56 Pluck the Feathers from a Passing Goose
◎She hopes everyone can repay the kindness◎
Qi Qiuxue and others used this method to completely transfer all doctors, nurses and patients.
The hospital has a strict hierarchy. Most medical staff's offices and dormitories are on floors 1 to 16, while those highly respected professors are on floor 21 and the dean is on floor 24.
As for what's on the 22nd and 23rd floors...
Qi Qiuxue and the others took the elevator upstairs and stepped into the two floors of space that were rarely mentioned. It was bright and quiet. Every few steps there was a locked room, which was luxuriously furnished and only housed one person, either a woman or a man.
Qi Qiuxue lowered her eyes and studied the electronic door lock, then placed Linda's card on the display screen. The display screen soon beeped, followed by a reminder of an incorrect recognition.
Can't open.
Qi Qiuxue frowned. Who on earth was living there that couldn't even enter freely with a professor-level card? So she replaced the card in her hand with the dean's, and only then was she able to successfully unlock the door.
When I walked into the room, I saw a middle-aged man in his forties lying on the bed. Under the influence of drugs, he was still in a coma and had not woken up.
Zhu Lan glanced sideways at Qi Qiuxue and raised his eyebrows.
Qi Qiuxue understood what she meant: "Be gentle."
"OK." Zhu Lan stepped forward quickly and slapped the man several times. The man finally woke up from his daze. He opened his eyes without knowing why, rubbed his dizzy head, and touched his red and swollen face.
"What's going on? It hurts..." He muttered and raised his eyes. The moment he saw Qi Qiuxue and the others, he was suddenly shocked and frightened. He huddled against the wall and shouted loudly, "Who are you and what do you want to do?"
"Don't be nervous, we are here to save you." Qi Qiuxue said.
"The one who saved me?" The man clearly didn't believe it. He huddled up in a ball and shook his head vigorously. "I'll cooperate with you. I'll do whatever you tell me to do. Just don't hit me, don't hit me."
Judging from his words and actions, he didn't seem to have been injected with any drugs that would cause alienation.
The hospital would not admit anyone who was of no use to them. Qi Qiuxue roughly determined the other party's identity through the details, but in order to get a more accurate answer, she still hoped that the man could explain it in person.
"I'm here to save you, don't be afraid," Qi Qiuxue said, showing the surveillance video to the other party and introducing herself. "Like you, we were once victims. To survive, we planned tonight's operation. Everything is going very smoothly. We have everyone in the hospital under our control. Now no one can hurt you."
She glanced at the cross on the man's neck and said, "I swear to God that what I said is true."
"Really?!" The man had been locked up in this small room for months. All the devices that could connect him to the outside world had been confiscated. Every day he had nothing to do but pray to God over and over again. Finally, tonight he saw someone who could save him. "Okay, I'm willing to believe you!"
He ignored the pain in his cheek and cried out in great excitement. Qi Qiuxue opened her mouth again at this moment and asked about his identity.
"I'm the mayor of City A." The man wiped away his tears. Staying in this hospital was the worst decision he had ever made. "A year ago, I unfortunately fell ill. To survive, I spent all my money, went to countless hospitals, and tried all kinds of treatments."
"Later, someone recommended Rocksend to me. They said the equipment here is advanced, the technology is superb, and they even have a special medicine specifically for treating cancer. Many leaders, politicians, and wealthy businessmen have tried it and it is very effective."
He recalled the man's ugly face. If it weren't for him, he wouldn't have suffered all this. "He said that even if you're not sick, this medicine can make you stay young and strong. I listened to his advice and moved in without hesitation."
"Everything was normal at first. I was recovering well here. Until one night a few months ago, the hospital contacted us and told us they had made even greater progress in drug research. This time, they developed a drug that could completely alter the arrangement of human cells and evolve the body's genes. Once injected, it could grant immortality."
eternal life?
Zhu Lan snorted coldly: "You believe it?"
"Yes." The man shook his head helplessly. Everything in this world can be obtained through power and money, except life. The temptation of eternal life is too great, and no one can resist it. "Several people signed the agreement that night and voluntarily received the injection."
Qi Qiuxue looked him straight in the eyes calmly: "What happened next?"
"Later..." The man covered his face with his hands, unwilling to recall the horrific scenes of that night. "Something went wrong, and the group of people who had been injected with the drug began to become insane and brutal. They seemed to have completely lost their human will and turned into terrifying beasts."
"They began indiscriminately injuring people, biting and tearing at their bodies. This horrific condition spread rapidly like poison, and those they bit began to mutate, developing the same symptoms as them."
"Later, fearing the situation would get out of control, the hospital authorities shot and killed them. We were terrified and wanted to leave, but they refused to let us go. They locked us up, depriving us of the right to seek help from the outside world. They even used our names to extort funds from relatives and assistants to support their research."
"Despite countless casualties, they showed no sign of stopping this research. Instead, they found business opportunities and continued to pursue this path."
Qi Qiuxue understood what he meant: "They want to use this to cultivate biological weapons and resell them to other countries as capital."
The man nodded: "That's right."
"How disgusting." Li Yiqing frowned when he heard this.
Qi Qiuxue turned around and handed the highest-authority card to Li Yiqing: "Go and release the others."
Li Yiqing didn't leave in a hurry: "What about you?"
Qi Qiuxue: "I still have something to say to him."
"Okay." Li Yiqing nodded, "Axue, you must be careful."
Qi Qiuxue: "I understand."
She stared at the direction where Li Yiqing and the others left, and after a moment she looked back: "Actually, due to some unexpected circumstances, everyone is unable to leave smoothly at the moment."
"What?" The man was stunned. "Aren't all the people from the hospital already under your control? Why can't we leave?"
Qi Qiuxue couldn't give him a real answer. Even if she told him the words system and mission, he wouldn't believe it.
Before transferring the medical staff and patients, they had tried to open the hospital door, but because the task was not completed, they were unable to go out smoothly no matter whether they used the professor's or the dean's card.
Just now, while she was talking to the man, the system popped up to congratulate her on successfully completing the task of exploring the truth behind the experiment. However, the next two tasks were still not completed. Among them, the most difficult one was the third one.
[Rescue the surviving patients in the hospital and kill all the completely mutated monsters.]
They still don't know how many monsters there are. Qi Qiuxue is used to thinking rationally and always thinks of the worst outcome. She finds it difficult to predict the outcome of herself and other players. Life or death is possible.
If she survives, she can escape with all the surviving patients, but if she dies... by then, without the influence of the system, the hospital door may be successfully opened, but the people who escape through this door may be patients or monsters. It is conceivable what will become of this city.
Even if this was just a created copy, Qi Qiuxue didn't want to see such an ending: "The specific reason cannot be explained for the time being, but for everyone's safety, I need you to do me a favor."
"What?" the man asked.
"One: Gather all the rescue forces you can mobilize and have them guard the area near the hospital," Qi Qiuxue said. "During this time, you can order them to attempt a breakout, but I doubt they'll succeed. Until certain issues are resolved, none of us can be rescued. However, if we can successfully escape later, these rescue forces will be a great safety net."
"Secondly, don't give up on the other surviving patients in the hospital. While the hospital is researching the drug that causes the mutation, they are also developing an antidote. However, the development of the antidote is relatively slow. While it won't completely restore the patient to normal, it can temporarily delay the onset of mutation after injection."
"Before I came here, I injected the antidote into all the surviving patients. Aside from a few who may experience rejection, most of them will not harm anyone else," Qi Qiuxue said. "After I leave, I hope you can continue researching and developing the antidote to save these innocent patients."
"That's fine, that's fine." The man nodded and said sincerely, "I'm a victim myself, so I understand their pain and difficulties. God will bless them."
He clutched the cross on his chest and asked, "Any other requests?"
"I'll need a generous reward after I leave," Qi Qiuxue said. "God blesses every kind and grateful person. You'll repay the favor, right?"
"Of course." The man said quickly, "There's no problem with that."
"Okay." Qi Qiuxue smiled and stood up to leave.
The man looked at her back and asked worriedly, "Where are you going?"
"Go find other people." Qi Qiuxue said, they were kind enough to save so many people from danger, so it was only right for them to make some profit. Although they couldn't take the money out of the copy, she could use it to do other things.
She hopes that everyone can be grateful and repay the kindness she has received.
【Author’s words】
I'm here. I might not be able to update tomorrow because of something else. If I don't update, I'll make up for it the day after tomorrow~
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