"I'm not sure if that was a dream. Even if it was influenced by drugs, it felt too real."
But if it wasn't an illusion, Lin Ye couldn't understand what that world actually was.
"Thank you. If you hadn't given the powder, I might have been dragged away by those orderlies too."
Jessica didn't know what world the powder would show her, but before taking it, she had seen so terrifying things in the real world—otherwise she wouldn't have consud that powder with unknown effects.
"No need to thank . We're in the sa situation. Only by helping each other can we escape from here."
Lin Ye wouldn't casually help others, but in this circumstance, he would proactively choose so reliable teammates.
"Did you also enter that world full of monsters?"
Caroline asked quietly.
"Yes, when did you enter that world? Did you go there right after taking the dicine?"
Jessica thought about Caroline's condition yesterday. If she had already been there at that ti, then they might have just experienced similar hallucinations due to so kind of drug.
"No, I didn't enter that world after taking the dicine yesterday. At that ti, my brain was affected by the drugs and I saw so things you couldn't see. It wasn't until I returned to the ward at night that I entered that world."
Without dication, Caroline's thinking was very clear, and she hadn't forgotten what happened after taking the dicine yesterday.
"What kind of monsters did you have there? What skills did you synthesize? Tell about the skill effects and synthesis formulas."
Lin Ye still had a batch of red fragnts in his hand. He planned to gather one hundred fragnts to synthesize the ultimate skill, but if there were good synthesis formulas, he could create a few decent skills first to boost his combat power.
"Synthesize skills? What's that?"
Jessica and Caroline looked at Lin Ye curiously.
"You don't get fragnts when you kill monsters? Those fragnts can be used to synthesize skills... Didn't your 'guide' tell you?"
Lin Ye didn't intend to hide information about skills and Little Ye. The situation in this ntal hospital was very complex, and he needed to compare other people's conditions there to analyze what was really happening here.
"What guide?"
"Can you see another version of yourself after taking the dicine?"
Jessica and Caroline spoke almost simultaneously.
"What I saw wasn't another version of myself, but a woman. She told so information about that place, including that fragnts can be used to synthesize skills."
Lin Ye explained.
"I didn't see anyone else, but I also get fragnts when I kill monsters. Those fragnts automatically integrate and strengthen my body."
Jessica described her situation.
"The other can control my body to fight the monsters for . She becos much stronger after absorbing those fragnts."
Caroline's situation was slightly different from Lin Ye's.
The three shared their respective information. Both Caroline and Jessica were fighting monsters near their wards. Outside their wards were also red corridors and various red monsters. They hadn't crossed the stagnant water area or explored other wards—only Lin Ye had moved far from his ward and found that gap.
After all, they had no reason to leave their wards to explore that world.
"...Your friend told you ti is urgent, and you must escape the ntal hospital from that side as soon as possible?"
After hearing Lin Ye's description, Jessica asked sowhat conflicted.
"She didn't say I must escape the ntal hospital from that side. She just asked how I could determine which side is the normal world."
Lin Ye wouldn't misrember such important information.
"But is going deeper into that side really correct? Is there really a way to escape from there?"
Jessica couldn't trust a stranger who only appeared after taking dicine, and she didn't think they could find a way out from that world full of monsters.
"But the monsters spawning there are getting stronger. Even if you keep fighting near your wards, you won't last more than a few days."
As ti passes, that world will beco increasingly dangerous. They must hurry to explore that world.
"We can search for exits on both sides—explore the ntal hospital during the day and explore that world at night. It's a pity the fragnts can't be brought to this side, otherwise we could gather fragnts on one person."
Caroline said regretfully.
"It's a pity we can't use abilities here, otherwise we could just fight our way out."
Lin Ye's physical fitness was quite average at best—he could only deal with one or two orderlies through sneak attacks, and even that was prone to failure.
"I found a note in my ward recording the locations of several secret passages. One of them is in a blind spot of the activity room's surveillance."
Jessica suddenly covered her mouth and whispered.
At that mont, they happened to be passing through the most open area of the cafeteria. There was nothing around them—such places were difficult to install listening devices.
"I'll go, you cover for ."
Lin Ye imdiately responded.
"Okay."
Jessica had originally planned to enter the secret passage herself to find a way out, but since Lin Ye volunteered to go, she wouldn't object—after all, this wasn't the place to discuss things.
After finishing their simple breakfast, the patients were taken to the dication room to take today's pills—still the red and blue capsules. This ti, under Jessica's guidance, Caroline clumsily hid the capsules under her tongue. The nurse clearly saw through Caroline's trick, but she didn't interfere.
This was also part of the experint.
After taking the dication, the dazed patients were taken to the activity room for free ti.
"My capsules are fine—they contain red and blue powder respectively."
Caroline opened the slightly lted capsules to check the powder colors.
"My capsules contain only blue powder."
Jessica's luck still wasn't great.
"Perfect, my capsules contain only red powder. We can exchange one capsule."
Lin Ye and Jessica exchanged one capsule.
They weren't the only ones checking and exchanging capsules in the activity room. Like Lin Ye and the others, these patients all had reasons for being locked up here.
The orderlies didn't care about the patients' small actions at all. As long as they didn't leave the activity room, they wouldn't interfere with the patients' behavior.
The three moved to the surveillance blind spot. Jessica and Caroline blocked the secret passage entrance while Lin Ye crouched behind them, pried out several bricks embedded in the wall, and quickly crawled into the secret passage.
After Lin Ye entered the secret passage, Caroline hid behind Jessica and stuffed the bricks back into place.
The inside of the secret passage was very narrow—Lin Ye could only barely crawl forward. But after crawling less than ten ters, the secret passage connected to a ventilation duct.
Lin Ye entered the ventilation duct. The ventilation system was structurally very complex, but fortunately he knew the general layout of the surrounding area, so he wouldn't get completely lost in the intricate ventilation duct system.
If that previous Patient No. 3 had been thrown into the ventilation ducts, he would have gotten completely lost before going very far.
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