Chapter 9 Chapter 9 "Who are you?"...
River City.
Central Hospital, 10th floor, outside the independent ward 1011 of the Neurosurgery Department.
In the corridor, when the elevator door opened, Jiang Yiyuan saw who was coming. She waved to the visitor and said, "Brother Xianhao, this way."
The man who walked out of the elevator was wearing a military uniform that he had not had time to change out of. He strode forward, looking dusty.
"How's Shi Zao now?" A few days ago, after receiving Jiang Yiyuan's message, He Xianhao immediately applied for leave from his superiors. But he still arrived eight days late.
After He Xianhao asked for leave and left the military region, he spoke with Jiang Yiyuan on the phone. During the call, Shi Zao's sister told him in detail about Shi Zao's situation at the time.
Despite this, when He Xianhao asked, Jiang Yiyuan explained the situation again: "They transferred my brother from the ICU here yesterday. His vital signs have stabilized, but he is still in a coma..."
While Jiang Yiyuan was speaking, He Xianhao raised his gaze and looked at the words "Neurosurgery" on the hospital sign.
The corridor outside the independent ward area was quiet, with only the sound of two people talking.
"Brother Xianhao, wait a moment. After the doctor finishes the examination, we can go in to visit you." Jiang Yiyuan said, leading He Xianhao to the bench on the side of the corridor.
Only then did He Xianhao notice that there was someone sitting on the bench.
After seeing the man's face clearly, the man in military uniform suddenly paused. The next second, He Xianhao's brows knitted tightly together, his gaze darting back and forth between the man and the ward area he was facing. This man...
Are you here to visit Jiang Shizao?
He Xianhao recognized Wen Zhi.
Jiang Yiyuan noticed He Xianhao's gaze. When Wen Zhi looked up at them, Jiang Yiyuan was about to introduce each other to each other. They were both her brother's friends. But at this moment, she saw He Xianhao stride in front of Wen Zhi, and his attitude was definitely not friendly.
"Why are you here?" He Xianhao stood in the middle of the corridor in front of the bench.
"Why can't I be here?"
"Brother Xianhao, did you two know each other before?" Jiang Yiyuan pulled He Xianhao when she came over. She reacted quickly and noticed that the atmosphere between the two was not right.
He Xianhao is a friend of Jiang Yiyuan's brother Jiang Shizao. He and Jiang Shizao have been classmates since elementary school. After graduating from high school, Jiang Shizao was admitted to Jiangcheng University, while He Xianhao went to the Northern Military Academy. Jiang Yiyuan rarely saw He Xianhao.
But Jiang Yiyuan had known this friend of her brother since she was very young, and knew that he was a very good friend of her brother. Although they didn't have much interaction, she rarely saw He Xianhao reject someone like this in her memory.
"Wen Zhi is here to visit my brother." Jiang Yiyuan added, "He's my brother's friend."
"Friend?" He Xianhao raised the corner of his mouth in a sarcastic arc.
Wen Zhi stood up from the bench at this time and looked straight at the person opposite him.
He Xianhao looked at the lingering figure, then turned to Jiang Yiyuan and said, "He said he was Shi Zao's friend—?"
He Xianhao obviously didn't believe what the other party said.
Jiang Yiyuan immediately replied: "Yes, he is——"
But Jiang Yiyuan thought of something before she could finish her words. She stopped and looked at Wen Zhi.
"I never knew Shi Zao had such a friend." He Xianhao said mercilessly at this time, "Shi Zao never mentioned it."
But he did know the man's dark intentions towards Jiang Shizao. He just didn't expect that after so many years, the other party still hadn't given up.
He Xianhao turned to Jiang Yiyuan, his expression softened, and said, "Yiyuan, don't trust strangers too much."
Jiang Yiyuan's expression was tangled. She noticed that there seemed to be a conflict between He Xianhao and Wen Zhi. He Xianhao obviously didn't believe that the person in front of him was her brother's friend.
In fact, before Wen Zhi proved that he was the author Abyss, Jiang Yiyuan had never heard her brother mention or met this friend of her brother.
But if it was Abyss... In short, Jiang Yiyuan agreed to the other party's visit request at that time.
Wen Zhi and her brother also seemed to have a very good relationship. Although it was unknown when her brother and the author met, Wen Zhi undoubtedly cared about her brother very much. Jiang Yiyuan could sense this.
Ever since her brother had a car accident, Wen Zhi has been staying in the hospital almost all the time, and he is visibly becoming increasingly haggard.
"How long has he been here?" He Xianhao asked.
"Eight days." Wen Zhi replied. He looked at the person opposite him. Compared to He Xianhao's reaction, Wen Zhi's attitude seemed calmer and more reserved. "You can ask me directly."
After Wen Zhi finished speaking, he nodded to his sister in a gentle manner.
"You--" When He Xianhao turned around, what he saw was the disguised appearance of this person to deceive others' favor.
"Any other questions?" Wen Zhi asked with a smile.
The next second, He Xianhao lifted the collar of the man opposite him.
Jiang Yiyuan obviously didn't expect the situation to take a turn for the worse. "No, brother, brother, brother--" She quickly grabbed He Xianhao's arm and tried to pull him away.
Wen Zhi still had a smile on his face, his light blue eyes staring directly at the person opposite him, "Are you sure you want to do it in the hospital? Do you need me to remind you that Zao is still in there and hasn't woken up yet?"
"Don't call him that!" The veins on He Xianhao's forehead throbbed, but he finally let go of his hand with some hesitation.
Jiang Yiyuan breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at Wen Zhi, the author her brother loved. He had a pair of light blue eyes, unlike the common eye color of Jiangcheng people. Wen Zhi himself seemed very easy to talk to.
The other party seemed to have seen through her thoughts at this moment. Wen Zhi nodded to her gently and said in a gentle tone: "You can talk to him."
After saying that, he took a step back and returned his gaze to the direction of the ward.
Jiang Yiyuan breathed a sigh of relief again.
With the consent of the parties involved, Jiang Yiyuan can now tell He Xianhao that Wen Zhi is her brother's favorite author Abyss.
Listening to the conversation between the two, He Xianhao already felt something was wrong. His brows furrowed again: "...What did you say?"
Intuition tells me that something unexpected has happened beyond the current situation.
Wen Zhi had already politely walked around the two of them and went to the side closer to the people in the ward.
Jiang Yiyuan whispered, "Brother Xianhao, did you have any misunderstandings before? Wen Zhi is my brother's favorite author, Abyss!"
"...What?" He Xianhao felt dizzy for a moment.
Of course he knew Abyss, and he also knew that the other party was an author that Shi Zao liked very much, a well-known suspense and supernatural novelist.
Since middle school, every time I finished reading Abyss's book, I would share it with He Xianhao.
Jiang Shizao's home also houses every book ever published by Abyss, from hardcover editions to collector's editions and even overseas editions.
"Impossible!" These words came out of He Xianhao's mouth when he reacted.
He turned to look at Wen Zhi, then at his sister who was holding him. His pupils shrank in disbelief, and he instinctively argued, "Do you know how old he is? He's only one grade higher than us!"
Wen Zhi was also a student of Jiangcheng Middle School.
But Abyss has been famous for ten years!
Ten years... He Xianhao was in a trance for a moment. A profound memory flashed through his mind.
Ten years ago, exactly, was the year when the great earthquake struck the Gulf region.
Beside He Xianhao, Jiang Yiyuan nodded and said, "Abyss became famous at a young age, Brother Xianhao! Calm down, he really is Abyss! I'm sure of it."
In addition to the legal documents that proved Wen Zhi was the author of Abyss, when Jiang Yiyuan first met the author in person, Wen Zhi almost handed her all the documents he had!
Jiang Yiyuan was dazzled by what she saw, but in the end she stopped the other party from proving himself beyond the limit and believed that Wen Zhi was a friend who cared very much about her brother.
In the corridor, the light from the white woven lamps was bright. After the initial shock, He Xianhao calmed down, but his expression was very complicated.
“How could it be…”
Jiang Yiyuan patted He Xianhao on the shoulder. Although he didn't know what had happened between He Xianhao and Wen Zhi before, both of them had calmed down now.
Jiang Yiyuan checked the time and said, "The doctor should be out soon. Let's go see my brother together later."
"……good."
However, when He Xianhao was waiting silently outside the ward, he did not expect that the person whom he had deliberately ignored for the time being would take the initiative to come up and talk to him.
But when He Xianhao heard what Wen Zhi said, the expression of the man in military uniform changed again.
Unlike the previous annoyance he'd felt at the other party's continued covetousness, this time, He Xianhao's expression was fierce. This wasn't the reaction an officer should have when facing an ordinary person.
He first looked around. Jiang Yiyuan was standing in front of the ward door, some distance away from them, with a nurse beside her, the two of them were talking.
When He Xianhao withdrew his gaze, his scrutinizing eyes fell on Wen Zhi again: "Who are you?"
It was the man in front of him who had just asked him:
"Did you know there's a game out there that puts participants into a coma?"
A game that puts people into a coma.
He Xianhao became alert instantly when he heard this message.
If the person in front of him had only heard about the recent incident of people falling into coma for no reason, it would not have caused He Xianhao to be on such guard, but the other party also knew about the "game", which could only mean.
Wen Zhi has come into contact with people who participated in the "game", or perhaps the other party is a participant in the game.
And this matter is still a secret from the public.
According to the military's secret investigation, this game can place a person's consciousness in another unknown space, and those who died in the game, without exception, all fell into a coma in the real world.
It was because of his identity and position that He Xianhao came into contact with information about the game that would cause people to fall into a coma, and successfully entered the "game".
Over the course of seven months, He Xianhao entered the "game" three times. Each time, the content was different. Each time, the people he met were different.
Apart from the fact that the player will be notified of the next game time after a game is over, there seems to be no other information about this game.
Oh, by the way, everyone who enters the game will automatically generate a number in the game space.
This number is their code name in the game.
When He Xianhao first entered the game, his code name was 187642.
After three games, his current codename is: 1795.
It is inferred that this game code is the player's overall ranking in the game.
Therefore, up to now, the number of people who have entered this unknown game is likely to be close to or exceed 200,000.
…
In the hospital corridor, He Xianhao and Wen Zhi looked at each other. After a few seconds, he confirmed: "You are a participant in the game."
But He Xianhao could not confirm why Wen Zhi mentioned this to him.
It was impossible for Wen Zhi to know about the military's secret investigation, and even more impossible for him to know that he was one of the investigators.
...Could it be that the other party told him about this because they knew he had entered the game?
But how is this possible?
He Xianhao's emotions were no longer visible at this time. He was sure that he had not seen Wen Zhi in the previous games.
But He Xianhao had already made a very clear judgment about the identities of both parties at this time.
The person in front of him is very dangerous. Not only is he a participant in the game, but the source of Wen Zhi's information is also a complete mystery.
"What is your purpose?" He Xianhao was about to turn around and report Wen Zhi's situation.
At this time, Wen Zhi turned his gaze towards the ward door.
There, Jiang Yiyuan was waving at the two of them.
"You can go in and visit now."
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