The archive room was quiet.
In Wen Shi's life which was full of ups and downs, he experienced a brief three seconds of impotent rage.
"Think about how to leave first." The president of the Seven Commandments was also cursing his bad luck today. He was trapped in one place and who knew who would be the next to cause trouble.
He became interested in the third method Wen Shi had mentioned earlier, "What's the other way?"
"Solve the problem from the root." Wen Shi said bluntly: "The nurse pressed the switch to go in and out in front of us, and she didn't tie us up again before leaving. She was not afraid of us going out this door at all."
There was clearly nothing outside the door.
Wen Shi's analysis was very detailed, so detailed that the President of the Seven Commandments believed that compared to being trapped in the archives room, the person in front of him was the real trouble.
Which normal player would provide such a rich amount of information
But Wen Shi was still talking, and the president of the Seven Commandments couldn't stop it.
"When I brought up my identity as a doctor, the nurse swung the electric baton at me, proving that what I explained was completely unrelated to the reason why she wanted to punish me."
Yes, that makes sense.
The president of the Seven Commandments even had a strong sense of foreboding.
"Based on this, we can explain a very incongruous thing." Wen Shi smiled: "A hospital that abuses patients and uses crosses as a mechanism, what are they praying for?"
Song Yan mentioned that Ao had a slight liking for him, which came from the misunderstanding that he was praying.
As soon as the last sentence was spoken, the pupils of the Seven Commandments president suddenly shrank. When the players were taken to the prayer room for lectures, the first thing the fat nurse did was to stand under the cross and pray. One player was even praised by the dean for this later.
He carefully recalled the appearance of the cross and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with it, except that perhaps because it was too old, there were some black rust on it that looked like motor oil.
"The cross must be a parasite of some kind of consciousness. People in the courtyard often pray to it and are allowed to touch the cross. We did nothing and just turned in. This is extremely disrespectful."
If you leave directly, you will most likely be killed by this unknown existence.
Who could have thought that ignoring such a detail as the nurse's prayer would lead to subsequent misfortunes? The Seven Commandments president's temples throbbed, he still underestimated the cunningness of the 3S copy.
"There is only one way to leave here as soon as possible," Wen Shi said seriously: "Apologize."
The Seven Commandments president came back to his senses and asked: "Apologize?"
"Yes, go out and apologize to the cross, pretending to believe in it too."
This idea was so outrageous that it was an understatement. The Seven Commandments president was well-informed. If there really was an indescribable monster living in the blackened cross, then this monster was definitely extremely perverted and had blasphemous thoughts in his bones.
If it is a demon, they will have to offer a wisp of soul. If it is any other monster, it must be a mental attack. The word "believer" is not just talk. Once the mind is invaded, it will be more troublesome later.
As if knowing what he was thinking, Wen Shi not only analyzed the information, but also further confessed his secret: "Ji Yuanzhi's code name is Apostle because he had the foresight to believe in me."
When Wen Shi's title of "King" was revealed in the rankings, it caused a lot of discussion in the virtual world. Now, the president of Qi Commandments thought deeply about the meaning behind the title and frowned.
Wen Shi completely exposed his true colors: "The King code can help me absorb faith. If you hypnotize yourself and believe in King Asa, you don't have to worry about the mental pollution caused by other dirty things."
"… "
The ominous premonition came true!
"We can sign a contract in advance. During this period, I, including the people around me, will not maliciously let you die."
Wen Shi's lowered voice was credible. He leaned against the wall with his arms folded, silently waiting for the other party to make a decision.
The possibility of the Seven Commandments President agreeing is very high. Hypnosis is time-limited and will not have much impact. When being instructed to do something too extreme, the player's subconscious will be awakened, and then leave the hypnotic state early.
You can get some virtual faith for free without having to worry about spiritual pollution, so why not do it
"What is your purpose in doing this?" The president of the Seven Commandments pondered while taking out the contract props and the lie detector props at the same time.
Wen Shi actively cooperated with the polygraph test: "I need an errand boy."
The props show is 100% true.
"… "
The high-level players would not be killed in a short time. The hypnotic props could make the Seven Commandments leader quiet down for two days, at least to restrain the minions targeting him. After that, he had to rescue Ji Yuanzhi. If he happened to catch up with any mission, he could also let the errand boy do some of it.
In short, the Seven Commandments President has a high reuse rate and can be used for temporary garbage recycling.
A transaction in which both parties get what they need and it is completed as quickly as possible.
After everything was ready, Wen Shi walked to the switch and pressed the button directly.
The moment the door of the dark room opened, a cold wind blew in. Wen Shi and President of the Seven Commandments looked at each other and did not walk out of the treatment room immediately. Instead, they stopped under the cross.
"Please forgive our offense." Wen Shi said devoutly: "As a member of Frank Hospital, we also believe in you."
The slightly tilted cross automatically straightened, and the slight deviation inexplicably gave people a feeling that they had been forgiven.
The entire hospital was facing a shady direction, with only daylight and little sunlight. However, a reflection suddenly appeared on the dark end of the cross, and Wen Shi was so blinded that he closed his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, there were two booklets on the ground. Wen Shi flipped through them casually and found that he was on the same page as the president of the Seven Commandments, which was full of prayers.
They understood the implication of the cross and had to start reciting. With a belief already established in their minds, they did not feel any major side effects during the recitation except for a dizzy head.
After reading an entire chapter, the president of the Seven Commandments winked and signaled them to leave quickly.
The two finally left the treatment room.
"Side quest - Escape from the archives room completed."
[Task Reward: You have prayed under the cross and obtained the status of a believer. You can use the cross to borrow the passage for 30 minutes.]
Borrowing road
While Wen Shi was still analyzing the meaning of these two words, a protective iron door appeared in front of him to prevent patients from escaping at night. There were many such doors in the corridor. He noticed from the corner of his eye that the President of the Seven Commandments slowed down his pace.
After leaving the treatment room, President Seven Commandments was always one step ahead of himself, half a shoulder ahead.
Wen Shi narrowed his eyes. The belief in the dungeon did not emphasize equality of all beings. Instead, it was similar to the relationship between superiors and subordinates. After the Seven Commandments President hypnotized himself, the two sides established a temporary subordinate relationship. However, walking in front of him, and waiting for others to open the door when there were obstacles, judging from the body movements, this was a mentality of putting himself in a superior position.
Something is wrong.
Wen Shi's throat moved, and he checked the status of the President of the Seven Commandments through the [Kingdom] interface. Only in the list of believers of Mingzhu College students, there was a believer whose real name was questionable. He was undoubtedly the President of the Seven Commandments.
The name did not turn gray, proving that the person is still alive. So when was the other person replaced
Or in other words, the problem lies on our side.
Learning from the previous experience, if he used the cloak and [Great Sealing Technique] to completely lock his breath before entering the archives room, he would not be discovered by the thin nurse. This time, Wen Shi did not skimp on points and the number of times he used his skills.
"Do you want to use [A Wise Man Does Not Fall in Love] by spending 16,000 points?"
The mechanical sound has a hint of brightness and lightness, and games have always been very welcoming to big business.
"yes."
After activation, Wen Shi has the ability to break illusions.
"Why don't you leave?" asked the president of the Seven Commandments.
Wen Shi glanced at him, his expression unchanged, but the fingers that were pushing the door curled slightly.
This face was slowly changing under his gaze. The distance between the eyes widened, the relatively handsome face transitioned towards a feminine form, and the wheat-colored skin became as pale as paper.
The dilapidated corridor disappeared, and Wen Shi was not pushing a door, but a traffic light. The red light was made of a bloody human head, and his hand was pressed on the swollen dead face, his palm full of sticky blood.
Because the fingertip just poked the corpse's eye socket, the eyeball inside fell out and rolled down the back of the hand like a slide.
"!"
The scene changed so quickly that Wen Shi was almost shocked and gasped.
He quickly controlled his expression, pretended nothing had happened and walked forward, constantly looking around, trying to find a way to escape.
The drum-like heartbeat cannot be hidden.
After walking a few steps, Wen Shi found that the "President of the Seven Commandments" had not caught up. He turned around and the face behind him had completely changed.
The "President of the Seven Commandments" stared at him for a moment, and said, "It seems that you have discovered it."
Wen Shi's throat moved: "What did you find?"
A piano sound rang out after he finished speaking.
Wen Shi had not yet crossed the crossroads. One road was extremely bright, while the other was submerged in darkness. The sound of a piano came from the bright road. When he looked in the direction of the sound, his expression changed slightly. The instrument that was playing was a bloody severed hand.
"Does it sound good?" The man who changed back to his true appearance was holding a philosophy book, and appeared next to Wen Shi the next second: "This is one of my favorite collections."
Wen Shi shuddered and took a few steps back. He saw a fish tank on the nearby stone table, and a jellyfish without tentacles was swimming in it.
Based on his experience in the dungeon, Wen Shi determined that it was not a jellyfish, but a small piece of wrinkled skin.
The man took the initiative to introduce: "I call it the human skin jellyfish. I have a collecting habit and like to collect perfect things."
Wen Shi looked at the fish tank, thinking about the hand. It felt more and more familiar. The severed hand was much larger than that of an average adult man, and maggots were crawling out of the blood vessels. He suddenly blurted out: "Ao?"
One of Ao's hands was broken at the root and replaced with an iron hook.
"He should have been a famous pianist at home and abroad, but later he voluntarily became my believer." The man enjoyed the music: "Because I like this hand so much, I let him get his wish and become the interim dean."
Wen Shi’s first reaction was that it was actually cheaper than the demon’s charges.
"I'm not a demon." The man seemed to be able to see through his thoughts and said four words: "True spiritual power."
After saying that, he teleported to the center of the intersection, where there were stone tables and chairs with the fish tank on top. He opened the philosophy book in his hand and read it very seriously.
Is it really spiritual
Wen Shi stood quietly aside, staring at this true spirit that had no sense of dignity at all. He found that no matter how much he stared at the other person's appearance, he could not remember what this face looked like.
The only thing that left an impression was his mouth. The man's lips were very soft, like the limited edition tulips in spring.
After reading about one chapter, Zhen Ling's eyes became one black and one white, just like the black and white road.
"The Mirror Spirit once asked you to choose between the source of danger and the key. You chose the key, but you were smart and already knew that the source of danger came from the wandering corpse next to you."
He specifically emphasized: "Only the word 'you' can match him."
Wen Shi had long guessed that there was a connection between the wandering zombies and the game, but he just didn't understand why Zhen Ling deliberately brought it up.
"It's bad news. Two people you value very much will stay in the hospital forever because of it this time."
Zhen Ling suddenly changed the subject, and a light sentence made Wen Shi's expression change.
"The wandering corpses will die, but the people you value will live." Zhen Ling calmly turned the page and said, "I can also help you kill Ao."
It is easier for him to step on a believer to death than to crush an ant.
Before Wen Shi could raise any doubts, Zhen Ling calmly explained the reason for doing so: "The Supreme Will has a plan for letting the zombie stay by your side. If you kill him, the plan will fail. I like to see the Supreme Will's joy for nothing."
“… It deceived us. The Supreme Will said that it would let your adoptive father live, so we agreed to help manage the hospital, but not long after that, your adoptive father died.”
There was a flash of anger in the man's black eyes, but he quickly calmed down.
As a listener, Wen Shi never expressed his opinion.
"I never lie," the True Spirit said slowly as the hostility dissipated, "This can be verified by the Supreme Will."
Wen Shi frowned: "You want to retaliate, and you want me to verify it?"
The True Spirit smiled and said, "The choice is yours. Even if it doesn't agree, it has to hold it in."
Wen Shi did not ask about the game. Since Zhen Ling said so, he would verify it and the result would definitely be consistent with what he said.
At this moment, he was deeply shocked.
How evil is the real spirit in front of me!
Wen Shi rarely lied, and when he had to, he would mix some truth into his lies. He knew that what was more terrifying than lying was using the truth to induce others.
He knew it was unbelievable and shouldn't be believed, but strangely, the words of the real spirit seemed to have magic, especially the sentence "the person you choose will stay in the hospital forever", which kept lingering in Wen Shi's mind.
"If you want to rescue someone, you can borrow a road and go directly to the Fantasy Zone. I suggest you hurry up."
After Zhen Ling finished speaking, a small cross appeared after the word "borrowing a road" in the task reward. After clicking it, you can freely locate the starting point and the end point, but the entrances and exits are all located where there are crosses.
Wen Shi looked at the long and narrow road ahead that seemed to have no end, and thought of the structure of the crossroads. He was afraid that he was now in the space of the cross, and the president of the Seven Commandments should still be in the treatment room.
"Thank you very much."
Wen Shi did not show any doubt. He simply turned around and headed straight to the Fantasy Area. On a dark path, there were a few words written by ghost lights: Fantasy Area.
This means he can reach the fourth floor by taking this route.
Under the illumination of the will-o'-the-wisp fire, Wen Shi seemed to be walking on a country path at midnight, and vague outlines could be vaguely seen.
He walked forward alone, without considering calling Li Nan and Yu Xingzhou, and prepared to go and check out the situation first.
Sufficient consideration was given beforehand.
Firstly, he didn't want to spend too much time with this true spirit, as his thoughts would be affected; secondly, now was a good time for rescue. The patient was subject to greater constraints during the day, and most importantly, there must be many nurses gathered in the deep area after the two previous alarms. Nurses could further restrain the patient, as long as they didn't abuse their skills. With his identity as a doctor as a guarantee, it was reasonable for him to inspect the patient. Even if the rescue failed, Wen Shi had a certain degree of confidence in evacuating.
More importantly, practice is the only criterion for testing truth. Zhen Ling said, "I suggest you hurry up."
Wen Shi wants to verify the truth of this sentence.
Making good use of his time means he has no time to contact others and can only act on his own.
The further they went, the darker the environment became. The narrow road suddenly became wider and Wen Shi almost lost his sense of direction.
The light from the lantern would be absorbed by the will-o'-the-wisp, and he was not sure whether the nurse would have any other reaction when seeing his transformed body. In order not to burn himself by mistake for a wizard, to be on the safe side, Wen Shi chose to try to walk in a straight line on the dark road like a blind man.
The heart of the crossroads.
After Wen Shi left, the man continued to read in the semi-dark environment. A blurry reflection appeared in the reflection of the fish tank glass. As long as there was a mirror, the mirror spirit could automatically enter and exit.
The True Spirit didn't even raise his head: "It's not polite to trespass into someone else's territory."
"Is it fun to trick children?" The mirror spirit glanced at the book in his hand with disdain: "You are pretending to be a philosopher."
"I never lie."
He never tells the truth, but he never tells a lie.
The Mirror God paused for a second, then said meaningfully, "A deceitful god who never lies?"
"Yes." The man licked his delicate lips. Not only was he telling the truth, but every word that came out of his mouth had the effect of a spiritual word. The more you care about something, the more it will take root in your mind.
The Mirror God could not refute this point. Looking back at what the man had said before, the wandering corpses were indeed a plan left by the Supreme Will. As long as Wen Shi nodded, the God of Fraud would fulfill his promise to help the other party kill Ao.
But once the zombie dies, Wen Shi will be stuck in the game forever, unable to escape. In a sense, his situation is even more miserable than his adoptive father who was trapped in an orphanage.
There is a faint light invading ahead, and the dark road is finally coming to an end.
When Wen Shi was about to quicken his pace, a prompt sound suddenly came.
"Side quest - Saving an innocent person completed."
"You are borrowing the space channel, which can be used for less than fifteen minutes."
Without giving a specific name, it was clear that the man was a real spirit. After the prompt sounded, Wen Shi could see the countdown for borrowing the road through the attribute interface.
[14:59]
In other words, it took him half the time just to get here. Wen Shi had walked carefully before, and if he used body transformation on the way back, it would take much less time.
Even so, he didn't have much time left.
Wen Shi summoned the zombies back and walked quickly to the light source. In the dim light, he could see a cross-shaped door at the end.
The zombie did not return immediately.
Wen Shi had a bad feeling and made a second summon, while trying to push the door.
The cross in the fantasy area does not rotate, but is like a skylight that opens with a push.
It didn't take much effort, and when the cross was propped up, only a small gap was left.
Unlike the plain wards on the first floor, this room was covered with various colored glass, which was not transparent. Ji Yuanzhi was lying in a modified steam box filled with water, with his head sticking out of a round hole in the middle. The opening was limited in area, and his neck could hardly turn.
Ji Yuanzhi's glasses were taken off, his hair seemed to have grown a little longer, and there was blood at the corners of his mouth.
As if sensing something, he opened his eyes and looked into the eyes of the head sticking out from behind the cross.
Perhaps it was the influence of the bright colored glass that seemed to affect his normally pale eyes, but a faint blue light was reflected deep in his pupils. Ji Yuanzhi, who was trapped in a box in a miserable state, inexplicably reminded Wen Shi of a species - mermaid.
Shaking his head to get rid of other thoughts, Wen Shi pointed in the direction of the door and asked with his mouth: "Where's the nurse?"
Now is the treatment period. After the previous round of treatment, Ji Yuanzhi temporarily has difficulty even speaking.
Unable to obtain useful information, Wen Shi was ready to complete the rescue plan in one go, when he suddenly noticed the treatment rules next to the steam box.
[12:00-13:00: Hydrotherapy]
The wall clock shows that there are still six minutes until the therapeutic effect is completed.
Taking the patient away before the treatment is completed may trigger the rules, and the raised alarm on the steam box makes Wen Shi even more alert.
He glanced at the countdown:
[14:46]
If he waited until the treatment was completed before taking action, using the [Sprint] skill and a speed-up item, he would have nearly a 90% chance of carrying Ji Yuanzhi away before the passage of the cross was closed.
The only problem was that, apart from the tight schedule, everything went too smoothly.
Now, as long as he jumps off the wall, he can also complete the mission to the deeper area in advance. From discovering the true spirit to borrowing the road, Wen Shi would not question it in a normal copy, but in a 3S copy, he was afraid that the pie that could save people and complete the mission at the same time would burn his mouth.
The main quest of rescuing innocent people is too smooth.
He only has one thing he has to accomplish every day, and it shouldn't be that difficult.
"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time."
Wen Shi kept a close eye on the time and was ready to start the rescue plan as soon as the treatment time came.
Jingle Bell-
As he was concentrating, a sharp telephone ring suddenly rang in his mind. Wen Shi was startled and took out the receiver.
"Hello?"
The call came from the intensive care unit in the basement.
Not long ago, a cruel "water therapy" was also being carried out in the special treatment room. The metal door was closed, and the gap between it and the ground was sealed by an invisible barrier. There were several holes in the ceiling, and black liquid was pouring into the room continuously.
The entire treatment room has become a remodeled steam box in an alternative sense.
The black liquid made the zombie disguised as a patient seem to be stuck in a quagmire. He didn't need to breathe, so the impact was not great for the time being.
But zombies have a strong sixth sense.
The solution seemed to be draining the strength from his body, and he felt a strong sense of crisis.
boom!
The zombies tried to attack the metal door, but the door panel remained smooth, emitting a silent mockery.
Bang, bang, bang! The zombies attacked one after another, leaving only shallow dents. With his current strength, he was unable to break open the metal door that was specially set up to prevent the monsters from escaping.
Wen Shi didn't know that the simplification of the task was pushing the wandering corpses towards the path of sacrifice.
The dungeon was full of checks and balances. If he hadn't taken any shortcuts and done the task himself, he could have broken the metal door with one sword.
But if Wen Shi pretended to be a bandaged patient instead of treating him, at least an hour would be wasted, and the Seven Commandments members who were watching outside would wait until Ao came back and report him.
No matter which path you take, you will face the test of life and death.
Several attacks further consumed the zombie's strength. The zombie, who was still wasting his energy trying to break through the door, suddenly stopped and looked towards the center of the room.
I don't know when a slender figure appeared there.
The bandaged patient who was knocked unconscious and hidden suddenly appeared. After suffering abuse for a long time, only the gloomy look in his eyes changed and became calm and composed.
This "innocent man" positioned in the game has a tragic life experience. He is not mentally ill, but because of a property dispute, he was sent to Frank by his family to suffer torture. However, all the darkness he experienced was driven by an invisible hand.
The Bandaged Patient is actually one of the incarnations of the God of Trickster.
He was not as lucky as Song Yan. He went through the miserable life that all clones would experience. The resentment that had been nurturing for a long time was feeding back to his true spirit.
Now those resentments have briefly disappeared.
The will of the true spirit descended upon the body of the clone, the flesh and blood under the bandage stopped oozing pus, and a telephone receiver appeared out of thin air in the hand of the "bandaged patient".
The limits of the strong and the weak were reversed. The zombie didn't even have the strength to raise his hands, and looked at the bandaged patient indifferently, thinking about how to kill him.
"There are six minutes left before the room automatically starts electroshock therapy at the hour. The current is combined with a special solution..."
Every word spoken by the patient is more powerful than the brainwashing effect of the host [pen holder]. The real words are combined with the words of spirit, and under the double buff, the audience with a slightly lower IQ will skip the thinking process.
"Your flesh will be decomposed first. The temperature of these solutions is very high, and can even replace the incinerator. The sparks of the electric current will further ignite them," Zhenling described the scene in detail, "Just like the bodies that the nurses burned this morning, you will eventually be roasted into several pieces of jerky."
After saying this, the true spirit considerately provided a way out.
"This phone can help you call for help." The 'Bandaged Patient' showed a sly smile, "If he comes, you can still live."
"… But minus the time it took to make the phone call, he has to be here within five minutes."
It is obvious who he is referring to.
In other words, Wen Shi not only had to give up the once-in-a-lifetime rescue opportunity, but also rushed over without thinking. With the previous predictions of the True Spirit about the future, there was a certain amount of consideration involved.
Under the magic of the Word Spirit, the death of an important person would cause him to become madly entangled at the critical moment.
It would be even more interesting if Wen Shi gave up saving the zombies. When the hour came, the other party would find that the patient upstairs did not need to be saved at all. At that time, Zhen Ling would personally deliver the remains of the zombies to the other party, and he would definitely be able to enjoy an interesting scene.
There is a choice, and there is no choice.
This also includes some objective factors, such as the fact that the zombie has poor expressive ability and is now very weak. By the time he finishes describing the current situation and sends out a call for help, the time will be further reduced. Even if Wen Shi chooses to rescue him in the end, the extra delay may leave him with nothing.
The God of Trickster rarely uses bloody methods to cause trouble to others. He prefers to trap his prey in a cage with the truth.
“The power of words is great and irreplaceable.” The “bandage patient” opened and closed his mouth, speaking eloquently as if the word was born naturally for him.
The concert tour hasn't started yet, so a zombie with average intelligence but a strong desire to survive naturally asks for help.
I saw him gather all his strength into one arm and barely pick up the receiver.
"Hello." A familiar voice came from the other end, very softly. You Shi had been following Wen Shi for a while, and the other party would only deliberately lower his voice when in a dangerous or busy environment.
He is very busy. He may not come to rescue me.
The wandering corpse has reached a preliminary conclusion.
But the zombie still seized the time and squeezed out the words with great effort: "Underground..."
The "Bandage Patient" counted down gracefully on the other side and whispered, "Five minutes and twenty seconds left."
The black water had already reached above the calves. The zombies, which had long lost their breath, were soaked in the solution, experiencing the long-lost feeling of suffocation.
The exhaustion made him dizzy.
"Five minutes and fifteen seconds."
The zombie was silent for a moment, and its sharp, poisonous nails pierced into its flesh, using the pain to stay awake: "Underground, help quickly..."
With his other hand on his belly, the zombie lied, "I'm about to give birth."
Without saying a single extra word, the call ended immediately.
(End of this chapter)