Chapter 172

With the cooperation of No. 02, Wen Jianyan obtained the hidden props in the ward with little effort.

"Congratulations to the host for getting the hidden item in the instance (difficulty)!"

【Collection degree 6/10】

Wen Jianyan stared at the props in his palm.

Surprisingly, this is actually a rag doll.

Old, yellowed fabrics, faded facial features, and one missing button eye.

According to Wen Jianyan's experience, the props in each high-risk patient's room are either items they once owned or things closely related to their past.

For example, 01’s dog toys, 03’s picture album, and 04’s paintbrush.

In the same way...

He raised his eyes and looked at No. 02 standing aside.

Under Wen Jianyan's order, the tall, brown-skinned and brown-eyed man stood aside obediently. When he realized that Wen Jianyan was looking at him, No. 02 raised the corners of his lips, revealing a bright smile without any haze.

Smile.

The sun is bright and cheerful.

He didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with finding a doll in his ward.

Wen Jianyan: "."

Forget it, he has no particular interest in the perverted spiritual world anyway.

He took a deep breath, stuffed the tattered rag doll into his backpack, and then raised his chin at the other party: "Let's go."

For Wen Jianyan, the second negative level is far more dangerous than the first negative level.

After all, the patients at this level are obviously very targeted towards him.

"You go first."

Wen Jianyan said.

One thing he knows very well is that this cooperative relationship is very fragile. The thinking mode of high-risk patients in Ping An Nursing Home is different from that of normal humans. Wen Jianyan is not so naive and thinks that the other party will obey him absolutely because of fear of death. On No. 02

Therefore, the threat to one's life is only part of the reason for agreeing to this form of cooperation. The other reason is that Wen Jianyan summarizes it as the narcissistic complex of a psychopath.

He challenged the opponent's authority and completed the counterattack in the area where the opponent was best at.

This is a sign to an antisocial pervert with powerful psychological flaws.

I am not your prey, I am stronger than you.

I can bite your neck off.

As a narcissist, reversing this victory in a dark way would be an insult to his own behavioral logic and a denial of his past advantages.

These high-risk patients are more like beasts than humans. Compared with the moral principles of human society, the natural instincts of living creatures prevail.

Therefore, Wen Jianyan is at least 70% certain that the other party will agree to cooperate.

Every high-risk patient has his own set of internal behavioral logic, whether he chooses to obey it or take advantage of it - just like Wen Jianyan did to 01, 03, and 04...

Or destroy it - just like what he did to 02 and Dr. Reese, it was all the result of Wen Jianyan's careful consideration.

This is essentially a kind of psychological manipulation, guiding things in a direction that is beneficial to you.

Therefore, Wen Jianyan will not point his gun at No. 02 all the time, because he does not think that the other party will break his own behavior pattern. Being constantly vigilant is an unnecessary internal consumption that will consume his energy.

in unimportant parts, while ignoring the external world that deserves more attention.

However, this does not mean that Wen Jianyan will feel free to expose her back to him.

This is a game that both parties know very well.

Wen Jianyan knew clearly that he was holding a fragile rope in his hand, and at the end of the rope was a beast that could bite back at any time. The other party was temporarily submissive to the "sugar" in his hand, but once the other end of the scale was pressed down, it would be even more severe.

With more chips, resistance will bring more temptations, and it will choose to devour its master without hesitation.

Therefore, he must always hold the whip in his other hand.

When the other person bares his sharp teeth, give him a hard blow without hesitation.

This is not animal taming.

Remember this is self-protection.

"good."

No. 02 followed the good example, turned around obediently, and left the ward first.

Wen Jianyan immediately stepped to follow.

The corridors on the second floor are similar to those on the first floor, but the intervals between wards are much farther and the number of them is much smaller.

The lights above the head have long been extinguished, or in other words, the entire Ping An Sanatorium has been plunged into darkness due to power loss, with only some emergency lights still on.

There is a faint smell of blood floating in the air.

Traces of blood splatters can be vaguely seen on the walls, some are still new, some have dried up, and the entire road is dead.

Out of caution, Wen Jianyan did not turn on the flashlight.

He had been to the negative second floor and was more impressed by the roads here. Coupled with the presence of 02 in the team, Wen Jianyan was not worried about finding the way or encountering monsters.

Speaking of monsters…

Staring at the back of the man just a few steps away from him, Wen Jianyan looked thoughtful as he walked.

No. 02 said before that maybe there was a little bit of his hand in it, but most of the work was not done by him.

Since the fantasy world is based on the real world, there is a high probability that what 02 said is not groundless.

In this case, those "monsters" should be some alienated patients.

Whether it is the slug head in the lobby on the first floor, or the human bug that swallows humans in its belly on the second floor, or even those people who are driven by 02, there is a high probability that they were once members of the Ping An Sanatorium.

The process of the inner world invading the outer world is not only significantly accelerated, this alienation is not only in speed, but also in mode.

This is the so-called increase in difficulty of the copy.

The patient's body also became deformed along with his spiritual world, just like the "human bug" on the negative floor. Due to fear of loneliness, he transformed into a monster eager to devour more humans to accompany him.

The heads in the hall should be composed of many low-risk, more docile patients. A single one would hardly pose a threat, but when their number forms a nest, the degree of danger will be greatly increased.

But regardless of high risk or status, they can hardly be considered human beings.

Wen Jianyan stared at No. 02's back.

The distance between them is not far. Even in such dim light, it can be seen that the man is tall and straight, with a standard broad frame. Under the thin hospital gown, the undulating texture of the muscles can be clearly seen.

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However... No. 02 seems to have no such marks on his body.

By analogy, there is a high probability that the remaining people will maintain their current human form?

Why?

Wen Jianyan is a little confused about this.

You must know that the patients on the negative level are also high-risk patients. In terms of danger level and crazy level, they should be no less than those on the negative two level. So why do some of the patients who are also high-risk have changed, while others have not?

While Wen Jianyan was thinking about it, the back of 02 in front of him suddenly stopped.

"!"

Wen Jianyan immediately became vigilant.

Yuris turned around, held Wen Jianyan's arm with his broad palm, and suddenly pulled him to the side.

Wen Jianyan tensed up, but quickly allowed the other party to act.

There are currently no conditions that would make the other party abandon cooperation. In other words, his current actions are most likely to be beneficial to him.

No. 02's movements are very agile, like a big cat, light and silent.

He took Wen Jianyan and hid in the guard room nearby.

The guard room was dark and the space was very small. There was a steaming corpse lying on the ground, wearing a guard's uniform, and there was a strong smell of blood in the air.

Wen Jianyan was dragged by No. 02 and huddled in a corner of the guard room.

He frowned.

Although he was not very strong compared to the other person, he still had the frame of an adult. Being squeezed into such a narrow space, the distance between the two was compressed to the extreme.

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Behind the back was the man's warm and strong chest, almost as if he was half-hugging him in his arms, giving him an unpleasant sense of intimacy through the thin clothes.

"Someone is coming." The man's low voice sounded in his ears.

Almost at the moment his voice fell, familiar footsteps came from outside the guard room.
To be continued...