Zhao Xun went to the next ward.
This was another double room, with two middle-aged women lying in the beds.
One looked rather ill. She lay slumped to one side with her eyes closed, occasionally letting out a faint groan. She looked half dead, seemingly in a semiconscious state.
The other stared at the ceiling, anxiety and confusion in her eyes.
From her expression alone, Zhao Xun could guess what she was thinking.
She was lamenting her bad luck at becoming a player on the Endless Train.
She was questioning the unfairness of fate, which had turned her perfectly good life into a situation where she now had to face death.
Hearing footsteps, the conscious middle-aged woman raised her head to look at Zhao Xun.
She opened her mouth, about to ask a question, but Zhao Xun had already used Hypnosis.
The middle-aged woman stared blankly at Zhao Xun, all emotion gone from her eyes.
Zhao Xun strode over to her bedside, but before he could stop, a wave of dizziness hit him.
He barely managed to grab the rail beside the bed and keep himself from falling.
"Tsk." Zhao Xun rubbed his temples, frowning slightly.
He had only used Hypnosis a few times in total, yet more than half his mental power had already drained away like water rushing through floodgates.
Almost immediately, Zhao Xun thought of the special item he had obtained earlier, [Unyielding Bone]. Eating it would instantly replenish all his mental power.
But it only had ten uses in total, and he did not want to waste one lightly.
Besides, his mental power was being depleted too quickly this time. If he ate the bone and exhausted his mental power again within two hours, he would enter a weakened state for twenty-four hours.
Using it three