Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 507: The Doctor-Patient Relationship in the Mental Hospital

Chapter 507: Chapter 507: The Doctor-Patient Relationship in the Mental Hospital

The metal cube flew from his grasp at an incredibly high speed, piercing through any obstacle in its path—what appeared to be the hospital doors and walls to Ashis and the others—before it slammed against some hard object and flew back.

Retrieving the space-time item, Ashis said, "This place is enclosed; unless the instance space is completely destroyed, there’s no way out."

In situations where space-time items can’t be used, tearing down an instance space is extremely difficult. Not to mention, being inside it without knowing the exact boundaries of the instance—demolish the hospital? What if the boundary of the instance lies in a space of chaotic overlap?

"The variant ocean itself is rather unstable, and it holds no value as a gaming zone, which is why it’s part of the annual travel route. I didn’t expect this time to be lifting a rock only to drop it on our own feet," Captain Matt shook his head, looking in the direction where Bai Kou had just disappeared. "I’ve now lost control of the ship and my senses are somewhat dulled; we might be heading towards a space convergence zone."

Setting aside Ashis and the others’ hesitation in the face of the "Seventeenth Hospital" instance, over to Xu Huo’s side, the situation had taken a dramatic turn for the better. All players thought it was game over, but who could have predicted the random instance that suddenly gave them a clear path forward?

"This is good, a Level E instance, a three-choice task, we can easily pass any of them!" some players high-fived and cheered.

"One psychological treatment, kill one doctor, find the main entrance of the hospital; the last one might be the hardest," other players began to analyze the instance, "The first two involve doctors—we should find a doctor now."

Although the Seventeenth Hospital was right over their heads, the environment in the three lower levels of the ship had also partially changed. For example, several elevators that were supposed to be there had disappeared, replaced by staircases. The corridors no longer had the strange seaweed patterns, but aged white walls with room numbers and emergency exit signs.

Of course, some of the ship’s original elements were also left intact.

The instance space had not completely severed from the spawn area; there were signs of integration.

"To find a doctor, we need to go up, right?" someone hesitated. "Wonder what’s going on up there?"

"They’re probably busy completing instance tasks as well," Xu Huo inserted. As the holder of the instance, while the game imposed many restrictions on his actions, his grasp on the instance space was solid, especially since it was inherently linked with spiritual evolution. He could fully project his spiritual world into this instance, so he was aware of any changes within the instance.

Of course, that group of Nobles included some high-level players, and a Level E instance may not be enough to trap them, but fortunately, there was Bai Kou. As a high-level player herself, her spiritual evolution was far stronger than his, making the instance a comfortable environment for her as well.

She had confronted Yuguo and Whale head-on before, but now she had already put some distance between herself and that crowd.

However, the other players took his words as a joke, thinking that high-level players wouldn’t waste time in a Level E instance. Maybe Captain Matt would use the ship to counterattack any moment now.

A counterattack was probably hopeless; the ship did not respond when the instance appeared, proving that it was rendered ineffective under the influence of "Three Seconds of a Lifetime."

Touching the stopwatch in his pocket, he led the way out. "Rather than waiting for them to dismantle the instance and then come to kill us, we might as well go out and fight for it. We might get through the instance and leave this damned place right away."

"Mr. Xu makes sense," Selin followed, smiling, "I’ve always said, God will bless us."

The will to survive overcame their fear of the Red Bracelet and Black Bracelet; players with White Bracelets started to venture out from the underground third level up the central staircase to the fourth floor.

The fourth and fifth floors were originally offset, with the two levels connected at only a small central intersection. However, when the players made their way up, they found the area had become the hospital’s outpatient building.

"Not even a nurse in sight, where do we find a doctor?" a player said, looking around the empty space.

"Isn’t that a nurse over there?" a female player pointed down the corridor.

The others immediately looked, but saw nothing there.

"She just walked past," the female player hurried after, "I’m going to ask where we can find a doctor."

Few other players followed her, while the rest scouted around the building.

"Aren’t we patients? Why hasn’t a doctor come to see us?" someone else said, "Do they leave mental patients unsupervised?"

Before the words were fully out, a nurse appeared at the triage desk, face expressionless, she took out a pile of wristbands, "Put these on yourselves, go upstairs and find a room to stay, your names are on the doors."

The players looked at each other, temporarily none daring to reach out.

Selin stepped forward with a smile, "Excuse me, beautiful lady, when can we see a doctor?"

The nurse’s face lightened with a hint of a smile, "The doctors are off work now; you’ll have to wait until tomorrow morning."

"Isn’t it broad daylight outside, off what work?" a player protested loudly.

The nurse’s face fell again, "If your brain isn’t clear, you should sleep early. It’s already one in the morning."

The player, shocked, turned to look towards the outpatient hall’s main entrance—where there should have been doors, which did look like doors earlier, but now, the light from outside was replaced by overly bright incandescent bulbs.

Remembering that it was indeed nighttime before entering the instance, the player said no more.

The nurse huffed and handed an access card to Selin, "Swipe the card and hang it outside the door when you’re done. I’ll come by and collect it later, don’t take it with you."

"What happens if I take it?" Selin asked, still smiling.

"Disobeying medical advice is a common ailment among patients, usually leading to intensified drug therapy," the nurse patiently explained after glancing at his face, "Here at the Seventeenth Hospital, we prefer not to treat our patients that way, so you’d best not cause any trouble for the medical staff."

At this point, the players who had left earlier returned, the female player said, "There’s information about hospital doctors posted in the corridor. Here’s a photo."

The group of players smiled, jostling to have a look.

"Such a worrisome doctor-patient relationship," Xu Huo commented, then turned to the nurse, "Are there any surveillance cameras in the corridors and rooms?"

He could also see the "nurse" that certain players had envisioned and firmly believed in—much like when they were previously stuck in this hospital, whatever they imagined gradually became real in the others’ perceptions as time passed, and the more they believed, the more real it became.

"Of course," the nurse seemed unconcerned about why they were so interested in the doctors, returning to her game.

"These people, I think I’ve seen them before," a player remarked after looking at the photo, "There seems to be a Noble from Zone 011."

"Not just one, all the people in the photos are Red Bracelets," Lu Yun said.