The Missing Worker
Lu Ban instinctively reached for the crowbar, intending to strike its head, but a certain inspiration prevented him from moving.
It wasn't just because of the increasing footsteps outside, but also because the doctor blankly looked around the examination room, and even when his gaze swept over Lu Ban, he didn't react at all.
"It can't see me?"
Lu Ban quickly realized what was going on.
Once the other person pulled their head back, they continued dragging the saw forward and quickly disappeared into the corridor.
"But why did it look in here at first? Was it because of the sound?"
"No, that's not right. It didn't notice its own kind either. There must be some other reason that made it look into the examination room."
Lu Ban thought for a moment, then directly ripped off the white coat from the doctor who was lying on the ground, turned his mask inside out, put it on his face, and draped the white coat over himself.
From this perspective, Lu Ban is no different from these doctors.
Both the clothes and the mask had a musty smell, but it was still bearable. Hiding the flashlight in his sleeve and leaning on the crowbar with his other hand, Lu Ban left the room.
As Lu Ban walked out the door, he turned back and glanced at the offices in the room.
Obstetrics and Gynecology.
At first, he was only somewhat enlightened, realizing that those strange hospital beds were examination beds in the obstetrics and gynecology department, but he soon fell into another kind of confusion.
Neither the previous nurses' records nor the hospital's own records mentioned that this hospital had an obstetrics and gynecology department. Some nurses even found it strange that this hospital did not have an obstetrics and gynecology department.
But why is there an obstetrics and gynecology department here now?
The task is called "Crying," what does it have to do with obstetrics and gynecology?
Why doesn't Nanhua Private Renji Hospital have an obstetrics and gynecology department?
Lu Ban recalled the location; according to the hospital's design plan, this room should be a storeroom for the medicines needed on this floor, not a gynecology and obstetrics clinic at all.
However, there was no point in staying here any longer, so Lu Ban decided to continue exploring.
He had just stepped out of the consultation room when he saw a nurse sitting at the nurses' station.
The nurse wasn't wearing a mask, so her chapped mouth was exposed. Her mouth had no lips, and her brownish-yellow teeth were exposed. Her nurse's uniform was dirty. She seemed unaware of the strange changes outside and remained at the table, as if she was taking notes.
But Lu Ban saw that there was nothing on the table.
Or is it that what should have been there is now in my hands?
He touched the red-covered notebook in his arms.
Lu Ban saw the stairwell; he first had to pass the nurses' station.
The nurse blankly repeated the writing process, even using her own fingernails, the nails that had long since been peeled off, her fingertips repeatedly erasing and writing on the wooden desk, filthy black blood flowing from her fingertips, leaving marks on the table.
Lu Ban slowly walked past the nurses' station, glancing at the blood-written words on the table.
As Lu Ban tried to decipher the characters, the nurse suddenly looked up.
Her eyeballs had long since withered, leaving only two clumps of rotting flesh that kept throbbing. But for some reason, Lu Ban felt as if he were looking into her eyes.
But the nurse simply looked up, her head motionless as she stared at the path Lu Ban Lu Ban had passed, as he moved forward.
Lu Ban felt relieved and took a look to confirm.
He saw that it read, "Watch out behind you."
In an instant, Lu Ban felt as if there really was something behind him.
He slowed his pace and peered behind him out of the corner of his eye, but found nothing.
As Lu Ban stepped onto the stairs, his steps were steady, and he was wary of his surroundings.
As soon as Lu Ban reached the corner of the stairs, he felt as if something was tugging at his trouser leg.
He looked down and saw only his shoes; there was nothing unusual there.
Continuing upwards, Lu Ban arrived at the second floor.
He saw a nurse wandering in the corridor, pushing an IV stand. The IV tubing was connected to his own arm, drawing blood from the nurse and pouring it into the bottle. He was oblivious to this, and continued to make clanging noises as he staggered down the corridor.
Lu Ban didn't disturb it, but continued upwards.
This time, he was a little more careful when he turned the corner, slowing down his pace and paying close attention to his feet.
Just as he lifted his leg, Lu Ban clearly saw a fair, baby-like hand emerge from the shadows and tug at his trouser leg.
Lu Ban's movements froze.
His eyes were veiled in a hazy, grayish-white mist. His [True Sight] allowed him to see the hand, and Lu Ban knew very well that it did not belong to this world.
Even in this hospital, where it's pitch black outside the window and filled with unknown humanoid monsters, the owner of this hand is still a visitor from another world.
His gaze moved toward the shadows, trying to make out the owner of the hand. Although his instincts told Lu Ban it was best not to try, he looked anyway.
Unfortunately, there were only shadows there; there were no monsters or children.
However, when Lu Ban shifted his gaze from the shadows, he clearly saw behind him, in the dusty stairwell, a series of marks in addition to his own footprints.
The marks were like those left by a baby, stumbling and Lu Ban up the stairs.
The mark extended all the way to where he was standing now.
Lu Ban looked at the last spot of the mark, which was right next to his trouser leg, where the shadow was the darkest.
He lifted his foot and climbed a few more steps, but this time, he kept looking behind him at the footprints that didn't belong to him, trying to catch the other person's movements.
However, the footprints remained unchanged, as if they had stayed in the same place.
Lu Ban turned around and quickly went up to the third floor.
He turned around and saw the stumbling marks that had somehow extended behind him.
Moreover, the mark spread to his shoes, trousers, and white coat.
Lu Ban noticed that a small handprint had appeared behind the white coat at some point.
Lu Ban adjusted his clothes but didn't feel any unusual weight.
He frowned slightly and was about to continue upstairs when he heard a screeching sound.
Lu Ban looked toward the source of the sound. It was a person walking slowly down the corridor, but he was neither wearing a doctor's white coat nor a nurse.
The man was wearing overalls, holding a shovel, and wearing a faded yellow safety helmet.
Although his face was tattered and decayed, some features could still be vaguely discerned.
Lu Ban immediately recognized the man as Liu Qingjiang, the construction team leader who had previously gone missing.
Why is he here, and why has he turned out like this?
Lu Ban saw Liu Qingjiang dragging a shovel, slowly walking to the side of the corridor, stopping at the door of a room, and then going inside.
After waiting for a while, no sound came.
Lu Ban decided to go and take a look.
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