The Only Player in 'Child of Stardust'-Chapter 80 - 68 Reality Distortionist
Chapter 80: Chapter 68 Reality Distortionist?
Chapter 80 -68 Reality Distortionist?
Zhou Yuan’s thumb trembled as he hurried to type a reply:
“No, don’t open the door under any circumstances!”
A few minutes later, Chen Guangxi messaged back: “This thing is really creepy. The voice, heartbeat, and breathing rate are exactly like yours. If I hadn’t known beforehand, I might have opened the door. Furthermore, it came with a silence barrier; the knocking was so loud, but not a single nurse or patient heard it.”
Chen Guangxi: “The nurse has already driven it away. I’ll come find you after the room check at midnight.”
Zhou Yuan: “Okay.”
The lights in the ward went out at ten o’clock. The nurses conducted their rounds twice every night, once at midnight and once at 2 a.m. Therefore, they had ample time for actions after the rounds.
However, looking at the messages on the screen, Zhou Yuan couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.
Unintentionally, Chen Guangxi revealed one of her abilities—she could remember the subtle characteristics of everyone’s heartbeat and breathing rate and use these features to identify individuals.
This ability was terrifying, meaning that most disguises would be useless in front of her.
For example, the disposable transformation card.
“The disposable transformation card can only change appearance; it cannot alter internal physiological states like heartbeat and breathing rate…”
Zhou Yuan furrowed his brows deeply. “Could she have already seen through my disguise and that’s why she’s always around me? Was she intentionally implying something with her message?”
Zhou Yuan tugged at his hair in frustration. If Chen Guangxi had already seen through his disguise, then his performance during this time was quite the spectacle.
After some contemplation, Zhou Yuan decided to find an opportunity to subtly probe. Maybe he was overthinking…
Time quickly reached midnight. Sounds of movement came from outside as the nurses started their rounds.
Zhou Yuan pretended to be asleep, lying on the bed with his eyes closed, listening to the nurses’ movements.
Click, the fingerprint lock opened, and a nurse gently pushed the door open, tiptoeing in.
“Without turning on the lights, how can he know if I’m asleep?” A trace of doubt flashed through Zhou Yuan’s mind.
He soon discovered how the nurse identified if a patient was asleep.
With his heightened perception, he could almost visualize the nurse’s actions in his mind—the nurse walked to the bedside, bent down slightly, and stared at him silently.
Damn it… Zhou Yuan cursed inwardly. He could hear faint breathing, just a few centimeters from his face. This was almost as if it were pressed against his face.
He maintained his composure and continued to feign sleep.
Time ticked by slowly, and the room, as well as the corridor, remained dead silent, giving Zhou Yuan the illusion that the rounds had ended.
But he constantly reminded himself, the nurse was still standing by the bed, that face still close to his!
After an indeterminate amount of time, the nurse straightened up, tiptoed out, and gently closed the door with a quiet click.
Zhou Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, cautiously opening his eyes to scan the room, ensuring the nurse wasn’t hiding inside.
Just now, he genuinely feared that as soon as he opened his eyes, he would see a calm yet eerie face right in front of him.
A few minutes later, the phone under his blanket vibrated.
Chen Guangxi: “Just now, the nurse in my room stared at me for a long time. What about you?”
Zhou Yuan: “Same here… Are you coming over?”
Chen Guangxi: “On my way.”
Seconds later, Chen Guangxi appeared in the dark room without warning.
Zhou Yuan was shocked, whispering, “What kind of spell is this?”
“Teleportation Skill,” Chen Guangxi answered, her fingertip illuminating with a series of incantations that floated into Zhou Yuan’s body.
Next, her voice echoed in Zhou Yuan’s mind: “Now we can communicate telepathically directly. This place is indeed sinister. It seems to be an undiscovered rule-based abnormal area. Have you broken any rules?”
“I didn’t take my medication.”
“Neither did I, and I didn’t keep the room tidy. It’s probably because we broke the rules that the abnormal creature came knocking.”
Given Chen Guangxi’s constitution, it wouldn’t be an issue for her to take truckloads of medication for mental illnesses, but in an abnormal area, avoiding any unnecessary consumption was wise.
However, it now seemed that not taking the medication wasn’t an option.
Chen Guangxi previously entered a rule-based abnormal area with the task force and successfully contained it. Her experience taught her never to break the rules in such places; otherwise, even she could face unexpected dangers.
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“Sis, with your vast experience, can you identify what kind of abnormal creature that was?”
Zhou Yuan asked, “Something that can perfectly mimic voice, heartbeat, and breathing rate… Could it be a [pseudo-human]?
And you could accurately memorize my heartbeat and breathing rate. Isn’t that a bit over the top?”
With a grin, Chen Guangxi replied, “To others, it might be extreme, but Sister Long is a True Dragon. Memorizing some physiological features is nothing. Let me tell you, once I’ve seen someone, I can remember all their physiological features and habits, almost like a surveillance system.”
Zhou Yuan: “…”
“As for that thing, it’s not a pseudo-human. It’s an abnormal creature born under the abnormal rules.
Actually, what intrigues me more is how it knew we were planning to take action tonight.”
She paused, “Either our conversation was leaked, or that creature was born from our ‘thoughts’ and ‘impressions.’ This is getting interesting…”
Zhou Yuan pondered for a moment: “Do you think they’ll appear again?”
“Hard to say.”
Chen Guangxi also wasn’t sure, “They are punishments for breaking the rules. As long as we don’t violate the rules, they probably won’t appear.”
