Chapter 1159: Am I still me?
The underground building of Xinhai Central Hospital was extremely complex, with a large interior space where twisted handwriting could be seen everywhere.
The air was filled with the pungent odor of disinfectant water, stained gowns and all sorts of garbage were thrown on the ground, and signs prohibiting entry could occasionally be seen at the intersections of the passageways, except that the wooden signs were already rotting, and there were grimy marks on them from fingernails digging into them.
”Why can’t anyone be seen? Could it be that Little Sun did it? But even if Xiao Sun was more powerful, he couldn’t have managed to clear the area!”
Chen Ge walked far out in the underground passage and saw an unlocked sick room, and it was then that he realized that all the doors in the entire hospital seemed to be unlocked, all of them could be pushed open directly to view.
He didn’t know what this meant, he just had a vague feeling that something was wrong.
”Be careful with the ‘doors’.”
The atmosphere in the hospital was getting weirder and weirder, and that depressing feeling gradually became stronger and stronger, as if the building they were in was continuously falling into an abyss, and none of the people inside the building could escape.
”Further ahead is the isolation ward, all those who are caught in the hospital, no matter if they are doctors or patients, they will be sent to the isolation ward first.” Blood Rong’s eyes rolled, his pupils filled with blood.
”Then you should have been sent to the Isolation Ward in the first place, do you remember what was in the Isolation Ward?” Chen Ge suspected that the hospital’s killing trick was in the middle of the isolation ward.
”The Isolation Ward is mainly used to observe the patient, to help him cognize himself, and when his condition stabilizes a little, he will be released.” Blood Rong didn’t answer what was in the Isolation Ward, but only described what it did.
”How does a normal person re-cognize himself? How does a person who was never sick in the first place stabilize his condition slightly?” Chen Ge’s brows furrowed, “What exactly is in the Isolation Ward?”
Chen Ge did not tell Blood Rong that he had discovered that Xiao Sun was in the middle of the isolation ward.
”I really forgot, after I left the isolation ward, how could I not remember what happened in the isolation ward.” Blood Rong didn’t look like he was lying, “All I know is that after I left the isolation ward, I began to agree with the hospital’s philosophy and volunteered to stay and work.”
”You forgot?” Chen Ge recalled the final stages of the Plutonic Fetus scene, and he didn’t see anything related to the Isolation Ward in the building where he buried the Plutonic Fetus’ memories, which started directly from moving into the sickbay.
According to Blood Rong, when a newcomer is brought to the hospital, they are first sent to the isolation sickbay, not arranged for a sickroom.
”Has the Underworld Tire also forgotten what happened to him in the isolation sickbay?”
Chen Ge continued to walk forward, there was not a trace of light around him, nor could he see a bit of popularity, and a strange feeling slowly arose in his heart.
The underground building of the cursed hospital was just like the underground scene of his own House of Horrors, and that atmosphere was extremely similar, eerie and horrifying, constantly creating nightmares and swallowing all kinds of negative emotions.
”It always feels like both Black Cell Phone and Cursed Hospital want to build the same thing, but the way they choose to do it is completely different.”
Coming to the end of the corridor, in front of Chen Ge were stairs leading deeper underground, and on the wall at the corner of the building were the words Isolation Ward written crookedly.
The message from the wedding ring on his finger became clearer and clearer, Chen Ge was on high alert as he slowly entered the second basement level.
”This is the Isolation Ward?”
Chen Ge looked towards the wards on both sides of the building, the rooms were piled up with all kinds of old clothes and old shoes, some styles were even long out of print, things that were more than ten years old.
”I’ve seen a similar scene in the warehouse of the old hospital where Eat Ren was, and that rack was filled with all kinds of shoes.” At that time, that scene had quite a big impact on Chen Ge, each pair of shoes seemed to represent a person, and after entering the warehouse, he felt as if there were dead people squatting on the shelves.
Moving along the corridor, several consecutive storerooms were stuffed with old clothes.
”Just how many people has Cursed Hospital ‘treated’ in the past twenty years?”
Chen Ge didn’t find anything special about the isolation ward for the time being, he just saw more and more morbid words on the walls, so dense that even if he didn’t go to look at them carefully, those things would be imprinted into his mind.
The smell of disinfectant water in the air had reached the point where it stung his nostrils, and what made Chen Ge even more wary was that even such a strong smell of disinfectant water couldn’t cover up the stench that was vaguely coming from the air.
That kind of stench was very familiar to him, he had smelled it behind the Underworld Fetus Gate, it was a kind of stench that only he could smell.
Carefully entering the deepest part of the isolation ward, Chen Ge eventually stopped next to a door.
This was the fourth underground level of the hospital, the place where the stench was the strongest, and also the place where the wedding ring senses were the strongest.
Little Sun seemed to be behind that door.
”There’s not a single person in the entire hospital, why did they choose to leave Little Sun behind the door, could it be that Little Sun has been exposed? Or is it not just Little Sun, all the ghosts and monsters in the Cursed Hospital are behind this door?”
The situation in the Cursed Hospital was too weird, Chen Ge didn’t dare to be careless, he thought for a moment, and before pushing the door, he silently recited Zhang Ya’s name in his mind.
The shadows behind him rippled, and Zhang Ya didn’t find any abnormalities in this hospital, she didn’t perceive any dangerous aura, this seemed to be a very ordinary abandoned hospital.
With the Fierce God pressing down on the scene, Chen Ge was much bolder as he signaled Blood Rong to go over and open this door at the deepest part of the isolation ward.
Blood Rong herself was one of the more powerful existences amongst the red coats, very strong and able to defend herself in danger, in addition, she herself was on the verge of going mad at any time and was unable to completely follow Chen Ge’s command, so even if there was an accident, it would not have too much of an impact on the overall battle power of the House of Horrors.
Chen Ge considered all aspects before letting Blood Rong push the door, Blood Rong didn’t refuse, the memories of the quarantine sickbay in her mind were a blank, and that broken part she wanted to fill in.
Fingers full of wounds landed on the door panel, Blood Rong slowly exerted her force, she had just pushed that door open a thin slit when the shadow behind Chen Ge began to spread like a black ocean!
Indescribable terror boiled to its peak as a pale hand pierced through reality and illusion, dragging the boundless tide of blood to crash into that door!
At the same time, the door to the room in front of Blood Rong had been opened at some point, and an arm carved with black human faces blocked Zhang Ya’s blood tide, followed by another blood-red arm reaching out from inside the door and grabbing Chen Ge’s shoulder!
”Two Fierce Gods!”
The black hair wrapped itself around Chen Ge’s body in death, and he became the focus of the three Fierce Gods’ game.
The temperature of his body surface instantly dropped to a minimum, Chen Ge’s body twisted and distorted, and when he was about to be torn apart alive by the three Fierce Gods, the black hair completely wrapped around Chen Ge, and Zhang Ya took the initiative to crash into the door by hugging him from behind!
Zhang Ya’s diary in the backpack turned into flying dust, and a line of text was engraved on Chen Ge’s body.
At the same time Yan Dainian’s comic book blood color also began to fade, all the patterns all disappeared, one by one, the severe ghosts and red clothes were drawn into the door, and Yan Dainian as the owner of the comic book, he disappeared to the last page of the comic book, holding a rod wrapped in tape ballpoint pen frantically sketching something.
Before he was sucked into the door, the last picture he drew also appeared on Chen Ge’s back.
As the sky spun around and his body seemed to be torn apart and reorganized, Chen Ge held his head with both hands as countless memories were crushed in his brain, and a scene of painful memories that didn’t belong to him began to surface.
”This is a sick world, you actually understand it yourself!”
In less than half a minute’s time, the fourth underground floor of the hospital had already been repeated back to normal, dead silent, depressing, and eerie, with not a single ray of hope in sight.
……
Slowly opening his eyes, his vision was a little blurry, Chen Ge tried several times before finding focus.
The body hurt, the pain was coming from everywhere, the most painful place was the head.
Chen Ge couldn’t fully control his body, his eyes barely moved, and he realized that he was lying in a hospital room.
The sunlight shone into the room from the windows installed with iron mesh, it was warm and comfortable.
The ward wasn’t too big, and there were other people in the room, Chen Ge could vaguely hear their voices talking.
”C-reactive protein, homocysteine, male hormones, cranial CT, pituitary CT, full chest X-ray, and nerve conduction velocity show no obvious abnormalities ……”
”Had a checkup before last coma, clear mind, no significant abnormalities on cardiopulmonary auscultation, no positive neurologic signs elicited, limbs moving freely.”
”There should have been improvement, but the condition suddenly worsened again after treatment.”
”The patient is paranoid schizophrenia with severe delusions ……”
Seeking the voice, Chen Ge slowly twisted his neck and looked towards his side.
Two doctors in white coats were talking, and after one of the young doctors realized that Chen Ge had woken up, he immediately shut up and walked out with the documents in his hands.
The other middle-aged doctor came to Chen Ge’s bedside: “How did you sleep last night?”
Chen Ge lifted his head with difficulty, and when he saw that middle-aged doctor’s face, he couldn’t say a word with his slightly opened mouth.
”Forgot again?” The middle-aged doctor seemed to have long been used to this, “I’m your attending physician, my name is Gao Ming, high as in high and low, and Ming as in bearing in mind, you can just call me Dr. Gao.”
”Dr. Gao?” These words slowly came out of Chen Ge’s mouth, his voice was completely muffled, and it was a struggle for him to even speak.
”Looks like you’ve come to your senses.” Dr. Gao undid the restraining straps that bound Chen Ge’s hands and feet, “When you were sick last night, you tossed me and the caregiver around.”
”Me? Committed an illness?” Chen Ge only had to think back a little before a sharp pain came to his head, as if a knife had been stabbed directly into his brain.
”Take the medicine and get some rest, and when your situation is completely stabilized, I’ll apply to transfer you to the general ward.” Dr. Gao finished feeding Chen Ge two white pills, after swallowing the medication, Chen Ge felt that his head didn’t hurt as much.
Only after watching Chen Ge swallow the pills did Dr. Gao prepare to leave.
”Wait, Dr. Gao.” Sleepiness surged, but Chen Ge still called out to Dr. Gao, “What place is this?”
”Xinhai Center Hospital.”
”Who sent me here?”
”Get a good night’s sleep, don’t think about those things anymore, it will stimulate your condition.” Dr. Gao left after saying that.
The ward became quiet, and occasionally you could hear birds chirping outside the window.
The warm sunlight shone through the wire mesh on Chen Ge, he tried with all his strength, but he still couldn’t sit up.
”My head hurts …….”
His brain was a bit sluggish, and as soon as he thought about it, a sharp pain would come, so Chen Ge could only lie honestly on the bed.
It was unknown how long it had been, the door to the ward was pushed open, and a young female nurse walked in with a meal.
When he saw the face of the female nurse, Chen Ge almost blurted out, “Xu Wan?”
Hearing Chen Ge’s voice, the female nurse seemed a bit surprised as she placed the meal on the bedside table and sat beside Chen Ge, “You actually remember my name? It’s not in vain that I’ve been taking good care of you for the past six months.”
The female nurse had a good personality, she was cute looking and her voice was also very nice.
”Half a year? You took care of me for half a year?” Chen Ge’s brows furrowed, and his brain seemed to hurt like pins and needles.
Seeing Chen Ge in such pain, the female nurse hurriedly stood up, “Your condition hasn’t stabilized yet, so don’t think nonsense.”
”Tell me, can you tell me ……” The pain caused Chen Ge’s face to distort, but he still clenched his teeth and kept repeating the words.
”I can’t stimulate you anymore, don’t think about it, I’m going to call a doctor!” Xu Wan turned around and was about to leave, but the corner of her coat was grabbed by Chen Ge.
Turning back, Xu Wan saw Chen Ge’s pained eyes.
”Who sent me here? What is happening to me?”
Xu Wan didn’t have the patience to leave, she sat on the edge of the bed and held Chen Ge’s sinewy arm, “If you can calm down, I’ll tell you, and this is also responsible for you.”
Taking a deep breath, Chen Ge forced himself not to think, and the pain slowly disappeared.
His facial expression gradually returned to normal, Chen Ge was like a wounded stray dog, his eyes were filled with exhaustion and pain after the struggle.
”It’s okay to talk now, right?”
”Half a year ago, you drove your parents to the hospital and got into a car accident on the way, and in the end, only you were resuscitated.” Xu Wan paused when she said this, she observed Chen Ge’s state and saw that Chen Ge didn’t make any overreaction before she dared to continue, “You were hit hard on the brain, you were in a coma for a long time, and it was not easy for you to wake up, but you suffered from a severe delusion.”
”Paranoia?”
”Yes. You don’t want to admit that your parents have left, always escaping reality and living in your own woven memories.” Xu Wan looked at Chen Ge with some heartache, “You were sometimes manic, sometimes you would make a scene, and occasionally when you were awake, you would describe to us a world where people and ghosts coexisted, and you always said that you wanted to go search for your parents, thinking that you would be able to find them one day.”
”That’s not a story, it’s not made up.” Without having to think, Chen Ge subconsciously uttered these words.
”I also don’t want to shatter the dream you’ve woven for yourself, but living in a dream, you can only be accompanied by pain forever, unable to free yourself.” Xu Wan sighed softly, “In fact, you understand that some things are false, just like how you never really found your parents in your own stories, and how you are subconsciously afraid of driving because of the car accident, so you rarely drive yourself to a certain place in your own fabricated stories. It’s not that you don’t understand, you’ve just been avoiding it.”