Chapter 176 World Seven [5]
The case is solved. I wasn't shivering with cold before, probably because of the convenience brought to me by this ID card.
Huo Yi had mixed feelings. For a moment, she didn't know whether she should be worried that she would be targeted by her boss and unable to escape, or be grateful that the other party had given her such a useful identity card.
Oh, it wasn't really a gift. Before that, Dean Jing Ke had taken his ID card without even saying hello, which could be considered an exchange of ID cards in another sense.
"Are you feeling unwell in your heart? Did you get hit by some low-level buff?" Xiaolu asked worriedly after seeing Huo Yi holding his chest and not saying anything.
"No, I just suddenly remembered that I seem to have a very useful prop." Huo Yi exhaled slowly, unzipped his jacket, and took out Jing Ke's ID card hidden in the inner pocket.
"This is... the dean's ID card. If nothing unexpected happens, I can use it to activate the elevator and return to the first floor," Huo Yi said, "though I haven't tried it yet."
Xiaolu tilted his head and stared at the name and position displayed on the ID card.
Jing Ke, director of the Century's No. 1 Miracle Hospital.
"What did you pay for this?" There was no joy on Xiaolu's face, but rather an unshakable worry.
"The ID card in my wallet was taken away by the other party." Huo Yi did not continue to hide it and sighed softly, "I haven't sensed any malicious intentions from the dean yet. I didn't feel the coldness just now, so it must be this ID card."
"Huo Yi, wake up. We're not in the real world, we're in a dungeon. The hospital director who gave you the ID card isn't a normal director either. Just because she looks harmless doesn't mean her hands are clean."
Xiaolu said seriously, "I suspect this dean has some perplexing skills. You might have fallen for it!"
"Really?" Huo Yi subconsciously looked at the ID card in his hand.
"Isn't it?" Xiaolu asked back.
It seems so. When I first saw Dean Jing Ke, my vigilance was at its highest level.
But I just thought that the other party was not a bad person. How could the boss of the copy world be a good person?
Putting aside the players who died in the dungeon before completing it, even among the people in the dungeon, there must have been many who lost their lives because of the dean.
Huo Yi put his ID card back into his inner pocket and pinched his brows with a headache. "Maybe you are right. If I get confused in the future, please remind me."
"Don't worry, I will. I will never let my good friend be deceived by the boss and stay in the copy world!" Xiaolu said solemnly, almost raising his hand to swear.
In order to reduce the probability of Huo Yi being left behind, neither of them chose to use Jing Ke's ID card to start the elevator. Instead, they began to look for the corridor structure diagram and began to search the emergency passage in a carpet-style manner.
If you can't find the way up, it's not impossible to find the next best way to go down.
It sounds like finding an exit in a parking lot is easier than finding a way out in a morgue.
At the same time, Jing Ke, who had already come to the dean's office from the rooftop, saw the entire interaction between Huo Yi and Xiao Lu.
Jing Ke, who had been calmly drinking tea and watching the live broadcast, could no longer sit still. It was obvious to heaven that her hands were extremely clean!
This dungeon world was newly created, and the so-called dean originally only existed in the background. In fact, players had no chance of meeting him within seven days.
This is also one of the reasons why there is no information related to Jing Ke on the display stand on the first floor. Those rules and regulations were automatically improved after Jing Ke integrated the fragments of his body.
Should we think of a way to separate Huo Yi and Xiao Lu? Jing Ke couldn't help but think of this idea.
The time he spent with Huo Yi was only seven short days. If there was a troublesome person around Huo Yi, he would really have no choice but to take him by force.
But Jing Ke thought that using force was a bad idea.
If it really doesn't work, Jing Ke can continue to be the boss in the next copy, but it is not advisable to directly detain Huo Yi in this copy and become the villain.
Jing Ke thought about it seriously, and then she found that she could do nothing and could only wait and see for the time being.
If Huo Yi could really find out the truth about the world's first miracle hospital, then she would know that she was a good person.
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The relatively small area allowed Huo Yi and Xiaolu to find the corresponding corridor structure diagram in a short time. According to what was shown above, there was also an emergency passage on the underground floor.
However, the upward emergency passage will only be opened when the alarm is triggered automatically or manually. If they want to leave safely, they can only go down to the second underground floor and then return to the ground through the parking lot.
"It's so cold. I feel like if I stay here for a while longer, I'll turn into a popsicle." Xiaolu said while exhaling.
Because the temperature was so touching, Xiaolu took out the winter clothes that were originally in his backpack and put them on.
On the other hand, Huo Yi, because she had an ID card of a certain dean, was only wearing a windbreaker jacket, and even her palms were still warm.
"If there's nothing wrong with the corridor structure diagram, the emergency passage should be located just around the corner." Huo Yi said, quickening his pace and moving forward.
The good news was that the corridor structure diagram they found was real. After turning a corner, two emergency passages with different signs appeared in front of them.
The bad news is that there is someone guarding the door of the emergency passage. The guards are two security guards in security uniforms who look very difficult to mess with.
The case is solved. No wonder the security room at the hospital entrance was empty. It turns out the security guard came here!
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" After seeing that Huo Yi and Xiao Lu were neither doctors nor nurses, two security guards immediately came over with batons.
"We are the family members of the patient on the fourth floor. We entered the elevator by mistake and were brought here. Can we leave through the emergency exit?" Xiaolu said, sniffing appropriately.
But this time, Xiaolu was not sniffing his nose to look pitiful, but because he was cold.
"Are you the patient's family members? Do you have any evidence?" The security guard stood in front of the two of them, looking at them unfriendly.
Seeing that the two security guards could communicate, Xiaolu breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm a friend of Wang Liu, who is in bed number one in ward 407. You should be able to check my hospitalization information. We've both registered and purchased the three meals provided by the hospital."
The two security guards exchanged a glance and said, "So it's a patient's family member who mistakenly entered. You can use the emergency passage, but our responsibility is to ensure that the emergency passage is closed in all non-emergency situations. If we let you in without permission, we will most likely be punished."
The security guard's meaning was very clear. Huo Yi and Xiao Lu, who had high emotional intelligence, both heard that the other party was asking for compensation.
This is a very common situation in the dungeon world, so Xiaolu calmly took out his wallet, pulled out a hundred-dollar bill from it and handed it over.
"Thank you both for your hard work. You can buy a pack of cigarettes or a bottle of drink after get off work." Xiaolu said with a smile.
The security guard took a look at the bill and realized it was the largest denomination before reaching out to take it. "You're so polite! This is my job. The patient's family got lost in the hospital, which is kind of an emergency."
The security guard's reaction was very genuine. After receiving the money, he did the job directly and opened the emergency passage leading to the parking station on the second underground floor.
Xiaolu thanked him politely and without saying a word, she pulled Huo Yi into the emergency passage.
"Huh, the security guard looks fierce, but he is quite easy to talk to after I give him money." After leaving the basement, Xiaolu clearly felt the increase in the ambient temperature.
After walking up forty steps and reaching the parking lot on the second floor underground, Xiaolu took off his winter clothes and changed into an ordinary coat.
"Maybe because it was the daytime of the second day, and we didn't find any secrets inside, so the security guards' attitude was relatively better." Huo Yi said.
The parking lot on the second underground floor and the morgue on the first underground floor give people a different feeling. The second underground floor covers a very large area, even larger than the hospital on the ground.
Huo Yi roughly estimated that the parking lot was about the same size as the entire hospital, about three times the building area. The underground floor was only half the hospital's building area.
In other words, the floor space of the morgue is only one-sixth that of the parking lot.
So the question is, what is the remaining five-sixths of the area used for, and why is the existence of that part concealed on the underground floor?
Many questions flashed through Huo Yi and Xiaolu's minds, but after they shared all the clues they had obtained, they still had not found the answers to their questions.
"This is the difference between a survival book and a decryption book. If this hospital were a decryption book, we would most likely become patients and medical staff, with a constant stream of information pouring in even if we just stay where we are." Xiaolu couldn't help but sigh.
"If it was a decrypted version, we probably wouldn't be able to have such a leisurely conversation. He might have been sent for examination or to the operating room," Huo Yi said.
"By the way, shall we go to the sixth floor to take a look? I remember Xiaobai was going for a preoperative examination?" Xiaolu reacted quickly.
Huo Yi did not refuse, but before going to the sixth floor, the two of them went to 403 again. After discovering that the players on the fourth floor had disappeared, they went to the sixth floor.
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When Huo Yi and Xiaolu arrived at the sixth floor, the staircase at the sixth floor did not show much abnormality and looked very normal.
There are many functional areas on the sixth floor, and there are also many corresponding guide signs on the walls. The most obvious one is the physical examination center. No matter which direction you go, you can see the corresponding guide arrow on the wall.
"Don't keep staring at it. There's something wrong with the slogan. If you look at it for too long, you'll want to get a physical examination." After Huo Yi observed it intently for three seconds, he discovered something strange about the slogan.
Xiaolu nodded, and after determining the direction of the physical examination center, he tried to keep his eyes looking forward and walked forward.
After turning two corners, four familiar figures appeared in the sight of Huo Yi and Xiaolu.
The three people sitting on the chairs in the waiting area were Huang San, Xiaowen and Dazhuang, and the one standing against the wall was Heishi, who had not appeared for a long time.
"Isn't this Number One and Little Green? You guys are here too?" Huang San took the initiative to greet them. "I wanted to call you guys along, but when I went to 407, I didn't see you. Did you go somewhere else to collect clues?"
Xiaolu stopped walking, a polite smile on his face. "You could say we felt a little full after breakfast, so we decided to go for a stroll somewhere else."
"It's almost ten o'clock now. How long have you been here?" Xiaolu asked.
"We arrived here not long after the doctor's rounds were finished at nine o'clock," Huang San said. "Xiaobai told the nurse at seven-fifty-nine yesterday that he wasn't feeling well, so he could stay in the hospital longer. He was immediately admitted as an inpatient."
"The doctor briefly checked Xiaobai's condition, then wrote him a checkup list and asked him to complete all the physical examinations today. That's why we followed him here." Huang San explained the reason why he was here, and then pointed to Heishi who was leaning against the wall without saying a word.
Huang San: "Heishi is here with his patient. His patient also needs a physical examination. He was already here when we arrived."
"No one had the idea of acting separately. The physical examination center wouldn't let us in, so we simply checked the layout of the sixth floor. After we were done, we waited outside for an hour." Huang San was very proactive in sharing the information.
Xiaolu nodded. "We didn't go anywhere. We just stayed in the operating room on the third floor for a while. Then, by chance, we ended up on the basement floor, then on the second basement floor, and finally here."
"Did you go to the third floor?" Huang San's eyelids jumped. "Did you find anything?"
"Have you guys found anything?" Xiaolu asked.
"Of course. Only patients and medical staff are allowed to enter the physical examination center. Every patient will be sent here for a physical examination before surgery." Huang San offered a little sincerity. "Generally speaking, if the examination is done today, the surgery will be tomorrow."
"A patient on the third floor was sent to the operating room and eventually died." Xiaolu also provided information of corresponding value.
"Who is the dead person?" asked Heishi.
Xiaolu showed a forced smile and said, "Guess."
Didn't Black Stone think he was the best in this dungeon? Huang San knew that he should reveal something useful before asking for information, but Black Stone just asked without hesitation?
Heishi frowned slightly, and after glancing at Huo Yi obscurely, he spoke again, "The fifth floor is occupied by people who have been issued critical illness notices. There are no vacant wards. When the wards are closed and without light, the original patients will mutate."
The information provided by Blackstone was quite good. After thinking for a second, Xiaolu gave the corresponding information.
"The person pushed into the operating room is Wang Jie from Ward 514. If the examination is performed today and the operation is performed tomorrow, the patient in Ward 504 will most likely die the next day." Xiaolu said.
"But this is just speculation. No one can say who will be sent to the operating room first, the player or the critically ill patient," Huo Yi added.
Heishi frowned slightly. The information they provided was not good news for him. If his patient died tomorrow, how would he find a place to stay for the third night?
"Did you go to the second underground floor? Did you find anything?" Xiaowen pushed his glasses.
"Of course I've made a discovery, but before that, I need some compensation from you," Xiaolu said, not hiding her purpose. "If I'm not mistaken, everyone carries a wallet when they enter the dungeon."
Xiaolu: "There are ID cards and money in the wallet. If you add up all the banknotes, it should be one thousand yuan. If you are willing to give me one thousand yuan together, I will tell you the information."
At present, money has limited use for players and is only used to pay for three meals a day.
The hospital's charges seem very fair. Three meals a day only cost 25 yuan. The accompanying bed is free during the day and only costs 15 yuan a day at night.
As for the cost of staying in bed as a patient, no one knows yet, but it shouldn't be outrageously high.
Four people pay one thousand yuan, and each person needs to pay two hundred and fifty yuan. This amount is beyond everyone's bottom line.
"Okay, this is for you." Huang San responded and threw a wallet directly to Xiaolu.
"This is Xiaobai's wallet. We haven't touched the money in it. The nurse took away his ID card when Xiaobai said he wanted to be hospitalized." Huang San said.
After hearing Huang San's words, Huo Yi, who had also lost his ID card, had his eyelashes trembling slightly, and lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Okay, I'll take the money, but you don't need the wallet." Xiaolu didn't dwell on it. The old players in the dungeon are selfish by nature. If they can use other people's money, why would they use their own?
Xiaolu: "The underground floor can only be reached by elevator, and you can also go up through the emergency exit. But going up..."
After receiving the money, Xiaolu told them the information about the basement floor and how to leave. He not only told them that the perceived temperature inside would drop little by little over time, but also relied on his good memory to draw a layout map of the corridor for them.
Using other players' thousand dollars to exchange for so much useful information is a sure win for Huang San and others.
"It seems that there should be a hidden area on the underground floor. Perhaps the reason why the hospital is called the world's first miracle is hidden in it." Huang San said, with a hint of greed in his eyes.
Complete the most basic tasks to clear the level, which is the least profitable way to clear the level.
If you find out the truth hidden in the copy and trigger the hidden plot, the benefits can be tripled.
If, on this basis, the dungeon boss is defeated and the dungeon is completely destroyed, the profit can be multiplied fivefold.
This triple and quintuple bonus not only means an improvement in physical fitness and doubling of items obtained, but also doubles the number of times you can clear a dungeon.
To put it simply, if you can trigger the hidden plot in a copy and defeat the boss, the number of copies you have cleared will directly increase by five after you pass the level.
Therefore, the old players who have completed the accumulation of their original wealth all want to be able to take on three or five people at the same time as much as possible, complete the clearance of ninety-nine dungeons as soon as possible, and become the dungeon world manager.
"Since none of you are patients, how do you spend the night?" Heishi asked, pointing out a point that was overlooked by others.
Huang San, Xiao Zhuang and Hei Shi all endured the ordeal by lying on the accompanying beds as family members of existing patients, while Xiao Wen acted as the family member of the patient Xiao Bai.
Blackstone can confirm that Wang Jie in Ward 514 has no family members accompanying him, so the problem is obvious. Between Xiaolu and Ward No. 1, one of them spent the night in a different way.
"Five hundred yuan." Huo Yi quoted the price directly.
Heishi frowned and his eyes fell on the other people.
Huang San touched his nose, and after communicating with Xiaowen and Dazhuang, he successfully got three hundred yuan. Then Huang San contributed one hundred yuan and Heishi contributed one hundred yuan, a total of five hundred yuan.
Huo Yi accepted the five hundred yuan without changing his expression. "I stayed overnight on the massage chair on the second floor. After dark..."
Excluding the part about being invited by the dean, Huo Yi recounted his experiences that night. "Just a reminder, the night feels very dangerous to me. There may be a lot of differences between the first night and the second night."
"By the way, I accept paper money in exchange for props or safe zone currency." Huo Yi said.
"Me too, but I only accept the currency of the safe zone." Xiaolu added.
Heishi frowned, somewhat dissatisfied with Huo Yi's answer. However, after hearing that he could exchange other items for banknotes, he felt that there was no need to worry too much about the banknotes he had brought out of the dungeon world.
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The hospital's breakfast hours are from 7:00 to 7:30, lunch from 11:30 to 12:00, and dinner from 5:00 to 5:30.
Xiaobai and the patients in Ward 504 went in at around nine o'clock and had no intention of coming out until eleven twenty.
Huang San felt that it was unnecessary to just wait like this, so he suggested that they go back and have lunch and then go separately to look for clues.
Heishi and Xiaowen continued to wait on the sixth floor for the people inside to come out, while Xiaozhuang and he went to the first to third floors to look for useful clues.
"If you two are willing to cooperate with us, why don't you go check the two underground floors? You have been there once, so it will definitely be easier for you to find clues than those of us who have never been there." Huang San said with a smile.
Huang San: "As for the seventh floor, that's the dean's territory. My suggestion is that there's no need to confront the dean for the first three or five days. After all, our goal this time is to survive seven days."
Thinking that her friend might be favored by a certain dean and marked as his property, Xiaolu's eyes became very heavy for a moment.
"We've already been to the two underground floors, and we're not interested in going again for now," Xiaolu said. She didn't want to follow Huang San's instructions. "Number One and I will keep an eye on the situation on the fourth and fifth floors. If we want to cooperate, we can exchange information later, just like we do now."
"If there is no intelligence to exchange, we also accept transactions using the currency within the safe zone," Xiaolu said.
Huang Sansi touched his chin, exchanged glances with Heishi, and agreed to this transaction method.
The currency in the safe zone is not that important to veteran players. They don’t mind paying a small price to successfully clear the dungeon.
Besides, there are only two people on the opposite side, and there are four people on their side. It is hard to say who will buy information from whom at that time.
At least they have no way of obtaining information about the physical examination center, and they must exchange it with themselves using corresponding information and currency.
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