Chapter 232 Deciphering Parasite

Chapter 232 Deciphering Parasite

Chapter 232 Deciphering Parasite
The mild area is the classroom. The moderate area is the ward. The severe area is the prison. What Wen Xishu needs to determine now is which area is the key to leaving.

Only by confirming this point can the other two people move in the right direction. He hoped it would be the medium-symptomatic area, because only Zhou Fei could understand all the complete rules.

At this moment, Zhou Fei's perspective is still, because Wen Xishu is still.

He lay quietly in the ward, listening to the sound of insects crawling.

According to the structure of the human body, if this kind of crawling sound could occur inside the body, the person would probably have died long ago.

This is also what Wen Xishu can't figure out.

"I heard this sound... but this kind of sound, in theory, cannot be produced inside the human body. From what I could sense at the moment, I couldn't even hear the sound of my heartbeat. But I heard the sound of countless insects crawling."

Zhou Fei was lying on the hospital bed with his eyes open.

At this time, an old man in the ward suddenly sat up.

It was dim here and looked as bleak as the night, but Wen Xishu could smell the scent emanating from the old man.

It is a smell like paper ash, which makes people subconsciously think of death.

The sound of something crawling on the old man's body was so frequent that Wen Xishu even felt that the old man had been occupied by "them".

But just when Wen Xishu thought that the old man was going to get up to go to the bathroom, the old man's head suddenly turned 180 degrees. His body was still in front, but his head had turned to face Wen Xishu.

The old man showed a creepy smile:
"Would you like to buy some tea?"

Wen Xishu's head buzzed. The old man selling tea is here again?
Wen Xishu didn't say anything, because the old man's head quickly turned back, and then he sighed:
"If you wander too far, you'll forget the way home."

Bang! The old man fell on the bed, as if he had never gotten up.

Wen Xishu was shocked.

This was not the first time he had seen the old man selling tea. But this time, he looked too old, so old that Wen Xishu could not recognize him.

What surprised Wen Xishu was that the smell of paper ash on the old man began to disappear.

"He targeted me?"

Wen Xishu was a little scared.

Once, twice, three times... He met the old man selling tea every time. He had a feeling that he was being targeted by the old man selling tea.

However, this lock-in always seems to be short-lived, and the old man selling tea is not strong.

He was selling tea the first two times, but this time he just shouted slogans and before he could sell any tea... he collapsed.

"Did they drive him away? Or did they perish together?"

The old man looked like he was dead, not even breathing. Wen Xishu listened carefully, and could only hear the sound of "them" crawling in other beds.

But I couldn't hear their voices inside the old man's body.

"The old man is not from the same group as the others in this area, just like he was not originally part of the Chosen Train."

Wen Xishu was not sure. In fact, sometimes he even wondered if the old man selling tea was some kind of opportunity for him, but he missed him again and again?

Wen Xishu's eyes were now open, but he didn't dare to get up and move.

He thought for a while:

"Zhou Fei is in the moderate ward, Chris is in the severe ward... Could the difference in their symptoms be the degree of parasitism?"

Wen Xishu tried to empty his mind and think about nothing. This was actually a very difficult thing to do, because he had to think about something.

The so-called emptying your mind often means closing your eyes, feeling the darkness, and not deliberately thinking about other things.

At this time, Wen Xishu already felt that something was crawling inside his body.

The sound was loud, even a little noisy.

"Agree with Chris..."

"It's almost the same feeling. It seems that the difference between severe and moderate cases is not the progress of the parasite..."

"Both Chris and Zhou Fei have 'them' in their bodies, and they are eager to try to crawl into their brains when they are not thinking. From the feeling, it seems that they are at the same level."

"This crawling sound is really scary."

Swish, swish, swish.

It was like thousands of cockroaches crawling around.

But Zhou Fei didn't have it.

"Come to think of it, it's really strange. These people should have taken that white pill and then fell into a coma."

"It's the same with Zhou Fei. But after these people fell into a coma, they lost their thoughts and did not dream. This gave the parasites the conditions to crawl into their brains..."

"But Zhou Fei is not unconscious?"

"Is he resistant to the drugs?"

The word "drug resistance" made Wen Xishu suddenly feel dazed, and some memories began to flood into Zhou Fei's mind.

"My younger brother got the first place in the grade again. In comparison, my older brother didn't do so well, hahaha." The voices of the neighbors appeared in Wen Xishu's mind.

At the same time, Wen Xishu saw Uncle Zhou Fei's somewhat embarrassed expression.

This happened when Zhou Fei was in elementary school.

Soon, Zhou Fei entered junior high school. Zhou Fei was still the top student in the grade, while his brother Zhou Ming fell further and further behind.

When he was in high school, Zhou Fei's uncle seemed to have got some medicine, saying that it could calm the nerves and nourish the brain.

For a while, parents in Longxia were particularly willing to spend money on a certain type of product - something to improve their children's memory. From milk to health supplements, all kinds of factors that can improve children's intelligence and so on.

The two brothers Zhou Fei and Zhou Ming are also taking some medications.

For a while, Zhou Fei felt particularly tired, easily fell asleep, and was often in a daze.

During that period, Zhou Fei's grades dropped significantly.

This made Zhou Fei's uncle secretly happy for a long time.

But what’s interesting is that Wen Xishu also noticed that among his extra memories, there was his uncle’s secretly happy expression.

This means that Zhou Fei knows all this.

Zhou Fei's parents were abroad, and Zhou Fei was raised in his uncle's home, where he was not well-received. Zhou Fei had to earn everything he wanted since he was a child, while Zhou Ming had everything he wanted.

This sounds very much like a pair of brothers that Wen Xishu knew, even their names contained the word Fei and Ming.

But the difference is that Zhou Fei is not a loser, he just has a weird personality, is dull and doesn't like to talk. But Zhou Fei knows everything about the outside world.

As I recall, my uncle scolded Zhou Fei many times, scolding Zhou Fei's father for giving birth to such a smart Zhou Fei. Zhou Fei was cheerful, lively, sunny and handsome, so why couldn't he study well?
Zhou Fei looked gloomy, with his hair covering his eyes. He was obviously an introverted kid, the kind who was ignored in school, but he managed to get the first place in the grade.

At the dinner table, Zhou Fei was never allowed to sit at the table and had to eat the leftovers of the family of three.

Zhou Fei is also asked to do housework as much as possible. As long as it is possible to weaken Zhou Fei's learning state or squeeze his study time, the uncle's family will do so as much as possible.

It was fine before high school, but after high school, I seemed to have gone crazy and started taking drugs.

Zhou Fei's grades finally plummeted...

The uncle began to feel happy, and Zhou Ming also worked hard and began to slowly climb up. Finally, Zhou Ming's performance surpassed Zhou Fei's.

Although Zhou Fei had crushed Zhou Ming for more than a decade, his uncle always kept a low profile and pretended not to notice anything. But when Zhou Ming won a baseline test, his uncle set off firecrackers to celebrate, and everyone knew about it.

But they were all fooled by Zhou Fei.

Zhou Fei had already finished all his courses in his second year of high school, but he deliberately showed weakness to prevent himself from being targeted by his uncle's family.

After Zhou Fei took those medicines, he indeed lost interest in studying. Zhou Fei noticed the clue early on and then pretended to be weak.

Later, Zhou Fei started taking drugs again, just for fun. In short, Zhou Fei didn't need to study much to get good grades.

This is really a refreshing scene in the novel.

Zhou Fei, who had been showing weakness for several months, made a stunning debut in the college entrance examination and became the top scorer in the province.

Zhou Fei also revealed some of the things his uncle's family had done during the interview, but he concealed the worst part. Although his uncle's family was denounced and condemned, the public opinion only believed that his uncle's family was partial to some and not to others.

And many people also said that since he is not their biological son, this is pretty good.

If the story ended here, it should have ended, after all, it was a pretty good ending. But Zhou Fei was too soft-hearted and didn't tell the worst thing his uncle's family had done, which laid the seeds for Zhou Fei's subsequent misfortune.

The memory ends.

Wen Xishu now understood something. The reason why Zhou Fei came to this "Hall of Good People" was probably the sin caused by Zhou Fei's uncle.

"The word 'drug resistance' actually brought back so many memories for me..."

In fact, there are some memories, such as Zhou Fei has been weak and sickly since childhood and often took medicine. The same was true when he went to his uncle's house. Whenever Zhou Fei was sick, his uncle seemed to use the strongest medicine.

In fact, when you have a cold or fever, doctors usually don’t recommend using the fastest-acting medicine, for fear of developing drug resistance.

That way, it will be difficult to treat with medication later on.

It can be said that Zhou Feitian is a drug addict, especially to drugs that cause drowsiness, and he has a strong resistance to them.

But Zhou Fei’s surprises for Wen Xishu didn’t stop there.

[You are acting out of character today. They will gradually focus their attention on you.] The prompt appeared. At this time, many cameras in the ward also began to change slowly.

Wen Xishu was a little confused:
"I clearly didn't do anything, but you prompted me to act out of character?"

Wen Xishu was not surprised to receive this prompt, because he understood one thing: this game is to find a way to explore the three areas without attracting their attention.

But the question is, why do I remind myself to act out of character when I haven’t done anything?
Is it possible...

Wen Xishu quickly thought of a possibility.

"Zhou Fei has a strong drug resistance... He will wake up earlier than other patients in the ward, but he can't just stay awake and do nothing, right?"

Wen Xishu tried to sit up.

At this time, Wen Xishu discovered that two of the cameras seemed to be uninterested in him and moved away.

Wen Xishu was shocked.

He now discovered the second characteristic of Zhou Fei, the wise man! Zhou Fei could actually sleepwalk?
No, it was not pure sleepwalking, but Zhou Fei made everyone who knew him believe that he could sleepwalk.

Wen Xishu maintained a dazed expression and began to get out of bed and move.

He used the corner of his eyes to sense the changes around him. He walked out of the ward and came to the corridor.

The corridor outside the ward was empty, but there were many cameras pointed at Wen Xishu. However, some of them quickly moved away.

"They actually condone Zhou Fei's sleepwalking..."

[Unlock Rule 5: Many eyes in the corridor are watching you, please make sure your behavior is illogical in their eyes. ]

Wen Xishu understood.

"Zhou Fei can see the complete rules, so he knows how not to arouse their suspicion... He must ensure that his actions are illogical."

"The best way is to walk around randomly and occasionally make some inexplicable movements."

“In the process, I was able to record the structure of these scenes.”

Wen Xishu was very excited after finding the breakthrough point.

He began to move around erratically.

Sometimes, Wen Xishu would even walk to a door and then suddenly stop, but not open the door, just stand there.

Sometimes, Wen Xishu would suddenly raise his head and stare at the ceiling.

Of course, most of the time, he would walk straight to the end of a path, and after touching the wall, Wen Xishu would return, going back and forth several times.

Although he looks like a mentally retarded person, Wen Xishu has already memorized all the routes in his mind during this process.

At the same time, he was also observing with the corner of his eye to see if there were any Easter eggs around.

A great tribute, some special game props are placed throughout the Ghost Tower area.

Wen Xishu actually discovered something.

This thing is gray and looks like a rune.

It lay quietly at the corner of the stairs of the second-floor ward. Only Wen Xishu could see these tributes in the game.

In a sense, this can be considered as airdrop support for Scorpio.

Wen Xishu continued to walk illogically and irregularly, thinking in his mind what the gray rune represented.

He seemed to have thought of...

"It's that thing! This is really an extremely crucial thing."

Wen Xishu remembered that in a very fun free game, there were several symbols on the battlefield river, which would give bonuses once touched.

Red represents movement speed, blue represents damage, green represents recovery, yellow represents illusion, and gray represents stealth.

"This is a good breakthrough."

Wen Xishu did not pick it up immediately, he was still observing his surroundings. At this moment, Wen Xishu had already arrived at the corridor on the first floor.

Everything is going well at the moment, and it is very easy for Wen Xishu to act crazy and stupid.

But soon, he was almost discovered.

On the corridor on the first floor, Wen Xishu encountered a strange scene. While he was walking around erratically, several people in white coats came down from the second floor, carrying the "corpse" of the old tea seller, and walked towards the yard outside the corridor.

Wen Xishu subconsciously wanted to observe.

But it seems to smell something...

The three men in white coats stopped in unison, stood straight, turned stiffly, and looked at Wen Xishu.

Their gazes changed from dull at first to some kind of doubt.

On the corridor on the first floor, Wen Xishu walked forward. Three men in white coats stood at the entrance of the corridor leading to the yard, looking at Wen Xishu silently.

If Wen Xishu continued walking forward, he would only get closer and closer to the three men in white coats.

At this time, Wen Xishu could choose to turn around. But he had already sensed the danger...

He was sure that he was being watched. If he turned around and left at this time, he might be considered to be escaping, which made sense.

Sure enough, one of the men in white coats suddenly took a step forward, and the body of the old man selling tea seemed no longer important.

Three people in white coats all walked towards Wen Xishu.

The aura they exuded also gradually changed from indifference at the beginning to vigilance and alertness.

An even more bizarre scene occurred. The old tea seller who was lying on the ground suddenly began to twitch.

The old tea seller, who had no breath of life and seemed to be dead... actually came back to life at this moment.

He began to chant Wen Xishu's somewhat strange yet familiar voice:

"When parents call, you should respond without delay. When parents order, you should act without laziness. When parents teach, you should listen respectfully. When parents criticize, you should obey obediently."

The old voice read out the words that Wen Xishu had heard in the mild illness area not long ago.

At this moment, Wen Xishu noticed——

The label on the old man reads "Treatment Completed".

The three men in white coats had surrounded Wen Xishu, with their ears pressed against his body.

This scene is extremely strange.

In the dim corridor, there was only a little light at the entrance to the courtyard.

In the dim light, three men in white coats stood motionless, pressing against Wen Xishu's chest as if they were listening to a stethoscope. Not far away, an old man was twitching and reciting strange lines.

Wen Xishu knew that if he couldn't quickly interpret the meaning of this behavior...

You will be in danger immediately.

And he soon found the answer.

Wen Xishu looked ahead with empty eyes. He began to empty his mind, looking at the faint light in front of him, thinking of nothing.

A familiar, sickening feeling came over me.

The feeling of something crawling crazily inside his body appeared. The three white coats finally stopped being on guard. The crawling sound, like the rustling sound of hundreds of cockroaches walking, kept Wen Xishu alive.

Wen Xishu continued to walk around irregularly, but then his body was tied up by three men in white coats.

Wen Xishu did not panic. When they were in close contact, he cleared his mind and let several people in white coats carry him.

The old man selling tea walked slowly into the yard, still reciting the "Standards for Being a Good Pupil and Child" in a cheerful voice.

Obviously, the old man selling tea is no longer the old man selling tea, but "them", or in other words, he has become the so-called "good man".

The word "good person" now gives Wen Xishu the feeling that it no longer means a kind person, but rather an inhuman person who is good at disguise.

At this time... Wen Xishu suddenly understood.

"I understand now, I was wrong! The mild area is the severe area, and the severe area is the mild area!"

Wen Xishu was quickly sent back to bed. The three white coats did not seem to continue observing him.

Wen Xishu reaped a rich harvest.

Whether it was terrain exploration or the hidden rune, he also knew the principle of that sound.

If there really was something inside the body that could make such a loud noise when crawling, then the person would have died long ago.

This was something Wen Xishu didn't understand before, but now, he seemed to have some direction to think about.

At the same time, familiar prompts appeared.

[The current character is in a safe state and will not attract "their" attention for a short time, meeting the switching conditions. Do you want to switch the character to the brave or benevolent? ]

Wen Xishu also needs to verify his guess.

"If my guess is correct, then Britney is surrounded by... only good people. She is the one in the most dangerous situation."

(End of this chapter)