Death Spiral [Infinite Flow] - Chapter 85

Chapter 85 – Three People Make a Tiger 21 (End Instance)

Xu RenDong ran wildly in the corridor with his broken arm. Zhong Xiu held a bone saw and chased after him while staggering.

Although Zhong Xiu walked slowly, she was full of murderous aura. Xu RenDong only felt like there was a light following his back and did not dare to make trouble. He ran to the end of the corridor where there was an escape door. Xu RenDong almost slammed into it but the door didn’t move at all.

It was locked?

As soon as he looked up, he saw that the lights above the escape door were red and he couldn’t help but curse.

Zhong Xiu was already following behind him. Xu RenDong only felt the chill invade his back. When he turned around, he saw Zhong Xiu holding the bone saw high and slashing at him with resentment.

With his back close to the escape door, Xu RenDong had nowhere to escape.

It’s over! The boss who has no power to even strangle a chicken will be killed by a player!

At the moment of despair, Xu RenDong suddenly had a flash of inspiration – Wait, I’m the boss! I can teleport!

Just when the bone saw was about to cut his head, Xu RenDong closed his eyes and focused his thoughts. Sure enough, the next second he had appeared on the other side of the corridor.

Zhong Xiu slashed the air with the saw and couldn’t help but be surprised. Looking again, that person actually disappeared into thin air and appeared out of thin air at a place more than ten meters away from her.

Zhong Xiu frowned slightly, picked up the bone saw and chased after him again.

Xu RenDong didn’t dare to confront her head-on. He saw an open ward and rushed in without hesitation. When entering the room, he locked the lock on the way, quickly observed the room environment and then hid under a bed.

Not long after, Zhong Xiu kicked the door open. Xu RenDong lay on the ground and felt a slight itch on the broken arm. The broken arm had grown back.

As expected of a boss, it’s really convenient. Xu RenDong sighed inwardly. In the past, he hated this kind of boss who couldn’t be beaten to death and would respawn after a while but now he realizes how cool this regenerative ability is.

However, just being cool is useless. Xu RenDong’s ears suddenly exploded with a loud noise coming from the top of his head. He was shocked and instinctively rolled to the side, only to see that the hospital bed that was hiding just now had been split in half.

Was Zhong Xiu so cruel!

As soon as Xu RenDong looked up, he met Zhong Xiu’s eyes. With a sad expression, she took the bone saw and walked towards Xu RenDong step by step.

 “Why do you want to kill them? They are still so young and have a great future waiting for them…”

Xu RenDong opened his mouth but, before he had time to explain, it was dark before his eyes, and the bone saw slashed again. He hurriedly dodged and rolled on the spot awkwardly, barely dodging this. Zhong Xiu missed a hit, leaned against the wall and began to gasp. It can be seen that she is very weak and her strength was fueled by hatred.

She blocked the exit of the ward. Xu RenDong couldn’t escape so he gritted his teeth and rushed into the bathroom of the ward.

This bathroom was a dead end. Zhong Xiu kicked hard outside the door and threatened: “I count 123, if you don’t come out, I’ll break into the door.”

Xu RenDong: “…” Why does it feel like I’m someone who failed the exam and was chased by my mother wanting to punch a schoolboy?

Zhong Xiu: “1, 2…”

Xu RenDong looked at the toilet in front of him and suddenly had an idea.

Zhong Xiu: “3!”

Bang! The heavy object hit the door so hard that the door frame shook. Xu RenDong hurriedly dodged and heard a loud noise again, only to see the half-bone saw stuck in the door. Zhong Xiu opened the door abruptly.

Do all terminally ill cancer patients still have so much energy?

Time was running out. Xu RenDong turned to face the mirror, took a deep breath, closed his eyes and wiped his face. When he opened his eyes again, he had changed.

He turned himself into Lian Qiao. Looking at the familiar face in the mirror, Xu RenDong immediately felt at ease.

Zhong Xiu was still banging on the door, splitting a big hole out of the door. She drew the bone saw from the doorway and was about to look in. Xu RenDong pressed the flush button of the toilet, pretending to be impatient and scolding: “What’s the point of urging! Is urging a number two useful!?” {Uh, poop :)}

Zhong Xiu was stunned. Xu RenDong was actually also stunned for a moment – he wasn’t used to Lian Qiao’s voice coming out of his throat. It felt weird.

Xu RenDong gathered up his courage, took the initiative to open the door and went out. He stared at Zhong Xiu and said, “What’s the huge rush! Can’t you even just wait a second!?”

Lian Qiao’s voice was too soft. Even when he puffed up his voice, it still sounded like he was acting like a spoiled child, giving people the impression that he is very easy to bully.

Zhong Xiu: “???”

She looked inside the bathroom and at the blood-stained bone saw in her hand. She was in a trance by this sudden turn of events.

“Who are you?” Zhong Xiu asked blankly.

“I came with a friend to visit the patient.” Xu RenDong pretended to be indifferent, and quietly glanced at Zhong Xiu from the corner of his eye. Zhong Xiu frowned slightly, as if sensing  something was wrong. But she was in a dream after all and her reasoning was not online, so she accepted this reality.

 “Oh.” Zhong Xiu nodded, and his face returned to that sullen expression. She threw the bone saw away and walked out like a wandering soul.

 “Hey!” Xu RenDong stopped her. Following Lian Qiao’s example, he looked at Zhong Xiu with innocent and innocent eyes, “I’m lost, can you do me a favor and take me to the elevator?” 

Zhong Xiu agreed. The two walked out of the ward and passed the nurse’s station. Zhong Xiu glanced at the empty nurse station and said casually, “Why is there no one at the nurse station?”

Xu RenDong felt nervous, for fear that she would remember what happened just now. Fortunately, Zhong Xiu muttered to herself again again: “Maybe they went to do a rescue…”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud noise from the ward beside him.

“Increase the epinephrine!”

“What’s the blood pressure?”

“The blood pressure is still falling!”

“Give another shot of nicotine! Turn up the dopamine pump! Call the interns to come over and prepare for CPR!”

Zhong Xiu and Xu RenDong stood at the door of the ward, watching a large group of white lab coats being busy. The patient on the hospital bed had turned ashes and all the instruments around were beeping.

Xu RenDong was a little surprised. When he escaped just now, he had passed by this ward, and there was no one in it. It wasn’t until Zhong Xiu said, “Maybe there’s a rescue” that patients and medical staff appeared out of thin air. It seems that Zhong Xiu’s ability to control the dreams was far superior to him, no wonder he can’t beat Zhong Xiu.

It’s not really his fault, it’s really Zhong Xiu who is too powerful okay!

Zhong Xiu watched for a while and then muttered: “Don’t save me, it hurts to do CPR on the chest, the ribs will all be broken.”

Xu RenDong was stunned: “Can doing CPR break the ribs?”

Zhong Xiu smiled. She didn’t answer and just said, “Don’t look, let’s go.” Then she walked towards the escape exit.

Xu RenDong followed. When he got to the door of the escape passage, he looked up and saw that the escape sign above was still bright red. Xu RenDong said: “This door is locked, do you have the key?”

Zhong Xiu said, “You don’t need the key, just press this button.” She reached out and pressed a white button on the wall. The escape sign on the door immediately turned green.

It turned out that it was opened like this…

Xu RenDong rarely went to the hospital so he really didn’t know that the hospital passages used this kind of electronic lock.

The door opened and behind it was the escape elevator. Xu RenDong’s eyes lit up. Zhong Xiu said: “Okay, you can go down by yourself.” After that, she went back.

Xu RenDong grabbed her and said, “Come with me. You will die if you stay here.”

Zhong Xiu looked at him and suddenly laughed, “I know.”

Xu RenDong was taken aback.

Zhong Xiu pointed to the sign of the oncology department outside the escape elevator and said, “Everyone who comes here will inevitably die in the end.”

Xu RenDong said, “I don’t mean that. As long as you get out of this elevator with me, you can live a few more days.”

Zhong Xiu smiled and shook her head. Xu RenDong still wanted to persuade her but saw Zhong Xiu pull out a pack of cigarettes and ask him, “Do you smoke?”

Xu RenDong frowned: “You are so ill and you still smoke?”

Zhong Xiu shrugged indifferently: “I’m going to die anyway, so why care about this?” She lit a cigarette by herself, walked to the window and looked out at the scenery outside. From here, you can actually see the busy traffic outside. It was a bustling scene.

Zhong Xiu was so skinny that the smallest hospital gown was bigger than her body. From behind, she looked like a bad girl who skipped class and smoked. It’s just that the side of the face is too pale and there is no girl’s normal ruddy face. On the contrary, her appearance was weak and delicate.

Xu RenDong was silent for a moment and then stretched out his hand to her: “Give me one too. Tell me, why don’t you want to go?”

Zhong Xiu smiled and handed the cigarette over: “Because I don’t want to live a long life. You may not believe it when you hear it but I have never had good luck in my life. The first half of my life, I was a shame to my family and the second half of my life, I was a burden to others. I tried and struggled but it was all to no avail. I still ended up here.”

She pointed to the wall where the sign still read “Oncology Department”. She smiled softly: “I don’t want to suffer any more so I want to give up handsomely.”

Xu RenDong asked: “Is there nothing in this world worth your nostalgia?”

As soon as the words came out, his heart skipped a beat. He suddenly remembered that a long time ago, Lian Qiao had asked him this sentence: Is there nothing in this world worthy of your nostalgia?

At that time, in order to leave the instance as soon as possible, he offered to take risks. Lian Qiao said he looked as if he was ready to die, as if he was no longer attached to anything.

…what a mockery.

Xu RenDong thought bitterly. It turned out that I was so similar to her.

Luckily, I met Lian Qiao. And her misfortune is that she has never been able to await the arrival of someone who can save her.

Xu RenDong took a deep breath, looked at Zhong Xiu and said earnestly: “You still have a son.”

Zhong Xiu shook his head: “Forget it, I already owe him so much, why bother him again?”

Xu RenDong: “Money is not the problem, he has savings.”

Zhong Xiu smiled softly: “He still needs to get married…”

Xu RenDong pursed his lips and lit the cigarette. Taking a deep breath, he mustered up his courage and said, “He… won’t get married. He is gay.”

Zhong Xiu was not surprised but showed an extremely loving smile to Xu RenDong: “Actually, I have seen through it long ago. Now, you are his partner, right?”

Xu RenDong’s hand shook and the cigarette went out.

He hurried to pick it up and then remembered that he had turned into Lian Qiao’s appearance. So Zhong Xiu had already seen through it? He thought they were perfectly disguised…

Xu RenDong coughed. Through the glass, he saw his own reflection. He put Lian Qiao’s face on his face and with Lian Qiao’s voice, he replied softly: “… En.”

Zhong Xiu admired his reddish profile and praised generously: “His tastes are very good.”

 Xu RenDong: “…”

Zhong Xiu: “You have good tastes too and you two are a good match.”

Xu RenDong: “…” This topic is really embarrassing.

Xu RenDong couldn’t answer so he forcibly changed the subject and said, “Don’t talk about this. Since you know who I am, just listen to me and follow me.”

Zhong Xiu sighed and said quietly: “People always die. I have no courage or strength to live anymore. Why do you want to force me?”

Xu RenDong turned his head. Zhong Xiu smiled slightly: “I’ve been at the mercy of others all my life and now I’m at the end of my life, let me be the master for myself once, okay?”

Xu RenDong stared at her silently, no despair and depression could be seen on her face. Some were just calm and indifferent. She was not driven to a dead end by illness nor was she deprived of hope by fate. She was just tired.

Xu RenDong suddenly understood why, in the previous dream, the elevator could not be found anywhere – because she was begging for death.

She never thought about leaving and she never thought she would be saved. So in her dream, there was never a way out.

“…Okay.” Xu RenDong sighed, “If this is your final decision, I respect you.”

“Thank you.” The smile in Zhong Xiu’s eyes was as gentle as the milky way.

But Xu RenDong turned his head away and stopped looking at her. The cigarette in his hand had burned to the end and his fingertips are burning. He pinched the cigarette and said, “Then I’m leaving.”

“Wait, there is one more thing I want to ask you.” Zhong Xiu suddenly remembered something, and untied something from her neck, “Please help me give him this.”

Xu RenDong took it and looked down, it was a small longevity lock. The lock body is dark gold and looks very old, even the corners are a little worn. It looks like it has been worn close to the body for many years.

Xu RenDong’s heart trembled slightly and asked: “This… when he was born, did you prepare it for him?”

Zhong Xiu: “No. This is a special item I found in the last instance.”

Xu RenDong: “…”

The emotion in his heart disappeared in an instant and he coughed awkwardly: “Okay, I thank you for him.”

Zhong Xiu pressed the elevator button and said with a smile: “Go on.” 

The elevator door opened in front of the two and Xu RenDong held the longevity lock tightly in his palm. He walked into the elevator alone.

Zhong Xiu smiled and watched the elevator slowly close. Xu RenDong looked down at the longevity lock and suddenly became suspicious. He reached out to stop the elevator and asked, “Since you don’t want to live anymore, why didn’t you give up in the first place?”

Zhong Xiu smiled and said nothing.

Seeing that she had no intention of answering, Xu RenDong silently retracted his hand and watched the elevator door closed.

At the last moment, Zhong Xiu let out a low sigh from outside the elevator.

“I’m sorry…”

Xu RenDong was shocked and suddenly understood the answer to that question. He subconsciously wanted to open the elevator door but it was too late. The elevator was already running and, no matter what he did, it was irreversible – Zhong Xiu was left there forever.

Xu RenDong glanced at the longevity lock in his hand and hung it around his neck. At the same time, the low, hoarse voice resounded in his ears again.

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