Breakfast Ends, Everyone in the Ward Didn't Take Their Medicine!

The patient stared at the broken chain, frozen as if under a spell.

His back no longer ached, his legs no longer hurt, and his mental illness was completely cured. The man who had been desperately trying to kill Lu Ce moments ago seemed like a different person entirely.

"Brother, I was just messing around with you. Please don't hold it against me!"

[What the hell! What happened?]

[Here it comes, the top-tier brute strength. The last game this big shot played shocked me.]

[He could have just hacked his way through, but he chose to perfectly blend in with the mentally ill.]

[Honestly, I heard about this big shot's condition in the last game. Coming to the hospital is probably like going home for him.]

The skinny patient stood there, extremely awkward, his whole body stiffening as if he didn't know what to do next.

He had lost a chain, but something far more solid than a chain bound him – Lu Ce's hand, still gripping his wrist.

In those few short seconds, he felt as if his nerves had gone numb, his arm losing all sensation.

Lu Ce slowly exhaled, feeling the violent power within him subside slightly, bringing some relief.

He released the other man's hand.

"Who... are you?" Perhaps due to the immense external stimulus, the patient managed to break free from his mental chaos for a moment, regaining a sliver of lucidity.

"I'm your fellow patient." However, Lu Ce's own mental state wasn't much clearer, and the conversation remained bizarrely disjointed.

"...What's your name?"

"My name is Guo Degang."

The patient: ?

Although it was a perfectly normal name, for some reason, he felt something was very wrong.

"My name is Long Wu, my name is Long Wu!"

Lu Ce hadn't even asked, but Long Wu blurted it out, even shouting it, as if waking from a dream and finally remembering his own name.

But the clarity in his eyes quickly faded, replaced once more by confusion and madness. The hand that had regained its freedom began to thrash about.

Yet, for some reason, he didn't attack Lu Ce, who was within arm's reach. Instead, he began swinging his chains, striking the walls and floor.

Externally, it looked like a display of impotent rage.

[Breakfast time has ended. All players, please return to your designated correction locations.]

[Breakfast time has ended...]

The game's announcement suddenly blared, echoing throughout the prison-like hospital.

"Oh, the bell rang. Looks like it's time to go back," Lu Ce muttered to himself. He no longer paid attention to the man behind him who had started acting out again and strolled towards the exit.

But suddenly, just as Lu Ce was about to step outside, a loud bang erupted from behind him.

"Go..."

Turning back slowly, Lu Ce saw Long Wu collapse onto the ground.

His eyes were bloodshot, veins bulging on his face, his complexion purple. He had slammed his head into the ground, and blood was slowly trickling from his temple.

Combined with his tattered clothes and the numerous bloodstains covering his body, he looked like someone who had been tortured in solitary confinement for ten years.

Seeing Lu Ce turn back, he gritted out a few more words through bloodied teeth, his eyes still red.

"Go... get out of here!"

"If you don't leave here, you'll end up like me!"

Lu Ce was silent for a few seconds, then bent down slightly, looking at Long Wu. A strange smile gradually appeared on his mask. (￣??)

He said in a playful tone:

"Sir, what's the difference between us right now?"

"You'll still be hosting me for lunch, won't you?"

His voice was like a cold spring pouring down from above, giving Long Wu an inexplicable chill.

After speaking, Lu Ce straightened up and walked out of the room.

Bang!

With a loud crash, the door closed, and everyone returned to the initial room. It was still the same five people, no more, no less.

However, the expressions on everyone's faces were far from pleasant, suggesting that their progress in this game's mission had not been good.

The only female player looked pale, clearly frightened, while the burly man from before was actually injured!

His entire right arm was bleeding profusely, and he had crudely bandaged it with his shirt. Blood was still seeping through the makeshift dressing!

[Alright, players, the first game session has concluded. How are you all adjusting?]

The mechanical voice spoke. It was Tom, who was also in the room.

[Everyone can chat briefly and summarize their experiences while waiting for the next meal to begin.]

[Of course, if any of you feel you've found the most severely ill person, you can tell me at any time.]

[You may now proceed on your own.]

After speaking, Tom rolled his treads to a corner and stopped moving, as if he had powered down and entered standby.

"Cao! This goddamn game!" A roar suddenly erupted from the room. The big guy, sweat pouring down his forehead, clutched his bloody arm tightly.

"What is this place? They call this a hospital? These guys aren't even human!"

He kept cursing, and it was clear people could hear the fear in his words.

It turned out that after entering the ward, the big guy had only focused on completing his task, thinking about quickly feeding the patient to advance his progress.

He hadn't paid any attention to these tormented patients. When the patient refused to eat, he had actually gone to pry open their mouth to force-feed them!

At that moment, he realized what he was dealing with. These miserable patients seemed to have the ferocity of tigers and leopards within them. They suddenly erupted, and the big guy had no power to fight back.

If it weren't for his good physical condition and regular exercise, which allowed him to escape, he would have lost his life this time.

"Yeah, in terms of physical condition, it's almost impossible to measure with human strength." Jiu Tian chimed in from the side.

"This hellish game, this level of difficulty is to be expected. Be careful. At least they still have chains, and we have the medicine. I suggest everyone share their current intel."

"I'll go first. I discovered a strange phenomenon. My patient was very resistant to the medicine at first, but after I persuaded them for a while, they suddenly became frantic and said they wanted to take the medicine."

The woman's face was also pale. Following Jiu Tian, she said:

"Yes, my patient was also manic at first, completely refusing to eat or take medicine. But after a while, they suddenly started roaring and demanding to take it, and they ate all the medicine. It's very strange."

"And after taking the medicine, that manic state disappeared, but I couldn't get anything out of them. Their minds were completely chaotic..."

Just then, Kolk suddenly stood up.

"I have nothing to say, I just have a question."

Then, he looked at Lu Ce, who was lying flat on the ground, and said:

"Do you know that besides your few patients, everyone else in the entire hospital hasn't taken their medicine!"

"Did you eat it all? Mr. Red Mask!?"

Kolk spoke the last two sentences in Chinese. Hearing his words, everyone froze, then turned their heads in shock, not knowing what had happened between those two.