Chapter 15 Deliveryman (15)
"bite--"
We've reached the 23rd floor.
Lin Xiaojuan suddenly turned around and said to the person behind her, "Brother, let's go."
Bai Ye forced a smile and followed the other person out of the elevator.
The nurses were used to the doctors' rounds and retrieved all the patient's information. "Dr. Lin, Ms. Yao's condition seems fine for now. Apart from occasionally standing by the window for some fresh air, there are no abnormalities."
"On the surface, there is nothing abnormal, but Ms. Yao's cerebral hemorrhage cannot be ignored. Surgery has been arranged, and I will explain the situation to her in person when her immediate family arrives."
After reading the message, Lin Xiaojuan turned to Bai Ye and said, "Young man, you are not Ms. Yao's real relative after all. To arrange the surgery, a relative's signature is required."
Upon hearing the word "surgery," Bai Ye's fingers trembled slightly, but he nodded, "Dr. Lin, you're right. I really can't take responsibility for Aunt Yao."
“Let’s go take a look. I’ll talk to Ms. Yao and observe her condition.”
The next part of the time was for Lin Xiaojuan and the old lady to chat.
Bai Ye stood to the side, listening attentively to every word, but couldn't detect any problems.
"Lunchtime." The nurse walked in with a boxed lunch.
Lin Xiaojuan then stood up. "Ms. Yao, I understand your situation. I'll discuss it with your daughter when she comes tomorrow. Please rest well today and listen to the nurse, okay?"
The old lady nodded and watched the doctor leave.
As soon as the person left, he picked up his lunchbox and started eating. "White Hair, eat quickly."
Bai Ye stood there, looking conflicted.
Eating is a major problem in dungeon quests.
Before, I could stay in the dungeon lobby for almost a whole day without feeling hungry, but once I entered the dungeon, my stomach started growling after only a few hours.
Especially at mealtimes, the body instinctively wants to eat.
Even though it was already dead, its appetite was exactly the same as when it was alive.
He entered the instance yesterday morning, spent most of the day in Huangquan Village, then spent the afternoon accompanying someone to a hospital visit, and then spent most of the day there as well. And then that other thing happened at night…
I haven't eaten for a day and a night.
Bai Ye looked at the wriggling rice, feeling disgusted and nauseous, but still couldn't help salivating.
I'm so hungry, I want to eat!
"White Hair, you need to eat. You'll have no strength if you don't eat." The old lady pushed the boxed lunch over to him.
Bai Ye opened the lid, and there were still three dishes.
The minced meat tofu was served in a thick, cornstarch-thickened broth, with each piece of minced meat evenly coated, its color a distorted mix of green and blue. Each piece of tofu had a dead fish eye, staring wide-eyed, as if lamenting its tragic dismemberment.
Cola chicken wings, the chicken wings are bright red, and the sauce flows smoothly. If you ignore the way the wings fly up and fall back down, it's a fairly normal dish.
Stir-fried pork with garlic sprouts is a dish that's hard to describe. The garlic sprouts are purple, and the pork slices are blood red. Two garlic sprouts carry a piece of meat on their backs, struggling to crawl in the box, and you can vaguely hear shouts of "Heave-ho, heave-ho!"
"Aunt Yao, do you think the food is delicious?"
Bai Ye withdrew his gaze and looked up at the person opposite him. His mouth was secreting a lot of saliva, making him feel both disgusted and craving.
The old lady had already eaten half of it and said in surprise, "It's delicious! The food in the hospital is the best, even better than what we eat at home."
How do you like these dishes?
"It's beautiful, so colorful."
"How does it taste?"
"Anyway, it tastes better than what I make. I'm not good at cooking."
After the old lady finished eating, she picked up the trash and got up. As she walked past Bai Ye, she said again, "Bai Mao, you have to be good. You can't not eat properly."
After saying that, he strolled out.
Bai Ye held a boxed lunch in one hand and pressed the other against his upper abdomen, his stomach convulsing. He didn't know if it was from nausea and fear, or from not eating for a long time.
But the old lady's words still had an effect.
"I have to spend another night here. Who knows what the night holds? I can't let myself starve to death first."
Clench your teeth, close your eyes, and open your mouth.
Bai Ye stuffed a large mouthful of rice into her mouth, swallowing it quickly without chewing as much as possible.
He could feel the rice grains wriggling in his mouth, slippery and sticky, but he tried to ignore the sensation.
As for the three dishes, I ate them all without hesitation.
While eating, he comforted himself, "Food is essential for life; you'll get hungry if you skip a meal. As long as I'm not afraid, there's nothing to be afraid of. No pain, no gain..."
Since she had already eaten, she had to eat her fill, and Bai Ye finished the entire boxed lunch.
Not a single grain of rice was left, not a single vegetable leaf was left.
While taking out the trash, I was suddenly filled with a sense of pride: Hey! I've finally eaten some weird food too.
That's awesome!
At six o'clock in the evening, the sun set precisely on time, and the sky instantly turned pitch black.
Bai Ye was already mentally prepared, waiting for the "changes" to happen at night.
However, nothing happened that night.
The next morning, Bai Ye opened her eyes and woke up to find the 2303 ward quiet, with everyone still asleep.
He took out his phone and glanced at the time; it was 5:57 AM.
Lying on his single bed, Bai Ye began to ponder again why he had felt so safe the previous night.
"Was it really just a dream the night before last?"
At breakfast time, Bai Ye had already calmed down and ate whatever the old lady ate.
Especially when drinking porridge, instead of swallowing the last mouthful directly, I carefully savor it in my mouth and use my tongue to feel the tiny, moving particles.
"Creak—"
One bite and it's crunchy, like popping boba.
"Creak—"
Another bite, and it tasted sweet, as if a little sticky liquid was flowing out.
"Creak—"
Bai Ye finished the last piece, still wanting more, and said, "Aunt Yao, this porridge is quite delicious."
The old lady's eyes immediately lit up. "White Hair, you like porridge too? Is this porridge very sweet?"
sweet?
I didn't feel it.
However, "It's sticky but elastic, and bursts with flavor...it tastes better than rice, which is too sticky."
Those plump white worms wriggle incredibly fast, but once you bite into them, they immediately deflate and have no chewiness whatsoever.
Not long after breakfast, the old lady's daughter appeared. Bai Ye handed over the documents to her, and after completing the formalities, he took off the bracelet he was wearing.
"Thank you so much, sir. You've worked hard these past two days. I'll pay you right away."
The other person took out their phone and, while pressing buttons, said, "Does your line of work require good reviews? You're a really nice person. My mom said you took good care of her, so I'm giving you a five-star review."
The phones rang at the same time:
"DeadErrands kindly reminds you that the caregiving task has been completed and settlement is in progress—"
"Settlement complete, player has received 3600. Would you like to start accepting orders?"
Without a second thought, Bai Ye refused, "I don't take orders."
"The player declined the order; the daytime business has been completed."
Before the last word had even faded, Bai Ye's surroundings had already changed, and he had returned to the dungeon lobby.
The moment he got back, he immediately turned on the screen.
This time, the information on the information board has changed slightly.
First, a new item appeared, listed below the health value: a damage value.
The damage value at this point is 0.5, and the suffix means: eerie attack.
Bai Ye quickly recalled that terrifying night in the hospital, when Lin Xiaojuan used a syringe to inject an unknown liquid into his body in the operating room.
"So, it really happened, and I was indeed hurt by the strange thing."
Because of this 0.5, I finally confirmed that I had truly experienced a terrifying night.
He continued reading, and the follow-up explanation was: treatment must be initiated when the damage value reaches 1, the treatment method is singular, and a sanatorium within the rented room is used.
The healing time for 1 damage value is one day, the healing time for 2 damage values is two days, and so on, with the highest damage value being 100.
white night:"……"
He's a bizarre, capitalist type who's practically willing to risk his life for money.
"One point of damage requires a whole day of healing. The room is not rented by the day, but by the month, which is 300 per month."
"Also, staying in the community for a day is considered slacking off, which will deduct at least 1 health point and increase the misfortune of drawing dungeons."
Bai Ye continued reading and saw that he had earned a total of 4188 Ghost Coins.
However, at the same time, his cryptocurrency lending information was updated: loan of 1600, daily interest rate of 1%, interest of 49.
"Wait a minute! I've only been doing the dungeon for two days, how come I'm already paying three days' interest?" Bai Ye felt something was wrong.
[Daily interest rates are calculated on a daily basis; any period less than one day is counted as one full day.]
The mechanical voice answered slowly.
white night:"……"
So as long as it's past midnight, even if it's just one second longer, it counts as a day's interest?
"Your eating manners are really unsightly!"
Bai Ye felt resistant to the loan and chose to repay it without hesitation.
Looking at the remaining Ghost Coins, he thought for a moment and chose to exchange half for life points.
Then, with the remaining Ghost Coins, they entered the forum community, also known as Night Moon Town.
He planned to inquire about renting a room and learn about the functions of the sanatorium.
As soon as they entered the lobby on the first floor, they were stopped.
Earn money to level up: "900, transfer directly or use items to offset?"
Bai Ye looked puzzled. "What 900?"
"Mental hospital, protection money."
"You were there that night?!"
Bai Ye was shocked. Wasn't that person a fake? Just like "I'm the Strongest at Surviving," they were both imposters and strange beings!
Hearing this, he frowned, drew his broadsword and held it to his chest. "You can say you have no money, I'll allow you to owe me, but please don't deny it."
"I! You! Are not..."
"I fought the monster all night, losing 3 health points, but I protected you unharmed. You won't lose out by charging 900."
After a pause, he continued, "Although new players have a protection period for the first three months, a high-level monster appeared that night. If you were injured by it, even if you weren't devoured, you would still lose health points. You don't have any strength points, so you would lose 5 health points directly."
Bai Ye remained silent, only staring intently at the other person.
Making money to advance to level two made him uncomfortable, because he felt guilty that he earned 800 a day but had to charge the other party 900 in protection fees.
After much hesitation, I took the initiative to lower the price, saying, "700, that's the lowest I can go."
Bai Ye's expression turned even uglier.
Earning money to level up to level 2: "600, forget it, 580, that's my bottom line."
Bai Ye's eyes darted around.
He was furious when he tried to earn money to level up to level two. "Day or night, don't cheat like this! New players without integrity, your future won't be easy. No one will want to team up with you for cooperative dungeons."
A huge amount of information!
Bai Ye immediately put on a smiling face and forcibly pulled the other person to the sofa.
He sat close by, his voice incredibly sweet, "Brother, look at you, why are you angry? It's not that I'm unwilling to give it to you, I'm just terrified."
Speak like a human.
"Brother, it's like this, I had a strange encounter that night..."
Bai Ye trusted Qianqian to advance to level two, and he didn't hide his terrifying experience at the mental hospital. He was especially meticulous when talking about the operating room.
Finally, he sighed, "I thought I was going to have nightmares every night, but I was lucky that nothing happened the second night."
He frowned, lost in doubt, as he earned money to advance to level two.
He had protected this person day and night, guarding them every step of the way, yet this person was mysteriously taken away right under his nose?
"You said you encountered something strange, something that came through the wall?"
Bai Ye nodded, "Yes, it was especially outrageous. It pretended to be the strongest survivor, and when it introduced itself, I subconsciously believed it. As a result, I got stuck in the wall and couldn't get out."
"Hey? Were you the one that night?"
A voice sounded from behind.
Bai Ye turned around and saw that the other person's face was blurry, but he remembered the voice: "I'm the strongest at surviving."
"Survival is the best" sat on the other side of the sofa and started rambling: "I also got the deliveryman dungeon a couple of days ago, but my luck was terrible. It turned out to be a family member caregiver."
"Oh my god, that person has a severe mental illness, and I actually have to stay with her in the intensive care unit for a whole night. I'm completely numb!"
"I had a nightmare in the middle of the night. I encountered a strange creature. It was limp and incredibly talkative. It kept moving back and forth in the wall, calling out 'Aunt Yao, Aunt Yao...'"
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