Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 578 The Fifth Hospital
"Complete side mission 1: Obtain the qualification to enter the mild ward of the inpatient department."

With the identity card in hand, a notification sound for the side quest also rang out.

With this ID card, Xiao Ran could freely enter even the intensive care unit. However, this card was just an ordinary ID card, and its permissions only allowed Xiao Ran to enter one-third of the intensive care unit, namely the first and second floors.

There is no way to enter above the third floor.

The Ghost Doctor designated that area as the core area, which even the elders of the Changchun Association could not enter; only those with high-level identity cards were allowed to enter.

Only the Ghost Doctor has the authority to issue such identity cards. This spoiled brat in front of me doesn't have access to such things, so naturally I can't get it right away.

However, this is already a good start.

Side Mission 2: Complete three or more shifts independently.

After completing side quest 1, side quest 2 immediately popped up.

Three shifts didn't seem too difficult, so Xiao Ran didn't really care about these side quests. She would do them if she could, and if they weren't, she wouldn't bother. She wasn't here to do quests.

The young man picked up the internal phone on the table, and after a while, a man in a white coat walked in.

“Um… Old Li, these two are surgical experts we specially invited. You’re taking care of them…” The young man realized halfway through his sentence that he didn’t know their names, and looked at Xiao Ran and Jin Chanzi with an embarrassed expression.

"My name is Wuliangye, and this is my junior apprentice, Erguotou."

Xiao Ran began by introducing herself.

"Oh, Fifth Brother, Second Brother, Old Zhao, why don't you take Fifth Brother and the others to familiarize themselves with the surroundings?"

"it is good!"

The man who nodded in agreement looked to be in his forties, wearing thick-rimmed glasses. He seemed very honest, but Xiao Ran knew him.

This person is named Li Xuyin, and he was a doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry at the University of South Florida.

A long time ago, this guy injected chemicals into a family of three in his neighbor's apartment building because he was unhappy with the noise from his neighbors.

After the truth came out, he fled back from abroad, but no organization in China was willing to take him in. Later, he was spotted by the Changchun Association and they managed to bring him here as one of the Ghost Doctor's assistants.

"Alright, I'll go take a look too. You can continue with your work."

Taurus waved his hand and followed Xiao Ran, ready to walk together.

"Hey, Brother Niu!"

At this moment, the young man called out to Taurus: "Um... how long do you plan to stay? I'd like someone to help you make your bed."

Taurus turned around and gave the young man a disdainful look: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back, closing the door behind him.

Faced with Taurus's disrespectful behavior, the young man sat down with a dark face, his expression growing increasingly unpleasant. But there was nothing he could do; after all, it was Taurus.

As his uncle said, this guy is the most likely among the twelve zodiac signs to advance to level C. The Changchun Association is currently lacking a top expert like this who can hold down a position in the region, and he, a playboy, cannot afford to offend him.

He looked again at his blood-stained palms.

After thinking for a moment, he took out a satellite phone.

"Hey, Ghost Master, it's me, Qilin. I've found a top-notch surgical expert here, absolutely top-notch. Brother Niu brought him back. Stitching up a severed finger is a matter of seconds, and he doesn't even feel a thing. Hmm, hmm... Okay, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, Qilin smiled and said, "Brother, don't blame me, this is all Ghost Master's idea."

……

"This is the inpatient department. Our inpatient department has six floors. Although it's an old-style building, the environment is still quite nice," Li Xuyin introduced the hospital environment to Xiao Ran and Jin Chanzi.

Li Xuyin was completely unaware that Xiao Ran and the other two behind him were not paying any attention to their surroundings, but instead glancing at the building behind the hospital every now and then.

"Why didn't you take the opportunity to kill that kid just now?" Jin Chanzi asked telepathically.

With Xiao Ran's abilities, killing Qilin would be an incredibly easy task.

“What’s the point of killing him? The real core area of ​​the hospital is in the intensive care unit. That kid has limited authority. Killing him would be pointless and would only alert the enemy.”

Although Xiao Ran had never been to this hospital, he possessed the memories of Beast Master and was very familiar with the hospital's core secrets.

The real core is in the intensive care unit, where there is the Beast Lord's private ward, as well as equipment such as the regeneration furnace, the core drug preparation room, and the drug synthesis furnace. In addition, there is one more important thing.

The core area of ​​the Fifth Hospital is also the key to its existence.

In contrast, killing a worthless playboy would neither help him nor harm the Changchun Association.

"Gentlemen, this is our office. Let me find you some clothes."

Li Xuyin led the three to the office, found a white coat for Xiao Ran and Jin Chanzi, and was about to explain their daily tasks to them when...

A nurse rushed in.

"Dr. Li, please go and see, the patient in bed thirteen has fallen ill again."

"Oh well."

Li Xuyin nodded and said to Xiao Ran and the other two, "Excuse me, I'll go take a look."

"It's okay, we're free anyway, let's go take a look together, and we can also get familiar with the surroundings."

"Alright then." Li Xuyin hesitated for a moment, but seeing the golden ox standing behind Xiao Ran and Jin Chanzi, he didn't dare to say anything and readily agreed.

People who frequently stay in mental hospitals know that mental hospitals are divided into two areas: one for mild cases and the other for severe cases.

The wards in the general wards are just like those in a regular hospital; there's nothing special about them, and the patients there are almost no different from normal people.

Even when they are taking medication regularly, they are mostly like normal people and are not easily stimulated to the point of developing an illness.

However, there are always exceptions. When Xiao Ran and the others arrived at bed number 13 in the general ward, several caregivers had already roughly pinned a young man down on the bed.

"Ah, all of you die, all of you die! The wolves have already entered, none of you will survive, hahahahaha."

The young man lay on the bed convulsing, foaming at the mouth from time to time. Only the whites of his eyes could be seen, but he was still struggling to shout out.

Xiao Ran and Jin Chanzi exchanged a glance upon hearing this.

Jin Chanzi: "The wolf this guy is talking about, it can't be us, can it?"

Xiao Ran: "It's just a coincidence, don't take it personally."

"It's hard to say. In the memory you gave me, everyone in this mental hospital is a talented person. This one in front of me seems to be related to divination," said the Old Demon Qinghai.

The divination he was referring to wasn't a profession, but rather an experiment conducted by the Fifth Hospital. This involved coating cursed objects with special agents and embedding them directly into the bodies of ordinary people, allowing them to establish a symbiotic relationship with the cursed objects in an attempt to circumvent the limitations of the profession.

Of course, this experiment was obviously a failure, though it can't be said to be a complete failure. It is said that some of the mentally ill participants actually developed abilities that ordinary people do not have.

Seeing this, Li Xuyin quickly signaled to the nurse to give the young man a sedative.

However, after the injection of the sedative, it had absolutely no effect. You should know that one dose of this sedative should have knocked out even a cow.

"Dr. Li, how about another injection?"

The nurse, noticing the young man's convulsing body, asked in a low voice.

Li Xuyin shook his head with a dark face: "If he gets another injection, his body can't take it. We can't risk a life."

It was quite unexpected to hear these words from Li Xuyin. If Xiao Ran hadn't known how ruthless this guy was back then through Beast Master's memories, she probably would have thought he was a kind and compassionate doctor.

Of course, Li Xuyin wasn't just putting on a show.

Although they were the on-duty doctors, in reality, Master Gui was the true manager of the hospital. When Master Gui was away on business, their job was to ensure the safety of the hospital's patients.

If someone dies for no apparent reason, everyone will be in trouble when Ghost Lord returns.

"Let me try."

At this moment, Jin Chanzi stepped forward, took out a talisman from his sleeve, and then quickly drew on it with lightning speed. A golden light flashed in his eyes: "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! Suppress!"

"Whoosh!"

The talisman in his hand transformed into a golden light and landed on the young man's forehead.

This caused the young man's muscles to tense up suddenly, and then with a thud, he lay motionless on the bed.

Li Xuyin hurriedly stepped forward and pried open the young man's eyelids. After confirming that the young man had only fainted, he breathed a sigh of relief. When he turned to look at Jin Chanzi, his eyes immediately became friendly.

"Second Doctor, your skills have truly broadened my horizons. What exactly was that talisman just now...?"

"It's just a Qi-dispersing talisman. His vital energy is disturbed, which has caused him to go insane. I'll help him disperse some of it, and he'll be fine."

After finishing his sentence, Jin Chanzi added, "Of course, this is only a temporary solution; he'll go mad again soon."

"So that's how it is. I never thought mental illness could be treated this way." Li Xuyin seemed to be deep in thought, as if Jin Chanzi's words had given him a new perspective.

Seeing that the young man on the hospital bed had calmed down, Li Xuyin suggested taking Xiao Ran and the others to the rest room.

This is a special room.

There are three iron fences to enter and exit, and the last one is a heavy iron gate.

Anyone who didn't know better would think he was in jail.

Upon arriving at the iron gate, Xiao Ran noticed a notice of rules posted on the door.

[Lounge Rules]

Rule 1: After dark, the gate will be closed and will not be opened again.

Rule 2: After returning to your respective rooms, do not open the door if you hear anyone knocking in the middle of the night.

Rule 3: Do not discuss matters outside the lounge.

Rule 4: In each lounge drawer, there are two pills, one red and one white. Eating the red pill will remove the effects of the supernatural tale, but you will immediately fall into a deep sleep. Eating the white pill will grant you a random blessing.

"There are quite a few rules."

Xiao Ran looked at the rule sheet next to the door and complained.

Upon hearing this, Li Xuyin's expression turned grave: "Although some of the rules are strange, Fifth Brother, please don't underestimate them. The reason our Changchun Association is able to stand here is precisely because of these rules."

After saying that, Li Xuyin whispered to Xiao Ran, "It's even more dangerous here at night, so don't wander around..."

(End of this chapter)