At eight o'clock in the evening, the lane was congested, and there was snow on both sides of the road, and Xia Ren and his team were stuck on the road for more than half an hour before finally arriving at the Affiliated Hospital of Dongpu University of Science and Technology.

There was no starlight, only large snowflakes falling down, reflecting the white light under the reflection of the street lamps, which was somewhat dazzling.

Standing at the gate were nurses in white uniforms.

Following the familiar path, Xia Ren came to the inpatient department and saw Niu Changshou in the monitoring room.

Just like the basement below, the monitoring room here has obviously been renovated in the hope that one day it will take on special responsibilities.

Several curved screens form a huge semicircle and occupy the entire wall, these screens are larger than the average surveillance screen, and the clarity is almost comparable to that of a 4K movie, showing the surveillance images of the corridors and various patient rooms.

Below the monitoring screen is a large touch screen panel console, in front of the console placed three black swivel chairs, the operator is sitting on it, staring at the screen, from time to time to call up a few monitoring screens to zoom in to view, to confirm whether there is an abnormal situation, the whole monitoring room is full of a strong sense of science and technology.

It was the first time for Xia Ren to see this kind of monitoring equipment like a movie special effect, and he felt very novel.

Although I knew that the progress of the World Superman Association's scientific research had exceeded the current level of human cognition, and I could see some of it from Niu Changshou, it was the first time that I realized it so concretely as it was in front of me.

The deputy dean and the two professors during the day were also there, and there was also a middle-aged woman, also dressed as a doctor.

Niu Changshou introduced: "This is a professor who just came from the next city to do parasite research, surnamed Yang, especially in the field of worms, he has made great achievements and published many papers. ”

Xia Ren and her nodded to each other, and they got to know each other briefly.

"After our observation during this period of time, we found that the main onset time of atypical dysphobia is between 9 pm and 2 am, and the specific time varies with the different sleep quality of patients, and the latest onset time is one and a half hours after the patient falls asleep."

The vice president explained the situation to Xia Ren, who had just arrived.

He was relatively contemptuous of Xia Ren at first, although he was a guest of Niu Changshou, but after all, he was a member of the Foundation, and the vice president knew the ability of those investigators to deal with pollution incidents, but this contagious plague was not what they were good at, so the vice president always felt that he would not help much in this matter, as long as he didn't add to the chaos, thank God.

But since listening to Xia Ren talk about Zhao Rou's case in the afternoon, the vice president put away his contempt for Xia Ren, he is also a doctor himself, so he knows the difficulty of surgery for interstitial chordoma, and those who can do this kind of surgery already belong to the top group of surgeons, especially Xia Ren is still so young.

In any occasion, capable people are respected, regardless of status.

Of course, if you let the vice president know that the one who really completed the operation was actually following Xia Ren, the green-haired Lori who looked innocent and ignorant, and didn't know what kind of expression it should be.

"Are all the patients asleep now?"

Xia Ren looked at the surveillance screen and asked.

"Nope."

"There are several patients whose brains have been active, but their physical condition is no longer suitable for any sedative medication. ”

Xia Ren nodded, looking for something on the screen, he saw that patient number three was already lying on the hospital bed and closed his eyes, but it seemed that there was one person missing.

"What about the teenager with agnosia in the afternoon?"

Niu Changshou answered: "At six o'clock, I had lost my vital signs due to a head injury. ”

"So fast."

Xia Ren was a little stunned in his heart, he had experienced many lives and deaths, and the young man had nothing to do with him, but he felt a little pity.

But if the teenager's family learns the news, they don't know how they will feel.

Niu Changshou grinned and showed a smile that was not very happy: "Illness doesn't make sense with people. ”

At the mention of this topic, there was some silence in the monitoring room for a while.

Everyone stared at the screen, quietly waiting for one of the patients to become ill.

However, half an hour has passed, and there is no other obvious change in the surveillance footage except for the occasional scene of the nurse passing by in the corridor.

"Strange, what's going on today?"

The vice dean muttered to himself.

"Is there anything wrong with the monitoring?"

The staff in charge of monitoring tested several windows and replied, "No problem, everything is fine." ”

"It's okay, wait."

Niu Changshou asked people to bring a few chairs, and everyone sat down together.

The vice president did not sit down, his eyes looked at the monitoring without blinking, and there was a faint uneasiness in his heart.

His eyes unconsciously fell on patient number three, and from the day he was admitted to this girl, he immediately realized the difference between the other party, which was a wonderful feeling, like a sixth sense.

Another half hour had passed, and all the patients had fallen asleep, but none of them had symptoms of sleep apnea.

Niu Changshou was so bored that he began to chat with Xia Ren.

The two had a not very in-depth exchange, and all the topics were superficial, and just like that, the time slowly came to twelve o'clock in the morning, and there was still no situation.

The vice president couldn't stay any longer and proposed, "Let's go to the ward and have a look." ”

The crowd had no opinions, so the group left the monitoring room and went up to the fourth floor.

The lights in the corridor were on, the lights were a little white, and the doors of the wards on both sides were closed, not making a sound, and the silence was terrible.

They gently pushed open one of the rooms and came to the bedside, where the patient was sleeping soundly.

Niu Changshou stepped forward to check and found that the patient was in a stable state and was completely asleep.

Xia Ren also used his second-level perception ability to probe the surroundings, and the extremely faint pollution aura was still there, and there was no change.

They then went to several other wards and got the same results.

There are no anomalies.

But in this case, there is no anomaly per se, but the biggest anomaly.

"Why ...... tonight?"

The vice president couldn't figure it out.

Xia Ren wondered in his heart that his arrival was sensed by the worms, so they all hibernated?

But no, he shouldn't have that much deterrence, and last time he stayed in a ward with Zhao Rou, those insects still ran out to spread wild, so this may be basically ruled out.

There was nothing to gain, everyone returned to the monitoring room, Niu Changshou sat on the chair, and his expression was not relaxed.

He looked around the room, focused his eyes on Xia Ren and his party, and said a little apologetically: "Brother Xia, it doesn't look like anything will happen tonight, why don't you go back and rest early, I'll keep an eye on it here, and I'll notify you as soon as I find anything." ”

"Yes."

Even if he didn't say it, Xia Ren had the intention of leaving.

"Let's go."

He grabbed Qin Yun and walked out of the hospital.

At night, plus snowy days, the number of taxis is scarce, but fortunately, there is an app on the phone to get a taxi.

When he returned to the community, he took out the key and opened the door, because there were two bedrooms, Qin Yun and Lu Yi could sleep in one, and Xia Ren finally didn't have to sleep on the sofa anymore.

Seeing that he didn't have much interest in talking, Qin Yun kept quiet and silently took Lu Yi back to the room.

Lily didn't need much sleep, and she needed to familiarize herself with the floor tonight.

Xia Ren was lying on the bed, because he was catching a plane early this morning, and he didn't sleep well this morning, so his spirit was somewhat tired.

As soon as he closed his eyes and his mind was empty, he heard the squeaky of a woman next door, and the buzzing vibration, and his mind couldn't help but recall the woman next door he saw in the afternoon.

The room where he lay was separated from the next bedroom by a wall.

"It's damn soundproofing."

Xia Ren complained sullenly, pulled up the quilt and covered his ears.

In fact, you can't blame the room for soundproofing, the second-level perception ability has greatly improved the sharpness of his facial features, even if he is separated by a wall, he can still hear the movement on the other side.

But fortunately, within two minutes, the movement next door stopped.

The woman's faint gasps faded away, and the world fell silent, as if all sounds had been swallowed up by the snow outside.

Xia Ren's consciousness sank into the depths of darkness.

[The Stygian Aid has been activated.] 】

[Listen to the ...... of the unfortunate] Prayer! 】

[Hey, hey, hey, hey......]

A faint female voice sounded, with a deep sense of fear.

"I'm so scared ......"

"Who's coming...... Help me ......."