Su Bai quieted his mind and listened to the sounds nearby. Footsteps echoed faintly through the relatively quiet surroundings, trailing long, indistinct echoes down the silent corridor. Some sounded close enough to enter their field of view at any moment, while others were distant and vague, seemingly several corners away, fading in and out of earshot.
This made Su Bai, who had yet to examine their surroundings carefully, realize that they were not merely in a corridor of the Newborn Ward. Could this corridor be extraordinarily long?
No, Su Bai rejected that guess. He still remembered the Administrator saying when the game began that "Hospital No. 666's Newborn Ward" was also known as the "Reverse Birth Corridor." Though he did not yet understand what "reverse birth" meant, their surroundings were most likely a loop-shaped corridor far longer and larger than they imagined.
That meant if a conflict broke out in the corridor later, escaping danger quickly would be extremely difficult. Unless they could take shelter in a patient room, once a Strange Creature or another player targeted them, they would find themselves caught between enemies ahead and behind, unable to advance or retreat.
But were the patient rooms really that safe?
"Brother, two people are coming toward us from up ahead. They're both women, probably in their twenties. Their clothes and jewelry are expensive, but their outfits are a mess. Maybe they're the sort who got rich overnight using their abilities after becoming players. Unfortunately, aside from clothes worn against the skin, only things from the Nightmare World can be brought into it. No matter how fancy their furs are, they still have to run around carrying canvas bags. Hmm... judging by the looks they're exchanging, they seem to have known each other before the game started, but they don't