"Things haven't reached the worst-case scenario yet." Su Bai sighed softly. "At its core, this game only requires us to survive here for seventy-two hours. It doesn't actually require us to confront the Strange Creature entrenched in the Newborn Ward."
"Cry just said that 'it' doesn't approve of how Hospital No. 666 operates, so..." Su Bai lowered his head and pondered for a moment, seemingly sorting through the tangled clues. "Based on what I know about Hospital No. 666, 'its' goal probably isn't simply to torment us until we wish we were dead, then kill us outright after we catch a glimmer of hope for survival."
Chi Yan frowned and fell silent for a few seconds, then raised a hand to rub his temple, looking thoroughly pained as he murmured, "...That's what Hospital No. 666 does? What kind of hellhole is it?"
At that, Su Bai thought for a moment, then offered a slightly teasing answer. "A... community hospital, I suppose?"
"...Huh?" Chi Yan froze for a moment.
"It's not fundamentally different from any other Nightmare Game location. There are just more Strange Creatures entrenched there, and they're stronger." After this offhand explanation, Su Bai added, "Although we're currently in the Newborn Ward of Hospital No. 666, I still hope everyone will stay as far away from that place as possible."
Throughout Su Bai and Chi Yan's conversation, Le Shiya relayed their entire exchange to Xie Ying. During the pauses, she occasionally stopped to eat something, doing her best to keep her strength up.
"So Mr. Su can summon more than just small animals, and the young lady over there isn't struggling so much to use her ability either... I'm beginning to understand why Mr. Chi needed all of you to accompany him." Xie Ying tilted her head slightly, her