William looked at the extremely real room in front of him, feeling the pressure of the bandages tightening around his body. It was not much different from reality, and it was difficult to tell whether it was a dream or reality.
Moreover, the design of the ward overlaps with Yi Chen’s memories of his previous life, but at the moment, he cannot draw a direct conclusion just by seeing a ward.
William wanted to use his ability to break free, but found that "opening his eyes" was already his limit. He couldn't even move a finger, let alone use his ability.
"Yellow skin, little grape, Yi Chen..."
No matter how he called out in his heart, even calling out the name of a creature that was no longer in his body, he received no response.
It seems that William's ability has been weakened or even blocked.
Only his eyeballs could move, so William used this to try to observe the room carefully... When his eyeballs moved downward, parallel to his body, to look towards the end of the bed, a strange thing came into his sight.
It is a vermilion wooden shrine, inside which is placed a sculpture of a certain god.
Since the shrine was almost on the same level as William's body, he could not see it very clearly while lying flat. Even if he could see it clearly, he would probably not recognize the god enshrined inside.
But William was certain that it was the existence of this shrine that caused him to be in poor condition and even had his abilities blocked.
At this moment, the lock of the iron door of Ka's ward was unscrewed.
The only thing William could do was to move his eyes and try his best to look at the person coming at the door.
A female doctor wearing black-rimmed glasses came into view, followed by two security guards, but the faces of the security guards seemed a little blurry.
The female doctor took out a medical child-hole flashlight from her pocket, examined William's eyes, and smiled.
“Are you regaining consciousness? You should be able to hear me... Don’t worry, we are absolutely safe here. You and your girlfriend or wife are receiving appropriate treatment until you return to normal.
However, I will ask you a few questions at that time, and I hope you can answer them truthfully.
Have a good rest. If you sleep a few more days, you should be able to recover your most basic abilities. I will come to check on you then. Don't overuse your brain and get plenty of rest."
Seeing the female doctor about to leave, William suddenly looked over and stared into her eyes, as if wanting to get more information.
"With that look in your eyes and your appearance... you look a lot like a friend I used to know."
As the female doctor left, William was also extremely shocked.
The language spoken by the female doctor was actually "Chinese", which was the language used by Yi Chen in his previous life. To some extent, some things could be inferred indirectly.
"Could it be that Catherine's nightmare also created a 'world connection' effect similar to that of Garlon, and combined with the black liquid contained in my epileptic brain and the memories of time travel and the world before death, I can travel back to the original world in reverse?"
Or is this just a real dream formed based on my original memories? 』
William wanted to think more and tried to extract more memories for combined analysis.
Buzz! A strong sense of fatigue swept through my brain, interrupting my thinking. My eyelids slammed shut like a damaged roller shutter.
Time passes,
William has been in a daze these days. He would fall into a deep sleep due to fatigue after staying awake for about an hour. If he were to think, this time would be even shorter.
But with every time I wake up, I gain more control over my body and become more conscious.
Until the day when William was able to open his mouth and eat, the female doctor came again.
"You should be able to speak now, Mr. Doe?"
"Can..." William squeezed out the words with some difficulty.
"Please read a piece of news first."
William was helped by the security guard to sit at the head of the bed. At this time, he finally saw the shrine at the foot of the bed. There was no written description on it, only three incense sticks burning.
The statue inside had one hand across its abdomen and the other hand palm up in front, but the face of the statue was covered with a red cloth, as if something terrible was hidden underneath.
At this time, another security guard took out a tablet computer and stood in front of William, playing a news report.
"At about 11:00 on January 23, 2017, a landslide occurred at Shishi Mountain, a 5A-level scenic spot in Yuchuan County, due to unknown reasons, affecting several buses traveling on the mountain road and the accommodation area at the foot of the mountain. According to the data provided by the authorities, at least 213 people have been confirmed to be buried, and the number is still rising.
Rescue teams from all sides are arriving one after another and are doing their best to rescue the trapped people."
"This is?"
"It seems that you do have amnesia. Let me remind you. You and your girlfriend or wife were traveling here and sitting on a bus when the incident happened, and unfortunately you were buried in it.
It has been about twenty days since you were dug out. Although your bodies are intact, they are covered with corpse spots.
Many unclaimed bodies were cremated on the spot, and because you are a foreigner you need to be sent to the local embassy to confirm your identity.
Unexpectedly, you showed signs of life during transportation. After receiving the notification, our hospital took you in and took good care of you as soon as possible.
Don't be afraid~ This kind of 'resurrection from the dead' is quite common here, and people like this will be treated as 'special patients'.
What we need to do now is to understand you as much as possible and develop a treatment plan based on your condition."
"Am I... dead..." William stammered, his eyes fixed on the news footage.
"Don't be nervous. You just need to know that you are still alive. Maybe even better than the average person. Don't let your brain be stimulated too much. Let me ask you some basic questions."
After taking away the tablet, the female doctor sat directly on the edge of the bed, crossed her long legs, put the notebook between her knees, and began to ask questions.
“I need to remind you before asking the question.
We will compare your answers with those of your girlfriend. If we find any obvious abnormalities, we will suspect that you are deliberately deceiving us.
In this case, our hospital may use some special methods to treat special patients.
So please tell the truth and just cooperate."
"OK."
"May I have your name."
"William Y. Behrens."
“The more specific the better, where you’re from.”
“I don’t remember much.”
The above information is all very normal, from William's height and weight to some of his eating habits, job type and so on.
William relied on his severe amnesia to either not know or be vague about the fact. Of course, he still said at work that he was an "actor", and Catherine should be able to confirm this.
While the female doctor was taking notes, William also tried to ask:
"Excuse me, can you move the shrine or the statue on it? I always feel uncomfortable with that thing here, and I even feel like I can't breathe."
From William's perspective as he sat on the bed, he could only see the female doctor's profile, with her lipstick-covered lips slightly smiling:
“It’s right to feel uncomfortable ~ their function is to make you uncomfortable.
Otherwise, people like you may not be able to maintain your sanity and become a threat. Just be patient, you will get used to it in a few months.
Okay, next question.
Have you ever had sex with your girlfriend or wife? On a physical level.
"Ah?" William was confused by this question. He paused for a moment before answering: "No, at least not in my memory now."
"Have you ever had sex with other people of the same sex?"
"No, absolutely not."
"Then do you know if your girlfriend or wife has ever been pregnant or had an abortion?"
"have no idea."
"Have you ever had major surgery before?"
"Not sure, probably not."
"Okay, William, since your memory function has not yet recovered, let's wait a few days before conducting the Q&A session. Have a good rest and let your brain recover quickly. My patience is not very good."
After that, the female doctor inserted a special injection directly into William's neck, and accurately poked the needle into the artery, at a speed so fast that it was difficult to see even with the naked eye.
Suddenly, his whole body felt weak and he wanted to sleep. Even if William tried hard to hold on, he couldn't hold on for more than three seconds.
Suddenly, it was already late at night.
The door of William's ward was quietly opened, and a dark shadow walked in along the wall and closed the door again.
Bang!
A big slap hit William's face, and then a basin of fishy-smelling water was poured on him to wake him up.
"Catherine~"
“William, why are you so useless and still trapped in bed… We will die if we don’t escape from here!”