freenovelworld Chapter 592: Isolated Island (5)
Chapter 592: Isolated Island (5)
"Captain!" The other members of Guo Cai's team stared wide-eyed at the spot where he had disappeared and cried out in alarm.
Not only them, but everyone present, including Fu Lingchen and the other three behind Pei Yun, were stunned. No one expected Pei Yun to be so quick and decisive, leaving no room for maneuver.
What shocked the other teams even more was how fast Pei Yun could move!
Let alone the fact that they have only recovered half of their strength, even without being restricted, such a fast movement technique is not something that can be used casually. One can imagine how powerful their movement technique must have been at its peak!
Pei Yun smiled and calmly stepped forward. The other teams unconsciously took a few steps back. Their surprised expressions hadn't even faded yet, and now they were even more wary. Clearly, everyone was intimidated!
"Everyone, are you sure you want to eliminate our team first? I might not be able to fight against so many people here on my own, but I can guarantee that I will eliminate most of you before I am eliminated. Are you sure you want to end up with a lose-lose situation?"
Pei Yun looked at Cai Dongcheng and repeated what he had said earlier, "Fellow Daoist Cai, it is important for a person to know their own limitations. Only by recognizing one's own strength can one make the right choices; otherwise, one cannot blame others..."
Cai Dongcheng looked somewhat embarrassed: "What this fellow Daoist says is true. In that case, let's just divide the medicinal herbs equally!"
“That’s right, that’s right.” Park Bu-fan forced a smile.
“Time is of the essence, let’s begin now! Fellow Daoist Park, look…” Wen Ping said as he pulled the beautiful woman beside him away quietly, away from Pei Yun.
"Wait a minute." This time it was Pei Yun's turn to call a halt. She pointed to the other four members of Guo Cai's team, "I just eliminated their team leader. How can their team, with its current strength, be qualified to share the resources..."
“You…” Yang Ni and her four companions were filled with anger.
But Pei Yun said, "Don't forget that your captain just said those words. I'm just returning them to you. However, I'm a rather soft-hearted person. As long as you don't provoke me, I won't go so far as to kill you all. Of course, I don't know if the others will make a move..."
With Guo Cai, the team leader, already eliminated, the other four members are like sheep waiting to be slaughtered; their fate in this round is almost sealed—a crushing defeat.
Seeing the menacing crowd around them, Yang Ni and her three companions, unable to continue their struggle with Pei Yun, fled out the door in a disheveled state.
Only four teams remained in the alchemy room. Park Bufan divided the medicinal herbs he had previously scavenged into four portions and placed them in front of everyone. Without storage magic items, they couldn't hide them even if they wanted to.
After Pei Yun received his share, he led Fu Lingchen and the other three out of the alchemy room.
“Senior Sister Pei, shouldn’t we seize the alchemy furnace to refine pills first? However, these medicinal herbs are mostly for low-grade pills, so they probably won’t add much to the pills…” He Changxuan said with a frown.
"There's no rush. It'll be dawn soon, and we probably won't have time to refine the pills now..."
Pei Yun shook his head, then said to Zhou Feng, "These medicinal herbs are safest with you because of your special status and your residence in the villa area..."
“Okay.” Zhou Feng nodded and took the medicinal herbs.
Fu Lingchen then asked, "What do you mean by 'it's already dawn, and there's no time to refine the elixir'?"
"Dawn means that the ordinary people of this world are waking up, and the rules of this world are about to resume their operation..."
Pei Yun looked up at the distant sunrise on the horizon, then looked down at his palm. "I can feel my spiritual energy gradually draining away..."
Pei Yun's reminder made the other four realize that their spiritual energy was getting weaker and weaker.
“Now let’s all go back to where we were during the day. Zhou Feng, don’t forget to find the four cell phones again… Minglu, try to find out who those people locked up in the north prison are… Junior Brother He, go back to the alchemy room we entered tonight during the day and see if that ‘door’ is still there… Fu Lingchen, when you deliver the food, help me count how many people are in the entire ward building. It would be best if we could find out from these patients why they are here…”
Pei Yun gave instructions one by one, "Of course, now that an alchemy room has appeared, there might also be secret places for refining weapons, making talismans, and setting up formations. We still need to find a way to get to the 'door'..."
"it is good!"
"no problem."
The four nodded in agreement, and after assigning their respective tasks, the five dispersed.
Fu Lingchen and Pei Yun returned to the ward building on the north side. Just as they were about to take the elevator, Pei Yun suddenly paused, turned around, and looked at the wall at the end of the corridor.
"What's wrong?" Fu Lingchen asked, noticing her staring motionlessly at the disc on the wall above.
“...It’s already Mao Shi (5-7 AM), close to 6 AM, but this clock shows 11 AM, and I noticed that it only has an hour hand…” Pei Yun frowned slightly, stroking his chin in deep thought.
"Is this disc for telling time?" Fu Lingchen didn't recognize the object.
"Let's go." After entering the elevator, Pei Yun first pressed the button for the basement level and sent Fu Lingchen back.
Fu Lingchen seemed to have thought of something, and his expression became serious: "Pei Yun, besides us, there are two other people in this building. If it's really as you guessed, our spiritual power and consciousness will be sealed again during the day, that would be bad. They know you're in this building, and since you don't have spiritual power during the day, it would be much easier for them to deal with you... Unfortunately, I can't come to find you except during mealtimes..."
Pei Yun showed no worry: "Don't worry, they can't eliminate me. We can use the rules."
"...Using the rules?"
……
When Pei Yun returned to the ward, the clock on the wall showed 5:55. Sure enough, this was the normal clock. However, the clock in the corridor on the ground floor of the ward building was very abnormal, with only one hour hand pointing to 11 o'clock. Pei Yun knew that some of the details shown in this world might be the key to unlocking the level.
When the clock on the wall showed 6:00, her spiritual power and consciousness were sealed again, and she returned to the state of an ordinary mortal.
Pei Yun quickly got up and walked towards the ward door, wanting to test if the talisman within her body had also recovered. To her relief, the talisman hadn't recovered, and she could now open the door normally without any restrictions. However, she had only taken a few steps out of the room when a nurse approached from a short distance away, her expression stern:
"The patient cannot come out; please return to your room."
As she spoke, she grabbed Pei Yun's arm with tremendous force, almost dragging her back into the room.
Then the day began to repeat the same experience as the previous day, without any changes. Fu Lingchen also came up to deliver breakfast and lunch once.
“Someone is following me. There are only two people in this building who would follow me. You need to be careful. I suspect they want to find your location through me…” Fu Lingchen repeatedly warned.
Sure enough, his premonition was very accurate. The caregiver who delivered the meal that night was Xu Shen, one of the members of Cai Dongcheng's team. It was this person who suggested working together to break the formation last night.
Surprisingly, Yang Ni was with him. When they saw Pei Yun lying on the bed, they unconsciously took off their masks and revealed malicious smiles.
Yang Ni laughed arrogantly, "Hmph! What good was your arrogance last night? Now that we have no spiritual power, we're all just ordinary people. Let's see how you deal with the two of us! We can eliminate you now and avenge our captain!"
Xu Shen was as shrewd as his captain. A glint of light flashed in his eyes as he silently approached Pei Yun, preparing for a surprise attack.
Pei Yun calmly pressed the call button by the bedside, and the entire ward was filled with a "beep beep" sound. The two looked at her with some confusion, wondering what she meant.
However, Xu Shen had already pounced on Pei Yun, preparing to snatch the badge from her chest. Seeing this, Yang Ni immediately cooperated with him, going around to the other side of the hospital bed to block Pei Yun's path.
Pei Yun had already taken a syringe from under the pillow and quickly jabbed it into Yang Ni's arm. She had secretly taken the syringe when the nurse changed her dressing earlier that day.
"Ouch!" Yang Ni felt as if she had been pricked by a needle in her arm and instinctively dodged to the side.
Pei Yun took the opportunity to get out of bed and head towards the ward door, but Xu Shen was cautious and had anticipated Pei Yun's actions. He blocked her way in advance and struck Pei Yun's face with a sharp palm wind.
At the same time, Yang Ni behind her also reacted and, without thinking, tried to grab Pei Yun's neck and pull her hair.
Seeing the other party's badge so close, Xu Shen's lips curled up as he reached out, but Pei Yun nimbly grabbed his wrist and twisted it sharply.
"Ah!" Xu Shen withdrew his hand with a pained expression.
Just then, a nurse walked in, looking at the three of them with a serious expression.
"Nurse, these two broke into my ward and tried to kill me!" Seeing that his saviors had arrived, Pei Yun quickly broke free from their grasp and came behind the nurse, righteously complaining.
"This is a ward. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter. Please leave," the nurse said.
The two men completely disregarded the nurse and tried to shake her off, but the nurse, despite her petite frame, steadily blocked their attacks.
Seeing this, Pei Yun turned around and left the ward. Soon after, not only the nurses but also the security guards followed her into the ward. Yang Ni had experience being arrested by security guards before, and her expression changed slightly.
Sure enough, a short while later, Xu and Shen were escorted out of the ward.
Before leaving, the two turned to look at Pei Yun, who was staring coldly at them, their eyes filled with resentment...