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Chapter 47 The Third Mental Hospital (6)
Although Ji Fenglin said "it's okay", both of them knew well that according to the rules of this world, their condition would only get worse and worse.
Ever since he came to this place, Bai Shuangxing's feeling of depression has become more and more intense. Ji Feng must also feel uncomfortable when he faces the other side.
Now both of them say it's okay, just to comfort each other and let the other not worry.
"As long as you reach the end of the city, you can leave here."
Bai Shuangxing said: "This city doesn't look dangerous, the only thing that needs attention is the shadow monsters roaming the streets."
"Well. According to the mission description, as long as you don't move and make no sound, you can avoid them."
Ji Fenglin hesitated for a moment: "But... isn't this too simple?"
This is also where Bai Shuangxing is puzzled.
There are no other dangers in the city, and the way to avoid shadow monsters is very simple——
As long as they move forward quietly, they can reach the edge of the city unscathed.
How could the side mission in Baiye be so simple?
"Perhaps, the difficulty of this task is related to our mental state."
Bai Shuangxing thought for a while: "The speed at which reason is devoured may be faster than we imagined."
Ji Fenglin made a decisive decision: "Let's go as soon as possible. Keep your mobile phone with you, and contact us if you need anything."
After he finished speaking, he paused, and added in a low voice: "Remember to mute."
The Frost Line who is about to call out the silent mode: ...
She found that at some point, her and Ji Fenglin's thinking always coincided with each other.
"Know."
Bai Shuangxing smiled: "Be careful."
"The same to you."
There was no more time for them to continue their conversation. After hanging up the phone, Bai Shuangxing turned his head sideways and looked at the man curled up on the sofa.
She remembered that the patient's name was Zhou Yue.
"This matter is a bit complicated to explain."
Bai Shuangxing got straight to the point, softened his tone, trying not to scare him as much as possible.
"To put it simply, we are trapped in your spiritual world. If we want to leave, we must go to the end of the city—look over there."
She pointed out the window, and there was a huge door lying in the middle of the sky far away.
Zhou Yue stared blankly at her, unable to accept such an outrageous setting for a while.
The spiritual world, the gate floating in the sky, and the space left with only three colors of black, white and gray...
What is this all about?
"I," Zhou Yue asked cautiously, "am I dreaming?"
"It is."
Bai Shuangxing didn't hide it: "But if you can't reach that door, you won't be able to wake up and open your eyes in this life."
The young man on the sofa shivered.
"Come on, we must hurry up."
Bai Shuangxing glanced at him and raised the corner of his mouth in a friendly manner: "I am your teammate and will protect you."
Suddenly placed in a strange and weird world, most people would choose to trust such a companion.
——After all, Zhou Yue himself knew nothing about the world in front of him. Once he left Baishuangxing, he could only stay where he was and wait to die.
The young man nodded. Although he still couldn't figure out the situation, he obediently stood up.
Zhou Yue asked: "Is it just the two of us? I see that on the street——"
As he spoke, he looked at a black figure on the side of the street, showing a fearful expression.
Nearly three meters tall, obviously not human.
"Those are monsters and we need to avoid them."
Bai Shuangxing explained patiently: "If you meet them, don't make a sound or make any movements, just wait for them to leave on their own."
It's a matter of life and death, Zhou Yue nodded seriously.
After briefly explaining the current situation, Bai Shuangxing pushed open the door of the house.
This is a self-built house, located at the corner of the street, with lush trees and flowers growing in front of the door, but it is a pity that it has all turned gray.
The direction they are going to is the right side, and looking to the left, it is a huge space barrier.
The barrier has no form, like an air wall standing at the end of the road, Baishuangxing tried to reach out to it, and immediately received a prompt from the system.
"Warning! This is a space boundary and cannot be crossed."
It feels like a piece of cold glass.
There are monsters coming and going everywhere on the street. Although the driving speed is faster, once it makes a noise, it will inevitably attract countless figures to chase and kill.
The best way at the moment is to walk lightly and quickly to the destination without disturbing the monsters.
"Nurse."
Zhou Yue followed her, walking in a low voice like a mosquito buzzing.
"Why are we stuck here? Why is it just you and me? Why are you helping me?"
After thinking for a while, he said, "Can we... really escape?"
There are a hundred thousand whys.
Bai Shuangxing was very patient: "I will help you because I want to escape with you. As for other issues, I will explain them to you in detail after we go out."
Zhou Yue nodded numbly.
Bai Shuangxing always seeks stability in doing things. Along the way, he always walks in the shadows and corners as much as possible to avoid oncoming shadow monsters one by one.
Her expression was calm, but she knew in her heart that the world's erosion of her was gradually deepening.
The first is the uncontrollable sense of anxiety, emptiness and despair. Negative emotions take root and sprout silently in my heart, like plants after rain, spreading little by little.
Immediately afterwards, more thoughts came to mind:
Could she really reach that door alive?Everything seems to be going well, will there be an accident suddenly?Why do always feel that hope is getting slimmer?
These thoughts came so suddenly, as if they popped out of her mind, even she was taken aback.
To make matters worse, Bai Shuangxing found that her thinking became difficult to concentrate, and her mind was slow, as if the machine was rusted.
Slowed consciousness is also one of the manifestations of bipolar disorder.
...difficult.
Bai Shuangxing quietly lowered his eyes, digging his nails deep into the flesh.
A stabbing pain came, which gave her a sense of being alive.
Not only her, Zhou Yue's condition is also very bad.
He had never experienced a white night. He was frightened half to death when he saw those shadowy monsters.
——Since there is no hope in life, it is better to die as soon as possible to be relieved.
Bai Shuang made a bet, he thought so in his heart.
"Can we really get out?"
Zhou Yue's voice was very low: "Do you think that door is too high? Even if we go under it, it's so high, how can we go up? Will we be deceived? You have a reliable source that can prove......"
As he spoke, he suddenly realized something, and clenched his sleeves nervously: "I'm sorry, I'm just a little..."
No matter what happened, his thoughts were always extreme and negative.
Sometimes irritable and irritable, sometimes anxious, sometimes feel that his life is a burden, because of this reason, many friends are alienated from him day by day.
They said that staying with him was exhausting and tiring every minute.
From then on, Zhou Yue didn't dare to speak much.
Bai Shuangxing's condition was obviously also in a bad state, he was ready to be ridiculed by her, but he saw her turn her head slightly, her slender eyelashes trembling.
"It's weird to me too."
Her tone was actually very calm, without a trace of sullen emotion: "However, we have only one way to go, if we don't move forward, we will become food for monsters."
Bai Shuangxing smiled, a little comforting:
"Anyway, since we have a hope, let's work hard to reach the destination first—maybe we can find a way to get there when we get there. I'll be with you, it's fine."
She was neither angry nor impatient.
Zhou Yue opened his mouth, but nodded without making a sound.
Seeing his answer, Bai Shuangxing looked forward again, the comforting smile in his eyes faded, and there seemed to be a shadow that seemed to be nothing.
The stone on her heart almost made it difficult for her to breathe.
Looking around, all directions are monotonous black and white, and even she has lost her color.
In such an environment, the mood was naturally depressed infinitely, and the surrounding scenery seemed to melt at any moment, turning into a hideous monster, swallowing her in one fell swoop.
Bai Shuangxing pressed her temples hard.
She had to do something to make herself less anxious.
……correct.
At the beginning of the side mission, the system prepared a mobile phone for her.
This is an independent space, Bai Shuangxing's own mobile phone has no signal at all, but the one prepared by the system can communicate with Ji Fenglin in the heavenly world.
Because the volume was set to mute, and she was extremely nervous along the way, she almost forgot the existence of the mobile phone.
Taking out the phone from his pocket and unlocking the screen, Bai Shuangxing was stunned.
Not long ago, Ji Fenglin called her twice, but she missed both calls.
Did he encounter any trouble?
Bai Shuangxing called back immediately without hesitation.
Unexpectedly, the other party answered quickly.
In the past few seconds, Ji Fenglin's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Are you okay?"
His tone was as usual, not like he was in danger.
Bai Shuangxing: "You called me, what happened?"
There was silence on the other side.
"No."
Ji Fenglin said: "Your side is a world of depression. If you stay alone all the time, bad emotions will accumulate."
Although Zhou Yue was by her side, Zhou Yue was even more negative than her. The two of them were negative, and once they communicated deeply, it would only make each other more frustrated.
Bai Shuangxing understood: "You want to divert my attention by making a phone call."
Ji Fenglin smiled lightly: "Maybe it will be useful."
I don't know if it's because of the erosion of the world, his voice is a little hoarse.
In an unchanging world, suddenly having a friend who can talk normally, have to say, this is a pleasant thing.
Those who are sick must also want to have someone to talk to.
Bai Shuang followed suit and brought up the topic: "You didn't encounter any danger, did you?"
"Well. Same as in the rules, when you encounter a shadow, just keep still and quiet."
Ji Fenglin: "What about you?"
"I try to avoid them as much as possible."
Bai Shuangxing glanced at Zhou Yue beside him to make sure he was safe and sound: "Zhou Yue on my side is very afraid of them and dare not approach them at all."
"Zhou Yue—"
Ji Feng smiled: "My Zhou Yue here is very energetic, and he just wants to rush forward. Once, he even wanted to try what would happen if he ran in front of the shadow, but I stopped him."
In contrast to depression, people with mania tend to be energetic, impulsive, and easily swayed by whims.
Bai Shuangxing didn't know much about this disease, so he asked curiously, "How do you feel now?"
"I'm very emotional, I have a lot of ideas in my head, and I feel that there are countless things to do."
Ji Fenglin paused: "You work harder than me."
This is his sincere words.
Compared with Bai Shuangxing, his state is much more normal——
It's just that there are so many thoughts in his heart that overflow, and all kinds of impulses of irritability, restlessness, anxiety and heart-scratching surge up, making his chest seem to be about to explode.
That's all.
Bai Shuangxing wanted to say something more, but when he passed a corner, he stopped suddenly.
Behind the corner is an alley, the alleyway is deep, and in the long silence, a shadow is slowly coming out.
He almost ran into them head-on.
Bai Shuangxing grabbed Zhou Yue's sleeve, and the latter was startled.
For a moment, the two stood in place, motionless.
A three-meter-high giant shadow approached step by step, Zhou Yue opened his eyes wide.
Almost at the close of the moment, he was discovered.
He felt very unlucky.
There are so many people in the world, why did this happen to him?And this damn corner, how could there be a monster hiding?The appearance of this monster...
Surrounded by towering buildings, the houses cast black reflections like suffocating waves.
The monster was close at hand, and its tall figure also had a huge shadow, which enveloped him heavily, making him breathless.
The two "eyeballs" inlaid on the face moved suddenly, and the monster approached him and sniffed hard.
Sen Leng's cold air rushed towards his face, Zhou Yue resisted the urge to cry and held his breath.
Although he was about to cry out of fright, but thinking of Bai Shuangxing around him, even if he had to bite the bullet, he would continue to persist——
If he made any movement, it would definitely drag her down.
He cannot be a burden.
After not hearing the sound for a long time, the shadow monster straightened up and walked away with a little disappointment.
When its figure disappeared, Zhou Yue came back to his senses, only to realize that his back was already soaked in cold sweat.
"never mind."
Bai Shuangxing patted him on the shoulder: "Can you continue to move forward?"
The young man was trembling all over, and wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead: "Take a break... just take a break."
Bai Shuangxing smiled: "Well. You are doing very well. Many people will subconsciously scream when they encounter such a situation-hold on, we will be there soon."
Ever since she suddenly stopped talking, Ji Fenglin had guessed what was going on on her side.
Now when Bai Shuangxing spoke again, he stood on the other end of the phone and heaved a sigh of relief: "The monster is gone?"
Bai Shuangxing: "Yes."
For some reason, the person opposite was silent for several seconds.
"I've reached the end of the city."
Ji Fenglin whispered, "But... something is wrong here."
Because of taking the stamina reagent in Baiye Mall, Baishuangxing's stamina has improved a lot, and when he arrived at the destination, he didn't feel exhausted for the first time.
Almost at the same moment when she arrived, she understood what Ji Fenglin said "something was wrong".
Although it is called "the end of the city", unlike the layout at the beginning, there is no air wall blocking the way.
A huge white door is horizontal in the air, exuding warm and moist light.
Looking farther away, beyond the end of the city, there is a chaotic and boundless space made of pure gray.
Baishuang Xing had an inexplicable premonition that once he got lost in that space, he might never find a way to leave.
"So, the question now is—"
The phone never hung up, she frowned: "We can't get in."
When the system initially broadcast the mission, Baishuangxing asked how to go to midair.
The system's answer is that as long as you reach the end of the city, you can naturally find a way.
Bai Shuangxing looked slightly gloomy.
But when they came to this place, they didn't get any hint at all.
"I have doubts."
Bai Shuangxing looked at the two monitoring systems in his mind: "There is no clue here?"
"terribly sorry."
099 looked cautious, watching her expression carefully: "It involves level decryption, we cannot disclose relevant information to you."
444 was unusually silent, folded his arms around his chest, and stared at her coldly.
Since entering this black and white world, the monitoring system has not said much.
Baishuangxing could vaguely guess their intentions——
Here, the more alone she is, the more hopeless she feels.
They cut her off like a lonely island.
In fact, her symptoms did get worse.
The white gate hangs far away in the air, and human beings are as small as ants, making it difficult to approach.
Realizing this, Bai Shuangxing's eyebrows twitched heavily.
no solution anymore.
This is a trap set by Bai Ye.
Trapped here, unable to find a way out, they must die.
Thoughts gushed out one by one, and at the same time, Zhou Yue beside him also remained silent, squatting down in silence.
"We can't go up."
He grabbed his hair tightly, his voice trembling: "... there is no hope."
Hopeless.
wrong.
Bai Shuangxing bit the tip of his tongue hard, trying to find a sliver of reason in his increasingly trance-consciousness.
It is impossible for Bai Ye to have no way out. She has long felt that this level is too simple, and there is a high probability that a trap has been buried. The next thing to do is to sort out the known information as soon as possible.
"...Sister."
On the phone, someone called her: "Bai Shuang."
The tingling pain on the tip of her tongue brought her back to her senses for a moment, and Bai Shuang responded reflexively: "Yes."
Ji Fenglin's voice was very soft: "The symptoms are getting worse?"
"……Ok."
Bai Shuangxing took a deep breath: "It's okay if you can hold on for a while."
She finally understood why this phone number was added to the mission.
If only she and Zhou Yue were left in the whole world, under extreme depression, they would surely collapse soon.
"If you feel uncomfortable, you can be alone first and take a rest."
Ji Fenglin: "If you want, I will keep quiet and not speak."
He took it for granted, and there was no wave in his tone. While speaking, he frowned slightly, and held the handle of the knife with his free left hand, with his thumb up, and brushed against the edge of the knife.
Beads of blood seeped out unstoppably.
The accumulation of layers of manic emotions has broken through the limit that can be tolerated. It seems that there is a mess in the heart, which is ignited by the flame and burns.
An unprecedented sense of anxiety enveloped him, mixed with many unspeakable impulses, making his heart feel like it would explode at any moment.
Scarlet blood rolled down his fingertips, and suddenly, he heard a chuckle on the phone.
"You...are the symptoms completely opposite to mine."
The ending of Baishuangxing rises unconsciously, like a small hook: "The performance of mania, isn't the desire to talk and show greatly increased? If you keep silent all the time, it will be very uncomfortable."
Her breathing was very light, and it was very clear in the environment where no one was around.
"I can't let you keep accommodating me. If you always think about others, you will have a hard time."
Bai Shuangxing said: "Well... you can talk to me."
The thumb on the blade's edge paused.
Ji Fenglin listened to her and continued: "First of all, the door. The rules clearly stated that as long as you pass through the door, you can go to another world. I just observed carefully, and there is no rope, no elevator, and no similar to it.Tall buildings."
"Ok."
For some reason, the boredom in my heart seemed to have subsided a little.
Ji Fenglin: "That door is the exit...but is it the only exit?"
"If you want to say, the rest of the road is only the gray space outside."
Bai Shuangxing asked: "In your world, beyond the end of the city, it is gray, right?"
The other party smiled: "It's red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, and purple similar to light pollution."
"That's about the same."
Bai Shuangxing touched the tip of his nose and looked at the endless gray and black not far away: "Speaking of which, although we can't see each other, you are actually directly above me. Except for the color, the two cities are exactly the same, like a mirror."
When she raised her head, she could see the outline of the city where Ji Fenglin was located.
Bai Shuang raised the corner of her mouth: "It's a pity that the distance is too far, I can't see you - if it weren't for the city above my head, I almost forgot what the color is like."
The road is gray, the house is gray, even she herself is gray.
After staying in such a scene for a long time, the mood will unconsciously become more and more heavy.
She said, rubbing her temples vigorously again.
The erosion of the world is gradually deepening. Although she knows that this is Bai Ye's setting, and although she understands that there must be a way out, she still feels uncontrollably desperate and depressed to the point of trance.
On the other end of the phone, Ji Fenglin was silent for a while.
Suddenly, he said, "Can you see the tallest building? It's just to the left of the white gate."
Bai Shuangxing followed the trend and looked: "Yes."
Ji Fenglin smiled: "It's blue, darker than the sky."
Bai Shuangxing was taken aback.
"And then the cluster of flowers downstairs, crimson."
Ji Fenglin thought for a while: "If you want to compare it, it's very similar to strawberry pudding."
Baishuangxing finally laughed out loud: "Red like strawberry pudding?"
She could imagine it a little bit: "The flowers should be quite fragrant... How about going to eat strawberry pudding after this white night is over?"
Her thoughts were jumping and slacking, Ji Fenglin didn't care, and replied "OK".
"Further to the left, there is a coffee shop."
He whispered: "The branch on the roof is a vine, you may wish to guess its color."
Bai Shuangxing turned his head, and he saw a delicate little house.
She didn't hesitate: "Of course the vines are green."
"It's yellow and mostly withered."
Ji Fenglin said without hesitation, "It's similar to light-colored coffee."
"It's brown."
With this matter distracting his attention, the discomfort in his heart lessened, and Bai Shuangxing imitated his tone:
"If you want to use a metaphor, the yellow leaves should be like mango millefeu. Do you want to eat mango millefeu?—Even if it's for dessert after the white night, you have to pass this level!"
The other party smiled lowly on the phone.
This is a very magical feeling.
They are in two completely different worlds, but there is a subtle overlap and overlap between them.
Out of reach, but also seems close at hand.
Under Ji Fenglin's description, everything around him is re-given with colors——
It is no longer the extremely boring gray and white, but the color of strawberry pudding, mango millefeuille, and cloud soufflé.
As long as he thinks about these pleasant things in life, even in the face of a whole lifeless world, Bai Shuang Xing still gradually has anticipation.
Or maybe, the reason why I feel happy is because the lonely one has become two.
After a while, Ji Feng Linwen said, "Is it better?"
"much better."
Although she was still a little out of breath, the overwhelming sense of despair finally weakened a bit, allowing her to break free temporarily.
Bai Shuangxing asked back, "What about you?"
Ji Fenglin nodded: "Me too."
"Then continue with the previous topic about exports."
Maintaining the last bit of sanity, Bai Shuangxing said: "The side mission in Baiye cannot be simple. As you said, that door may not be the only exit."
"In this level, there are no other clues."
Ji Fenglin thought for a while: "Its name is [Inverted World], two different worlds, symbolizing the two extremes of bipolar disorder..."
wait.
Bipolar disorder...two extremes.
A certain memory flashed in his mind, suddenly realized something, Bai Shuangxing's breathing was stagnant.
"I seem……"
Unconsciously clutching the phone tightly, she said, "I know how to get out."