Chapter 24 Ward?
After waiting for a while, the ambulance also arrived.
With many questions, Liu Haoyu and Chang Wenxu followed the old miner’s corpse to the hospital.
Although they were sent to the hospital, they died due to ineffective rescue.
Liu Haoyu and Chang Wenxu stood in the hospital corridor. They didn’t speak, but their hearts were filled with unease.
It was already deep night. The hospital corridor was dimly lit, and the air was filled with the smell of disinfectant, but it also seemed to be mixed with a faint decaying odor.
“This old miner’s death is a bit strange…”
Chang Wenxu looked in the direction of the ward, always feeling that something was wrong.
Liu Haoyu was also recalling the situation at the time. After he took out the calming talisman, the old miner acted as if he had seen a ghost, his terror emanating from the depths of his soul.
It was as if he had seen this type of talisman before…
More importantly, his death seemed as if his life had been instantly sucked dry by something.
As the two were thinking, a faint sound of footsteps came from the ward at the end of the corridor.
The two turned their heads and saw a nurse in a white nurse uniform with her back to them. She was pushing a stretcher cart, on which lay a corpse covered with a white cloth.
What was strange was that Liu Haoyu could clearly see that the nurse’s arms and face were wrapped in bandages. Through the reflection of the mirror, the two clearly saw her hollow, lifeless eyes.
“Why is this nurse so strange?”
Chang Wenxu lowered his voice as much as possible, and it was not difficult to hear the fear in his voice.
Liu Haoyu was much calmer. He kept staring at the nurse.
Well… I have to admit, those long, fair legs are really nice.
Of course, while appreciating her, Liu Haoyu walked behind the nurse, placed his hand on her shoulder, and asked.
“How is this old man doing?”
“Old man?”
The nurse’s voice was very soft and gentle, making it impossible to guard against her.
“Yes, it’s the old miner from the ancient town, the patient in your ward.”
“Him…” The nurse’s hollow eyes flickered with a strange radiance: “He’s fine, very fine… We’ll take good care of him.”
Without waiting for Liu Haoyu to stop her, she pushed the stretcher cart and slowly left. The sound of her footsteps echoed in the corridor, as if every step was stepping on their hearts.
After the nurse left, Chang Wenxu came forward and said to Liu Haoyu.
“This nurse is not right, I feel very, very not right!”
“That’s natural.”
Liu Haoyu’s voice was relatively calm.
He picked up his backpack from the seat, took out the fire axe, and put on the gas mask.
“You’re kidding me!”
Chang Wenxu was startled by Liu Haoyu’s sudden action.
“You Night Rain Murderer of Beiming City, why are you still wearing the same outfit after so many years?”
“…”
Hearing this embarrassing title, Liu Haoyu’s head stiffly turned to Chang Wenxu.
He could guess without saying anything who came up with his widely spread nickname.
Facing Liu Haoyu’s unfriendly gaze, Chang Wenxu showed an awkward yet polite expression.
“Isn’t it nice to hear? Many of my female fans are asking about your real identity.”
“…”
The corner of Liu Haoyu’s mouth twitched.
This might be what is called stabbing a brother in the back for a woman.
But he didn’t have time to argue with Chang Wenxu about this.
The atmosphere in the hospital was becoming increasingly eerie.
This meant that a supernatural event had likely occurred here.
The root cause of this might be related to the old miner’s corpse.
So Liu Haoyu really hated being involved with corpses, as it was troublesome in every sense of the word.
If not handled properly, he might end up in jail.
But if he didn’t handle it, it wouldn’t work… alas.
“Brother Liu, I think there’s a problem with your outfit. Why don’t you try changing it? For example, change that mask on your face?”
“You have a point, but I refuse.”
The gas mask’s function was not just to hide identity, but also to protect against toxic gas.
How could such a good thing be changed?
“As for you, are you really not considering covering up? What if your face is caught on the surveillance camera, that would be troublesome.”
Hearing Liu Haoyu say that, Chang Wenxu also realized this.
After all, in the eyes of outsiders, he was undoubtedly an accomplice of the Night Rain Murderer.
To protect his reputation from being harmed by the Night Rain Murderer, Chang Wenxu put on an Ultraman mask left by someone on the seat.
“Brother Liu, let’s go.”
Liu Haoyu looked at the Ultraman mask wearer next to him and didn’t know what to say for a moment.
Thus, a gas mask murderer and a monster wearing an Ultraman mask walked towards the depths of the hospital.
The current hospital seemed to be sealed off in another space. The patients and doctors who had been walking around in the corridor were gone, leaving only an empty corridor and a weak white light bulb hanging overhead.
The smell of disinfectant in the air began to fade, replaced by an increasingly strong smell of decay.
This smell was almost identical to the smell in the mine tunnel.
Liu Haoyu’s unease grew stronger. He took out the candle that could sense ghosts, but when he took it out, there was no flame.
This meant there were no fierce ghosts around him… yet.
“The stretcher cart seems to have been pushed all the way here.”
Liu Haoyu looked at the tire marks on the ground with a solemn expression.
“Shh…”
He put his ear against the door and listened carefully for any strange sounds inside.
From inside the room, there seemed to be a low groan, as if someone was struggling in pain.
Liu Haoyu placed his hand on the doorknob and gently pushed it open. The sight before them made both of them hold their breath.
In the ward bed lay the corpse of the old miner, entwined with blood-colored vines.
The vines wriggled and gnawed at the corpse like living things, like countless blood-colored lampreys biting down.
The old miner’s corpse’s eyes were wide open, his face contorted, seemingly filled with fear and pain.
“What the hell are these things?!”
For Chang Wenxu, a not-so-strong ghost exorcist, this scene was enough to drive him to despair.
Liu Haoyu’s reaction was much calmer. His heartbeat only slightly accelerated, and his expression remained unchanged.
He took out two calming talismans, one pasted on Chang Wenxu’s Ultraman mask, and the other stuffed directly into his mouth.
Soon, the world in their eyes began to change. The once bright and beautiful hospital quickly became unrecognizable. The corridor turned into a mine tunnel, and the ward turned into a mine shaft chamber.
Looking at the blood vine guworms covering the surrounding rock walls, Liu Haoyu took a deep breath and said only one word.
“Run!”
