Ordinary Inpatient Building.
After 8:20, as time passed, the number of visible NPCs steadily increased, bringing a bit of life to the building.
Shen Zhiyi was looking for the broadcast room.
Compared to other NPCs, the staff member responsible for the morning broadcast was bound to have a higher degree of connection to the instance.
From the moment he saw Zhou Qi’an lying on the bed in a patient’s gown this morning, Shen Zhiyi knew what he was going to do next. First, use his poison resistance to switch identities with the patient, then find a way to explore the special inpatient department.
The longer they were missing, the slimmer Ying Yu and the college student’s chances of survival became. He knew better than anyone the other’s trait of being stubborn but soft-hearted.
One person exploring the map while the other does side quests was the fastest way to clear the instance.
The nurse’s station was empty. Shen Zhiyi entered the elevator, his hand pausing just as he was about to press a button.
The elevator buttons skipped numbers: five, seven, nine, eleven, thirteen. The buttons were heavily worn, and one would only notice the anomaly upon very close inspection.
In some densely populated places, it was common for elevators to stop only on odd or even floors to disperse human traffic.
His cool fingertips hovered over the buttons, hesitating to press. After a moment, Shen Zhiyi left the elevator car and walked straight to the stairwell.
The door to the sixth-floor emergency exit was normally open, as was the eighth. But on the tenth floor, the door was locked. The same thing happened on the twelfth floor.
None of the odd-numbered floors had this situation.
The locked doors wouldn’t budge no matter how much force was used. Shen Zhiyi’s sense of smell was superior to that of ordinary people, and he vaguely detected an extremely faint floral scent from the cracks in the door.
His gaze instantly darkened. It was normal for there to be a few inaccessible areas in a building if the conditions weren’t met.
He was just afraid the game would play the same old trick, hiding something in plain sight.
“Special inpatient department…”
Not all VIP wards are in a separate building. Similarly, there was no clue to indicate that the special inpatient department was definitely separate from other department buildings.
Shen Zhiyi walked to a window, his sharp gaze piercing through the fog, looking at the building further away.
The building, standing under the dark clouds, was mysterious and tall. The characters on it were obscured by the fog. Under the pure restrictions of the rules, even he couldn’t see the sign on the building clearly.
What if… the special inpatient department and the ordinary inpatient department were not in separate buildings.
Then where did Qi’an and the others go?
After staring for a few seconds, Shen Zhiyi retracted his gaze.
He did not go directly into the fog to look for them in the mysterious building. Instead, he turned and returned to the lobby.
On the first floor, Poison Dragon was chatting with a staff member pushing a food cart. A little further away, A’ling and Wangcai were at loggerheads over a certain task.
Just as he was halfway through his conversation with the staff member, Poison Dragon caught a glimpse of a tall, slender figure appearing next to him out of the corner of his eye. He was startled and his guard was raised to the maximum.
When did this person appear? He hadn’t noticed at all.
“You…”
Before he could speak, his thoughts suddenly became sluggish. In just two seconds, a dull pain made Poison Dragon almost scream out. When he came to his senses and used his illusion skill to counterattack, the other’s terrifying blood-red eyes were still clear.
In fact, through the reflection in the man’s eyes, Poison Dragon could clearly see his own unnaturally bent arm.
—His arm had been broken.
Shen Zhiyi, holding the arm-broken Poison Dragon, walked towards A’ling and Wangcai.
The two opposite him looked as if they were facing a great enemy.
“Two choices. Give up the side quest, or, a broken bone?”
If he killed them all, Qi’an might not be too happy.
The instance wouldn’t go through the trouble of building a whole building just to trap players. Even if the place the others went to explore was a trap, it must contain important information.
To reduce the risk on that side, he had to control the side quests.
Otherwise, if the instance difficulty increased too quickly, it would be disadvantageous for Qi’an.
Of course, he couldn’t just do nothing and waste time.
A pathfinding stone could be sent on its way.
Shen Zhiyi casually tossed him. A’ling, thinking he was about to be attacked, subconsciously prepared to counterattack. But a gust of wind swept past, and Poison Dragon was thrown in a parabola, landing heavily in front of a doctor in a white coat.
The numb-faced medical staff stopped in their tracks.
Shen Zhiyi looked at the doctor and said expressionlessly, “An orderly has a broken bone and needs treatment.”
He wanted to see how this hospital treated its patients.
…
Inside the building in the fog.
Zhou Qi’an stopped Han Li, who wanted to go to the door, his eyes narrowing slightly.
They could try to physically break the heavy glass door, but the flesh mound monsters would explode with juice when killed. One or two would be easy to dodge, but with so many, it was enough to get them infected.
“This might not be the special inpatient department.”
Han Li: “How could…”
Zhou Qi’an interrupted, “Think about it. The signs on the other two buildings are clear. Why is only this one deliberately obscured by fog? Also, after we came in, we couldn’t find any department names, not to mention the environment, which is nowhere near as good as the ordinary inpatient department.”
Since it was a place for wealthy patients, the special inpatient department couldn’t possibly lack this level of class.
The ordinary inpatient department at least had orderlies and a place to sell breakfast.
Now that he thought about it, the perfume on the wealthy woman yesterday was also off. It seemed to be able to interfere with one’s thinking. Normally, he would first look for loopholes in an NPC’s words, but at that time, he didn’t have that thought at all.
You can’t fully trust what patients say either.
The female patient might not have deliberately deceived him, but she lived in the ordinary inpatient department. Her information about the special inpatient department could only have been instilled by other medical staff.
That was the best-case scenario.
In the worst-case scenario, the patients’ memories could be modified.
Han Li was about to ask something else, but in the next moment, they both suddenly stopped talking.
Not far away, a strange noise came from the office they had previously searched.
“Is it a player?” Han Li whispered.
Zhou Qi’an shook his head. “Humans can’t make the sound of a stringy sweet potato.”
“…”
Listening closely, it was indeed the sound of sticky liquid connecting to the floor, being forcefully pulled. Zhou Qi’an flipped to the other side of the stairs and crouched down to hide his figure.
Not long after, a hand grabbed the door frame outside the office.
It was a deformed claw, rotting and dripping with pus. The white bones inside could be seen through the gaps in the rotten flesh.
The corpses lying in the office had actually awakened!
Han Li’s face changed drastically, and she also realized something was wrong. “Where on earth is this?”
Zhou Qi’an said faintly, “Take a guess.”
There are only so many places in a hospital.
“Low temperature, constantly filled with cold air, corpses placed everywhere. Let’s start by guessing it’s the morgue.”
[Congratulations on discovering the morgue]
Zhou Qi’an: “…”
Han Li: “…”
Before either of them could react to the prompt, two bloody, mangled corpses walked straight out of the office. There was also movement on the other side. Zhou Qi’an glanced upstairs. Through the ceiling, the noise from above was also considerable.
Whether it was upstairs or downstairs, the nauseating sound of stringy pulling now filled the air. The smell of decay spread everywhere as the corpses moved.
The entire building had ‘come alive’.
[Side Quest One has been activated.]
[Side Quest: Every patient may face the end of death. An orderly who can’t herd corpses is not a good orderly. Please return the corpses in the morgue to their original places in a timely manner.]
[Quest Reward: Limited Universal Keycard *1 (can open all locked doors, limited to this instance)
Friendly Reminder: 1. When all corpses have been returned to their original places, the universal keycard will be issued. This card will only be issued to the employee who herded the most corpses.
2. It is recommended to go to the top floor to get work clothes during the corpse herding.]
“Universal keycard.” Zhou Qi’an raised an eyebrow. Doesn’t that mean it can open any door?
He was sure the value of this keycard was definitely not limited to getting out of here. It should also be able to open doors to other departments in the hospital.
From this perspective, although the morgue was a trap, it was a map that couldn’t be skipped.
The elevator was currently on the fourth floor and was going up.
Clearly, some player was bold and skilled, choosing to take the elevator to save time. Another elevator was currently unused. After some thought, Zhou Qi’an said, “Let’s take the stairs.”
Han Li didn’t waste words and followed him upwards.
They reached the second floor without incident. The system prompt sounded again.
[Current number of herded corpses: 2/999]
[Current number of herded corpses: 5/999]
Han Li’s face changed slightly.
This was a competitive group task.
She knew she wasn’t suited for high-level games. Now she didn’t know whether to be amazed that a player had already successfully herded a corpse, or that there were so many corpses in the entire building that needed to be herded.
Han Li gritted her teeth and chose to follow Zhou Qi’an closely.
Zhou Qi’an retracted his gaze. This woman’s mental fortitude was better than he had imagined. She didn’t try to be clever and wait on the first floor.
“Looks like she can cooperate with me for the next step of the plan.”
Han Li, who was looking around, inexplicably felt even colder.
A drop of liquid fell in front of them, instantly blurring the pattern on the floor stairs. The two looked up and saw a row of corpses hanging upside down, corrosive bodily fluid dripping from their decaying skin.
Zhou Qi’an keenly sensed something, and with a sudden turn, there were also reanimated monsters behind them, approaching them.
“You charge up first, I’ve got your back,” Zhou Qi’an said in a deep voice.
“Okay.” Han Li charged up, moved.
After charging a couple of steps, she felt something was wrong.
As long as she ran fast enough, she could easily shake off the corpses behind her, but she had to face the ones in front head-on.
In other words, wasn’t this just letting her face the danger alone?
There was no time to think more. Before approaching the monsters in front, Han Li used her electricity first.
With the bodily fluid as a conductor, the corpses’ flesh was quickly electrocuted and fell directly from the railing, hitting the corpses chasing from below.
The dismembered corpses, after being shattered, actually began to reassemble through writhing. With each reassembly of a limb, an extra pustule would appear. The scene was disgusting and bizarre.
Instead of being afraid, Zhou Qi’an flew down, put on his gloves, and began to loot the corpses.
The corpses reassembled quickly, and Zhou Qi’an was also quick. The moment he finished looting, all the corpses had reassembled and had heavily surrounded him.
If the monsters took another step forward, Zhou Qi’an would be completely trapped in the tide of corpses.
Just as Han Li was about to release her electricity, Zhou Qi’an suddenly made a waving motion, signaling her not to.
A bizarre scene occurred.
These corpses actually ignored Zhou Qi’an. After reassembling, they slowly walked back towards their initial resurrection spot.
“Let’s go.” Zhou Qi’an met up with Han Li and opened his palm. In his hand were several small cards, corpse tags.
This thing hadn’t existed before, but after reanimation, an inconspicuous tag had appeared on the monsters’ feet.
Zhou Qi’an was just trying to see if removing the corpse tag would return the corpse to its original state. Fortunately, his luck was good.
Han Li’s eyes lit up. “Now I believe you’re taking me on a wide, open road.”
Both his brain and his eyes were incredibly sharp.
The entire building had about twelve floors and was very large. It seemed only the two of them had chosen the stairwell. They didn’t encounter the other three players on the way.
As they went up, they obtained corpse tags from a dozen or so monsters. Zhou Qi’an never made a move himself, but stood from a bystander’s perspective and observed when Han Li released her skills.
From the fifth floor onwards, the time it took for Han Li to electrocute a monster was longer than before.
It wasn’t hard to deduce a pattern. As time went on, the strength of the monsters on each floor would increase, and the difficulty of collecting corpse tags would rise linearly.
Finally reaching the twelfth floor, in the dim, lightless area ahead, a familiar figure was standing… The wealthy woman maintained her smiling appearance, her words similar to when they first met last night: “Since you’re here, what are you standing there for?”
Her tender, firm skin was stretched by her smile, creating an unnatural apple-cheek effect.
This time, Zhou Qi’an was more careful. When he passed, he deliberately held his breath to avoid inhaling the wealthy woman’s perfume.
“Only you two are left. Your work efficiency is too low.”
The wealthy woman casually handed over a thick protective suit.
It was unknown how long the protective suit had been stored. A moldy smell lingered, and its color was a dull brownish-yellow.
“Hurry up and go.” The wealthy woman chattered on. “Only those who work diligently will have the opportunity to be transferred to the special inpatient department.”
Her voice seemed to have a special magic, making one feel a sense of crisis without realizing it.
Zhou Qi’an just took the protective suit but did not put it on immediately.
The last to arrive?
The wealthy woman’s words meant that before this, the other players had all seen her.
Zhou Qi’an and Han Li exchanged a glance and went down half a flight of stairs. The former stood in a better-lit area and began to carefully inspect the inside of the clothes, finally finding fresh corpse fluid on the inner layer of the collar.
If it directly touches the skin, the corrosion-induced ulceration is a small matter. The real trouble is getting infected with the virus.
When he looked up again, the wealthy woman was standing in the shadows a few floors higher, her smile much colder than before.
Zhou Qi’an sneered.
The players had tampered with the protective suits, and the wealthy woman must have tacitly approved.
The NPC wished for nothing more than for the players to die in greater numbers. Seeing that no one had taken the bait, a flash of obvious disappointment crossed her face.
“Not even pretending anymore?” An NPC like this wouldn’t even be qualified to play a minor supporting role in Flower Ancient City.
Zhou Qi’an didn’t throw away the protective suit directly. With a little tailoring, it could still be used.
He avoided the wealthy woman’s gaze and temporarily went to another floor.
During this time, the system prompts continued to broadcast:
[Current number of herded corpses: 79/999]
Han Li frowned. “Our speed is already slow. By the time we deal with the protective suits, we’ll be even further behind the others’ progress.”
Zhou Qi’an said expressionlessly, “We were never going to catch up.”
He didn’t have an offensive skill. The white silk could strangle monsters, but the corrosion would cause irreversible damage to the equipment, which wasn’t worth it. As for the holy artifact, let alone killing 999 monsters, piercing through two would be enough to make him suffer.
The only cane he could use required close combat, which meant a 100% chance of infection.
Zhou Qi’an wouldn’t be arrogant in areas he couldn’t handle, especially when the strength of the corpses was still increasing with time.
“Unity is strength.”
Han Li’s heart ached as soon as she heard this sentence.
Zhou Qi’an took out the corpse tags he had just obtained. “You take these, collect some more on the way, and then go find someone…”
He spoke a few brief sentences.
Han Li was surprised. “Isn’t this just doing the work for someone else?”
“What do you mean ‘someone else’?” Zhou Qi’an frowned. “We are all pitiful people who have fallen into this instance. We can’t just think about ourselves; we must prioritize the collective interest.”
“…” Han Li gave a thumbs up. You’re something else.
To be able to say something like that.
She didn’t ask any more questions. She put on her gloves, took the items, and prepared to act. Before leaving, she asked, “What about you?”
Zhou Qi’an: “I’ll go see if there are any good things here and bring back some local specialties.”
One of the player rules: Since I’m here.
“…”
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The applicability of skills is very important.
Skills that can attack from a distance, like electric shock and poison mist, were perfectly applicable in this situation.
Han Li moved cautiously in the corridor, avoiding the tide of corpses when she saw it, and fighting lone ones. She wasn’t in a hurry. Zhou Qi’an had asked her to find someone, which wasn’t difficult. The players were all active now. If she went down floor by floor and checked out the noisier places, she would surely find someone within half an hour at most.
Now was not the best time. To complete the task Zhou Qi’an had given her, she had to wait until the total number of herded corpses reached around seven hundred.
Time passed by the minute.
About an hour later, on the fourth floor near the water room, Zhao Sanxun, who had just dealt with a few monsters, suddenly turned his head.
Even though he was wearing a protective suit, his identity was still easy to recognize.
Zhao Sanxun was short and lean, far from being as tall as the young man or Mu Ge.
“It’s you.” Seeing a woman sneakily hiding behind, a murderous glint flashed in Zhao Sanxun’s eyes.
He didn’t have a deep impression of Han Li, but he was confident that dealing with this woman would not be a problem.
Han Li stood at a distance that was neither near nor far and asked softly, “Want to make a deal?”
She directly stated the terms of the deal:
“My protective suit has been damaged, and my monster-killing speed is very slow. Let’s cooperate. I have nearly forty corpse tags. I’ll give them all to you, and you just need to get me out.”
Han Li thought for a moment and added, “And when you use the universal keycard later, give me a little benefit too.”
The narrow eyes behind Zhao Sanxun’s transparent visor narrowed. “Cooperate?”
He walked over here.
Han Li smiled. “Of course, you can also choose to rob me, but everyone has some life-saving tricks up their sleeves.”
The time it would take to kill and loot would be enough for other players to get far ahead.
Zhao Sanxun’s footsteps paused, and the killing intent in his eyes faded a bit.
Leaving this woman alive was indeed more useful. He was determined to get the universal keycard.
“Alright,” he stared at Han Li. “But before we leave here, you also have to contribute to ensure that we have the most corpse tags in the end.”
Han Li smiled. “Of course.”
Zhao Sanxun proactively took out a contract item. “You draw up the contents.”
Han Li nodded, inwardly cursing, old fox.
Han Tiansheng was a summoner, so Han Li was very sensitive to small bugs and the like. Earlier, a very small thing had clung to her trouser leg, probably a listening device of some sort. Asking her to think about the contract content was just a distraction to successfully release the item.
This shifty-eyed man was truly unusually suspicious.
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The corpses were getting harder and harder to herd. The system, which used to broadcast an update every ten minutes on average, now only did so after a long time.
Zhou Qi’an was busy having a great time… he wasn’t just collecting consumables. He also snatched a few sets of work clothes like nurse uniforms for emergencies.
When he was tired, he would take a break.
“Ying Yu, I hope you can hold on,” he casually stuffed a photo frame from the desk into his bag. “I am taking back everything you lost.”
According to Zhou Qi’an’s judgment, the upper floors were now the safest.
After players got their protective suits, they would definitely sweep the building from top to bottom. No one would take the long way round and waste time going back to the lobby.
“Everyone is so nice to me.”
Creating a safe environment for him to gather materials on the spot.
The storage capacity of the backpack developed by the lab was still somewhat limited. After stripping four floors, it was almost full. The monster corpse at the bottom took up a lot of space.
The flesh mound monster had to be kept for emergencies, but before returning to the real world, this thing had to be thrown away. He also had to tell the lab to disinfect the other materials.
“Troublesome, I even have to be responsible for after-sales.”
[Current number of herded corpses: 993/999]
Hearing the prompt, Zhou Qi’an’s expression turned serious. He put on his backpack and began to retreat.
The corpse herding was coming to an end. The safety factor of the elevator had increased sharply. He directly chose to take the elevator.
The elevator suddenly stopped on the fifth floor.
A graceful figure walked in. Mu Ge had just taken off her protective suit. She was covered in sweat, her face flushed from the heat, but her eyes were filled with cold ruthlessness.
“Want to team up to snatch the card?” she asked bluntly. “I’m sure Zhao Sanxun is the winner.”
Half an hour ago, the two had a narrow encounter and fought over a monster… The result of that corpse-snatching was obvious. It ended with Mu Ge’s failure. Not only did Zhao Sanxun take the corpse tags, but she also suffered some minor injuries.
Zhou Qi’an did not answer.
Mu Ge, unable to read his emotions, repeated herself with a heavier tone.
This time, Zhou Qi’an finally looked up at her. “If I were Zhao Sanxun, I would wait until it’s almost eleven o’clock before showing up.”
Team up? They would have to be able to find their target first.
Hearing this, Mu Ge’s face suddenly darkened.
She almost forgot. There would definitely be big trouble if she didn’t go back before the patient’s medicine time.
Once Zhao Sanxun appeared at the last minute, they wouldn’t have time to snatch the keycard.
Zhou Qi’an’s prediction was very accurate. When they got down to the lobby, only Zhang Zhuzi was there. Not only that, but in the ten minutes since they had left, the number of herded corpses had been stuck at 993.
Zhang Zhuzi sighed. He only had 230 corpse tags. The one with the most tags, it was obvious, was not among their group.
“The remaining lone corpses are hard to find. They want us to be workhorses,” the young man sneered.
Once Zhao Sanxun started looking for corpses, his whereabouts would be exposed. His strategy was simple: either everyone dies together, or they obediently go and herd the last few monsters.
Without the universal keycard, no one could get out.
An unsolvable open plot.
No one wanted to die out of spite.
Zhou Qi’an said in a deep voice, “There’s not much time left. Let’s find the corpses first.”
At 10:55, the last corpse in the toilet was herded. Only then did Zhao Sanxun and Han Li arrive late.
Because the protective suit was tightly sealed and after a hearty battle, Zhao Sanxun’s injured body from last night looked even weaker.
Even so, Zhou Qi’an did not dare to underestimate him.
To be able to get first place in this situation, his strength and endurance were not to be underestimated.
“Hurry up,” Mu Ge urged impatiently.
While being wary of everyone, Zhao Sanxun swiped the keycard with a smile. “Thank you all for this time.”
Zhou Qi’an looked at the small, square card, his lips pursed slightly.
After Zhao Sanxun swiped the card, all the players received a system prompt:
“Side Quest–Corpse Herding has been completed.”
Almost at the same time, the monsters clinging to the heavy glass door outside fell to the ground with splats, wriggling away in other directions. The heavy fog outside also thinned a lot.
Without a word of nonsense, everyone rushed out, seizing the time.
Without the thick fog obscuring their vision, the players could now clearly see the location of the inpatient building. Running at high speed, Zhou Qi’an looked back at the building behind him.
The sign at the very top clearly read “Morgue.” The red paint was applied heavily. The scattered monsters lurked in the nearby grass, their eyes, almost falling out of their flesh, stared hostilely at the players, as if jealous of their still intact bodies.
Time was running out. Someone directly used a speed-up item and rushed straight to the third floor of the inpatient department.
At 10:58, the players barely managed to rush into their wards.
Having a complete speed advantage, Zhou Qi’an deliberately ran shoulder to shoulder with Zhao Sanxun. After the others had anxiously rushed into their wards, he rushed to the door of the patient Zhao Sanxun was caring for.
Zhao Sanxun stopped in his tracks.
Zhou Qi’an reached out his hand and said lightly, “Give me the keycard.”
It was so matter-of-fact that it made Zhao Sanxun愣了一下.
Soon, a sneer appeared on his face. Anyway, he was already at the ward door, so he was in no hurry. “You’re quite humorous.”
“Not as humorous as you. How did it feel to be stabbed last night?”
This was equivalent to tearing off the pretense.
Zhao Sanxun’s eyes narrowed hostilely. So he had been on guard against them all along?
In that case, who was Zhou Qi’an’s disguise meant to guard against? Could it be that he had other enemies in the instance?
Zhou Qi’an’s next words completely wiped the smile off his face.
“…The patient has also been infected. They have self-harm scars all over their body. They’ve survived until now most likely by relying on medicine.”
No doctor had come to do any extra examinations.
All medicine is somewhat toxic. The medicine the patients took might be seventy percent poison, but the remaining thirty percent was enough to help an infected person prolong their survival.
“You’re a smart person. You’ll definitely find a way to switch identities with the patient and take the medicine to extend your life.”
Zhou Qi’an pretended to be listening intently, as if he could hear the nurse’s footsteps.
“It would be very interesting if I reminded the nurse, or sabotaged things midway, so you couldn’t get the medicine.”
Zhao Sanxun’s expression suddenly changed. At the other end of the corridor, the unique footsteps of a nurse could indeed be faintly heard. For a moment, he even failed to control his emotions.
A slight sound of something cutting through the air.
Zhou Qi’an’s words paused. His speed reached an almost terrifying level. Where he had stood, a poison dart flew past and stuck into the wall.
Seeing that he had successfully dodged, Zhao Sanxun’s face became even more grim.
“Want to fight to the death? The keycard isn’t an item. It can be left behind even if you die.” Zhou Qi’an was not annoyed by the sneak attack at all. Instead, his smile became even gentler. He looked at the other wards meaningfully.
Zhao Sanxun obviously thought of something. If the commotion got any bigger, and it was noticed by other players, they would definitely come out to stir up trouble.
The wound on his back was getting itchier.
Even after using a healing item, it only formed a scab and didn’t stop the other toxins at all. The itching was spreading to his internal organs and even his brain.
He desperately needed medicine now.
“You think only the nurse has medicine?” Zhao Sanxun pretended to be calm.
In reality, he had explored this floor yesterday and hadn’t seen a single soul besides nurse uniforms. Directly snatching medicine from a nurse was a ninety percent death rule.
Zhou Qi’an smiled without saying a word, as if reciting a poem: “Closer, closer, the nurse’s footsteps are getting closer.”
His voice was also gradually getting louder. Players in some wards had already heard the sound, felt that something was wrong, and were walking out to take a look.
Damn it.
Zhao Sanxun clenched his fists so tightly that he almost split his wounds open.
He wished he could tear that smirk off Zhou Qi’an’s face.
The angrier he got, the calmer Zhou Qi’an became, his emotions written all over his face: I’m just going to get something for nothing. If you don’t give it to me, I’ll make a scene. If I make a scene and you die, I can even pick up what you drop.
“Medicine! Medicine! Check it out!!!”
He accidentally sang it out.
Zhao Sanxun was so aggrieved he almost passed out.
He had gone to great lengths to hunt hundreds of monsters, and now, just one step away from the finish line, he had to do the work for someone else! He almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
Stopping his singing, Zhou Qi’an leaned casually to the side, as if enjoying the protagonist of a farce.
In the end, he smiled gently and softly, “Dear, please give my universal keycard back to me.”
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Author’s note:
Zhou Qi’an’s Orderly Work Log:
That night, lying on the bed like a salted fish.
The next day, commanding the little pathfinding pebbles to work.
