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Chapter 868 Patient Zero
Xue Se couldn't understand why the collective will of the forest ultimately chose to attack the First Rehabilitation Hospital. Was it revenge by the core patients against Xin Hu? Or was there another hidden reason?

"Old Xue! Hurry up!"

As the sirens blared, Xue Se, who had barely slept all night, heard about the problem at the hospital and, without a word, threw on her coat and rushed out of the office.

After donning his gear, Xue Se sat in the driver's seat but didn't start the car. A vein on his forehead bulged out: "Can you two get out and stay in the police station?"

Xu Huan, sitting in the back, fastened his and Lao Ma's seatbelts with practiced ease: "I must stay in your sight because I could die at any moment. You must be a witness and catch the murderer after I die."

"I am just a horse."

"Damn it!" Xue Se slammed the steering wheel, started the car, and drove off alone, ignoring the other officers.

The autopsy avenue has been largely cleared, with no bodies or "tree debris" visible. The thick smoke has dissipated, and there are far fewer people standing motionless on the street.

As Xue Se drove off the autopsy avenue, she could see the police tape outside the First Rehabilitation Hospital from a great distance. The area had been sealed off, and ambulances were transporting patients and the injured to other hospitals.

The fire was extinguished, but the hospital's white walls were blackened by the fire. Occasionally, explosions and screams could still be heard. At the highest point of the rehabilitation ward, every now and then, someone would fall like a leaf, blooming into a cruel flower on the ground.

"The intensive care unit lost contact with the outside world, communication was cut off, many patients suffered severe shock, and the death toll continued to rise!"

"What are you waiting for! Call for reinforcements! Force your way in!"

Shanghai has always championed civilization and human rights, and its citizens regard the city as a model of modern human society. Violence is never supported, but this is a special case.

Patients with milder conditions were discharged directly, while those with more serious conditions were transferred to other hospitals. After the surrounding area was cleared, armed forces under the control of the judicial authorities entered the main building through multiple entrances. Gunshots rang out, and the conflict continued to escalate.

"You two stay in the car!" Xue Se checked his sidearm and bulletproof vest. He opened the car door, and Lao Ma and Xu Huan were already waiting for him outside. They were completely obedient and wouldn't listen to him at all. At worst, they would die. Xu Huan didn't care at all, while Lao Ma was just a horse.

"boom!"

The explosion rang out in the hospital's main building, shattering all the glass on the sixth floor and sending flames flying, like a giant beast devouring living people.

"The hospital is full of patients, why make such a big fuss?" Old Ma was a little hungry, looking up at the darkened building, not understanding at all.

Xue Se's expression was solemn. He found the command vehicle, where the person in charge of the operation was standing straight in front of a screen, being angrily scolded by the bureau chief on the screen.

"Director?"

"***! Xue Se! Fully cooperate with Commander Wang and quell the unrest in the hospital within one hour!"

"Yes!" Xue Se had wanted to ask some more questions, but after hearing the director's words, she almost instinctively saluted.

"Dr. Gao's brain is analyzing at a critical moment. Everything must be kept stable, and we absolutely cannot let the situation escalate any further!" The director wasn't entirely at ease with Xue Se either, but Xue Se was indeed very capable, and they would have to rely on him when trouble arose.

The video call ended, and Commander Wang pulled out his walkie-talkie and unleashed a torrent of profanities; he was under immense pressure. "Old Wang, what's the situation at the main hospital building? And what was that explosion just now?"

"A bunch of idiots! If you can't break through in half an hour, you're not coming back!" After putting down the walkie-talkie, Commander Wang's eyes were bloodshot. He hadn't slept in a long time either. "Team Leader Xue, I'm sorry you had to see this. The situation in this hospital is too complicated. Not only are there gold nuggets in the VIP wards, but there are also some rare mental illness specimens. We have to treat them differently. If we accidentally kill the wrong one, it will cause a lot of trouble."

"You've already used explosives, are you still worried about accidental injuries?"

"The explosion had nothing to do with us; it was caused by the patients and doctors inside the building," Commander Wang said helplessly.

"A doctor?" Xue Se was taken aback. "Why won't the doctor let you in?"

“I’m baffled too! I’ve called the person in charge of the First Rehabilitation Hospital so many times, but there’s been no response. The bureau chief said he would talk to the hospital’s director, but it seems like the director has disappeared.” Commander Wang handed Xue Se a set of equipment: “Team Leader Xue, my men are not experienced enough. I might need you to lead a team and go in to take a look yourself.”

"Okay." Xue Se put on the bulletproof vest and tossed two more to Xu Huan and Lao Ma: "Wait for me outside the building, don't follow me!"

With his hands gripping the gun, Xue Se's movements were impeccable. He led the officers behind him directly into the main building, with Xu Huan and Lao Ma following behind, unable to be driven away no matter how much they kicked or hit them.

The hospital's main building has fourteen floors. The bottom ten floors have been cleared, but the most troublesome are the top four floors, which are the isolation wards.

Seeing the wounded police officer on the ground, his uniform torn and his wounds bloody and mangled, Xue Se's eyes welled up with tears. He walked to the front with his gun in hand.

"Ignore the Human Rights Commission's ban and the Ethics Watch Group's code of conduct. Anyone who makes a dangerous move, shoot them dead! If anything happens, Commander Wang and I will take responsibility!" Decisive and swift, Xue Se was the first to fire when he encountered a patient who attacked him. Xu Huan shook his head at the sight. Despite Xu Huan's intervention, Xue Se still went on a killing spree, but not in the Death Time Community, but in the First Rehabilitation Hospital.

With permission to fire, and with the experienced Xue Se directing from inside the building, the officers quickly broke through from two directions, passing through thick smoke and burning obstacles, and reached the top floor.

"Speak! Why are you obstructing our evidence collection and rescue efforts!" Xue Se grabbed a doctor by the neck. The doctor's glasses were half broken, his face was burning hot, and he was sometimes lucid and sometimes laughing. Many of the patients Xue Se encountered in the main building were similar to him.

"Rescue? You bunch of madmen who only know how to destroy! What we are doing is real rescue. We are saving everyone in this world!" The doctor still had his work badge around his neck. His position was higher than that of the doctor Bu Cun, whom Xue Se had seen. He was one of the core management members of the rehabilitation hospital.

"Did the treatment make you stupid?" Xue Se let go of his hand and continued forward, but the doctor immediately grabbed his leg: "Let go!"

"Don't go over there! Don't disturb him! He's calculating the secrets of this world!"

"Drag him away! Cuff him!" Xue Se kicked the doctor aside and walked down the corridor on the fourteenth floor. This floor was full of special wards. Surprisingly, the director's office was also here. The mysterious director of the rehabilitation hospital seemed to really enjoy living with this group of the most special lunatics.

“This is a good opportunity to get to know the dean.” Xu Huan also perked up.

They opened the wards one by one, but many of the special wards were empty. The critically ill patients inside had all escaped in the chaos. They walked all the way to the deepest part of the corridor and saw a ward numbered zero.

The door was forcibly broken open, and the ward was filled with handmade black boxes, from which a faint voice could be heard.

"Not perfect, still not perfect."

(End of this chapter)