"This door should cost health points to open. There's a handle on each side, so it should require two people, one on each side, to open it. And it can only be opened from the outside. If we all go in and there's no one outside, we'll easily get trapped inside and eventually be eliminated when our health points run out. So we need to leave two people at the door to keep it open and prevent it from closing."
After listening, Ivan and the others pondered for a moment, and Ivan already had a plan in mind: "Pair up in pairs, open the door, and when the health bar drops by one point, switch to another two people. Everyone takes turns taking over the door, while the others search for evidence."
Zhang Nan and Wang Quan were separated. Wang Quan was paired with the fierce-looking guy guarding the corridor, while Zhang Nan was paired with the rest of the team.
Although the morgue is spacious, it only has rows of refrigerated cabinets against the wall and beds covered with white sheets. Some of the beds are not empty under the white sheets.
Ivan and his team quickly gathered evidence and soon found some of the materials in the petri dishes in the refrigerator.
When it was Wang Quan's turn to go in, he saw that his health had dropped to 7 bars and was still slowly decreasing. He felt a pang of regret and wished he had just run away earlier.
In the short time that followed, Ivan's team had already found all the materials needed for the culture dishes and serum samples. As expected of elites, they were indeed very capable.
Wang Quan was somewhat dissatisfied with Ivan, but he only dared to mutter to himself. After all, Ivan's teammates were all around him, and the enemy outnumbered him. He had to avoid confrontation for the time being. If Ivan gave him an opportunity, he would definitely let Ivan know what a real threat was and what a real fake was.
However, right now everyone in Ivan's team, including Ivan himself, is guarding against him like a thief. As soon as he gets within a meter, it's like an alarm goes off, and everyone is on high alert, leaving no chance to make a move.
Wang Quan thought to himself that his infection period was almost over, and now only Zhang Nan was completely unsuspecting of him. So, he moved closer to Zhang Nan, who was looking around. Sure enough, as soon as he got closer to Zhang Nan, the others became much less wary, and their attention was focused on the refrigerator. After all, there was nowhere else to hide clues except for the refrigerator.
What's even better is that Wang Quan discovered everyone else was busy preparing petri dishes and processing samples, and no one was paying attention to Zhang Nan and his corner—a perfect opportunity for infection. Although the timing wasn't ideal, and he should have found a more secluded time and place, his time was running out. He was worried that he wouldn't be able to infect Zhang Nan within the allotted time, but on the other hand, he was also excited that he could finally get rid of Zhang Nan and rid himself of this hindrance.
So, Wang Quan, who had no intention of searching for evidence, slowly closed the distance between himself and Zhang Nan, and finally looked away casually, but his hand quietly approached Zhang Nan's bracelet.
Zhang Nan's bracelet was successfully touched by Wang Quan while everyone around was making petri dishes according to the found formula.
After carefully avoiding others and successfully infecting himself, he quickly looked around and found that no one had noticed him. So Wang Quan secretly looked at the new countdown that appeared on his bracelet and couldn't help but smile. He tried hard to suppress his smile.
Wang Quan was excited for a while, but then he felt that something was not quite right. He then realized that he did not seem to have heard the announcement of Zhang Nan's elimination from the loudspeaker.
How could this be? I definitely touched Zhang Nan's bracelet, and my own bracelet reacted too. Could his bracelet be malfunctioning? Or is there a bug in the game system? Or is Zhang Nan's bracelet faulty?
He couldn't understand it no matter how hard he tried. Didn't the rule say that you would be eliminated if you got infected twice?
Wang Quan was caught in a whirlwind of thought, but he couldn't figure it out. At that moment, he desperately wanted to know an answer; he desperately wanted to see Zhang Nan's bracelet. However, if he asked, wouldn't that seem too suspicious? But if he didn't ask, this inexplicable reason was driving him crazy.
Finally, his desire for the truth prevailed over reason, and Wang Quan casually remarked, "It's already this late; it'll be time for dinner soon."
The others glanced at him, their eyes filled with ill intent. Wang Quan blushed slightly, thankfully his skin was dark enough. He knew, of course, that everyone was doing a task, and his sudden request to eat seemed rather useless, but he was desperately curious as to why Zhang Nan hadn't been eliminated yet!
Fortunately, in the end, Zhang Nan got to look at his bracelet as he had hoped.
"Huh? I've been infected."
As soon as Zhang Nan spoke, Ivan and the others who were doing the task all looked over. The guy who looked fierce even put his right hand in the pocket of his hoodie, as if he was holding something.
Wang Quan then realized he had made a huge mistake. He had been with Zhang Nan the whole time, and Zhang Nan had been infected. The suspect was too obvious!
Zhang Nan's next words were like a boulder hitting Wang Quan's chest.
"I discovered I was infected earlier, but luckily I had items to reduce the infection rate, so I thought I was cured. I didn't expect to get infected again."
Wang Quan asked incredulously, "You have tools to reduce infection?!"
Zhang Nan waved the used prop in his hand, and Wang Quan felt like he was going to vomit blood. When did this guy find out? Zhang Nan had been right under his nose the whole time, so how come he didn't notice at all that Zhang Nan had found the prop?
Zhang Nan glanced at Ivan and the others, then covered one side with her hand and whispered, "Don't worry, we'll do as you said. We don't have any props."
Wang Quan was dumbfounded. Who told you that?! And your voice wasn't quiet at all! Anyone could see something fishy was going on with your clumsy performance!
Something's not right, Wang Quan thought to himself, what's going on between him and that big idiot Zhang Nan!
But when Wang Quan turned to look at Ivan and the others, he found that Ivan's team was completely in a state of high health (red zone). Wang Quan just wanted to play a song for himself: "I dare not open my eyes, I hope it's just my imagination!"
Ivan never imagined that the two of them would use the prop right under his nose. They didn't even get the prop, and yet, right before his eyes, one of them got infected. It was utterly outrageous!
Ivan's temples bulged with veins as he gritted his teeth and said, "Wang Quan, you really are something else!"
"No, I didn't..."
Wang Quan felt like crying; he really knew nothing! He begged Heaven to discern the truth from the falsehood!
Zhang Nan's expression, coupled with Ivan's angry glare, made Wang Quan's heart sink even further. He didn't even know Zhang Nan had the item, how could he let her hide it? Besides, he was going to eliminate Zhang Nan, how could he possibly give her the item that would cure her infection!
At this moment, Wang Quan understood what it meant to be unable to defend himself. If he spoke up, his identity would definitely be exposed; if he didn't speak up, he would offend Ivan completely. In the end, he was caught in the middle.
Xu Yang, the fierce-looking guy from Ivan's team, had Wang Quan cornered. "He used a prop, so why was he still infected?"
Xu Yang's eyes locked onto Wang Quan. "You two were together the whole time just now."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
