10: Chapter 10 Remember to put on your shoes before going to bed

"Chen Mo, what's wrong with them? It feels like something is wrong with their brains!" Su Qing said worriedly.

"Whew… Did you read the task options for the Patient role earlier?" Chen Mo looked straight into Su Qing's eyes.

[Patient role: You are the most comfortable; you only need to lie on the bed and rest well. Eating is your only task. Thrill Level: D]

After hearing Chen Mo's retelling, Su Qing didn't feel anything was wrong.

"Since it's the Patient role, the food must be related to what those mentally ill people eat. Perhaps there will be a few special fellow Patients in the ward."

"What is the consequence of a normal person living with the mentally ill for a long time?"

"They will also become mentally ill," Su Qing replied.

"Probably. Besides, we are deeply affected by the Thriller Game, and our Mental Values will decrease at any time."

"Compared to the brain disorders that take a long time to develop on Earth, the evolution speed here is faster, and it's easier to become a madman."

"Although I don't know exactly what the class monitor and the others' Mental Values are, I think they must have encountered something in the ward."

"These aren't things we need to consider right now. There are only 3 minutes left, and I'm not going to sacrifice one of my hands to the Vending Machine!"

Hearing this, Su Qing finally realized.

The Vending Machine had said earlier that its waking time was only 5 minutes!

She looked down at the time on the tablet; there were 2 minutes and 53 seconds left.

Chen Mo and Su Qing immediately inserted paper money. Since both of their task ratings were above B, their funds were quite sufficient.

Su Qing bought two boxes of biscuits, while Chen Mo bought a bottle of mineral water.

"Chen Mo, are you only drinking one bottle of water? Could it be that you don't have enough money? How about… you take this box of biscuits."

As she spoke, Su Qing handed a box of biscuits from her arms to Chen Mo.

Chen Mo didn't take it. He just opened the bottle of water, took two gulps, and screwed the cap back on.

Then he checked his various attributes.

[Physical Strength: 200/200]

[HP: 200/200]

[MP: 100/100]

Because his health bar and Physical Strength were maxed out, the feeling of hunger in Chen Mo's stomach also disappeared.

As expected, the hunger in the Thriller Game stems from the decrease in Physical Strength. Once Physical Strength is replenished, there is no need to eat so-called food at all.

This magical drink, called water of might, only costs 10 horror coins.

And the two boxes of biscuits Su Qing bought cost a full 100 horror coins.

Opening the packaging box that already had holes in it, Su Qing grabbed a biscuit from inside and chewed it elegantly in small bites, trying her best to avoid getting biscuit crumbs around her mouth.

One biscuit didn't replenish much energy. After eating five or six in a row, Su Qing's Physical Strength only recovered by 5 points.

"Chen Mo, can you give me a, a sip of water?" Su Qing pointed to the mineral water in Chen Mo's hand.

"Sure, but I ate garlic for lunch today."

"It's okay, I'm so thirsty!"

Su Qing took the mineral water from Chen Mo's hand and took two small gulps. Her pupils, which had been a bit unfocused, suddenly became full of vitality.

Her small abdomen, which had been slightly flat due to hunger, regained its slender waist at this moment.

Su Qing was a little surprised. What kind of fairy happy water was this?

[10 minutes remaining, please return to your Dormitory as soon as possible]

[As a doctor, before the Patients rest, you must give the Patients the day's instructions]

[When sleeping at night, you must wear your shoes, otherwise...]

"Did a new message prompt pop up in front of you?" Chen Mo asked.

"No, it's still the same message about returning to the Dormitory quickly." Su Qing shook her head.

The Vending Machine in front of them grew ghost eyes again, its green face and fangs opening wide enough to swallow a hand, and it started to giggle cunningly.

"You two, do you want to buy anything else delicious?"

"We're full, thanks for the hospitality."

Chen Mo and Su Qing immediately left in a hurry.

Shortly after the two left, a tongue several meters long suddenly shot out from the Vending Machine's fangs and wrapped around Zhao Fei's body several times.

After confirming it was tied up, it pulled it bit by bit toward its huge mouth.

"Hehehe! Must eat it all up, otherwise they will use this person's corpse to shop again tomorrow."

"What I like best is the moment I bite off their palms!"

Just as Zhao Fei's feet were about to be swallowed, a huge black shadow suddenly stepped out from the shadows on the side.

A blood-stained axe, carrying a sharp, cold glint, slashed down quickly at the Vending Machine's tongue!

"Ah!—"

The Vending Machine's tongue snapped in the middle, and half of the tongue was sucked back into its mouth at high speed.

The remaining half of the tongue writhed painfully on the ground like an earthworm.

Then, at the boundary between light and dark, a pair of bandage-wrapped palms reached out. These hands were huge, large enough to grab Chen Mo's entire head.

After gripping Zhao Fei's feet, a clear dragging sound echoed on the ground.

Zhao Fei's corpse was swallowed by the darkness bit by bit. A trail of scarlet blood was left on the ground.

Chen Mo and Su Qing arrived in front of the ward where the class monitor and his companion were staying.

The door wasn't closed yet. Standing at the entrance, Chen Mo saw the class monitor and Liu Xiaodong sitting on the edge of the bed inside.

Facing the moonlight, with chalk gripped in their hands, they were constantly sketching strange patterns on the bare wall.

The patterns looked like waves, and also like sharp arrows. The intersection point of these lines was a house.

"Hey! Listen up, you two, remember to wear your shoes before going to sleep at night." Chen Mo shouted inside.

Hearing Chen Mo's voice, Liu Xiaodong immediately turned his head back.

In that instant, Chen Mo seemed to see... Liu Xiaodong's pupils seemed to have changed. They turned from deep red into ordinary black eyeballs!

Then, Liu Xiaodong frowned and said in an unfriendly tone: "Who wears shoes to sleep at night? Are you out of your damn mind?"

Seeing that the task information prompt was completed, Chen Mo shrugged and left immediately.

He was just completing the task; as for whether the class monitor and Liu Xiaodong lived or died, it had absolutely nothing to do with him.

Chen Mo and Su Qing's Dormitories were only separated by one wall.

"Chen Mo, um... if anything terrifying happens at night, you must call my name."

"Shouldn't it be the other way around?" Chen Mo asked, feeling a bit confused.

"Anyway... if you encounter danger, I will definitely come to help you!"

After saying this, Su Qing turned and walked toward her Dormitory.

Just as her figure was about to disappear into the shadows, Chen Mo sighed and reminded her again.

"Hey! Su Qing, remember to wear your shoes when you sleep tonight."

"Yeah, I know!"

Watching Su Qing enter her Dormitory, Chen Mo finally pulled the handle.

Walking into the Dormitory, sure enough, it was very simple inside. There was only a bed, the toilet was right next to the bed, and there was no private bathroom.

Coming to the back of the door, Chen Mo wanted to lock the door, but discovered... there was no locking function inside this Dormitory.

Was the doorknob actually broken?!

In other words, if anything wanted to come in at night, they only needed to push the door open.