Qi Chanyang hurried to see.
In a ball of mud, an eyeball was rolling around, scanning from Jie Fangcheng's face to Qi Chanyang's face. It looked vivid, as if the mud had grown its own eyes.
Qi Chanyang asked: "How can you tell that these eyes belong to Liu Hanxi?"
"How do I explain this..." Jie Fangcheng had seen it many times, so he could tell right away. But it was difficult to explain, so he thought about it for a moment and decided to give up. "I guessed."
Qi Chanyang looked at him speechlessly, but he also knew that although this man was mysterious and nervous, what he said was quite credible.
It seems that Liu Hanxi is not an ordinary normal person. The pool of mud in front of him is exactly the same as that of the dean.
Maybe Liu Hanxi also has some relationship with the dean
The eyeball kept turning around, and while the two were talking, it suddenly burrowed into the mud. When Jie Fangcheng picked up the stick to stir it again, there was no trace of the eyeball.
"Huh?"
Jie Fangcheng was puzzled and continued to flip the eyeball with the stick in his hand. The force was so great that Qi Chanyang even suspected that even if the eyeball was still in the mud, it should be gone now.
"No need to turn it over." Qi Chanyang recalled the experience of fighting with the dean, "The spaces between each mass of this thing are interconnected. The eyeball should have moved to another mass of mud."
really.
On the first floor, in Liu Hanyue's room, a large mass of mud seeped out from the wall, dripped onto the ground, and rolled around. Soon, a hand with only bones left stretched out from the mud, and new granulations of flesh quickly grew on the hand, visibly. Then the hand supported itself on the ground, and with a slight force, it pulled the rest of the body out of the mud.
After Liu Hanxi crawled out of the mud, he sat on the ground and waited for the flesh on his body to grow back. Then he reached out his hand, fished in the mud for a while, took out his eyeballs and pressed them back into his eye sockets.
He was obviously very familiar with this house. After sitting on the floor to rest for a while, Liu Hanxi stood up, walked to the desk, wiped the table first, tidied it up, then opened the drawer and opened the photo album.
When facing him, all the Liu Hanyue in the photo album closed their eyes, obviously unwilling to communicate with him.
Liu Hanxi curled her lips and put the photo album back into the drawer.
Then he thought of something, took out the photo album again, and turned to the blood-stained page in the middle.
On that page, Liu Hanyue had her eyes closed expressionlessly. Liu Hanxi knocked on the door behind her, and a real knocking sound was faintly heard from inside the room.
"Sister, we are leaving now." Liu Hanxi had a happy smile on her face, "We will be free soon and see mom."
In the photo album, Liu Hanyue suddenly opened her eyes, and two streams of blood and tears slowly flowed out of her eyes.
She seemed like she wanted to say something, but the person with only a photo left obviously couldn't communicate with Liu Hanxi.
Liu Hanxi chuckled and put the photo album back into the drawer.
The silt was squeezed into a thin layer, stretched out from the door, and soon disappeared with Liu Hanxi.
In the closed photo album, Liu Hanyue opened her eyes wide and moved her fingers vigorously, as if she was writing something in the air.
She used so much force that thick blood oozed out of the photo album.
When everyone woke up in the afternoon and continued to look for clues in the reading room, Qi Chanyang was the first to notice something was wrong.
"A bloody word appeared in yesterday's evening paper. It said: Run!"
Still, only players like Qi Chanyang who have taken medicine can see it. It is a hint given to them by Liu Hanyue.
Everyone looked at each other.
Gu Shanshan analyzed, "Liu Hanyue warned us not to trust 'Ge Juan' last time, and this time she warned us to 'run'. It seems that she is an NPC on our side. Liu Hanxi and the patient NPC should have been able to be won over. After all, judging from No. 9's attitude towards Brother Jie, if we can find all the clues, they should be able to join us. Dean Han Qi and other doctors are our enemies. There is still a fake Ge Juan left."
The fake Ge Juan was very aggressive at night, but when she appeared during the day, whether she said those words intentionally or not, at least she did not show too much aggression.
This NPC's stance is somewhat odd.
Gu Shanshan quickly reviewed the clues she had in her mind: "If we are a team of novice players and want to survive in this game without taking medicine, we need the patient NPC not to attack us, so we need clues like Wang He's diary. We have also searched the reading room these two days, and apart from this diary, we have found nothing else."
"And if we take the medicine, we will have to face the dean... Since every player has a chance to clear the level, there must be a clue that will prevent the dean from attacking us. Currently, the clue is tentatively determined to be this ring."
Gu Shanshan frowned and said, "Brother Qi, do you feel that all the clues we have found now are like fish that have been accidentally left behind after being searched once?"
Qi Chanyang was also thinking about it.
For a decryption-type copy, there should be many clues, but this copy is just the opposite. The clues they can find are very few. However, if it is not a decryption-type copy, according to the standards of a normal first-level copy, the strength of the NPC in this copy is destined to not be what a normal first-level NPC should have.
Qi Chanyang's gaze swept across everyone's faces again.
The new players are still searching for clues, because everyone has taken two pills and now everyone's body has changed.
Lu Xiaoqin has the most obvious change. She was originally a dancer, and now she walks with her back straight, her figure slender, and her temperament very good.
But now, a big lump appeared on Lu Xiaoqin's back, forcing her to bend over. Her originally slender limbs also became bloated, and her oval face swelled to almost twice its original size.
This group of newcomers knew that they were a drag in the dungeon, so everyone behaved exceptionally well-behaved and obedient.
The only one who was not obedient was Jie Fangcheng, whose specific identity was unknown and it was even unclear whether he was a player.
“…Where did Jie Fangcheng go again?”
Xue Kai said weakly: "Brother Jie went to play badminton."
This person!
Everyone knew that Liu Hanxi was missing and everyone was in unknown danger, but he was not anxious at all!
Could it be that he...
As soon as Qi Chanyang had this thought, he was shocked for a moment.
In fact, after lunch break, Qi Chanyang found that Jie Fangcheng and Gu Shanshan had turned into strange monsters in his eyes. When he saw them, he vaguely felt a little inexplicably uncomfortable in his heart.
On the contrary, when he saw He Xin just now, Qi Chanyang even had a feeling that he was the same kind as himself.
Has it begun to be assimilated by the copy
A feeling of powerlessness emerged in Qi Chanyang's heart.
He has always been vigilant and is an old player with experience in completing levels. He would have this feeling at this time. What about others
The suspiciousness and horror of this copy was beyond Qi Chanyang's understanding.
He looked at Gu Shanshan - in his eyes, she was a monster who was also wearing an orange coat and a strange mask, making people feel uncomfortable at first sight.
"Shanshan," Qi Chanyang lowered his voice, "I have a feeling that we might die here."
Gu Shanshan looked up suddenly.
Qi Chanyang laughed and said, "Perhaps from the first day, 'don't take medicine, don't enter the side dungeon' is the only correct way to pass the level."
Just then, the door of the reading room was opened.
The second person who had not taken the medicine and had not entered the side quest came back from playing ball and greeted the two people standing by the newspaper stand at the door.
"Hey, are you slacking off?"
Apart from anything else, if this person really wanted them to die, it would be enough for him not to help.
After Xie Fangcheng greeted him, he came over and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Qi Chanyang hesitated slightly.
"I was just saying to Shanshan that I think the route you two took to clear the dungeon is the only correct one. After taking the medicine, we have already begun to be assimilated by the dungeon." Qi Chanyang was a little disappointed, "Before I entered the dungeon, I thought I could lead everyone to clear the dungeon, but I didn't expect that I would die in the first level dungeon."
Gu Shanshan was moved: "Brother Qi, it's not evening yet, and no one knows whether this is the correct route to pass the customs. It's too early to say such things now."
Jie Fangcheng also said: "Don't keep talking about birth and death when there's nothing to do."
Qi Chanyang was slightly moved, thinking that although this person looked nonchalant, he could actually comfort people at times like this.
Jie Fangcheng continued: "It's so corny."
Qi Chanyang: “…”
He just knew it!!
"Anyway... everyone should be careful at night."
But by the time they had dinner that night, everyone had already discovered something was wrong.
The extent of Lu Xiaoqin's mutation had almost made her lose the ability to communicate normally. She was like any other patient NPC, staring intently at the meatballs on the table.
This little girl eats very little to begin with, and eating in this dungeon is like torture, so she hardly eats on her own initiative.
But this time, Lu Xiaoqin buried her head in the rice in the bowl, as if she was afraid that someone would snatch it away.
Even Qi Chanyang felt that the food on the table seemed more fragrant than usual. His head was almost rusted. When Gu Shanshan spoke to him in a low voice, Qi Chanyang took a while to react before he could understand what she meant.
"... Look at He Xin. He seems to have just discovered that Liu Hanxi is missing and is very panicked. But we saw the missing person notice of Liu Hanxi in that newspaper yesterday. Tonight, we should go to the security room as soon as possible to get tomorrow's newspaper and see what will happen tomorrow. ... Brother Qi?"
Qi Chanyang nodded slowly: "Yes."
Gu Shanshan was silent.
After dinner, Qi Chanyang and the others stood up unconsciously and followed the patient NPC into the badminton hall.
Everyone was awakened by Gu Shanshan's anxious shout.
Several people returned to the reading room again, and the atmosphere in the reading room was dead silent.
Lu Xiaoqin sat in front of the bookshelf, seeming to want to continue her afternoon work, but her hands moved across the books and magazines, and at the end, she burst into tears.
"I'm sorry... I don't remember where I saw it..."
Lu Xiaoqin's voice also became intermittent, and she spoke a complete sentence very slowly, which reminded people of the usual speaking style of the patient NPCs.
Qi Chanyang shook his head: "I don't blame you."
He looked at Gu Shanshan quietly, and used his remaining thinking ability to rack his brains to organize his words.
"You and Jie Fangcheng... protect yourselves first and foremost." Qi Chanyang took out a pink medicine bottle, thought about it again and again, then took out the medicine given to NPC patients and gave each person one pill from the bottle.
"At night... if you find yourself wanting to attack, take the medicine. Take the medicine given to the NPC patients first. If it doesn't work, take the medicine we've been taking these past two days."
Everyone held the pills tightly in their hands, looking at Gu Shanshan and Jie Fangcheng, and no one raised any objections.
Gu Shanshan's eyes were moist.
When the time came, He Xin stuck his face in from the door and reminded them to go back to their room to rest.
"Let's go." Qi Chanyang also took two pills for himself, and then held his weapon in his hand. "This is our last night."
.
In the ward, every player and patient NPC checked into their rooms in order, just like they did on their first day.
But Lu Xiaoqin was in patient number one, and patient number three Liu Hanxi was missing. She was alone in the room. Qi Chanyang was worried that having only one patient in the ward would trigger some rules, so he switched seats with her.
Jie Fangcheng and Gu Shanshan were both in Ward No. 4, and Patient No. 4 was sent to be with Patient No. 9.
Gu Shanshan took the time to think about how to respond tonight.
"After the doctor's rounds, let's go get the evening paper and see what happens tomorrow, and then..." Gu Shanshan was in a dilemma, "I think we should come back to watch over them, but now they are in a side quest that we can't enter. But if we don't watch over them, Liu Hanxi will obviously make some big moves tonight."
And Liu Hanyue gave them a message: run.
Where to run to? There are only three floors in the mental hospital. Where else can they run to
Time was delayed minute by minute, but Han Qi and He Xin, who were supposed to appear, did not show up.
Lu Xiaoqin was facing Patient No. 1 in Room No. 1. While waiting, she should have been very afraid of these NPCs, but at this time, Lu Xiaoqin felt that they were becoming more and more friendly.
She slowly realized that her current condition was very bad, she was being assimilated by this copy, and would soon become a monster inside the copy.
But at this moment, she was extremely grateful that she was no longer afraid of these NPCs because she had been assimilated.
"Hello."
She greeted NPC No. 1.
Number One turned his head to look at her. He turned his head with a wide amplitude, with his whole body facing away from Lu Xiaoqin, but his head was completely turned around, and a pair of eyes that seemed to be getting bigger and bigger were staring straight at Lu Xiaoqin.
Lu Xiaoqin was still thinking at this time, if it were her old self, she would have been scared and crying by now, right
But at this moment, she was communicating with No. 1 very calmly.
"The time has come, why... hasn't the doctor come?"
Number One stared at her. "The doctor won't be here today."
Lu Xiaoqin tilted her head: "Why?"
Number One grinned: "They're out of medicine."
Lu Xiaoqin thought hard and shook her head in confusion: "Why?"
Number One explained: "Because the medicine belongs to the dean, the dean is going to…"
Just then, the sound of a belatedly arriving cart came from the corridor.
Almost at the same time, the NPCs in each ward stood up after hearing the voice and looked at the door in disbelief.
Soon, there was a knock on the door.
"Hello, doctor, the ward is round."
(End of this chapter)