Rules of the Strange: I Can See Through All the Weird

A commotion broke out in the corridor.

Qi Tong quickly finished washing up and went outside.

It was a female player. She was kneeling on the ground, her eyes unfocused, her fingers trembling, and her nails digging into the cracks in the floor.

It looks like it was terribly frightened by something.

Seeing Xu Ning and He Lu nearby, Qi Tong stepped forward to inquire about the situation.

"She said she saw the player and NPC who died in the cafeteria in the next ward yesterday, and now they are perfectly fine in the ward. They even greeted her when they saw her, and that's when she got so scared."

He Lu answered, raising an eyebrow and pointing behind Qi Tong.

Qi Tong turned around.

As expected, they were the players and NPCs who died in the cafeteria yesterday.

They walked over casually, the male player greeted the other players, and then knelt down to ask the frightened girl a question.

"Zhao Rui, what's wrong?"

The girl named Zhao Rui came to her senses upon hearing the sound, and when she saw the man squatting in front of her, she screamed in fright.

Qi Tong reached out and pulled the male player up, noticing that his name on his nameplate had also become blurred.

She looked back at Xu Ning and He Lu's nameplates, which were the same as hers, showing their names and numbers.

"Get up first, don't scare her."

The man stood up and asked, puzzled, "Why would I scare her?"

He then turned to Zhao Rui, pointed to himself, and asked, "Are you afraid of me?"

Zhao Rui didn't say anything, but her attitude answered everything.

The man's mouth gaped open in shock: "Why...why? Haven't we always been doing dungeons together?"

After mentally preparing herself for a while, Zhao Rui finally took a deep breath and spoke.

"But you died right before our eyes yesterday, and you died...a horrible death."

"I'm dead? When did I die? Impossible! I remember feeling unwell after eating and then sleeping. I even remember the nurses coming to our room to call the others to eat and take a walk!"

The man did not believe Zhao Rui's explanation at all.

"What's your name?" Qi Tong asked, having been standing to the side with her arms crossed and listening.

Without the slightest hesitation, the man answered, "1089!"

Zhao Rui looked at him in disbelief: "Yue Ming! What nonsense are you talking about?"

Upon hearing the answer, Qi Tong already had some guesses in her mind.

She spoke in Xu Ning's mind, connecting the bridge of their hearts.

"I saw 1065, who died in my ward. She was even healthier than before. You can't see the names on the NPCs' nameplates here, only their numbers. I just looked at this man's nameplate, and you can only see his number too."

Xu Ning subconsciously looked at the man's nameplate, but the name was obscured by a thin mist.

"What do you mean? This man has become an NPC here?"

"Hmm, I suspect that patients will keep cycling after they die, and they can make the dead endlessly become carriers of organs."

"They also have drugs that can induce the growth of a second organ, so this mental hospital, though not large, can still survive and make a fortune through shady means."

At this moment, Chen Jie also came out of the ward, but he walked straight past them.

Qi Tong and Xu Ning were both startled.

They weren't surprised that Chen Jie was still alive, but they were just wondering why he had come out with his face covered in unevenly smeared blood.

Qi Tong and Xu Ning exchanged a glance, and without a word, they both understood each other's thoughts.

Qi Tong asked He Lu, "What's on Chen Jie's face?"

He Lu was completely bewildered. What was on Chen Jie's face? It was just a face, what else could it be?

So, He Lu tentatively asked, "Ugly?"

Qi Tong chuckled and then said, "It's over, we've both been corrupted."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "It seems the basement is a source of pollution."

He Lu, standing to the side, looked puzzled: "What kind of riddle are you two playing?"

Qi Tong made a "tiger claw" gesture across her face at He Lu, while also making a face: "This is how we see Chen Jie now."

Hearing the system 666 announce the current time in her head, Qi Tong left after saying this and headed towards the ward.

"Hey! Explain yourself clearly!" He Lu jumped up and down anxiously.

When has she, a pampered young lady, ever been teased like this?

However, recalling how Qi Tong had playfully scared her earlier, she was still charmed by his cuteness.

Qi Tong always spoke nonsense with a serious expression, like a mature woman.

Unexpectedly, a mature woman's face can have a unique charm when making funny expressions.

"Time to eat!" After saying this, Qi Tong pushed open the door and entered the ward.

Sure enough, the bell rang the next second, and the players and NPCs returned to their respective wards to wait for the nurses to arrive.

He Lu stared at Xu Ning in shock: "She...she's a goddess?"

Xu Ning laughed out loud and gently patted her shoulder: "She has a prop that can tell the time."

Upon hearing the answer, He Lu softly said "Oh," and two blushes crept onto her face.

How embarrassing.

He Lu clutched the hem of her clothes and ran into the ward.

Xu Ning walked back to the ward with a smile, her mind still filled with complaints about Qi Tong.

"What are you pretending for! I've been with you for so many days and I never realized you were such a good actor."

She wiped away her tears as she walked, and the thought of He Lu's devout expression and her words made her laugh so hard she almost cried.

On the other side of my mind, Qi Tong still shamelessly said, "Basic stuff, don't be ridiculous."

......

When Qi Tong returned to the cafeteria, he felt even hungrier than the day before.

She was so hungry that even the smell of meat smelled delicious!

Qi Tong knew better than anyone what kind of meat it was.

Her mouth told her she couldn't eat, but her stomach kept rebelling.

It wasn't until Qi Tong got his meal that he saw the meat right in front of him.

She mentally matched the meat in the cafeteria with the corpse she had seen in the basement, and swallowed the saliva in her mouth.

I opted for a completely vegetarian meal with rice and a bowl of mung bean soup.

I don't know if it's because I've been corrupted or because of the dungeon mechanics on the second day, but that's why I crave meat so much.

Holding her tray, she watched the other players getting their food, some of whom had already lost control and taken several pieces of meat.

Qi Tong found out that it was the latter reason.

Just as Qi Tong was looking for her seat, the food serving window behind her suddenly became noisy.

Qi Tong looked back as she carried the food.

It was Chen Jie, who was angrily berating a doctor who had cut in line.

The patient getting food next to them quietly moved a step to the side.

Qi Tong looked at the security guard at the cafeteria entrance, whose eyes darted around before turning to Chen Jie.

Then they turned back.

There was no intention whatsoever to stop it.

It seems that the only punishment is making noise while eating.

But now, in Chen Jie's eyes, the person with the pig's head in front of him was chattering away, saying something to him.

Chen Jie neither understood nor wanted to listen.

When did it become the pig's turn to talk to him?

Chen Jie ignored him, but Zhu Tou Rou kept talking incessantly beside him.

Chen Jie was furious.

You think you're a human being just because you're a pig standing up and wearing a white coat?