CH 2

(The paper contains contradictory rules, and you don't know which one to believe.)

(The first rule on the front tells you to take medication on time.)

(The blood-written words on the back tell you not to take any medication they give you, claiming that they are a group of devils who will lead you into the abyss.)

(More frighteningly, the fifth rule on the paper says, "There are always two patients in the ICU," but you haven't seen your roommate from the beginning to the end.)

(You feel a chill down your spine. Could the "Unspeakable" mentioned in the introduction be right behind you?)

(Or could they be the 'missing patient' mentioned in the introduction?)

(Knock, knock, knock-)

(There is a knocking sound outside the door.)

(You hurriedly put away the paper and took out a bunch of pills from the drawer and swallowed them.)

(When the doctor and nurse saw that you didn't respond, they walked into the ward.)

(The nurse looked at the clothes all over the floor and cursed loudly.)

(She took out a ballpoint pen from her pocket and pierced your eyeball.)

(Your vision turned blood-red.)

(You died.)

(The deduction ends.)

Gu Yi exits the simulation, covering his eyes and recalling the scene of his tragic death just now with lingering fear.

He has made a major breakthrough in this simulation. He now knows that the reason for his first instant death was that he did not take his medication on time, so the doctor killed him when they found out.

The second time he died was because of the nurse. Before killing him, she glanced at the pile of clothes on the ground, indicating that he had not kept the ward tidy.

Therefore, it is evident that the content on the front page of the note is true, and the bloody writing on the back is not trustworthy.

To confirm his thoughts, Gu Yi used his talent again.

(Deduction begins!)

(You wake up.)

(You immediately tidy up the bed and pick up the clothes on the ground, neatly folding them and putting them in the second drawer of the bedside table. You fold the cardboard box and hide it under the mattress.)

(You hide the fruit knife in the third drawer on your body, then turn around and look towards the door.)

(Knock, knock, knock-)

(The door sounds, and the doctor and nurse greet from outside.)

(You respond.)

(The doctor and nurse enter the ward.)

(The nurse glances at the clean floor but doesn't say anything.)

(The doctor nods after opening the first layer of the bedside table and then begins to check your physical condition.)

(Doctor: Have you taken your medicine on time?)

(You: One in the morning, one in the afternoon, and one at night.)

(Doctor: If you don't take your medicine, your illness won't get better.)

(You: Yes.)

(A dog barks outside the door.)

(The doctors and nurses did not show any doubts. They seemed accustomed to hearing dogs barking in the hospital.)

(You: Why are there dogs in the hospital?)

(Doctor: There are no dogs in the hospital. It seems like your condition has worsened, we need to increase your dosage.)

(You: Can I know what illness I have?)

(Doctor: You have delusional disorder, you believe that your body does not belong to you. A while ago, you even claimed to have seen a monster. Have you experienced any similar hallucinations recently?)

(You: No.)

(You feel puzzled.)

(Could it be that the root cause of the previous two simulations ending in death was his own mental illness, mistaking doctors for monsters?)

(If so, what about that rule on the note?)

("If you see blood dripping from the ceiling, don't panic, it's normal.")

(This is clearly describing the hallucinations that occur during a mental illness episode. Why does the hint say that this is normal?)

(Is this hint also problematic?)

(You feel confused, and you feel that the rules on the note cannot be completely trusted.)

(Doctor: It seems like you are doing well today. We will arrange a new room for you tonight. After the ward rounds, you can go to the cafeteria for breakfast.)

(You: Thank you.)

(The doctors and nurses left, remembering to lock the door.)

(You leaned against the door, begging the doctors and nurses to let you out, but they ignored you.)

(You returned to the bed, contemplating on the recent events.)

(You begin to feel a splitting headache.)

(Ten minutes later, the headache becomes unbearable.)

(The ceiling of the ward starts to drip blood.)

(Everything in front of you turns blood-red.)

(You die.)

(The deduction ends.)

"Why did I die again? I followed all the instructions!"

Gu Yi's face turned pale.

He has already gone through the simulation three times, but none of them lasted more than ten minutes.

There must be something he missed!

Gu Yi took a deep breath and focused his mind, using his talent once again.

(The deduction begins!)

(You hear the footsteps of the doctor and nurse. They are doing rounds in the next room and will be in your room soon.)

(You quickly tidy up the room and take your medicine. The doctor and nurse come in just as you finish.)

(You have a brief conversation with them, and the doctor leaves a few words before leaving.)

(You take out the piece of paper from under your bed and carefully read the contents.)

(You are sure that you did not violate any instructions.)

(The only thing you did not follow was the bloody message on the back of the paper.)

(You decide to throw up the medicine.)

(You grab the spittoon, prick your throat, and throw out the pills.)

(You toss some trash over the pill to cover it up.)

(You sit on the bed nervously for a while.)

(Ten minutes later.)

(The ceiling of the hospital room started to drip blood.)

(But you quickly realized it was your own hallucination and the blood drops disappeared soon.)

(You figured it out. The prompt was trying to tell you to pretend to take the medicine in front of the medical staff, but to find an opportunity to spit it out later.)

(The blood writing on the back of the note was not necessarily untrustworthy.)

(Maybe you didn't have a mental illness, and it was the pills that caused the hallucination. As long as you stopped taking them, the hallucination would disappear.)

(However, this was just a speculation, as there were too few clues.)

(After a while, the door of the hospital room opened.)

(The nurse told you that you could go to the cafeteria for breakfast now.)

(You went to the corridor, and all the other patients were sickly. You heard the dog barking again.)

(You asked other patients why there was a dog in the hospital.)

(The patients didn't say anything, only showing a puzzled expression, as if they were looking at a fool.)

(You arrived at the cafeteria and found that the chef who was responsible for cooking was a weirdo wearing a pig's head mask.)

(You ordered a small pickled vegetable dish, a bowl of white porridge, and two meat buns.)

(The pig head chef glanced at you.)

(He picked up the knife and split your head open.)

(Your eyes turned blood-red.)

(You died.)

(The deduction ends.)

"Hah--"

Gu Yi rubbed his head, sweating profusely.

After four simulations in a row, he successfully left the hospital room in the fourth attempt but ended up dying in the cafeteria.

Just in the first ten minutes, there were so many instant death flags, and if he didn't have his SSS-level talent, he probably wouldn't even know how he died.

There must be some rules in the cafeteria that he couldn't violate, but he had overlooked them.

At this point, Gu Yi only had 10 points of mental power left, and he didn't need to waste it at this moment. After leaving the ward and arriving at the cafeteria, he would personally look for the prompt note and then do the simulation again.

Knock knock knock.

The doctor's knocking sound came from next door, and the rounds began.

Gu Yi quickly jumped out of bed, he didn't have time to waste.