Chapter 177 World Seven [6]
Xiaolu had actually almost finished exploring the fourth floor. After finishing lunch, the two of them focused their attention on the fifth floor.
Generally speaking, the number of critically ill patients in a hospital is limited, especially those who have been issued a critical illness notice, who should be in the ICU rather than in a general ward.
"The atmosphere is indeed different. The fifth floor looks dead." Xiaolu said in a low voice, trying to avoid direct contact with the patients on the fifth floor.
"You're here. Does the dean have any instructions?" When Huo Yi approached the nurses' station, the nurse who had met her before came up with a smile on her face.
Seeing this, Xiaolu looked at Huo Yi, her eyes filled with shock and confusion.
What was going on with Huo Yi? They hadn't been apart for too long today, hadn't they? How could she have conveyed the dean's instructions?
"The dean didn't give any instructions, but I have some small doubts." Huo Yi said with a bit of a desperate attitude.
"Do you have any concerns?" the nurse asked.
Huo Yi: "Are the patients on the fifth floor all in serious condition?"
The nurse nodded. "They were destined to die. If the director hadn't been so kind as to give them the chance, they would have already been lying in the basement."
Huo Yi: "What chance did the dean give them?"
"I really want to tell you the answer, but the dean has already stipulated that we cannot discuss this matter casually. If you want to know the answer, my suggestion is to ask the dean directly." The nurse did not give a direct answer.
Seeing this, Huo Yi changed the subject and asked, "How many surgeries can the hospital perform in a day?"
"Normally, the number will not exceed single digits. If there are many doctors on vacation on weekends, there may be no operations at all," said the nurse.
Huo Yi then tried to lead the topic to the basement to see if he could get any useful clues from the nurse.
But unfortunately, the nurse was very tight-lipped about this matter. She either said she didn't know or asked Huo Yi to ask the dean.
"The director knows everything. You can ask him for help if you encounter any problem." This is the sentence nurses say most often.
After finding that they could not get any useful information from the nurse, Huo Yi and Xiaolu passed by the door of the ward on the fifth floor one by one, wanting to see if there was any difference in the layout of the fifth floor compared to the fourth floor.
The fourth floor has a total of 34 wards, just like the fifth floor. 507, 517, and 527 are multi-person wards, and the rest are double wards.
"The number with 7 indicates a multi-person ward. Could it be related to the fact that the hospital has seven floors above ground?" Xiaolu thought hard, trying to unravel the mystery and find a clue.
"A patient is being pushed out." Huo Yi said, pulling Xiaolu's clothes to pull her back so that Xiaolu would not block the team of medical staff pushing the cart.
"Do you want to follow and take a look?" Xiaolu asked.
Huo Yi shook his head. "It's most likely that he's going to the operating room. The basement doesn't give me a good feeling. Going there once a day is enough. Let's go to the fourth floor and ask if anyone has been scheduled for surgery recently."
The patients on the fifth floor have been issued critical illness notices. Generally, they are pushed into the operating room because their condition is uncontrollable, and they never come back once they go there.
But the patients on the fourth floor are different. Although they have been diagnosed with strange diseases, there is nothing wrong with their appearance and ability to move.
"The surgery being performed today is in ward 514. Which ward did the patient who was just pushed away come from?" Huo Yi asked. An unformed idea flashed through her mind, but disappeared before she could grasp it.
"It looks like it's 519. Is there any connection between the room numbers?" Xiaolu asked.
Huo Yi fell into thought, "It seems that there is none now. Let's go to the fourth floor to check the corresponding room."
After leaving the fifth floor, the feeling of being extremely depressed disappeared immediately. It didn't take them long to find out the conditions of the patients in wards 414 and 419.
A patient in ward 414 completed the discharge procedures smoothly this morning and left. A patient in ward 419 just completed the discharge procedures not long ago. She will be picked up by her family after having dinner in the hospital.
"Generally speaking, it's normal for people to be discharged and admitted to the hospital every day. However, if the room numbers and times are so coincidental, then it's not a normal situation." Xiaolu touched his chin.
He lowered his voice and said, "I have an idea. Maybe the hospital is extracting something from the patients on the fifth floor, making it into medicine, and then using it to treat the patients on the fourth floor."
"It's possible. Let's go to the gate and check the traffic volume of the hospital." Huo Yi said.
The hospital looks normal during the day, with quite a few people coming to the first and second floors for consultation and medical treatment.
Most of them do not need to be hospitalized, which means they will come and leave today, so the traffic flow in front of the hospital should be considerable.
But when Huo Yi and Xiaolu walked to the hospital gate, they found that only cars were coming in, but no cars were going out. They observed this for an hour and it remained like this.
Moreover, after they lost sight of the car that drove into the hospital once, they could no longer find it. Even if they guarded the entrance to the underground garage, it was still useless.
"Things seem to be getting weird. Are we living in an illusion?" Xiaolu rubbed his arms. "If this is really an illusion, then what do we eat every day?"
"Okay, don't think too much about it. The food is not poisonous, and there will be no problem for us after eating it. Let's just hold off for now." Huo Yi said, his eyes falling on the parking lot that looked full.
Why was it that they could only enter but not exit? Was there another route through the hospital that they didn't know about?
Or was it just like what Xiaolu said, that the hospital was most likely an illusion, all fake? Were these players in a dream?
After thinking about this, Huo Yi paid special attention to the entrance of the parking lot and even walked around it several times, trying to find some useful clues.
"Unfortunately, apart from the fact that these cars look very clean and there is no dust on the front roof, I didn't find anything else." Xiaolu spread his hands and said helplessly.
"Forget it, let's leave it at that for now. It's almost time for dinner, let's go back." Huo Yi didn't force it.
Counting it up, today is only the second day of seven days, so it is normal that the clues found are limited.
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After dinner, the seven players met successfully in the corridor.
Among them, Xiaobai's complexion was the worst. There was no color on his face. He was wearing a hospital gown and had an IV in his arm.
"The physical examination center is not a place for people to go. The medical staff there look like robots. They can only execute designated procedures and can't understand human language at all." Xiaobai was the first to speak.
"I'm going to the operating room tomorrow. If you can't save me, I'll tell those people that we're all accomplices and we're not the patient's family members at all." Xiaobai said viciously, his tone very firm. "If we die, we die together. Don't even think of sending me to be cannon fodder."
Xiaobai's words made many people's faces change slightly. Huang San, who was humiliated, reacted the most, but also the fastest.
"What are you talking about? The survival book originally requires all players to unite to have a chance to complete it. We will definitely help you." Huang San said.
Huang San: "You don't need to overthink it. The patients on the fourth floor are all eligible for discharge. From what I've heard, no one has suffered any post-operative injuries. Those who died despite failed rescue efforts are all from the fifth floor."
"Before, there were no vacant wards on the fifth floor, but now there are." Xiaobai gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe you. I'm just telling you, if something happens to me, I'll drag you down with me."
"By the way, I have already greeted the nurse before coming here. If something happens to me before the operation, it must be that my friend did something to me." Xiaobai said word by word, and no one would question the determination in his tone.
Huo Yi and Xiaolu, who initially thought Xiaobai was acting, began to re-examine Xiaobai. Compared with his ease in the morning, Xiaobai in the evening was too hysterical, as if he was really forced into a desperate situation.
"Will the patients on the fourth floor be transferred to the fifth floor?" Heishi asked, his eyes falling on Huo Yi. "Can you answer this question for a fee?"
Huo Yi shook his head. "It's unclear at the moment, but I'm sure the fifth floor is full of people who have been issued critical illness notices. If Xiaobai hasn't been issued a critical illness notice, the chances of him being transferred to the fifth floor are slim."
"Isn't massive bleeding the most common symptom during surgery? Wouldn't a massive hemorrhage be enough to make someone critically ill?" Xiaobai asked, raising his voice. "I'm putting it this way. If I die, I'll take you with me. You can do whatever you want."
After finishing his words, Xiaobai left without looking back, leaving the six people in relative silence.
"Don't take a patient's words too seriously. If a person is sick, this place will also be damaged." After a brief silence, Huang San was still the first to speak, smiling and pointing to his head.
"From what we've seen so far, surviving for seven days isn't difficult as long as we follow the rules." Huang San paused. "But everyone here should be experienced players with a lot of items. My opinion is that even if we can't defeat the boss, we must at least get to the bottom of the hospital's secrets."
"I have a prop, a door that can lead to any place within ten meters when opened." Heishi followed.
Da Zhuang's eyes lit up. With this door, couldn't they go to the hidden area on the underground floor?
"My suggestion is to use this item on the sixth night," Blackstone added slowly. His items were only for experienced players with real skills. If you couldn't even make it to the sixth day, well ...
"What about the seventh floor? When do you plan to go there?" Huo Yi looked at Heishi.
Heishi frowned. "Let's do it on the fourth day. Tomorrow we will continue to gather information and be prepared for any unexpected events."
Obviously, the accident here refers to the uncontrollable factor of Xiaobai.
"Everyone's goals are the same, and there's no obvious conflict of interest. We should be collaborating for mutual benefit," Huang San said with a smile. "If everyone has no questions, let's continue exchanging intelligence. We don't have much time left."
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