Chapter 175 World Seven [4]
Huo Yi insisted on leaving, and Jing Ke did not stop him.
However, Jing Ke did not take the initiative to open the door to see him off. Instead, she handed him her ID card and said, "Take the drinks on the table. I need to rest now. Please help yourself."
Huo Yi hesitated for a moment, but after realizing that he couldn't open the two doors leading from the rooftop to the seventh floor without his ID card, he reached out to take it.
"Thank you, Dean. Can I leave my ID card in your office later?" Huo Yi asked tentatively.
"Take it and use it. I have more than one ID card on me." Jing Ke said lazily, lying on the recliner, putting his hands behind his head, squinting his eyes and watching the sunrise.
"Dean, goodbye." Huo Yi took the two bottles of Bingkuoluo that were still steaming with cold air without hesitation, opened the two doors in turn, and successfully arrived at the seventh floor.
After making sure that no one was following him, Huo Yi turned his attention to the ID card in his hand.
Jing Ke, director of the world's first miracle hospital.
There was very little information on the ID card. The material of the card looked to be very common acrylic, but Huo Yi touched it with his fingertips and found that it felt somewhat similar to the skin on the inside of his arm, and it seemed to have a hint of warmth. Could it be made of...
Huo Yi shook his head to get rid of the strange thoughts in his mind, and put the ID card where he had put his ID card before.
Since he could use the elevator by swiping his card, Huo Yi chose to find the stairwell and walked down one step at a time.
As she left the seventh floor, the originally bright lights disappeared, and the cold feeling that made her feel uncomfortable crept up Huo Yi's body again, turning her from a relatively relaxed state into an extremely alert one.
According to the floor plan Huo Yi saw on the first floor, the sixth floor of the hospital housed the archives, the physical examination center, and the offices of the department heads. It was clearly a dangerous place, with many small bosses.
The door to the stairwell on the sixth floor was ajar. Huo Yi did not push it open, but just stood at the door and looked inside in the weak natural light.
It was dark, very dark, as if all the light had been swallowed up by something behind the door.
Huo Yi did not risk exploring and continued down to the fifth floor.
The door to the stairwell on the fifth floor was open. When Huo Yi went down the stairs, a cleaner holding a mop appeared at the door.
Huo Yi stood at the stairs and observed the cleaner's movements. The cleaner's movements seemed very smooth and his work attitude was very serious.
Now that you're here, do you want to go in and take a look?
After thinking for three seconds, Huo Yi took a step forward and returned to the stairwell on the fifth floor.
Huo Yi did not take the initiative to talk to the cleaner. He walked straight to the corridor and passed by 504 again.
The door of Ward 504 was still closed, but the original frosted glass had turned transparent, as if silently inviting Huo Yi to look inside.
Huo Yi did not refuse the invitation. He slowed down his pace and saw the situation in Ward 504 through the glass as he passed by accurately.
Ward 504 is a double room. The person on the bed is wearing an oxygen mask and is covered with a quilt below the neck. He looks no different from the patients in Ward 514.
No, there is a slight difference.
There was also a Heishi lying on a companion bed in Ward 504, seemingly resting.
"Ma'am, it's not visiting hours yet. Please don't disturb the patient's rest." The nurse's voice came from behind Huo Yi, and the cold breath sprayed on her neck, making Huo Yi tense up.
"I understand. I'm just taking a walk." Huo Yi said, taking a step forward before turning his head to look at the nurse with a standard smile on her face.
"Is that so? But it's still rest time for the patients and their accompanying family members. Your appearance here has disturbed their rest." The nurse said, the smile on her face gradually widening.
"You, broke the rules." The nurse's eyes began to mutate partially, and her originally dark eyes turned scarlet and bloodthirsty.
"Really? But when I told the dean I was coming down to see a friend, he didn't stop me." Huo Yi pretended to be surprised and said, "Did the dean forget there are relevant regulations?"
"Dean, have you met the dean?" The strange changes in the nurse stopped, and she came over to smell Huo Yi's body. After discovering that there was indeed the scent of the dean, she instantly turned into a qualified nurse again.
"Please go ahead. The director is above everything else in our hospital. What he says is final," the nurse said. "Would you like to see the patients in Ward 504? Do you need me to wake them up?"
"No, thanks." Huo Yi was a little surprised by the change in the nurse's attitude. She had just said it casually, purely to trick the nurse.
The ID card belonging to a certain dean was still safely placed in the inner pocket of her windbreaker, but Huo Yi did not take it out.
"I'll just take a walk." Huo Yi changed the subject. "Generally speaking, what time can we visit patients? Is it eight o'clock?"
"No, once the cleaning staff finishes cleaning and disinfecting the ward, it will be open for visiting," the nurse said in a friendly manner. "7 to 7:30 is lunch time, and after 8 o'clock the hospital is officially open to the public."
"Excuse me, what time is it now?" Huo Yi asked.
Is it so easy to claim the title of dean? So far, she's just been talking about it, without producing any evidence.
The nurse answered every question: "It's six-fifteen now."
Huo Yi thanked him politely and walked around the corridor.
Huo Yi then discovered that the conditions of the patients in the 34 wards on the fifth floor were similar, and whether they were double wards or multi-person wards, they were all full, with no empty beds.
After seeing that the cleaning staff on the fifth floor had already cleaned Ward 518, Huo Yi no longer hesitated and quickly went down to the fourth floor via the stairs.
At this time, most of the sun had already risen. Even though the lights in the corridor were extremely dim, it did not affect ordinary people from seeing the surrounding environment clearly with the help of sunlight.
Huo Yi felt that the fourth floor was much better than the fifth floor. After confirming that the cleaning staff had cleaned the wards in order up to 420, Huo Yi knocked on the door of ward 407.
Thirty seconds later, Xiaolu, with obvious dark circles under her eyes, opened the door of the ward and appeared in front of Huo Yi.
"Are you okay?" Xiaolu asked, unable to help but yawn.
It was not a good feeling to sleep alone in the ward. Apart from the discomfort of sleeping on the accompanying bed, the pitch blackness and the almost inaudible breathing also made Xiaolu afraid to fall asleep easily.
"It's okay, you don't look too good." Huo Yi said, taking out the Bingkuoluo from his backpack. "Open it and check it. If there's nothing wrong, you can have a bottle to replenish your energy."
"I'm fine, but... um? Coke? When did you bring this stuff in?" Xiaolu was stunned after seeing it.
After getting it, Xiaolu realized that the Coke in his hand was still a little cold, "Where did you get this?"
As we all know, a backpack is not a refrigerator, it is just a relatively independent space. Hot things put in it will return to room temperature, and things that should rot in three days will still rot in three days.
"I just ran into the dean, and she gave it to me." Huo Yi said, and soon explained, "Dinner is at seven o'clock. I'll be here with you. You can take a nap."
Xiaolu opened his mouth but chose not to continue asking. "Okay, I'll take a nap. Call me if anything happens."
It is true that the two of them are good friends, but that doesn't mean they don't have any secrets from each other. Since Huo Yi doesn't want to say it, Xiaolu pretends to be confused.
At exactly seven o'clock, six breakfasts were delivered to Ward 407.
Breakfast was simple, a bowl of white porridge and a meat bun per person, no special circumstances.
Xiaolu yawned and opened his eyes. As usual, he used a silver needle to check that the white porridge and meat buns were all right before he slowly ate his breakfast.
As for the ice cola, Xiaolu put it into his backpack.
It would be a waste to drink such a good thing now. It should be used at a more critical moment.
After breakfast, Huo Yi briefly explained his findings. The two then decided to go to the third floor first, then reunite with the players on the fourth floor to see if they could go to the sixth floor to investigate.
There is nothing wrong with Huo Yi and Xiao Lu's ideas, but veteran players have always been extremely selfish in dungeons.
So when they passed 403, they heard shrill screams coming from inside.
"No, no, I don't want to go for a checkup. I'm healthy and can be discharged from the hospital. I don't want to go for a preoperative checkup!"
The person who was shouting was Xiaobai, but the person who was with Xiaobai was not Huang San, but Xiaowen who was supposed to be in 405.
It is obvious that Xiaowen made some deals with Huang San in order to stay in the hospital smoothly, and the result of the deal is already in front of them.
Xiaobai, who existed like a dodder, became a victim and became a patient last night, while Xiaowen was the patient's family member.
"Be quiet! There are hospital rules that prohibit loud noises. Do you want to die early?" Huang San said in a low voice. He was sitting next to another patient, and for once he had a cold expression on his face.
After hearing Huang San's words, Xiaobai felt as if his throat was choked and he couldn't even make a sound. His already fair face became even paler.
"It's just a preoperative examination. It's not a fatal situation. Xiaowen will go with you and try his best to keep you alive." Huang San reminded.
"If something happens to you, Xiaowen will be your patient tonight. Xiaowen will do his best to make sure you come back safely."
Huang San's words hit Xiaobai's pain point, and his emotions gradually calmed down.
"You have to promise that nothing will happen to me. I want to come back from the physical examination center with all my limbs healthy." Xiaobai said, looking at Xiaowen with resentment in his eyes.
"If I can do it, I will never let anything happen to you." Xiao Wen promised coaxingly.
"As long as you want, you can do it." Xiaobai said, showing a contemptuous smile at an angle that Xiaowen and Huang San could not see.
Huo Yi and Xiao Lu happened to pass by and saw the expression on Xiao Bai's face: ...
The two looked at each other and left Ward 403 with light steps.
"It seems that Xiaobai is not an easy person to deal with. I was worried that he would become Huang San's meat shield." When they reached the stairs, Xiaolu couldn't help but complain.
"It should be some skill. The prerequisite is that someone promises to protect him. It could be damage from a stand or it could be power absorption." Huo Yi analyzed.
Huo Yi is someone who has actually stayed in the dungeon world for three years, and she goes to dungeons very frequently. She doesn't drag out the time until she is forced to enter, but tries to go once a month.
On the one hand, Huo Yi wanted to improve his strength through the copy and obtain more useful props. On the other hand, he wanted to test whether a certain rumor was correct.
There is a rumor in the dungeon world that originated from nowhere. It is said that after completing ninety-nine dungeons, the player's identity will change and he will become something like the administrator of the dungeon world.
The administrator has very broad authority. Not only does he not need to enter the dungeon every three months, he can also travel back and forth between the dungeon world and the real world, gaining the power of near immortality.
Huo Yi is not interested in the so-called immortality, but she is obsessed with returning to the real world.
Because one of the necessary conditions to enter the copy world is to be in a near-death state.
Huo Yi was no exception. Before entering the copy world, she saw an out-of-control truck crashing towards her.
To be more precise, the truck must have blown her away. Before Huo Yi landed, she was locked onto the copy world and pulled in.
If the rumors are true, then as long as you clear ninety-nine copies, you can return to the real world.
Huo Yi wanted to figure out why the truck crashed into him while he was waiting for the traffic light on the sidewalk.
Huo Yi wanted to know who wanted her life.
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After reaching the third floor via the stairs, Huo Yi and Xiao Lu both saw the open door to the corridor.
However, the bed that was originally placed at the door has disappeared, replaced by an empty waiting area.
Huo Yi and Xiaolu looked at each other, then walked in one after the other, observing the surrounding situation as quickly as possible.
According to the layout of the first floor, the third floor should be where the operating room and laboratory are located.
It can be seen from the display screen that the time is now very close to eight o'clock. There should be more or less doctors and nurses here, instead of being empty.
"Does the doctor have to come to work at eight o'clock sharp?" Xiaolu asked in a low voice.
The feeling of being alone was really terrible. Xiaolu always felt that a monster hiding somewhere would suddenly jump out in the next second and pounce on her.
bite--
The elevator arrival signal sounded, attracting the attention of Huo Yi and Xiao Lu.
The elevator door slowly opened, revealing a room full of nurses and doctors.
The medical staff standing in the elevator had blank expressions on their faces, staring at the only two living people on the third floor with their dark pupils.
But when they left the elevator door, everything returned to normal. While they were doing their jobs, a kind-looking nurse asked them if they needed help.
Huo Yi smiled and declined, using the excuse of taking a stroll to help digest his food as an excuse, and successfully sent the nurse away.
With the presence of medical staff, the third floor instantly became normal, and the uncomfortable feeling disappeared.
After walking around twice in the name of taking a walk, it was exactly eight o'clock.
The sound of the elevator arriving was heard again, but this time it was not just medical staff who came out, but a bed with a patient lying on it being pushed over.
"Hurry, the patient is dying. Perform a thoracotomy immediately for emergency treatment! Have the surgeon and assistant doctor arrive within one minute!" said the doctor pushing the bed.
As the patient was pushed out of the elevator, the medical staff on the third floor became busy. Not only did they rush in, but the doors of the six operating rooms also opened at the same time.
Huo Yi took the opportunity to observe the layout of the operating room. After finding that there was nothing obviously abnormal, he looked away regretfully.
However, the person lying on the hospital bed and being pushed into the operating room quickly attracted Huo Yi's attention, causing her eyebrows to furrow involuntarily.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the person on the bed?" Xiaolu asked.
"The person in the bed is Wang Jie from 514. I spoke to the nurse yesterday, and she said that if Wang Jie cooperates with the doctors' treatment, he could still live until Sunday, which is the day we pass customs."
Huo Yi explained: "The timing was a bit coincidental, so I thought about it a little more."
"Do we need to wait for the results of the operation?" Xiaolu understood what Huo Yi wanted to express.
If he cooperates with the doctor's treatment, he can live until Sunday. Is this sentence referring to the patient Wang Jie, or is it a disguised reminder to these players?
Also, if Wang Jie died today, there would only be four people with the surname Wang left.
As for tonight's arrangements, the identities of the patients and their families will not change for the time being.
But what if another patient dies tomorrow? After losing his own patient, will the Black Stone on the fifth floor come to the fourth floor to snatch other players' patients?
Or you can use a simpler and more brutal method, and directly select a player to seriously injure the other party, so that he will be obedient and become a patient.
"I seem to smell a conspiracy. If one patient dies every day, then three players are destined to become patients on the night of the sixth day." Xiaolu expressed his analysis.
"There are even worse outcomes. If the person chosen to enter the operating room is a player, even fewer people will survive," Huo Yi said.
Huo Yi did not forget what Xiaobai had shouted out before. It was not a simple physical examination, but a preoperative examination.
If the preoperative examination is done today, will Xiaobai be the one being pushed into the operating room tomorrow?
Thinking that today was only the second day, Huo Yi and Xiao Lu couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. They sat down on the chairs at the door of the operating room and began to wait for the results of Wang Jie's surgery.
An hour later, the lights in the operating room dimmed.
The doctors, their hands stained with blood, came out one by one. After seeing the person on the bed with his head covered by white cloth, Huo Yi and Xiaolu also knew the final result of the operation.
Wang Jie died after failed rescue efforts.
"Are they going to the basement?" Xiaolu asked in a low voice. "That's the morgue. I think there must be a lot of clues in there. Do you want to try to sneak in as a friend?"
Xiaolu is not the type of person who sits and waits for death. If possible, she wants to find more information so that she can take the initiative as much as possible.
Huo Yi nodded lightly. It was obvious that the hospital was safer during the day than at night, so it would be best to conduct the investigation during the day.
"Excuse me, is the person lying here Wang Jie?" Xiaolu's eyes turned red in a second, and she looked pitiful as if she was about to cry.
"Yes, may I ask who you are..." asked the nurse pushing the bed.
"I'm a friend of Wang Jie's friend. I heard from my friend that Wang Jie was hospitalized here, so I wanted to come and see him. I didn't expect..." Xiaolu sniffed as he spoke.
"My condolences." The nurse sighed.
"Can I come with you? I want to see him settled down. That way, I will have the nerve to mention this matter to my friend." Xiaolu looked at the two nurses pitifully.
The nurse looked normal during the day. After hearing Xiaolu's request, the two of them whispered to each other for a while and finally nodded in agreement.
"Can I call another friend to come with me? I'm a little scared if I'm alone." Xiaolu continued.
The nurses agreed to Xiaolu's request to accompany her, so they naturally would not refuse this seemingly reasonable request.
In this way, thanks to Xiaolu pretending to be pitiful, Huo Yi and her had the opportunity to take the elevator.
The floor number on the display screen jumped and soon changed from 3 to -1.
bite--
The elevator door slowly opened wide, and a chill rushed into the elevator, causing Xiaolu to shiver.
"It's so cold, the temperature here should be in single digits." Xiaolu couldn't help rubbing his arms and found that the breath he exhaled also turned white.
"Is it cold? I think it's okay." A hint of confusion appeared on Huo Yi's face.
The breath exhaled by Huo Yi also turned into white mist, but she herself did not feel cold. She only felt that the temperature here was slightly lower than that on the third floor. The temperature difference was no different from that on a normal floor and a basement.
"My physical strength isn't much different from yours, so why aren't you cold?" Xiaolu muttered softly. After noticing the bed being pushed away, he temporarily gave up thinking and quickly followed.
The area of the underground floor is much smaller than expected. Logically, the basement should have been planned when the foundation was laid, and the area above ground and underground should be the same size.
Even if they are different, it is more common to have a layout with a larger above-ground area than underground area, rather than the other way around.
After thinking fruitlessly, the two could only note down the general layout and then entered the morgue.
What the nurse needed to do was simple: move the person covered with a white cloth from the bed to the long table in the morgue.
The rest of the work is not theirs to do. Professionals working in the morgue will carry out the subsequent preservation and freezing processes.
Huo Yi and Xiao Lu had no intention of staying in this seemingly unsafe place any longer, and planned to follow the two nurses back to the third floor.
But after turning an ordinary corner, Huo Yi and Xiaolu found that they had lost them. The two nurses who were supposed to be in front of them seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth and disappeared without a trace.
"Oh no, this is also a trap." Xiaolu reacted quickly and slapped his head.
Xiaolu: "The stairs we used earlier don't lead down. The two underground floors are only accessible by elevator. If we lose the nurse, we won't be able to take the elevator up."
"There should be an emergency exit. Let's see if there is a diagram of the corridor structure." Huo Yi said calmly, and found that his chest was slightly hot.
Subconsciously reaching out to touch it, Huo Yi touched a rectangular hard card.
That was the ID card that a dean gave to Huo Yi at sunrise.
An ID card that can open two doors from the seventh floor to the rooftop, and can also be used to use the elevator.
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