51 Believe in Me
◎Do you want to continue hiding it?◎
Qi Qiuxue could tell that this was a blatant excuse. A history of mental illness? No one would believe it.
Knowing that the doctor would not tell her the truth, Qi Qiuxue did not continue asking questions, but turned her gaze back to the man on the bed.
He was held tightly by a group of doctors and nurses, unable to move easily. Someone rolled up his sleeves, pierced his skin with an ice-cold needle, and injected a colorless, transparent liquid.
It was said to be a sedative.
But whether it is true or not remains to be seen.
As the potion was injected, the man's condition clearly improved. The doctor glanced at Qi Qiuxue and said, "You should go and do other things first. We are here to help you."
After saying this, Qi Qiuxue didn't leave: "How should we treat this patient?"
"To prevent him from hurting anyone further, we'll need to transfer him to another ward," the doctor said, calling for others to come over and lend a hand. "Come on, everyone, help push him."
Qi Qiuxue: "Me too..."
"You don't have to." The doctor decisively refused her help and calmly winked at the nurse beside him. "You're scared again. Go get some rest."
"Let's go." The nurse took her hand and forcibly led her out of the ward just like last time.
Be careful.
Qi Qiuxue didn't insist any longer and followed the nurse back to the nurses' station. Li Yiqing was sitting at his desk sorting out documents. When he saw her, he happily called out, "Ahxue~"
"Yeah." Qi Qiuxue nodded and sat down next to Li Yiqing naturally. Since the doctor told her to rest, she started to catch fish openly.
"Have you made any new discoveries?" She supported her chin with one hand and looked at him seriously.
Li Yiqing seemed a little embarrassed by her stare, and his movements of organizing the documents were obviously slow. He replied, "I just came back from Ward 1316."
1316 is the ward where the patient who died of gunshot last night stayed. Qi Qiuxue originally planned to go there to explore, but she had not found the opportunity to act yet. Unexpectedly, Li Yiqing had already been there before her.
"Did you see anything or hear anything?" she asked.
"The ward was very clean, with no traces of blood. This probably happens so often that the nurses have become adept at cleaning it up." Li Yiqing lowered his voice and leaned very close to Qi Qiuxue. The two maintained this intimate state, whispering to each other. "Then I carefully checked other parts of the ward, but there was nothing worth noting. So I started with the patients, asking them one by one what they were doing in the middle of the night."
Li Yiqing: "They said they slept very soundly last night and slept until dawn. I asked them if they heard any strange noises, and everyone answered no."
"That's weird, isn't it?" Qi Qiuxue continued, "The gunshot was so clear, and it came from their room. How could they not hear it when they were so close?"
"Maybe they were all like us, forced to inhale drugs and fall into a deep sleep," said Li Yiqing.
"It's possible." Qi Qiuxue nodded, and another guess quickly emerged in her mind, "Or... for some reason, they don't remember what happened every night."
"Just like the unusually heavy breathing I heard last night, it's clear that the patient's condition late at night is also different from that during the day."
Li Yiqing lowered his eyes and murmured, "What on earth is going on?"
"I'm not sure." Qi Qiuxue paused. In the past few days, they had explored almost every possible place on the thirteenth floor, and even found opportunities to visit other floors, but the clues they got were still minimal. This meant - "Perhaps we should explore a new map."
Li Yiqing's eyes widened when he heard this: "Axue, what do you mean?"
Qi Qiuxue slowly raised her lips and said, "Don't you think that the woman who came to draw blood last night looked very similar to me?"
Perhaps because they had been together for so long, Li Yiqing immediately understood her thoughts. She shook her head and subconsciously grabbed Qi Qiuxue's sleeve: "Xue! This is too dangerous. There are so many people on the other side, and they all have guns. If we are exposed, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
But Qi Qiuxue didn't care. She believed in her luck and was willing to take a gamble: "It's better than just sitting there and waiting to die, right?"
"Don't forget, we don't know the time limit for this dungeon. The sooner you clear it, the better. Based on the patterns of the previous two dungeons, perhaps this mission's goal is also to uncover the truth. We've been hesitant to move forward, so will the truth reveal itself?"
"Not to mention, there are too many variables in this dungeon. Now that they need the player's blood, they can naturally spare your life for the time being. Even if they sense that you have some inappropriate thoughts, as long as they are not too extreme, they can pretend to turn a blind eye and let you go. But what if one day they no longer need you?"
Li Yiqing's expression became increasingly grim: "This..."
Qi Qiuxue opened her mouth and finished her words, "I'm afraid by then, what's spewing out of the vent will no longer be drugs, but poison gas."
It sounds scary, but Qi Qiuxue is right. If they delay any further, death will one day be the end for all of them.
Li Yiqing paused, still feeling uneasy: "But I'm worried that Xue might be in danger."
"It's okay." Qi Qiuxue shook her head and stroked her knuckles soothingly.
"Trust me."
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After the shift change, Qi Qiuxue found an opportunity to explain her arrangements to the other players.
After hearing this, Wu Shanyue expressed the same worry and concern as Li Yiqing. Although the other three players had not known Qi Qiuxue for long, they did not want her to take such a big risk alone for everyone.
"Is there anything we can do?" Lu Jin asked.
"Do your best to cooperate with me," Qi Qiuxue said. There were at least six people who had come with the woman last night, each armed with at least one gun. If they discovered what was happening inside the house, all the players would be in grave danger. "Everything needs to be done in absolute silence."
Lu Jin: "Then how can you change your identity without making a sound?"
Zhu Lan immediately said, "I might as well knock her out."
Xu Gui, who was standing by, quickly shook his head and rejected her idea: "No, it's too loud, and the people outside will definitely notice it."
Zhu Lan sighed: "What should we do then?"
"The gas mask on her head has two buckles." Qi Qiuxue recalled all the information she saw last night. "...Who of you reacted the fastest?"
"Me." Lu Jin raised his hand. "Before entering the dungeon, I was a professional e-sports player."
"Okay." Qi Qiuxue nodded. It happened that Lu Jin's bed was the farthest from the door, and the light was dim at night. As long as the spare sheets and clothes were disguised as human form and covered under the quilt, they could get away with it temporarily.
She asked Lu Jin to hide inside the locker, and when the woman was concentrating on drawing blood from the player, she would find an opportunity to come out and quickly untie and remove the gas mask on her head.
Zhu Lan: "What happened next?"
Qi Qiuxue looked up at the vent on the wall and chuckled, "They distribute drugs there every night, don't they? We just need to collect them with a cloth and keep them ready. With such a heavy dose, she'll definitely fall unconscious immediately. Once Lu Jin removes her gas mask, it'll be a good opportunity to take action."
Good guy, using the enemy's sleeping pills to knock out the enemy, the enemy will be mad to death if he hears it.
Zhu Lan nodded: "That's a good idea."
Qi Qiuxue retracted her gaze: "Next, I just need to exchange identities with her as quickly as possible. I have to thank her for wearing a tight enough gas mask so that no one can see her face at all."
"But your blood still needs to be drawn tonight." Qi Qiuxue changed the subject and said righteously, "Put on a complete show, so as to reduce the chances of being discovered."
"Axue..." Li Yiqing began to worry about her safety again, "Be careful."
"I understand." Qi Qiuxue responded softly. Even though she said it calmly, to be honest, it would be a lie to say she wasn't nervous.
They didn't have much time left. Even if things went smoothly, she only had one night to find out the truth and find a way to escape from the hospital. After dawn, even if they hid the woman temporarily, it would not be safe. It was only a matter of time before she was discovered.
By then, even if your life can be saved, it will be difficult to do anything else.
Qi Qiuxue raised her eyes to look at Zhu Lan and the others: "Until now, do you still intend to continue hiding this?"
Zhu Lan was stunned by what she said: "What?"
Before trying to pry into others' secrets, Qi Qiuxue confessed her own: "My weapon is a bone knife. Its advantages are its sharpness and great damage, but its disadvantages are its brittleness and easy breakage. Once it breaks, I can only use it again after it repairs itself tomorrow."
"Li Yiqing currently has no weapons, but he does have a single-use potion that allows him to teleport instantly. As long as it's a map you've visited within the dungeon, you can reach it instantly whenever you want. This item is very useful at critical moments, but how to use it specifically will depend on the situation."
"Wu Shanyue, the weapon is a gun, with a total of six bullets. The power is barely controllable, depending on her mood. Like most weapons, once it's used up, it can only be used tomorrow. It's worth mentioning that storing bullets in advance is equivalent to cheating. Even if you store more, you will only be able to use six in actual combat."
"I've told you everything I know. What about you?" She glanced at the other three people and said seriously, "If you want to survive, stop hiding it."
【Author’s words】
Axue: "My weapon is a bone knife. Its advantages are blah blah, and its disadvantages are blah blah."
The little skeleton heard nothing but one word: crisp.
Little Skeleton: I am not, I don’t have QAQ
Making a knife out of my own bones and giving it to Axue is pretty romantic qwq
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