Volume 3: The King of Waste Chapter 427: Struggle
But this also shows that what is before our eyes is indeed an illusion.
Maeve must exist in the real world.
However, Xu Shen couldn't figure out why this illusion was a projection within the mental cage.
With his mental power, it is difficult for him to be bewitched. Most curses and mental attacks cannot affect him. After all, his mental power has transformed into that of a demigod.
But at this moment it was affected, which showed that the hideous creature with a strange mouth had spiritual power beyond imagination.
In fact, the other party might even be a god!
Xu Shen looked around and still had a question: what was the other party trying to do by pulling him into this illusion?
Kill him? Or imprison him?
If someone tries to kill him, his mental power may be in an illusion at this moment, and his physical body outside may encounter an accident. But it is also possible that a horrific attack will befall him in this illusion and wipe out his soul.
Xu Shen looked at the large number of people working on the rescue work around him with a vigilant look in his eyes. At this moment, his body was like that of an ordinary weak person, without any strength, and unable to sense the power of the city.
A breeze blew, and Xu Shen felt his neck a little itchy. Black hair was floating in front of his eyes. He couldn't help but be stunned, and suddenly felt a little surprised. It was Hei Xue?
But soon, Xu Shen discovered that the hair was his own.
It wasn't shiny black like black snow, but rather dirty and almost sticky together.
Xu Shen tried to call Hai Jue in his heart, but there was no response. Xu Shen could only silently tell Hai Jue that no matter whether he could hear him or not, if he could, he must protect his body.
After giving the instructions, Xu Shen stood up from the stretcher. He wanted to break free from this illusion.
"Don't move. You are too weak now. Don't try to force yourself." said the paramedic carrying the stretcher.
The stretcher had been lifted onto a medical vehicle, and it was surrounded by a large number of other search and rescue personnel, surrounding the ruins.
"Don't bother me." Xu Shen got up and shook off the other person's hand, but he was too weak and even pushing seemed difficult.
"Are you going to look for your mother?" The other person seemed to see Xu Shen's thoughts, and with a look of pity in his eyes, he said, "We will help you with the search and rescue, and we will notify you when there is news about your mother."
"My mother is dead, don't lie to me." Xu Shen said coldly: "Get out of the way, don't blame me for being rude."
The two were stunned. They didn't expect that Xu Shen actually knew the truth. They found the skeleton of each other's mother next to Xu Shen, but it had already rotted. In addition, there were also the remains of many other victims.
"You must receive treatment immediately, otherwise your life will be in danger." The two men stopped Xu Shen.
"Go away!"
Xu Shen was furious and tried to break free, but his strength was not as great as those two.
The two men quickly held Xu Shen down, and one of them said, "He must have suffered a mental shock, let him sleep for a while."
Xu Shen struggled desperately, but was pinned down by the two men and could not move. The blood in his body seemed to be agitated, and for a moment he felt dizzy and the world in front of him became blurry.
He fell into a coma.
But when Xu Shen woke up again, he saw a ward.
There is a lamp hanging from the snow-white ceiling.
His body was still extremely weak and he had no strength to move. He barely sat up from the bed and saw a number of tubes in his arms with an infusion bottle next to them.
"You're awake."
A nurse happened to walk in at the door. When she saw Xu Shen waking up, she was stunned for a moment, then showed a look of surprise and turned around and ran out .
Not long after, a burst of hurried footsteps came.
Xu Shen struggled to free himself from the tubes . This illusion was not created by him, and he didn't want to follow the flow of events in the illusion, which would put him under the control of the monster.
Soon, several doctors and nurses rushed over.
Seeing Xu Shen just climbing out of the bed, several people were shocked. They rushed forward to grab Xu Shen and pushed him back into bed.
"Don't move, you're bleeding!"
"You almost tore your tendons. You can't just pull this thing out!"
Several doctors anxiously and nervously helped Xu Shen to fix his hands and feet. Seeing Xu Shen struggling hard, the attending doctor quickly asked his assistant next to him to hold Xu Shen down, and then inserted various tubes back into Xu Shen's body.
"Don't move, or you'll be the one who suffers." said the middle-aged attending physician.
Xu Shen felt a little aggrieved. A few ordinary people in front of him could control him. He was too weak at the moment and had no strength at all.
"Let me go, I have no money to give you." Xu Shen said in a deep voice, but his voice was unusually hoarse. He could only temporarily obey the rules of this world and try to communicate with these illusions.
Although we know that the monster is behind these illusions, it seems that they are still following some surreal rules.
"Don't worry about the money. The country will pay for you. You just need to focus on taking care of your health." The attending doctor's eyes showed compassion, as if he was relieved by Xu Shen's struggle and resistance.
"How long will you keep me locked up?" Xu Shen asked directly.
The doctor smiled and said, "You can leave when you get better. If you cooperate actively, it should be about a month. After all, this is the most advanced special needs ward in our hospital. If you are not in a special condition, you can't come in."
"One month..." Xu Shen's face was gloomy. Does this mean that the monster will succeed in one month?
Although he didn't know the monster's purpose, Xu Shen knew that he could not be locked up here for a month.
There was no point in communicating with the group of people in front of him, so he could only find a chance to sneak away. First, he had to find out about their duty schedules.
Seeing Xu Shen fall silent, several doctors immediately bandaged Xu Shen and took measurements of his blood pressure and body temperature.
"Don't be too pessimistic. You are lucky. There are so many people in the zoo, and only a few can survive. You are lucky." The attending doctor saw Xu Shen's gloomy face and comforted him with a smile.
Xu Shen was stunned and frowned, "Animal House? What animal house?"
"Have you forgotten?"
The doctor was a little surprised, then immediately realized something and smiled without saying anything more.
When people are overly stimulated, they will instinctively choose to forget. If he brings it up again and again at this moment and makes Xu deeply stimulated, it is not what a doctor should do.
When Xu Shen saw the doctor's expression, a lot of information suddenly flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help but be stunned. Could it be that he was already in the second level of the mental prison?
After all, on the second floor, he was locked in the animal house.
In other words, now I have escaped from there and been rescued?
Xu Shen frowned, wondering why he was sent to the second level cage since he didn't do anything.
Could it be that we will enter the third level, the fourth level... ?
After a while, several doctors finished treating Xu Shen, gave him some advice and told him to rest and recover, then left.
After they walked out of the door, Xu Shen could still vaguely hear their footsteps and conversations gradually fading away through the door.
"I heard that the zoo has turned into a living hell, and all the animals inside have been eaten."
"Yeah, let alone animals, I heard that people were eaten..."
"This kid is so cruel to be able to survive. I wonder how many people are in his stomach."
"Keep your voice down, don't let anyone hear..."
"I heard that once he is well, the city leaders will come to investigate this matter..."
The sound gradually became inaudible.
Xu Shen stared at the door, his expression changing constantly.
He had been to the second-level cage before. He was trapped in the oceanarium with many tourists. But as the food was gradually eaten up, the tragic human nature began to be exposed.
It was indeed like purgatory there. Rescue took no time to arrive and it seemed as if it was isolated from the world.
Xu Shen recalled what happened before he fell into a coma. Maybe, if he fell into a coma again, he would be able to escape or enter the third level of the cage?
As he pondered, he pulled out the tube on his arm again and let the blood flow. The pain felt extremely real, yet also extremely fake, because Xu Shen knew that his body had long been immune to such pain.
Therefore, this pain is illusory.
As his blood was lost, he felt weak. Xu Shen thought about it and finally decided not to remind the doctor to come for emergency treatment before he fell into a coma. He felt that he would not really die if he died in this illusion, otherwise the doctors could have killed him directly.
