Chapter 81
The translucent shadow was slightly stunned, and its half-raised hand was held down. The owner of the hand slowly and firmly pressed his hand down.
"Don't save him." Yu Tu emphasized again.
The phantom just stood there, and light spots of light with a mixture of light white and gold unconsciously overflowed from his body. These light spots merged into the almost invisible black lines in Yu Tu's eyes, and the black lines solidified a little bit imperceptibly - Huang Pu's survival time was unconsciously extended.
The shadow turned his head to look at him, with a hint of confusion in his silver pupils under his long white eyelashes. He blinked slowly and confusedly.
"Don't you want to save him?" asked the shadow.
His voice sounded so gentle that it reminded people of something peaceful and beautiful that would not arouse vigilance or resistance.
Yu Tu shook his head, and the pendant under the monocle also swayed slightly.
The phantom stared at him for a while, then suddenly grabbed his wrist and led him out the door. Yu Tu did not resist, as he also wanted to see where the phantom was going to take him.
Unexpectedly, the phantom grabbed his wrist and brought him to a special building. Yu Tu had walked through this building hurriedly before. This building housed patients with advanced cancer.
The shadow first took him to the first floor, which was the oncology department. There were four patients in one room. The patients were lying on the beds, skinny as sticks, with breathing tubes inserted into their bodies. Each of them was connected to an instrument that he could not understand.
Yu Tu had been using energy to keep the shielding field open, and other people couldn't see the phantom, so they arrived at the patient's bedside smoothly without being discovered.
It’s just… it’s hard to describe the feeling of seeing a terminally ill cancer patient up close.
Some of the people lying on the hospital beds were still very young, but they were terribly thin, with skin covering their bones, and it seemed that the muscles in their middle had disappeared without a trace. But more frightening than their appearance was the expression on their faces - numbness, pain, and despair that could hardly be hidden.
What is more suffocating than the smell of medicine in the ward is the decay and death that spreads silently amid the humming of the instruments. Every day that everyone in this building is alive is a countdown.
"Patients with advanced cancer often feel a lot of pain," Xuying said. "When the pain becomes unbearable, doctors will give them painkillers. The dosage gets higher and higher, but the effect gets worse and worse."
He didn't look at anyone when he spoke, but the light from his body kept emanating from the people in the ward. Their wrinkled brows would relax slightly, the groans of some people would gradually become quieter, and they would fall into a rare few minutes of deep sleep.
"There are many painkillers in the hospital, such as pethidine, dezocine, morphine, methadone, fentanyl..." the shadow slowly read out the unfamiliar drug names one by one, "but no matter what medicine it is, it can't stop a person from dying."
The patient's silhouette was reflected in his white pupils. His face looked dejected, yet there was a kind of tragic divinity in it.
Yu Tu didn't say anything, he just looked at the shadow quietly.
It seemed that Xuying didn't want him to express his feelings or make any comments. He was just doing a very simple and pure thing—taking Yu Tu to have a look.
They left the first floor and climbed the stairs instead of taking the elevator. A short distance away in the stairwell, they could see a simple floor plan. A bed sheet was placed on top of a quilt, and pillows were placed on it. Biscuits and water bottles were placed on the quilts piled up randomly. Some of the quilts were clean, and some were very dirty. The traces of many people's lives gathered together, and even though the stairwell was well ventilated, there was still an unpleasant smell.
The situation on the second floor was similar to that on the first floor. In the stairwell on the third floor, they heard crying.
Someone was squatting in the corridor, having just hung up the phone, holding his head and biting his lips, trying hard to suppress the sound of crying. The despair he suppressed quietly even made people blur the gender, as if many figures who had cried in the stairwell were superimposed at this moment.
"Those who are lying in the hospital for treatment are those whose families are unwilling to give up even if they sell everything they have," Xuying said. "Some people have lost everything they have and are left with nothing."
They stayed in this building for several hours and witnessed many scenes. Some patients stopped breathing at this moment and passed away; some patients' conditions worsened and were pushed into the emergency room; some people paid sky-high treatment fees day after day and were finally overwhelmed by the bills; some people chose to give up further treatment and go home during a casual chat...
Hospitals are the epitome of the most painful things in the world.
"I hate this building the most," said the shadow, "but there's nothing I can do about it."
It is the boundary between life and death, a combination of hope and despair.
"For eighteen years, no one could see me, and no one could hear my voice," he said. "Thank you."
When their eyes met near E, Xuying thought it was just a coincidence, until the mysterious man grabbed his wrist precisely in front of the bed and stopped him from saving the patient.
For the first time in eighteen years, someone could touch him.
It turns out that human body temperature... is hot.
He originally thought that he would be rejected and questioned if he dragged people around, and he was ready to explain, but he didn't expect to be silently condoned.
When they were walking in the hospital and he was mumbling, he would turn around and see someone following him. Although he didn't say anything, he always seemed to be listening carefully, listening to every word he said.
It was as if they were long-lost friends who just met today.
He likes this feeling.
The shadow said, "Don't you have anything to ask me?"
He was silent for a while when he saw the overly handsome and young man in front of him: "...What's your name?"
When he asked this question, Yu Tu was actually panicked for a moment, but asking for the other person's name should be a normal social etiquette, right? He just said so much and Yu Tu didn't answer because he didn't know how to address him. He always felt that "you" was not polite and "you" was too weird.
It was not until the phantom stopped briefly and asked a question in return that Yu Tu took the opportunity to ask his own question.
"You ask my name, not my identity..." The shadow smiled faintly, "You should have figured out my origins a long time ago, right?"
Yu·Actually his mind was blank·Tu: "...Hmm?"
"I don't have a name." The shadow looked a little distressed, "Let me think... how about -"
He said, "You can call me 'Zangsheng'."
This is what he called himself a long, long time ago.
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"Where is he?!" Yu Tu sat up suddenly from the sofa in the dormitory, with an expression of doubt on his face, "Why did he disappear again?"
From Buyehou's perspective, the shadow suddenly disappeared from his sight after introducing his name.
Without any warning, without any reason.
Just like that brief meeting near E.
Yu Tu's intuition told him that Xuying, no, Zangsheng, he was not the kind of person who would disappear without even saying hello.
Buyehou searched for several times on the floor where he disappeared, but he still couldn't find his figure.
The watch was vibrating constantly. After the opening ceremony, the freshmen of Gengxu formed a freshman group. At this time, the number of group chat messages had reached 99+.
Yu Tu opened the freshman group and scrolled up the group chat history. Someone was asking what should be prepared in the military training backpack for tonight - the military training at the opening ceremony that made everyone feel bad, the useful tips in the group chat were summarized in only three sentences.
1. After dark, military training will start at any time and any place, and the assembly point is unknown.
2. During the military training, each person is allowed to carry one backpack, and the contents of the backpack are up to you.
3. Military training lasts for one month and can be terminated early if the task is completed ahead of schedule.
A group of freshmen: "...?"
The feeling of fear reached its peak.JPG
Because they were bullied by seniors, the freshmen were very united. After someone asked this question, many enthusiastic people immediately showed the contents of their backpacks.
Some people prepared a few bottles of mineral water and a small backpack of compressed biscuits, in which they also stuffed some simple medical first aid supplies, such as Band-Aids, bandages, iodine, etc.
Some people, in addition to simple drinking water, also have flashlights, matches, compasses, emergency blankets and other items, which looks academic and rigorous.
Some people even went so far as to pack a lightweight survival kit complete with a wood stove, filter bottle, blow stick, solar panel, flint, small saw, crowbar, emergency light, and cut-resistant gloves... It was as if they were not going for military training but for disaster survival.
Yu Tu: “…”
You guys are really strict.
He glanced at the time on his bracelet and realized that it was almost five o'clock. It would get dark after seven o'clock in the summer, so he only had more than two hours left.
Yu Tu: “!!!”
In an instant, he forgot all about the contract and the hospital. He now had to prepare things quickly to get through the second hurdle of school!
There were so many backpacks for reference distributed in the freshman group that Yu Tu quickly flipped through them and decisively chose to follow the trend and choose a lightweight survival bag - because this one looked the safest.
On the basis of the lightweight survival bag, Yu Tu thought for a while and added some seeds. Not much of each seed was added, just a small flat bag the size of a palm.
Fortunately, every freshman can submit the items they need on the wristband, and as long as it is not too outrageous, someone will deliver it to the door within half an hour.
After confirming the contents of the backpack and waiting for half an hour to get it, Yu Tu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He searched the closet, changed into a light protective suit, sat down and opened his watch again—the number of messages in the group had increased again.
Although everyone was pranked at the beginning of the school year when they went to Millerkel, it did not dampen their enthusiasm - this is a school where both cultivation and magic coexist!
When the sun set and darkness gradually enveloped the sky, the new student group, which had finally quieted down a bit, suddenly gushed out many messages like a well!
[Oh shit oh shit! The military training location has been revealed! ]
[Urgent! Urgent! "The ancient moon shines on the water, the water flows forever, the water accompanies the ancient moon through the spring and autumn, the water shines on the ancient moon, and boating is possible in the deep blue water." Where on earth is this place? ! Why does military training also involve solving puzzles? ! ]
…
[Stop howling, stop howling, the answer to the riddle with Gu Yue in front is "lake". There is only one lake in the dormitory area, you can just go there by yourself! But the answer to my riddle is, who knows where the burning candle is! ]
[The student who asked about the candles in front, let’s answer the riddle, are you “the beautiful ladies in the hall, the singers and dancers on the banquet, let me shine brightly, to illuminate you.” If yes, let’s tell each other our dormitory numbers and make an appointment to go over, I’m scared!!]
[Wow, why are there ancient poetry puzzles? Aren’t all of them chemical formulas? Mine is 4HgS + 2CS2 + 3(CN)2↑ + N2↑ ]
【??? What kind of chemical formula is this? Isn’t this a physics problem?!】
[What kind of physics question? Isn't it a foreign literature appreciation?! ]
【？ ？ ？】
【！ ！ ！】
[Who came up with these perverted tricks? ! ]
…
Every freshman received a puzzle notification from the military training location on their watch. Those who knew how to solve the puzzle found the answer themselves, while those who didn’t frantically asked for help in the group. After the military training notification was received from the freshman point, a one-hour countdown would appear on their watch, and everyone had to solve the puzzle and reach the designated location within an hour.
The freshman group was bustling with activity, and Yu Tu only wanted to ask three questions.
He refreshed his watch absentmindedly and found that he had not received any notifications. If it weren't for the messages from the freshman group that kept popping up, he would have suspected that his watch was broken.
Why didn't he notify?
In fact, asking directly in the group is the most convenient and quickest way, but when Yu Tu's finger fell on the dialogue box, he suddenly hesitated - he always felt that if he made the fact that he was different from others known, there might be some bad consequences.
Yu Tu waited for a few more minutes. When the lively decryption activity in the freshman group was in full swing, his notification finally came late.
[Dear new student Yu Tu:
Hello~
In view of your excellent performance at the opening ceremony, we have prepared special treatment for you during the military training. You will have a special status different from other freshmen.
I hope you enjoy this surprise.
Link: xxxxxx
Sincerely from the Military Training Operations Group]
Yu Tu: “……?”
Does excellent performance mean that a person has three emojis, one of which is a gif? Does it mean that the number of downloads is so high that the clan leader throws his emojis when he chats with him?
Do you want to see what nonsense you are talking about?
Yu Tu was silent for a while, and clicked on the only link that could be opened - yes, this notification was particularly rogue, and Yu Tu didn't even see the close button.
This is simply a forced sale!
After clicking the link, there was a group chat with only three people in it. He was the fourth one. In addition to him, the other three people were Gu Hongying, Eric Anthony, and Hao Zhizhi.
After Yu Tu joined the group chat, the group name, which had been a string of garbled characters, suddenly changed to [All in One], and then a notification popped up and appeared in front of Yu Tu in naked-eye 3D.
[All members of the Hunter team have arrived. Now we will issue an action notice. ]
Yu Tu: “…”
He had a bad feeling.
[This is a world where the strong prey on the weak and only the fittest survive. Hunters are wolves, eagles, and leopards!
The hunter dances on the edge of a knife, the hunter wanders in the dark, the hunter tracks every prey to make them understand what fear, trembling and tears are!
Pick up your weapon, use your wisdom, and capture your beloved prey!
Let us enjoy the desperate look in the prey's eyes and the tears shed because of failure!
Let them know that hunters—
The eternal uncrowned king! 】
Yu Tu, Yu Tu's mask of pain, Yu Tu's toes gripping the ground!
Who on earth wrote such an embarrassing and immature notice?!