Welcome To The Nightmare Game Chapter 7 Part7

Another victim.

When Qi Le Ren came back to his senses, he was already standing in the corridor outside the Obstetrics and Gynecology clinic; his entire body was covered in cold sweat.

"Qi Le Ren?" A person's head peeked out and looked around; the other person was somewhat surprised to see him alive, "You're still alive?"

"Are you trying to curse someone?" Seeing Doctor Lu safe and sound brought Qi Le Ren back to reality.

Doctor Lu ran out of the room and examined him from head to toe, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine…" Qi Le Ren lowered his head and checked his own condition. His clothes had no bloodstains, and the sleeve of his right arm, which was severed by the chainsaw, was perfectly intact, unlike how it was before he loaded. The SL skill flawlessly restored him to the state when he created the save point. There was no evidence that he had suffered a terrible nightmare.

Although only a few minutes pa.s.sed, it felt as if it was a lifetime ago.1

Doctor Lu glanced at him suspiciously, "The killer? Did you kill him?"

"…No. I was lucky enough to escape." Qi Le Ren held his forehead; he hesitated for a moment then revealed details about his skill card, "The truth is, I have a skill card that can save and load, and it came in handy at the critical moment."

"Let's go inside and talk. It's not safe standing in the hallway." Doctor Lu pulled Qi Le Ren into the room. Xue Ying Ying sat on the bed, looking a bit weak, but she was still lively as ever. Seeing Qi Le Ren, her eyes s.h.i.+ned, "Brother2 Qi, are you okay? Doctor Lu said that you encountered a killer, we were worried."

Qi Le Ren gave a wry smile, he explained what happened and talked about his skill card. After narrowly escaping another heart-pounding mortal danger, he accepted this unpleasant reality; trusting in others more might not necessarily be a bad thing. Currently there were three people, all of them were ordinary people, and it seemed that some special measures might have to take place in order to fight against that murderous3 lunatic.

After Xue Ying Ying heard him out, she pondered, "Actually, I just got a skill card."

Doctor Lu shot her a glance; feeling slightly guilty, he added, "Actually, I…"

"… …" So, in actuality, it turned out that everyone had one?! Qi Le Ren raged in his heart.

Xue Ying Ying took out her skill card for the two of them to see.

【Bloodstained Youth】(Bound Skill Card): While being in pain from blood loss, the holder will gain enormous power. Fight like a berserker! After all, youth is vexatious4!

"I got an achievement after I had the abortion, and this was the achievement reward. Thanks to that, I've a bit of strength now." Xue Ying Ying inserted her skill card back into the slot on her belt.

Qi Le Ren thought, this skill seems to be mocking abortions and the pain of abortions from what is written…but over here, it's still quite useful. As long as one bleeds, he or she can be powerful. This skill is simply divine, he can't even measure how much better it is compared to his shady5 SL Dafa skill card.

But is it even fine to let a girl who just had an abortion go for MT6…

"My skill is rather normal, that is, when I equip it, my luck will be good…I probably got this reward because my luck has always been good since I was a child." Doctor Lu said.

Qi Le Ren looked at him in contempt and then ridiculed him, "So, you've bought lottery tickets and always had jackpots, or you've always pulled rare cards when playing mobile games, or maybe when you looked down while walking on the street, you've always picked up some money?"7

"…It's not like that. I still believe that people should be modest, so I won't buy lottery tickets that often," Doctor Lu mentioned, "But my luck is pretty good when it comes to drawing rare cards for gacha games; I've always been a lucky one."

As someone who's been plagued with misfortune all year long, Qi Le Ren, the unluckiest of unlucky guys, was silent.7

The three people discussed amongst themselves and finally decided to venture out. It would soon be dark in an hour; if they couldn't find food or a way to deal with the ghosts, then their situation will be even more dangerous once night falls.

"No matter how you slice it, this crazy killer is just one person, and these two buildings are huge. Maybe we won't meet him that easily, right?" Xue Ying Ying hopefully antic.i.p.ated. This girl's mentality seemed to be quite strong, and her guts weren't lacking. Qi Le Ren's impression of her changed from a lovelorn young girl who threatened her ex-boyfriend in front of everyone on the bus to a masculine woman who didn't give a s.h.i.+t and dared to stay in a room full of ghosts.

However, these words certainly poked at Qi Le Ren's sore spot; the corners of his mouth twitched, and he didn't respond.

"There should be no problem…Qi Le Ren encountered the killer right after I activated my skill. Since my luck has increased for a short period of time, we shouldn't accidentally b.u.mp into him. For now, there's still seventy-five minutes left on my skill, then afterwards, there's a three hour cooldown period." Doctor Lu stated.

Qi Le Ren and Xue Ying Ying were relieved having heard these words. Rest a.s.sured, the three of them confidently left the abortion room.

Xue Ying Ying was still rather weak, but walking at a normal pace was no longer a problem for her. She suggested finding something to eat first. Qi Le Ren and Doctor Lu were ashamed; they intended to find some food after they found their weapons, but who could have known that such an unexpected event would occur? Their original intention instantly left their minds and drifted far away, immediately forgotten.

"You guys, what exactly is that fog outside the window?" Xue Ying Ying softly inquired.

"This type of fog is extremely common in horror movies. First, it's to create an atmosphere. And second…Uh, there will be monsters hidden within it, or possibly, the fog can be used to distinguish between the real world and the fantasy world. It's all pretty common." Doctor Lu replied.

The three people soon swept through and raided the nearby offices like locusts, and they found many snacks. Xue Ying Ying also drank some brown sugar water, and her face finally looked a bit better. The outpatient building was so ma.s.sive; it was completely vacant and silent. There was also this strange kind of feeling, as if someone could possibly come across and accidentally see something dirty if he or she wasn't too careful.

"This route won't do, I have a bad feeling, come here quickly." Where the path divided, Doctor Lu felt a chill run up his back; it was the kind of hair-tingling feeling that animals get when they sense something off. He immediately lowered his voice and made a detour with the other two. Just when the three almost rounded the corner, the sound of hushed footsteps came from the divided pa.s.sageway.

Qi Le Ren was all too familiar with the sound of those footsteps; it was the killer!

The three people didn't dare breathe and disturb the surrounding air; they held onto their breaths until the killer finally went away, then they came out of their hiding spot.

There were a few drops of blood on the ground that weren't too noticeable, it was unknown who the victim was.

"Too weird. This is definitely the Final BOSS that randomly sp.a.w.ns anywhere." Doctor Lu grumbled.

Qi Le Ren vigorously nodded his head at the side. This BOSS was certainly no NPC, it was a player! Simply inhumane!

"Let's go, he's gone. It should be safe here." Xue Ying Ying pointed to the route from where the killer came.

The three people entered the corridor, and it didn't take long for them to see a dead body; the number '6' was written in blood beside the body—this was the sixth victim.

Xue Ying Ying felt sick, she didn't have the heart to see it. Doctor Lu withstood the putrid scent of blood and stepped forward to examine the body. Frowning, he stated, "The s.e.x, female; the age is around thirty years; and the cause of death is excessive blood loss resulting from a rupture of a major artery in the neck. The means of killing were extremely cruel. The corpse is still warm, so the time of death took place within these few minutes. There are also numbers written on the wall by the murderer, typical of serial murder cases."

"You're a forensic medical examiner?" Xue Ying Ying asked, enduring her nausea.

"I'm just a physician who loves horror movies, "Doctor Lu soberly corrected.

The corpse's inspection ended, and there wasn't any more information to find on the body. A pa.s.ser-by walked all the way to the upper floor of Building B, and then a splash of blood came from the rooftop.

Originally, Qi Le Ren worried that the roof was shrouded by fog, after all, it should be considered outdoors. But after opening the door to the uppermost floor, they were surprised to find that the fog was not as concentrated, it was as if an invisible barrier thinned out the dense fog.

Not too far away, a corpse was lying on the ground; a figure squatted in front of the body, the man's back was turned towards them. After hearing some noises, he stood up with vigilance, revealing a face that would make anyone, even someone of the same gender, exclaim in admiration.

Qi Le Ren distinctly heard Xue Ying Ying swallow hard and utter, "Wow."

1却有种恍如隔世的感觉 - it had the feeling as if it were a thing of the previous generation/had the feeling as if it were lifetimes ago…
2哥 - gē or elder brother.
3杀人如麻 - Idiom: "to kill people like a scything flax" or "to treat human life as gra.s.s". So, it would technically be "a lunatic who kills people like a scything flax".
4无理取闹- Idiom: "To cause trouble without reason" or "to be deliberately provocative".
5坑爹 - I'm pretty sure I explained this slang in a prev. chap, but here's a for those who don't remember.
6MT - Reference to Fire Emblem, where MT means "Might/Power". But I could be wrong…
7I have taken some liberties with this line. Here is the original: 常年脸黑幸运E只好自嘲非洲部落酋长的齐乐人沉默了. There's a reference to E-Rank Luck from Fate/Grand Order, but I didn't put that in my translation. This is basically saying that Qi Le Ren is very, very unlucky. (For anyone who has a better translation, feel free to tell).
8There is an author's note at the end of the chapter, and I do not want to translate it, but here it is:

PS：解释一下SL大法，通常这是RPG游戏里用的，通过存档和读档避开不利选项和危险；但是齐乐人现在的情况是——这不是个单机游戏，而是"网游"啊233，剧情不会倒转，不然这种扭曲世界逆转时间的力量简直恐怖。所以他的SL打法与其说是存档读档，不如说是存档后十秒内死亡，自动在十秒前的位置满血复活。
这样说大家是不是好理解点了:-D