Volume 2: The Church of Light Chapter 280 "Awakening"
Well...Xu Shen didn't think twice. With his current net worth, a mere tens of millions was no different from spending ten dollars with his friend.
After all, the entire Black Light District and the Sleepless District are almost under his control. He can collect tens of millions by just picking out a few wealthy people and finding a reason to kill them.
"If you agree, please pay first." Seeing Xu Shen's lack of reaction, Yono said with a smile.
"Don't you want to get treatment first?"
"Sorry, we all believe in paying first and then receiving treatment."
Yono said: "Without seeing the money, it's hard for me to be in the mood to treat you."
“…Okay.”
Xu Shen took out a red card from his pocket and said, "I don't have that much cash. Can you pay by card?"
"Red Union Merchant Alliance's card?"
Yono glanced at Xu Shen's card and took it calmly: "It's not reliable to deposit money in such a small merchant alliance bank. It is recommended to find a merchant alliance of the seven major families for better security... Actually, I mean, there are fewer business outlets of such small merchant alliances, and it is inconvenient to withdraw money. They don't provide door-to-door service and have a bad attitude... Well, anyway, I have never deposited money with them."
Are you sure you have such a big grudge... Xu Shen looked at the old man in silence, somewhat doubtful. Can the other party really detect his mental state? Why does it seem that the old man's own mental state is a bit problematic...
"The business alliance of the seven major families is not reliable. The seven major families will also be replaced."
Xu Shen thought about the Jiang family's situation and said casually.
The Red Union Merchant Alliance Card in his hand came from Dicheng, one of the three major merchant alliances in Dicheng.
For Dicheng, it is definitely a bank card of the Great Merchants Alliance that has great credibility and is reliable. Moreover, it can be used across cities and between inner and outer cities. This alone makes it very popular among some wealthy people.
Some wealthy people like to apply for passes during holidays and take their wives and daughters to some entertainment venues in the inner city for fun, so they need this card.
But in the inner city, the Red Union Business Alliance seems a little inferior.
"Although the seven major families will be replaced, the Merchant Alliance will not."
Yono smiled and said, "Before a family falls, its shares in the business alliance will be swallowed up by other families, just like the current Qi Shang Meng. In fact, only three families are the real controlling shareholders. The other four families later fought alone and tried to establish a business alliance but failed... I have gone off topic, let's talk about money... Oh no, treatment."
"Um."
Xu Shen did not ask further. Although it was just a few words, he could tell that the situation in the inner city was complicated, but it was not relevant to him at the moment.
"Wait a moment, let me check first."
After Yono came to the long table, he rummaged in the drawer, took out an old-fashioned machine, inserted the card into it and swiped it, then handed it to Xu Shen: "Please enter your password."
"666666."
Soon, Yono completed the operation, took out the card and handed it back to Xu Shen.
"Here is your bill."
Yono handed the list that rolled out of the machine with difficulty to Xu Shen.
Xu Shen took it casually.
"Then let us begin."
Jono put away the machine, straightened his clothes, and put on a serious expression. At this moment, he had a bit of the compassion and solemnity of a priest, which made people respect him - if you ignore the cool action when he swiped the card just now.
"I need to guide you to sleep and understand your situation in your subconscious mind."
Yono said seriously: "Please don't resist, don't worry, I won't pry into the deepest secrets of your heart, that is the deepest level, there may be danger at any time, I won't go in rashly."
Jono knew very well how twisted and weird the deepest part of a madman's heart was.
Xu Shen nodded without any worry.
Anyway, there are so many people protecting themselves.
"Are you using your abilities to guide?"
Xu Shen asked.
At the same time, a figure quietly stood up in the shadow behind him. It was Mo Wei.
Yono looked up and glanced at Mo Wei standing next to Xu Shen, his expression was very calm: "Your mental strength is not weak, which is a good thing, it is not easy to lose control, but it is also a bad thing. Once you lose control, it will be more difficult to correct it. The stronger the belief, the less likely you are to be affected. But once you are affected, you often cannot change, and you will only continue to move towards destruction..."
Seeing that he could see Mo Wei, Xu Shen did not try again and let Mo Wei return to the shadow.
Seeing that he had gained Xu Shen's trust, Yono didn't hesitate and laid Xu Shen flat on the recliner. He reached out and touched Xu Shen's forehead, and whispered, "Don't be nervous, relax..."
Xu Shen slowly closed his eyes.
But through his eyelids, he could still see Jono's expression.
Just like the secret spying before he opened his eyes.
The other party's expression remained calm, and he did not suddenly show any strange expression.
Then Xu Shen felt a force seeping in, pulling at his body, as if he suddenly fell from the sky into the clouds. His whole body became soft, and then he fell straight down...
Xu Shen's consciousness gradually became dim.
Before falling into unconsciousness, Xu Shen thought of Hai Jue and secretly gave his body to Hai Jue in his mind.
If the old man tried to attack him at this time, Haijue and Kuroyuki would protect him.
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call!
Xu Shen suddenly opened his eyes as if he was suffocating.
But a slight stinging pain wrapped around his body, and he was slightly startled, looking around in confusion.
There was actually a huge snow-white room around.
Is this... a ward?
At this time, Xu Shen saw himself lying on a hospital bed, with gauze and an IV tube wrapped around his wrists, and thick bandages on his ankles. His body was tied firmly to the bed, as if they were worried that he would escape.
"You're awake."
A warm and familiar voice sounded. Xu Shen turned his head and saw a bald doctor standing by the bed. He was wearing a white coat and had a casual expression. A golden cross necklace hung on his chest. It was Jono.
"Don't be nervous, take a good rest here for a few days. Xiao Zhao introduced you to me, and I will definitely cure you." Yono said with a smile.
Xiao Zhao?
Zhao Yinyue?
Xu Shen was stunned. He tried to struggle to sit up, but he felt weak all over. He tried to mobilize the internal energy in his body, but was surprised to find that he could not feel anything. There was only slight pain all over his body, which came from the pinholes and bruises all over his body.
"Is this where you're taking the test?"
Xu Shen frowned and looked around. This was an exclusive ward. It was very quiet outside and there was not even a nurse around. Obviously, the scene before him was fake and the details were not in place.
“It’s not a test, it’s a treatment.”
Yono smiled, his expression normal, and said, "Don't worry, I won't treat you as an outlier. I've seen many people like you. As long as you take your medicine on time, you will recover sooner or later."
"Take medicine?"
Xu Shen raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "I don't know what you are talking about. If this is your test, how should I cooperate with you?"
"Cooperate?"
Yono was stunned for a moment, then a happy smile appeared on his face: "It's rare to find a patient as quiet as you. If possible, I'd like to hear you talk about the stories you've come up with."
"What's the story?"
"It's those stories about 'Xu' that you mentioned."
Yono pulled a chair over and sat beside Xu Shen's bed: "You can recall and talk slowly."
“Is this considered a mental test?”
Xu Shen raised his eyebrows slightly: "Xu's story is not a story. Is this an illusion created by your ability or a real person's consciousness?"
"Of course I'm a real person." Yono stared at Xu Shen and said, "Do you still think that those stories are true?"
Xu Shen couldn't help but laugh and said, "You mean the test is an attempt to shake my consciousness and beliefs? You are a real person... Then how much money did you just give me?"
"I'm not responsible for collecting money. Maybe you just imagined it."
Jono held the cross on his chest and said, "I believe in Jesus and love the world. The stories you told actually happened in reality, but you added your own imagination to fill in the gaps. Including the ruins you mentioned, they are actually just ghosts in disguise. It's normal to imagine ghost stories after living in the hospital for a long time."
Xu Shen glanced at the golden cross on his chest, and the word "priest" appeared in his mind.
He sneered, "You said Xu is a ghost? What evidence do you have to prove that what is happening now is real?"
"Everything, including your perception at this moment, proves that this is real."
Jono said: "If this was a dream, you would have woken up long ago due to the pain."
"But I also felt pain there, and it was more intense than here!" Xu Shen thought of some bad memories, and a trace of ferocity flashed in his eyes.
"I heard that they gave you electrotherapy some time ago..."
Jono took a document from the side and said softly, "You may have transferred that experience and imagined it to be another situation, filling in the imagination in the story you constructed."
"electrotherapy?"
Xu Shen thought about the pain of skinning, which came from all over his body. The other party actually said that this was an extension of his imagination after the electric therapy.
"Are you snooping into my memory?"
Xu Shen's face suddenly turned gloomy. If the other party had not pried into that part of his memories, it would be impossible for him to be confused by electrotherapy.
Unless what you see is an illusion, a filler imagination created by your own thoughts under certain guidance.
"No, I can't see into your memory, including the stories you told me. I can only listen to your verbal narration."
Yono shook his head: "Please believe that I am a professional. As long as you cooperate well, I will be able to cure you."
"Whether it's true or not, I'll know after I try it."
Xu's face was gloomy. He did not allow his memory to be pried into. He immediately called out to Hai Jue silently in his heart.
If it is an ability, Hai Jue would have a way to wake himself up.
But after a series of calls, Xu Shen found that his messages fell on deaf ears.
His expression changed slightly and he looked down at his chest.
There was a bandage wrapped around it.
Noticing Xu Shen's gaze, Yono said, "You went crazy earlier and scratched your chest, but it's just a superficial wound, don't worry."
Xu Shen's expression changed slightly. Hai Jue's call was blocked?
Am I within the consciousness barrier at this moment?
He looked at his arm and saw a tuft of hair entangled there, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The black snow is still there.
"help me."
Xu Shen said immediately.
Seeing Xu Shen talking to the hair on his shoulder, Yono couldn't help but sigh and said, "You also talked to yourself about this tuft of hair before, but this hair was pulled out from a nurse's head when you scratched her."
"Shut up!"
Xu Shen couldn't help but yell, his emotions fluctuating.
Jono said: "It's rare for you to wake up. In the next few days, you will slowly discover that the stories you imagined are all extensions of reality, including your family and friends. They are all your former patients."
"But you have been transferred to my hospital now. You said in a daze earlier that this is the inner city. Let's just take that as the truth. But this is your exclusive ward area. You won't be disturbed anymore, so you can rest and recuperate."
Anger surged in Xu Shen's eyes and his fists were clenched tightly, but he eventually suppressed it and calmed down.
He looked at Yono coldly: "Since this is a test, I will accompany you to see it."
Seeing Xu Shen insisting on his own opinion, Yue Nuo couldn't help but shake his head slightly: "Then you should have a good rest, and I'll ask your mother to come and give you medicine later."
After saying that, he stood up and left.
Before he was about to leave, Xu Shen suddenly said, "If I kill you after the test, will everything here disappear?"
Yono paused, turned around and stared at him: "If that happens, you will be completely out of control, and being completely out of control means you will never be able to leave the hospital, and you will spend the rest of your life here."
Having said that, he turned and left.
Xu Shen withdrew his gaze, leaned back on the bed, and looked quietly at the snow-white ceiling.
I have to say, everything around is extremely realistic.
But Xu Shen understood that everything outside could not be false, and what he had experienced was definitely not a story.
It is not an extension of one's subconscious imagination.
After thinking for a long time, Xu Shen suddenly had an idea. He reached out to untie the gauze on his chest and saw a bloody claw mark.
The lines drawn by the claw marks vaguely resemble a face.
Xu Shen frowned, covered it with gauze, and didn't think about it anymore.
Not long after, the door of the ward was pushed open again, and Yono and a figure walked in.
Xu Shen was stunned when he saw the figure, it was his mother.
But at this moment, the mother did not have spider legs on the lower body, and looked gentle and virtuous.
Jono nodded to his mother and stepped out the door.
The mother walked to Xu Shen's bed and looked at him in surprise: "Can you recognize your mother?"
"Of course." Xu Shen said in a daze.
Is even “Mom” materialized?
To what extent has this Jonuo been spying... Xu Shen couldn't help but flash murderous intent in his eyes.
"You should listen carefully to Dr. Yono. He is more reliable than Dr. Zhao. This is the best hospital and he is a very famous doctor." Tears welled up in the mother's eyes, but she wiped them away quickly and then spoke gently to Xu Shen.
Xu Shen looked at her voice, appearance and smile, a little dazed, and nodded silently.
"Take the medicine first, don't miss the time."
Mom took out the medicine bottle and poured out a few pills.
Xu Shen looked at a few red pills, and in a trance he seemed to see strawberries or rolling eyeballs.
He suddenly looked up and stared at his mother in front of him: "Are you real?"
Mom was startled , and her expression suddenly became sad: "Of course it's true, Mom."
"Then why am I here?" Xu Shen stared.
My mother wiped her tears and said, "It's all my fault for being careless. I didn't take your condition seriously at first. By the time it got worse, it was too late to treat you..."
