25: Chapter 25 The Code

After returning the notebook and photo frame to their original positions, Chen Mo stood straight again. With the Hospital Director's 3-meter height, what might he have seen?

His gaze swept quickly across the desk, finally resting on a piece of paper.

Chen Mo stretched out his arm and picked up the paper that was propped up behind the computer.

It was a piece of cardstock with sharp edges; when his fingers touched it, he could feel distinct matte grains.

Both sides were completely blank, without any patterns or text.

However... Chen Mo felt that a plain piece of cardstock placed here seemed too conspicuous.

He took a magnifying glass from the medical kit and spread the paper out on the desk.

The front of the magnifying glass magnified Chen Mo's eyeball several times over.

He blinked nimbly, shifting the focus of his pupils.

Chen Mo held his breath, seemingly seeing some traces left by a pen on this pure white cardstock.

Those traces were very faint, but after observing through the magnifying glass.

He could see the undulations on the paper, caused by the pressure of a pen tip and human fingers.

So... someone had written on this paper.

And they had used a white pen to write on white cardstock, wanting to hide some secret.

Next to the Hospital Director's office was a storage room containing a large amount of chemicals.

To prevent being unable to re-enter the office after leaving.

Therefore, Chen Mo used a mop in the office to prop the door shut.

Then he set off for the storage room next door.

The door wasn't locked; it opened with a gentle kick.

After entering, there were no spiderwebs; it was a clean and tidy room.

Inside were rows of neat storage cabinets, with about a meter of width between every two rows, making it convenient for people to move through.

Chen Mo quickly flipped through the medicine catalog and found the specific cabinet containing "Barium Nitrate".

Unscrewing the cap, Chen Mo poured the white powder inside into a basin filled with water, and stirred it with a small wooden stick.

After confirming that the barium nitrate was completely dissolved in the water.

Chen Mo took out the cardstock and carefully laid it flat on the surface of the water.

After waiting a moment, a chemical reaction occurred between the sodium sulfate and barium nitrate, and lines of fine white solids appeared on the paper.

From left to right, they appeared one by one.

Five lines appeared, and then musical notes manifested one after another.

"This is... a musical staff?"

"A mental Hospital Director, learning music?"

Chen Mo held his chin, carefully studying the musical staff before him.

do mi re fa la sol si

The seven notes of the musical scale, if translated into numbered musical notation, would be 1, 3, 2, 4, 6, 5, 7

"1324657, is this a password? A password to open what place?"

Chen Mo was certain that the numbers corresponding to the musical score hidden within the paper were definitely the password to open some place.

"Phew... there are 4 hours left. I must hurry and find the Hospital Director's son; he is the only remaining NPC I haven't come into contact with."

According to the records in the diary earlier, the Hospital Director had successfully entered the Thriller Game through some method.

And here, he had resurrected his son and wife.

The woman troubled by spiders was proof, proving that the Hospital Director's son was definitely in the dungeon as well.

On this brat, the method for the two of them to successfully clear the level must be hidden!

[Many Children Many Blessings, he's too damn strong!]

[I admit... he is excellent, but compared to me, he is still far behind.]

[Oh, pull the other one. You, the king of self-delusion, how dare you jump out and act like a clown?]

[Hey, hey, hey, who is on whose side? We're the good friends here, aren't we? Why are you speaking up for Many Children Many Blessings now?]

[Damn! If you belittle Many Children Many Blessings again, see if I don't beat you up.]

Chen Mo met up with Su Qing, and the two took the elevator to separate and act.

Because there was only one elevator card, the floors Chen Mo chose to visit were always adjacent to each other.

If Chen Mo went to the 17th floor, then Su Qing would go to the 16th floor.

There were only four hours left; it was too rushed for Chen Mo to search alone.

After Chen Mo finished searching the 17th floor, he would pick up Su Qing, and the two would continue exploring downwards.

"Chen Mo, are you sure you want to go directly to Basement Level 3?" Su Qing asked nervously.

The two had just finished searching the 17th and 16th floors, which had already taken a full half hour.

Su Qing had originally wanted to continue searching the 15th floor, but was stopped by Chen Mo.

"There's not enough time. If I were a pervert or a serial killer, my first choice would definitely be a dark Basement!"

Thus, when the elevator lights stopped at Basement Level 3.

The elevator doors opened; it was pitch black inside, and nothing could be heard.

This extreme darkness brought a fierce sense of oppression, and your sixth sense told you.

After stepping out, you wouldn't step on anything, and there was nothing blocking your path in front.

Yet, you just didn't dare to take a step out.

"Chen Mo, did you smell something? It seems! It seems there's a stench!" Su Qing leaned on Chen Mo's shoulder, covering her nose and mouth tightly.

"Don't be afraid, we have already completed the mission. Now, the only thing that can threaten us."

"Is only the Hospital Director when night falls."

Chen Mo gave Su Qing a mask, and after the two put them on.

The stench, which was so thick that it felt like the air was full of minced meat, was slightly weakened.

Subsequently, Chen Mo pressed the switch on the flashlight.

A slender beam of light shot out, creating a circle of light in the front to guide their direction forward.

The two walked slowly inside, each step cautious.

Afraid that suddenly stepping on something would make a strange noise.

The circle of light moved slowly to the right; it was an operating table. Because the distance was too far, Chen Mo didn't see what was on it at first.

Until they walked closer, and he felt the palm gripping his shoulder tighten.

It pinched him so hard he almost screamed out loud.

"Stop pinching me."

Chen Mo wasn't scared by the scene before him; instead, he was in pain from Su Qing's pinching.

The operating table was covered in bloodstains and some minced meat residue from chopping.

Sweeping the flashlight along the operating table from front to back, Chen Mo saw a kitchen knife stuck into the operating table, as well as a watch.

"Zhao Fei was killed by the Hospital Director right here."

In Chen Mo's mind, an extremely cruel scene from that time automatically played out!

Upon hearing this, Su Qing pinched Chen Mo even harder.

"This proves that we came to the right place." Chen Mo gritted his teeth, enduring the pain, and forced a smile.

He glanced at the time; there were 3 hours left.

Continuing to walk along the depths of the Basement, he kept his body close to the wall to prevent any eerie things from appearing.

Passing through a narrow corridor, the circle of light that had been moving forward finally stopped.

Chen Mo placed the flashlight at his feet to provide sufficient visibility for the area ahead.

Su Qing bit her finger, hiding behind Chen Mo, and said nervously.

"Chen Mo, this wouldn't be the Gates of Hell, would it!"

"How is that possible? This is a Hospital."

Standing before the two was an iron door covered in moss, but it wasn't the kind you could kick open with a few kicks.

It was an automatic alloy door.

The way to open it was just like in some spy movies; when you successfully entered the password, or scanned your fingerprint or iris.

This door would split from the middle, with the upper and lower halves opening in opposite directions and retracting into the floor.

Chen Mo stood directly in front of the door, his gaze sweeping to the password input device on the side.