Chapter 42 Apparently, You're Not a Patient Here...

"It seems... you're not a patient in this hospital..." Feng Bujue asked tentatively.

His hands kept moving, and his mind was also working quickly.

The content of the story the little girl was telling, the tone she used, and the clothes she was wearing all conveyed the same information—she was likely one of the earliest jibuling (earthbound spirits) in this land.

"Why do you say that?" the little girl asked.

"I've looked at the map of the first floor three or four times, and I've personally explored many places. I can basically confirm... that on the lobby side of the first floor, the rooms with door numbers add up to only eighteen, that is, 101 to 118; and Building B on the other side of the restaurant, the door numbers should start from '101B'..." Feng Bujue replied, "So... this room 125 simply doesn't exist."

After hearing this, the little girl didn't respond at all. She just sat there, not saying a word.

"What's going on... did my words fail to trigger further plot development? Or... has something bad already been triggered?" Brother Jue wondered in his heart, "Or... is it because I didn't comb her hair well..."

"If you can't comb it, then don't waste any more time." At that moment, the little girl suddenly spoke, changing the subject.

"Um..." Feng Bujue narrowed his eyes, hesitated for two seconds, during which he considered whether to stubbornly continue, "Alright..." He still gave up.

"Put down the comb." The little girl said coldly, "I'll do it myself." As she spoke, she raised her small hand and continued, "According to the agreement, I'll give you this..." A piece of candy had appeared in her palm at some point.

It was a square piece of candy, wrapped in black candy paper, and faintly emitting a fragrance of grain.

【Name: Little Black Rabbit Milk Candy】

【Type: Plot Related】

【Quality: Common】

【Function: Perhaps it can be used to exchange for something】

【Can it be brought out of this script: No】

【Note: A strangely flavored snack, the White Wolf Clan's favorite.】

"Phew... that's great, so handing over the comb is enough." Feng Bujue was secretly relieved.

Brother Jue quickly put the comb on the bedside table, and then reached out to take the candy.

"Uncle, you still have a lot of things to do, right..." the little girl said immediately after handing over the candy, she tilted her head back and glared at Brother Jue, "You better hurry... your time... is running out."

Coldness, bone-chilling coldness...

The little girl's words were like a bucket of ice water, drenching Feng Bujue to the core.

This was not a mental illusion, but real cold, a kind of almost suffocating extreme cold.

"Then I'll take my leave..." When Feng Bujue said this, he could clearly see the white breath coming from his mouth; opening the game menu to look, the [Frostbite] status was also clearly visible.

These changes were all releasing a clear signal—this place was not suitable for a long stay.

"It seems that this 'Room 125' is like the security room... once some kind of flag is triggered, the player has to leave immediately, otherwise it's a dead end." Feng Bujue thought to himself.

Since he realized that the situation was wrong, there was nothing to hesitate about... he grabbed the flashlight, turned around and ran.

Brother Jue's movements were not slow, but it was still a little late... in these short few seconds, a pair of invisible, icy giant hands had grasped him in their palms. His joints were sending out a stabbing pain, and his muscles suddenly became stiff and numb...

At this time, the door that was so close felt like it was a hundred miles away... every step was extremely difficult.

"Whoa... damn!"

Feng Bujue didn't intentionally curse like that, if you look closely... he actually "whoa-"ed and spat out the chewing gum in his mouth, and then said "damn!"

It turned out that the wad of triple-sized chewing gum in his mouth had now turned into a large lump of ice. If he had spat it out a few seconds later, that thing would likely have solidified in his mouth, and then blocked his throat.

"No way..." Feng Bujue looked at his rapidly declining survival value and was really surprised.

Five seconds later, he finally gritted his teeth and moved those few steps, and touched the doorknob.

Fortunately, there were no difficulties in the opening the door, he twisted and turned, and the door was opened smoothly.

"Just a little bit more..." Brother Jue used all his strength, rushing and falling, flashing out of the door; at the same time, he swung his hand and slammed the door of Room 125 shut.

Bang—

After the door closed, the cold feeling suddenly disappeared.

Feng Bujue knelt in the corridor and panted for a long time before he recovered, the rising temperature quickly removed his [Frostbite] status, and the loss of survival value had also stopped.

"That was close..." He rolled over and sat on the ground, picked up the flashlight that had rolled to his feet, and muttered, "This difficulty came out of nowhere..." He took out the candy from his pocket and looked at it in his hand, "It's clearly not even a 'side quest', but it has such difficulty... could it be..."

A flash of inspiration in his mind, and the expression on his face changed slightly.

"Um... I understand." Feng Bujue sighed and stood up from the ground, "Anyway... let's find 'that key' first..."

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Half an hour passed in a blink of an eye... Feng Bujue walked out of the dark corridor, muttering, "So the key to the pediatric clinic isn't in this area..." After returning to the relatively bright area, he turned off the flashlight and put it away, "Fortunately, I have other gains..."

Obviously, the task given by the goblin was far from being as easy as imagined...

After Brother Jue came out of Room 125, and then looked back, the door of that room had disappeared. After that, he tried every door in that dark area... apart from the baby room he had been to before, only two rooms could be entered, and all the other doors prompted [Cannot be opened].

So, he rummaged through boxes and cabinets and dismantled furniture in those two rooms... and finally found two items, but... neither of them were keys.

The first item was:

【Name: Torn X-ray】

【Type: Plot Related】

【Quality: Decayed】

【Function: Unknown】

【Can it be brought out of this script: No】

【Note: Only half a sheet, it seems to show some blurry images under the light.】

This was found on the back of a burnt child's corpse. When Brother Jue was about to take off this "half" of the X-ray, the system also gave a line of subtitles: [This X-ray is stuck to the charred substance and may be damaged if torn off directly].

With such an obvious prompt, he naturally followed the trend and slowly removed this thing from the corpse's back with the help of aerosol hair wax.

And the second item he found was undoubtedly the other half of the torn X-ray.

However... in the end, Feng Bujue didn't bring out those two sheets. Because those two things themselves were of no value, what was useful was the six-digit password recorded on the sheets...

Brother Jue had already observed these two "unknown" items with a flashlight in the dark environment. So... after coming out, he went straight to room 109, and rushed to the treasure chest as soon as he entered the door.

The unlocking interface appeared in front of him, and the prompt [Please enter a six-digit password] sounded.

"Two zero three zero four zero..." Feng Bujue finished entering this password, and immediately heard a sentence in his ear: [Password correct].

With a click, the treasure chest opened in response.

Brother Jue hoped that he could get equipment or skills, but...

【Name: Key to the Pediatric Clinic (Emergency)】

【Type: Plot Related】

【Quality: Common】

【Function: See the item name yourself】

【Can it be brought out of this script: No】

【Note: It's strange... why is this key locked in a safe? And the password of the safe is recorded on an X-ray? And that X-ray is torn in half and placed in two places? What exactly is going on?】

"Yeah! What exactly is going on!" Feng Bujue looked at this malicious item description and couldn't help but roar, "The system is almost out of clichés! Speaking of which, keys are the most bizarre items in all puzzle games! Hiding the key to room A in room B, and then hiding the key to room B in room C, repeating the cycle and setting up layers of puzzles... is this the most illogical thing?"

Indeed... to sum it up, most horror games use this method to guide players, so that players can explore in a certain order.

"Hmph..." After Feng Bujue roared, the unpleasant emotions were slightly vented, "Well, at least it's considered completing a task." He picked up the key and turned to leave the room, heading towards the pediatric clinic not far away.

He used the key to open the door of the clinic and walked in. There was no light in the room, so he turned on the flashlight and started searching.

Although the atmosphere in this room was quite depressing, it didn't hide any jump scares, of course, even if there were... it would only be a surprise without fright for Brother Jue.

Before long, he found the quest item in a drawer of an office desk.

【Name: Victor's Key】

【Type: Plot Related】

【Quality: Common】

【Function: Opens Victor's cellar】

【Can it be brought out of this script: No】

【Note: Many years ago, Victor Reedwokes was just a second-hand dealer selling old goods, an unknown small figure. Until one day, he got a recipe for a mysterious drink from a distant oriental country. After that, he frequently conducted trade activities with dwarves, and became a well-known nouveau riche in the business world, quickly and smoothly. When asked about the secret of success, Victor always said: "Dwarves are generous entrepreneurs, and my cellar is like a printing factory."】

"It's you!" Feng Bujue suddenly remembered something after reading the note, he shouted, "So it was you!"

That's right, Victor Reedwokes was the guy who bought 【Blood Corpse Must Die】 from the legendary dwarven craftsman "Ol' All-Dead" back then.

Mr. "All-Dead"'s life can be described as a magnificent tragic epic. He was scammed countless times because of the four words "wine, sex, wealth, and anger", and it was precisely these experiences of being scammed that prompted him to create many world-renowned artifacts.

And Victor's appearance can be said to be the prologue to this epic...

"Hehehe..." Feng Bujue suddenly smiled sinisterly, "I always feel... I can use this thing to extort him..." He lowered his face and pretended to say, "Hey Victor... if you don't hand over ten or eight legendary equipment items today, I'll eat your precious key..."

After yy-ing there for a while, Brother Jue carefully put away his "blackmail capital", then walked out of the room and headed towards the restaurant.

He didn't know... that there, an "old friend" was waiting for him.

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At the same time, in the kitchen of the restaurant.

A burly figure was busy in front of a spacious cooking table.

His body was humanoid, but he had a pig's head. He was wearing a white vest and camouflage military pants, with a big belly; the exposed muscles were light pink, and the knotted muscles on his arms looked as hard as rocks...

Suddenly, he turned his head slightly and murmured, "Finally... here?"

As he spoke, he put down the long spoon in his hand, covered the pot in front of him, and turned the gas to low heat.

Then, he picked up a kitchen knife and walked out of the kitchen.