Day of Imprisonment

"The time is now 10:31 PM!"

Luo Xi checked the time every so often.

Since they entered the First Hospital checkpoint, a full three hours had passed, and Luo Xi estimated that the group's combined exploration progress probably didn't exceed thirty percent.

Maybe even lower.

Without a doubt, this was the largest checkpoint he had encountered so far.

And this checkpoint concealed too many secrets.

It was impossible to thoroughly investigate it in just one loop day.

"The person who designed this checkpoint seems to want the Memory Retrievers involved to treat it as a large, highly free game world to explore. They've left plot clues in many places for us to challenge, and the clues are interconnected. The medical staff also have friendly and antagonistic relationships with each other."

Luo Xi realized that since he became a Memory Retriever, this loop day was the longest he had survived.

It was now 10:31 PM, and there was only an hour and a half left before the next loop day reset.

Honestly, that time would pass quickly.

Even with Luo Xi's abilities and speed, it was impossible to thoroughly explore the Second Ward and find a way to clear it in an hour and a half.

"Then let's collect as much information and cards as possible, and plan for the next attempt to攻略 this scenario," Luo Xi decided on his next plan. He intended to find Mao Ge immediately. Mao Ge should still have about twenty minutes of slaughter time left, and Luo Xi planned to use that time to pull off something big.

At this moment, Han Xiaoyan said to Luo Xi, "Actually, I suggest you leave the Second Ward. You can see that it's very dangerous here, and not just the patients, but even some of my colleagues are acting strangely. I heard that something happened in the Infectious Disease Department, but that area has been sealed off for a long time... Oh, right, this is a secret. I'm just telling you, but don't tell anyone else, or I'll lose my job if people find out."

Han Xiaoyan lowered her voice.

Infectious Disease Department?

Sealed off?

Luo Xi seemed to have unintentionally discovered another crucial clue.

"I need to get Mao Ge back first," Luo Xi said.

"Don't go. The emergency room is obviously abnormal. If you hadn't stopped me just now, I would have fought those guys already. Not only that, but many patients who are sent to the emergency room disappear without a trace. That place is like a monster that eats people. Once you go in, you don't come out," Han Xiaoyan clearly had hostility towards the emergency room.

Understandable, her faction and the other belonged to different and opposing sides.

Luo Xi was about to speak, he needed to coax Han Xiaoyan to join him.

It would be a waste not to use such a powerful combatant.

But at that moment, several long-legged nurses ran over in a hurry, extremely flustered, even dropping their medical records on the ground and not having time to pick them up.

"What's wrong with you?" Han Xiaoyan obviously knew them.

"Xiaoyan, something happened. The ward director issued a lockdown order. The Second Ward is going to be locked down. We feel something is wrong and want to get out first. Come with us, or you really won't be able to get out if it's locked down." The long-legged nurse who spoke had relatively normal features, except that her face was a bit long.

At this moment, her face was filled with fear.

If you didn't look at her limbs, which were obviously twice as long as a normal person's, she would be a fairly normal nurse.

"Crap!" Han Xiaoyan immediately grabbed Luo Xi and ran.

At that moment, Luo Xi felt the terrifying strength and speed of the long-legged nurse.

The strength was real. She could lift him, an adult male, with one hand, like a normal person lifting a ten-kilogram bucket of oil.

In addition, the speed was fast. Thanks to limbs twice the size of a normal person's, in a posture similar to a spider crawling, there was actually a sense of sprinting in the relatively narrow ward corridor.

"Xiaoyan, actually, you don't have to" Luo Xi wanted to persuade her.

But the only entrance and exit to the Second Ward was now blocked by anti-theft iron bars, with several security guards guarding it. In addition, there were long-legged nurses in protective suits sealing the passage with special plastic sheeting, as if preventing some terrible infectious disease.

"It's over, we can't get out." The long-legged nurse who was preparing to escape let out a wail.

She seemed unwilling to give up and wanted to discuss it with the colleagues enforcing the lockdown.

"No, the ward director has already ordered that no one is allowed to leave. You are hospital staff members. Now, immediately, return to your respective work posts. If you leave your posts without permission, the hospital will have regulations to punish you."

Among the people blocking the way was a dignified doctor.

The other party was wearing a white coat, and the figure was similar to a normal person, and had facial features, although without any expression, and like a dead person, but after all, like a normal person.

But if you look closely, you will find that there is still a person lying on his back.

An old man, also wearing a white coat, looking very old.

It looked like a conjoined, deformed human.

This doctor clearly had status and power; all the security guards and medical staff listened to him.

Han Xiaoyan sighed, regretting that she hadn't sent Luo Xi away. At the same time, she told Luo Xi that the doctor was Doctor Zhang from the ward, and the other one was Deputy Director Jia.

Director Jia!

"Doctor Zhang is in charge of the emergency room, and his backer is Director Jia. Moreover, Director Jia is Doctor Zhang's mentor."

Luo Xi thought, these two are one entity; don't you find that strange?

And you're introducing them so seriously.

This Doctor Zhang and Director Jia were clearly BOSS-level existences. Siamese twins; one could easily see how good this mentor-disciple relationship was.

Fortunately, the old man on the back, Jia, seemed to be sleeping. Only Doctor Zhang was here directing things.

Han Xiaoyan could only lead Luo Xi back. When they reached the nurse's office door, she was called over by several long-legged nurses. After a few words, Han Xiaoyan ran over and said, "Luo, you go hide in our office. I have to go to work. Something really happened in the infectious disease department. It seems like some kind of disease is spreading. Remember, don't run around. Just hide here and wait for me to come back."

As she spoke, she pushed Luo Xi into the office, then closed the door and left.

At this moment, the large office was empty; clearly, all the nurses here had been transferred away.

Of course, Luo Xi wouldn't stay here forever.

"In checkpoint scenarios, sudden situations generally don't occur. If they do, it must be something the Reminiscents have created. However, judging from the situation in the Second Ward, there probably aren't many Reminiscents who can enter here. But that possibility can't be ruled out. So, the infectious disease incident might be a fixed plot point in the checkpoint scenario, or it might be a black swan event created by the Reminiscents."

"And regardless of which it is, it's worth exploring."

Luo Xi looked around, first conducting a carpet search of the office to see if there were any [Card Items].

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As a result of this search…

There really was something.

In a medical cabinet near the corner of the wall, on the upper level, behind a box, he found a syringe.

This syringe was very unusual, emitting a kind of 'fluorescence' that only Reminiscents could see.

Upon touching it, there was immediately some kind of prompt.

It could be cardified.

Now, Luo Xi had reached an extremely proficient level in cardifying and materializing items. In the blink of an eye, this syringe became a card.

[Syringe], a tool card. It can be used with other medicine cards to apply the corresponding medicine to the target through injection. Please note that the syringe itself does not have any lethality or healing ability. How to use it depends entirely on what it's paired with.

Good stuff.

Compared to fixed-function cards, Luo Xi clearly preferred this kind of freely combinable card.

Because this kind of card is both offensive and defensive.

Next, in the cabinet below, he found a [Scalpel].

As the name suggests, this was a weapon similar to the [Bloodstained Iron Hammer], but the focus was on its terrifying sharpness.

Speaking of which, Luo Xi didn't like this kind of thing; he liked hammers.

"Wu Rui's attack methods are very insidious; she should like it." Luo Xi put away the [Scalpel].

In fact, whether it was useful or not, he would collect all cards at this stage.

Just as Luo Xi was planning to continue exploring to see if there were any medicine cards, the tightly closed office door made a sound, and then the door was pushed open. Two people dressed as orderlies sneaked in.

The other party clearly thought there was no one in the office.

After all, all the medical staff in the Second Ward, except for those guarding the entrances and exits, had basically been transferred to the infectious disease department to deal with the emergency.

These two orderlies thought so too, and as a result, they came face to face with Luo Xi after entering.

The two immediately froze in place.

It was clear that they were very scared.

These two are Reminiscents.

Luo Xi immediately realized this.

He was just about to speak when the two Reminiscents shouted, "Run!" and then, without saying a word, immediately opened the door and fled.

Luo Xi guessed that they had mistaken him for a medical staff member here.

However, the appearance of these two Reminiscents made Luo Xi understand that the Second Ward was not a place that no one else had set foot in. Thinking about it, it was normal; after all, there had been countless loop days here. How could no Reminiscent have discovered this place?

But the number of Reminiscents who had discovered this place was definitely very small, and everyone adhered to a 'secrecy principle', controlling the information within a very small range, which was the so-called 'making a fortune in silence'.

Luo Xi continued to search the office.

Sure enough, there were still hidden items: a few bottles of [Anti-inflammatory Medicine] hidden inside a metal trolley. This stuff could be used directly, but the effect was only up to 80%. But if it was used with the [Syringe], the effect would be 100%.

It was very effective in treating inflammation caused by wounds.

However, Luo Xi hoped to get some mutually exclusive medicines, so that when combined, he could turn from healing people to killing people invisibly.

Using the [Syringe] to administer it would make the effect take off directly.

Just at this moment, there was movement at the door again, and it was pushed open again.

The two Reminiscents who had left a few minutes ago had returned.