Chapter 60

He's resurrected?

No, is he really alive now?

Why would he suddenly be admitted to the obstetrics and gynecology ward? He's clearly a man.

Su Cheng's gaze fell on Yang Ze's stomach, and a possibility surfaced in her mind: Could a nutritional meal really make a man "pregnant"?

Su Cheng's gaze swept over the other two women on the beds, who also had blank expressions. Could they also be contestants?

Or rather, the sudden influx of people into the hospital wards were all contestants...

Didn't Mo Yiyi say that the contestants had already been killed by the monsters on Slaughter Night?

Or perhaps they weren't among those who died in the hall last night.

Instead, it occurred in other wards where a group of people failed to escape after triggering some kind of death mechanism...

A note from the author:

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Chapter 60

Not long after Su Cheng returned to the ward, Yan Yu finally came back.

As soon as the door closed, Su Cheng asked, "Did you know that one of the new patients is a contestant?"

I noticed it just now, but I haven't had a chance to tell you yet.

When Su Cheng Yan Yu into Doctor Wu's office, Yan Yu was assigned to the last ward by the nurse, and later found that her roommate was acting strangely.

"It's also abnormal that patients in other wards seem to ignore male faces."

This hospital isn't just strange in its medical staff; the patients are also somewhat odd.

Yan Yu touched her stomach and deduced, "These contestants survived the first night. They must have consumed their nutritional meals when they violated the monster's killing mechanism."

Su Cheng nodded repeatedly. Yan Yu's mind was much clearer after leaving the cafeteria. "That's right, that's what I thought too!"

"It was because the monster wanted to preserve what was inside them that it didn't tear them apart and eat them."

"We need to figure out exactly what's in your stomach before we can figure out how to remove it."

When it came to this issue, the two of them were somewhat at a loss.

Before I could figure it out, I smelled a familiar fragrance.

Then came the nurse's voice. "To avoid crowding, the nutritional meals will be distributed by the nurses. Please wait in your wards."

It's time to distribute nutritious meals again.

Su Cheng turned to look at Yan Yu and noticed that her expression was becoming unnatural. She was blinking and swallowing frequently, and her nostrils were flaring as if she were searching for scents in the air.

The Yan Yu began to have an effect.

"Yan Yu?"

Yan Yu clenched her fist Yan Yu, "It's okay. I can handle it!"

The nurse arrived at the ward quickly.

Nurse Liu looked at Yan Yu, who had appeared unexpectedly, and asked, "Hey? What are you doing here, bed 59?"

Su Cheng stepped forward and gently blocked Nurse Liu's gaze from looking at Yan Yu. "She wants to eat with me in this ward. The other two beds aren't here, and she'll enjoy her meal more with me."

"Okay, fine. You two have large portions, so make sure you finish them all."

Nurse Liu took two takeout boxes from the food cart and handed them to the two people respectively.

But she didn't leave immediately, instead urging with a smile, "Eat quickly."

She's starting to suspect something.

Su Cheng had no choice but to lift the lid in front of her.

The aroma was enticing, but the pieces of meat, even more bizarre than animal offal, were simply too much for her to handle...

"Aww!"

In contrast, Yan Yu, who had remained steadfast during the initial Yan Yu, could no longer contain herself when the lid was opened. She eagerly tore off a piece, and her satisfied sound attracted Nurse Liu's attention.

Su Cheng moved closer to the lump of flesh, turning slightly to the side so that Nurse Liu couldn't see it clearly, while making a chewing motion and imitating the sound of Yan Yu wolfing down food in her ear.

Nurse Liu looked at Yan Yu, her smile deepening with satisfaction. Although she wasn't very happy about Su Cheng's picky eating behavior of "chewing slowly," she still had to deliver meals to other wards, so she quickly left the ward.

As soon as she left, Su Cheng slapped the meat out of Yan Yu's hand.

"Yan Yu, wake up!"

Su Cheng grabbed Yan Yu's wrist.

Yan Yu stared at Su Cheng with red eyes, licking her lips repeatedly and swallowing the saliva that was secreted incessantly.

The sudden cessation of eating caused her stomach to rumble.

"I'm so hungry, so hungry!"

She had been blinded by her appetite.

Su Cheng took out a chocolate from her bag and put it in her mouth, but she reacted as if she were tasting something extremely repulsive, turning her head away in disgust and vomiting, spitting out all the chocolate from her mouth...

Yan Yu struggled to break free from Su Cheng's grip and tried to reach for the pieces of meat that had fallen to the ground.

"I want to eat it! It's delicious! I want to eat it!"

Su Cheng had no choice but to forcibly press Yan Yu onto the bed and find a restraint strap on the edge of the bed to tie her up.

With her upper body and legs restrained by straps, Yan Yu was unable to get up.

Su Cheng pinched her lips, both to prevent her from making a sound and to prevent her from biting herself.

He then took out a sedative needle and inserted it into her arm.

After half a dose of the medicine was injected, Yan Yu's thrashing lessened, her thirsty and resentful expression gradually calmed, and sweat continued to pour from her forehead.

Seeing that she had quieted down, Su Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and drew the curtain closed.

I bent down and put the pieces of meat on the ground into the takeout box; I quickly dealt with these two culprits.

Su Cheng took two nutritional meals and slipped into Li Li's ward next door when the nurse wasn't looking.

In addition to Li Li, there were two other pregnant women, strangers, in the ward. They mechanically ate chunks of meat.

As soon as Su Cheng appeared, Li Li, like a cat spotting a fish, rushed over, snatched the piece of meat from her hand, and stuffed it into her mouth, yelling, "Give it all to me... give it all to me..."

Li Li chewed contentedly; she had just tried to steal the nutritional meals from two fellow patients but had failed.

She didn't dare force herself for fear of being discovered by the nurses, but thankfully Su Cheng arrived... and she was able to eat her fill again.

Su Cheng left with the empty box, glancing under Li Li's bed as if sensing something, and happened to see a corner of clothing sticking out.

Su Cheng had seen it that morning; it was the pattern of the clothes that Li Li's mother-in-law was wearing.

But now was not the right time to investigate; the nurses would be coming to collect the meal boxes soon, Su Cheng couldn't linger and quickly returned to the ward.

With the source of the smell gone and the windows open, the fragrance had faded considerably.

Yan Yu closed her eyes wearily, her lower lip slightly bleeding from where she had bitten it.

Su Cheng approached and met her slowly opening eyes. "Are you feeling better? Do you want to eat more?"

Yan Yu coughed lightly twice, "... Much better, I can resist the urge. Could you untie this restraint for me?"

Only after confirming that Yan Yu's eyes were clear did Su Cheng untie the restraints on her body.

He sat down beside her, took out the remaining half of the sedative, and said, "The one you used earlier. You keep it, or I'll keep it and inject you again if you have withdrawal symptoms?"

Yan Yu touched her still swollen and painful upper arm. "Keep it."

She took a bottle of water from her Smart Bag, unscrewed the cap, and took two sips. "Thank you so much earlier. The smell of that liquid made my brain go completely blank."

"I can see that." Seeing that Yan Yu had returned to normal, Su Cheng continued, "I teamed up with two other contestants yesterday, and they haven't come back yet. I have to go down and check on them."

Su Cheng guessed that Mo Yiyi and the others were either held up by something or knew that once they came up, it would be difficult to go back down, so they hadn't returned yet.

Yan Yu touched her slightly larger belly, trying not to think about the chunks of meat she had just swallowed, and said, "Okay, I'll go too."

Before the two could exchange more than a few words, Nurse Liu quickly came in to collect the transparent lunchboxes. As she glanced at Su Cheng's still flat stomach, a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes.

Su Cheng naturally noticed her gaze, but now that she knew the consequences of eating nutritious meals, she was even less likely to try it.

If the fake belly is discovered, things will only get worse, so I'll have to put it off for now.

Nurse Liu headed to the next ward, and the two immediately got up and left. The way to leave the inpatient department smoothly was naturally to get an outpatient examination form from the doctor's office.

As a newly admitted patient, Yan Yu easily obtained an outpatient examination form from Doctor Wu.

When it was Su Cheng's turn, Doctor Wu reviewed the ultrasound report, which listed Su Cheng's name as Yan Yu, and had no further doubts. She simply assumed that Su Cheng was too thin to show her pregnancy and earnestly advised Su Cheng to rest and prepare for childbirth.

Doctor Wu was unwilling to order any more tests, which Su Cheng had expected, but fortunately she was prepared.

Leaving the office, Su Cheng took out a stolen medical report and imitated Doctor Wu's handwriting to write it down.

After showing the examination to the nurses at the nurses' station with Yan Yu, they headed towards the elevator.

As the elevator doors closed, the nurse at the nurses' station, who was looking at her computer, suddenly looked up and stood up.

Wait a minute! The system shows that Doctor Wu only ordered tests for bed 59. What happened to bed 29?!

After the elevator doors closed, Su Cheng pressed the button for the basement level.

Yan Yu: "To the cafeteria?"

"Yes, they should be there at this mealtime."

The lobby was full of staff, making it difficult to move around. They might be somewhere else, but at this time, it was most likely they were in the cafeteria.

The elevator continued its rapid ascent to the basement level without stopping.

"I won't go in, I'll wait for you outside." Yan Yu stopped, still shaken, and silently took out a mask and put it on.

"Good."

As Su Cheng had predicted, the cafeteria was about a third full.

Three food service windows were open, and long queues formed in front of them.

The team may include patients from specific departments, or participants who cannot control themselves.

Su Cheng found a corner seat and scanned each row of seats with her eyes, paying special attention to those who did not have food in front of them.

The conversations in the cafeteria were very quiet; the main sounds were the smacking of chewing.

Nearly half the people were engrossed in eating their meat, and those who hadn't eaten were rarely sitting alone; they were almost all sitting in groups of three or four, chatting.

Su Cheng quickly found Mo Yiyi and Liu Yue, along with a boy wearing a baseball cap.

Su Cheng walked towards them, and only when she got closer did she realize that the boy in the baseball cap looked somewhat familiar.

She thought for a moment before remembering the boy in the baseball cap; she had seen him before in the Central Circle outside the apartment building.

It was the boy who was robbed by the Toward the Moon Society in the alley.