Chapter 531 Eight in Total

Chapter 531: Eight People in Total

"Brother, the nurse's station is just ahead. And, there are two other players who arrived here before us."

Le Shiya's voice, bubbly and mischievous as ever, rang out in Su Bai's mind, as if she were pointing and gesturing slightly towards the front.

"They both look to be in their twenties. Judging by their clothes, they're probably just starting to earn money, with not much savings, not at the point of buying a house or settling down yet. But the way they're looking at each other is really strange."

Su Bai couldn't "see," but he could imagine the scene from Le Shiya's tone.

"That bespectacled guy, he's already gritting his teeth in pain, yet he's looking at the slightly round-faced guy beside him so anxiously." Le Shiya commented with an air of seriousness. "Just looking at the bespectacled guy, you'd think they must be really close, maybe even childhood friends who grew up sharing everything."

"But, the round-faced guy's expression is utterly bewildered."

She described earnestly: "It's like when you're riding a bike and accidentally hit an old lady who suddenly jaywalked. He looks utterly at a loss, not knowing what to do."

"It's so strange. Logically, their relationship should be good, so why does the round-faced guy react as if he doesn't know him..." Le Shiya was first puzzled, but then caught on. "Hmm, the only possibility is that they've already 'been affected,' just like Sister Xie said."

Su Bai found he was getting somewhat used to Le Shiya's peculiar, slightly offbeat way of thinking.

"And, the nurse's station itself looks strange too." Le Shiya continued helping Su Bai describe. "It's set into the corridor wall. The lights around are quite bright, but the area around the nurse's station is oddly dark, as if the light just doesn't touch it."

"But there really is a nurse standing inside. Her clothes look fairly normal, but she's got her head down, hasn't lifted it once, so I can't see what she looks like."

"Maybe, once she looks up, she'll give us a real fright."

Accompanied by Le Shiya's description, an image formed in Su Bai's mind—

The nurse's station submerged in gloom, like an area stripped from reality. There, a nurse with her head bowed, motionless, her face obscured by hanging hair and shadows, stood behind the counter like a statue that could "come alive" at any moment.

"It seems people here have also discovered something wrong with their bodies."

Jie Ying's voice remained as calm as ever. Though she couldn't hear, she could discern from observing expressions that the bespectacled player was enduring some unutterable pain.

His face was pale from pain, a fine layer of cold sweat beaded on his forehead, and his lips were pressed tightly together, clearly trying hard to endure. Yet, despite this, his gaze remained anxiously fixed on the round-faced player beside him. In his eyes were worry, urgency, and a hint of agitation, as if the other's condition was even harder for him to accept than his own pain.

Tian Yue took two steps forward, her tone slightly hurried as she asked, "What's wrong with you two?"

Her voice didn't sound particularly concerned; instead, it carried a note of underlying anxiety.

This anxiety wasn't for them, but for herself.

After all, if these two really had physical abnormalities as Jie Ying suggested, it meant she couldn't be spared either.

Although Tian Yue hadn't noticed any problems with herself yet, which only made her more uneasy. She couldn't help but recall Jie Ying's words, a speculation she didn't want to dwell on surfacing in her mind—what if her problem wasn't something visible like deafness or blindness, but something more hidden, more terrifying?

"Have you also discovered abnormalities in your bodies?" she asked again, her voice unintentionally more urgent than before.

Then Su Bai heard an unfamiliar male voice, tinged with hesitant surprise: "What?"

It was probably the bespectacled guy Le Shiya described, the one gritting his teeth in pain.

Tian Yue wasn't very patient. She quickly gave a quick rundown of what Jie Ying had said earlier, summarizing the rules of No. 666 Hospital, then pressed again: "So, what abnormalities have you experienced?"

The bespectacled young man who was asked seemed to hesitate. His voice sounded somewhat uncertain, even a bit embarrassed: "I... not long after entering the game, the soles of my feet felt like they were being stabbed with knives. It hurt so much I could barely stand."

"Feels like every step is walking on knife points, it's unbearable." He paused, sighed, and continued helplessly: "Luckily, we were very close to the nurse's station when we entered the game. Otherwise, I might not have made it here in thirty minutes."

Su Bai pondered, roughly understanding why the other had seemed so awkward earlier.

"So, is Glasses Brother also a mermaid who grew legs?" Le Shiya asked, as if deliberately using a very childlike tone.

A man in his twenties suddenly possessing the 'pain' reserved for princesses in fairy tales would indeed feel quite helpless.

Hearing a child say this, the bespectacled young man sighed again and said quietly, "Hearing you say this is probably a rule of No. 666 Hospital, I feel a bit relieved. But even if you hadn't told me, I could have guessed it was the work of Eerie Entities. After all, both Xiang Feiyu and I started having issues not long after entering the game."

"What problem does Round-faced Brother have?" Le Shiya asked curiously.

The bespectacled young man fell silent for a moment, then sighed once more, his voice lowering a bit: "He lost his memory."

"Even the name 'Xiang Feiyu' is something I just told him." As he said this, his tone carried obvious exhaustion and helplessness, as if this matter pained him greatly.

'So that's it, no wonder Glasses Brother looks at Round-faced Brother so fondly, but Round-faced Brother looks at him like a stranger.' Le Shiya began communicating with Su Bai in her mind using her ability. 'Just now, when Glasses Brother was speaking, he looked like he was about to cry... Their bond must be quite strong.'

Earlier, Le Shiya's tone had held some teasing, but now her voice carried a faint trace of sadness.

"I'm sorry, he... he..." At that moment, another unfamiliar voice came from the side. It should be the amnesiac player, Xiang Feiyu. His voice faltered, as if he were struggling to organize his words, yet even such a simple sentence seemed somewhat difficult.

Finally, he said with great distress: "Sorry, I still didn't remember, the name."

"Xu Rui." The bespectacled young man sighed yet again, his tone tinged with a sense of helpless fatigue. "You, at least remember my name."

"Yes, yes." Xiang Feiyu quickly nodded, as if afraid he would forget again, hurriedly agreeing. "Xu Rui just told me some things about the Nightmare Game. Although I can't remember anything, it's... like I still remember how to eat, how to do math problems. I can feel that this place must be very dangerous."

"In my current state, it might be very hard for me to clear this game." Xiang Feiyu pursed his lips, then earnestly requested: "Everyone, if there's anything I can help with, please don't hesitate to ask. I just hope you can remind me a few times if I seem confused or out of it while doing things. Please!"

"Let's handle the hospitalization procedures first." Jie Ying, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up. "If we miss the time, who knows what might happen."

Perhaps precisely because Jie Ying couldn't hear anything, her focus remained solely on the necessary game procedures.

And Su Bai, who couldn't see, also calmed his mind to sense the surroundings. He didn't detect the power of any Eerie Entities lurking here, nor did he perceive any movement from elsewhere.

It seemed the participants in this game were the eight people present.