stars, a super-large sphere emitting light and heat slowly emerged from the east, making Huo Yi sit up from the recliner.
It's sunrise. Is it past six o'clock now?
Huo Yi looked at the warm yellow clouds on the horizon and began to estimate the current time in his mind.
I appeared outside the hospital building at around 5:30.
If that were the case, the maximum time I'd arrived on the rooftop would have been 5:45. I'd spent about five minutes looking at the stars, and ten minutes counting them. So, was it six o'clock now?
Huo Yi was a little unsure. Without a clock, she relied on her heartbeat to estimate the time.
"The sun is out." Jing Ke sighed and sat up from the recliner.
"Would you like to take a photo together?" Jing Ke invited.
Huo Yi instantly cleared his mind of distracting thoughts, "No, I'm going to the fourth floor to visit my friend. I wonder if she's had a good rest."
Are you kidding me? How can I take a photo with my boss?
It's already scary to have the other party know your real name, but if your appearance is also locked upon by the other party, then you really won't have a chance to leave!
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