[Congratulations on completing the task: Escape from The Fifth Hospital.]
The prompt from the system echoed in her mind.
What's going on?
Dressed in patient attire, Tao Tao knelt halfway in the muddy road, glancing around at her surroundings with a puzzled face.
In the distance was a building being devoured by flames.
She rubbed her hair, lost in thought. Just a moment ago, she was in the hospital ward, waiting for the right moment to escape during the chaos someone had mentioned. Then, when she went to the bathroom, she found herself outside of the hospital after opening the door.
And, the constantly looping task had been completed once more.
So what exactly was going on?
Even if time had restarted, she shouldn't be here; she was supposed to be lying in the hospital ward.
Tao Tao, confused, tried to stand up but suddenly felt a piercing pain in her ankle. Looking down, she saw that her ankle was red and clearly sprained.
Seeing this, Tao Tao fell into deep thought again.
The first time she escaped the hospital, she overestimated the strength of this frail female body, ran too hard for the thrill of it, tripped over a rock, and ended up falling and spraining her ankle.
The very next second, she was back inside the hospital, which made Tao Tao suspect that her twisted ankle was deemed a failed escape attempt.
So the second time, she was careful to protect her fragile body and made sure not to trip on anything.
But after running a distance, she still found herself back in the hospital, restarting again. It was only on the third attempt that Tao Tao vaguely understood that the trigger for the time loop was probably within The Fifth Hospital.
Without resolving this issue, no matter how many times she escaped the hospital, she'd be pulled back during the reset.
Is this what a Level Two assessment script looks like? A seemingly simple escape task can still involve so many complications!
Tao Tao opened the Player's Handbook, stared at the completed task for a while, and then decisively stood up, leaning on her good leg, and continued running towards the distance.
The Fifth Hospital was situated in the suburbs, surrounded by unfinished malls and abandoned factories. In this desolate place, the burning flames were particularly glaring against the dim sky.
...
Inside The Fifth Hospital covered by thick smoke and flames,
Xu Shuo stumbled, clutching the blood gushing from his chest. He turned to look back, and through the hazy smoke, he saw the nurse with a lifted gun.
The nurse had a frenzied look, her gun-holding hand trembling slightly, eyes filled with excitement and fervor.
The moment the bomb trigger fell, it was caught by another hand stained with blood.
"Hiss..." Clutching his slashed wrist, the janitor looked back in horror and shouted, "Stop!"
Xu Shuo, holding the bomb trigger, pressed it nonchalantly.
Boom!
A deafening explosion emanated from the center of the corridor near the elevator, followed by the entire building shaking violently. The explosion continued, walls cracked, and ceiling debris fell.
[Congratulations on completing the mission: Destroy The Fifth Hospital.]
Amidst the tremors of the explosion, the nurse fell to the ground, and hearing the system notification in her mind, she snapped out of her earlier astonishment.
The doctor actually helped her to activate the bomb?
With that thought, the nurse quickly looked around for other figures, but the recent explosion had driven them all apart. Flames and dense smoke filled her view, obscuring the entire corridor.
Feeling tense, the nurse stood up and called out eagerly, "My hero?!"
The doctor was not yet dead, and she could not assure herself that he would not have the breath to launch a last attack, especially since he had just ambushed the janitor.
His goal was to kill Luo Kun!
More importantly, the doctor might initiate Time Retrospection after this, potentially causing her mission progress to be wiped again!
...
Amongst the crackling flames, Luo Kun leaned against the wall, his brow furrowed as he waved away the encroaching smoke.
He heard the nurse's shouting not far off but had no intention of responding. The youth turned his head to the side and saw a staggering white figure approaching him.
"Doctor Chu, you don't seem to be in very good condition," Luo Kun said with a smile, his widened eyes shining eerily as he spoke in a ghostly tone, "Shall I change the time to another point now?"
Xu Shuo was covered in blood, his white coat almost entirely stained a glaring crimson. He approached Luo Kun, pale and expressionless, and swiftly slashed again.
This time, he deftly slit Luo Kun's throat.
"You talk too much," Xu Shuo said sluggishly afterward.
Blood sprayed out. With his fingers stained with blood, Luo Kun looked at the doctor in front of him and started to laugh in a distorted and bizarre manner.
...
[Congratulations on completing the mission: Kill patient number thirteen from the ward, Luo Kun.]
[Congratulations to the players for completing more than 50% of the main mission. This theater will end in thirty minutes. Please prepare accordingly.]