Li Xian's heart lurched, and he looked at the Head Nurse in disbelief-
Discharge?
Being discharged during a consultation because one's "condition had been cured" made perfect sense, but being discharged now for a "serious violation," as the Head Nurse had put it, seemed completely out of place.
Why would a "serious violation" lead to discharge instead?
And what exactly had that patient done to constitute a "serious violation"?
The more Li Xian thought about it, the more "discharge" sounded like some sort of code word the Head Nurse used.
And more importantly-
Patients would also gradually disappear because of violations!
Before this, Li Xian had been puzzled. This was clearly an S-rank Instance, yet at first glance, its time pressure seemed less intense than in the two Instances he had cleared in the Novice Zone. The task had no specified deadline, and once they understood the rules, they could essentially avoid death. As for the pills that multiplied in number-they seemed to target only him.
All of it seemed to tell the players: there was no need to rush. They could slowly and carefully learn about every character in the Instance before clearing it.
But this was an S-rank Instance.
Li Xian immediately realized that this place did have a time limit. It was simply hidden within the Instance in a much subtler way-
Although that one "normal person" might not be a patient, fewer patients would also mean fewer clues. And all the players would be like frogs being boiled in warm water-by the time they were cooked, they would realize it was already too late.
This was infinitely more terrifying than a plainly stated deadline.
203A, who lay on the bed, opened his eyes slightly. He seemed a little more lucid, but he remained motionless.
An orderly