82: Chapter 82 The Deadly Trap of the Real and Fake Nurses

Everyone's eyes darted back and forth between the two duty logs separated by ten years and the two identical Nurse Lin Wans.

Nurse Lin Wan from ten years ago.

Nurse Lin Wan from ten years later.

The two should have been the same person, yet at this moment, they appeared in the same space in an extremely eerie manner.

Jiang Ning's brain was already in chaos. She irritably grabbed her hair and growled in a low voice,

"What the hell is going on? One is a ghost from ten years ago, the other is a ghost from ten years later. Which one can we actually talk to?"

Mu Waner's face turned pale. She forced herself to calm down and analyze the situation.

"No, that's not right. The one on the left says violators will disappear immediately, while the one on the right says they will stay forever. Their rules are different, which means they are both trapped in their own time."

Her words made everyone's hearts sink even further.

Teacher Qin Bing looked at Fang Che; he had become everyone's only pillar of support.

"Fang Che, what should we do now?"

Fang Che's gaze fell back onto the two nurses.

Since one was from the past and one was from the present, he would ask questions about things only people in the present would know.

He stepped forward again, stood in front of the two nurses, and spoke calmly.

"Is the principal still alive?"

As soon as this question was asked, everyone held their breath.

The principal's death was a school-wide announcement, and it was confirmed information that everyone knew.

The nurse on the left, who was the Nurse Lin Wan from ten years ago, still wore her standard smile and answered in that sweet voice.

"Of course, student. The principal is in the office handling official business."

This answer perfectly matched the situation ten years ago.

At the same time, the nurse on the right spoke in that flat tone, saying the exact opposite.

"The principal is already dead."

Mu Waner's eyes lit up instantly.

"It's the one on the right! The nurse on the right knows the principal is dead. She is from our timeline; she is the one telling the truth."

Jiang Ning also clapped her hands excitedly.

"Exactly! Then the one on the left is the ghost from ten years ago. After all that, it turns out it was just such a simple logic puzzle."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, their faces showing the joy of having survived a disaster.

As long as they found the correct NPC, clearing the level wouldn't be far off.

However, Fang Che stood still in his place.

Instead, his brows furrowed.

He felt something was off and continued to ask a second question.

"Is the school broadcast normal now?"

The nurse on the left was still smiling sweetly.

"The school broadcast plays on time every day; it has never had any problems."

The nurse on the right was expressionless.

"The broadcast system is damaged and cannot be used normally."

Correct again.

Everyone's hearts completely relaxed.

Since entering the school, the broadcasts they had heard were all eerie, twisted, and completely abnormal.

Mu Waner urged him.

"Fang Che, don't hesitate anymore. It must be her. Let's hurry up and let her diagnose us, get the medicine, and leave. This place is too wicked."

Jiang Ning was already impatient to go and scavenge for supplies.

Even Teacher Qin Bing nodded, feeling that Fang Che was being a bit too cautious.

Su Qingxue watched Fang Che's furrowed brows. Although she also felt that the nurse on the right's answers were fine, she chose to trust Fang Che's judgment.

The nurse on the right suddenly spoke, her gaze landing on Su Qingxue.

"Student, come here. Your body seems to have undergone some changes, and you need a check-up."

Su Qingxue subconsciously wanted to walk forward.

Just as she lifted her foot, a strong hand suddenly grabbed her wrist and yanked her back.

Caught off guard, Su Qingxue crashed into Fang Che's arms.

Su Qingxue smelled the familiar scent on him and looked up, meeting his eyes, which had become incomparably cold.

"Fang Che."

The atmosphere of the entire team instantly froze.

Jiang Ning's expression was anxious.

"Fang Che, what are you doing? We finally found the right person, why are you pulling Su Qingxue back?"

Fang Che did not answer; he just stared fixedly at the nurse on the right, whom they had identified as the one telling the truth.

He asked a question that no one had expected.

"Do you know... what is on the Fourth Floor of the Teaching Building?"

The moment this question was asked, for the first time, a look of confusion and bewilderment appeared on the face of the nurse on the left, who was from ten years ago.

"The Fourth Floor? Student, what are you talking about? Our school's Teaching Building has always only had three floors."

However, when the nurse on the right heard the words "Fourth Floor," her flat expression turned into a sweet smile.

"The Fourth Floor? Of course I know."

Her voice became light and airy, even carrying a hint of temptation.

"That is a... very interesting place."

Fang Che felt a distinct chill spread through his entire body, and his muscles tensed at that moment. He finally understood where that strong sense of dissonance came from.

The Fourth Floor was the core of the entire school's urban legends, the absolute source of the pollution, and the ultimate secret that the school administration desperately wanted to cover up.

The nurse on the left came from ten years ago; at that time, the pollution might not have fully erupted, and the secret was still well-hidden, so it was completely reasonable that she did not know about the existence of the Fourth Floor.

But the nurse on the right not only knew about the Fourth Floor, she even described it as "interesting."

This did not at all mean she came from the correct present timeline. The fact that she knew the principal was dead and the broadcast was broken was not because she was in the same space-time as Fang Che and the others, but because in her future, these things had long since happened.

She might just be a trap. There was only one outcome to accepting her treatment: being assimilated by her and turning into a monster just like her.

Fang Che stated this terrifying inference.

Teacher Qin Bing's voice was trembling.

"Then... then what do we do now?"

Fang Che's eyes swept over the two identical Nurse Lin Wans, his heart filled with vigilance.

The one on the left was a ghost from ten years ago; once they accepted her diagnosis, they would be judged as patients by the rules and trapped forever in this locked-away past space-time.

The one on the right was a contaminated entity from the future; once they accepted her treatment, they would be immediately assimilated into monsters.

Both paths led to two different dead ends.

With both sides being dead ends, everyone fell into extreme anxiety. They had no idea which side to choose, nor did they know which one was truly safe.