Chapter 9: Appearing
Listening to the little nurse in front of him, it seems that something extremely bad happened to "that child" that has been discussed by Han Lang, and it is not the first time that it has happened.
Because the name of this hospital and the department to which Yan Ming belonged were deliberately covered up, Tang Juyi had no way of knowing what happened to "that child".
He repeated those words over and over again...... We didn't even dare to go up and touch him directly......"
The nurse's words mentioned some things that sounded strange, so they were also noticed by Tang Juyi.
Han Lang casually handed the medical record to Tang Juyi's hand, and did not care about the latter's astonishment, but said solemnly:
"What about now?"
"Similar to before, his current form is very different from his usual form...... Probably the second we've been speculating about—"
"Do you really believe what they say?"
An immature and indifferent voice overshadowed all the sounds in the corridor, sounding in Tang Juyi's ears.
At this moment, everyone's movements stopped, as if time stood still, and like a marionette being controlled by someone, it was difficult to move.
All the voices faded into the hallway, and with it came an indescribable coldness and darkness.
Tang Juyi only felt that his cold hair stood on end, and he involuntarily turned around and looked at the child standing at the door of the office who couldn't see his face clearly.
The hands that came out of the sleeves of the hospital gown appeared pale and thin, and the dark blood vessels bulged out like earthworms that lurked beneath the surface of the skin.
The child's eyes were covered by stray black hair, but the unsettling gaze could be faintly felt under the bangs.
The blue-purple lips and bloodless face seemed to indicate that the body was not in very good condition.
The child tilted his head and stared at Tang Juyi, whose movements were stiff, and his tone gradually became cold:
"What about you...... Do you really believe these people? ”
Tang Juyi tensed, but still didn't say anything.
The child in the hospital gown smiled at this, and then just raised his hand slightly, but the originally bright office suddenly fell into darkness, and this darkness was extremely viscous, like a liquid surging in the office, engulfing every medical staff.
What's even more incredible is that the darkness in the office doesn't seem to be confined to the inside of the office, and it has begun to slowly seep into the corridor.
Tang Juyi trembled all over and wanted to turn around and flee, but found that he couldn't control his limbs, so he could only watch the darkness come like a tide.
The lights in the corridor dimmed, and the people in the corridor also showed frightened expressions, and then seemed to be restrained by something, and dragged directly into the wards on both sides of the corridor, and the iron ward doors were also shut.
Tang Juyi watched all this happen in front of him with trepidation, but he was completely powerless to resist.
Until the darkness completely covered the entire 4th floor, leaving only the child and Tang Juyi in the corridor.
"Do you really believe ...... Is the activity that these people are doing [healing] what they say? ”
This questioning had a sarcastic meaning, which made Tang Juyi's eyes dizzy, and an uncontrollable sense of nausea and chaos also appeared out of thin air.
The child walked towards Tang Juyi step by step, and as he approached, Tang Juyi's discomfort also increased a little bit, and he had to kneel on the ground so that he would not fall to the ground completely.
When this child stood in front of him like this, Tang Juyi's chaotic and ambiguous sense of thinking also climbed to a peak.
At this time, the child's last words also came into Tang Juyi's ears:
"I might as well ask you again—do you know who you are?"
Buzz –
Tang Juyi couldn't bear this strange sense of oppression anymore, and fell heavily to the ground, letting out a low moan.
However, after seeing Tang Juyi fall, the darkness faded again, and the child in the hospital gown also bypassed Tang Juyi who fell to the ground, and walked slowly towards the entrance of the building.
Tang Juyi's brain was groggy, and he could only vaguely realize that the other party seemed to be gradually moving away. But even so, Tang Juyi couldn't get out of the intense discomfort, and still lay on the ground like a dead dog.
"What the hell is this...... What is it......? ”
Tang Juyi kept feeling the urge to retch, but he was so restrained that he could only make a "hissing" breathing sound.
"It can't be...... is a human ...... What can be done......"
Tang Juyi's body finally relaxed, completely detached from the strong sense of chaos before.
When the child stood in front of him, Tang Juyi couldn't even do the most basic thinking behavior, and suffered inexplicable interference both physically and mentally, and this made the only thing Tang Juyi could do was to stick to the bottom line of "not making a sound".
When the mind is chaotic and even the five senses cannot be used as the basis for judging the surrounding environment, people's fear will be infinitely amplified, and Tang Juyi can still remain quiet in this state, which can be said to be a very amazing willpower.
After a long time, Tang Juyi gradually regained consciousness and allowed himself to move slowly.
And when his eyes returned to focus, Tang Juyi also found that he was still in the office, only three steps away from the door, and it seemed that he had never moved his footsteps.
"Hallucinations?"
Tang Juyi staggered to his feet, and had to hold on to the desk next to him so as not to fall.
At this time, seeing that the scene of the office returned to its previous appearance, and his position was moved from the corridor to the position where he first entered the door, this contradictory situation seems to be only possible as a "hallucination".
"Snap"
A slight touch sounded at Tang Juyi's feet, touching his tense nerves, making him jump to the side extremely nervously, and then quickly looked at the location where the sound was made.
A stack of medical records.
The stack of medical records was clamped to a wooden board with a rusty iron clip, and the paper on it was crumpled and mostly covered in stains, revealing nothing useful.
Tang Juyi stepped forward in disbelief, carefully picked up the stack of medical records, and at the same time rummaged through it lightly.
Not only the first page, but all the pages were stained with mottled blood that had already shown a black-brown color, making it impossible to tell the original words on it.
"This medical record seems to be the doctor named Han Lang......"
Tang Juyi rubbed his temples, and also remembered what happened before—before the child suddenly appeared, Han Lang casually handed over the medical record to Tang Juyi's hands.
"Isn't it a hallucination? Did I really go back to a certain point in time in the past as Yan Ming? ”
Tang Juyi's heart shook violently, but he didn't expect a special page to suddenly fall from the sticky paper.
Tang Juyi, who reacted quickly, grabbed the page in his hand before it fell to the ground, and the familiar touch from the palm of his hand also made Tang Juyi realize what this page was for the first time:
An X-ray.
This X-ray is roughly the same as the previous two, both of which are irradiated images of brain regions, and on the back there is also a line of black handwriting:
[I'm a little hesitant...... What we are doing seems to have crossed a line that should not be crossed...... However, it's too late to stop......]
After reading it, Tang Juyi also had doubts:
"This clue doesn't seem to symbolize any way to survive, but rather a hint of the truth."
After thinking for a moment, Tang Juyi still didn't have any gains, so he could only shake his head and start to focus on the search for the battery.
He didn't come to the office to pick up an X-ray and leave, the battery was his main task.
In order not to make any noise, Tang Juyi had to be highly concentrated in every movement, even if he just opened a drawer.
Because of this, Tang Juyi's search speed was greatly delayed, and it took more than ten minutes to search half of the desk.
"I miscalculated, I should have asked which corner of the office I was in."
Tang Juyi was a little annoyed, but immediately realized that judging from the mental state of the old man in 408 at this time, even if he asked, it would be in vain.
The long-term mental concentration made Tang Juyi consume a lot of physical strength, but fortunately, he was lucky, and finally found a pair of unopened batteries before his physical strength was close to exhaustion.
Tang Juyi had some impressions of the structure of the battery box of the flashlight, so he could see that the battery model matched it, so he directly put the battery in his pocket and walked towards the door of the office.
As Tang Juyi expected, after experiencing that incident that I don't know if it was a hallucination, the door of the office was no longer locked and could be opened normally.
For this office that revealed a strange atmosphere everywhere, Tang Juyi didn't have a good impression, so he didn't stop any longer, and walked out quickly.
At the moment when he stepped out, the uneasiness that seemed to be surrounded by maggots attached to the bones also quickly subsided, and Tang Juyi was immediately relieved.
The next process was very simple: Tang Juyi first successfully brought the battery back to Ward 408, and made his flashlight shine brightly in front of the old man, and the overjoyed old man also handed Tang Juyi a curved spoon as promised, and swore to him, "This can help you find the child."
And because Tang Juyi fulfilled his promise, out of trust in him, the old man also agreed to lend the flashlight temporarily, but the requirement was that it must be sent back intact.
"If it doesn't light up when it comes back to me...... You know what I'm going to do. ”
After Tang Juyi's repeated assurances, and at the same time, after repeatedly warning and threatening Tang Juyi, the old man reluctantly handed his flashlight to him.
Taking over this flashlight, which was a little thicker than his wrist, Tang Juyi also glanced at it slightly, but he didn't expect to see a small line of font on the handle of the flashlight.
"No, there are words here? Why didn't you see it before? ”
Tang Juyi was taken aback, and hurriedly looked at it, but found that the handwriting in this line of red font seemed a little familiar:
【Good luck XD】
The simple and vicious words made Tang Juyi's face stiffen, and he scolded secretly:
"I even used emojis...... No matter how you look at it, it seems like telling me that the rest is not going to be going well......"