Chapter 16: The woods behind the hospital

It was just a vague figure, surrounded by a thick fog, and I couldn't see the person's face clearly.

He must have been a man, and he was wearing a vertical hospital gown, just like the one I was wearing.

Ah, isn't this monitoring screen corresponding to the parking lot? That's right, there, it's the parking lot!

That guy, what are you doing in the parking lot? Who is he? Could it be the wanted man who has wandered to the hospital? No, no, it's a patient, don't you see he's still wearing a hospital gown?

Suddenly, the guy ran like crazy and ran in the parking lot!

He seemed to be frightened by something, and soon, his figure ran out of the range of the surveillance screen and disappeared.

Strange, why do I think the movement he just ran up seems familiar?

No, I remember, I just ran out of the parking lot, huh? There doesn't seem to be anyone else there, huh?

Yes? Could it be that this person, this person is me?

That's right, I was also wearing a blue and white hospital gown, and I was so scared that I ran away!

I realized that the person in the surveillance camera was actually me who ran out of the parking lot just now!

That's right, there's no one else in this parking lot, that person, it's me!

But why can I see myself in the surveillance?

Could it be that this is just a video footage of surveillance? Is it an image of the past?

I took a closer look at the monitoring screen, but found that under the screen, there was a beating English word - LIVE!

LIVE? Live broadcast? No way?

How is this possible? In that video, it was not a video that was broadcast, but a live situation that happened now?

Could it be that the person I see is not me, but another person, another patient in this hospital?

However, I am already very sure that the person on the screen should be me, the me just now!

At this time, I suddenly remembered a horror movie I had watched, and the name of the movie was "Horror Cruise".

In this film, the heroine gets on an unmanned cruise ship, only to find herself attacked. She tracked down the murderer, only to find out that the murderer was herself, another her! In fact, she has entered a horror cruise ship with an endless loop of time. She kills the previous self, but soon, the other self also gets on the boat, and the same story happens again. As a result, she would have to keep the cycle going on and on, never able to escape from the ship.

Could it be that I've fallen into an endless loop? That's why I see another version of myself?

No, maybe it's just another person! Even, is it possible that it is the wanted criminal?

Wanted? Oh, if that figure wasn't me, but a wanted criminal, would he have found it?

This is a possibility, because the only way out of the parking lot is the morgue passage. I don't remember how I got here, but that guy is going to be here, and he's going to rush in soon!

As soon as I thought of this, my cold hair stood on end.

No, I'd better get out of here right now! I can't stop here!

No, it's not just here! This is a hospital like a ghost domain, if I stay any longer, sooner or later I will either be killed or become a madman!

So, I was going to leave this place.

I looked up and saw the security uniform hanging from the hanger, and then at the hospital gown on my own.

Without hesitation, I took off my hospital gown and put on the security guard's uniform. Strangely, the uniform seemed to be tailor-made for me, and it fit perfectly.

Am I stealing?

But why isn't there even a security guard here? Could it be that those security guards were also killed by that guy?

Suddenly, I was reminded of those horrible zombie movies.

Isn't it? This hospital, as if it had been attacked by zombies, didn't even have a single living person? Could it be that there are really zombies here?

Forget it, whether it's a zombie or a wanted criminal, I'd better hurry up and leave, lest I have too many dreams at night!

When I left, I didn't take the intercom with me. If the man running wild in the parking lot is neither me nor the wanted man, then he is a patient and a survivor who lives here just like me. When he arrives, the intercom might have brought him some useful information to keep him on his toes and get out of the way, right?

Even in this moment of crisis, I didn't run for my life alone.

I left the security room, and at the door, there was a large flower garden, and it was all red roses.

When I saw the roses, I stopped.

I remembered the dream I had just had, and I thought of the bright red rose that Mary held in her hand.

Rose, representing love. Even in the face of death, it still blooms.

As I watched, I forgot the danger I was in.

Mary, where the hell are you? Are you still alive?

In my mind, Mary's appearance came to me again. She, standing among the roses, smiled at me.

Mary, Mary!

I reached out to reach her. However, I was stabbed hard by something.

Pain, a sting in the heart!

I was startled and withdrew my hand again. When I looked down, it turned out that it was my finger, which was punctured by the thorns of roses!

The blood, running down the tips of my fingers, dripped little by little, and fell among the roses in the flower garden.

Suddenly, the roses in the flower garden changed color!

It turned out to be a bright red rose, but in the blink of an eye, it turned black, as if a dark angel had descended to the world! Then, the black roses began to emit a burnt mush.

In an instant, the black roses in that flowerbed were burned to ashes, and the ashes fell to the ground, covering the entire flowerbed.

I was stunned to see this.

Could it be that there is something terrible in my blood that can turn flowers into ashes?

I was frightened, and immediately left the flower garden and ran in a panic.

In front of the flowerbed was a large iron gate, but this iron gate was closed, not only locked, but also chained.

It seems that I can't get out through this door.

However, I soon found hope of escaping.

Right next to the door, there was a small low wall, which was not so high that I could climb up it. Turn it over and I'll be able to get out of here.

So, I climbed up the low wall, and carefully climbed over the broken glass wall.

Climbing over the wall, I landed on the ground.

The moment I landed, I let out a long breath.

By the way, what about the ring? You won't lose it, will you?

This ring is so important to me that I can't afford to lose it!

I rummaged through my pants pocket, the pants pocket of the security uniform, and I remember that when I was changing, I put the ring in there.

Thankfully, the ring is still there and hasn't been lost.

In addition, the pistol was still on me, and the flashlight was not lost.

With these three things, I can finally rest assured.

But did I really leave that hospital?

Thinking of this, I turned my head.

Just by the door, I saw a rusty iron sign with four big words written on it - "Ghost Hospital".

I finally got out of this terrible hospital.

This hellish place, I'll never come back!

I've left the Ghost Hospital, but where am I going?

Turning around and looking up, I was stunned by the "scenery" ahead.

Ahead, there was not a road, but a dense layer of woods, and you couldn't see the edge at a glance.

The hospital, with its back to the woods, seemed to be half-surrounded by the trees.

There's no road here, so how do I get there? Do you have to walk through this wood?

I don't know: what terrible thing is hidden in the depths of that woods?

Perhaps, a few beasts will emerge, perhaps, I will run into poisonous snakes, and of course, I may encounter that terrible wanted criminal, or zombie or something.

But can I turn back?

There's no way I'm going back, there's no way I'm going to go back to that horrible hospital.

The wanted man is probably still in there, yes, he's probably wandering around the hospital right now! If I go back, not only will I not find a way out, but I will die inside!

Anyway, I'd better venture into this wood, maybe there will be a way out?

So, despite my fear, I broke into the dark woods.

I had a flashlight in my left hand and a pistol in my right hand, and my feet were on the uneven forest path (it was better to say that it was a path, but it was actually better to be a weed among the trees), but my heart kept beating a drum.

The deeper I went into the woods, the more panicked my heart became.

Will I not be able to get out at all this time, just like the last time I entered the morgue passage?

Damn, how can there be such strange places in this world? A hospital of horrors? Around, it turned out to be this dark jungle again? Also, the danger that could pop up here at any time?

However, I have no choice but to go all the way and get out of the woods, and I have to wait here to die.

The woods were eerily quiet, and the further you went, the more silent it became.

I could hear my own breathing, my heartbeat, and the rustle of my feet on the road. My hands were shaking all the time, and I was even scared that I would accidentally pull the trigger, so I was startled.

Can I get out of this place?

Eventually, though, I made it out of the woods.

Along the way, there were no beasts and snakes, no wanted criminals lurking inside, and of course, no zombies.

However, when I walked out of the woods, I found myself soaking wet, mostly in a cold sweat that scared me out.

However, when I came out of the woods, I found that I had encountered another insurmountable obstacle.

Yes, this is a huge "obstacle", the road ahead, already blocked by a mountain.

The mountain was not high, but it was undulating, blocking the front and the place where I could see.

Ahead, there was a gravel mountain road that I could follow to the top of the mountain.

To be honest, I'm already feeling tired, hungry and thirsty. I really don't want to climb the mountains anymore.

However, I knew I had no choice but to follow the mountain trail all the way up. As long as I climb over this mountain, I can see the flat land on the other side of the mountain, right?

So, I walked up the gravel mountain road step by step.

The trail is very difficult to walk, and the gravel under my feet is very hard, and sometimes the soles of my feet hurt. The crunchy gravel, which couldn't bear my weight, fell off and rolled down the hillside.

I didn't dare to look back, for fear that I would only panic even more when I saw the steep slope behind me. So, I gritted my teeth and climbed all the way up.

After walking for a few minutes, I found a street sign on the side of this mountain road.

That's right, it's a street sign, but it's been put down, and a few words are faintly written on it. However, it was too dark for me to see what was written on it.

I wanted to ignore the sign, but I was driven by curiosity, crouched down, and helped it up.

Shaking off the gravel and dust covering the street sign, and then the light of the flashlight, I finally saw the three big words on the street sign.

"Yin and Yang Road" ······