I have delusions, and you want me to participate in a ghost story?

Zhou Xiaochuan opened his eyes and saw a dazzling white light shining directly on his face, making it difficult for him to open his eyes.

This is……

"Patient A-87 has woken up from surgery! A-87's surgery was a success!"

"Beautiful! This shows that the scientific level of our Singer civilization has made further progress. We have a better chance of passing the ghost story!"

"Patient A-87 will be kept in the hospital for ten days for observation. If he is in good condition, there is no need to report. Doctor Qiu, you can send him directly to the world of ghost stories!"

"Yes!" a clear female voice sounded.

"Also, V-87, who is in the same ward with A-87, must be given a shot of Makarov tranquilizer at 87 a.m. and 87 p.m. every day. Remember not to let V- wake up!"

"Yes! Got it, Dean Lin! Don't worry, Qiu Xia will complete the task!"

"Okay, in that case, I'll be leaving first. It's seven in the morning now. Every morning at eight and evening at eight, you have to come to the ward for rounds. The main thing is to check if A-87 has taken his medicine on time, and give V-87 a shot of Makarov tranquilizer."

"Yeah, I get it, Dean. I'm not a little girl anymore!"

Hearing Dr. Qiu Xia's almost coquettish tone, the middle-aged man called Dean Lin suddenly became stern: "Don't be so slick. Qingshan Mental Hospital is where the top talents of the Singer Civilization gather. Who among the people working here is not an elite of the Singer Civilization?"

Dean Lin said: "You'd better put away your emotions here. Not only can you act like a spoiled child, you can't even have any emotions. The singer civilization does not need emotions."

Dean Lin's tone relaxed when he said this: "It's not your fault. After all, you just graduated from Lingjiang No. 2 Middle School, and you may not have changed your mindset yet. Let's go have breakfast together first, so I can do some ideological work for you."

"Oh."

Qiu Xia spoke with a cold tone, like a machine.

Dean Lin was very appreciative: "Not bad, you are indeed a top student of Lingjiang No. 2 Middle School, your comprehension ability is different."

After saying that, the footsteps of the two people gradually faded away.

Zhou Xiaochuan waited for a while and found that there was no one in the room. Then he sat up from the bed, pushed open the operating light, and looked around the place.

This ward is 80% similar to the Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital ward in the real world, but it is almost exactly the same as the ward he saw in his dream.

The only difference was that this ward was still normal, not as shabby and weird as the ward he saw in his dream.

There is more than one patient in this ward. There is another bed at the door of the ward.

To be precise, it was not a bed, it was something like a nutrition chamber.

The nutrient chamber was made of glass and in it was an oval shape. A middle-aged man with an unshaven beard and wearing a leather jacket was lying.

The nutrient chamber was filled with transparent liquid, which completely enveloped the middle-aged man.

It is not known whether this transparent liquid is water and why the middle-aged man did not suffocate.

But Zhou Xiaochuan knew that his fellow patient was definitely the key figure in this strange story!
Because there is a number marked on this nutrient bin!
【V-87】

His own serial number is A-87.

The director’s previous instructions to Doctor Qiu Xia were to check whether he was taking his medicine on time during the ward rounds at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. every day.

And this Qingshan Mental Hospital is actually a civilized place for singers.

I am the chosen one of the singer civilization.

But V-87 is more important than himself!

I will just stay in the hospital for ten days for observation. If there is no problem, I will go to the world of ghost stories.

But V-87 had to be given Makarov tranquilizers every day during rounds, so that he would never wake up...

After sitting up, Zhou Xiaochuan looked at his body.

It was still his original body, but the clothes had changed into a blue and white mental hospital uniform. He had a metal ring around his neck, a watch on his left hand, and a large iron ball tied to his right foot.

The number "A-87" was written on the iron ball.

It was exactly the same as the dying self he had seen in his dream.

So, Zhou Xiaochuan began to analyze the current situation.

According to the previous conversation between Qiu Xia and Dean Lin, he should now be the chosen one of the Singer Civilization.

However, for some reason, the way this singer civilization treats the Chosen Ones is so completely different from the way human civilization treats the Chosen Ones.

In the singer civilization, he is the chosen one, but he is not respected. Instead, his personal freedom is restricted by them.

The most intuitive feeling is that there is a big iron ball on my right ankle!

Moreover, I feel like a prisoner and have to take medicine on time.

Even Dean Lin and Qiu Xia didn't call him by his name, but only by his number.

A-87.

The same thing happened to another middle-aged man lying in the nutrient chamber, who was only called by his number, V-87.

What is the mystery behind this?
And what Principal Lin said to Qiu Xia, "The singer civilization does not need emotions."

Zhou Xiaochuan vaguely felt that this sentence was very important.

Dean Lin's voice sounded exactly like Dean Lin of Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital in the real world.

And Qiu Xia's voice was very similar to the Qiu Xia he met on the No. 44 bus.

When on bus No. 44, Zhou Xiaochuan heard a detail on the bus, that is, Qiu Xia ran away from Ward 444, which is here.

Could it be that I have traveled back to the time before Qiu Xia ran away?

Zhou Xiaochuan thinks this is very likely.

Also, Qiu Xia and Principal Lin said that their surgeries were completed, but what surgeries were they performed on?

Zhou Xiaochuan moved his body and felt nothing unusual, except that it was inconvenient for him to move because he was dragging a big iron ball.

This put Zhou Xiaochuan in a difficult position.

The condition for passing the level is to escape from Ward 444 and Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital within seven days. If you fail to complete it, you will be eliminated.

But according to the conversation between Qiu Xia and Dean Lin, he knew that he would be observed here for ten days, and after ten days he would be sent into the rules talk.

During these ten days, I will be under strict supervision!
Also, even if he was not under strict supervision, the big iron ball dragging on his body would not be conducive to his movements.

The iron ball dragged on the ground would make a loud noise, which would definitely attract attention. Zhou Xiaochuan frowned and looked at the time on his watch. It was currently 7:05.

According to the information previously obtained, Dr. Qiu Xia and Dean Lin went to have breakfast together and will not return to this room until around eight o'clock in the morning.

Then these fifty minutes or so are the time left for me to explore this room.

As for leaving this room...

Zhou Xiaochuan saw that the door of the room was locked and he couldn't get out even if he wanted to.

To be precise, it’s not that you can’t get out, but once you go out, you will definitely be discovered.

Zhou Xiaochuan got out of bed carefully and began to explore the room.

The room the patient lived in was extremely simple and did not contain many things.

The only place where things might be stored was the desk at the back.

In the previous dream, Zhou Xiaochuan also saw the letter with confusing words on this desk.

And there is also a letter on this desk!

This letter is different from ordinary letters. It is a letter similar to a holographic projection.

After Zhou Xiaochuan approached, the letter, which looked like a brand new projection, opened by itself, and Zhou Xiaochuan could also see the contents of the letter.

Just as he had expected, this letter contained the rules for this copy, Ward 444.

[Hello, A-87, welcome to Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, Ward 444. As a patient of this hospital, you need to abide by the following rules.

Article 87: You are A-, but you are more Zhou Xiaochuan. Please do not forget that you are Zhou Xiaochuan. Please do not tell others that you still remember the fact that you are Zhou Xiaochuan.

Second rule: Don’t take medicine.

Article 87: The hospital's : a.m. to : p.m. is the only time for patients to move around. As a mental patient, you can move around in the designated area. At other times, please do not leave your ward, at least A- cannot leave.

Article 4: In this world, the iron ball on everyone's ankle represents everyone's identity. Promise me, please don't lose your iron ball, okay?
Article 5: You are a mental patient.

Article 6: Don’t believe him, you are not a mental patient. There are many people in this world who do not agree with their distorted ideas!

Article 7: When light and darkness alternate, please open the door of destiny.

Article 8: Which one is true? Which one is false? I can’t tell, I really can’t tell!!

Article 9: When a crow knocks on the window, there will be disaster.

Article 10: Death is not the end of everything. When you hear different voices, please don't panic.

Article 11: You are not special, and you are not fighting alone.

Article 12: Glory and victory belong to the singer civilization!
Article 13: Where is the glory? Where is the victory? I can’t see it! 】

Thirteen rules!
Zhou Xiaochuan frowned. Among these thirteen rules, only the first five rules could be considered as real rules. The remaining eight not only contradicted each other, but also did not look like rules at all!

More like a real letter!
After Zhou Xiaochuan memorized these rules thoroughly, he searched the room inside and out, up and down, but found nothing else.

It is worth mentioning that the door of this ward is made of iron, which is tightly closed without even the slightest gap. Zhou Xiaochuan has no way of observing what is happening in the world outside the room.

He looked in front of V-87's nutrient tank for a while and observed the nutrient tank.

He found that unlike what he had observed from a distance in the room before, this middle-aged man in the jacket, although his whole body was immersed in the nutrient chamber, did not have even a single water stain on his body.

Moreover, his pores in the nutrient tank were enlarged, and the liquid in the nutrient tank entered V-87's body through these pores.

"It seems that these transparent things are not water, but nutrient solution. V-87 relies on the nutrient solution to survive. But the question is, since they want to use the nutrient solution to keep V-87 alive, why do they give him a sedative and keep him awake?"

Zhou Xiaochuan thought: "What kind of identity does this V-87 have? We can't let him die, and we can't let him live? Just like me, I call him by a number..."

Qiu Xia and Dean Lin addressed each other using their real names.

The two of them are staff members of this hospital.

He and V-87 were patients in the hospital.

Therefore, they are all referred to by numbers?

From their conversation, we can get the idea that I am the Chosen One of the Singer Civilization. Then, could this V-87 also be the Chosen One of the Singer Civilization?
Zhou Xiaochuan vaguely felt that he had found the blind spot, so he lay on the bed, closed his eyes, pretending to be asleep, but in fact he was integrating the information he had obtained in his mind.

The most important thing, of course, is the rules of this copy.

The rules in this copy are different from those in the previous ghost story worlds, and it does not directly tell where the danger comes from.

Still, it provides a lot of information!
For example, you can’t take medicine!

However, in about half an hour, Qiu Xia would come to the ward, and Qiu Xia's job was to give V-87 a sedative so that V-87 could not wake up, and to give himself medicine!

Therefore, the first crisis Zhou Xiaochuan has to face in this copy is taking medicine.

There are also the third and fourth rules, which are also very intriguing.

【Article 87: The hospital's : a.m. to : p.m. is the only time for patients to move around. As a mental patient, you can move around in the designated area. At other times, please do not leave your ward, at least A- cannot leave.

Article 4: In this world, the iron ball on everyone's ankle represents everyone's identity. Promise me, please don't lose your iron ball, okay? 】

In other words, from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. in the hospital, as a mental patient, I can move around, but I can only move in designated areas.

But can I really not go out at other times?
This rule even gave Zhou Xiaochuan a hint.

【A-87 cannot leave.】

[The iron ball on everyone's ankle represents everyone's identity. Don't lose your iron ball. ]

In other words, all he had to do was exchange the iron ball on his ankle with that on someone else's, and he could go out and move around at other times in the hospital.

Moreover, you can use other people's identities to go to places that mentally ill people cannot go to!
Articles 6 and 11 give me hints.

[Article 6: Don’t believe him, you are not a mental patient, there are many people in this world who do not agree with their distorted ideas! ]

[Article 11: You are not special, and you are not fighting alone.]

In other words, you have to find people in the hospital who share the same philosophy as you and exchange iron balls with them.

But how can I replace the iron ball? This iron ball...

Zhou Xiaochuan touched the iron ball, and the metal ring on his neck emitted a strong electric current! (End of this chapter)