Chapter 112: What a Coincidence, So Am I |
【EXP +9000】【EXP +22222】
【Final BOSS Defeated】
【Simulation Ending. This scene will soon be destroyed. Please leave immediately.】
【Countdown: 00:59】
Guan Shan picked up the dropped items and glanced at the hall's dome. Dust and debris were already falling, with chunks of stone crashing down.
Cracks spiderwebbed across the walls and floor, and one of the marble columns had completely broken, causing the dome to tilt precariously. The entire structure seemed ready to collapse.
"Crack, crack..."
The stained glass windows buckled under the pressure, shattering one by one. Huge cracks split the blood-stained image of the Madonna.
The recent battle had turned the hospital hall into a near-ruin.
Guan Shan made a quick circuit, checking for any remaining dropped items. He then noticed the NPC he had saved crawling out from a small storage room behind the stairs.
"Clang!"
The storage room door, already broken, fell to the ground as Jiang Siyuan pushed it open.
Trembling, he got up and was startled to see Guan Shan watching him. Swallowing hard, he saw the strange corpses scattered around, his scalp tingling. "Are... are they all dead?"
Guan Shan wiped the blood off his blade and nodded. "Yes, they're dead. You can escape now; this place is about to collapse."
Jiang Siyuan, having eavesdropped in the storage room for so long, knew how intense the commotion was. If the building hadn't collapsed yet, it was a miracle.
He hurriedly headed for the glass door on the side of the hall, but after a few steps, he saw Guan Shan walking back and couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you leaving?"
At that moment, a stumbling Nurse with a gun appeared from the corridor.
Guan Shan casually threw his knife, slashing her throat. Watching her fall, he listened to the experience points notification with satisfaction. "No, I'm staying to kill all the monsters. These are all experience points; I can't waste them."
He hadn't killed enough yet? Wasn't he satisfied?
Jiang Siyuan was dumbfounded, watching Guan Shan disappear into the dark corridor, the sound of whistling echoing.
The eerie tune, accompanied by the sounds of blades slicing into flesh and bodies hitting the ground, was haunting.
Images from countless slasher movies flashed through Jiang Siyuan's mind, filling him with extreme terror. Shivering, he bolted.
Fortunately, the hospital's glass door was shattered, allowing Jiang Siyuan to rush out. He ran to the Sacred Heart Hospital's main building, where many escaped patients gathered around the fountain. A man in his thirties was loudly organizing security.
From here, the bright lights outside and the sound of police sirens were visible.
Jiang Siyuan's eyes welled up.
Freedom! He was finally free after a whole month! He spread his arms, taking a deep breath of fresh air, feeling the pain all over his body and dizziness in his head.
"Hiss..."
Dizzy, Jiang Siyuan sat down, crawling over to ask for a bottle of mineral water.
The genuinely mentally ill patients, seeing him covered in blood, handed him several bottles, asking what had happened.
The man commanding the crowd was Qin Gu, who had evacuated and assisted the patients after calling for backup. The police who arrived were actually a nearby standby support team.
Luckily, Sacred Heart Hospital didn't have many patients, and most doctors were absent at night, so there were no fatalities.
Noticing Jiang Siyuan's unusual condition, Qin Gu, having jumped down from the fountain, squatted beside him, asking, "Did you come from the inpatient hall? What's the situation there?"
Not being a combat-focused Esper, he couldn't assist in the fight but could tell from the outside how intense it was.
The escaped patients mostly didn't know what had happened, only mentioning "dead people," "ghosts," and "monsters."
Jiang Siyuan, unsure how to respond, hesitated before saying, "Uh, they're... all dead..."
"All dead?" Qin Gu was taken aback and wanted to ask for more details, but a loud crash interrupted him.
He turned sharply to see dust rising.
Jiang Siyuan added, "People and ghosts, they're all dead..."
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【Game Simulation Ended: Over the Cuckoo's Nest】
【Final BOSS Defeated: 1/1 (Evaluation Level ↑)】
【Elite Monsters Defeated: 5/5 (Evaluation Level ↑)】
【Ordinary Monsters Defeated: 32/32 (Evaluation Level ↑)】
【NPCs Protected: 54/54 (Evaluation Level ↑)】
【Items Acquired: Doctor's Syringe x1, Active Serum (Semi-Finished) x1, Ashen Skeleton x1, A Kiss from Red Lips x4, Shock Grenade x1 (Bonus)】
【Evaluation Level: Transcendent (Extra Items Obtained)】
【Rewards: Game Coins x27000, Skill Points x2】
【Achievement Unlocked: ——】
【All rewards have been placed in your inventory. Please check.】
【Settlement complete. Please wait patiently for the next simulation to begin.】
The most surprising part of the settlement for Guan Shan was that he had successfully protected 54 NPCs...
"So even those who escaped on their own count as protected by me? That's convenient."
Guan Shan smirked, grabbed his personal items, and leaped from the inpatient building, using 【Gravity Control】 to land smoothly.
As soon as he touched the ground, the building behind him collapsed.
Guan Shan turned to watch the debris fall, frowning. He wondered where the other patients had gone. "Ah... they've been evacuated."
He circled around and saw a group of people gathered by the fountain, feeling relieved. He walked towards them.
The recent simulation in the hospital, with all the noise he made in the corridors and hall, must have awakened the other patients. What did they think he was doing? He still didn't know if the simulator concealed his actions...
Guan Shan consoled himself, "I guess it's lucky I was in a mental hospital. As a patient myself, it's normal to look crazy... Thankfully, this old hospital has no surveillance."
Despite this, he couldn't help but feel uneasy about the simulation process.
"In this round's rewards... why does 'Active Serum' sound familiar? Isn't that what Xiang Wen was researching?"
"And that doctor... I killed him... but what about Xiang Wen? Did he escape? But with the inpatient building collapsed, any search of the basement will expose him. Revealing Xiang Wen will be easy."
"My task is pretty much complete."
Shaking his head, Guan Shan walked towards the fountain and saw an old acquaintance—Jiang Siyuan.
At that moment, Jiang Siyuan was talking to another man, nodding excitedly, "Yes, I saw him, he..."
Noticing Guan Shan approaching, looking unscathed, Jiang Siyuan's eyes widened, his words trailing off.
"What's wrong? Continue," Qin Gu said, following his gaze. "Someone you know?"
Guan Shan's sharp eyes caught the badge on the man's chest, recognizing the Special Security Group's emblem.
"Special Security Group?"
Guan Shan smiled at Qin Gu, flashing the identical badge Xia Lei had given him. "What a coincidence, so am I."