Chapter 1 Some Things Aren't Right

　　Some mental patients with mild symptoms are allowed to move freely within the mental hospital, but only before 12 o'clock, and they wear blue and white striped patient uniforms. If you find a patient in a red and white striped patient uniform mixed in, please immediately call security on the intercom.

　　Shen Wei looked at the watch on his wrist, a grave expression on his face.

　　"It's almost 10 o'clock, I have to leave as soon as possible..."

　　After speaking, Shen Wei took a flashlight and three metal-syringe tranquilizers from the desk and put them in his pocket. He pushed the door of the duty room open a crack, cautiously observed the outside, and after feeling that there was nothing unusual, Shen Wei slipped out.

　　Shen Wei walked and observed the surrounding environment, and suddenly, he found a strange place. That is, there should have been something hanging on the walls on both sides of the corridor before.

　　Because there are many yellowish rectangular marks on the snow-white walls. Although these marks are very faint and almost difficult to distinguish, they still couldn't escape Shen Wei's eyes.

　　"What was hanging? Oil paintings or photos? It should be photos with a brief introduction of the doctor's life. For example, what is the doctor's name, which school did he graduate from, what diseases is he good at treating? What titles have he won, etc. Hmm, but why were they taken down? Did they die or resign? I have to find out when I have the opportunity..."

　　Shen Wei quietly came to the elevator, just about to press the elevator door button!

　　A cold voice suddenly sounded behind him.

　　"Doctor Shen is going on patrol? Let's go together, so we can take care of each other."

　　Shen Wei turned around and saw a tall, thin young doctor wearing glasses.

　　Shen Wei glanced at his work card, this person is called Zhang Fan!

　　"Sorry, Doctor Zhang, I forgot to take something, you go up first, I'll be right behind you..."

　　Shen Wei decisively refused him. The people in this mental hospital are a little abnormal, so the risk of acting alone is lower. Rule 12 of the Qingshan Mental Hospital states that you should refuse any doctor who wants to accompany you on rounds. Shen Wei didn't want to take that risk.

　　Seeing Shen Wei's refusal, the bespectacled Doctor Zhang Fan shrugged indifferently and stepped into the elevator after the elevator door opened.

　　After thinking about it, Shen Wei chose to take the stairs. He came to the 4th floor via the stairs. The 4th floor was very quiet, and some of the ward doors were still half-open. This made Shen Wei frown.

　　But the arrow was on the string, and he had to fire it. Shen Wei had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk inside. Who knew that just a few steps in, the lights in the corridor on the 4th floor suddenly began to flicker, and then went out all at once.

　　The surroundings were pitch black, with only the faint green light of the emergency lights.

　　Just then, a figure seemed to rush past in front.

　　"Who's there? Doctor's rounds, please return to your ward..."

　　The surroundings were pitch black, and Shen Wei couldn't see clearly, was it a person or a ghost? Where did it run off to?

　　"Isn't this the prelude to a horror movie? A protagonist courting death, ignoring warnings, going to some unknown floor. If nothing else happens, an accident will happen soon..."

　　Shen Wei frantically complained in his heart while taking out the flashlight and turning it on. The orange light pierced the darkness. Although the range and length of the light were not satisfactory, it gave Shen Wei some sense of security.

　　Shen Wei came to ward 401, which housed a girl in her twenties.

　　"Liu Xiaobei, 20 years old, schizophrenia..."

　　She was wearing a blue and white striped patient uniform, her head wrapped in gauze, holding a rabbit doll in her arms, sitting blankly on the bed.

　　After Shen Wei came in, she ignored him, as if she were a vegetable. Just as Shen Wei was about to turn around and leave.

　　The blank-looking girl showed a strange smile on the corner of her mouth, and suddenly opened her mouth to spit out a few vague words.

　　"Take medicine..."

　　Administering medicine was not Shen Wei's responsibility, so Shen Wei ignored the seemingly demented girl.

　　Seeing that this guy was not dangerous, Shen Wei quickly retreated and locked the door of the ward, then wrote "normal" behind ward 401.

　　Just as he had just filled out the duty doctor's inspection report, he noticed a girl walking by in front of him. The girl had disheveled hair and looked seven or eight parts similar to the girl in ward 401.

　　Shen Wei rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things. He hurriedly looked into ward 401, and the girl was still sitting blankly in front of the bed, holding the worn-out rabbit doll in her arms.

　　"Am I seeing ghosts!..."

　　"Hey, don't make wild statements, okay? I'm worried you'll really see a ghost in a minute..."

　　"Nobody thinks you're a mute if you don't talk..."

　　Shen Wei glared fiercely at his Evil God Right Hand.

　　Shen Wei continued his rounds. The patients in here were stranger than the last.

　　Ward 402 was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was holding a utility knife, performing surgery on a giant cockroach. Looking at his technique, he was quite professional. Obviously, many cockroach brothers had suffered his cruel hand...

　　"Officer, cockroach people have invaded Earth. I'm studying their weaknesses. Don't worry, we will definitely defeat them..."

　　The middle-aged man raised his head when he saw Shen Wei come in and said to him with a serious face.

　　Looking at the middle-aged man who was full of confidence, Shen Wei didn't know how to respond for a moment. He just nodded silently, and then said, "Don't worry, the country will not forget your contributions. You are a hero of mankind, and your name will be recorded in history and last forever..."

　　"You flatter me, leader..."

　　"Qin Huai District, 48 years old, delusional disorder..."

　　Shen Wei glanced at the duty doctor's inspection report. Although he was a little strange, this guy didn't seem to want to escape from the ward. In the end, Shen Wei wrote "normal."

　　The next few rooms were empty, and the mental patients inside didn't know where they had run off to. This made Shen Wei's heart sink suddenly.

　　If he couldn't get these guys back to their dormitories before 12 o'clock, he might violate the rules.

　　"According to the rules, those with milder symptoms are allowed to move freely, but they must return to their wards before 12 o'clock. Could these people be the Chosen Ones? If so, they are likely looking for information. If they are really the Chosen Ones, then we have been divided into two different identities this time..."

　　"I need to speed up the pace of action..."

　　Thinking of this, Shen Wei quickly finished inspecting the remaining wards and filled out the inspection report.

　　The patients in these wards were still stable, and there was no particular tendency to be manic and attack people, but their quirks were very strange.

　　Some were playing basketball in the middle of the night..., some were saying they could see ghosts, and some were lying in bed shivering, saying there were monsters here that eat people...