God's imitator

Chapter 535 Doctor
The rules were continuously displayed on the large screen, along with the number of rounds and a countdown.

Huang Shengjie tried his best to keep up with the pace of the rules being read aloud, but in the end, he not only failed to understand all the rules, but also confused himself.

At this moment, he tried to sort out his thoughts again.

"People said before that a game with 40 players might have very complicated rules, and I didn't really get a sense of it from their descriptions, but now it seems that hearing others talk about it and seeing it for yourself are definitely different..."

Although there are corresponding illustrations on the big screen to help with understanding, different player mindsets can also have a significant impact.

When listening to other players explain the rules of the game in the community, Huang Shengjie understood them very quickly, and even subconsciously felt that there was nothing difficult about it.

But when you actually enter the game scene, under extreme tension, your brain can easily shut down, and if you miss a line, you'll be completely unable to keep up with the pace.

Moreover, every rule may contain hidden word traps, and a slight mistake can lead to complete defeat. It is difficult for the average player to understand the priority of these rules in a short period of time.

As a novice, Huang Shengjie could only force himself to think hard.

"This game doesn't have a specific objective to complete, but if you become an 'infected' and aren't cured, you'll die. So the main goal is to avoid becoming an infected person, or if you do become infected, to find a way to treat yourself with medication as soon as possible."

"Clearly, 'medicine' is the most important resource in this game, and we must find a way to obtain it."

"The rules state that doctors and sales staff can buy medicine from their own vending machines, while ordinary patients can only buy medicine from the lounge."

"So, my vending machine doesn't have any medicine?"

Thinking of this, Huang Shengjie hurriedly went to the vending machine to confirm.

This machine has three main function pages:
The first one is the normal product purchase page;
The second is the page with functions related to the 'medical card';

The third is a special page for calls, monitoring, and voting.

The regular product list includes many different kinds of food and drinks, but no medicines.

The "Medical Card" page displays the current balance on the medical card, as well as several different recharge methods.

There was also a "Card Making" button in the lower right corner. Huang Shengjie clicked it, and soon a black card popped out of the vending machine. It had several special granular raised dots and the words "Huang Shengjie" on it.

It resembles a bank card in appearance, except it doesn't have that long string of account numbers or a magnetic stripe.

Before entering the game, Huang Shengjie chose to save 5000 minutes of visa time, so at this time his medical card also had 5000 basic medical points.

As a new player, his visa time was limited, and although he received a loan from the community, it had to be repaid.

Therefore, before entering the game, Huang Shengjie ultimately decided to hand over 5000.

At this point, he possesses 'basic medical points', which must be converted into 'special medical points' through in-game trading before they can be exchanged for visa time at a 1:1 ratio at the end of the game.

If the conversion fails, it's like 5000 minutes of visa processing time have been wasted.

Huang Shengjie was surprised to find that the goods in the vending machine were even cheaper than those in the community.

When Yao Yuan explained the relevant rules, he mentioned that it was common for some copycats to design games where the prices of goods were double or even several times higher than those in the community.

Such discounted sales seem to be rare.

Huang Shengjie put the medical card in his pocket and then looked at the two doors in the room.

"What can I do right now? It seems like I can't do anything; I can only choose one of these two doors to open."

He looked at the two doors. The door leading to the "loudstreet" seemed to have no mechanism and could be opened directly.

Next to the door of the "consultation room" is a small screen with a special "application" button and a digital panel.

According to the rules, Huang Shengjie can request to see a doctor in the consultation room, but the doctor may not agree.

Conversely, only one door can be opened per round of the game, so if he opens the door to the lounge first, Huang Shengjie will not be able to open the door again, even if the doctor in the consultation room requests to see him.

"According to the room's layout diagram, the doctor can choose to see four people: an 'auditor,' a 'VIP patient,' and two 'regular patients.'"

"The priority for doctor-patient meetings should be: auditor > VIP patient > regular patient."

"Giving money to the doctor could increase the chances of him seeing me, but... is it necessary to do that in the first round of the game?"

"According to the rules of the game, doctors only have access to basic medications, while sales staff have access to special medications."

"Salespeople have to meet with the auditor first, then the doctor, which means at least two more rounds of the process before the doctor can get the special drugs."

"Only in the third round of the game will there be a chance that the special medicine will be delivered to me."

"Even if I see a doctor now, the medicine I can buy is just the same as the medicine in the rest room, it's just the most basic kind."

“I have limited points, so I’ll just give a token amount. If the doctor opens the door, that’s great. If not, I’ll go to the lounge.” Of course, Huang Shengjie also had another option: to stay in the room and not go anywhere.

The advantage of this is that he can spend 2000 points to monitor the situation in any room.

But the game had only just begun, and doing so would be extremely expensive, with a very low probability of finding useful information. So after some thought, Huang Shengjie abandoned the idea.

Time flies when you're deep in thought.

The first round of the game is about to begin.

Huang Shengjie immediately pressed the "Apply" button on the screen next to the "Clinic Room," which also gave him 500 medical points, and then waited quietly.

……

At the same time, Qin Cheng had finished reading the rules and observed the environment of the room he was in.

His area was Sector D, and his default assigned role was 'Doctor'.

Judging from the floor plan on the wall, the doctor's room, the "consultation room," is twice the size of a typical patient's room, and it has four doors.

They lead to the "Review Room", the "VIP Patient Room", and two "Regular Patient Rooms" respectively.

Furthermore, there is a huge floor-to-ceiling window between the doors leading to the review room and the VIP patient rooms.

Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see a spacious courtyard.

There are seven floor-to-ceiling windows around this courtyard.

The six floor-to-ceiling windows appear to be slightly narrower, corresponding to the 'auditors,' 'doctors,' and 'VIP patients' in two adjacent areas.

There is also a large corner floor-to-ceiling window, which corresponds to the room where the 'sales' are located.

As for the furnishings in the doctor's room, they are quite different from those of ordinary patients, and are indeed arranged more like a consultation room.

Next to the doors leading to the three patients, each area was designated as a special zone, somewhat resembling a bank counter, with a thick glass partition above it, leaving only a small window.

There is a special machine at the window with two screens facing different players, and there is also a place to swipe medical cards, which is probably used for drug trading.

The area leading to the 'VIP patients' section looks more comfortable and luxurious, but the structure is the same.

According to the current rules, "doctors" are said to have a special status, but the only privilege explicitly stated in the rules is that they can buy "basic painkillers" from vending machines.

Patients can also purchase this painkiller in the lounge, but it is more expensive than buying it from a doctor and is available in limited quantities.

The sales staff bought "special painkillers," but according to the game rules, they can only be delivered to ordinary players after at least three rounds of gameplay.

Qin Cheng went to the vending machine to check what the so-called "basic painkillers" were.

Class I analgesics

[Two tablets per bottle.]

[Price: 300 Medical Points]

[Suggested retail range: 600-2000 points of medical funds.]

Before entering the game, Qin Cheng chose to pay for 1 minutes of visa time, so he now has 1 medical points.

He first spent 300 points to buy a bottle of medicine.

Soon, a small white plastic bottle fell into the vending machine's dispensing area, accompanied by the clattering sound of pills hitting the bottle.

Qin Cheng picked up the small white bottle and looked at it. There was no information on it at all, only the simple label "Class I painkiller".

Unscrew the cap, and inside is a plastic seal similar to that of ordinary medicines.

After considering it for a moment, Qin Cheng still unsealed the plastic seal, poured out a pill from the bottle, and examined it in his palm.

These pills are pure white and very small, about 5 millimeters in diameter.

With five small pills packed in a bottle, Qin Cheng could earn at least 300 points by selling them to other players at the lowest suggested retail price. When leaving the game, he could then exchange them for 300 minutes of visa time.

"The drug ingredients were not listed."

This was quite unexpected for Qin Cheng.

(End of this chapter)