Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 599 The Great Emperor's Resurrection?

"Little pig, little pig, it's me, the old wolf! Open the door quickly and let me in!!"

It was very quiet inside the room. After a while, a weak voice came from inside: "I'm already asleep. Come back another day."

Xiao Ran looked up at the head nurse, who gave her a reassuring look. Seeing this, Xiao Ran straightened up and gently pushed open the door.

Sure enough, all the patients in the room were already lying obediently in bed and fast asleep.

Xiao Ran checked the ward rounds one by one, and after confirming that nothing was missed, she walked out of the room with satisfaction.

Once the door was closed, Xiao Ran headed straight for the next ward with practiced ease.

It's the same old story, the same old process.

It was simple and pleasant, without encountering any trouble.

The other three wards were quickly inspected, and then the head nurse took Xiao Ran to inspect the other four wards.

The previous methods cannot be used for these four wards, but the head nurse naturally has other ways.

He swaggered in with Xiao Ran into a room where no one was sleeping; three patients were playing cards.

After seeing Xiao Ran walk in, he showed no intention of stopping.

However, the head nurse did not try to persuade them to go to sleep. She simply walked around and then led Xiao Ran out.

As soon as Xiao Ran stepped out the door, she immediately felt three black shadows appear above her head.

"This is a negative star."

Xiao Ran looked up, and the three negative stars looked like three black coconuts hanging behind her.

He looked at the head nurse with some confusion.

The head nurse explained with a smile, "It's daytime now, they won't be sleeping. I'll take you to see someone."

The head nurse led Xiao Ran to another room. Xiao Ran glanced through the glass in the door and saw eight people in the room, doing all sorts of things.

"Wait here."

The head nurse gestured for Xiao Ran to wait a moment, then went inside. When she came out a while later, she was with a patient behind her.

Xiao Ran vaguely remembered this patient; his name was Zhang Yanan. He had delusions. The last time Xiao Ran shaved his head, he said that what he shaved off wasn't hair.

Xiao Ran asked him what he had shaved off, and the guy pointed to each of his hairs and started naming himself.

It turns out this guy treats every single hair of his as a partner, and even gives each of them a name.

It's rare for Xiao Ran to be so bored yet still find such enjoyment in his life.

After Zhang Yanan came out, she saw Xiao Ran instinctively tugging at her arm: "Don't shave my armpit hair, I just named them."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ran waved her hand and said, "No haircuts today."

The head nurse stood to the side and, in coordination with Xiao Ran, asked, "Dr. Wu, what time is it now?"

Xiao Ran's mind raced. Upon hearing this, she immediately understood the head nurse's words and scratched her head, saying, "I didn't bring a watch."

After saying that, he looked at Zhang Yanan and asked, "Zhang Yanan, is it day or night now?"

Zhang Yanan said without looking up, "Of course it's nighttime. Look, it's already dark outside."

As Zhang Yanan finished speaking, Xiao Ran immediately felt an inexplicable force strike her. Then, the three negative stars floating behind her vanished under the influence of this force.

But then Xiao Ran looked outside and saw that it was indeed frighteningly dark outside.

At least Xiao Ran had never seen such a dark night in all the time he had been in the Lost City.

"Alright, since it's already dark, you should go to sleep."

Zhang Yanan nodded and dashed into the room. The other patients, seeing that it had suddenly gotten dark outside, reluctantly climbed into bed as well.

This also includes the three patients who were playing cards earlier.

"So this is how you can use negative stars."

Xiao Ran felt as if she had been enlightened, as if her entire being had been opened up.

In the blink of an eye, I had already figured out the rules.

However, after Xiao Ran checked all the rooms, she looked at Zhang Qi's bed number on the ward round list and found that Zhang Qi was not in the ward; her bed was empty.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran directly used the ward rounds function to find Zhang Qi's location.

This woman increasingly made Xiao Ran feel threatened. Regardless of whether her intentions were good or bad, the first thing Xiao Ran did after finding her was to kill her.

As a glimmer of light flashed across the ward round form in his hand, another negative star appeared behind Xiao Ran.

He also secured Zhang Qi's position.

To his surprise, Zhang Qi had already entered the intensive care unit and was on the third floor.

"She's pretty quick. I wonder if Old Li is with her too."

After the entire mild case ward had been examined, Xiao Ran and the head nurse arrived at the entrance of the severe case ward.

Looking at the two iron gates in front of them, the head nurse hesitated for a moment and said, "I can't go up with you anymore."

"Why??"

When Xiao Ran came last time, nurses were also allowed to enter the intensive care unit.

"Anyone can go in, but I can't. They won't let me into the intensive care unit."

The head nurse's eyes turned resentful, and the "they" she was referring to were naturally the Ghost Doctor and his group.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ran stopped insisting and took out a thick wad of ghost money, placing it in the head nurse's hand. "Thank you for your hard work. This is just a small token of my appreciation. Please get some rest."

"This……"

The head nurse looked at her already bulging pockets, then at the dark banknotes in Xiao Ran's hand, hesitated for a moment, and finally took them.

The cold and arrogant look that once graced his pale face was gone; he even seemed to be choking back tears.

"I should be thanking you. The hospital used to be quite good, but I don't know when it started, the number of patients has been increasing. They died yesterday and came back to life today. They die and come back to life, and the hospital's income has been decreasing. We haven't received our salaries for a long time."

Xiao Ran understood the head nurse's predicament, because this was precisely Changchun's strategy.

If the hospital is the brain of a person, then these nurses are the blood and internal organs.

After obtaining certain authority, Changchun Hui was unable to directly control the hospital because the hospital's will was beyond their control.

But how could this possibly stump the scheming Changchun Association?

By controlling the source of infection, they also controlled the hospital's revenue. Gradually, the nurses stopped receiving their salaries, and their skills deteriorated.

Just like the head nurse, who hasn't received a salary in a long time. She used to have a certain level of supernatural power, but now her strength has dropped by more than one level compared to before.

According to the memories in the Qilin's spiritual book, the Ghost Doctor once said that if this state could be maintained for another two years, the authority over the hospital would completely fall into their hands.

At that time, we can open the hospital's doors and transform the entire hospital into a super drug testing and consumables wholesale base.

This shows how wicked these people are.

"It's okay, everything will be alright after today."

Xiao Ran comforted the head nurse, then thought for a moment and simply took out a cardboard box and handed it to her.

The head nurse hurriedly came over to take a look and found that the room was full of counterfeit banknotes printed by Xiao Ran.

Each banknote is stamped with the seal of "Tong You Yin".

These are some of the remaining banknotes that Xiao Ran printed at the Ghost Market last time.

In order to print this Yin paper money, the Yin virtue recorded on the Tongyou seal has already turned into a negative two thousand.

However, for the head nurse, such a large sum of money was quite a shock.

"Don't misunderstand, I think the other nurses probably haven't received their salaries either. I didn't mean anything by it. I didn't know before, but now that I do, I can't ignore it. Please have the head nurse distribute these ill-gotten gains to the other nurses."

"Okay, thank you, Dr. Wu."

These head nurses were truly moved; this box of money was like a godsend to them.

"It's okay, I'll go in first. Once I've dealt with those bastards, the hospital will definitely get better."

Xiao Ran patted her chest and assured the head nurse, just as she was about to open the door and walk inside.

The head nurse watched Xiao Ran's retreating figure, gritted her teeth, and seemed to have made up her mind: "Wait a moment."

"Ok??"

"this is for you!"

The head nurse tore open her nurse's uniform, causing Xiao Ran's eyes to widen. Don't misunderstand, he wasn't taking advantage of the situation; rather, there was a black stone embedded in the head nurse's chest.

The head nurse picked the stone off and handed it to Xiao Ran: "I don't know if it can help you, but this should be of some use."

"What's this??"

Xiao Ran took the stone with both hands. It was dark and had a texture similar to jadeite. It felt cool to the touch.

However, no notification appeared, indicating that this thing was not a cursed object.

"I don't know either. It's just something I was born with in my memory, and it seems that it's because of this that they don't allow me to enter the intensive care unit."

"it is good."

Hearing the head nurse say that, Xiao Ran realized that this thing must be quite important, and carefully put it in the pocket on her chest.

Why not include income space?
Since this thing isn't a cursed object, it's likely some kind of special thing. Putting it in the space would isolate it from the hospital, so it's better to keep it in your pocket. If it reacts in any way, you'll be able to detect it immediately.

After saying goodbye to the head nurse, Xiao Ran opened the iron gate and entered the intensive care unit.

"what!"

Xiao Ran took two steps and immediately felt that the influence of the apocalypse in the air had diminished considerably.

"It seems that the intensive care unit has the ability to isolate the effects of the aphrodisiac. I estimate that the further we go in, the less the aphrodisiac will have an effect. I wonder how Jin Chanzi and the others are doing now."

Xiao Ran felt a little worried when she thought of Jin Chanzi and the others. Although Jin Chanzi said that he was protected by a god and that no one could stop him from leaving if he wanted to, Xiao Ran was worried.

But Xiao Ran always felt that this guy was bragging.

Xiao Ran didn't dare to think too much at the moment and quickly walked upstairs.

She had only taken two steps when the door to the ward next to her suddenly slammed shut. Xiao Ran turned around to look.

The ancient emperor was pressed against the door, his eyes fixed on him through the glass.

The moment Xiao Ran and the ancient emperor's eyes met, Xiao Ran saw a cunning and fierce glint in the other's eyes, and at the same time, a strong mental shockwave suddenly struck.

Xiao Ran instinctively felt a slight tingling sensation on her forehead, as if she were being electrocuted.

Fortunately, his mental strength had already exceeded 100, and he regained his senses in just a moment in the face of this powerful shockwave. But at this moment, the door to the ward in front of him suddenly opened.

"Hahaha, fortunes change every thirty years, never underestimate a young man's potential! I, Wang Bo, am back!! Let me show you my Great Emperor's Divine Fist!!"

Wang Bo raised his fists and smashed them towards Xiao Ran. His fists, seemingly without any pattern, were now shimmering with a faint light, giving Xiao Ran a sense of danger…

(End of this chapter)