After the initial shock wore off, Wen Shi, the executioner, immediately regained his composure and asked, "Where are the other players?"
The Seven Commandments president responded, "The patient's condition tonight is not right. Someone needs to keep an eye on him. There are also nurses on the first floor who occasionally patrol and need attention as well."
Hearing this, Wen Shi looked at a female player standing in the office and said seriously, "It's the same on the second floor. We need to send someone to keep an eye on them."
Everyone was puzzled. What was there to stare at?
"See if the nurse has come down." Wen Shi said quickly, "If Ao chooses to take off his pants for repair, there won't be anyone around. We'll just strike back."
He looked at Yu Xingzhou: "You can use your time-stopping skill to escape then."
The limited number of times [One Sword to Conquer] has been used up, and the next step is to rely on other players to take the lead in the attack.
Each hit causes a little damage.
"If the nurse doesn't come down," Wen Shi said solemnly, "it means Ao has chosen to quickly complete the final wrist repair."
The only role of the nurses during the operation is to keep an eye on everything and ensure Ao's safety. They cannot just stand by and wait for the transplant to be completed with their eyes closed.
Once Ao gives up on repairing it, the time left for them will be even more limited.
Once Wen Shi's counterattack plan came out, even Song Yan found it difficult to come up with any good words to beautify it.
The female player turned silently and went upstairs to carry out her lookout work.
Wen Shi was online the entire day and immediately focused on another key question: "Is the piano hidden in my office?"
While asking, he walked straight in. The mission of the Seven Commandments President and others was to destroy the piano, so it was impossible for them to come here for no reason.
Inside the office, the bookcase had been moved, and on the gray wall there was a very inconspicuous musical note symbol, slightly sunken. Wen Shi pressed it subconsciously, and instantly the lime fell from the ceiling, and the wall flipped over in front of his eyes.
"…"
Wen Shi once complained that as the only full-time editor, his office was so small. Now it seemed that this one-room doctor's office was a converted piano room.
The secret room is half the size of the outside, and a harpsichord is placed diagonally in the center.
The keys do not have the smooth texture of traditional ivory white. They are more like the color of shells, slightly yellowed, and there are many fine scratches on the body of the piano, as if there are red worms wriggling inside.
In addition, there are small holes in a honeycomb structure on the wall, and directly below is a broadcasting station shaped like a large enclosed speaker. The alarm sounds they hear every day come from here.
The only source of light in the room was some strange light automatically emitted by the piano shell.
Ji Yuanzhi was standing not far from the piano, and he seemed to know who had come in. He didn't look back, but just shook his head and said, "It can't be destroyed."
He even tried using props like the [Steel Egg] that could create explosive effects, but every time he would receive a system prompt: Important items in the area are protected by musical scores.
But it wasn't all in vain. Ji Yuanzhi continued, "The loudspeakers on the wall can be somewhat damaged."
This can at least ensure that the piano sound will not completely cover the entire hospital later.
After briefly explaining the situation, Ji Yuanzhi asked, "How are you guys doing?"
Wen Shi: "I injured the dean with my sword."
In this short sentence, the three nouns contained are all very complicated.
Ji Yuanzhi, who had played several copies with him, seemed to have figured something out and looked at Wen Shi deeply when he heard this.
The female player has not used the communication item to contact the president of the Seven Commandments, which means that the nurse did not leave the operating room in time.
Yu Xingzhou, Li Nan, and others also entered the secret room one after another. While exploring the environment, Yu Xingzhou said, "The cooldown time of the invisibility item is almost over."
The implication was that he was prepared to lie dormant here, waiting for the right opportunity to deliver a fatal blow. As for whether it could be fatal, there was only a 30% chance of success. After temporarily removing the iron hook from his right hand, Ao's strength would be slightly weakened.
He then looked at Wen Shi again: "Is the sword still usable?"
Advanced skills are generally limited skills.
Wen Shi shook his head.
"You don't have to stay for a while. Just move the bookshelf back to its original place after you go out."
Wen Shi glanced at Song Yan, meaning that Song Yan should do this and he had to stay.
Yu Xingzhou: "Don't force yourself. There's not much point in you staying."
Wen Shi was very persistent: "If Ao becomes alert and I show up in time, he will definitely be distracted and rush towards me. You can take the opportunity to attack from behind."
In any dungeon, compared to offensive characters who kill monsters, firepower-type talents who attract hatred are even more scarce.
There was silence in the secret room for a moment.
No one could find any rebuttal to Wen Shi's words, and everyone even thought in unison: Pei Wenwei is indeed very important.
The expression of the Seven Commandments president suddenly changed. Just now, he received a reminder from a female player.
"The nurse is coming down! Ao is coming down with her."
The female player spoke with a slight gasp. The surveillance job was not easy. The patients on the second floor were more excited than those on the first floor. The nurse turned into this floor halfway to inject a sedative into the patient. The female player was looking for a hiding place.
Wen Shi immediately looked at Song Yan: "After the office is restored to its original state, you will also find a place to hide."
Of course Song Yan would not be pretentious at this time and immediately went out to move the bookshelf.
Wen Shi, who was left behind, began to look for the switch to leave the secret room, and finally found the same note button near the broadcasting station.
Now the only question left is when they will act.
Anyone would be wary of being killed by someone opening the door, especially after what happened just now, Ao would be even more alert.
"About thirty seconds." Li Nan pondered and said, "Ordinary humans will die suddenly three days after hearing the song. We interrupted it midway. Even if the curse is still effective, by the time it fully takes effect, it will exceed this time limit."
No matter how powerful the music is, you can't just listen to a single note and kill the entire curse in a single measure. To delay the curse's outbreak, simply leave the dungeon before it happens.
Thirty seconds is the most appropriate time. Ao's attention will inevitably be distracted during the performance. On the other hand, they also have to consider the timeliness of the invisible props.
Ji Yuanzhi suddenly said, "If you can't kill Ao, start with the music score."
The things in the secret room are protected by the musical score. The notes are the medium, but the real source of the curse power lies in the musical score. Ao will definitely take out this score when playing.
Without the music score, Ao's curse plan will fail.
"Also, the mission clearly states that the piano is the dean's soul. Whether we destroy or take the music, the piano will lose its power and protection. Destroying it will also severely damage Ao."
The sound of bookshelves being moved could be faintly heard outside, and the plaster on the ceiling was falling off. These were the signs before the secret room was opened.
Wen Shi's cloak wouldn't be usable until tomorrow, and its duration of invisibility had been halved compared to the time it lasted in the operating room. After activating the item, he stood in the direction the piano could see, diagonally across from the other players.
He will then stand in front of Ao, with the rest of the player behind him.
The secret door opened.
A huge light-colored shadow pressed in. The sound of Ao's rain boots was slightly louder than usual, and his steps were a little heavier.
Wen Shi took a deep breath, pressed his back against the cold wall, and looked forward.
Considering Ao's body size, the hand that he forcibly stitched together was out of tune with his whole body, and the lines at the joints were very eye-catching, but the control power of those long scarlet lines should not be underestimated, and the flexibility of Ao's fingers was not affected at all.
As for his expression, the venom in his eyes could burn through the air. The muscles on Ao's face twitched constantly, and his beard trembled with it. He was clearly furious, especially when he saw that no one was in the office. He was even more convinced that the attack was related to Wen Shi.
"Aaron..." Every word was squeezed out from between his teeth.
Ao has an unreasonable attitude of putting the blame on Wen Shi.
Even though Wen Shi looked powerless, he still blamed the other party for the loss of X. In Ao's opinion, the empty office was a sign of a guilty conscience.
Finally, he sat down at the piano. Considering his wound, Ao only sat on half of the stool.
He pulled out a sheet of music from his dirty white coat.
Faced with this prop that could become a super artifact, everyone couldn't help but breathe hard.
There were no obvious signs of folding on the surface of the music score. The music was not made of ordinary paper, but a very thin piece of skin from an unknown animal. At this moment, it automatically stuck to the music stand.
In an instant, the light emanating from the piano case deepened, and Ao's two completely different hands were gently raised and placed on the keys.
bite--
The piano's sound drifted through the loudspeakers throughout the hospital. Even on the fifth floor, one could still hear the melody. The sound stirred a dark mood throughout the building. On a cold, rainy day, the temperature inside dropped several degrees again.
The sudden drop in temperature gave Wen Shi goose bumps. He stood opposite the piano with a stern expression.
Anger is the best way to destroy a monster. If Ao had been more cautious, he might have noticed that some of the loudspeakers had been damaged by Ji Yuanzhi and chosen to carefully scout the environment instead of rushing in and playing the melody of death.
The song had only played a few notes when Wen Shi's expression gradually became restless. The chill that penetrated his skin triggered physiological nausea.
Although the melody is melodious, the effect is comparable to or even surpasses the zombie's harp.
Ji Yuanzhi and the others were in better condition, not because they were so strong, but because they had listened to the performances of the wandering corpses on a daily basis, and now they had developed a certain "resistance" to even the darkest music styles.
As the owner of the wandering corpse, Wen Shi will only be affected by 1% each time and does not have the strong ability to withstand pressure like others.
During the performance, Ji Yuanzhi stood slightly forward and listened for half a minute, his eyes never leaving the score, trying to avoid the piece being too short, under thirty seconds. Shortly after Ao entered the state, he made a fist gesture.
Almost at the same time, everyone attacked together.
Wen Shi had witnessed Ao's crisis response ability in the operating room. Before the other party could vaguely sense and react, he shouted, "Dean."
The clear voice reached his ears without any warning, and instantly stirred up boundless anger.
"Aaron!"
Ao was the one whom he could recognize even if Wen Shi turned into ashes. He subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, which made his reaction slow. The next second, when he tried to deal with the rapids coming from behind him, he only blocked most of it, but a bullet accurately pierced his shoulder.
There was another "bang".
There was a faint smell of gunpowder in the air. In less than a second, Li Nan fired two shots.
The last blow caused Ao to reflexively use his strength to protect his lower body, which gave Li Nan an opportunity.
When the second bullet hit his shoulder blade, Ao finally realized that there was nothing under his crotch. So what on earth was he trying to protect?!
From the operating room to the secret room, both times his instinctive reactions hit him hard.
As the first party to be attacked, Ao finally didn't hold back and made a strange sound that was almost like a hiss.
My brain suddenly felt like it was about to explode.
"Grass."
Wen Shi clutched his head, a trance-like moment transporting him back to the day the Earl and Ao had fought. Back then, he'd been clutching his head in the same awkward position, nearly losing consciousness. Through his blurred vision, he could vaguely see a pair of rain boots approaching him.
The next second, the rain boots stopped not far away, and everything in the world seemed to have pressed the pause button.
Within a few seconds of silence, Li Nan and Yu Xingzhou immediately launched a new round of attacks.
Their weapons successfully opened a small hole in Ao's chest. Unfortunately, the damage that could be caused to key NPCs during the time pause was limited. The surging light of the music seemed to be protecting Ao to a certain extent, and the fatal wound even showed signs of healing.
Just as Ji Yuanzhi had predicted at the beginning, destroying the music score and the piano was the breakthrough point.
The eyes of the Seven Commandments president were bleeding from Ao's mental attack. He did not join the previous attack, but when Yu Xingzhou used the time-stop skill, he ran to the piano as fast as possible to grab the music score.
The moment his fingers touched the score, the ecstasy in his eyes had not yet fully condensed, and his fingers suddenly stopped.
The music sheet was like it was covered with super glue, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get it off the music stand.
President Qi Commandments suddenly had a bad feeling. Could it be that once the performance began, the music score could only be taken away after it was finished?
"Get out of the way."
Ji Yuanzhi came over at some point, glanced at him sideways, and actually sped up the playing of the music.
Due to the forced acceleration, the skin on the back of his hand cracked and a line of blood flowed from the corner of Ji Yuanzhi's mouth.
Even Ao was playing according to plan. His method of speeding up and taking shortcuts obviously came at a price. In just three seconds, Ji Yuanzhi's body was covered with cracks.
"Let's go." Yu Xingzhou said softly and pressed the switch of the secret room: "Let's go to the dean's office."
Li Nan was also preparing to retreat, and he also pulled Wen Shi, who was standing still, and said, "Don't worry about him. Yu Xingzhou must have given him a death substitute."
Ji Yuanzhi was clearly still controlling his speed, not accelerating to his maximum. They needed to rush into the dean's office before this time. There was a hidden map there, and with the amplifier partially damaged, the piano sound couldn't penetrate the separate dimensional space.
After time resumed, only Ji Yuanzhi was able to fight for a while relying solely on his strength.
Wen Shi put on the speed-up prop and looked back for the last time.
The blood from Ji Yuanzhi's body flowed down the piano. His hair grew wildly, extending towards Ao like a tide, and the silver-blue hair close to the Mermaid King's wrapped around his massive body. This was a common tactic used by mermaids: they would encase their prey in a cocoon and slowly drain their blood and flesh.
Everyone rushed upstairs as fast as they could. Wen Shi did not forget to use the communication item to notify Song Yan. The players on the first floor who were following the nurses and patients subconsciously followed them upstairs.
While running, Wen Shi was still a little worried.
Yu Xingzhou whispered, "After the performance, Ji Yuanzhi can take the music away. At that time, nothing in the office will be protected by the rules anymore."
Ji Yuanzhi would definitely seize the last bit of time to violently destroy the piano. Once the dean's soul was severely damaged, he would no longer be a threat to them.
As he ran across the second floor, Wen Shi saw some ward doors open. However, he didn't have time to dwell on it, so he rushed to the third and fourth floors. Wen Shi didn't call out to Jian Qingrong. The curse music didn't have much effect on non-human creatures like patients.
Following the same method as last night, everyone followed the pattern of the musical notes and fell into the hidden space.
The terrifying music was isolated in another dimension. In the darkness, all the players' faces turned pale and cold sweat broke out from their temples.
It took almost half a minute just to relieve the violent heaving of my chest.
"It should be about done." Wen Shi leaned against the wall to steady himself.
After Jianguangsi disappeared, the dean's office, where the monsters were originally kept, had a new note button, similar to the one in the study, making it easy to leave. Wen Shi was now ready to go down and finish him off. His main quest explicitly mentioned killing the dean.
The person who deals the fatal blow to the monster will sometimes receive extra rewards, especially this kind of *boss.
Naturally, the other players were unwilling to give up this opportunity, and they all left together one after another.
As expected, there was no piano melody playing outside. However, almost as soon as we returned to the original map, an extremely noisy sound replaced the original melody.
Patients on the third floor were moving across the corridors, and the same was true on the fourth floor, but with fewer people.
After the dean was seriously injured, the patient, who had been extremely excited in the past two days, lost some kind of check and balance.
"The rules have been relaxed." Wen Shi's face looked a little ugly.
Patients cannot attack the dean, but they can kill nurses and interns. At least there were many rules restricting this before, such as they would be killed only if they failed to complete the task.
Judging from the corpse of a nurse lying in the stairwell, they were now able to launch an active attack. Those awakened ghostly patients didn't intervene, seemingly acknowledging their right to cross-regional hunting as long as the patients stayed within the hospital.
The Seven Commandments leader urged softly, "Go and deal with the dean first."
The nurse's body indicates that there may be patients hiding at the stairwell, but they cannot remain hidden here forever.
But Wen Shi still raised a trace of vigilance, he heard a hint of impatience from the mouth of the Seven Commandments President.
When they were almost on the third floor, the president of the Seven Commandments suddenly started to speed up.
He used [Fire Doll].
The Seven Commandments leader had Wen Shi's hair on his hand, and he was the one who instigated the hotel staff to sell the hair. When entering the dungeon, the Seven Commandments leader carefully observed that Ji Yuanzhi hadn't shown any overt hostility, and Pei Wenwei had even actively sought cooperation. If they had known he had the hair on his hand, they definitely wouldn't have shown such a nonchalant attitude.
With this [Fire Doll], Pei Wenwei will become the priority target of all patients.
Wen Shi was stunned when he saw this. The president of the Seven Commandments seemed very confident that he would not be attacked by the monster, so he rushed down stubbornly.
The next moment, Wen Shi immediately realized a possibility and his eyes turned cold.
"Great Sealing Technique."
He used his skills to seal his own aura.
"Don't be so nervous." Yu Xingzhou beside him suddenly said lightly, "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Who is the mantis?"
Before he could interpret this sentence carefully while waiting for the temperature to rise, the patients hiding in the stairwell ignored the players not far away and chased after the president of the Seven Commandments.
When the president of the Seven Commandments turned around and saw this scene, his pupils trembled. Wen Shi was also stunned. What was going on?
Yu Xingzhou used an anti-eavesdropping device and sneered, "As long as we can kill the holders of special items like keys and world fragments, we can recover the items."
This was also the reason why Wen was killed by the president of the Six Commandments in the Mermaid Coast dungeon.
"It's a pity that he is so short-sighted that he only knows how to keep an eye on you and be on guard against us."
As a result, I forgot that there was a security guard outside who pretended to be living a peaceful life.
"Puddle." Wen Shi suddenly remembered the heavy rain in the afternoon. The carriage slipped and fell into the puddle. The black market players took the initiative to reach out and pull others out. Ji Yuanzhi refused their help at that time.
The president of the Seven Commandments was the first one to be pulled out. After the team-building activity, all the players were injured to varying degrees, and the president of the Seven Commandments was also inevitably injured and exposed.
Yu Xingzhou said calmly, "Ji Yuanzhi figured out early on that the black market man's skill was theft."
It was at that time that the hair and blood of the president of the Seven Commandments were taken away.
In the same cursed state, the [Fire Doll] stained with human blood is the first priority of the monster's attack. Once President Qi Commandments dies, all non-special items will automatically disappear. Wen Shi naturally no longer has to worry about the fire effect of the previous doll.
Knowing full well what this "gatekeeper" would do, in order to allow the Seven Commandments President to further lower his guard, neither Ji Yuanzhi nor Yu Xingzhou did anything extra.
Wen Shi felt a chill in his heart. "If I listen to the piano music quietly in the duty room, at most I'll waste a death substitute after the curse breaks out, but I'll gain the key and the world fragment."
The leader of a large guild must have a key on him.
"Smart businessmen only earn limited profits." Yu Xingzhou raised his eyebrows: "It's a good deal, isn't it?"
It is safe to just slack off the whole time, but those who play the dungeon seriously like them still have to send out a substitute prop.
Wen Shi was still reflecting on how careless he was. He didn't even question whether the other party was just pretending to be slacking off.
Seeing what he was thinking, Yu Xingzhou said, "We've played two dungeons together. He has a record called [Calm as a Chrysanthemum]. It's said that it takes three S-level dungeons of slacking to generate it, which will automatically give others the illusion that I'm slacking."
"!" It was so explosive. Wen Shi's DNA moved, and Maomao wanted it too. Maomao wanted a cat as pure as a chrysanthemum.
For example, once you use body transformation, you can confuse the enemy with the color of night and create a false appearance of slacking off.
Can you arrange the game?
After entering Frank Hospital, all players were under the game's high level of surveillance. A simple, soul-searching question, filled with earnest anticipation, was met with a cold, system-inspired response.
"Are you worthy?"