81: Chapter 81 Duty Roster from Ten Years Ago

"Damn it, is this some kind of sick joke? Which one is actually telling the truth!"

Jiang Ning's hot temper flared up first, and she hissed in a low voice.

Fang Che signaled for everyone to quiet down.

"Quiet!"

He thought quickly. These two people pointing fingers at each other for breaking rules wasn't just a simple logic puzzle about true or false; there had to be hidden rules they hadn't discovered.

Fang Che's gaze shifted between the two nurses' faces. Those two perfectly replicated smiles made people feel uneasy. He stepped forward again, almost touching them. Everyone held their breath. He pointed at the left nurse and turned to ask the woman on the right, whom Mu Waner and the others had identified as the truth-telling nurse.

"If she breaks the rules, what will happen?"

The nurse on the right kept her standard smile, her voice devoid of any inflection.

"Medical staff who break the rules will be removed and stay here forever."

Hearing the words "stay here forever," Mu Waner felt a chill down her spine. She remembered the student named Li Wei, who had been dragged away by a Disciplinary Committee Member for not cooperating with an inspection, and whose shadow hadn't been seen since.

Before anyone could think too deeply, Fang Che pointed at the nurse on the right and turned to ask the nurse on the left, the one telling lies.

"Then what if she breaks the rules?"

The smile on the left nurse's face deepened, and her voice was very light.

"Medical staff who break the rules will disappear immediately, never to be seen again."

One stays, one disappears. This completely opposite punishment made the atmosphere in the Infirmary even heavier. Fang Che didn't look at their faces anymore; his gaze moved down, carefully examining where they were standing. He was convinced there was a detail he had overlooked.

Fang Che quickly found the problem in the floor tiles. The two nurses had maintained a standard stance from the beginning without moving an inch. The terrazzo under their feet had a slight color difference. The tiles under the left nurse's feet were darker, with an aged, dull hue, while the tiles under the right nurse's feet were bright and new, even reflecting the faint light from above. The two different colored tiles were divided exactly by the gap between the two of them.

A daring thought quickly emerged in Fang Che's mind. He asked calmly, "You two, touch each other's hands."

As soon as he said this, the smiles on the nurses' faces vanished instantly, replaced by an expression of obvious terror.

"No, we cannot touch each other!"

This time, their voices didn't overlap; their tones were filled with genuine fear.

Fang Che was secretly excited. This reaction confirmed his hypothesis: these two nurses were actually separated by some kind of rule and were independent individuals who couldn't interfere with each other.

Mu Waner reacted fastest, staring at the dividing line and asking quickly, "Fang Che, do you feel like they aren't actually in the same area?"

Fang Che's eyes became sharp. He immediately turned to look at the vigilant Teacher Qin Bing.

"Not just the area. Teacher Qin Bing, go to the nurse's station and find the duty records or personnel files. Anything with a date will do. Focus on the time. I suspect the reason they are having problems is because of time!"

Teacher Qin Bing immediately understood, walked quickly to the back of the nurse's station, and bent down to search through the supplies.

"Okay, I'll find them!"

Su Qingxue, who had been silent, suddenly tugged on Fang Che's sleeve and spoke softly.

"Fang Che, the aura coming from them is completely different."

Fang Che turned back, confused.

"Oh? How so?"

Su Qingxue's ice-blue eyes were fixed on the two nurses trapped in fear.

"The one on the left gives me a feeling of being very old, carrying a heavy sense of time. The one on the right, although equally cold, clearly still retains some characteristics of a living person."

The Heart of Frost talent's perception seemed to have been enhanced in this eerie environment. The contrast between "old" and "living" made Fang Che's heart stir.

Teacher Qin Bing called out softly, mixed with a hint of excitement.

"Fang Che, come look at this, I found something!"

Everyone gathered around upon hearing this. They saw Teacher Qin Bing holding two blue folders. She opened one of the duty logs and placed it on the table. It was filled with elegant handwriting recording daily work content. On the front page, a one-inch ID photo showed a woman with ear-length short hair and a smile. Her appearance was exactly the same as the two nurses not far away. Below it was clearly written the name Nurse Lin Wan, along with the specific duty date of May 27, 2026.

Teacher Qin Bing's hands trembled slightly as she opened the other identical folder.

"This is for today, and here is the other one."

Everyone's gaze fell on the same spot in the newly opened book. Above it was an identical one-inch photo with the same hairstyle, appearance, and smile. The name next to it was also Nurse Lin Wan, but the duty date had changed to May 27, 2016. Other than the ten-year gap, the information in these two logs was exactly the same. Everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

Jiang Ning couldn't help but curse, her voice cracking.

"Holy shit, this is way too creepy!"

Mu Waner's breathing paused slightly. She looked at the two records on the table, then looked up to study the nurses who were stuck in a fearful standoff due to the command. A terrifying thought emerged in her mind, her voice trembling involuntarily.

"They aren't two people at all. One lives in today, and the other lives ten years ago!"

Once these words were spoken, the air in the entire Infirmary seemed to freeze.

Time.

In this eerie Infirmary, time had overlapped!

No wonder their answers were completely opposite, no wonder they couldn't touch each other! Because they weren't in the same time dimension at all!

The one on the left, standing on old tiles, with an "old" aura, who said violators would "disappear immediately," was the nurse from ten years ago!

The one on the right, standing on new tiles, with a "fresh" aura, who said violators would "stay here forever," was the nurse from today!

They were both answering Fang Che's questions using the rules of their respective timelines!

In an instant, all previous contradictions and confusion had answers.

But new problems followed.

And they were even more terrifying and deadly than the previous true-or-false puzzle!

Fang Che looked at the two duty records, then at the two "Nurse Lin Wan"s, his expression more solemn than ever.

Since both were "true."

Then the question became...

What exactly happened in this Infirmary ten years ago today that caused a nurse's ghost to be trapped here for ten years?

Which of the two "Nurse Lin Wan"s was the one who actually "broke the rules"?

Most importantly, of the timelines they were in...

Which one was actually safe?