Clown Game
Chapter 157 - 157 150 Numbers 42

Chapter 157: Chapter 150 Numbers 42 Chapter 157: Chapter 150 Numbers 42 He said this, puffing out his chest proudly as if to show off how high his IQ was…

Dr. Zhang frowned and nodded, “Ah, yes, very clever, and then?”

The other person, upon receiving the praise, beamed with delight as if awarded a little red flower, and continued, “So I thought of it, at the end of the corridor, there’s a control panel that can open all the doors to the wards…”

Dr. Zhang thoughtfully nodded. Indeed, in the “intensive care unit,” all the doors had universal keys, and there was an electronic control panel set up on the outside corridor that could open all the doors because the occupants were, after all, “talents.” A few years ago in a mental hospital in Qinshan City, there had even been a ghastly incident where a patient took out his own kidney and roasted it to eat. To prevent this kind of “playing oneself to death,” the director specifically changed all ward doors to electronic ones. In an emergency, by simply pressing the control switch, one could open or close every door.

Liu Yi kept talking, “After that, I got to the control panel and opened the door to that ward, but when I was returning the same way and pushed open the door… I suddenly opened my eyes… and then I found myself here?”

Dr. Zhang was taken aback, “What did you say?”

The other also assumed a contemplative expression, “Hmm, I understand your feelings, because I also thought it was strange. Right after I pushed open the door, it was like waking up from a dream, and I found myself here, sitting in a chair, and at that time, you were also sitting in another chair next to me, eyes closed as if asleep… That’s why I said, just now… we were dreaming!”

Dr. Zhang immediately waved his hands. He didn’t care much about the other’s sensation of “suddenly opening eyes” because he had experienced it himself just a few minutes ago.

“No, no… let’s not talk about that for now, I’m asking, how did you open that door?”

No wonder he was so surprised, because the control panel for the “intensive care unit” electronic doors required a password, and without it, it was definitely impossible to open the doors to any ward!

But upon hearing Dr. Zhang’s question, Liu Yi looked totally confused: “Ah? How did I open the door? I just entered the password and the door opened!”

“I know the door can be opened by entering the password, but… how did you know the password?” Dr. Zhang asked again, knowing that the password for the “intensive care unit” wasn’t casually shared, and even as a doctor in this hospital working in the “general ward,” he didn’t know the password for the control panel!

Liu Yi furrowed his brows, looking suspiciously at the other party… but still answered, “Because there’s a flashlight in the drawer under the control panel!”

He said this, as if the question was as trivial as asking how he knew that one plus one equals two!

Dr. Zhang’s frustrated expression did not ease, but instead, he became even more puzzled, “What the hell does the flashlight have to do with the password?”

Liu Yi looked at him… and sighed helplessly, “Ah… because Director Wang has kidney deficiency! Everyone knows his hands are always sweaty, and Dr. Li applies hand cream every day, so her hands are greasy. Therefore, the buttons they frequently press must be different from the others. I turned off the corridor lights, scraped some plaster from the wall, then sprinkled it on the keypad, blew the dust into the air, and shone the flashlight on it to see which keys had more dust, figuring out what the password was!”

He explained as if addressing an extremely simple issue, while Dr. Zhang’s eyes were already wide open in shock.

Is this person really mentally ill? His thought process seemed so clear.

Then, still not quite convinced, he continued to ask, “But with that method, you could only know the numbers of the password, not the order they’re in or how many times each number was pressed!”

This time, Liu Yi finally showed a “pitying the mentally challenged” expression and said, “The numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 7. Anyone who isn’t a fool could see that the most likely order of the password would be 74123 or 32147. Just try it. Sure enough, I pressed ‘74123’ on my first try, and that directly opened it…”

After finishing his explanation, Dr. Zhang reflected for a full ten seconds before he finally realized; those two groups of numbers formed an “L” shape on the keypad. Indeed, passwords are typically arranged that way to be easy to remember and enter.

At the same time, he looked again in disbelief at the piece of paper he had taken from behind the second strange chair and slowly turned towards Liu Yi.

The numbers were starkly written above — 74123

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Liu Yi dumbfoundedly stared at the numbers on the paper, pondering for a long time… “Huh… Why would the control panel’s password appear here? Ah! It must be some forgetful doctor who was afraid of forgetting it, so they copied it down and put it here!”

Dr. Zhang’s eyes twitched… He really couldn’t say whether this man was smart or dumb!

Of course, Dr. Zhang was also completely confused about the situation at the moment, he just knew that there must be some connection between the two sets of numbers, this chair, and the abrupt scene change!

So now he was utterly bewildered, standing here would surely not help him find the answers…

“Let’s go, take a look outside!” he said, and then he pocketed the two pieces of paper he had just picked up and headed towards the door.

In fact, during the few minutes of conversation just now, Dr. Zhang had also been looking at this door, which was made of wood, with planks so rotten they could practically be kicked open with one foot.

Dr. Zhang cautiously pushed the door open and found a corridor outside, with a wooden ceiling and floor as well. There were pathways extending to both the left and right; however, the path to the left was blocked by collapsed earth and mud, so they could only go right. The pathway to the right was quite short, less than ten meters, and they could see from their current position at the end of it above their heads there was a large hole, with the distinctive pallid light of electric lamps shining through…

Dr. Zhang, without giving it too much thought, quickly walked to beneath the large hole, looked up, and saw a ceiling with a light bulb directly over the hole, somewhat dazzling. Listening carefully, he could also hear the sound of flowing water within the walls…

“What’s above?” Liu Yi’s voice came from behind him.

Looking up, Dr. Zhang said indifferently, “Hmm… looks like a toilet.”

“A toilet?”

“Yeah, it seems like the toilet floor has a big hole, and we are right beneath it.”

“Shit, so we’re surrounded by poop!” Liu Yi exclaimed loudly.

Dr. Zhang ignored him and just tested how high the opening was by jumping up. Finding that it wasn’t too high, he stepped back a few paces and with a running start managed to climb up to the edge of the hole.

Afterwards, perhaps afraid that the wooden walls on both sides would suddenly collapse and bury him in feces, Liu Yi put a lot of effort into pushing the other’s buttocks, thrusting him up. Then, in utter panic, he urgently asked Dr. Zhang above to stretch out a hand and pull him up.

A few minutes later, both of them had arrived above the hole. Liu Yi patted his chest in relief, grateful that he wasn’t buried alive in excrement. Dr. Zhang, too lazy to pay him any attention, looked around, and just like he had said before, this indeed was a toilet — and it seemed to be a men’s toilet, because on one wall there was a row of urinals. The hole that they climbed up from was right in the middle of the toilet…

At that moment, Dr. Zhang suddenly discovered something

“This… is a toilet inside the hospital!” he said, somewhat surprised…