Surgery and Doctors
After the attack by that wave of Patients, everyone looked somewhat tense.
Shi Wenshan was also extremely surprised by the strength Ye Xin had displayed.
"You're even stronger than I expected."
What he did not know was that when Ye Xin had swung her scissors earlier, she had secretly used Spirit Thread. Otherwise, she could never have cut off the other party's arm.
As if anticipating that things might get difficult from here on, Shi Wenshan took a white card from his person.
"This is a Paralysis Card. If we run into an opponent we can't beat, I'll use it. When that happens, all of you attack the target's vital points together."
"Okay." Ye Xin nodded.
The two of them arrived at the place where the Patients had appeared earlier and glanced inside.
There was a cane.
Shi Wenshan went in, picked it up, and handed it to Xuan Ya, who was standing outside the door.
"This is for you."
All three of them had weapons now.
Though it would be difficult to beat someone to death with a cane, at least it had some offensive power.
The four-person team continued forward.
They gradually reached the end of the corridor. Just as they were about to leave, a strange sound suddenly came from above them.
Everyone abruptly looked up, only to see an Iron Hammer smash through the ceiling as a blood-covered head poked out.
"Watch out!"
Shi Wenshan shouted immediately.
The figure on the ceiling jumped down, once again targeting Shi Wenshan.
Ye Xin raised her hand and flung out the scissors.
Under the control of the threads, the scissors flew like a Phantom, viciously stabbing into the creature's neck from the side.
"Roar!!"
Amid its distorted howl, the hammer slammed toward Shi Wenshan's head. He hurriedly dodged, but the blow still caught the edge of his shoulder.
Crack!
"Damn it," Shi Wenshan cursed under his breath.
His bone was broken.
An Iron Rod swung out, while Xuan Ya on the other side also swung her club at the creature's head.
Bang—
The Iron Hammer smashed into the wall, and it felt as if the entire building let out a dull rumble. The wall cracked open, exposing the concrete and steel reinforcement within.
"It's still not dead?"
Ye Xin saw that the monster completely ignored the scissors embedded in its neck and actually leaped toward her, trying to bite her.
With a sweep of both hands, Spirit Thread crossed before her and blocked the patient. The creature indeed crashed into the threads, several cuts instantly opening across its body. Ye Xin herself was pushed backward several meters by the impact and fell straight to the ground.
Shi Wenshan smashed his Iron Rod into the patient's head, splitting it open. Xuan Ya also shouted and began striking the target with all her strength.
The cane was made of metal, and its power was not weak either. After several consecutive blows from the two of them, the patient began struggling on the ground.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Shi Wenshan rushed over, picked up the fallen Iron Hammer, and smashed apart the creature's already battered skull with one blow.
Killed LV3 patient. Obtained: Exchange Points ×5 Extracting energy... Extraction complete. You have obtained 20% of the Life Energy from this kill, totaling 2.6 units.
Light was absorbed into her body.
"Whew, it's finally dealt with. This thing was seriously tough."
Shi Wenshan swung the hammer a few times, then tossed the other Iron Rod in his hand to the middle-aged man.
"Here."
The man caught it clumsily and asked uneasily, "Do I have to fight too?"
"You can choose not to. Just don't blame us when you can't level up." Shi Wenshan glanced at him.
The middle-aged man immediately looked helpless and could only follow them in silence.
The group successfully left the corridor and began heading toward the first floor.
Nothing happened on the stairs, but upon reaching the first floor, Ye Xin's Spirit Thread had already sensed the situation in the room ahead.
There were new Patients.
"Shh."
She made a gesture for silence.
"Sound might cause us to be attacked."
Hearing this, the others all agreed and tried to keep their mouths shut.
Sure enough, moving around was much easier when they stayed quiet.
After they had taken only a few steps, a head suddenly poked out from a distant doorway.
He was an elderly doctor wearing a white coat, his hair half gray. Seeing the group holding tools, he frowned. "What are you two doing? Didn't I tell you to change clothes and come help? Put down what you're holding and come assist with the surgery!"
He was looking directly at Ye Xin and Xuan Ya.
After speaking, the old doctor returned inside the room.
The group looked at one another.
"Should we go in?" Xuan Ya asked uneasily.
Ye Xin thought about it and felt that nothing too serious would happen, so she nodded. "I'm going."
"Hey—"
Seeing the girl walk off just like that, Xuan Ya quickly followed her.
"Won't this cause problems?"
"Hard to say, but these doctors look more normal than the Patients. Maybe we can get useful information from them."
Xuan Ya was speechless at that.
This was not a game. A wrong judgment could cost them their lives.
But seeing how bold Ye Xin was, she gritted her teeth and followed her inside.
Once inside the room, they looked ahead and saw an operating table in the distance.
A young doctor stood beside it and pointed at the surgical cart in front of them. "Miss, help deliver these things inside. Good luck with the surgery."
"Mm." Ye Xin nodded slightly and stepped forward to grab the cart.
She passed through the second door and immediately saw the operating table ahead.
The environment looked as though it had never been sterilized.
Only when Ye Xin approached did she see that the patient lying on the table had a face twisted in agony.
One of the doctors was using forceps to hold a horrifying insect and slowly place it onto the patient's abdomen. The instant it made contact, the patient's face twisted in unbearable pain as he struggled violently. But the cloth stuffed in his mouth prevented him from making much sound, and iron rings firmly restrained his limbs.
"You're a little slow." The doctor glanced at Ye Xin. "It's obviously impossible to let an individual extend their lifespan easily. This test subject will probably have problems too. Fortunately, the research on the R-Type Virus has made a breakthrough. Although most test subjects have gone mad, a small number enter a brief stable state. If we can solve the Corruption Pollution issue, they may even live longer than normal people. But the drawback is that they must endure pain at all times, which is why their minds go insane. Mainly because they're tortured by it."
Hearing this, Ye Xin's expression became strange.
She watched as a rotted patch on the patient's abdomen was devoured by the horrifying insect. Then the doctor picked up the insect with his forceps and took out a needle.
"Prepare to begin the surgery. Knife Number 1." He held out a hand.
Ding!
Branch Mission: Life Processing. Objective: Cooperate with the doctors to complete the surgery without letting them notice anything unusual. Reward: 20 Exchange Points, 5 Life Energy.
"Where's the knife?" The doctor shot her a suspicious glance.
Ye Xin reacted quickly, immediately picking up a small blade marked with a 1 and handing it over.
Xuan Ya, standing behind her, had already gone pale.
This hospital was actually conducting such cruel experiments, and the subjects were Patients.
No wonder it was called the Dark Hospital.
The most absurd part was that the mission required the two of them to play nurses and assist with the surgery.
Especially as she watched the doctors calmly carry out the cutting, Xuan Ya nearly threw up.
As for Ye Xin, perhaps because she had witnessed the battle against the Black-Robed Man in reality, she still looked fairly calm.
"Number 8."
The male doctor spoke again, and Ye Xin hurriedly handed him a small pair of scissors.
Then, with her face twitching, she watched the doctor cut open a spot between the patient's legs.
"Aah—"
Even with cloth stuffed in his mouth, the patient still cried out in pain.
Ye Xin felt phantom pain herself.
"They didn't use anesthesia. It hurts so much."
It was too terrifying.
Too inhumane.
The needle pierced into a blood vessel. Visible to the naked eye, countless veins bulged beneath the patient's skin, starting from his limbs, before turning blood red.
Not long after, the patient completely collapsed.
"Done."
After confirming that it was over, the doctor stitched up the wound.
Ye Xin put away the bloodstained surgical tools and, at his request, pushed them into the disinfection room beside them.
"Life Processing" completed. Obtained reward: 20 Exchange Points, 5 Life Energy.
"Send the corpse to the second floor. Remember to use supplements. The Patients upstairs might have lost control again," another doctor called out from afar.
"Understood."
Ye Xin answered and pushed the cart out the door. The two male companions waiting in the distance finally ran over.
"How was it? Ye Xin, your face is so pale. Don't tell me you..."
"A little phantom pain." Ye Xin glanced at her own legs. "Anyway, we took part in a surgery and learned some information."
She told them what she had experienced.
"Surgery... If that's the case, the Patients we encountered on the second floor probably all went through this kind of surgery. The key issue should be that virus. Maybe it has an effect that drives people insane."
"A virus? Does that mean we could get infected?" Xuan Ya's face turned green.
"Probably not. Otherwise, how would those doctors dare expose themselves to that environment? But now that I think about it, it's unbelievable that they aren't taking any protective measures. I think the Source of Evil is very likely those doctors."
"Indeed." Ye Xin nodded in agreement.
If the mission objective of killing the Source of Evil had been confirmed as those people, things would be much easier.
"Next, let's go to the second floor. No matter what, it'd be good to kill more Patients before we officially act. We can improve our strength a little." Shi Wenshan gripped the hammer tightly and signaled for everyone to move.