Did Zhang Yuan ever have some serious illness? Problems with his nervous system? An unusual tolerance for pain?

But no matter what, Huang Shengjie was now fully certain of one fact: he had become an infected.

And ordinary drugs are no longer sufficient to relieve pain.

He must obtain special medication and undergo complete pain relief for three consecutive rounds within an hour to be cured, or else he will face instant death punishment.

Time is running out because there are only six rounds of the game every hour.

Huang Shengjie hurriedly arrived at the clinic room and, after considering, gritted his teeth and directly input 3000 medical points.

Although patients had previously agreed in the lounge not to give doctors too many envelopes or buy drugs at too high a price, it was evident that the mutual trust among patients had broken down with the emergence of the infected.

No matter whether the infected is Qian Li, Zhang Yuan, or Zhou Xiaoying, the cooperation between patients is most likely unable to continue.

If Huang Shengjie foolishly follows the previous agreement not to give doctors too many medical points, he might never enter the door of the clinic room.

He must ensure that he meets the doctor in the next round of games and obtain special medication.

However, after waiting for a while, the door to the clinic room did not open; instead, the 3000 medical points he submitted were returned.

Huang Shengjie was stunned, which meant there could be two situations:

First, the doctor went to see the auditor;

Second, another patient has offered a price higher than 3000.

Huang Shengjie’s mind went blank, and he angrily kicked the clinic room door, then reluctantly walked back to the lounge.

...

"What’s going on here! Are you the infected one!"

Zhou Xiaoying’s condition also looked very bad; her hair was messy, and her originally light makeup was noticeably smudged.

At this moment, she was both flustered and angry, and upon seeing Huang Shengjie come out of the room, she immediately greeted him.

Huang Shengjie looked at the three tightly closed doors in the lounge: "Do you still not understand? Zhang Yuan is the real infected! We’ve all been played!"

Zhou Xiaoying obviously found it difficult to accept this reality, but after calming down a bit, she began to get a general idea of the current situation.

The VIP rooms on both sides hadn’t opened.

Zhang Yuan’s room also hadn’t opened.

No one could figure out what was happening with that VIP room on the far right, but since both Qian Li and Zhang Yuan hadn’t appeared in the lounge, they most likely had gone to see the doctor.

It’s normal for Qian Li to see the doctor because she was set up and isolated by Zhang Yuan, so coming to the lounge was meaningless. Since other patients didn’t accept her, she might as well directly give the doctor a big envelope and go to get special medication first.

As for Zhang Yuan not opening his door, this betrayal was already glaringly obvious.

He knew that his identity as the infected would be immediately exposed and therefore offered more medical points in exchange for a chance to meet with the doctor.

Huang Shengjie realized something was wrong, but the medical points he offered were not enough.

Instead, Du Peng, who didn’t engage in any transactions during the last round of the game, had the good fortune of not being infected.

He hurried to the vending machine to buy medication.

Zhou Xiaoying looked somewhat bewildered at Huang Shengjie: "What do we do now? We need special medication!"

Considering the previous experience of enduring pain, although Class I painkillers can mitigate special pain to some extent, this pain remains moderate, and cannot fully relieve it means that it cannot cure.

This means that Huang Shengjie and Zhou Xiaoying must obtain the special painkillers capable of complete pain relief within an hour; otherwise, they’re doomed.

Huang Shengjie forced himself to calm down, waited until Du Peng finished buying medication, and said to the two:

"You two, we three are obviously the weakest players in this lounge, and we are the ones who should cooperate the most!

"Qian Li is a VIP patient, and from the current situation, she is not infected, but given the previous events, she should have already changed her attitude and now only wants to protect herself.

"And Zhang Yuan is a purely malicious player; he just wanted to drag us down, but his true nature has been exposed, and we will definitely not trust him again!

"However, now the situation for the three of us is troublesome, as there are already three infected in the lounge: me, Zhou Xiaoying, and Zhang Yuan.

"If Zhou Xiaoying and I were malicious players, we could have simply taken the lead to occupy the vending machine, leaving you without any medication to buy.

"Because if we buy first, it means contaminating the vending machine.

"Without medication, the regular pain you suffer will continue to worsen, ultimately becoming special pain.

"But Zhou Xiaoying and I won’t do that; we can still help you fend off Zhang Yuan, allowing you to buy medication steadily.

"So, the three of us should unite, and in the next round of games, try our best to meet with the doctor. Whoever obtains the special medication should share it with the other two players.

"What do you think?"

Zhou Xiaoying and Du Peng looked at each other and nodded.

"Okay."

This round of the game is about to end, and both Huang Shengjie and Zhou Xiaoying’s moods are somewhat low. Although the three weakest players initially established cooperation, no one knows how long this cooperation can last.

They each returned to their own rooms.

...

Earlier, in the second round of the game.

Qin Cheng of Zone D once again submitted a request to the audit room.

This time, the request was approved, and the door opened.

He entered the room and was somewhat surprised to find that he actually knew the player inside.

It was Zheng Chunhua from the same community.

Earlier this morning, before entering the game, Qin Cheng was still inquiring about Zheng Chunhua’s pain situation.

At this moment, both of them met, and they saw a joyful expression on each other’s faces.

After all, this is a selection-type game involving 40 players, and only 5 players participated from Community 2, so it was very likely not to encounter any players from the same community throughout the game.

Now that players from the same community met, they could unconditionally trust each other, which was certainly worth celebrating.

"Dr. Qin! That’s great. I thought there was a high probability of not encountering acquaintances in this game.

"I should have decided to meet you first in the last round of the game."

Zheng Chunhua gestured for Qin Cheng to sit opposite him.

The audit room was very narrow, and the two of them sat quite cramped.

Qin Cheng took out a bottle of Class I medication from his pocket and placed it on the table: "This is what the doctor can get.

"Uncle Zheng, did you meet with sales or another doctor during the last round of the game?

"Did you get any medication from the sales side?"

Zheng Chunhua hurriedly nodded: "I met with sales, and I also got the medication!

"There are a total of four types; take a look."

As Zheng Chunhua spoke, he placed four white small bottles labeled with C, M, O, and F on the table.

"What was the name of the salesperson you met? Was it a player you knew?" Qin Cheng asked while examining the medications.

Zheng Chunhua was somewhat surprised because generally, new players wouldn’t care about such issues, as even if mentioned, they most likely wouldn’t recognize them.

However, Qin Cheng was different from most new players; he consciously collected all possible information in the game, even if some piece temporarily seemed meaningless.

This is actually a manifestation of outstanding capability.

Zheng Chunhua truthfully said: "It was a player named Chen Guangming from Community 12, I haven’t met him before, he should be from another area."

Qin Cheng nodded; he certainly didn’t know him either, but he noted down the name, thinking it might come in handy later.

He opened each of the four bottles and checked the four different medications.