Chapter 1180 - Is this All Part of Your Plan, Doctor Sun? (2in1) (2/2)

After forcing them down Chen Ge’s throat, he and the other hospital workers left the quarantine zone. Chen Ge yelled until his throat was coarse before sleep came to claim him.

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The morning light showered on Chen Ge’s face. He looked at the scenery outside the window silently. Yesterday night was the most dangerous night that he had experienced since he was hospitalized. If not for Doctor Sun, he would definitely think he was a serial killer already. Human consciousness required some key elements to support it, if Chen Ge had started to suspect himself, then he would have practically no chance at winning anymore.

“Even though it was very dangerous yesterday night, it was also extremely rewarding. I have gained a rough understanding of this hospital and when the blood vessels were fighting the black threads at the few final moments inside the brain maze, I have unlocked many memories from the past. Most importantly, I have memorized the location of the seven glass jars.” Many unknown names appeared in Chen Ge’s mind and there were some unfamiliar experiences as well. “I need to go and locate those seven glass jars as soon as I can so that I can leave this godforsaken hospital.”

He had remembered many things but these fragments could not be strung together, they were merely images that seemed to have no correlation with one another.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Knocking was on the door and then Doctor Gao as well as two hospital workers entered the room. The three of them stood at Chen Ge’s bedside. None of them said a thing, they merely looked at Chen Ge silently.

“Doctor Gao…” Chen Ge acted like he was too ashamed to face Doctor Gao, “yesterday night, did i…”

“I am afraid you will not be moving back to the normal sickroom for a long time in the future. I am sure you have not forgotten about your experience from yesterday night, right? You should still remember very clearly how it felt like to wield the weapon as it sliced through their skin.” Doctor Gao looked at Chen Ge with disappointment. If not for the fact that Chen Ge had seen Doctor Gao written down the term ‘cured’ in his file yesterday night, Chen Ge might truly buy Doctor Gao’s acting.

“Please don’t say anything else anymore.” Chen Ge’s emotions started to fray away. It appeared like he was unable to accept the fact that he would have killed several people in one night.

“I know you are in great pain but if you are unwilling to abandon the stories that you have created for yourself to protect yourself from the truth, the rest of your life will be ruined just like that.” Doctor Gao advised with extreme kindness. “your life is just beginning, are you going to stay as a monster that is avoided by everyone?”

“I just want to be like everyone, I want to live a simple life and be spared from this pain.”

“The source of that pain is the fake memory that you have created for yourself. When those memories disappear, you will be cured fully.” Doctor Gao poured out five pills from the medicine bottle. “From now on, every night I will come and conduct treatment with you, to help you wipe away your fake past. But I need your full cooperation during this treatment, in other words, you have to open up your heart to me and be willing to actively abandon the false past that you have created for yourself.” Seeing the pained expression on Chen Ge’s face, Doctor Gao sighed. “Falsehood and reality, you can only choose one, do not make the wrong choice again.”

After feeding Chen Ge the pills, Doctor Gao left. Chen Ge was strapped into the bed. When the time came, Xu Wan would arrive to send him meal and wipe down his face and arms. Chen Ge was unable to see the theme park’s haunted house from the quarantine area. The only person Chen Ge could talk to was Xu Wan. Luckily Xu Wan never showed any impatience towards Chen Ge, she kept telling Chen Ge about the beauty of the world outside the hospital.

That night, Chen Ge was sent into the treatment room again. Since Doctor Sun was not there, Chen Ge did not dare to open his heart that easily and allow Doctor Sun to travel into his mind. Whenever he heard the sound of watch ticking, he would be under great alert. Unable to drag Chen Ge into the brain maze, Doctor Gao could only try other methods and this continued for seven days. Chen Ge’s condition stabilized again. He was allowed to leave the quarantine zone. With the hospital worker’s help, he was accompanied to the hospital garden to take a rest.

This was the first time he had left the building in seven days. Chen Ge slumped down on his usual chair to rest and soon a white cat leaped out from the flower bushes. The cat appeared to be really concerned about Chen Ge, once it saw him, it quickly ran over. When Chen Ge saw the white cat, he knew his opportunity had arrived.

He avoided the worker’s gaze and hugged the cat by its head. “A cat has appeared inside this human world, you are the anomaly and also the key. Ol’ Bai, help me delay and distract that hospital worker.” Chen Ge subconsciously called out the name Ol’ Bai. This was a name that came to him yesterday night. Based on the white cat’s appearance, he believed that might be the cat’s name. Tilting its head, the white cat looked at Chen Ge with confusion. Its dual-colored eyes blinked as if saying, ‘erm, people with hands around me, have you lost your noodles?’

The hospital worker saw the white cat and was coming over. Chen Ge did not want to miss this opportunity and he used the back of his arm to brush against the cat’s claw. To not harm Chen Ge, the white cat retracted its claw. But Chen Ge yelped as if in pain and threw the cat at the hospital worker. He covered the back of his arm with his hand like he was scratched. “Where did the cat come from?” Chen Ge yelled out the question in the hospital worker’s mind.

When the hospital worker was busying himself to chase after the white cat, Chen Ge returned alone to the Third Sick Hall. Based on the route in his memory, he came to the seventh floor. “I do not have much time, I need to be fast!”

Not many people ventured beyond the fifth floor at the third sick hall. The surrounding was incredibly quiet. Chen Ge did not run into another patient or doctor. Pushing open the door to the hospital director’s office, a stinging smell floated out from inside the room. Chen Ge slid into the room without any hesitation. The interior décor of the room was similar to Chen Ge’s memory, including the giant glass jar that sat in the middle of the office desk. Seeing the child’s head inside the glass jar, the memory that belonged to the third person in his mind was triggered. The world before his eyes changed in that second. The originally empty room was filled with endless black threads and various horrible curses surrounded Chen Ge. “That is how the hospital really looks like?”

Chen Ge had lost the choice to turn back at this point. When he took the step forward, he realized the black threads and curse did not come after him but they stared at the space behind him. Turning back to look, Chen Ge realized the space where he was standing earlier had the shadow of a human head on it. The shadow looked just like the human head inside the glass jar from yesterday night.

“The child’s head has followed me out from the brain maze? But doesn’t everything inside the brain maze are created from pure memory?” Chen Ge felt like the head behind him was just a shadow that was made from memory. Someone used this shadow to distract the curses inside the office to give Chen Ge’s the opportunity to enter it. “It feels like there is someone else who is helping me at this hospital other than Doctor Sun and perhaps Doctor Sun is even under their order.”

In the blink of an eye, Chen Ge’s world returned to normal again. He took big strides towards the glass jar and reached out to touch it.