Chapter 550 Speculations About Neonatology

Chapter 550: Speculations about the Newborn Department

"Ward 666, the Newborn Department..." Xu Rui repeated the name of their game setting in a tone of disbelief. "So, the Newborn Department in this Nightmare World doesn't mean new life is born here, but rather... people regress back into infants here?"

"If I were you, I'd choose to return to the room before continuing this conversation." Jie Ying suddenly spoke up. Her voice was as calm as ever, carrying a sense of rational composure.

Although Jie Ying couldn't hear the discussion the others had just had, she was clearly more aware than anyone present that the current environment was not suitable for relaxing and chatting.

An exposed, empty corridor, lights that could flicker off at any moment, nurses that could come to life at any time... there was no place more dangerous than this.

The group finally snapped out of the shock from Xiang Feiyu's transformation after a simple fall and rushed back to the nearest room, 1406, which was originally assigned to Su Bai and Le Shiya.

This time, they didn't turn on the room lights, relying only on the corridor's illumination. Inside 1406, unlike the blue sky and white clouds of room 1408, the walls and curtains were painted with large swathes of soft grass green, blending into a pale blue sky, resembling a peaceful and serene meadow.

The ceiling light in the room was a three-dimensional sun shape, and the bedside lamp was an adorable cartoon pony.

However, the players clearly weren't in the mood to appreciate the uniquely themed rooms of the Newborn Department. Only Le Shiya, who had almost grown accustomed to acting as Su Bai's "eyes," still conscientiously described the details of the room.

Moreover, given what had just happened to Xiang Feiyu, Le Shiya also had to occasionally feign difficulty while conveying the other players' thoughts to Jie Ying nearby.

"I... I really can't believe it." After a long silence, Feng Xuelan finally spoke. Her voice carried a hint of barely concealed fear and unease. "Could it be... the true purpose of these rules is to make us regress step by step, eventually turning us completely into infants?"

"No wonder that Administrator guy said the Newborn Department hasn't had a newborn in a long time." Tian Yue was also growing more fearful the more she thought about it. "We're the 'newborns' who walked right into the trap, aren't we?"

Xiang Feiyu cleared his throat, seeming somewhat unaccustomed to his "new" voice: "This is just too unfair, isn't it? If this punishment really causes people to regress in age, then the margin for error between players of different ages would be completely different, wouldn't it? Older people could survive even after making several mistakes, but younger players..."

Perhaps out of consideration for Le Shiya being nearby, Xiang Feiyu didn't finish his sentence.

"It seems amnesia has given you the wrong impression. Xiang Feiyu, since when did you start expecting the Nightmare Game to be a fair place?" Chi Yan said in a tone that implied "you're being too naive." "When has this kind of game ever been about fairness?"

Chi Yan paused briefly, his tone softening slightly: "You may have already forgotten that the Administrator repeatedly warned us, 'Never violate the rules more than four times.'"

The room immediately fell into silence.

"If my guess is correct..." Chi Yan pursed his lips, his gaze sweeping over each person, his voice low, "whether you're thirty or forty, once you accumulate four rule violations, what awaits you is definitely not something as simple as 'becoming twenty years younger.' It's directly becoming a 'newborn' in the Newborn Department."

"Brother..."

When Su Bai heard Le Shiya's voice in his mind, he initially thought the girl was feeling fear due to her young age. However, he didn't expect Le Shiya's tone to be somewhat serious.

"I habitually observe everything happening around me. Just now, when Brother Feiyu's body changed, everyone showed surprised expressions. Even you, Brother, were shocked after I told you. But Sister Xie... Sister Xie was clearly paying attention to Brother Feiyu's changes the whole time, yet the expression on her face never changed from start to finish."

"It's as if... as if she already knew."

"Brother..."

Le Shiya's voice came again. Su Bai was startled to realize it wasn't coming from his mind this time, but from reality, close at hand.

"Brother... I feel... so dizzy..."

Le Shiya's voice was as light as a falling feather, as if it could be blown away by the wind at any moment.