"Sorry, I can't understand," Qin Nuo shook his head.
At the same time, he glanced at the twins by the bed.
From their eyes, it was clear they were very afraid of this mute girl.
The mute girl was the oldest, likely the leader of room 303.
"Mute Sister says our food is always liquid meals, no options for dishes," Xiao Yue suddenly spoke up.
Then, she added, "Those things taste awful, every time I almost throw up."
"But the Nun says everyone has to finish their meals, and if anyone is caught leaving food, the consequences are severe."
Mentioning the Nun made everyone show expressions of fear.
The twins were even more terrified, clearly the Nun was much scarier than Mute Sister!
"The nun in the white robe?" Qin Nuo was a bit puzzled. She didn't seem that frightening, at least not enough to scare the Blood-Eyed Ghost.
Certainly not as much as Liu Meng's parents!
Or were they afraid of something else about the white-robed nun?
Mute Sister began signing again.
Xiao Yue said, "Mute Sister says we've been eating liquid meals for a week, we haven't had rainbow candy in ages, can you get us some?"
"Rainbow candy! Rainbow candy!" The twins suddenly shouted, their expressions excited, drooling with desire.
Even the white-haired boy was no exception.
"Ding, congratulations to the player for triggering a D-level instance task: Get rainbow candy for the patients of room 303!"
The announcement piqued Qin Nuo's interest, and he asked, "Do you get to eat this candy every week?"
"Yeah, as long as we behave or if the Nun is happy, we get it once a week, but we haven't had any for two weeks, Xiao Yue is craving it so much she's about to cry!" Xiao Yue said.
"So hungry, so hungry!" the twins shouted in unison.
Mute Sister continued to sign, then handed over the stitched-up doll.
"Mute Sister says, take the doll and get the rainbow candy."
Qin Nuo pushed the doll back, saying, "Supervising your diet and meeting your needs within reason is my responsibility, it's what I should do."
Xiao Yue suddenly giggled and said, "Brother, if you don't take the doll, you might regret it!"
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Qin Nuo didn't pay attention to this and walked to the door, saying, "Stay in the room, I'll prepare lunch for you and get the candy you want."
With that, he closed the door.
In the hallway, Qin Nuo let out a long sigh.
"Rather than a mental hospital, it's more like an orphanage, a bunch of difficult kids!"
Qin Nuo felt a bit puzzled.
Though they were supposed to be mental patients.
But these kids, except for a few who were a bit neurotic, seemed quite normal.
"A dangerous aura."
The Blood-Eyed Ghost suddenly spoke.
"Where?" Qin Nuo was startled, looking at the empty hallway on both sides.
"Room 302, be careful," the Blood-Eyed Ghost said.
Qin Nuo recalled Xiao Yue's earlier words, the previous caretaker seemed to have met their end in room 302.
Clearly, the patients in 302 weren't just difficult to handle!
"What about room 301?"
"Even more terrifying, the patients inside are on the same level as Liu Meng's parents," the Blood-Eyed Ghost said.
Qin Nuo: "..."
Damn it, can this game even be played happily?
Is this really a beginner's instance?
Calming his inner frustration, Qin Nuo decided not to think too much. Since 302 and 301 were each more dangerous than the last, he'd deal with them later.
First, he would take care of the patients in room 303.
According to the work schedule, lunch for the patients was to be picked up in the central hall on the first floor from twelve to twelve-thirty.
Only half an hour, if you miss the time, it's gone.
The ones who suffer aren't the patients, but the caretakers, who have to bear the patients' wrath!
When Qin Nuo arrived at the first floor of the central area, he found he wasn't the only one; several players were already there collecting lunch for the patients.
They glanced at Qin Nuo, seeing his level 2 experience bar, and showed disdain.
Except for one pair of eyes that shone with a fierce light upon seeing Qin Nuo!
Qin Nuo remained silent, picked up a tray from the pile, and stood at the back of the line.
Hmm, it had the vibe of a school cafeteria...
The line wasn't long, only six or seven people.
The one distributing lunch wasn't the typical cafeteria lady, but a monster.
A real monster!
It looked like a giant tumor, covered in stitches, with faces sewn onto it, twisting and writhing.
There was anger, sorrow, sinister smiles...
"Lunch for room 401 in the west wing."
The player named Blue Moon stepped forward, placing the tray on top.
He added, "They're really hungry, could you give a bit more?"
"Those little brats, they offended me last time, and they want more food?"
The face of the multi-faced ghost let out a sinister laugh, a hand plunged into its body, pulling out a glob of brown goo, and flung it onto the tray.
The sight of the goo made Qin Nuo's eye twitch.
"Is this the patients' lunch? It's not just about poor quality anymore."
"Damn it, who could stomach something pulled out of that ugly thing's body?"
The player named Blue Moon's expression twitched, feeling nauseous, but seeing only one tray of food, his face turned grim.
This was a portion for one patient, and he had six patients!
"Is there no more?"
"Let them share it!" the multi-faced ghost continued to sneer.
"They'll take their anger out on me!" Blue Moon said in a low voice.
"Not my problem, blame those brats on the fourth floor for stealing a delicious woman's arm from me last time!" the multi-faced ghost sneered.
Blue Moon wanted to say more, but the ghost's cold face suddenly spoke, "Of course, we could think of a way to make sure there's enough food."
"For example, making you into food, we'd be happy to help with that!"
Blue Moon's face turned pale, and he could only carry the tray and leave in a hurry.
The next player, named Ichigo, stepped up.
"Lunch for room 202 in the east wing," Ichigo said.
Fortunately, the multi-faced ghost didn't make things difficult for him, and even seemed to have some goodwill, pulling out seven portions of liquid meals and two blood-streaked meatballs from its body, placing them on the tray.
"Make sure the patients in 202 eat well," the sad face said, crying as it spoke.
The player Ichigo breathed a sigh of relief, secretly pleased, and as he picked up the tray, he suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh, the patients in 202 also want some rainbow candy, do you provide that?"
Qin Nuo's eyebrows twitched from behind.
They also wanted rainbow candy.
Judging by his expression, he must have triggered the same instance task as I did!
The multi-faced ghost asked, "Did you bring the trade item?"
"Trade item? They didn't mention that," the player Ichigo was a bit confused.
Hearing this, the crying face stopped looking at him, turning to a sinister smiling face, and said in a sinister tone, "So they didn't tell you, now I understand!"
The player Ichigo's eyelid twitched, suddenly sensing something was wrong.
He took a step back, pulling out a stack of ghost currency, "I can trade with this!"
"Ghost currency is useless here."
"Don't you get it? They've made you the trade item!"
The player Ichigo's face changed dramatically, like a cat with its fur standing on end, he turned to run.
A dry, crackling hand suddenly grabbed his right arm!
Before he could resist, the entire arm was torn off, blood splattering on the hall floor!
The multi-faced ghost stuffed the arm into its tumor-like body.
Immediately, an arm grew out, becoming part of the multi-faced ghost, unmistakably the player Ichigo's arm.
"Ah, this arm is quite nice!"
All the faces on the multi-faced ghost showed satisfied expressions.
Then, a few pieces of rainbow candy scattered onto the tray.
"Get lost, next!"
The player Ichigo's face was pale, gritting his teeth in anger, although there was no pain, losing an arm would have a huge impact on his progress in the instance over the next few days!
The players behind all turned pale.
Especially Qin Nuo.
His face immediately turned grim.
Those little brats didn't mention anything about this, were they trying to set me up?