Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

Xu Rendong couldn't judge what Yuan Xueming meant by "lying" for a while, so he remained silent, hiding his expression through the darkness.

Yuan Xueming took a deep drag on his cigarette and narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.He vomited his eyes quite enjoying it, and then said slowly: "You are definitely not a newcomer."

Xu Rendong thought for a while and said, "Yes, this is...the fourth time I came in."

This time, the mouth was not sealed like before.Then he understood that he could not tell others about his rebirth after death, but he could lie.

Yuan Xueming nodded: "No wonder he is so calm, so he is a veteran of the fourth time." He handed over the lighter, lit a cigarette for Xu Rendong, and then enjoyed the tobacco on his own, as if he had no intention of continuing to ask questions.

The two of them just smoked together by the window in silence.Although it is something harmful to the body, it soothes the tight nerves and makes this dead night less difficult.

Xu Rendong asked: "Why are you insomnia?"

Yuan Xueming said: "When I was outside, lying in the ICU 24 hours a day, I really slept too much. Now that I have the opportunity, I want to walk as much as possible and move more."

Xu Liandong was surprised and said: "You mean that you were seriously ill and bedridden outside, but you recovered here?" He looked at Yuan Xueming carefully again, and found that his cheeks were sunken, his eye circles were black and blue, and his complexion was a kind of dark yellow with a slight bluish tinge. Looked really sick.

After entering this world, Yuan Xueming's mental and physical strength was normal in all aspects, so no one thought about it, and only thought he didn't sleep well.Who would have thought that in reality he was lying in the intensive care unit?

Yuan Xueming smiled and said: "It's not just a serious illness, I'm actually dying, and I'm still human only in the ghost world. Once I leave and return to the real world, I will fall into a coma again." He stroked his neck with his finger , made an incision, "Intubation, you know? General anesthesia is required."

Seeing him gesturing on his neck, Xu Rendong immediately recalled bad memories.There was a sudden chill on his back, and he always felt that a pair of hands would reach out from behind, drag him into the darkness, and slit his throat.

He couldn't help but glanced back, and happened to see Lian Qiao sleeping peacefully on the bed through the open door.For some reason, his heart suddenly calmed down, as if with Lian Qiao behind him, he was not so afraid.

Xu Rendong asked: "What disease do you have?"

"Multiple organ failure." Yuan Xueming smiled.When his cigarette was burned out, he took another one out of the case and lit it.With the help of the faint moonlight, Xu Rendong saw clearly that the cigarettes were some kind of expensive brand.Yuan Xueming continued, "Actually, I should have died a long time ago, but my family couldn't let it go, so I was pushed into the ICU and wasted. My heart, lungs, and kidneys are all failing. Every day, red blood cells, platelets, and albumin are transfused in turn. These things are my life. Not to mention, the best hospital in the country, the best ICU, the technology is really good. I have such a body that is rotten from the inside out, and they dragged it for several months. I have money. , really good."

Xu Rendong suddenly didn't know what to say.

"Guess what I was thinking when I saw the elevator for the first time?" Yuan Xueming's tone was very calm, and even a little humorous, "I think, the underworld is also advancing with the times, and they even send elevators to pick people up when they go to the underworld. ...I never expected that the elevator would indeed send me to see a ghost, but it wasn't the kind of ghost I imagined."

Xu Rendong asked: "When did you first enter the elevator?"

Yuan Xueming turned his head and glanced at him, showing a gentle and helpless smile: "Young man, did you know that there are two types of general anesthesia, deep anesthesia and light anesthesia. Deep anesthesia is complete anesthesia, just like falling asleep completely. Conscious. Light anesthesia just makes you feel no pain, your body can’t move, but your consciousness is still awake.”

Xu Rendong was taken aback.The donkey's lip was wrong with the horse's mouth, but it made his hair stand on end.

Looking at the snow outside the window, Yuan Xueming said slowly: "Every morning, you can hear the doctors and nurses changing shifts, and you can hear them walking around. The interns will practice on you. Although the needle does not hurt in the flesh, you can I heard them discussing why they haven't found the blood vessel yet, and whether they should try in a different direction. It is easy to rescue in the middle of the night, and you can hear the doctor on duty doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, all of them are panting, and they are too tired to get down. As for Whether the patient next to him has been rescued or released first, we will not know until the shift is over the next day. Although a person with light anesthesia is conscious, it is anesthesia after all, and you will feel dizzy, like your soul Floating outside the body, connected to the instrument by the infusion tubes. You just wait and wait in a daze, you can hear everything and know everything, just like in a lucid dream. You can't feel the existence of your body...but you are awake." He paused, and finally revealed a little sadness in his smile, "You said, in this state, how could I remember the first time I entered the elevator? When?"

Xu Rendong was silent.Yuan Xueming smiled and said: "So actually, I am still a little grateful for this ghost world. Although it is easy to die here, only here can I feel that I am a human being and I am still alive."

He ran out of cigarettes again, so he pulled out a third cigarette.Xu Rendong forgot that he still had a cigarette in his hand, and the cigarette butt almost burned his fingers.He simply put out his cigarette, feeling a little complicated at the moment, lowered his eyes and said, "You can keep that nesting doll with you, don't give it to others."

Yuan Xueming said: "I know, nesting dolls are life-saving."

Xu Rendong was very surprised, and Yuan Xueming explained: "If you play a lot, you will get a general understanding of the routine here. Key items like this can either kill or save your life. Since the two who died yesterday did not have nesting dolls , that proves that nesting dolls are indeed used to save lives.”

Xu Rendong suddenly felt cold.He remembered that in the last reincarnation, Jiang Li accused Yuan Xueming of using newcomers to test the conditions of death.At that time, he thought it was Jiang Li who lost control of his emotions and became suspicious, but now it seems that Yuan Xueming did have such thoughts.

Xu Rendong's voice couldn't help becoming colder: "Then why didn't you tell everyone?"

Yuan Xueming smiled and shook his head: "You, you are still inexperienced. What's the use of telling them? There are only three nesting dolls in total, but our team has a total of more than a dozen people. Does it make everyone fight? Everyone has My own life, mine is lingering, and some people die young. There are also people, like Xu Hong, who can't die even if they try their best to die. It's just such luck. Who can I ask for reasoning?"

Xu Rendong kept a cold face and refused to comment on this.Yuan Xueming didn't dislike his attitude, but instead patted him on the shoulder and said in a friendly tone of an elder: "You are still young, maybe you can't accept this, but this is the fact. This is fate."

Xu Rendong couldn't help thinking: Then why is my fate repeated tragic death?Why me, why only me?

What did I do wrong to go through this pain?

Yuan Xueming saw that his expression was very bad, and comforted him: "Don't worry. We are also destined. If I find another doll, I will definitely give it to you."

Xu Rendong resisted in his heart, and said coldly: "No need."

Yuan Xueming smiled: "So, you and your little friend already have nesting dolls?"

Xu Rendong was shocked, he immediately realized that he had been tricked, and his expression couldn't help but change.Seeing his reaction, Yuan Xueming laughed loudly and said, "What did I say, you are still inexperienced. You must not have the intention to harm others, and you must have the intention to guard against others. Young man, be careful yourself."

After speaking, he walked away leisurely.Xu Liandong was left alone in the corridor, feeling complicated.

Is Yuan Xueming an enemy or a friend?He still can't tell the difference.

Are these old people who have experienced the world of ghosts so unfathomable?Jiang Li, Wang Yuan, Yuan Xueming...all of them were deeply scheming and thoughtful at every step.If it weren't for the ability to reset the world, Xu Rendong might not even know how he died after he died.

—And what about Lian Qiao?

Xu Rendong felt a burst of palpitations, and his chest felt uncomfortable.He pushed open the door and went back to the bed, and saw Lian Qiao sleeping soundly.Lian Qiao slept like a defenseless baby, and even smacked his lips, as if reminiscing about something sweet.There was still a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Suddenly, Xu Rendong felt a very familiar feeling, which made him feel very at ease, and made him think for no reason that Lian Qiao was trustworthy.

Lian Qiao is the only one who can be trusted.

For the first time in his life, Xu Rendong decided to abandon reason and trust his intuition.

The next day, Xu Rendong had a rare sleep in.He was woken up by Lian Qiao.Lian Qiao said with some anxiety that it was very noisy outside, and something might have happened again.Let's go out and have a look.

Xu Rendong had expected this, got up and said: "Okay."

Sure enough, the people in the corridor gathered at the door of a certain room, whispering among each other, with ugly expressions.Yuan Xueming was also among them, he smiled at Xu Rendong.Xu Rendong silently moved his eyes away.

This time it was the two girls who died, the two who stared at Xu Rendong last night but still dared not talk to them.Xu Rendong naturally didn't understand these girls' minds, but felt that it was a bit pitiful to be watched and commented by everyone after they were all dead.

The laughter last night was like an anesthetic, and everyone deliberately forgot that they were still in danger.But now, the death that came again broke everyone's dreams.Anxiety once again spread in everyone's hearts.

Someone broke down and shouted questioningly: "What are the conditions for ghosts to kill people? If this continues, we will all be killed before we collect all the nesting dolls!"

Xu Hong sneered, glanced at Yuan Xueming and said, "Who knows? Didn't he say that the conditions of each world are different?"

Yuan Xueming ignored her provocation and said, "Let's go to the east to see today. I still say the same thing, finish the task as soon as possible and leave early."

Everyone didn't have any objections, so they packed their bags and prepared to go out to explore.

Xu Rendong and Lian Qiao also returned to the room. Lian Qiao silently stuffed the crowbar into the backpack, then looked at him with a hesitant expression.

Xu Rendong asked: "What's wrong?"

Lian Qiao said: "Brother Liandong, the four people who died yesterday and today have one thing in common, that is, they didn't find the matryoshka. Do you think they will..."

Xu Rendong didn't expect Lian Qiao to guess the death condition so quickly.He thought about it, and felt that there was no need to hide Lian Qiao, so he nodded and said: "I also think that the condition of death is this. In fact, I heard the conversation between the rabbit and the two girls last night." He couldn't say what he had experienced. The fact that they have died several times, so they can only lie, "I heard the rabbits ask them if they are looking for dolls properly."

Lian Qiao's expression changed: "Then they...?"

Xu Rendong: "Yes."

Lian Qiao frowned, his expression becoming more and more dignified.Xu Rendong thought he was afraid, so he comforted him: "Don't worry, I actually found a nesting doll a long time ago, and put one on your body too. The two of us should be fine for now."

Lian Qiao opened his eyes wide in surprise, turned left and right on his body, and found a nesting doll.This was the one in the basement, just a little bigger than the smallest nesting doll, and it just happened to be able to hide on him without anyone noticing.

Lian Qiao held the doll in his hand and poked the doll's face with his fingers.He whispered, "Brother Liandong, when did you hide it? Why didn't I find anything?"

Xu Rendong said: "While you are sleeping."

Lian Qiao covered his face with a sudden groan: "After the ignorant boy fell asleep, the man next to him actually did this to him..."

Xu Rendong: "..." Wake up, this is not the newsroom of UC.

Lian Qiao moved his fingers a little, and glanced at him quietly: "Brother Liandong, you are so kind to me, have you been secretly in love with me for a long time?"

Xu Rendong thought about it seriously, and said, "No."

Lian Qiao: "Oh." He lowered his hands in frustration.

Xu Rendong looked at him, and suddenly remembered what Lian Qiao said about the "Yin Sui Effect" on the night they met for the first time.He saved him by himself, and happened to be the first person he met in this world, so Lian Qiao relied on him and trusted him like a newborn chick.

That seemed to be a long time ago, and even Joe didn't remember it at this time.After the world was reset, even Joe's memory of him was also emptied.Nothing will be left.

But Xu Rendong still remembered.

So he looked into Lian Qiao's eyes and said seriously: "I treat you well, because you are the first little bird I meet in this world."

Lian Qiao froze for a moment, subconsciously lowered his head to look somewhere, and muttered, "I'm not young."

Xu Rendong: "..."Young man, why are your thoughts so dirty.