The moment the words rang out, the lights on the operating table suddenly went out.

The infirmary immediately fell into unsettling darkness.

Footsteps sounded in the darkness, and an oppressive atmosphere gradually approached.

With his hands and feet bound tightly and lying on the operating table, Qi Ji tensed up his nerves. As the opponent came closer, chills stood up all over his body as if an electric current had passed through him. His scalp was numb, and the sense of security in his heart was shaky.

This is the instinctive reaction of living things when absolutely overwhelming power appears and when they perceive extreme danger.

The moment the footsteps stopped, Qi Jiu knew that the other party was standing in front of him, looking at him with a condescending gaze.

When your eyes slightly adjusted to the darkness, you could vaguely see the silhouette of the other person.

A suffocating silence.

Fortunately, the silence was short enough.

"Thank you," the condescending black figure said, his voice a little low, with the laziness of just waking up, "You have been taking care of my cat during this time."

Sure enough, the little gray cat is related to this guy.

Qi Qiu quickly adjusted his breathing and said calmly: "You're welcome, I also helped you fulfill your agreement with your 'sister'."

He hid his instinctive fear very well, and spoke calmly as if they were of equal status and were talking to each other, instead of like now, with their hands and feet tied up in embarrassment, completely exposing themselves to the other party for them to watch.

Qi Jiu had already guessed who the guy who tied him to the operating table was. In fact, there was no need to guess, it was too obvious.

After all, Miss Rossetti mistakenly identified him and called him "Brother" before she died.

There was another moment of silence.

Miss Rossetti's real "brother" seemed to be watching Qi Qiu with great interest, as if watching his prey.

"I saw it," the other party seemed to smile briefly, "How do you want me to thank you?"

Although nothing could be seen clearly in the darkness, Qi Jiu still raised his head slightly and looked at him motionlessly: "Tell me what happened, your character and...your face in the photo."

He wanted to know what was going on and why in the photo that Miss Rossetti was holding tightly before she died, the man was wearing a doctor's uniform and had a face exactly like his own.

"As you can see, I play Rossetti's brother," the other party said truthfully, without concealing his identity in the copy. "To be precise, he is the brother she met in the orphanage."

Play? The other party's choice of words is very interesting.

Qi Jiu quickly understood that the guy in front of him was not an ordinary NPC, but a special being with self-awareness who played a role in the dungeon.

Miss Rossetti in the copy is the adopted daughter brought back from the orphanage by the Bates family.

The doctor in this photo, the character Miss Rossetti finally calls "brother", is the child who grew up with her in the orphanage.

Qi Gu, who also grew up in an orphanage, understands that for the children in the orphanage, in order to seek some kind of spiritual connection, some will regard their close partners as relatives because they can fight against inferiority and loneliness together and share the burden of secrets.

Trust, this kind of bond without any blood relationship is even closer than blood relatives.

But once the children in the orphanage are adopted, the relationship will fade over time, and may even be deliberately forgotten by the parties involved.

After all, the other person's existence reminds them of the distant memory of the orphanage, which is the connection between themselves and the past that they don't want to mention.

"After graduation, by chance, I came to the Bates Factory to apply for a job and became a medical staff here." The other party seemed to smile, "Rossetti took good care of me and arranged this separate infirmary for me. As an important

A place for research and experimentation.”

Qi Jiu did not beat around the bush and asked directly: "After Mr. Bates killed Mrs. Bates, you made him into the first-generation petri dish?"

Judging from the test objects on the operating table in the dream, Mr. Bates's vague "they" in the nursery, and the difficulty of completing the entire event, Qi Zhou does not think that Miss Rossetti planned and executed it alone.

of.

Her "accomplice" is most likely the doctor she played in the dream, that is, the dangerous guy in front of her.

The doctor smiled softly: "No, that's not accurate. My role is just as an observer, who was the first to discover his mutation and help him complete the mutation better."

"Rossetti is a genius. Without her, this discovery and my research would always be just a bunch of boring data, and it would be impossible to achieve the world-famous Bates Factory and rosefish cans today."

Qi Jiu smoothed out the information in the other party's words. This doctor character was the first "witness" who discovered that humans can be alienated into petri dishes. It was he who figured out the entire infection process and logic, and made the alienation process more consistent through experiments.

to stability.

Then Miss Rossetti, who inherited the factory, turned the "alienated" humans into "petri dishes" that could bring commercial value, inherited the "rose fish" that symbolized her mother, and also established her own rose fish factory.

This doctor who provides technical support is a dangerous guy hiding behind the scenes.

If Qi Zhu guessed correctly, Mr. Bates's alienation process took place on this operating table.

Qi Jiu stared intently at the other person's silhouette in the dark, and asked tentatively: "So are you going to make me a test subject?"

"The test product is correct," the doctor paused, "but the rosefish experiment is over."

He leaned down slightly and took a closer look at Qi Ji on the operating table. He said with a smile in his voice, "You are suitable for more interesting experiments."

Qi Jiu raised his head and looked back at him, his Adam's apple sliding slightly.

"In this copy, for some reason, you can't 'act', right?" Qi Qiu continued to probe.

In the darkness, the other party was getting closer and closer to him, and the strong sense of oppression almost made him tremble, but Qi Zhu tried hard to make himself appear to be at ease. After all, only when the aura of the other party is not overwhelmed, can fair deals and cooperation be negotiated.

The other party did not answer, so Qi Jiu continued, "But I have opened up the plot line about your character. I can temporarily 'activate' you from the dungeon, or release you, right?"

The doctor didn't answer him immediately. He expressed his affirmation with silence.

After a long while, the doctor finally said: "Do you know what happened to the last person who released me?"

Qi Jiu looked at his approaching shadow and said calmly: "I guess there is no one."

He reasonably speculated that if someone had unlocked this branch, the copy would have been closed long ago, and it would not be his turn to enter.

The doctor laughed lowly: "Are you interested in making a deal?"

Qi Chu sensed a murderous intention that was completely different from his smile, but he was not afraid. He only said lightly: "Do I have no right to refuse?"

"I don't think you want to miss out on a mutually beneficial deal," the doctor replied.

Qi Jiu looked at him quietly. It seemed that the other party had been observing his every move behind the scenes. It was obvious that the other party already knew him very well.

The doctor continued: "The content of the transaction is very simple. You need to enter the relevant copy to explore and dig out the plot lines that were 'abandoned' by the system, just like you did this time."

Qi Jiu frowned: "Do all dungeons have 'abandoned' plot lines?"

Doctor: "That's not necessarily the case."

Qi Jiu: "Then how can I be sure that the dungeon I entered will definitely be able to find the 'abandoned' plot related to you?"

The doctor smiled: "This is the problem you need to solve."

Qi Jiu said lightly and narrowed his eyes slightly: "What benefits can I get from this?"

The doctor said in a half-joking tone: "Doesn't it matter if you don't kill me now?"

Qi Jiu: "Of course...it doesn't count."

Although he was at an absolute disadvantage, his intuition told him that the other party was sincere enough.

The doctor got closer, so close that he was almost close to his ear and said: "I like to conduct transactions by signing a contract. It is more controllable and fair."

"I will share with you my resources and my ability to deliver."

Qi Jiu: "Just like your meal card balance?"

The doctor smiled noncommittally, acquiescing to this answer.

Qi Jiu smiled: "This will probably be the riskiest transaction in my life."

He accepted the other party's deal.

"It will be the most interesting," the doctor said.

The cold breath came with an overwhelming invasion, and the other party's fingertips seemed to touch the scar behind his ear. The doctor's fingers were very cold, and Qi Gu couldn't help but trembled, "But the way to sign the contract,

It will inevitably leave some traces on the other party."

"I think you won't mind, right?" The doctor smiled briefly.

Qi Jiu: "..."

Aware of Qi Chu's trembling on the operating table, the doctor seemed more satisfied. He repeatedly rubbed the old scar behind Qi Chu's ear with his fingertips: "As for the face you mentioned, I also want to know what the thief used to do with me.

What the data did.”

His fingertips paused slightly and his knuckles pressed slightly, "What is your relationship with him?"

Qi Jiu frowned slightly, not knowing why: "A thief?"

The doctor secretly observed Qi Qiu's reaction, and then the strength in his hand gradually became lighter: "Oh, it seems you don't know too well."

Qi Jiu asked: "What do you mean?"

The doctor seemed to have no intention of explaining it to him, and said to himself: "This scar is probably the biggest difference between us."

"I discovered it after observing for a long time——"

"Wish us a happy cooperation."

The moment the words fell, a sharp sting suddenly struck from the scar behind Qi Qiu's ear——

He immediately curled up his fingers in pain, leaned his neck back in a twisted arc, and his whole body spasmed uncontrollably under the attack of pain.

This kind of pain is difficult to describe through concrete metaphors. A feeling of suffocation came over him. Qi Jiu opened his lips slightly like a drowning man and let out a suppressed groan. His Adam's apple slid wildly on his sweat-soaked neck.

At the same time, his pleasure level was falling crazily!

[Warning! Your pleasure value has dropped to 35 and is about to fall below the critical point]

[Warning! Your pleasure value falls below 30 points. Because the pleasure value is too low, it will cause strong physical and mental discomfort]

[Serious warning! Your pleasure value has dropped below 10 points, and your body and mind will suffer serious damage]

…

When the system announced that Qi Ku's pleasure value was only 1 point, he had already lost his hearing.

He had the illusion that his body and mind were shrinking rapidly, and all his perceptions became blurred in an instant, as if the liquid in a sponge was gradually dripping and lost due to strong squeezing.
To be continued...