War Paradise

With a dull buzzing sound, the circular metal giant door opened backwards, and what appeared in front of Lin Chi was a corridor surrounded by metal walls.

Before Lin Chi could see what was behind the door, there was a choking odor that made him cough. His vision suddenly became blurred.

The smell permeating the air, like strong pungent formalin, made Lin Chi's eyes start to shed "moving" tears, and the scene in front of him turned into a blurry phantom.

"I said, do you have... a mask here?" He asked difficultly, covering his mouth.

"Ah, of course!" The woman's voice was apologetic: "The gas mask is at the door of the aisle."

Hearing this, Lin Chi walked forward slowly, covering his nose and mouth, squinting his eyes and fumbled on both sides, finally found an iron frame and took off a gas mask hanging on it.

He stumbled out of the corridor and returned to the basement floor along the stairs. Until the pungent and sour smell of formalin around him began to dissipate, he put the gas mask on his face and returned to the second basement level again.

With the protection of the gas mask, Lin Chi was finally able to see the situation of the second basement level this time-behind the circular protective door appeared a narrow circular corridor, which looked a bit like a mouse hole.

When passing the gate, Lin Chi noticed that the surface of the round metal door was full of scorch marks and gouge marks. It was obvious that besides himself, someone else had planned to forcibly invade the basement, but in the end it failed.

Rag shoes stepped on the cold metal floor, making a crisp sound, and the small lamps inlaid in the walls on both sides illuminated the corridor in front. Lin Chi walked forward quickly, turning around a 90-degree corner, and then blocked by a dark gray silver metal door.

"Open the door," he said.

"Um, please put down the weapon in your hand..." The woman seemed a little scared.

By now, Lin had already guessed that there must be something wrong with this woman's body. She didn't have the ability to resist, so she was so cautious. Thinking of this, he bent down and put the MP5 submachine gun he picked up from the corpse on the ground, but he did not put down the saber in his hand:

"I also need a weapon, you know." Lin Chi said seriously.

"Well, I know you don't worry about me..." the woman said.

After the dull metal rubbing sound, the metal at the end of the passage began to move slowly, revealing a gap for people to pass through. Lin Chi strode into the room, then was dazzled by the strong light:

Unlike the dark tone of this apartment, the caretaker's hiding place is a ward with white walls.

The room of about fifty square meters is filled with all kinds of medical equipment. A huge shadowless lamp was installed above the hospital bed in the center of the room, and the light it cast was hitting the hospital bed.

There are dozens of infusion bottles hanging on both sides of the hospital bed, and several oxygen bottles stand side by side behind the head of the bed. The smell of formalin is so suffocating, even the gas mask that can block all the poisonous gas in the game settings. I couldn't resist the smell at first.

"Hello..." The woman's voice rang from the speaker in the upper right corner of the room. On the LCD screen of the heart rate monitor beside the bed, a thin line was trembling rhythmically: "Welcome..."

"Hello." Lin Chi nodded, waved to the camera in the corner of the room, and asked, "Do I need to change into protective clothing? This should be a sterile room."

Although he had already guessed that this woman might be weak, he didn't expect her to be so weak. Even if you don’t see what the person lying on the bed looks like, you can tell by looking at the various equipment in this room and dozens of tubes connected to the bed. The woman is obviously seriously ill, and she doesn't even have the strength to move.

The irritating ticking sound in the ward reverberated continuously, and it sounded very rhythmic. Lin Chi stood at the door and waited for a while. The woman lying on the bed finally gave a reply:

"It's okay... the exposed parts have been disinfected and won't be infected..."

Hearing this, Lin Chi strode forward, stood by the hospital bed and looked at the "person" lying on the bed, and then was slightly surprised:

When seeing the other party's body, Lin Chi finally understood why she said "No need for disinfection".

Lying on the hospital bed is a human figure wrapped in a white cloth. The outline under the sheet looks like there are only bones. The head is wrapped in bandages like a mummy. The chest cavity is directly opened, revealing a transparent glass shield, and the shape below is terrible. Human "artificial organs".

Different from the artificial organs that are used in the real world, the artificial organs in women’s chest can be described as terrifyingly crude: they should be located in the lungs, equipped with an inflator-like thing, and the heart is driven by a large water pump. Instead, the plastic "blood vessels" connected to the water pump are pushing blood into the body. Even the spine has been replaced with a steel tube.

"I go……"

Seeing this scene, Lin Chi raised his eyebrows in surprise: "You are also really strong..."

"It's strange..." A weak voice came from the speakers on the ceiling of the ward.

The woman's eyes were covered with black cloth and her mouth was wrapped in a bandage. Several tubes protruded from the machinery on both sides and connected to the position under the bandage on her face.

"I'm used to it..." she whispered.

While using the speaker to make a sound, a line of red text slowly appeared next to her:

? ? ? , Hero-level NPC (leader-level), cannot be recruited.

Although he had encountered all kinds of bosses in the war paradise, it was the first time that Lin Chi had encountered such a boss. He curiously asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Lin Chi didn't know why the BOSS was so weak in this space, but when he saw this scene, he was almost certain that this apartment, like the previous doomsday hotel, was also a completely virtual space!

After all, if it were in the 1990s, it would be impossible to develop such black-tech artificial organs. This kind of equipment alone can sustain life, which is more incredible than the "dream maker".

"I have suffered from all kinds of diseases since I was born." The woman narrated in a calm voice, sounding like she was telling someone else's story: "My father is a rich man. At the beginning, he worked very hard to make me a normal person. Life, but then he got tired of running around and spending a lot of money to treat me."

"So he threw you here?" Lin Chi frowned slightly.

"I don't blame him. He also has his own life. There is no need to waste time and energy on me. Besides, the equipment here is still functioning normally, and people will come to maintain it regularly. The relationship between me and the residents here is also considered to be harmonious. ..."

The woman spoke slowly, and suddenly the conversation changed: "Thank you for allowing me to continue to linger, but I still have a request. Please listen to it."

"Do you want to find a way back to the'real world'?" Lin Chi asked.

——Since this space is also virtual, the woman's body in the "upper world" may be intact. As long as she returns to the upper world, she can escape her current state of pain.

To Lin Chi's expectation, what the woman said was not what he thought, but another request:

"No, I want you to help me turn off the equipment here. I have had enough, now I just want to die with dignity."