Chapter 19 - Abandoned Hospital (3 (2/2)

“‘Another major safety problem at Guang Ai Hospital. The management must rectify this major problem’……..”

Bai Yi helped him hold the flashlight as Cheng Zhi Chu pinched onto the corners of the newspaper and read the headline. “Guang Ai” just happened to be the name of this hospital.

This was a news report from five years ago. It was written the same year that the hospital was closed so the hospital had probably ceased operations not long after this report was issued.

The report disclosed in detail the safety incidents that had occurred at Guang Ai hospital. Over three months, it had occurred twice.

The first incident was a case of the escalator malfunctioning. A young girl was involved and died on the spot. She was clearly in a hospital, but she didn’t even have the chance to receive emergency care.

The second incident was a fire occurring on the top floor of the inpatients building that lead to one death and two people receiving heavy injuries. The cause of the fire is still unknown, and the report believes that it is all due to negligence from the hospital.

The report was worded sharply, and it focused on criticising Guang Ai hospital. After reading it, Cheng Zhi Chu felt that this definitely wasn’t something that the hospital staff had posted and was instead posted by the same people who had left the banners outside.

At this moment, Cheng Zhi Chu naturally remembered that when he was “discharged”, it was a few months before the accidents had occurred, so he wasn’t clear about these incidents. All he knew was that something had happened to the hospital and that it had shut down.

Although it may seem somewhat unreasonable, after these two accidents, the hospital fell into public outrage and eventually ended all operations. Could there have been something else that had also occurred to cause this?

“Oh my god, it’s so terrible……..”

At this time, a small exclamation came from the sisters’ side. Cheng Zhi Chu looked over and saw them waving their hands and signalling them to come over.

Cheng Zhi Chu went over and saw one of them holding a large poster in their hands. The moment he saw it, his face couldn’t help but twist slightly.

Printed onto the poster was a very gruesome photo. He recognised the location in the photo; it was where the elevators were on the first-floor lobby of the inpatient department.

Because there is a large flow of people in the inpatient department and because there is a need to transport beds and wheelchairs, there were a total of six elevators that had lots of space and were able to carry a lot of weight. In the photo, all the elevators were stopped on the first floor and had their doors open. You could see that the floor inside were covered in blood to the point that it even flooded out.

The scene was extremely chaotic. The elevators were filled with people whose expressions were filled with grief and fear. Some were covered in blood and crying while pulling at medical staff while others why lying on the ground. There were also some that were currently being dragged out from the elevator with their limbs obviously deformed. One of them even had their head split open and yellow-white brain matter flowed out from inside.

The next below the photo explained the story behind this horrific scene.

Just half a month after the fire in the inpatient department, the hospital had a third incident: all six elevators suddenly malfunctioned and fell from above. Three of them fell from the top floor while the other three fell from different floors.

No-one in the three elevators that had fallen from the top floor was spared and all of them were killed. The passengers on the other three suffered different degrees of casualties resulting in a death toll as high as fifty.

The incident caused an uproar amongst the public. Local residents protested to the government and demanded that the hospital be closed. Many families of the victims were overly emotional and proceeded to post banners and posters up around the hospitals, damage hospital buildings and facilities and even attack hospital representatives and staff.

Later, due to various reasons and pressures from various parties, the hospital was forced to close down and stop operating. Apart from its most expensive equipment’s, everything else was basically left behind resulting in the scene that they’re seeing right now.

“We found a list of the casualties from the elevator incident.”

Da Gao spoke up and handed over the list that Ji Yun Xiao had found. Cheng Zhi Chu received it and used his flashlight to light it up. When he saw one of the names, he felt that it sounded familiar.

Luo Jie…….

He repeated it a few times inside and suddenly remembered that it was the name of his attending physician.

In his memory, Dr Luo was a middle-aged man in his forties that looked quite elegant and was always smiling. He treated people with care and patience, so all the patients and nurses liked him. Was he also involved in this elevator incident and passed away?

Because Dr Luo isn’t a common name and because it had appeared on the list, Cheng Zhi Chu could basically confirm that the deceased is indeed the Dr Luo that he knows.

The ring would make him have some kind of relationship with the monsters or ghosts here so if Dr Luo is a ghost then did he become his patient?

This thought flashed through Cheng Zhi Chu’s mind. Just as he wanted to tell the others about his discovery, everything suddenly slowed down and he faintly heard something.

“…….”

“Chu………”

“…….Come here……”

“Xiao Chu, come here.”

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Bai Yi’s Diary (Part 19)

Zhi Chu doesn’t remember but in fact, before he entered the game, we have met before ——- It was twelve years ago.

It wasn’t a good encounter.

At that time, Zhi Chu was still young. Because of fear, his small body was trembling. When he saw me walk into the room, he subconsciously hid inside the closet and shut himself in, rejecting anyone’s advances.

I tried to calm him down and tell him that I was not a bad person and that I wanted to save him, but it was useless. He didn’t trust me and just desperately retreated deep inside the closest. In a small voice, he started to cry.

I didn’t dare touch him because I was worried that he would become even more agitated. It was only when his parents rushed over and reached into the closet while comforting in a gentle voice did he come out of the closet. While crying, he rushed into his mother’s arms and allowed me to see the bruises and scars on his body.

Seeing him like this, I couldn’t say a word.

I was about to go crazy.