Chapter 106 Marine Hot Spring Comprehensive Sanatorium (Part Two)
All the marine creatures received a bottle of marine nutrient solution.
They lined up neatly, walked to the table, and sat down.
Then I picked up the bottle, opened it, and poured it all into my mouth in one go.
Their movements are mechanical and uniform, which looks very strange.
After they drank it, their expressions suddenly changed.
The expressions of every marine creature returned to normal.
Their expressions were varied, making them much more vivid.
They started to gather around with people they were close to and chatted.
After a while, they started to get up and leave in twos and threes.
Once all the marine life had left, Maomao got up, and Mingzhao quickly followed her outside.
Next, she took Mingzhao to each of the marine creatures' courtyards to visit the patients.
Mao Mao kindly asked them how they were doing and if they needed any help.
Most of these marine creatures seemed very positive and cheerful, saying that everything was fine with them and that they were having a great time here, and they were very friendly.
Then, Maomao began to care for the wounds of these marine creatures, while Mingzhao learned from her.
The wounds on these marine creatures varied, but without exception, they were all extremely bizarre and disgusting.
Some have large, rotten wounds, with new granulation tissue wriggling inside.
Some patients experienced tissue overgrowth, with the large amount of proliferating tissue deforming the limbs.
Some people even grew tentacle-like things that secreted yellow mucus.
Mingzhao looked like she was about to throw up.
But Mao Mao's expression remained completely unchanged as she meticulously and attentively cared for their wounds.
The marine creatures also showed friendly and grateful expressions on their faces.
Everything here is both harmonious and eerie.
Mingzhao couldn't find any obvious problems at the moment.
In one afternoon, Mingzhao followed Maomao to visit all the courtyards and remembered almost all the patients and their conditions.
Mao Mao's teaching was very patient, and with her intelligence greatly enhanced, Ming Zhao felt that she had already learned those nursing techniques.
Back in the courtyard, Maomao said to her.
"After completing the daily tasks, you can enter the hot spring for two hours."
"No tasks were assigned today, so consider this as completed. Here's the key; remember to come out promptly in two hours."
Having witnessed all the strange things that happened today, Mingzhao felt a little apprehensive after receiving the key.
Does anyone know what's in the hot spring?
However, she obediently took the key and opened the door to the hot spring.
As soon as the door was opened, a rich flow of elemental energy immediately gushed out.
In Mingzhao's perception, the elemental power at this moment was as if it were a tangible substance, filling the entire hot spring space.
The water in the hot spring appears transparent, but in Mingzhao's view, it transforms into a mixture of various elemental molecules.
It's so rich and thick it won't dissolve.
Mingzhao sensed that the water, light, and lightning elemental particles within his sea of consciousness were all restless, vying to absorb these elements.
It seems this is the perk of this instance.
The benefits at this level are extraordinary, which means that the difficulty of this dungeon is also extraordinary.
But now it's reward time, so Mingzhao banished all those thoughts from her mind.
I changed my clothes into a bath towel and jumped into the water.
The moment she stepped into the water—no, into this sea of elements—all the elemental molecules rushed to burrow into her body.
Mingzhao quickly adjusted his breathing to match the rhythm he used when absorbing elements.
The massive elemental molecules were guided into the sea of consciousness, and all the elemental particles were now immersed in the ocean of elements.
It is expanding rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Mingzhao was extremely focused, constantly adjusting the speed of these rapidly expanding vortexes to ensure they wouldn't collapse.
Fortunately, after her intelligence improved, she became more and more adept at controlling these vortexes, and she was also able to barely manage to control the three elements at the same time.
Mingzhao sat cross-legged in the sea of elements, his entire body enveloped in rich elements from head to toe.
Every pore is desperately absorbing the surrounding elements.
Sweat dripped continuously from his forehead, and his face showed a painful yet exhilarating expression.
The intense concentration quickly caused her head to throb with pain, but the exhilarating sensation of the expanding magic provided some relief.
Two hours later, Mingzhao felt like she was about to collapse from exhaustion.
Mao Mao knocked on the door of the hot spring.
She used her last bit of strength to change her clothes and practically crawled out.
Despite noticing the strange posture, Mao Mao remained calm and composed.
"The two-hour rule is for your own good, please remember not to exceed the time limit."
Mingzhao nodded, crawled back to her bedroom, put on her coat, and collapsed onto the bed, falling into a deep sleep.
This should have been a night where I could sleep soundly until dawn.
Unfortunately, Mingzhao had only slept for two or three hours when he was woken up by a strange noise.
The sound was very strange, like the sound of footsteps.
However, the pace was very slow, taking only one step every few seconds.
Moreover, the sound was extremely loud, like a gigantic creature moving around.
Mingzhao instantly regained her senses.
I remembered that the caregiver's handbook said not to leave the yard at night, but I figured it would be okay to leave the room.
Thinking this, she put on her clothes and went outside.
The bizarre scene before her eyes instantly stunned her.
The moon hung high in the sky, illuminating the entire earth in perfect detail.
The patients I had seen during the day were now lined up and walking forward.
They are arranged strictly according to height, with the shorter ones in front and the taller ones in the back.
The distance between them is strictly consistent.
Each person had a peaceful and serene expression on their face, and apart from their legs, they were completely still.
"Thump...thump...thump..."
They slowly raised their feet at the same time, and then slowly and heavily slammed their feet to the ground.
More than twenty feet slammed into the ground at the same time, perfectly synchronized, creating a tremendous sound.
The very rhythmic footsteps seemed to strike Mingzhao's heart directly, and she felt a tightness in her chest for a moment.
Just then, Maomao suddenly opened the door and came out.
She stared straight at Mingzhao, revealing the same frightening look she had seen during the day.
Are you planning to go out?
Mingzhao then came to her senses.
Remembering what was written in the rules, she quickly explained.
"No, no, I was just looking around in the yard. I was just about to report to you when you appeared."
Mao Mao glanced at Ming Zhao suspiciously, but saw that she was indeed just standing at the door of her room, quite a distance from the courtyard gate.
"That's good. Just don't go out. It might be a little noisy at first, but you'll get used to it. Go back to sleep; you have work tomorrow."
Mingzhao really wanted to ask Maomao what was going on, since she seemed to know the answer.
But then she remembered the employee handbook which said not to ask why.
It was only the first day, and before she could figure out what was going on, she decided it was best not to break the employee code of conduct.
Mingzhao took one last look at the strange procession, which was heading towards the direction where the moonlight was shining.
There seemed to be a rocky outcrop there, but it was too far away to see clearly.
Seeing that Maomao was still watching her, Mingzhao quickly returned to her room.
As I lay back down on the bed, the rhythmic and loud footsteps were still echoing.
Exhausted, Mingzhao began counting the footsteps and soon fell into a deep sleep.
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