"The Newborn Ward of Hospital No. 666..." Xu Rui repeated the setting of their game with a note of disbelief. "So the Newborn Ward in the Nightmare World doesn't mean new lives will be born here, but rather... that people will regress into babies here?"
"If I were you, I'd go back to a room before continuing this conversation." Xie Ying suddenly spoke. Her voice was as cool as ever, carrying a composure rooted in unwavering reason.
Although Xie Ying couldn't hear what they had just been discussing, she clearly understood better than anyone present that their current surroundings were no place to relax and talk.
An open corridor with no cover, lights that might go out at any moment, nurses who might start moving at any moment... there was no more dangerous place than this.
Only then did the group snap out of their shock over the Mutation that had made Xiang Feiyu younger after a fall. They hurried back to the nearest room, Room 1406, which had originally been assigned to Su Bai and Le Shiya.
This time, no one switched on the room's lights. By the light from the corridor, they saw that, unlike the blue sky and white clouds in Room 1408, the walls and curtains of Room 1406 were painted with broad stretches of soft grass green meeting a pale blue sky, like a peaceful pasture.
The ceiling light in the room was shaped like a three-dimensional sun, while the bedside night-light was an endearing cartoon pony.
The Players were clearly in no mood to admire the Newborn Ward's distinctive rooms. Only Le Shiya, who had almost grown accustomed to serving as Su Bai's "eyes," continued dutifully describing the details inside.
With what had just happened to Xiang Feiyu, Le Shiya also had to pretend