Chapter 78

Chapter 78

Chapter 78

Since starting to play the holographic games at Haishi Entertainment, Xi Yu has been very clear that the closer two people are, the more likely they are to be targeted, because trust is a priceless resource in the game and often brings trouble.

But... the longer he interacted with Luo Xi, the harder it was for him to survive with a pure heart; deliberately keeping distance was really too difficult.

Moreover, since they lived together in Yuntai, and Luo Xi even spent a lot of money to buy him a cat, many streamers gossiped. Even if they kept their distance, few would believe it.

So Fu’er’s behavior at dinner was not surprising, and the others’ expressions watching the show were all as expected.

However...

Xi Yu struggled to turn over in bed, beginning to worry that besides just talk, these streamers might soon start to act.

If Luo Xi was out, would he himself be completely broken or kill everyone?

At that time, even if he truly broke through the game, would it still have any meaning?

—With these chaotic thoughts filling his mind, Xi Yu half-slept for a few hours. Although his heart already felt like it might explode from exhaustion, when the appointed time came, he instantly woke up and got up, opening the door to see Luo Xi already waiting outside.

Luo Xi reached out and hugged Xi Yu, rubbing his short hair: "You didn’t sleep? You look really bad."

"I did, probably because of the illness..." Xi Yu’s skin was pale, almost transparent. His arms were festering and itching terribly, and his stomach hurt as if pierced by holes, causing him to break out in cold sweat. His condition was really bad.

Luo Xi frowned with pain: "There’s still a bottle of nutrition solution. Drink it at midnight. As the props refresh less and less, these people will only become more ruthless in fighting over them."

Xi Yu stubbornly refused: "I said, whether you drink it or not, I won’t."

Luo Xi was helpless.

Xi Yu said seriously: "I don’t think living miserably is easier to endure than watching you get out!"

After saying this, he felt he was too pessimistic and serious, then turned and said: "Enough of this, let’s go investigate around first."

Just as Xi Yu turned to step forward, Luo Xi grabbed him, hugging him again silently.

Disease is far harder to fight than weapons; this game was truly suffocating and painful, and surely nobody was having an easy time.

Through the thin hospital gown, Xi Yu felt the unusual hardness of Luo Xi’s body, hardly daring to imagine what he would look like if he turned completely into bones in the end, his eyes slightly wet but his expression firm: "It’s okay. We’ve won so many times before, this time we will win too."

Luo Xi smiled lightly and released him.

The two walked one after the other into the dim corridor ahead.

There were nine streamers left in the sanatorium, but after walking through each floor, they didn’t see a single shadow.

Finally, they ended up inexplicably outside the director’s office, discovering Hao Zhong—the womanizer—once again inside, doing those inappropriate things with Doctor Yao. Through the wooden door, the moans and breaths were very clear.

Maybe because of his genes, Xi Yu was not only uninterested in women, but also had no feelings toward any men except Luo Xi. He just felt his ears were polluted and shortly after forcibly pulled Luo Xi away, complaining as they left: "Even if I know this plot might be useful, I still find the planners disgusting."Luo Xi smirked: “Yeah, why tell this to pure and innocent little Xi Yu?”

Xi Yu turned back, pretending to punch him over, but Luo Xi pulled him back and shushed him.

It turned out the head nurse’s office, which should have been locked tight, was slightly ajar.

Hao Zhong was sneaking around next door. If Lin Fengyang was really awake, it would be unbelievable if he didn’t come to fight for at least three hundred rounds.

Could it be the streamers causing trouble?

Luo Xi gave Xi Yu a look, and the two quietly hid around the corner waiting.

After about fifteen minutes, a slender figure carefully came out from inside—it was Yuan Wei.

Yuan Wei still had a high fever, her eyes watery but lifeless. She suppressed the urge to cough harshly and slipped away in another direction.

Xi Yu frowned: “During the day, Zhang Hua was investigating the sanatorium staff. I suspected she was a traitor because the main task of a traitor is to eliminate moles among the medical staff. But Zhang Hua is already out, and Yuan Wei is still busy… that’s a bit odd…”

“It’s unlikely two close friends share the same identity; the system would avoid one-sided situations,” Luo Xi frowned: “I bet Zhang Hua was helping Yuan Wei before—Yuan Wei is one of the spies.”

It seemed that whether it was a battle of identities or for the guiding agent, this girl was definitely an enemy.

However, Luo Xi was not as worried as Xi Yu and said with a smile: “Cover for me, I’ll go check what she’s up to.”

Xi Yu nodded: “Be careful.”

The head nurse’s office was quite comfortable, filled with various potted plants and fresh flowers, and there was a clean old desktop computer.

Luo Xi, having forced the door open, felt the main unit still warm, knowing Yuan Wei had just been using it secretly. He immediately powered it on and sat down without hesitation.

Compared to the difficulty of cracking the entire encryption software in “Rose Game,” simply breaking into a computer to check browsing traces was very easy for Luo Xi.

His fingers flew across the keyboard busily, and just then, midnight passed.

The system broadcast arrived as promised:

【Midnight has arrived, nutrition solution refreshed】

No streamer was eliminated tonight due to missing the nutrition solution, which was quite regrettable.

Luo Xi raised an eyebrow, knowing he had to hurry to search for props, and naturally sped up his actions.

In less than ten minutes, he restored all the files Yuan Wei had viewed earlier. They were mostly personal data and assessment evaluations of the medical staff. Although the information was detailed, nothing suspicious was found, including Nurse Chun, whose identity Xi Yu had already revealed.

Luo Xi quickly skimmed further and took the opportunity to open other work sheets belonging to Lin Fengyang, finally finding something interesting.

Regarding daily medical consumption, there were often discrepancies in the quantity of high-priced medicines, which had been flagged by NC in red with question marks.

In other words, someone was stealing from the sanatorium?

He smiled slightly, confirmed there was nothing else unusual, then immediately shut down the computer, wiped the fingerprints, and hurried out to meet Xi Yu.

On the way to search for the nutrition solution, Xi Yu listened to these findings and nodded in judgment: “Looks like Yuan Wei, like Zhang Hua, is still researching the medical NC. She must be trying to find the mole, so one spy’s identity is confirmed. We just don’t know who the other spy is.”

Luo Xi was very rational: “These people have too much experience. Until the very end, it’s best not to trust anyone.”“Hmm, as for the medicine theft, I have a guess,” Xi Yu said again. “Although our first reaction is to think the mole is stealing, you only need one sample of this kind of thing. There’s no need to repeatedly commit the crime, so it’s very likely the real staff are secretly taking expensive medicines like those Hao Zhong uses to sell for money and economic gain. Such disloyal doctors or nurses can also be targets to shake their attitudes.”

Luo Xi hummed, then put his arm around Xi Yu’s shoulder: “Exactly, you little clever one.”

“...,” Xi Yu looked at him speechlessly, then suddenly looked past Luo Xi’s shoulder and saw a faint light among the clutter on the corridor windowsill.

He immediately went over to rummage and found it wasn’t nutrition solution, but the second card.

The system’s explanation of the item naturally sounded when touching the card.

【Pause Card: After use, stay on this space for one round】

Luo Xi, as a teammate, heard this and immediately sighed in disbelief: “What kind of luck is this? Heaven is helping us!”

Xi Yu was puzzled: “Is it really that exciting?”

Luo Xi clicked his tongue and reminded him: “Every midnight moment continues from the previous game. Do you remember what space you last landed on in your previous round?”

Only then did Xi Yu slowly recall—last round, he had thrown the guidance space for the third time and successfully obtained the lipstick-patterned guiding agent.

Luo Xi couldn’t help but curl his lips: “Guiding agents—take every one you get, best if you get the one that counters yourself.”

This way, there was no need to give the card to the opponent.

Xi Yu put away the pause card and sighed softly, discussing in a very quiet voice: “My illness is related to the vampire legend, and since Fu’er caused a scene, everyone knows. Plus, I fear the light. There are many related elements, including Zhou Rong’s silver bullet, which might be used against me. But Qi Juexiao’s werewolf syndrome came first, so she probably knows but lacks the courage to bet on it.”

Luo Xi pressed down on his head: “Don’t put too much psychological pressure on yourself.”

Xi Yu lowered his eyes: “Yeah, let’s find the nutrition solution first. Variables are huge, I am probably overthinking.”

Unfortunately, the two ran out of luck that night, wandering until two in the morning without finding any trace of nutrition solution.

The darkest moment was truly “eagerly awaited.” At the precise second, the surviving streamers were pulled once again into a twisted dark space.

The square grid was still the same, and everyone was still crowded in the same space as last time, especially the miserable twenty-second grid—just one square meter occupied by Sun Xiuya, Ying Zhixing, and Fu’er, none willing to look at the others, creating a very awkward atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Zhang Hua, who was originally in the twenty-third grid with Luo Xi, had been eliminated. Luo Xi deliberately sighed: “Spacious, comfortable.”

Yuan Wei glared fiercely.

“Alright, alright, quiet down a bit,” Nurse Chun, acting as today’s host, appeared, making Xi Yu worried.

Because this NC seemed low-key and inconspicuous but suddenly became the representative of NC, everyone would suspect she was not simple.

Sure enough, Zhou Rong cast a sideways glance in confusion: “Why you?”

Nurse Chun lowered her head in frustration: “No one wants to do this hard task, so it can only be me.”

Saying that, she yawned tiredly and raised her eyelids with little interest: “Xi Yu, is it starting with you?”

After she finished speaking, the dice immediately rolled to Xi Yu’s feet.

How could Xi Yu dare to interact too much with her? He almost immediately took out the freshly obtained pause card and said: “I want to use this, thank you.”Nurse Chun blinked and smiled gently: “You can pause for one round. You’re on a guidance space, this is really a good thing.”

After she finished speaking, an orange light glowed at Xi Yu’s feet, and the much-desired guiding agent dropped into his hand with a click.

The bottle had a glasses icon, but the hint was still unclear.

Xi Yu had already heard from Luo Xi that Ma Guanshan seemed to have Alzheimer’s, his mind getting very bad, forgetting things. Could these glasses be reading glasses?

Although it couldn’t get rid of Yuan Wei, using this to win over an ally who dares not betray would also be good.

His mind quickly turned, and he took out the purchase card found on the first day: “I want to use this round.”

Nurse Chun stepped forward to confirm: “Okay, purchase card, which free space do you want to buy?”

Zhou Rong was very displeased: “What’s going on? How do you have so many cards? Are you cheating?”

Xi Yu ignored the girl, looked ahead, and said: “I want the twenty-ninth space.”

“Alright, the twenty-ninth space belongs to Xi Yu now. Anyone who steps on it must answer his question sincerely,” Nurse Chun said with the attitude of customer service, folding her hands behind her back: “But the purchase card doesn’t replace the dice—you still have to move forward.”

Xi Yu nodded, picked up the dice, and gently threw: two points, twenty-first space, a free space.

He calmly walked over and glanced at Luo Xi not far away.

Nurse Chun thought for a moment: “The twenty-first space originally belonged to Zhang Hua, but since she’s out, it now belongs to Xi Yu!”

…This was blatantly helping!

Xi Yu showed no emotion, smiled slightly, and threw the dice again.

Two points, twenty-third space, the host space, where Luo Xi was standing.

Xi Yu felt a small pleasure, walked up, and glanced again at Luo Xi who was watching him, then asked Nurse Chun: “Tonight, how many bottles of nutrition solution did the sanatorium refresh?”

Nurse Chun obediently answered: “Five bottles.”

Xi Yu nodded in satisfaction.

Nurse Chun then urged: “Your turn, Luo Xi.”

Luo Xi gently squeezed Xi Yu’s hand, then picked up the dice at his feet.

Two points, twenty-fifth space, damage space!

Xi Yu couldn’t bear to watch and turned his head, confirming that Luo Xi was really living up to his unlucky reputation.

Air blades cut Luo Xi’s already beginning-to-ossify back, still splattering plenty of blood.

Luo Xi bore the pain silently and threw again, surprisingly three points, twenty-eighth space, survival space!

Nurse Chun said in surprise: “Patient, your luck isn’t very good. You only have two health points left. Remember, when your five health points run out, you can’t play the darkest moment anymore?”

Many streamers let out stifled laughter.

“…,” Luo Xi didn’t want to talk to her, braced himself, walked up, and disappeared instantly.Because everyone’s physical condition was much worse now, every second Xi Yu waited was torture.

After about two and a half minutes,

Luo Xi finally collapsed with a thud. He barely knelt on one knee but held his left arm tightly, which was bloody and seemed completely powerless.

Nurse Chun smiled: “You succeeded, no health lost.”

Xi Yu frowned tightly, swallowing felt like his throat was sore.

Despite the pain, Luo Xi didn’t make a sound.

He trembled as he stood up and kicked the dice away.

The innocent dice rolled two rounds, showing five points. Fortunately, the thirty-third space was blank, so he finally endured it.

Nurse Chun shook her head with a smile and walked over to Sun Xiuya: “Young lady, keep it up.”

Sun Xiuya had been very low-key in this round of the game, nodded slightly, and started throwing.

Unfortunately, her luck was very close to Luo Xi’s; she also threw herself onto a three-point damage space!

Sun Xiuya’s body was covered in wounds of all sizes, her clothes tattered. She lowered her head and walked forward, almost covering her head to endure the air blade’s attack!

Nurse Chun looked at her sympathetically: “Can you continue?”

Sun Xiuya trembled but continued to throw.

Three points, twenty-eighth space, survival space!

Zhou Rong laughed loudly: “Did you make a pact with the Luo guy? Unlucky alliance?”

Sun Xiuya didn’t look at her, completely stiff as she walked forward.

As her figure disappeared, Xi Yu looked at Luo Xi.

Luo Xi silently moved his lips: “What does that have to do with me?”

Xi Yu ignored him.

Unfortunately, Sun Xiuya didn’t have Luo Xi’s resilience. Nurse Chun checked the watch and shook her head: “Unfortunately, Sun Xiuya failed, lose one health point.”

As she finished speaking, Sun Xiuya fell hard, covered in mysterious bite marks, unconscious.

Nurse Chun conjured a syringe out of thin air and injected it into the girl’s vein.

Two seconds later, Sun Xiuya coughed violently and opened her eyes.

Nurse Chun said: “You have three health points left, please continue; otherwise, you will exit the darkest moment.”

Sun Xiuya struggled to breathe, reached out, and knocked the dice off the table.

The dice rolled two meters away: five points, blank space, just like Luo Xi!Unfortunately, even the blank space required her to get there herself. Sun Xiuya couldn’t stand at all and struggled to crawl forward, dragging a long, tragic trail of blood behind her.

When her fingertips finally reached the thirty-third space, Luo Xi grabbed her wrist and lifted Sun Xiuya up like a small animal, setting her down to sit. He frowned and said quietly, “Hold on, the game won’t let you die or be eliminated in this part.”

Sun Xiuya’s breathing was trembling; she silently nodded and weakly leaned against Luo Xi’s long legs, closing her eyes to rest.

Although Xi Yu should have felt pity for her miserable condition, seeing this scene, he instinctively complained in his heart: Isn’t there an air wall to lean on…

Luo Xi met Xi Yu’s subtle gaze.

Xi Yu smiled: “Feeling overly sympathetic lately?”

Luo Xi: “…………”