Chapter 69
Lin Yi took a paper cup to get water from the dispenser.
In just half an hour, he felt that he’d drunk all the water his body needed for the day.
He can’t drink anymore.
But Jiang Man hadn’t come over to get a meal yet. If he keeps foolishly waiting by the water dispenser, the patients would think him strange.
Lin Yi got one last cup of water and looked at Jiang Man while drinking it.
He noticed that Jiang Man seemed very anxious, looking to the cafeteria door from time to time. Patient 201 next to her was talking to her, but she didn’t pay her any attention.
Save for Qin Zhou, the other participants were all already in the cafeteria. She was just like Wang Duo in the 7-7 Rule World; Jiang Man must also be waiting for Qin Zhou.
Did she find something to tell Qin Zhou?
Lin Yi walked back to his seat and sat down. His eyes fell from Jiang Man to Patient 201. Patient 201 looked quite terrible; her lips were very pale. Usually, she could walk on her own to the cafeteria but today Jiang Man pushed her in on a wheelchair. Patient 201’s head was also tilted, as if she didn’t even have the strength to support her head.
In contrast, the other patients could at least walk on their own.
Lin Yi suspected that Patient 201 was the one whose condition had worsened last night and the reason why Jiang Man was so anxious to find Qin Zhou was probably because she wanted to tell him about the situation.
Thinking of this, Lin Yi put the last note back into his pocket.
The Monster wouldn’t let itself be targeted by the Rules of Death. Since Patient 201’s condition had worsened last night, Jiang Man could basically be ruled out as the Monster.
Lin Yi was very busy. He had to keep an eye on the other participants, to see if they have opened the note and to observe their reaction upon reading it.
He turned his attention back to the other participants.
The three who received a note, Chen Yang, Yi Jiayue, and Wen Xiaoxuan, couldn’t open the notes immediately; same as when Lin Yi received the note from Qin Zhou the first time. They all had anxious expressions. They all wanted to read the note as soon as possible but their patients were right next to them.
The other participants couldn’t find a chance to read their notes but Lin Yi was not in any hurry. When he’d been discussing this plan with Qin Zhou last night, he thought they’d run into this very problem. But Lin Yi couldn’t let them go back to their rooms without seeing their reactions to the notes.
So Lin Yi was waiting for Qin Zhou to come; they were going to give them the opportunity to read it.
While waiting for Qin Zhou to arrive, Patient 203 also came back. Lin Yi casually asked Patient 203 about the situation. Patient 203 had gone back to the way he’d been towards Lin Yi at the beginning. He was very friendly as he said, “Doctor Zhu prescribed me some medicine. I’m already much better. Xiao Lin, you haven’t eaten yet? Were you waiting for me?”
Lin Yi nodded.
Lin Yi now realized what Patient 203 had been up to.
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Doctor Zhu must be angry and agitated. His regenerating animal containers were smashed by Lin Yi last night and last night was a peaceful night as well. Doctor Zhu must be in a found mood.
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Now that he’d seen Lin Yi stay in the cafeteria obediently, his suspicions towards Lin Yi had been dispelled and he came back feeling content.
Lin Yi thought to himself that Patient 203 was going to start doubting him again pretty soon.
Now that all the surviving participants and patients have arrived at the cafeteria, Qin Zhou finally wheeled Patient 303 in.
Lin Yi held his water cup. He planned to go with the water-splashing trick again. He was then going to argue with Qin Zhou to attract the attention of the other patients, creating a chance for the participants to read their notes.
Jiang Man, who was a few feet away from Lin Yi, was watching Qin Zhou’s back. Instead of reducing her anxiety, she became even more agitated.
Patient 201 didn’t die from her high fever. When Jiang Man was heading to the cafeteria that morning, the patient was still able to sit with her body propped up and she even asked to go with her.
Jiang Man had to go to the cubicle to fetch a wheelchair and she struggled to move Patient 201 from the hospital bed to the wheelchair. As she was moving Patient 201, Patient 201 leaned over to her ear and said, “Careful, I almost died last night.”
Jiang Man was so agitated that the blood in her body froze.
Patient 201 laughed. Because of her persistent high fever and worsening condition, Patient 201’s whole face was as pale as a sheet of paper but strangely flushed red because of the high fever.
When she had smiled like that, Jiang Man took a few steps back in fright.
Patient 201 put away her smile and said weakly. “Let’s go and have breakfast. Don’t starve yourself. You don’t get a good figure from starving.”
After saying so, Patient 201 gasped as though these words had exhausted all her strength.
Jiang Man was desperate to get rid of Patient 201 now. She was like a murderer who’d attempted to kill. She felt extremely worried and guilty; afraid of being caught by Doctor Zhu for her crime. After all, during the interview, Doctor Zhu had asked the nursing aides to take good care of the patients.
She was also worried that Patient 201 would see through her thoughts. If Patient 201 knew that she wanted her to die immediately, from Patient 201’s smile, she suspected that Patient 201 would drag her to die with her.
Then she would become like Zheng Anjian and Shi Xuan.
Jiang Man thought, Qin Zhou was the only one who could save her now.
But she also knew that the patients might be monitoring all the participants, including her. She had no chance to communicate with the others.
Qin Zhou probably wouldn’t choose to tell them the Rules of Death directly…
Jiang Man looked at Qin Zhou anxiously. She then watched as that boy who worked with Qin Zhou last night poured water onto Qin Zhou.
The two of them had an argument and the patients couldn’t stop them. The two of them quarreled fiercely, as if they were about to come to blows at any second.
She momentarily froze, not knowing what was going on. Until Jiang Man noticed that Patient 201 beside her, and not only Patient 201, but all the other patients had turned to look at them.
Jiang Man finally realized that they must be planning something.
She could tell that the boy’s action of pouring water on Qin Zhou was actually very deliberate.
Jiang Man kept her eyes on the two of them. Although she didn’t know the purpose of their play fighting, Jiang Man believed that the two of them must have clues about the Rules of Death, otherwise they wouldn’t use their paltry acting skills to argue in the canteen.
It didn’t make sense.
Jiang Man looked at them in surprise.
At this time, while arguing with Qin Zhou, Lin Yi used his peripheral vision to look at the other participants. He saw the participants take advantage of the patients’ diverted attention to quickly lower their heads and quickly open the note that they’d been clutching in their hands.
Patient 203 struggled to separate the two of them. He was very worried that Lin Yi really was going to come to blows Qin Zhou. Fists didn’t have eyes and Patient 203 didn’t want to see Lin Yi get hurt.
Lin Yi also didn’t dare to hurt Patient 203. There was a new Rule of Death today. No one could tell whether the patient getting injured might be the new Rule of Death.
Lin Yi had no choice but to stop arguing with Qin Zhou and sit back down.
Patient 203 asked him if he was injured anywhere and Lin Yi shook his head.
While talking to Patient 203, he quietly watched the reactions of the other participants.
Yi Jiayue hurriedly opened the note in his hand. When he saw the words ‘Don’t trust Qin Zhou’, he was momentarily stunned and he then subconsciously looked towards Qin Zhou even before he even had time to hide the already opened note.
After looking at Qin Zhou, Yi Jiayue hurriedly turned towards Lin Yi again.
Yi Jiayue himself didn’t know why he turned to look at Lin Yi but after all, Lin Yi had been the one to give him this note.
Lin Yi and Yi Jiayue looked at each other and he saw the bewildered look on Yi Jiayue’s face.
It could be said that he was very confused. ‘What do you mean? “Don’t trust Qin Zhou?” Just what is going on? Then what am I supposed to do now?’ was completely writ across Chen Yang’s whole face.
Yi Jiayue’s reaction was fine, Lin Yi quickly moved his eyes away from Yi Jiayue.
He hated that he only had one pair of eyes and that he couldn’t take in all the participants’ reactions at the same time.
Chen Yang had also rushed to open his note and he read the contents as he did.
‘Qin Zhou died on the first night’.
Chen Yang’s face suddenly turned pale and his lips moved unconsciously. On the first night, he heard Zheng Anjian screaming, but Zheng Anjian still appeared in front of them the next day.
Was this also the case with Qin Zhou?
Chen Yang gulped. He believed in the content of the note and also believed that it was a warning from Lin Yi. After all, there was nothing in it for Lin Yi to give him a false note.
Chen Yang didn’t even dare to look at Qin Zhou. He’d been tense for the past several days and his emotions had reached a critical point at this time.
If even Qin Zhou had died here then what hope did they, who’ve entered the Rule World for the first time, had? Chen Yang could only look at Lin Yi in awe. He now pinned his new hopes on Lin Yi.
If he had managed to find out that Qin Zhou was dead, this boy must have some skills.
If it weren’t for the fact that Patient 301 was still around, Chen Yang would have rushed to Lin Yi’s side to hug this new thigh.
Chen Yang’s reaction also passed.
Then the last was Wen Xiaoxuan.
Lin Yi looked at Wen Xiaoxuan.
He missed the clip where Wen Xiaoxuan was reading the note but was just in time to see Wen Xiaoxuan look up and set her eyes on Qin Zhou.
Wen Xiaozhang’s note was ‘Qin Zhou has betrayed us’. Lin Yi saw anxiety, disappointment and anger in Wen Xiaoxuan’s eyes.
Wen Xiaoxuan held the note tightly; the note was crumpled in her hands. She stared at Qin Zhou in disbelief. The anxiety in her eyes was for the fate that awaited them who’d been betrayed. She didn’t know if being betrayed meant death.
Disappointment was from the shock of being betrayed by the man they all regarded as their pillar of support. Finally, these emotions all mixed into anger.
But there was nothing she could do, she could only restrain herself.
Lin Yi was momentarily stunned. Wen Xiaoxuan’s reaction was also… normal.
But that was impossible!
The 16-8 Monster must be among those three and it was impossible for all three to react differently.
Someone must have copied their reaction.
Lin Yi suddenly looked at Jiang Man.
Jiang Man kept her head down. Lin Yi couldn’t see the expression on her face but before Lin Yi could even start to worry, Jiang Man suddenly stood up. She raised her voice and shouted, “Qin Zhou Xue Chang!”
Lin Yi jumped up, his heart pounding. A bad premonition exploded in his heart.
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
👁-👁 the anxiety’s building
I’m placing my bets on the one he missed the first reaction of.
Unless the monster’s smart enough to realise the note may be a trap or whatever and decided to copy someone else’s reaction first before opening it. Which I think is a pretty scary level of intelligence.
No no no .. don’t ruin their plan !!! 😱😨😰
so who is it in the end?!
Get out of there this world is creepy
The tension is killing me. This is the most difficult rule world so far.
What if there is a secret 10th person? There were after all 10 regenerative animals. And the 10th position would be the safest after all. Since Doctor Zhu won’t be at risk of declining health.
Oh wait oh yes I almost forgot about that!
eep pig teammeate!?
GIRL NO SIT DOWN-