Chapter 97 Bright Sanatorium Shh, if you don't want to die, then we'll kill...
[Personal Task: Obtain your own medical records]
The moment the mission was announced, it was like a sharp whistle; the players inside sprang into action. However, even after searching every single floor, they couldn't find the so-called director's office the caregiver had mentioned. They gathered in the lobby on the first floor, and someone speculated, "Could it be outside...?"
Looking out through the glass doors of the hall, the scene was different from the bright sunshine in Jiang Yang's view. Or rather, each player's perspective was slightly different. Some saw storms, some saw torrential rain, and some saw a thick fog. The unknown and eerie sights made none of them willing to take a step outside. Of course, they also didn't want anyone to take the first step before them.
Just as everyone was at a stalemate, a tall man stepped forward. He first coughed lightly to attract everyone's attention, then raised his voice and suggested, "Gentlemen, since we've all gathered here, we must all be working towards the same goal. It's no use just sitting here doing nothing. How about we team up?"
As soon as the words were spoken, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment and began to whisper among themselves.
"The situation outside is unclear. If we all go out together, what if we get into danger and the whole group is wiped out?" one player worried.
The woman accompanying the man retorted, "If you don't want to go out, you can stay here. We'll only bring those who want to go out to form a team."
Amid the discussions, voices supporting group trips grew louder.
Huang Er and Huang Si mingled in the crowd. Seeing this, Huang Si subconsciously looked at Huang Er and asked, "What should we do, Second Brother?"
"I'll go with them. You stay here and be careful," Huang Er whispered to Huang Si as the woman, who was counting the number of people in the group, was about to approach them.
For some reason, Huang Si felt a strange resistance to separating from Huang Er. He quickly shook his head, trying to get rid of those strange thoughts. Then he heard Huang Er give a questioning "hmm" in a raised tone, and he quickly nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, Second Brother."
There were fourteen players gathered in the lobby. After deducting those who went out in groups, only four remained.
Huang Si's gaze followed the crowd outside, where a light drizzle was falling.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, he looked around. The player who had initially refused to team up was now slashing the necks of others one by one with a knife. He felt blood splatter on his face, even landing on his lips. The pungent, metallic smell made him want to vomit. He tried to save himself, but it was too fast... they fell too quickly...
They're in cahoots... A terrifying thought arose, and when Huang Si looked out the door again, he froze on the spot.
The sky was shrouded in a distorted, dark red light, and countless pale hands seemed to be slowly wriggling on the rain-dampened ground, searching for cracks in the earth. Sharp, pointed fingers squeezed out from the smooth tiles.
Huang Si tried to call Huang Er back, but his throat felt like it was being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, and his legs trembled uncontrollably. The terrifying scene before him left his mind blank.
Finally, Huang Si heard footsteps approaching him.
Are they going to kill him...? Should he resist...? But if Huang Er gets hurt, he won't want to live either... right...?
Then...come on...kill me.
In a daze, he saw a face wearing a mask, and the person asked him, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
The man's appearance pulled him back to his senses. He looked to the side, but nothing had happened. Several players were standing there, looking at him strangely because of his unusual behavior.
They rushed back in from outside. Some were patting the snowflakes/rain off their clothes and cursing, while others were wailing. Of course, some had a mental breakdown and were taken away by other caregivers who arrived. He searched for Huang Er's figure and saw Huang Er, who had a cigarette in his mouth and looked annoyed.
This is the first time, nothing happened...
[Player Huang Si's Talent Card: Death]
[Personal Talent: Destiny]
[Instructions for Use - Death Illusion: God sees your desire, but can you bear the cost of death?]
[Instructions for Use - Summoning the Undead: Shh, if you don't want to die, how about we kill someone else?]
Huang Si obtained this talent card before he entered Train Zero.
He didn't know how to use it until he attempted to steal a ticket from the train conductor.
The price of his greed was that he was pierced by that sharp thorn. It hurt terribly, but he didn't regret it because... he was still by Huang Er's side, and both he and Huang Er survived.
But the power of death made him passive and out of control. Sometimes he even felt that he hadn't thought of anything, but people around him were still dying one after another. So he was very surprised that everyone had survived the death.
Huang Er walked towards Huang Si, flicking cigarette smoke from between his fingers. His gaze swept over Huang Si's face, and his brows furrowed involuntarily.
He asked, "Why are you crying?" Huang Si wiped his face, realizing before he even knew it that he had already shed tears.
Of course, he didn't recognize that it was Jiang Yang.
When Jiang Yang came down from the third floor, the players were just about to go out. He hid to the side and waited. He saw Huang Si trembling and sweating profusely. Not far away, a caregiver suddenly appeared and walked towards Huang Si's position. In order to test the effect of the caregiver uniform, Jiang Yang simply took two quick steps and arrived at Huang Si's side first.
As it turns out, Jiang Yang made the right gamble; at least in the eyes of the NPCs, he is now a caregiver.
He patiently waited for Huang Si to calm down, and when the player returned, he saw the dependence Huang Si had on Huang Er in Huang Si's eyes. Comparing this to when he first met Huang Si on the train, he could roughly guess Huang Si's current mental illness.
Dependent personality disorder.
Date: January 8th
Name: Huang Si
Etiology: Dependent Personality Disorder
Symptoms: Lack of self-confidence, fear of abandonment, difficulty in being independent
Routine inspections: ...
"You can only go out for three minutes each time, what can you do that?"
“Someone else is having a relapse. You can go if you want, but I’m not going. It’s freezing.”
Jiang Yang keenly grasped the information within.
For him, Yuejiang, who was his caregiver, told him that the weather was nice today.
As for the others, Jiang Yang glanced at their clothes and thought it might not be so.
He suddenly stopped and turned to face Huang Si, looking down at him intently, and asked gently, "Are you feeling better?"
"Much better..."
"The weather is nice today, maybe you could try going out for a walk."
Jiang Yang looked outside, and Huang Si, as if drawn by someone, involuntarily looked over as well. A ray of sunshine appeared outside, where it had been raining continuously. The rainwater evaporated upwards, causing him to open his mouth involuntarily and murmur, "The sky has cleared up."
"What do you think..." Huang Er suddenly spoke up, asking in a serious tone, "Can I go out for a walk?"
"Of course, no matter what the weather is like, it shouldn't dampen our spirits for enjoying life."
"Perhaps you would be willing to take us out," Huang Er tentatively suggested.
Jiang Yang remained calm and unwavering, replying without hesitation, "It's my honor."
The others watched them leave together, and no one noticed that the two who had originally suggested forming a team and the one who had refused to form a team exchanged a gloomy look, seemingly pondering something.
...
Once outside, Huang Er asked, "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to find my colleague," Jiang Yang said. The caregiver supporting the patient hadn't gone far yet, and Jiang Yang had originally intended to follow those people.
"Then you go ahead with your work, we'll just wander around the area."
"Okay, I wish you a wonderful day at the Bright Sanatorium," Jiang Yang bowed to the people, his work attitude was very serious. He had been doing volunteer work at the sanatorium for a short time after waking up from the car accident, so he was just familiar with the job.
After Jiang Yang left, Huang Si asked curiously, "Why did we come out with him?"
Huang Er explained with a solemn expression, "Everyone else, except for the Dean, is closer to an NPC, but he is different."
Would an NPC with its own consciousness still be an NPC?
Not long after, just before the figure of a certain "NPC" was about to disappear into another building, Huang Si saw 007 follow him. He couldn't help but shrink back.
...
Jiang Yang initially came out just to find a bus.
But along the way, we didn't see a bus, or even a tire track.
During the brief intervals of observation, he also took note of the sanatorium's terrain. What should have been a quiet and pleasant place for the sanatorium was instead made more eerie and mysterious by the surrounding towering mountains.
The sanatorium consists of two buildings. They were originally in Building 1, which faced each other. Building 2 was on the other side.
Nearly a hundred meters in the middle, there is a huge garden square. In addition to the main road, the winding paths on both sides of the square are crisscrossed, like an irregular net.
The young man's attention was suddenly drawn to a statue hidden among the flowers, only half of which was visible. The light flowed across its incomplete outline, giving it an eerie feel. He quickly looked away and jogged away, as if something would surround him if he lingered for even a moment.
Having finally caught up with the caregivers ahead, Jiang Yang suddenly noticed that their movements, pace, and rhythm became increasingly sluggish as they approached Building No. 2, stiff as walking corpses. He pursed his lips and glanced back. The sun was moving, and the garden's light was mostly blocked by a giant pine tree on one side, making it exceptionally shady.
After thinking for a while, he began to carefully imitate them, trying his best to make his behavior similar to theirs. He blended in with them and followed them into Building No. 2.
Building No. 2 has six floors in total, and the treatment room is on the second floor.
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