Chapter 54
What Qin Zhou wants to verify was whether time could increase a Monster’s ability, to the extent that the Monster is able to judge the strength of the people drawn into the rule world.
But now that Lin Yi and Qin Zhou have passed the self-certification, both sides having ruled out the possibility of each other being possessed by the 16-8 Monster, Lin Yi didn’t quite understand what Qin Zhou meant by saying, “I’m afraid that 16-8 is picking people.”
“Mid and low-level Monsters basically don’t pick food.” Qin Zhou turned his head to look at him and explained in a quiet voice. “If it has the ability to pick the people drawn in, the difficulty of 16-8 will only be higher, not lower.”
Lin Yi nodded, “Got it.”
They waited for a long time before the fifth person arrived. The fifth person was a boy.
He glanced at the young couple and then when he saw Qin Zhou, pleasant surprise appeared in his eyes.
By the time everyone arrived, the sky was getting a bit dark. It seemed it would soon be nightfall.
This was somewhat the same as what had happened in the 7-7 rule world. They started off the instance at nighttime, when NPCs could kill.
The iron gate opened slowly after all nine people had arrived.
In order to get more clues before dark, Qin Zhou did away with self-introductions.
Among the nine people, there were three girls and six boys.
As Lin Yi followed Qin Zhou to the sanatorium, very much aware of his status as a teammate, he caught Qin Zhou up on what he’d heard from the group, “The couple, the girl’s name is Shi Xuan and the boy’s name is Zheng Anjian. The fifth boy who arrived is Zhang Yunyan.”
These were the names Lin Yi noted down when he heard them talking.
Qin Zhou gave an ‘en’. Knowing that Lin Yi had been observing them quietly while waiting for everyone to arrive, he asked, “Little genius, did you notice anything?”
Lin Yi shook his head but added, “If I had to say anything, it’s that Zhang Yunyan, he has a very low sense of existence.”
Ou Ying had said that Monsters generally liked people with a low sense of existence.
When Zhang Yunyan arrived, he didn’t even dare to say hello to Qin Zhou. He was left with no choice but to join the quarreling couple. He introduced himself but was simply ignored by the couple.
There was still some distance between the iron gate and the sanatorium. Qin Zhou and Lin Yi knew the danger of nightfall, so they walked hurriedly.
The others could only speed up their steps to keep up with the two of them. Despite this, they still fell a certain distance behind.
Finally arrived at the sanatorium, Lin Yi looked up at the sky. It had gotten much darker than before but at least there was still a glimmer of light. It hadn’t completely gone dark yet.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
Judging from the iron fence, it has hard to imagine who could be staying here that it would be necessary to use an electrified fence to prevent them from leaving. It would be bad if arrived after dark.
After observing the sky, Lin Yi turned towards the sanatorium’s signboard once again.
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——Yu City Huayuan District Sanatorium Hospital.
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Sanatoriums mainly provide physical therapy which they combine with the proper diet, exercise and other treatments to help patients recover. Its functions are different from those of hospitals.
But here, ‘sanatorium’ and ‘hospital’ appear together on one sign; it was like an incorrect term using words that were both contradictory and repetitive.
Standing under the signboard was a man wearing a white doctor’s coat. When Lin Yi and Qin Zhou looked over, he nodded and greeted Lin Yi and Qin Zhou with a smile on his face.
“Little genius.” Qin Zhou said, “I’ll talk with him. You look around.”
Lin Yi: “Okay, Senior.”
“Look with your eyes.” Qin Zhou added, fearing that Lin Yi would courting death.
Lin Yi nodded: “Senior, I understand.”
Qin Zhou went up to talk to the NPC, while Lin Yi looked at the sanatorium. The sanatorium wasn’t big, with three buildings in total. The three buildings stood perpendicular to one another with the fourth side left open facing down the mountain. Each building wasn’t all that tall; the tallest one only had three floors. The remaining two buildings each had only two floors.
If the standards for a sanatorium were used here, the greening rate was very low. It wouldn’t be enough to produce any sort of soothing and relaxing effect.
There were no trees, only a circular grass garden in the center courtyard the buildings faced towards.
They probably didn’t have a dedicated gardener to take share of the shrubbery as they were all uneven.
Because of where Lin Yi was standing, he had a panoramic view of the sanatorium and could take it all in with a single glance. And so Lin Yi, paid more attention to these three buildings.
He first looked at the three-story building on the left. Judging by the windows, there were three rooms on each floor for a total of nine rooms.
Behind each window stood a person; they were watching Lin Yi and the others from inside the rooms.
These nine people had different expressions. Some looked at them calmly; some excitedly, even opening the window to take a closer look. Some even pointed at them.
Of these nine people, there were also six men and three women; the same composition as the students who’d been drawn in.
Lin Yi withdrew his gaze. It seemed that the 16-8 Monster really had been picking who it drew in.
As soon as he looked away, Qin Zhou, in the distance, called him: “Lin Yi, come here.”
As Lin Yi walked up to Qin Zhou, Qin Zhou called the others, “Everyone, come here.”
When other people approached, the man standing under the signboard pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose. Lin Yi noticed that these glasses didn’t fit the shape of the man’s face. The man’s face was long and thin, the bridge of his nose was somewhat flat, causing the glasses to keep sliding down.
The man said, “Are you all here for the interview?”
Although the man posed it as a question, the tone sounded very certain. It seemed their identities here were as potential employees.
Some of the other participants nodded and some didn’t.
The man said, “My surname is Zhu. I’m the one who contacted you and I am the chief doctor here.”
“We’re very shorthanded right now and I’ve been very busy. This is the only time I have to call you in for your interview. Doctor Zhu led them into the two-story building in the middle. “Everyone, please follow me.”
No one knows what the interview would be like.
Lin Yi felt it would be fine. Just like in the 7-7 rule world, when the old dorm manager gave out the keys; there was no inherent danger. This was simply the normal course of the rule world.
Qin Zhou probably thought so too. Regardless, Qin Zhou still walked at the forefront, which could be considered a kind of leadership.
Lin Yi temporarily set aside his discoveries. He walked behind Qin Zhou and followed Doctor Zhu into the building. As soon as he entered the building, Lin Yi instantly felt nauseous.
Inside the buildings, it smelled terrible. Though it was called a sanatorium hospital, there wasn’t even a whiff of disinfectant. Instead, there was a kind of earthy smell mixed with the salty smell of sea water and yet other indescribable smells all mixed together. It wasn’t only Lin Yi who smelled it. Everyone else smelled it too. Shi Xuan even couldn’t help retching.
Even Qin Zhou’s expression wasn’t very good.
The smell truly was foul.
Dean Zhu opened a door, seeming as though he couldn’t smell anything. He invited nine interviewees to come in.
The room behind this door was fairly clean. It looked like a reception room.
Because there were so many people, Doctor Zhu couldn’t serve everyone a glass of water. He said apologetically, “Everyone who wants one can grab a cup of water themselves.”
The jug of water on the water dispenser was dull-looking. It was difficult to distinguish the water quality inside.
Doctor Zhu sat down. “Everyone, no need to be too formal. Make yourselves comfortable. The interview is very simple.”
Qin Zhou sat down on the sofa and Lin Yi, as Qin Zhou’s partner, naturally sat next to Qin Zhou. The others also found seats to sit down.
After everyone was seated, Doctor Zhu said, “If you qualify for this job, I can agree to your terms for salary and benefits.”
“Doctor Zhu.” Lin Yi thought for a while and asked, “Is it possible to have a monthly salary of over ten thousand yuan?”
Doctor Zhu smiled, “Of course, as long as you qualify for the job.”
Qin Zhou resisted looking at Lin Yi. At this time, extraneous thoughts rose in his mind; something that had never happened before in when he was in a rule world.
Qin Zhou now believed that Lin Yi was really poor. Poverty has even restricted Lin Yi’s speech.
Lin Yi had no idea this was what Qin Zhou was thinking about. Seeing Qin Zhou frowning, lost in thought, he decided to buy time for Qin Zhou to think.
So Lin Yi took the lead in negotiating, “How about a monthly salary of 100,000? Is that possible?”
Doctor Zhu nodded: “No problem.”
Were they in the real world, such a generous salary could easily impress an employment candidate.
But in the Rule World, it seems very meaningful.
Lin Yi asked, “Doctor Zhu, what does the job entail?”
High salaries generally correspond to difficult jobs.
“It’s actually very simple.” Doctor Zhu said, “It’s to take care of the patients in the hospital.”
“Is it difficult?” Lin Yi expressed concern and asked, “Do they have an infectious disease or something and that’s why our salary is so high?”
Dean Zhu shook his head, “It’s nothing like that.”
“It’s just that the patients here are a bit eccentric. That is, they have bad tempers. Well, I do have to admit that they are indeed difficult to cater to.” Doctor Zhu explained with a smile, “But since they’re here, they’re my patients. I hope that every patient can recover to the utmost. Since you are the nursing aides I recruited, I sincerely hope that they will like you.”
At this point, Lin Yi stopped asking questions. Sometimes asking too much can be counterproductive.
He nodded. “Thank you, I understand.”
Doctor Zhu looked at the others: “Does anyone else have any questions for me?”
No one spoke up. Doctor Zhu then said, “Since there are no more questions, let’s start the interview.”
Doctor Zhu’s interview was no different from any other regular interview. He asked them if they’ve had any experience in taking care of patients and also threw out a scenario simulation, asking them how they would deal with it if the patient was being difficult.
The result of the interview was also announced by Doctor Zhu immediately after. “Congratulations, everyone passed the interview.”
This came as no surprise to anyone. They already knew that they would pass the interview when Doctor Zhu tempted them with that salary.
Doctor Zhu said, “I will take everyone to see the patients later and I’ll let my patients choose their preffered aides. It should be noted that after being selected, you need to stay with the patient 24 hours a day. This is in order to observe the patient’s condition. If the patient’s condition deteriorates, you must notify me immediately.”
He stressed the words ‘condition deteriorates’ and ‘notify me immediately’. He then stood up. “Everyone, please follow me.”
Everyone looked uneasily at Qin Zhou.
Although Doctor Zhu gave very little in the way of introduction of the patients, if there were no problems in the interview, it must be these patients who had problems.
And now the sky outside had darkened further. And it was at this time that Doctor Zhu was going to take them to see the patients.
Seeing that everyone hesitating, Doctor Zhu looked at them solemnly and said, “Everyone, please follow me. The patients don’t like tardy aides.”
Translator’s note: Sorry for the delayed release. — From the idiot who forgot to schedule the chapter before leaving for remote parts without internet. orz
The patient might be the mirror reflection of oneself with opposite personality.. How creepy …
😬😬😬
All I can think about now is the Shadows House manga.
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
ooooh it’s a lot bit suspicious that their is the exact same composition of both patients and ‘doctors’Maybe this is setting up a type of scapegoat situation where as the students take care of the patients, they gradually begin to trade places and lose their ability to leave the rule world??
Can’t wait to see what happens next!!! Thanks for the excellent translation!!!
Ash that reminds of that one alien invasion movie where they replace the humans gradually
this novel gives me so much anxiety 😶🌫️ i had to take breaks while reading the previous arc and i have a feeling i will have to take even more breaks on this one 😰